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Chapter 26 The Back View of Snake Bay
All he can do at this time is to call on the snakes to support Xiao Chu's body as much as possible. In the dark, he doesn't want Xiao Chu to leave, even if it's against the law of heaven, he doesn't want him to regret this moment in the future.However, when it was like water, Xiao Chu sucked in the water enough to suffocate her instantly, and the difference between yin and yang was separated in a few seconds.This day is the fourteenth of July, the annual ghost festival, Xiao Chu's sixth birthday.

Birthday is death day, it really is a trick of creation.A group of snakes entangled in the water, and above the group of snakes, there was a girl's body exuding a strange aura under the moonlight. Just after 12 o'clock, the air between heaven and earth was filled with coldness, and a hundred ghosts descended the mountain to parade the world. Under the icy moonlight, a little girl in red with black hair was squatting motionless by the bay, like a sculpture. It's been many years...

The wind in late autumn is a bit bleak, the sun has not been out for many days, and the sky is so gloomy that it always feels like something is going to happen.Ever since a girl named Xiao Chu died in the next village, I heard that their village has not been very peaceful.The villagers often heard the cries of girls echoing on the threshing floor in the village in the middle of the night.

At the very beginning, the brave ones came out to look for it and found that there was nothing on the empty rice field.After a period of time, no crying was heard anymore, so some people dared to go fishing in the early morning, but one time, a person who went out to fish was terrified, and saw Xiao Chu, who had died long ago, squatting like that The drowned Snake Bay was motionless, her black hair was still dripping wet, as if she had just climbed out of the water, her red dress was soaked, and under the bleak moonlight, it looked strange and indescribably stained red with blood.Oh my god, the men in their thirties were scared out of their urine at that time, and when they came back, they said that the girl's death was so strange that they would definitely not let it go.

Sure enough, since then, people often watched Xiao Chu appear by the water at night, and once or twice saw many people, and felt a little sorry for the child. After all, when the child was young, the villagers treated her badly. I have often given embarrassment and facial expressions. Speaking of which, it is quite tragic to die at such a young age.

After the villagers invited Taoist priests to cross the souls of the dead for the sake of peace, the number of female babies appeared less, but what was even more strange was that they often cried in front of people's doors in the middle of the night. She cried in front of the window of her house, and she didn't know if it was to avenge the big guy's injustice to her before or what, anyway, the voice made people panic.Everyone dared not go out at night, for fear that when they opened the door, they would see a girl in red crouching at the door, dripping water all over her body.Just cry, the villagers really have nothing to do with her for a while, so they must leave after a while.

Speaking of which, there are also relatives of our old Zhang's family in the next door village, who is also an old man of the "zhi..." generation, two generations higher than my grandfather.The grandpa and grandma of this old man's birth year are also very clear. He only knows that when he first moved here, he heard that the old man lost his wife in his early years and had no children under his knees.

Although life is difficult, the old man is still in good health.Although my back is a little hunched now, but fortunately there is no serious disaster or illness, otherwise I should have reported to Lord Yan long ago.Although the exact age of the old man is not clear, everyone said that he is almost ninety, and he probably won't live for a few years.

I have also stayed in Wusi Village for several years, and life has always been quite peaceful.When it was just dawn, the whole family got up and prepared to have breakfast.The fire in the stove hadn't been lit yet, grandma thought of something and brought out some thicker clothes and called grandpa to come over to see how it was. Grandpa saw the new clothes and said happily, "made them for me?" These days It's a big surprise to have a new cotton-padded jacket to wear.Grandma smiled and said: "It's a good idea, you can wear it for a few years!" After finishing speaking, she handed the clothes to Grandpa, "Old man, the old man in the village next door may have a hard time this winter. It's over, you will take these cotton coats and send them to him after you finish your meal later."

"It's true, the old man is ninety this year, so it doesn't mean how many more years he can live!" Grandpa patted his hand and took over the blue cotton coats, a pair of light blue cotton pants and a pair of A dark blue padded jacket, plus a cotton vest with chest protection inside.From the point of view of the fabric, it is the blue cotton fabric spun by our own loom, plus the lining of some old clothes. Although these three clothes are not brand new, they are at least thick to the touch.The elderly don't pay attention to what's new or not, as long as it's cold enough to wear clothes that won't freeze.The old man in the village next door, the grandfather knows, almost every year at this time, he will send some clothes and shoes to the old man to keep out the cold, as a token of his heart.

"Come here, bring me a few more catties of eggs. The elderly don't usually eat anything good. Let's send some if we can. The children at home still have something to eat." He took out more than a dozen fresh eggs, thinking about serving meat to the old man to add some nutrition.Grandpa hurriedly found a bag, picked it up one by one carefully, and scooped a few large bowls of rice and eggs from the rice tank, packed them together, and prepared to send them to the old man home after eating.

"It's strange to say, what do the old people usually eat? They don't farm, they don't have a vegetable field, and they have no children. They have lived to such an old age. You said that when there was a famine, no one had anything to eat. How come he survived the death of so many people, it's really strange..." Grandpa scratched his head, and suddenly thought of it, he was a little confused.I almost starved to death at that time, and I just survived by relying on wild vegetable roots, bark and bran, and I almost didn't dig the Guanyin soil. This old man survived, what a catastrophe!

