smuggler

Chapter 45
I lay motionless on the bed, watching my aunt's every move in horror, almost suffocating in fright!
what is she doing?
It seems that my aunt does these things irregularly, but I always feel that she seems to follow a predetermined routine.

ceremony.

Yes, the sacrificial ceremony, these strange actions she did were just like the sacrificial ceremony of the ethnic minorities shown on TV!
After more than half an hour, I lay trembling on the bed without daring to breathe. At this time, I saw my aunt stand up, pack up her things, turn around and walk outside.

Then, I heard the sound of the door being gently closed.

"call!"

I took a heavy breath, my whole body was sticky and I felt extremely uncomfortable, but the deep fear made my body tremble uncontrollably.

I am very surprised, what on earth is my aunt doing?
Suddenly, many thoughts flashed through my head.

Now that I think about it carefully, I feel weird. Generally speaking, the weird things I have encountered these past few days may not be able to sleep peacefully at night for a normal person, but I have slept soundly in bed these few days.

Moreover, after always lying in bed, I wake up tired as if I have walked all night, accompanied by a feeling of top-heavy.

Auntie will come into my room weirdly in the middle of the night these days! ?
When I thought of the picture of her sneaking into the room and kneeling on my bedside, I felt a chill in my bones.

With a stomach full of doubts, I stayed up until dawn. In the past, when I woke up, I felt exhausted, but today I am in good spirits.

Just when I went out, I saw my aunt. She had a brazier at the front door of my room, and there was still smoke in it.

Thinking of what happened last night, I couldn't help frowning, and asked nervously, "Auntie, what are you doing?"

My aunt raised her head, smiled at me, and said, "You have a lot of yin, get rid of it!"

I have only seen that when other people got married, the bride stepped into the brazier and cheered. Although I was reluctant, I didn't say much.

After stepping over the brazier, my aunt said with a smile on her face, "The meal is ready, let's wash up and eat."

I took a deep look at my aunt, hummed and didn't say much.

After washing and entering the house, when passing by the room where my aunt slept, there was a smell of paper from her room.

The door of the room where she slept was ajar, and there was a faint smoke at the door, and the pungent smell of paper came from her room.

When I approached the door, I saw a puff of white smoke filled my aunt's room. The light inside was very dim, but there was a long red-painted table beside my aunt's bed.

There is a simple and old-fashioned open jar on it. I saw this jar when my aunt brought it back two days ago. At that time, she said that she bought pickled cabbage.

But looking carefully now, it looks a bit like the kind used to hold ashes. The small jar is covered with a piece of yellow cloth with two snakes painted on it, one black and one white, and there are some densely packed small characters around it, which looks very strange.

There was a brazier under the long table, and there was black paper ash inside, and white smoke that had not been burned cleanly floated out of it.

Seeing this scene, my heart suddenly tightened, and I felt a little uneasy for no reason.

I was about to take a closer look, but a hand suddenly grabbed my shoulder, scaring me so much that my soul would fly away.

"Auntie..." I turned around and looked at my aunt who appeared behind me in some panic.

"Washed?" My aunt looked at me with a smile on her face. After seeing me nodding, she said, "Let's eat then. The dishes will be cold later."

I nodded with my neck straightened, and asked cautiously, "Auntie, what are you keeping in your house?"

My aunt paused, and was stunned for a moment, "I burned some paper, the humidity in the room is too heavy."

My heart froze, and I turned around to take another look, but my aunt had already reached out and closed the door.

Thinking of what happened to me in the past few days, and my aunt's weirdness, I was a little scared.

Sitting at the table, seeing my pale face, my aunt put a piece of meat into my bowl, "You've been too tired these days, and your complexion hasn't been good. Eat more meat to replenish your bones."

I have no appetite at all, and my head is a mess.

"What's the matter, it doesn't suit your appetite?" My aunt's smile remained unchanged, but she looked at me suspiciously.

"I'm not feeling well." I made a poor excuse.

"Yaoyao, you don't have anything to hide from your aunt, do you?" My aunt stared at me with a smile.

My heart tightened, and I pretended to smile deeply and said, "Auntie, you are my only family member in this world, what can I hide from you."

The aunt smiled and nodded, "That's good."

After eating, I went back to the room, thinking of my aunt's difference, I couldn't help feeling a little worried.

I'm worried that she will be tampered with by the Liu family. After all, no matter whether the Liu family is plotting against me or Chu Yuan, if they want to get close to me and do something, aunt is the most suitable person.

I told Chu Yuan about this worry in my heart, but he felt that it was not as simple as I thought.

This night, I was tossing and turning, unable to fall asleep because of everything I had experienced recently.

In the middle of the night, I had another nightmare. When I woke up, I couldn't remember what I dreamed about, but I felt a little uncomfortable in my stomach, so I wanted to go to the bathroom.

Looking through the window, looking at the moon that has become rounder, the pale moonlight is not covered by clouds, falling in this ravine, and the whole village is shrouded in a mysterious veil of white light.

Just about to get out of bed, I suddenly heard a slight "creaking" sound from the opposite room.

In this night when insects are rarely heard, the sound was so clear that my eyelids twitched.

Then there was the sound of the door of the main room opening. I carefully looked out through the window and found a figure walking out of the yard quickly.

It's aunt.

Carrying a basket, she walked out of the courtyard and looked around, then walked quickly to the village road.

It's so late, where is she going?
Thinking of her weirdness these days, I feel a strong curiosity and inexplicable anxiety in my heart.

Driven by curiosity, I gritted my teeth and followed.

Out of the yard, I tried to walk lightly along the way. Fortunately, the sound of the night wind blowing through the woods helped me hide a little bit, and my aunt didn't find me.

The road he walked was remote and tortuous, but it was obvious that it was not the first time for my aunt to come here, and she seemed to be familiar with the road.

After walking for about ten minutes, I saw a thatched cottage in front of me.

The thatched house is very simple to build, that is, after the wooden frame is nailed, a few layers of thick straw are laid on it, and the surrounding area is pasted with branches and fences, which can barely be called a mud wall.

The aunt walked in familiarly, and it seemed that this was not the first time she had come.

After the door was closed, I touched it quietly, and just when I got close to the thatched cottage, I heard a slight sound from inside.

I found a place with a hole outside the mud wall, tiptoed and took a look inside.

I found that besides my aunt, there was another middle-aged man in the thatched cottage, and he looked very familiar.

I looked carefully for a while with my eyebrows raised, and found that this middle-aged man turned out to be from the Liu family.

(End of this chapter)