Yinsi guest

I was in a cold sweat again, the strange man in the dream, the White Snake of the House Immortal, is it just a coincidence?

"Grandpa, I had a dream just now."

"What's so strange about having a dream?"

"But I feel quite real, and I'm still covered in sweat when I think about it now!" I was still a little scared.

"Have you had a nightmare? No wonder you yelled upstairs just now. You are so grown up, but you are still so timid. You have been like this since you were a child, and it hasn't changed!" Third Grandpa laughed.

I lowered my voice: "I had a strange dream!"

"Oh, what a strange way?" The third grandfather and father both became interested.

I told the two old men about my dream just now, especially describing the appearance of the strange man at the end, and of course the sentence that made my hair stand on end: right here!

"Then when you came downstairs, you saw Zhaixian at the corner of the stairs. It's not easy!" Father muttered.

"Third Grandpa, you have been in this house for a long time, has anything like this happened?" I asked Third Grandpa.

The third grandfather took a sip of wine and said: "No, I have lived in the house for 40 years, and I have never had a dream like yours. Your great uncle said that I came back from the battlefield with a murderous look on my body, and I have nothing to do." will fall into a dream."

"Uncle?" I seem to have never heard of such a relative.

"Well, your great uncle is from the old Yang's family here. Back then, the old Yang's family was definitely the top family in this official village. All the land here belongs to his family, even the Dage Lake in our township. No, there is such a saying: "Gehu Lake is three hundred miles away, and all the fish are named Yang."

The father went on to say: "Yes, I heard this when I was a child. It is definitely the richest family in the four towns and eight li. Nanjing, Beijing, and Chongqing have Yang's children as officials. They are very prestigious!"

"Then what happened later? Who is the great uncle?" I continued to ask.

The third grandfather narrowed his eyes and continued, "Isn't your great-uncle your great-uncle's brother-in-law?"

"Little brother-in-law? Are you saying that my mother-in-law is the daughter of the old Yang family?" I was inexplicably surprised. It's unbelievable that a family like ours could marry the prominent old Yang family.

"That's right, when your grandfather, that is, my father, was dying of hunger when he fled from Anhui to this old official village, he was dying of hunger. Fortunately, the old man of the Yang family celebrated his birthday and gave away porridge to the poor so that he stuttered. Yes, I survived. Later, your grandfather went to the Yang family to work as a part-time worker for a year, and he took root here. A year later, your grandfather left the Yang family. With his skill in making tofu, he worked hard from morning to night and worked hard here. Standing still. Not long after, the People’s Liberation Army came across the Yangtze River, and everyone in the Yang family fled. But your mother-in-law was in poor health and was bedridden, so your great-uncle stayed to take care of your mother-in-law. Didn't leave either. In the end, within a few days, we had wave after wave of deserters. Those deserters were no different from bandits, they robbed things everywhere, and the Yang family's mansion naturally became their target. Pity your great uncle. My father is just a scholar, unable to lift his hands or shoulders, all the money and food left by the family were robbed, and his feet were kicked off by deserters. One was sick, the other was injured, and the two of them called each other every day in the mansion. Not working, almost starved to death. Fortunately, your grandfather got up early to sell tofu. Passing the door, he faintly heard someone calling for help. When he went in, he found these two siblings who were dying of starvation. Thinking of the kindness of saving lives in the past, the grandfather took them in Sister and brother, after one night of bean curd feeding, my life was brought back. In the next half month, under the care of your great-grandfather, your great-uncle and great-grandmother recovered, but unfortunately they are lame and can only walk Walking on a crutch. Later, I lost contact with the Yang family, so I had no choice but to stay. When your mother-in-law recovers, you will help your grandfather make tofu. After coming and going, you will have feelings. So I just married your great-grandfather, and then we had your grandpa and me, and we still have half of the Yang family blood!" The little grandpa told me the history of our family while drinking.

"Hey, so that's the case, I was thinking, how could our family marry the old Yang's family, there is such a story between them!" I couldn't help thinking, so we are not the same, and our ancestors also have prominent family backgrounds.

