Inherit the family's old shop

Chapter 33
I was bitten by a snake this time, and I have been afraid of well ropes for ten years. Because I dare not sleep these days, the old man told me to sleep, but I panicked in my heart. The old man waved his hand, even saying and making gestures to make me feel at ease Go to sleep, he said he was watching by my side, let me sleep at ease.

The old man is by the side, perhaps because of my subconscious mind, I still feel a lot more at ease in my heart. In fact, after thinking about it again, the dream is not so scary. Now it seems that the little Huadan is not so scary. psychological troubles.

I covered the quilt, maybe because when I got home, I fell asleep and slept for a whole day. During this period, I felt that it was just a sudden moment. During the whole process, I didn’t even have a dream, let alone a dream I saw Xiao Huadaner and Lao Zhaizi, and when I woke up, I felt that the fatigue of the past half month was swept away. I looked at my watch, and it was already ten o'clock in the evening.

When I woke up, the room was filled with the smell of smoke, which made my nose uncomfortable. Then I turned my head and saw that the old man was sitting on the kang, smoking a cigarette. The cigarette butts were piled up in the corner like a hill. Know how much he smoked.

I looked over at him, that wrinkled old face. At this moment, I felt an inexplicable sense of familiarity, with an indescribable vicissitudes, indescribable fortitude, but the wrinkled face It reflects a bit of toughness like cutting with an axe and a knife.

But in an instant, the old man seemed to realize that I was awake, and when he turned his head, he smiled with a few big yellow teeth. Staring at each other for a long time, I didn't understand what he meant, and he couldn't express clearly. In the end, there was nothing I could do. The old man found a brush and made a few pieces of straw paper. The writing in regular script is quite wonderful, and I only understood what he said stroke by stroke.

What the old man meant, asked me if I had a dream just now, I shook my head, and then asked me if I felt anything strange when I slept, I still shook my head, the old man laughed and wrote another sentence, let me be in the old Stay at home for a while, when I come to this old home, I can get through anything.

The old man comforted me a few more words. It was already past eleven o'clock. The old man waved his hand and said that he had gone back to sleep. I slept for a whole day, and I was no longer sleepy. Mumbling all this in bed.

The first night I came back, I slept soundly, which made me believe in my father's promise that everything will be saved when I get home, but I was a little puzzled, why did I have a little dream when I got home I don’t even have any feeling. I remember the last time I dreamed of Xiaohuadan’er. I was sent back inexplicably. That time, it was not Xiaohuadaner’s tricks. She seemed powerless. I still remember what she said, if something happened When my son was looking for her, I put on the pair of jade bracelets she gave me, I always remembered it in my heart.

Before returning home, the old cripple in the old house had already made a lot of guesses about my family. First of all, my old man. Based on my understanding of more than 20 years, I can hardly see any flaws. He is an honest man. Little old man, I don't see what's so special about him at all, but he's the one who keeps me awake all night.I couldn't figure it out in my heart, and I didn't dare to figure it out.

Because I slept for a whole day, until one o'clock in the middle of the night, I still didn't feel sleepy at all. I ran out to use the toilet. The toilets in mountain villages are all in the yard. When I came back from the toilet, I passed by the place where my grandfather slept. In the room, it felt like someone was chattering. I knocked on the window and asked, "Grandma, you are still awake!"

There was a moment of silence in the room, and grandma quickly responded, "I was talking about your grandpa, and the loud snoring was so loud that I haven't fallen asleep yet!"

I responded with a smile in my heart. I have been here for decades. Why am I talking about my grandfather now? I have nothing to say to this old couple. In my impression, in these decades, my grandfather has almost I haven't quarreled with grandma very much. Grandma belongs to the kind of very capable woman. She acts like a man and is vigorous and resolute. On the contrary, grandpa has always been slow. But this complements each other, except grandma. After a few words, the two got along well.

Grandma asked me to go back to the house to sleep, I agreed, but just as I was about to go back to the house, there was a hysterical cry on the street, a young man's voice, shouting, old lady, come back, come back Bar.
The night was already quiet, but this voice could be heard in most of the village. Just after these two voices were shouted, I saw that the light was turned on in grandma's room, and then several other houses nearby I also turned on the light, and when I was in a daze, my grandma put on a coat and was about to go out in a hurry. When she saw me at the door, she said, "Jiu Jiner, go back to the house quickly. It sounds like the voice from the front." That old lady Li is gone, her son is called Hun'er, the villagers around us have to go and see it quickly!"