"Oh, how did you come up with this idea? Could it be that there is a god living in his house who can change something for him to eat? Really, with the help of distant relatives and neighbors, and when he was young, he must have farmed and stored food. Besides She has not farmed land for more than ten years. Who knows how she lived before? We also moved here from another village, so you just need to take care of what you have to eat, and take care of it all day long..." Grandma He blamed, and stared at Grandpa a few times.While talking, he put everything on the big table, went to the kitchen to light a fire and cook, and grandpa started to feed the chickens in the yard.

The morning sun was bright red but there was no warmth, standing lazily on the top of the mountain, as if he could fall into the valley if he didn't pay attention.Smoke rises from the roofs of every household in the village, against the backdrop of golden fallen leaves all over the mountain, it is so beautiful, what a beautiful picture of the landscape and countryside!

After the grandfather finished eating, he took something to the next village to deliver to the old man. The morning wind had already brought a little bit of chill, and it was cool on people's faces.In a blink of an eye, it was going to be the beginning of winter, and the weather was as cold as it could be. Thinking that the old man didn't have any thick clothes, grandma asked grandpa to send him some cotton clothes early in the morning.Grandma has always been a warm-hearted person. I think my family moved here from elsewhere. When I first came to the village, I got a lot of help from my fellow clan. I heard that the old man was lonely and helpless, so I felt some compassion. If you are old, help if you can.

Because it is a neighboring village, there is only a hill and a river away, and it takes about [-] minutes to walk, which is not too far.The house of the old man’s house is already in decline because it was built a long time ago. The edge of a beam has broken through the mud wall and leaked out. There are also several large cracks on the main body of the wall. The walls of the house have been peeled off after being polished by wind, frost, rain and snow.The wooden lattice window has lost the slightest aesthetic feeling at this time, and some horizontal rails have rotted into dark black, and the plastic sheet used to block the wind inside the window is also torn, fluttering in the wind, making a whirring sound.The rusted copper knocker on the door is still telling the story of that year, but unfortunately time flies and everything gets old!At this glance, it seems that the house will not last for a few years, let alone the people living in the house?
The gate is an open space of about [-] square meters. The uneven ground has obviously not been trimmed and cleaned for a long time. The wildly overgrown weeds have withered and withered at this time, and the clusters of withered and yellow clusters look like dying patients. People can't lift up their spirits, and it seems that no personal footprints have been left on the open space.There are no chickens and ducks pacing around for food, and no villagers passing by to go home from work. On this mountain, only the old man’s family lives. The houses next door have already collapsed. No one came back to see it.Lonely and helpless, the life of the old man must be very difficult!

"Hey, there are no children and relatives here, how are the old people living!" Grandpa sighed as he looked at the portrait of the door god on the door, whose color had already peeled off and turned white, and hoped that he would not be like this when he was old.

"Dong dong dong..." Grandpa walked up the steps made of stones and knocked on the old man's door. It was past breakfast time, so why didn't the door open?After a few sounds, a weak and old voice came from inside the room and responded, "Who is it?" Da Da Da's footsteps slowly approached the door, and then there was the sound of the door bolt twitching. Two seconds later, the door opened, revealing a wrinkled But a hale and hearty face.

"Hey, look, I'll come to your house to see you, and I'll bring you some clothes and food. Is it because you haven't woken up yet?" Grandpa said with a smile.After all, he brought the bag in his hand to the old man, ready to show it to him.

"Oh, you have a heart. You came so far to give me something for this old man. I haven't finished eating the rice and sweet potatoes I brought last time!" The clothes are almost the same as those of his own son, which is undoubtedly a timely help.

"Oh, what about a little something, as long as I have enough for my family. Now my age is much better than before, and the grain and crops in the field can feed the whole family. Your old man is too old to do anything. What kind of harvest, we will bring you a little bit to solve your problems, this is just a little bit of my own heart, and it is just a matter within our power, how can it be so serious as you always say..." The grandfather said while holding the old man's hand, the old man's hand was a little bit It's cold, and it seems that the clothes are not very warm.

"Hey, all of you are warm-hearted, but you can't bear to see me, an old man, suffer. I come here to deliver all kinds of things all year round. I'm already living a pretty good life by myself. You should save more for your family in the future. , It's not easy to raise these four children, don't bring everything to me, I will feel bad if the grandchildren are hungry and cold. Come, come, come in and drink some hot tea, just made." The old man had kind eyes and kind eyes, and he called grandpa into the house while talking a little embarrassedly.

The wind outside will be a little stronger now, blowing the leaves in front of the door swaying from side to side. I don't know if it's an illusion or something. Grandpa felt a white shadow suddenly flashing past in front of him. It rushed out from the door and floated to the door. The tree in front of him disappeared, and it took only one second before and after. The figure was blurred, and Yi Yue could make out that it should be a woman in white. The figure of a woman.But whether this is a demon or a ghost, it is a little unclear, because since I was young, I found that I can see those pickled things, and my grandfather has already become very calm and calm.

(End of this chapter)