Ghost-Eyed Bride 2
Author: Qingniao
西山冢1
It was a scorching noon, and the weeds were roasted by the scorching sun. Got to wilt. The rice is fragrant, and the cornfield is a dazzling golden light. I took off my shoes and walked barefoot on the soft soil, getting close to the earth without restraint. The smell of roasted earth exudes under the sun, and the fertile fields nourish another season's harvest. Unknown wildflowers bloomed in large tracts in the mountain depressions, emitting a bright rouge-like crimson color. I stood at the mouth of the mountain and looked towards the place not far away. The rice stalks gave off a sweet mint-like fragrance. I knew that I was almost home. ?
"Get in the bus!" the driver called, and travelers who came down to use the toilet and rest halfway hurried to the long-distance bus. Apple is calling me too. Finally, reluctantly, I put on my shoes and ran to the car, and the journey continued. Don't rush! We can return to Shebpo in a few hours. ?
I want to go back to my hometown to worship my ancestors before school starts. ?
Apple and Big Jeep are traveling with me. They are a pair of lovers. ?
Finally arrived at the entrance of the village in the evening and smelled the long-lost atmosphere. The wheat straw was put into the stove and burned cracklingly, emitting a faint fragrance, with the smell of wheat straw smoke. ?
It’s a pity that things and people have changed, and grandma’s former residence looks so desolate and desolate. ?
Just as I was meditating and reminiscing about the past, the wooden door was knocked open with a bang, and a woman wearing a pink shirt and aqua blue trousers came out. It was my aunt. ?
"Ah! Who do I think you are? Isn't this our little house bird? Why, you flew out and you came back to have a look. I thought you were eaten by a dog and your conscience has destroyed us." I completely forgot..."?
Apple was unhappy and pulled me aside: "Ruoxi, who is this person? Why does he talk so annoyingly?"?
I smiled helplessly: "It's okay, my aunt."?
"Aunt?"?
"She is my uncle's wife."?
Grandma Back then, my aunt was more polite to me, but now that grandma is gone, she is the hostess of this family, and she speaks with a raised voice. ?
"I'll come back and take a look. School starts in a dozen days. I'll take advantage of this free time to come back and visit grandma's grave." I said as I pulled Apple through the door. ?
"Tsk tsk tsk... That's a nice thing to say! Come back by yourself, dragging two more behind you. This is not a Bodhisattva temple." The wrinkles on the aunt's face did not make her look kind. On the contrary, he is more petty. The uncle stood aside and rubbed his hands in embarrassment. ?
Apple’s outspoken temper was getting worse, so he tried to argue with her. ?
"Apple!" I hurriedly pulled her back, winked at Big Jeep, and asked him to take the apple out quickly. She had a bad temper and would get into trouble. ?
Daji pulled the apple and ran out. ?
The dim light shone on the aunt, dragging out a gloomy shadow - strange! I saw a tall shadow behind her. It was the shadow of a devil holding a sickle in his hand, and his fangs had serrations. ?
I was startled and stepped back... ?
I caught a glimpse of my aunt’s disgusted eyes, and I didn’t dare to ask her any more, so I had to whisper to my uncle: “Uncle! I’ll go back. I came here to visit the tomb and will leave after only a few days. Can we use grandma's bed? The two girls will sleep on the kang. Let the boy make a bunk on the floor. There is a small room free. "Did you pick up any sundries?"?
The uncle hesitated and muttered something unclearly. I didn't hear it clearly, and he pointed at the aunt again. ?
I understand, if the uncle is not in charge, he still has to ask the aunt. ?
But the answer I got was surprising: "Where are the empty beds for you? The house at home has been rented out to others." ?
Someone else? I was surprised: "Have you also rented out grandma's room?"?
"Rent it, rented it all!" The aunt looked indifferent.
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"All rented?" That's even more strange. How come so many people suddenly come to rent a house in this remote area? Whoever wants to travel will look for places with beautiful scenery and convenient transportation! Who will come here...?
"There's no place for you, so I'll just sleep on a bunk in the yard and make do!" The aunt was impatient. ?
"Then how come? Although it is summer, there is heavy dew in the mountains in the middle of the night, so it is still easy to catch a cold. They are both children from the city, and I can't let them get sick!"?
"It's useless to yell at me. I told you that the house has been rented out..." The aunt returned to the house angrily. ?
I stood there without moving: Who would rent a house here for a long time? ?
