Chapter 69: The Night of the Soul
When the few people who were cleaning the house heard this, they stopped their movements and looked at it, what does this mean?
Chi Yu was not in a hurry, she thought of the house with the white lantern hanging on the house she had just passed by, and asked, "Who is leaving Grandpa Zhang's house?" ”
Aunt Li sighed, "Your Grandpa Zhang is gone, today is your Grandpa Zhang's first seventh, and you also know the customs of our village, tell your friends, do you know?" ”
Chi Yu nodded, "I know, thank you Aunt Li." ”
Aunt Li touched her head, "Thank you for what?" Why are you still estranged from Aunt Li after not seeing you for so long? I didn't have anything to eat at home, so I would go to Aunt Li's house for dinner later. ”
Chi Yu responded with a smile, after the death of the original adoptive parents, the people in the village took pity on the original body alone, and they took care of the original body over the years, but unfortunately the original body returned to the Chi family and never returned here.
Chi Yu politely sent Aunt Li back, and when she got home, she was surrounded by Chi Le and them as soon as she entered.
"What's going on? Why can't I go out at night? Chi Le asked curiously.
Seeing that their expressions were a little nervous, Chi Yu comforted: "It's okay, you also saw it when I came here just now, there is an old man in the village who has passed away, and tonight is the first seven." ”
"The first seven is also known as the night of the soul, according to the customs of the village, the first seven nights everyone has to avoid, if the returning soul sees familiar relatives and friends, so that he remembers, he is reluctant to go to the underworld to reincarnate, everyone in order to avoid trouble, generally someone in the village dies, the first seven will not go out that night."
Chi Xin was stunned when she heard this, she just wanted to say that these were feudal superstitions, but when she thought that the two people around her seemed to be learning this, she swallowed the words that came to her lips and said, "Then we won't go out at night." ”
A few people quickly cleaned up the house, and Aunt Li came to the house again to call them for dinner.
After eating, several people returned home amid Aunt Li's thousands of instructions.
There are only two rooms at home, one for Chi Yu and Chi Xin, one for Chi Le and the driver, and the four of them went back to their respective rooms after washing, and it was very quiet outside, without the slightest sound, as if the whole world was asleep.
Suddenly, there was a sound of rustling outside the room, and Chi Xin, who had not fallen asleep, woke up in an instant, and immediately sat up, she slept outside in front of Chi Yu, looking at the bedroom door very nervously.
Chi Yu sat up and patted her tense body, "It's okay, don't be afraid." ”
Chi Xin was a little embarrassed, as an older sister, she should protect her younger sister, how could she let her sister see that she was afraid?
"I ...... I'm not afraid. Chi Xin said calmly.
Chi Yu smiled, didn't poke her, and rolled over and got out of bed.
"What are you doing?" Chi Xin lowered his voice as if he was a thief, "Didn't you say you couldn't go out tonight?" ”
Chi Yu said funny: "I can't leave the house, I just open a bedroom door, it's fine." ”
Chi Xin was still not at ease, she followed Chi Yu to the bedroom with the two of them and opened the door.
Outside the door, Chi Le kept walking around, and when the door suddenly opened, he almost screamed out in fright.
Chi Xin was relieved to see that it was him.
Chi Yu was not surprised at all, "Why don't you sleep in the middle of the night?" ”
Chi Le whispered, "I'm scared and can't sleep." ”
Chi Yu: ......
Tell a joke, you are afraid of ghosts when you are impermanent, and you can't sleep if you are afraid!
Chi Yu was a little skeptical, was it really the right choice for her to let Chi Ledang go impermanently?
But here, there's no turning back.
Chi Yu looked at Chi Xin and said with a smile: "Sister, I'll talk to my brother about something, you go back to sleep first." ”
Chi Xin looked at the two of them and admonished, "You can't go out." ”
The two nodded.
Chi Xin returned to the room, looked at the strange and empty room, quickly slipped into the quilt, and wrapped himself tightly with the "quilt enchantment".
Chi Yu closed the door, took Chi Le to the living room, looked at him, and was speechless, "What are you afraid of?" ”
Chi Le pointed outside, "Of course it's that!" ”
It is self-evident what it is.
Ji Yu tried to keep smiling, "Do you know who you are now?" ”
Chi Le was stunned for a moment, and quickly reacted, "Let's go...... Impermanence? ”
"That's right!" Chi Yu said helplessly, "When the ghosts see you, they are the ones who are afraid!" ”
Chi Le scratched his head, it seemed that there was nothing wrong with this, didn't he not adapt to his new identity yet?
Seeing him react, Chi Yu said angrily, "Can you sleep now?" ”
Chi Le nodded innocently.
It was Chi Yu's words that gave Chi Le courage, and he fell asleep soon after returning to his room.
The night passed like this, and Chi Yu woke up in a noise, and before he could fully wake up, he heard Chi Le knocking on the door outside.
"Sister sister! Something happened! Wake up! ”
Chi Yu and Chi Xin woke up instantly, and the two immediately sat up from the bed, and Chi Xin quickly got out of bed and opened the door.
"What's wrong?"
Chi Le rushed in and looked at Chi Yu, "That Grandpa Zhang's family seems to have an accident, their little granddaughter passed out last night, and she couldn't wake up no matter how she screamed, so she was sent to the hospital." ”
Chi Yu frowned, got up, quickly cleaned up, and went to Zhang's house.
The white lanterns and wreaths in front of Zhang's house are still there, there is a layer of grass and wood ash on the ground, a bamboo stick stands on the steps, and a piece of paper money is pasted at a foot apart.
The people in the house were noisy.
"It's the old man who is back, it must be the old man who is back, he took Xiaobao away."
"Mom, it's all feudal superstition, Xiaobao is just sick, eldest brother, they have already taken Xiaobao to the hospital, and soon the inspection report will come out."
"No, no, no, the old man must be back."
Grandma Zhang felt that the little granddaughter couldn't wake up, and it must have been Grandpa Zhang who came back last night and took it away, but her son thought that the child was just sick.
Everyone was discussing this matter around the door, and Aunt Li saw Chi Yu and them, walked over, and asked, "Didn't you come out last night?" ”
Chi Yu nodded and said, "I didn't come out, what's wrong with Grandma Zhang?" ”
Aunt Li sighed, "In the middle of last night, your Uncle Zhengde found that his daughter was missing, and immediately came out to look for it, but he saw that the child had fainted in the hall, and he couldn't wake up no matter how he screamed." But they were frightened and sent to the hospital overnight, and there will be no news yet. ”
Uncle Zhengde in Aunt Li's mouth is Grandpa Zhang's eldest son, Zhang Zhengde.
There are a lot of people around, everyone you say a word.
"Eighty percent of that girl bumped into Uncle Zhang and was taken away by Uncle Zhang."
"Mom, don't talk nonsense."
Because of the funeral, many people in the village have returned, the older generation thinks that Grandpa Zhang must be back, and the younger generation thinks that the child is sick.
Chi Yu didn't join the discussion, she walked to the door of Zhang's house, looking at the pile of grass and wood ashes, there were people coming and going in front of the door, and it was covered with human footprints, including some small footprints like cats.
Chi Le followed behind her, looking at those footprints, his face was a little bad, and now he opened his eyes and could clearly see that in the messy footprints, there was a place that exuded yin qi, and the pattern surrounded by yin qi was a person's footprints.
Grandpa Zhang did come back last night!
Was the little girl really taken away?