When I was fantasizing, the little grandpa said again: "It was because of this relationship back then that I asked to live in this old house when I was demobilized and returned home. It was also guarding this ancestral house for their old Yang family. It's a pity that after all these years, I can't live in this old house." I don’t see anyone from the Yang family coming back to visit relatives, so there probably aren’t any of them!”

"What about great uncle? What happened to him afterwards?"

"Your great uncle, after he became lame, he said he was going to find the Yang family, so he didn't know where to go with his dry food! He came back after four or five years, and said he didn't find anyone from the Yang family, but learned He has a little medical skills, and he also knows the art of geomantic omen. After returning home, weddings and funerals in the four villages and eight li invited him to watch the date and choose Fengshui, and he could also earn a living. Later, when he broke the four old times, he was labeled as a landlord and counter-revolutionary by the rebels. It is said that he was criticized later, and he was beaten up while parading in the street, and he was so crazy that he didn’t know where he went! Later, I couldn’t find it when I tried to find it. After so many years, there is no news at all, and he is probably not alive anymore! "The little grandpa is very sad .

While talking about these past events, there was movement at the door. It turned out that it was my mother who brought the food.Everyone continued to eat, and my mother was also very surprised after hearing me tell about this dream.

After dinner, everyone continued to bask in the sun in the main room.The little grandpa talked about the house fairy and the dream again, and everyone agreed that it was the house fairy entering the dream, so they decided to go to the bottom of the stairs to see what happened.

Just do what you say, the little grandpa fetched the flashlight, and I took it and got into the corner under the stairs.

There is only a little place under the stairs, and the flashlight shone in, and at a glance, there was nothing.When I backed out, the little grandpa asked, "Have you looked carefully?"

"Look carefully, there is only such a small place, there is nothing!" I was also quite disappointed.

"House immortals don't fall into dreams for no reason, you tap and tap to see if there are any traps!" My dad interjected.

"Have you watched too many costume movies? You still think it's a tomb robbery note!"

"Just try it, and then climb in and beat it, maybe you will get something!" The little grandpa also spoke, and it seems that these two old men are going to die forever after what happened today.

In desperation, I climbed in again, and looked at the stairs, it was indeed wood; I looked at the floor tiles, and there was no problem with the high-quality green bricks.There is nothing wrong with patting hard, there is no hidden grid; when bricks are patted, no brick sinks in, and there is no mechanism.The only pitiful thing is my hands, which are red from the constant tapping of bricks!

Back out again, and the men give up.Just about to break up, my mother jumped out suddenly: "Why don't you dig it out and have a look!"

"Mom, don't talk nonsense, you're still digging, treasure hunting!" I have already decided to give up.

"Yes, dig it out, anyway, the house fairy will not fall asleep without incident, there must be a reason!" The little grandpa would agree.

Back then, I was spanked by my grandpa when I threw a copper coin and broke a blue brick. I didn’t expect him to agree to dig it up today.

On the contrary, the little grandpa said calmly: "I'm going to demolish this place too. Anyway, it will be demolished after the new year. It's the same if we do it ourselves first. I also believe that the house fairy will not dream for no reason. Let's dig it. I also want to see what happened. !"

Okay, the three adults agree, and I can only accept my fate.Picking up the small hoe that the third grandfather used to plant flowers, he climbed in again.The stairwell is very dry, and the green brick space is also very compact. It took me a lot of effort to dig out the first piece.The floor of the big family is very particular, and it is still so solid after so many years.

Everything is difficult at the beginning, but with one piece, the rest will be much easier.In about ten minutes, I dug up about one square meter.It can be seen that there is a layer of fine sand under the floor tiles, or nothing.

I turned around and looked at the three people standing outside without back pain. Their eyes were very determined, and they wanted me to continue.I had no choice but to continue digging. There was a thick layer of gravel under the sand, but there was still nothing.Continue to dig, the compacted soil layer is still nothing.

