Because of work, Luo Qiu's father settled in the city where he lived early. However, due to the remaining systems of some towns and unclear reasons in the countryside, Luo Qiu's family's house in his hometown has always remained.
It was a rather old brick two-story hut, with the left rear and back simply covered with cement, and then the front side was covered with small square tiles.
Next to it are the kind of mud houses called Lao She. As for the newly built houses in the village, they are on the other side of the village road facing these old houses.
The young and the old are separated by a road of time, not far away, but facing each other.
The old man insisted on living back in his old house.
Late autumn has passed early, and the weather has turned cold. Adults have no choice but to buy some small heaters. They don't want to really drive away the cold, but they just want to drive away the moisture in the old house.
A good thing.
When Luo Qiu saw this grandma, she was half asleep, drinking rice soup fed by her relatives. This is what the elderly can currently eat.
The person feeding the old man should be Luo Qiu's uncle's wife. The aunt said in front of the old man that Luo Qiu was back.
The old man didn't respond, he just bumbled and didn't know what to say. He thought he wanted to eat more.
Luo Qiu's cousin was smoking a cigarette outside the room door, looking very tired. "Luo Qiu, you saw it too. She doesn't even recognize anyone now. The doctor said that she doesn't have a few days left, maybe tomorrow, maybe the day after tomorrow."
, even suddenly..."
He didn't finish his words, but took a strong drag on the cigarette that had been burned to the end, almost burning to the filter, then threw it down, then lit a new one, looked at Luo Qiu and said:
"If you want to go in and meet me, then go in. If you're tired, you can rest first."
Luo Qiu nodded and walked into the room.
He called this grandma Grandma Xiaochun... His aunt made way for him, and he took a look at the appearance of this grandma Xiaochun.
The aunt wiped the corners of Grandma Xiaochun's mouth with a handkerchief. She wanted to eat, but it seemed difficult to swallow. "Well, I actually had a gastrectomy a few years ago. I originally thought that the gastric cancer would be cured? But?
A few years later, the disease relapsed. Now, whatever I eat, I have to vomit it out after eating..."
Luo Qiu reached out and held Grandma Xiaochun's hand. It was as cold as a piece of ice, even a little stiff, "Grandma Xiaochun, I am Luo Qiu, do you still remember me?"
The internal organs of the body have been weakened to the extreme, and the life span has truly come to an end... The oil is exhausted and the lamp is dry, and the natural cycle is changing in the body of this grandma Xiaochun.
"She can't hear anything anymore." The cousin's wife shook her head beside her.
"I'll do it." Luo Qiu said softly, taking the bowl of rice soup from her hand.
"Don't dirty you, she will vomit." The aunt suddenly said in a low voice.
But Grandma Xiaochun was able to swallow it this time. She gradually became satisfied with each mouthful. The aunt looked at this scene quite magically. She couldn't remember how many times she had never seen the son of her husband's cousin.
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Luo Zheng is also a very filial child, but he cannot do this kind of skill. Auntie subconsciously compared the two children of the same generation.
This room seemed to have become less dull without realizing it... Even though no one spoke, the feeling was different.
It feels like there is some magical child... The aunt thought subconsciously.
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"It's too late, why don't you just rest at my house tonight?"
After the temporary visit, the aunt pointed to the new house across the village road and said to Luo Qiu: "You haven't lived in that house for a long time, and you can't clean it well at night. It won't be long these days, so you can just stay at my aunt's house."
Okay, let’s talk about it with my family.”
Luo Qiu glanced at the new house opposite. In fact, the lights had been turned on early, and he could see people walking around inside. But he didn't see anyone coming.
In this kind of village, every household closes its doors at night, and the lights coming out of the houses are very bright and can even illuminate the village roads, but at the same time it is very quiet.
Even if someone has a guard dog, the dog is just wandering around with his head down, or squatting on the ground, not knowing what he is looking at.
People in the countryside or old people say that dogs can see more things with their eyes than people.
He then said: "It's okay, I can just do whatever I want."
