Dad's face was already a little pale, he licked his lips and hurried back to the house.
"There is nothing outside the house!" Before my mother could ask, my father said.
My mother's face also turned a little pale, and she hurriedly hugged me in her arms, "Go to sleep quickly!"
Dad nodded, and just as he sat on the kang, the sound came again. This time it was clearer and a little messy. This time the footsteps sounded much louder, and he was still very anxious.
Mom looked back at dad.
"Sleep!" Dad whispered and hurriedly pulled the quilt.
I secretly raised my head and looked out the window. This sight made me tremble all over.
There seemed to be countless crowds outside the window, walking past the courtyard door. I could only see the pale teeth, as if smiling strangely at me, but I couldn't see the appearance of those shadows clearly at all.
"Go to sleep!" Dad said hurriedly, pressing my head down.
At this time, the footsteps outside the door became louder, as if there were thousands of troops passing by, making a loud rumble. The big yellow dog in the yard whimpered and did not dare to make any sound.
Dad lowered his head, hugged me and my mother in his arms, and whispered: "His grandma said, you must not go out of the yard tonight, as long as you don't go out of the yard, you will be fine!"
"Yeah!" Mom responded.
Bang bang bang... At this moment, there was a sudden knock on the door.
I saw my father's face suddenly change, but he didn't speak.
Bang bang bang... Another knock on the door came, and my mother's face changed. She hugged me and said, "What's going on?"
Bang bang bang... Before Dad could answer, the knock on the door rang again, and it became more and more anxious every time.
"Is there a ghost knocking on the door?" My mother said fearfully.
"What are you talking about? Go to sleep!" Dad whispered.
Bang bang bang... The door of the courtyard was smashed, and a hoarse voice came from outside the door, "Daping, come out quickly, Uncle Wang is dead!"
Daping is what people in the village call my dad. Someone outside the door calls me Daping, which is actually calling my dad’s name.
"Whose voice?" Dad's face changed.
"It sounds like Li Laosan's voice next door. What is he doing?" Mom was a little surprised.
"Daping, come out quickly, Uncle Wang is dead and there is no one at home!" Li Laosan's voice came in again.
Dad hurriedly put on his clothes and was about to walk out of the house. Mom grabbed him and said, "Dad, I feel something is wrong. Don't go out yet!"
Dad's expression also changed a little, he looked back at my mother and me, and sat down on the edge of the kang.
"Daping..."
The shouting outside the door continued, but my father's brows were frowning tightly. At this moment, an old voice came from the window, which startled me.
"Daping, you can't go out tonight no matter what!" Grandma said with a hoarse voice.
"Okay!" Dad responded and lay down on the bed.
At this time, Li Laosan's voice disappeared, but the sound of footsteps came in again.
I huddled in my mother's arms, not daring to move at all. My big eyes were full of curiosity.
I don't know how long it took, but my eyes finally became a little dull, and then I gradually fell into a deep sleep.
Early the next morning, someone knocked open the door of my house from outside and shouted loudly: "Daping, come and help, someone in the village is dead?"
"Is Uncle Wang dead?" Dad hurriedly walked out of the house.
"Uncle Wang is indeed dead, and so is Li Laosan next door!" said the person entering the yard, his face a little pale.
"What? Li Laosan is also dead?" Dad screamed.
I walked out of the house, watched my father leave in a hurry, and looked back at my mother. At this time, the door of grandma's room opened, and I saw grandma came out with a basin of blood and struggled to
He poured out the spurt of blood and turned around and entered the house.
I took a blank look and wondered why my usually kind grandma changed her appearance today.
Not long after, my father came back. People were really dead in the village. Both Wang Erbo and Li Laosan were dead. Especially Wang Erbo, it is said that he started wailing last night, broke his own arms, and finally hit the wall and died.
.The family thought he was crazy and started crying. It happened that Li Laosan passed by and asked a few words, saying that he was asking for help, but they did not expect that he also died on the road.
Li Laosan's death method was also somewhat special. It is said that all the bones in his body were broken, as if he had been trampled by something.
After my father came back, he spoke briefly and hurried to help.
As dusk approached, the door to grandma's house opened again.
I saw my grandma walking up to me with bloodshot eyes on her face, humming softly and saying, "Go and call your dad back and tell him not to leave the yard at night!"
I nodded blankly and ran to Li Laosan's house next door.
Strings of yellow paper were hung in Li Laosan's house, and the sound of crying came from the yard.
