Panguan

The teacher in the long gown stared at the copper box blankly, and first glanced above his head, as if he was still sitting in the deep well where no sunlight could be seen.

As a result, he saw the eaves and the moon.

He hurriedly opened the copper box with trembling fingers, and eagerly flipped through the contents. When he saw the sender Xu Yarong was written on each envelope, he slowly slumped his shoulders, and then hugged him as if he were holding all his belongings. holding that box.

At that moment, the strands of black smoke floating around him burst into flames, like a group of snakes that suddenly woke up, and began to show signs of riot.

This is when the confused person finally remembered what he wanted.

He thought of his reluctance and inability to let go, of his deepest obsession before his death, and of the reason why he lingered in this world for so long and never left.

Just like Shen Manyi before.

The black mist was like an uncontrolled willow leaf, flying in all directions, grazing Wen Shi's arm, leaving several cuts, both very thin and very deep. When I heard about it, I didn't give way or walk away.

He bent down in the torn and entangled black fog and asked Mr. Li: What disease is Shen Manyi suffering from?

Mr. Li looked at him, picked up a stick, and wrote stiffly on the dirt floor of the garden: If you don't remember things, you won't grow up.

When Wen Shi turned to look at Shen Manyi, the little girl pinched her fingers and looked up at him in confusion.

How old are you this year? Wen Shi asked.

The little girl counted her fingers and it was clear that she was sixteen, but she said softly: 11 years old.

She almost died in a fire, and saw Cai's mother, who had brought her up and sewed bows for her, hanged from the rafters.

The window of that room faced the backyard. She used to make a swing in the yard, and Cai's mother would sit by the window and work as a female worker. She would look up at her from time to time and tell her not to swing too high, or she would fall.

The window was open that day, and Cai’s mother was still by the window. She was hanging so high. Feng Chuī entered the room and she slowly turned in a circle on the rope.

Shen Manyi suffered from fever on and off for more than half a month and kept dreaming.

She dreamed that she was playing hide-and-seek with her younger siblings and Ajun. She hid carefully, lying under the bed, wrapped in the hanging curtain, but accidentally fell asleep. When she woke up and opened her eyes, she was surrounded by fire.

She also dreamed that she climbed out of the fire and saw Cai's mother's embroidered shoes hanging high.

She slept for a long time, and then slowly woke up until she stopped having these dreams. From then on, her time stayed in the summer of 1913.

The high fever left sequelae. Her younger siblings and Ajun kept growing, but she remained the same size. The clothes were torn, so she sat on the bed of the downstairs bedroom holding the skirt, waiting for Mother Cai to come and sew it. When the swing is high, she will turn her head to look at the window and wave to that side.

Mr. Li no longer forced her to do her homework, and Mama Cai no longer taught her how to be a female worker, so she had a lot more time to play.

Her favorite thing is actually the swing, but her family is always unhappy for some reason. She wants to make everyone laugh, so she thinks of many games and invites many people to play together.

Ajun was the least happy, so she always took him with her.

After all, she is the sister.

However, she, as an older sister, did not get to play with her younger siblings for long. She died in the summer of another year. Ajun was particularly unhappy that day, so she tried every means to tease him, laughing and joking until she was hidden on the sofa.

That day was May 19th, the same day that Cai’s mother’s skirt floated out of the window.

Mansheng and Ajun were both 15 that year, tall as adults, but she was still 11 years old and tiny.

There was also dust and cobwebs under the sofa, just like when she was lying under the couch playing hide and seek, except that she didn't have to break her neck, hands and feet, and it wasn't as painful.

Everything seems to travel through time, and one life is worth another.

The little girl squatted by the door of the backyard, her confused expression faded little by little, and the corners of her mouth slowly pulled down.

At that moment, the thing restraining her in the cage loosened, and the entire Shen family mansion shook like a sudden earthquake.

Wen Shi woke up with a question.

Xia Qiao was startled, half-crouched down to steady himself, and said hurriedly: What is going on?

Xie asked: The cage is about to be released.

Xia Qiao: Really? Why?

You were hiding behind the curtain, holding several toy balls in your hand, and suddenly a few fell out uncontrollably. Would you rush out to pick them up?

meeting.

That's the truth. Xie Wen raised his feet and walked towards Wen Shi, Your brother is luring the cage master.

Hearing what he said, Xia Qiao suddenly felt unsafe everywhere. There seemed to be someone always watching them from behind. After all, the cage owner didn't seem to show up yet: Where will he be hiding?

Xie Wen said without looking back: It's possible anywhere, any place where people can appear.

any?

Xia Qiao turned his head and glanced nervously, then hurriedly chased after him.

When Xie Wen heard this, he stopped beside him and raised his hand to sweep away the black mist. When he heard it, he asked Mr. Li: Where are you going with the letter box in your hand?

Mr. Li shook in the tremor and wrote two words on the ground with a wooden branch: Police Station.

After a while, he wrote under these two words: Go home.

First go to the police station to report the crime, then go home with your letter and never come back, right?