Inherit the family's old shop

Chapter 16
I was taken aback when I heard that, and the old cripple smiled, "I didn't scare you, the key is up to you!" The old cripple pointed to the wall in the backyard, "Boy, you will do as I say in a while , when you get out of this house, follow the big red rooster in my house, don't turn your head until dawn, don't look back no matter who tells you, you have to remember clearly, this time you will go out Not in that red coffin!"

I was terrified when I heard it, but the old cripple kept laughing, and took out a few wooden signs from his pocket, which were very similar to the ones he gave me back then, but a little different. Seven signs were worn on a red string. , the old cripple hung around my neck.

"Son. When it's dawn, you go to the train station. Don't worry, someone will pick you up there. You'll lose your train ticket, old man. The journey back will be the hardest for you!" The old cripple squinted his eyes with me.

I looked at the old cripple suspiciously, and asked, "Master, isn't it okay to leave the old house?"

The old cripple shook his head, "That girl can't get out of this house, but she can fall into a dream, especially yours, this shady married couple is already a family, she wants to find you, it's just a matter of thought! "

"The bunch of pagoda tree signs I gave you are actually to save your life on the road. Seven signs can save you seven times at most. When the signs are gone, you can only resign yourself to fate." The old cripple shook his head and laughed. , "Son, remember, try not to fall asleep on the way, as soon as you fall asleep, you will inevitably meet that ghost girl!"

"Don't sleep on the way?" I was speechless after listening to the old cripple. It took four or five days from Liuzhou to Hebei. If I didn't sleep on the train, it would kill me!
But I still remember what the old cripple said. If you make a wrong step, it will be fatal. I dare not take it lightly.

Originally, I planned to borrow two pieces of clothes, but the old cripple gave me a package, which felt like there were clothes in it, but the old cripple said that I couldn't wear them now, and I had to wait until dawn to put them on.

I was sitting at the door with my package in my arms. Today is the [-]th day. There was a full moon in the sky, but in a short while, a large black cloud covered it, and in the blink of an eye, It was much darker this day, and the old cripple looked up at the sky, with a smile on his face as calm as a pool of stagnant water. At this moment, there were a few cries of night-crying birds and the sound of whimpering in the front yard. Crying like complaining, it's strange to hear.

The old cripple pinched his fingers and frowned, "I hope today's incident won't be caused by the weather!"

"Boy, let's hurry up on this rainy day!" The old cripple bent over to light a lantern, and stuck it on the door frame.

The old cripple took out something from his pocket, and I saw it was a small wooden figure, which was carved so vividly, and I could tell it was me from the eyes, ears, mouth and nose. Get things ready.

A piece of yellow paper was pasted on the wooden man. There were some messy runes on the front, and my birth date was drawn on the back. I didn’t tell anyone about this. I wondered how the old cripple knew. .

The old cripple threw the wooden man into the coffin with one hand, and raised his foot, a seemingly thick coffin board was lifted up, and it was firmly covered on the coffin.

"Boy, hurry up and get under the coffin, remember to do as I tell you, and don't make a sound!"

As soon as I climbed in, I heard the coffin banging. I could tell that it was the old cripple nailing the coffin to seal it. A coffin nail shoved straight into my mouth, with a rotten woody smell.

"Remember the east, west, north and south now, and don't change your direction later!" The old cripple gave his final advice, and his voice fell silent in an instant.

I looked around, the direction above my head was due east, my feet were due west, and my hands were controlling north and south. I had just memorized the direction when suddenly the wind blew up!
Immediately afterwards, the sound of several gongs was heard.

"Dangdangdangdang" was crisp and clear in my ears, and I suddenly shuddered. There is something wrong with the sound of the gong.

As soon as the sound of the gong stopped, there was a sudden darkness in front of my eyes, and it was pitch black. I was obviously lying under the coffin, but now I felt like I was in the coffin. At this moment, I heard the sound of babbling and singing Gradually it rang.

It sounded like the babbling of an opera in an opera garden, but when you listened carefully, it sounded like the beating of gongs and drums for marriage. In an instant, a giggle sounded in my ears, it was the child .

There was a chaotic crowd of voices, just like the voice when I entered the coffin in the main hall. At this time, a voice with a bit of vicissitudes came out, "Old cripple. The time has come, we are here to lead people!"

"Well, it's quite early!" The old cripple nodded in response!
"This matter has to be dealt with quickly. When the house is consummated and the girl enters his family's ancestral grave, we will leave safely!" There was a sense of joy and relief in the voice.

At this time, I heard the old cripple say, "Man, you can't take it away, but you can take this body back!"

With this sentence, the crowd exploded, and there was a mess of people crying and laughing. The tune was harsh. The lame thing.

"Cripple, what's going on, you have to explain!"

There was a bit of anger in the voice, and it could be heard that the old cripple should have promised them something, but now he changed his mind again, no wonder he was not happy.

The old cripple sneered, "I answered you, but this kid didn't answer you. This kid is timid and can't stand this stimulation. No, just today, he committed suicide in my room!"

"If you don't believe me, you can go and see for yourself, other things are fake, but this corpse can't be fake!"

As soon as the old cripple finished speaking, I felt the coffin move, and the chilly wind blew in along my neck. Immediately, I felt a little cramp in my thigh.

I opened my eyes, not daring to close them at all. It was pitch black in front of me, but suddenly, a pretty baby face approached me.

There are blue and black eye circles, this little braid on his head, his face is pale, and when he smiles, the small canine teeth at the corners of his mouth are on his lips, which looks very sharp.

I saw this ghost baby leaning over its head. At that moment, its face was at most a few millimeters away from me. The sharp little canine teeth almost bit my face. My right leg was so cramped that it was almost numb. The coffin nail was stuffed in my mouth. Hidden in darkness.

I thought this was the end of me, but what I didn't expect was that this was actually the beginning. Just as I was about to catch my breath, a burst of burning heat and the smell of burning rushed over, and I finally understood why the old cripple Tell me again and again, don't close your eyes, because the things in front of you are too scary, I really doubt that if I look at them a few times, I will be scared to death alive.

A scorched black face, no, it should be said to be one layer, I can’t tell how many faces there are, it’s black and scorched, with a pungent burnt smell, the hair and eyebrows are burnt clean, a pair of eyes Some have white eyes, while others have black holes with bloody water lying out.

These people were all burned alive. When they died, the ferocity and fear on their faces were forcibly engraved on their faces. Even if they were ghosts, they couldn't get rid of it. The burning is incomplete, fear, ferocity, resentment, unwillingness, all kinds of resentment in life are engraved on each face, I dare not blink my eyelids, because I am afraid that once I close it, there will be no more. Courage opened his eyes, the kind of resentment engraved on their faces before they were alive, but it burrowed into my heart like a tarsal maggot.

(End of this chapter)