Big ghosts and little ghosts sit in a row

The very fine rain, which makes it impossible for people to distinguish the drops, caresses people's skin irregularly with the wind.Relying on the light of the lantern, Lu Ban carried the tired little boy in his arms and followed Chen Dahu on the way to Zhenxikou.

Xiaotong always feels that the street looks different now than before, not only these uncomfortable ghosts, but also the buildings with closed doors and windows have become eerie, as if everything has become old, the whole street All turned into a ghost street.

The candle light from the folding bamboo lantern that Chen Dahu held in his hand was also brighter against the background of this strange atmosphere.

The little boy noticed the ghost coming towards him, he would avoid it the moment he entered the light source, and then hid in the darkness and stared at Chen Dahu's lantern, so the little boy poked Lu Ban and asked softly,

"Can't this big brother see?"

Lu Ban shook the little boy so that he could hold him more securely, and replied: "If you have a fate, you will see each other. If you don't have a fate, you are a stranger. Even if you step on this dark road, you are just a passerby."

Xiaotong is only nine years old and has not studied much. Before that, he had been a slave to the county magistrate's family. Except for some one-sided conversations with the people in the house, he didn't have contact with too many people. Naturally, he couldn't understand what Lu Ban said.

The little boy pouted, thought for a while, then frowned and said, "I don't understand..."

Lu Ban sneered: "That is to say, you don't need to care about them, as long as you maintain a good state and meet your old friend, everything... will be over."

After walking for a while, we finally arrived at the entrance of the town in the west. Chen Dahu stood at the entrance of the town with his hips on his hips and smiled boldly: "Next we are going to the western suburbs. The weather is bad today, we can't see the moon, and the road outside is very difficult. Well, we only have this one lamp, you two have to keep up close." Speaking of this, Chen Dahu looked at the little boy who shrugged his head, deliberately teasing him, and deliberately said in a low voice,

"However, there are many wild graves on this road, especially at night, there are always strange things appearing, you must take good care of this little boy, don't let him cry."

Xiaotong understood what he meant, and immediately retorted: "I won't cry! I'm not afraid at all!"

Chen Dahu laughed out loud, half-bent on his knees, stretched out his hand to touch the boy's head, and said to Lu Banban: "This kid is quite interesting, hehe! If my wife is not dead, my unborn child must be like this!" It looks good." Chen Dahu's eyes covered under thick eyebrows suddenly had a tenderness that did not match his image at all, he waved his hand, "Okay, let's go on our way."

Chen Dahu supported the burden on his waist, then straightened his waist freely, and walked out.

And the moment Xiaotong and his party walked out of the town, a wild cat jumped down from a roof with a strange cry, and ran across the street. The dog, which had been quiet for a while, jumped up immediately when it saw it. , A majestic cock crow sounded in the shed of the next house.

In an instant, all the ghosts and ghosts that had been wandering around in the street disappeared, and in the middle of the street, at some point, there suddenly stood an old man in a hat and coir raincoat, beating him.

He blew out the lantern in his hand, gently stroked the skin of the lantern with trembling hands, sighed softly, raised his head slightly, waved his hand, and knocked down, one long and four short.

"Boom!—Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!"

The old man's hoarse voice trembled and howled: "Early to bed and early to rise—"

After repeating twice, start walking towards the end of the long street.

However, on the road that the old man walked, there was a strange wind blowing suddenly. At the place where the old man stood just now, the dark wind swirled around and formed a whirlpool. The strange red color rose up in the air, and it actually gathered into a red air mass. After spreading, a The woman in red with disheveled hair suddenly stood there, with a strange smile on her face, and a disturbing laugh echoed out.

The drizzle was still falling, and Chen Dahu's clothes were already drenched due to the dense raindrops. The muddy road brought up a little mud every step he took, which also made Chen Dahu's legs dirty.

But Lu Ban was different from him. He was dressed in white, but he didn't get any mud. Although his hair was messy and there were raindrops on his hair, it was still blowing with the wind, his clothes were not soaked, and even the soles of his shoes were still wet. is clean.

The little boy huddled in Lu Ban's arms, and saw through the gap on both sides of the dirt road, there were many bumpkins with wooden signs, that is, wild graves without signatures, but what he could see were the green floating around the wild graves. of will-o'-the-wisps.

Logically speaking, on this rainy day, one should not see will-o'-the-wisps, but these will-o'-the-wisps not only appear on rainy days, but are also bigger than before, and some are even as big as a seven-year-old child.

Because Xiaotong had been a wild ghost for several hours, he was no longer afraid of these things, but looking at them like this really gave people goosebumps, so he just buried his face in Lu Ban's arms and didn't look at those things.

Walked west for two miles from the entrance of the town, and saw a small village, Chen Dahu stopped, and said to Lu Ban: "Okay, this is the western suburbs, and the village located at Sanchakou is Yaoqing Village. Village, there are only dozens of families in the village, so it is easy to find, but I don’t know if the person you are looking for is here.”

Lu Ban smiled politely at Chen Dahu: "Thank you, the strong man, for guarding all the way. It's almost dawn, and I've been driving all night. I wonder if I can go to the strong man's house to ask for a cup of tea?"

Chen Dahu yelled, and said with a bold smile: "Don't talk about asking for a cup of tea, just have breakfast."

After entering the village, the roosters of each family are vying to crow first, as if they want to brighten the sky. There are many tea trees planted everywhere in the village, and there is a scent of tea everywhere. It seems that this village is known as Tea for a living.

Following Chen Dahu, he came to a house with a fenced yard. There were some tea leaves spread out in the yard, and there were two earthen stoves beside it. Chen Dahu put the burden on one of the earthen stoves, and then shouted into the house,

"Mother! I'm back!"

A woman in the room, hearing the sound, sat up propped up, reached out and groped for the bamboo stick by the bed, got off the bed carefully, and was about to walk out the door, when Chen Dahu quickly ran in, helped her live a woman.

"Godmother, be careful and sit here."

The woman was blind, grabbed Chen Dahu's sleeve, and patted: "Hu'er, you have worked hard, take a rest."

Chen Dahu smiled foolishly: "It's okay, godmother, I just followed my father to do the shift, and it doesn't take much physical strength to knock on the clapper. It's not hard."

In the yard, Lu Ban put the boy down, patted the boy's clothes, walked to the side, picked up a piece of tea, and stared at it for a long time.

The boy felt bored, so he wandered around in the yard, squatting down and fighting the chickens in the shed.

Chen Dahu went out and said to Lu Ban and Xiao Tong who were in the yard: "Come inside, I'll make some white flour buns to entertain you."

Seeing Lu Ban enter the house, the little boy ran over quickly, grabbed Lu Ban's hand, and entered the house together.

However, the moment he entered the room, the boy was stunned, looking at the woman sitting on the bed in shock.

"mother?"