I have dug more than half a meter deep, but still nothing.I shook my head helplessly, and the little grandpa said: "Dig deeper. If you bury something, you must put it in after the foundation is dug, and then ram the soil. You dig again!"

So I leaned in again and continued digging.Just when my arms were numb and I was about to give up, I heard a "clang". The hoe hit a hard object, and the sound sounded like it had hit the rim of the vat.

There is really something, a sudden accident, all four of them are stunned there.

"Grandpa, I found something, like a jar, what should I do?" I asked my grandpa.

"Keep digging!" The little grandpa was also a little excited, "Dig it out and see what it is."

Now that I have dug it, I will continue to dig it, and I will not stop if I stop.So I continued to dig, the tank was very big, but I didn't dare to move too much, and the space was too small, so I couldn't use it.

The little grandfather and father simply closed the courtyard door and brought a shovel to help.Mother transported all the soil we dug up to the yard.As for what was in the tank, I really didn't think about it. There was a big stone slab covering it, and it was impossible to open it until all the soil on it was dug out.

Time passed, and when the sun was westward, the three of us finally dug a big hole at the corner between the stairs, and the soil on the tank was basically cleaned off.The three of us sat in the main room smoking cigarettes. Although it was winter, my heart was warm.No one knows what is in the tank, but they are full of expectations.

It is said that the old Yang family buried eighteen vats of gold and silver. Although it is a legend, it has a nose and an eye. Could this be one of the vats?If it is true, then this tank is too big, as big as the big water tank in the yard for storing water and raising lotus.If it was really gold and silver, how much gold and silver would it take to fill it up?

The three of you looked at me and I looked at you, with expectations in their eyes.After all, I have heard the legends, and now that such a large tank is suddenly dug out, although I haven't opened it yet, the excitement in my heart is reflected on my face.I don't know if it's the setting sun shining on my face, or the heat from working just now, both grandpa and father's faces were flushed, and I think I should be the same.

After a short rest, everyone stood up again.This time it's time to move the slate.There are two stone slabs, each as big as a door panel, and [-] centimeters thick. It is estimated that each piece must weigh three to four hundred catties!My mother had already gone home to pick up the hemp rope pole. If she couldn’t lift it up, she pulled down the stone slab.

After a while, the courtyard door rang.Mother also trotted all the way over, as if she were a thief.After I came in, I turned around to see if anyone found out before closing the door. It was a guilty conscience.Of course, the three of us are also cautious, and we dare not make too much noise these days.In case something really came out that alarmed the heavenly court, it would all belong to the imperial court.Not long ago, tens of millions worth of wood was dug out of someone's field. Didn't they become state-owned assets in a blink of an eye?In the end, I don't know how many pieces it was cut into and moved to whose house.The world is like this, so be careful!

Back in the main room, everyone breathed a long sigh of relief, ready to face the most tense moment.I climbed into the pit, put two hemp ropes on both ends of the stone slab, and then climbed out of the pit.The little grandpa was on the side of my father, and my mother was on the side. Everyone chanted and pulled together.

"One, two, three, pull!"

Everyone exerted their breastfeeding strength, only to hear a sharp friction sound coming from the pit, and the two ropes moved slowly back.Everyone suffocated and stepped back step by step.Suddenly the hemp rope sank, there was a bang inside, and the slate was pulled into the pit.I didn't care about the wounds on my hands that were strangled by the hemp rope, and was about to jump down, but the little grandpa grabbed me.

"Xiaoye, don't worry! I don't know what's inside, let my old man go!"

I know my little grandpa is afraid that something will happen to me. After all, no one knows what will be in this tank that has been buried for an unknown number of years.

We can't resist what little grandpa has to do, we can only ask him to be careful.We brought a coat to wrap the little grandpa, and found gloves, masks and the like for the little grandpa to wear.The father also found a candle and lit it to remind the little grandpa to be careful of lack of oxygen.Anyway, everything that could be prepared was prepared, and the little grandpa went down into the pit fully armed like a strong man on an expedition.