I quietly ran in and saw a bright red coffin placed in the mourning hall. A dozen people around me were kneeling on the ground, kowtowing. The old man from the next village sighed and said to the leader:
"This way of death is too strange, I need to hire a spiritual master!"
"I've already sent someone to invite her. It's probably time to come back by now!" Li Laosan's wife said.
The old man sighed, turned around and walked out, but he saw me.
I grinned and hurried towards my father, "Grandma asked you to go home, and you are not allowed to come out tonight!"
Dad was stunned for a moment, and when he saw the faces of people around him smiling, he hurriedly waved his hand and followed me back to the yard. That night, the roaring footsteps sounded again outside the yard, and the sound seemed to be much louder.
Our family of three huddled at home and did not leave the house according to grandma's instructions. But early the next morning, my father went to Li Laosan's house early.
Near noon, a burst of sad music started, and I heard a shocking cry coming from Li Laosan's house. The sound really went straight to the sky. I don't know why, but it seems to me that it's not.
Is it just a funeral? Is it necessary to make such a big fuss?
Just when I was about to laugh, my father rushed back from outside, his face turned pale.
"Mom, the coffins of Li Laosan and Wang Erbo cannot be lifted at all!" Dad opened his mouth and threw himself in front of grandma's door.
The crying at Li Laosan's house was a little louder and louder.
At this time, a group of people rushed in from outside the door, with faint anger on their faces. The leader was called San Laizi. It is said that he was also a spiritual master in the early years, but because he did some immoral things, his legs and feet were damaged.
It would be unfavorable. Originally, the three cripples had a good life, but precisely because my grandfather's reputation spread, his business plummeted, and the feud between our two families was also forged at that time.
"Zhang Daping, why don't you hand over your father? The second uncle Wang and Li Laosan both died because of him. If we don't get rid of your father as the culprit, our Guangling Village will never have peace!" As soon as the three cripples entered the door.
, and shouted.
I was so frightened that I took a few steps back, and my mother also walked out of the house, blocking me behind her.
"Don't be so sarcastic, I'm trying to think of a solution!" Dad said loudly.
"Think of a way? What way can you think of? When your father entered the village yesterday, I felt a little strange. Was it caused by an evil spirit? If Uncle Wang hadn't helped your father, he wouldn't have died suddenly last night.
Yes! And that Li Laosan, it was also because of Uncle Wang's relationship yesterday..." The third cripple said loudly, and the faces of the people around him gradually changed, because there was indeed something strange when my grandfather came back yesterday, and Uncle Wang was indeed
I gave my grandpa a hand.
"You're talking nonsense!" Dad yelled.
"Are you talking nonsense? Just pull your dad out and you will know!" The three lame man shouted, rushed up and pulled his dad aside. Just as he was about to open the door, the door of my grandfather's house opened.
.
Grandma walked out with an indifferent look and glanced at everyone present.
There was silence in the entire courtyard, and even the three cripples swallowed their saliva.
"Go back and find people with the zodiac signs of dragon and tiger to carry the coffin, and let the legitimate son send it out of the village with three kowtows and nine bows!" Grandma said coldly.
The people around me looked at me and I looked at you, and they were a little shocked in their hearts.
"Smelly old woman, do you know what you are doing? Where have all the people in your house gone?" The three lame man shouted and suddenly took a step forward.
With a crash, the door was completely opened, and a foul smell came out.
I hurriedly stared into the room, my face turned pale with fear.
There were seven tables in the room, and there was a person lying on each table. Under each table, there was a basin. From my angle, the basin was full of blood.
, it looks horrifying.
"Ghost!"
"What is this?"
"Oh my god! This is an evil spirit crawling out..."
People in the yard were so frightened that they rushed out, but grandma still stood in front of the house and said loudly to the people who rushed out of the yard: "Tonight, no one is allowed to go out of the yard. Everyone sleeps at home after dark, so as not to
What happened..."
I don’t know if these people heard it, but I think they should have heard it.
"Mom, what is that?" My mother was so frightened that she hugged me. In fact, I had seen it a long time ago.
The people lying on the seven tables had long lost their human form at this time, and their skin was ulcerated, even exposing the white bones in their flesh and blood. And drops of blood were flowing along the gaps in the tables towards the basin.
As it flows, this scene looks particularly terrifying.
"Mom, what on earth is this?" Dad couldn't help asking.