"It's dark."

Xu Chu stood in front of the windowsill, looking at the moon hiding behind the clouds, only a glimmer of light leaked and muttered to himself.

It's just that soon, the clouds covered the entire bright moon, and even this faint moonlight refused to be shared with the world.

The sky was as dark as ink, and the mottled clouds were stacked, and I don't know which god was drunk and wantonly splashed ink on the Milky Way.

Xu Chu lowered his head and looked at the hill downstairs through the window.

The dark hill is so quiet at the moment.

Even the sound of insects is clear in my ears.

The light of a flashlight tore through the night.

Xu Chu stood at the door, watched the young girl full of youth in front of him slowly approach, and asked lightly, "What's the matter?" ”

"Hello boss." The girl bowed deeply, but she almost fell, and the heavy schoolbag behind her back was crooked.

It looks like it's overwhelmed by a school bag.

Xu Chu helped her, and she quickly stood up straight, holding her schoolbag steady with both hands behind her back, "Thank you, boss, how much is your cemetery here?" ”

The brass bell-like eyes were crystal clear, hiding a looming grief.

"Do you have any money?" Xu Chu looked at her, the jeans that had been washed to white, and the T-shirt with a few holes looked like a child from a poor family.

The girl bit her lip crampedly, her copper-bell-like eyes were extremely clear, flashing with looming perseverance: "I, can I write an IOU first?" You can also work part-time. ”

Xu Chu was stunned, looked at the schoolbag on her back, then picked up a shovel and said, "Follow me." ”

Following the light of the flashlight, Xu Chu led the girl along the rugged and winding mountain road.

The girl carried her schoolbag in front of her, and dragged it firmly with her hands underneath, like a mother holding her child.

"Boss, is the whole mountain yours?"

"Hmm."

"That's a lot of graves." The girl looked around and said.

Xu Chu asked, "Aren't you afraid?" ”

"Don't be afraid." The girl replied, her brass bell-like eyes clear and shining with a hint of bravery.

Xu Chu didn't speak, and the girl asked again, "Isn't the cemetery very expensive?" ”

"No money." Xu Chu said lightly.

The girl was stunned, thinking that she had heard it wrong: "Don't want money? ”

Xu Chu nodded and replied, "The poor, the homeless, and the unjust are buried here. ”

"The boss is great."

"......" Xu Chu didn't know how to answer for a while, and it was the first time he heard someone say that he was great. What is your name? ”

"Xiaoyu."

Xu Chu nodded, and asked again, "Who are you?" ”

"Huh?" Xiao You was stunned for a moment, and then understood what Xu Chu meant, and said in a low voice: "My mother." ”

"Hmm." Xu Chu stopped, "That's it." ”

This hill is a loess mountain, which is easier to dig, Xiaoyou quickly dug a pit, stretched out and wiped the sweat on her forehead, and the cool evening breeze quickly cooled her down.

It's like her mother gently shaking a fan for her, driving away the heat for her every night when the power goes out.

Holding the urn, Xiao You carefully put the box carrying his mother's fate into the pit steadily, and then filled it and piled the grave......

I don't know how long it took for a new grave to be built. After finishing everything, Xiao You knelt in front of the grave and bowed: "Grandma, please rest in peace, Xiao You has graduated, don't worry about Xiao You anymore." ”

"Grandma?" Xu Chu was puzzled, "Didn't you say your mother?" ”

Xiao You looked at the grave and said, "Well, I picked it up by my mother, she is very old, so let me call me grandma, probably because I am afraid that calling my mother will make others laugh at me." ”

"I call her grandma, but when I tell others, I always say she's my mother." Xiao You looked at Xu Chu and said with a smile.

The brass bell-like eyes were crystal clear, shining with happiness that overflowed the eyes.

"Actually, my grandmother also likes me to call her mother, and after I called it a few times, I saw her eyes red, and once she secretly cried." Xiao You recalled the past, "Later, she got sick and never woke up, but as soon as I called her mother, her fingers would move." ”

Xiao You looked at the grave affectionately, her bronze bell-like eyes were extremely clear, shining with tears full of happiness.

……

"Boss, can you let me work here?" Returning to Xu Chu's house, Xiao You asked after seeing the recruitment notice in the house.

Xu Chu said: "There is no future in this job. ”

In fact, Xu Chu has indeed been recruiting, but no one has come to apply.

"No, no, no." Xiao Youdao.

"That's okay, the monthly salary is 8,000, not including food and housing, but there is a pot here, you can cook at noon. Start at 10 in the morning and leave at 5 pm. ”

Soon the contract was signed, and Xiaoyou happily went down the mountain.

After Xu Chu put away the contract, he suddenly spoke: "Don't follow her anymore." ”

"I ...... I wanted to see her, it was late, she was afraid of the dark. ”

I don't know which direction, a hoarse voice came, with some sadness and pleading in the voice.

"This is my territory, she'll be fine." Xu Chu said lightly.

“…… Thank you. ”

Xu Chu looked up, an ethereal shadow loomed, and he could vaguely see the outline of a person, but there were no limbs, and his body was a little ethereal.

Only one face is clear and complete.

It was a very old face, with deep folds covering the whole sallow face, and pale hair recording the passage of time.

If Xiaoyou is there, and if she can see it, she must recognize that this is the mother (grandmother) who raised her from an abandoned baby in swaddling clothes to adult-Ye Xiuping.

Xu Chu brought Ye Xiuping's soul back to the cemetery and put down a talisman that allowed her soul to exist peacefully in the yang world.

Provided that it's night.

"When the sun rises, remember to hide in the grave."

Ye Xiuping stood in place, staring blankly at the bottom of the mountain, and she found that she could directly see the direction where her home was located.

I can even feel that Xiaoyou's mood at this time is sad, but happy.

"Thank you."

She understood that this was Xu Chu's kindness.

Xu Chu didn't care about Ye Xiuping anymore, but continued along the mountain road, he was inspecting, this mountain has buried countless bones for historical reasons, many of which are already deserted graves that no one worships.

However, Xu Chu did not remove them, after all, there was still enough open space here.

The purpose of Xu Chu's patrol is to prevent someone from secretly burying the ashes here, and to see if there are any lonely ghosts wandering.

This is his special ability.

Accompanied by Starlight and Moonlight, Xu Chu patrolled along the established route.

This mountain is called Ghost Cry Ridge, and it is said that at night, you can often hear ghosts crying, so that every night, there are no people here.

Except for Xu Chu.

These rumors are actually true, and he knows them well.

"Alright, stop crying." Xu Chu looked at a female ghost in front of him and said.

This female ghost is dressed in white and has no makeup, her face is beautiful, and she can see that she must be a beauty when she is alive, at this time she is crying, and two lines of tears keep flowing out of two fluttering and fluttering, crossing her delicate face, falling to the ground and disappearing.

When the female ghost saw Xu Chu, she wiped her tears and said unhappily: "Whoever is heartless like you deserves to be single for the rest of his life." ”

Xu Chu didn't care.

"By the way, how long will it take for me to return to the yang?"

Xu Chu pinched his fingers, "I don't know, just keep waiting." ”

"Woo-woo-"

Xu Chu waved her hand and asked her to continue crying while he continued to move forward.