Late at night in the dog days of summer, I was carrying Nai Li on my back on the country road to Tulingou. I could still feel the coldness through several layers of shrouds.
After hearing this, Mr. Song looked ugly.
"Junior brother, it's taboo in the industry, so don't talk nonsense. We don't smoke. Where does the smell of cigarettes come from? I don't smell it."
"You didn't smell it?"
Mr. Song immediately shook his head.
I also shook my head and said that my nose was blocked and I couldn't smell anything now.
"Stop talking and leave quickly."
Keep on your way.
After leaving Tianjing Village, walk three miles north. To reach Tulin Valley, you have to climb a hillside. The locals call it "Langpo", but in fact there are no wolves there at all.
It was a small uphill all the way here at Langpo. I was carrying the old lady who was dead and gasping for air. My back was soaked by the shroud, and I was sweating a lot on my forehead.
After taking a breath, I turned my head and looked.
I don't know if it was because of the bumps she suffered, but Nai Li's face turned dark, her eyes were closed tightly, and water was flowing from her nose to her eyes. It was yellowish white in color, and the color was a bit like orange juice.
Mr. Song said: "Young man, keep on keeping on. We will almost reach the destination after passing Langpo."
"Junior brother, why don't you use a flashlight?"
"You don't need to turn it on. The moon is so bright and you can see the road clearly. I'm afraid someone will see me when I use a flashlight."
"That's true. I can see the road clearly now."
I took two deep breaths, struggled to lift Nai Li on my back, and followed them up Langpo.
There are many wild jujube trees on Langpo. The green jujube trees are not big. The jujube trees are full of thorns, which hurt people. Because they have to cross Langpo, Mr. Song picked up a stick and hit the wild jujube trees back and forth.
Let me go first.
I was already very careful, but the thorns of the jujube tree still caught my thigh. The pain was unbearable. As soon as my hand slipped, Li Nai lay back on my back.
"careful!"
Mr. Song had quick eyesight and quick hands, so he immediately supported him with both hands!
This time he was quite frightened, and he repeatedly told me to be careful, and I also said sorry.
Nai Li's arms were hanging weakly in the air, her face was facing upwards, facing the moonlight, and yellow water was still oozing out of her nose, eyes and corners of her mouth.
And just then...
Suddenly, there was movement from some jujube trees not far away.
The sound was, "Whoosh... Whoosh...".
Obviously there is no wind at all now.
Checking the household registration took out a flashlight from his pocket and took a photo.
When I shined the flashlight, I saw that the branches were moving back and forth, and I also saw some smoking smoke floating in the air. These white smoke disappeared in an instant.
"Gudong..." I swallowed in fear.
This is real, it really looks real.
Cha Hukou stared at the jujube tree that was shaking slightly in front of him. Immediately, he took out a wooden ruler painted with red paint from his pocket. There were many incomprehensible patterns carved on the ruler. It seemed that the paste was a bit strange.
At the beginning of the year, probably around the time of the Republic of China.
He walked over with light steps, looked at the jujube trees, his eyes widened with anger, and he held up a wooden ruler and shouted: "Get out of here! Don't look at who is here! If you are dishonest, I will kill the devil!"
The next second, the jujube trees in front stopped shaking, and the white smoke just now was gone.
I didn't dare to make a sound because I was afraid.
Seeing that there was no movement, he turned around and said to go quickly and don't turn around and look around.
I kept walking forward with my head down, not daring to look around at all.
After walking only a few steps, I stepped on a broken water cup. It was a Fuguang water cup. It was very broken and dirty. There was water in it, and it seemed that there was some rotten tea leaves or something in it.
I kicked it away.
The broken Fuguang water cup rolled around several times in an instant.
At this time, I looked up and saw a man squatting on the ground motionless. Judging from the shape, hairstyle, and height, he looked very similar to Nai Li who was carrying me on my back.
I blinked hard a few times, and when I looked around, I could still see the black shadow squatting there motionless.
As if it sensed me watching, it slowly turned its head.
I immediately closed my eyes and muttered silently: "My eyes are dazzled, my eyes are dazzled, there is nothing, I saw it wrong, I saw it wrong, I definitely saw it wrong, Grandma Li was on my back, how could she run under the jujube tree."
"Why did you stop? Let's go."
Mr. Song was looking at the road ahead, but he didn't see it.
That's what I saw.
I could clearly hear my heart beating non-stop. I became more and more frightened and couldn't stand it anymore.
I turned around and ran!
At the same time, he shouted: "Ghost! There is a ghost! There is smoke! The ghost smokes!"
"Where! Where!"
"There's a ghost somewhere!"
Mr. Song looked very nervous, with sweat on his forehead. He grabbed my arm and shouted, "What are you yelling about!"
I stared in horror.
Mr. Song slowly turned back and glanced at the jujube tree.
The next second...
He runs faster than me!
"Why are you two running away!"
The household checker turned around and saw it. His expression changed, and he immediately held up a flashlight to shine and shouted: "Who! Who is squatting there! Talk!"
"Don't..."
"Don't take the photo, it's me, it's me."
Squatting under the jujube tree was an old woman I didn't recognize. She was about 1.5 meters tall, with messy gray hair and a pair of thick leather gloves on her hands.
Even though she was squatting under the jujube tree just now, she didn't say a word or move.
Mr. Song and I ran all the way out at this moment. When we looked back and saw this scene, he came back and said loudly: "What are you doing! You are silent in the middle of the night! You want to scare people to death!"
"Ouch! Misunderstanding, misunderstanding!"
The short old lady stood up and said with a sad face: "I came to steal wild jujubes, how dare you say anything! This is not my wild jujube tree. My grandson will soon have to pay tuition and fees, and there is nothing I can do." She had a look on her face.
have no choice.
After asking, it became clear that the Langpo wild jujube trees are very famous in Nanping. The slopes here are full of wild jujube trees. All the wild ones have been picked, and the remaining ones are owned by owners. The purchase price of the seasonal wild jujubes is one pound and one cent.
Fifth, the jujube cores cost 1 piece per pound. This lady stole the jujubes and ate them, and then sold the remaining stones for money.
The branch was swaying back and forth just now because she didn't see us and was still beating wild jujubes with a stick, so it was shaking. The smoke I saw was because she was smoking while beating wild jujubes.
There are many elderly ladies here who are addicted to cigarettes. Ye Ye used to make jujubes, but later found that there was no way to make money by making toad clothes, so he changed his career.
"Go quickly! Don't stay here!"
"Hey, hey! I'm leaving now."
The old lady picked up the snakeskin bag filled with jujubes from the ground, picked up the broken Fuguang water cup, and left with a wooden stick.
It really scared me just now.
I turned around and asked Mr. Song: "I ran away, why were you so fast? You even ran ahead of me."
He wiped his sweat and said awkwardly: "Although I do this, I am also afraid of ghosts because I have seen them before."
"Have you really seen a ghost before?"
He nodded and said that he had really seen him before, two years ago when he was helping people with some errands.
After chatting for a few more words, he saw that I was talking to him with my hands behind my back, and suddenly asked: "Where is Grandma Li?"
