"It's half past eleven, let's go and come back early in the afternoon." My mother said.
My second uncle and my father loaded the big bags onto the cart, and then my father took my mother to the crossroads in the north of the village.
Lulu held on to the door frame and turned back to my second uncle and me in puzzlement: "Why does Aunt Yun go to the north to burn?"
"Because the north belongs to water and belongs to yin, the gate of hell will open on July 15th, so of course it must be burned from the underworld." The second uncle touched Lulu's head lovingly, "Yun girl, why don't you say anything? You usually
Don’t you love these things the most?”
I forced a smile.
I rubbed my palms hard on my pants, sweating from my nervousness.
Today is July 15th, the day the fairy old man mentioned, but when I look outside there are no dark clouds and the sky is clear. Can it thunder?
Could he be lying to me?
Or, as soon as I walk out of the house, a big thunder will hit me to death?
I felt uneasy.
"You two stay in the house, protected by the gods and the Yin master. The most evil people cannot enter the house." The second uncle said, stood up and started to leave.
I panicked and grabbed my second uncle's finger: "Second uncle, what are you going to do?" I still had some confidence in my second uncle's situation. What would I do if my second uncle left?
The second uncle laughed so hard that he had a double chin. He tapped my nose and said, "The second uncle also guards a piece of land. On the Ghost Festival, the second uncle has to go back to visit the graves. What's wrong, are you scared?"
Scared! Super scared!
But I couldn't speak directly, so I could only blink my eyes, hoping that my second uncle could see the prayer in my eyes.
The second uncle sighed: "Don't be willful, the second uncle will be here tomorrow."
ruthless!
Unfeeling!
I watched my second uncle's back getting further and further away, and my heart was in doubt, as if a thousand needles were pricking my body.
Not long after my second uncle left the front door of my house, a thunderbolt hit my feet in the clear sky!
There was a loud bang that almost blinded my eyes! My eardrums were about to burst!
I'm stupid!
It turns out that what the fairy old man said is true!
"Ah! Nuanting! Come in the house quickly!" Lulu grabbed my arm and pulled me into the house, "Why is there thunder?"
I felt excited all over.
I immediately went into the house and took out two stools and stacked them under the bird's nest on the eaves. I didn't care whether the stools were neatly aligned or if I would fall down, so I climbed up directly and held the bottom of the bird's nest with my right hand.
Lulu was frightened when she saw this: "Nuan Ting, what are you doing! Come into the house quickly! Didn't the second uncle let you in? Don't fall down!"
My face was ashen and my breathing was heavy.
The extremely thick dark clouds in the sky connected together from both sides at a very fast speed. In just a few seconds, the sky became dark.
The wind gradually became stronger, and by the time I stood up completely, the poplar tree in front of my house had been blown into a bent fan!
The wind howled, the pigs and chickens in the pig pens and chicken pens began to get restless, and the dogs in the whole village also barked together!
My eyes were blown open by the wind, but I could feel that the wind seemed to be wrapped in ice particles. It was colder and more frantic than the day when the black snake walked away!
"Nuan Ting! Come down quickly!" Lulu stood at my feet, spinning around in a hurry, "The wind is so strong, don't be blown down! What will happen if you fall!"
Just as Lulu finished speaking, another loud, bright and deafening thunder struck in front of me. The moment the thunder fell, I could smell the burning smell of my hair, and my ears were ringing.
I turned my head and said to Lulu seriously: "Lulu, if I disappear today, you must take my place and be filial to my father, mother, and my second uncle."
Lulu was confused by what I said and was also frightened: "Ooooooo, Nuanting, what are you talking about!"
boom--
Another big thunder came and fell on my left side.
It seems that the fairy old man is right. These thunders are obviously coming towards me. If I hold the bird's nest in my hand, I might be able to escape.
That's what I was thinking.
The big thunders fell one after another without any cost. These thunders circled around me and struck me all around.
I'm almost cooked.
However, I was relieved.
The thunderstorm formed like this, almost turning into a curtain of light. Nothing happened to me. It seemed that I could be saved. But my eyes were black from the shaking, and the pain in my left ear was unbearable. There seemed to be blood flowing down.
.
"Nuan Ting! Your ears are bleeding!"
Hey! It did bleed, but it was worth it to exchange an ear for a life.
I closed my eyes in peace.
The little swallows above my head were chirping miserably, and I couldn't bear it. They were all innocent little beings, but because I wanted to survive, they had to be afraid in the thunder curtain.
Maybe the newborn swallow has been shocked to death.
Thinking of this, I blame myself again.
I stood on tiptoes, trying to take out the little swallow and hand it to Lulu to take to the house, but my hand touched a long and slippery thing, about ten centimeters long, and covered with prickly hairs.
I was stunned for a moment, and then I touched the side... Goosebumps suddenly appeared all over my body, because I touched something with eight legs and a big belly...
Oh my god! What the hell is this!
I stiffly raised my head and looked over, and saw several long green legs stretching out from both sides of the bird's nest in the black and white flashed by thunder.
Those legs walked forward slowly, and a spider head as big as a fist appeared on the edge of the bird's nest!
There are eight eyes on the spider's head! Each eye is glowing green! The spider's mouthparts are also clearly visible!
Soon enough, the spider’s front legs dug towards my eyes!!
"Ah!!!" I yelled and suddenly let go of my hand! But the spider legs were also in front of me!!
Oh my god!!
"Warm the courtyard!"
Lulu also saw the big spider, and she threw herself into the stacked chairs! I fell off the chair and barely escaped the spider's legs!
Immediately afterwards, the spider pulled silk from its belly to stick to the bird's nest, and fell towards me again! Its front legs dug towards my eyes again!
I'm still rolling on the ground due to inertia!
"Nuan Ting! Come into the house quickly!!" Lulu said while running towards me in a panic!
I was dizzy and watched the spider legs arrive in front of me, but my body couldn't react!
At this time, there was another big thunder in the sky, hitting the spider with a bang!
The spider actually made a terrifying scream and fell to the ground softly and blackly!
"Warm the courtyard!"
"Lulu!"
Lulu took my hand, and we staggered back into the house, trembling and looking at the big spider that seemed to be dead at the door.
But within a few seconds, a neat opening suddenly opened in the spider's black belly.
A cloud of red smoke came out from inside and gradually condensed into the shape of a person.
When she saw the person's appearance clearly, Lulu sat down on the ground with a plop, trembling in disbelief, and pointed at him: "Yes, it's the master who went to my house!"
"What!"
I looked at the fairy old man emerging from the spider's belly in shock, only to see his face was full of ferocity and his eyes were glowing green.
He reached out his hand to me again!
"Snake Eyes! Help me survive the disaster!"
I had no time to react, and his hand came to me again.