Adventure Code

Chapter 191 Mysterious Research (8)

When outside the village, the field of vision is vast, with cold frost and dry grass, green pines and verdant cypresses in the mountains and fields, which looks very beautiful.But once you enter the village, the old buildings are surrounded by high yards one after another. The dead leaves fall in the yards and no one cleans them up. There is no sound of chickens and dogs barking in the village. It makes people feel like they have entered a ghost village. air of gloominess.

Many of the old houses around are not locked, and most of them have been moved out, and there are no valuables. Sometimes when the wind blows, the doors without locks will be slammed by the wind, and the inside of the house is dark. A group, especially scary.

When I was young, when Xu Kaiyi took me through the village, there were a little more people here, not so scary, but now there are fewer and fewer people, even though I am an adult, but when I walked into it, I felt more intrusive than when I was a child.

Brother Wei opened his head and looked around, a little surprised: "It's such a deserted place, how many families are left here?"

I said: "Last year it was six households. This year is not sure. They are all old people who want to return to their roots and refuse to leave. They were still there last year, so they may be buried in the soil this year."

Brother Wei said: "Yes, when people are old, life and death are uncertain. Sometimes it takes only a few months for a good person to die."

I said: "The nearest family is Wu, an old lady. The old man passed away very early, and his children and family members are all in other places."

Wei Ge said: "A lonely old lady is kept, and no one knows what will happen."

I said: "Yeah, maybe we can't get along well with my family. Every family has their own hard-to-recite scriptures, but the old lady is a nice person. When I was young, I often took Xu Kaiyi and me to dinner."

Brother Wei said, "Then have you eaten?"

I said: "No, she is too enthusiastic, she always likes to touch children, she was quite afraid when she was a child."

Brother Wei said: "That's what old people like children to touch." While speaking, we walked through the first deserted courtyard and walked around to the second courtyard with a slightly higher terrain.

This courtyard is also empty, but there is smoke coming from the chimney of one family, which is the home of Mrs. Wu.

I twisted the fruit in my hand, and the door was not closed. I called Granny Wu and walked in.

Mrs. Wu was cooking. She was wearing an old black cotton coat and black cotton trousers, and a dirty cloth apron. Her face was wrinkled and her figure looked very short.

When she came out of the kitchen, her eyes lit up the moment she saw me, and she said, "It's a kid from the Xu family. He's back to visit the grave this year. He's really filial. Come in quickly." It's rare to see young people, Mrs. Wu Very enthusiastic, with a happy face, looking at Brother Wei and me, he couldn't bear to move his eyes, busy pouring tea for us, no matter how much he couldn't persuade him.

"Really, what fruit do you bring, and you buy me things every year...Why are you alone this year, where are you guys?"

I said: "He is on a business trip and has no time to come back."

Mrs. Wu sighed and said, "They are all busy people."

Brother Wei whispered to me, "Why is she the only one who celebrates Chinese New Year?"

I said: "I don't know, it's not easy to inquire. Go back and ask the elders at home."

I chatted with Mrs. Wu for a while, borrowed a hoe and other tools, and Brother Wei and I went to the grave. Mrs. Wu insisted on keeping us for dinner.We shouldn't have disturbed her like this, but I can see that she really wants to keep us.Probably the old man was too lonely, and it was rare for two young people to come to the house, so he was very enthusiastic about staying with us, and people couldn't bear to shirk it. Finally, Brother Wei and I agreed and decided to stay for lunch.

The grave that has not been treated for a year is a laborious task. After a lot of work, it will be more than three hours later. On the way back, I did not meet anyone else. Brother Wei said: "There should be a few families, all living Where? Why didn't I see it?"

I said: "It's all in this area. I don't know why there is no movement. Maybe go to the city to celebrate the New Year with the children." We went back to Mrs. Wu's house. Mrs. Wu is getting old and her hands and feet are not so flexible. half.

Brother Wei and I cleaned up and went to the stove to help. I don’t know how to cook, so I made do to light the fire. The old lady’s home still has the old-fashioned stove, so you need to add firewood to cook.

Brother Wei used the kitchen knife in his hand very slickly, and the sound of cutting vegetables was very regular, thumping, and Mrs. Wu had no place to intervene for a while.

"Oh, how can I let you cook by yourself?"

Brother Wei said with a simple and honest smile, "I cook delicious food."

I said: "Grandma Wu, please rest, it's cold, we can just come, there is not much left." In order to divert Mrs. Wu from wanting to help, I deliberately started a conversation, saying: " I didn't see anyone else along the way just now, did they all go to the city to celebrate the New Year?" After I finished speaking, Old Madam Wu's beaming face sank immediately, and she sighed slowly.

When she sighed, I immediately knew something was wrong, it seemed that I didn't start the conversation well.

Sure enough, Mrs. Wu said: "I'm getting old, last year, one after another, they all left."

Brother Wei's voice of chopping vegetables paused for a moment, but soon started moving again.

I didn't know how to answer the words for a moment, and my heart was sad, and I felt a creepy feeling.

Because I have never stayed here, I am not familiar with those families. The only one I know well is Mrs. Wu.They passed away, I will not be sad, just full of emotion.

Life is like autumn grass, when the time comes, it will wither in an instant.

The few old people who were still alive last year actually passed away within a year.

In other words, Mrs. Wu is the only living person left in this once prosperous old village.

Walking through this place in the cold daytime would be drenching, let alone at night.

Nowadays, there are no living people, and the only ones left are those old people whose fallen leaves returned to their roots and were buried in their hometowns, Mrs. Wu, who are equivalent to being companions with piles of tombs.

At night, there is a lonely person in the mountain village, surrounded by vacant houses, and farther away are barren mountains, barren land and barren tombs, how scary is that?Furthermore, the elderly pay attention to "death", that is, when they lose their spirits, they must have children or living people by their side.

If there is no one around when you are depressed, then no matter how good the funeral is, it will not make much sense.

According to the old superstition, a person has to live in a popular place. If there is no popularity, the ghost energy will naturally become heavy.

Yin and ghost qi can hurt people. Living in such an unpopular place, even healthy people can easily get sick and die quickly, let alone the elderly.

Most of the elderly are superstitious about this. It is impossible for Mrs. Wu not to know this statement. Could it be that her children were unfilial and abandoned her?

(End of this chapter)