Grandma greeted me, and hurried out. I could see that grandma was in a hurry to go out. She didn't even have time to close the door when she went out. I was stunned for a while, and when I reached the door, I was about to close the door. I unconsciously turned to the outside Glancing at this strange street, a hunched old lady was walking towards it.

I didn't think much of it at first, but when my door was half closed, the old lady suddenly stopped on the road in front of my house. I looked over, and the old lady also raised her head at this time. The old lady looked She looks weird, her eyes look a bit muddy, and her face is wrinkled. Although the night is dark, I can see her grins and slight smiles clearly, but when it comes to her full face, I always feel like It's like being separated by a layer of fog, so you can't see clearly.

At this moment, the old man suddenly came out of the room, and the old man muttered something from afar. When I turned around, the old man waved at me with a dark face, telling me to hurry over. The old man made gestures and said, That means let me hurry back to the house, Mrs. Li just left, I am weak, don't run into me again!

Everyone in the village believes in this. In the past, my left ear would go in and my right ear would go out. But since I have experienced such evil things, I am also very convinced of this. The old man said this, I was about to close the door and go back to the house. I raised my head and glanced outside. The street was empty, and the strange old lady seemed to have gone away.

I went back to the house, and when I went to sleep at night, I always felt that I heard the sound of crying and crying in the distance. I went home tired.

I heard from my grandma that I have to call my father back for this matter, because our family and that old lady Li's family are still somewhat related. When my father was young, his body was quite weak, so my father recognized it Mrs. Li's husband became a godfather. There is a custom in the village, saying that this can help the children avoid disasters and troubles.

Mrs. Li's husband passed away more than ten years ago. Speaking of which, Mrs. Li's health is usually not very good. She is gone at this time. Dad is still a half-son, so he should come back to mourn.

I have little impression of the fact that Mrs. Li is the father and godmother, because I left the village when I was a child, and this time it can be said that this is the first time I have come back in 20 years. Damn, I haven't been back, and I have no idea about this.

But one thing I know is that this father's godmother is also my godmother, and I should be indispensable for the mourning.

When I think of this, I feel anxious. These days, I am only afraid of the concept of the dead. I didn't expect to encounter this thing just after I came back, and I was also frightened.

I looked at my grandfather, the old man naturally saw my thoughts, waved his hand, and said a few words to me, meaning nothing happened, then Mrs. Li is still half of me Grandma, it won't hurt me.

Hearing what the old man said, I had nothing to say. At noon that day, I followed Mrs. Li's house in filial piety. That day, I informed my father that it was almost afternoon. After what happened that night, my father didn't dare to walk this night, so he should come over tomorrow.

Mrs. Li’s family has two sons. The eldest son has been out for more than 20 years, and he probably won’t be able to come back tonight. The second son is in his 30s. His name is Li Shoucheng. In front of the spirit, the crying was sporadic, and the daughter-in-law was also crying with tears in her eyes when she was holding a child who was a little over one year old.

The elders and folks in the village also came to burn paper money, and some of the elderly even cried a few times. The custom in the village, the whole day of blowing and beating, and crying passed away.

According to the rules of the village, if there is no one in the village, the mourning will be suspended for three days. Mrs. Li's eldest son has not come back, and there are not many relatives of their old Li's family in the village. After all the calculations, the first night I'm afraid it's just me and his second son staying here for the funeral.

That night, my second son was the only one who was in mourning here, but the village also knew that he didn’t have many relatives in his family, so they specially found a few brave boys to accompany him. Cats and dogs, taboo against mice, etc., as well as placing candles, looking at incense, etc., are all very particular. In addition, the dutiful son who keeps the spirit must never sleep at night. Cats, cats, dogs, mice, etc. bit the corpse. I heard from the old man before that there was a family in the village. The filial son who kept watch at night fell asleep. The next day, he found that the corpse was bitten by something. Yeah, his face is covered in bloody flesh from the bites, this man is dead. He's still dead so aggrieved.

Now, the old man once said that he was afraid of corpses.

(End of this chapter)