"That's okay. If there's any inconvenience, just come and knock on the door." Uncle Tang nodded directly at this moment, and then gave Luo Qiu a flashlight, "But the electric switch is broken and has never been repaired. This
The electricity shouldn't work. The water should still work...otherwise you should stay at my uncle's house."
"I'm not afraid of the dark." Luo Qiu smiled.
"It's not a question of blackness, it's..." The aunt hesitated to speak, but was glared at by her cousin.
But the aunt's words came to this point, and the cousin could only stare, and said helplessly in front of Luo Qiu: "Your house is said to be a little unclean."
"I haven't lived there for so long, so it's naturally not clean. This is not normal." Luo Qiu smiled and said.
"That's not it!" My uncle lowered his voice, "They say it's haunted!"
"Where is the switch? I kind of forgot." Luo Qiu suddenly asked.
The uncle was stunned for a moment, and the flashlight shone over, which was under the eaves of the house. Luo Qiu walked over, opened the cover, and pushed the switch up, and the small light bulb in front of the house lit up.
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"It's strange, it's obviously broken, isn't it?" The uncle looked at his wife in surprise, frowned and said, "I tried, but it can't be beaten at all?"
Luo Qiu then said: "If there is light, it should be clean."
"Okay then..." My cousin and aunt didn't continue to force themselves.
In their view, children like Luo Qiu who grew up in big cities naturally don't believe anything they say... Of course, they don't actually believe in these things.
It's just that fear is born, and as time goes by, some things will always be taboo... Besides, the village is really quiet.
They quickly returned to Grandma Xiaochun's house, pushed the door open and walked in. They walked a little quickly and closed the door a little too quickly.
Luo Qiu shook his head, opened the door, and called Ren Ziling.
Ren Ziling asked with concern: "How's it going? Did your relatives bully you? I remember that you had an uncle in your family who was very rude and spoke very unpleasantly!"
Luo Qiu said: "What other strange things have you imagined?"
"Tsk, conscience is like a dog's lungs." Ren Ziling muttered, then said: "By the way, what happened to Grandma Xiaochun back home?"
Luo Qiu opened the door and turned on the light while talking: "It's almost done. I heard it only happened in the past two days."
"Life and death are impermanent." Ren Ziling sighed.
Luo Qiu said: "Why hasn't there been a power outage in the house here for so many years?"
Ren Ziling said casually: "Oh, when your father was still alive, he was always paying the electricity bill. Anyway, no one lived there anymore and the electricity bill wasn't consumed much, so I didn't stop. Hey, have you eaten yet?"
"After eating, I'm going to fix the room first," he said while looking at the ceiling above his head.
Some very subtle sounds were coming from upstairs... probably inaudible to ordinary people.
"Okay, you can figure it out yourself. I'll be working overtime for a while before I leave."
"Well... don't eat instant noodles." Luo Qiu said the last thing and turned off the phone.
Luo Qiu closed the door behind him, but still stared at the ceiling above... Although the lights were turned on, the house had not been occupied for a long time, so there were a lot of cobwebs hanging on it.
Entering the door is the living room, and next to the living room is the staircase to the second floor.
When Luo Qiu climbed up the stairs and came upstairs, he also turned on the lights in the corridor here.
There are only three rooms upstairs, one is the house of his grandparents who passed away long ago, one is where his father lived when he was a child, and the other is for storing sundries.
At the end is the utility room. Judging from the sounds that can be heard downstairs, the location is in this room at the end.
Luo Qiu walked to the door of the utility room and put his hand on the lock of the room. He didn't seem to intend to twist it, but just stopped here.
I'm afraid the light in this corridor has not been used for too long, perhaps due to poor contact. At this time, it flashes on and off. It does not suddenly go off, but it will light up and then go off, and it will make a sizzling sound of electricity.
After a while, Luo Qiu withdrew his hand and did not go to open the door directly. He just gently knocked on the door, dong dong, dong dong.
Dong Dong.
The door lock of the room suddenly turned, and only a squeaking sound was heard, and the door opened a small gap... 8