"Ruoxi!" Pingguo looked at me a little aggrievedly at the door and pointed at his belly. ?
"Oh! I'm sorry! I forgot, I'm going to cook now!" I turned around and ran to the kitchen. ?
The fire in the stove has been extinguished, and it is cold and impersonal. ?
I went to the woodshed and picked up a bundle of wheat straw, then tiptoed into the kitchen, and went to the window sill in the dark to find a match. With a "prick" sound, the fire started. ?
Strangely, there seemed to be all kinds of "outsiders" coming to the house, but I didn't see any of them. ?
On the threshing floor. ?
The stars were shining densely on the black sky. There was no bright moon in the sky, black clouds blocked the light, and the night was very quiet. ?
I saw that Apple and Big Jeep had both fallen asleep, so I held my head and looked up at the stars, thinking. During the summer vacation, I experienced a bizarre disappearance. What’s even more incredible is that those missing days have become faded and mottled. There are many things that I can’t remember no matter how hard I try. My memory only stays in a secret villa, where I lived for a while with a man named Mingyang under the roof. But what happened next? Every time I think about it, I get a splitting headache. What happened to that blank memory? The big forest and the bright sun are gone! ?
"Woof——"?
Two dog barks broke the tranquility of the night. ?
We were all woken up and saw that it was Dahei, grandma’s watchdog. ?
"This dog seems to be here to find you." The big jeep jumped off the haystack and ran over. ?
"I didn't see you in grandma's yard today!" I combed its mane and found that its teeth were clenched tightly. "What did you eat?" I asked him to vomit, It vomited for a long time and spit out a bone. ?
The light was bright and dark, and the heavy clouds in the sky were blown away by the strong wind. I picked up the bone and looked at it, and I was stunned - it was a human bone, a finger! ?
Dahei sat on the ground silently, something called sadness could be seen in his big black eyes. ?
Did something appalling happen in this village? ?
The three of them were speechless. I couldn't sleep well that night. ?
I will go up the mountain after dawn. Grandma’s tomb is up there. I said to them: "Let's go back after sweeping the tomb! Don't stay in the village anymore."?
"Why?" Apple asked. ?
"Don't ask!" I couldn't explain my uneasiness, and I was terrified. ?
"There's no rush." ??Big Jeep said, "There are still ten days before school starts." ?
I had no choice but to look at Apple, at least she should have the same idea as me. ?
Nishiyama Tomb 2
"I will be wherever the big jeep is," she became willful, "I won't leave if he doesn't leave."?
The aunt's attitude did not seem to affect their mood. The two of them had long been looking forward to going to the countryside to experience pastoral life. I sighed and continued up the mountain. ?
The grass grows luxuriantly, and corpses buried over the years are buried in this mountain, accumulating hurried stories. Because of this, the soil feeds the blood and the vitality is so strong. The soil slope is a bit slippery, and it seems that the dew that fell at night has collected moisture halfway up the mountain. When I was almost at the top of the mountain, I saw my grandma’s grave. There are two neat rows of locust trees and poplar trees on both sides of the tomb, which seem to be guards guarding the tomb. The branches and leaves are also so lush that they can pick up people by stretching out their arms.
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I placed the fruits prepared for sacrifice in front of the monument, and used a shovel to add soil to strengthen and raise the tomb. Apple and Big Jeep squatted aside pulling weeds, sweating profusely. Dajipu tugged on Apple's sleeve and said to me: "It's hard for you to come back. You have a lot to say to your grandma, right? Let's go somewhere else first..."?
I took out Zhuqi and gave it to the grave. The seal characters on it were traced in red, very carefully, over and over again, until the red of the vermillion paint became as red as blood. The blue-gray stone tablet looked at me innocently. I sat at its feet and leaned against it. ?
Grandma! I miss you so much! ?
I lowered my head and picked up a handful of grass and looked at the kind face on the stone tablet, and my heart suddenly felt empty. ?
Grandma! You once told me not to come back after leaving the village. But I'm still back, I... really miss you! I have a lot to say to you! Can you hear me? ?
I looked up at the sky. Through the gaps between the leaves, there were little bits of light shining down...?
What should I say after seeing each other for more than two years? How about getting up? I met two people who meant the world to me. ?
That majestic and extraordinary man is called Da Linlin. He is always able to strategize and appears in time to give me a helping hand every time I encounter danger. This is amazing, like a dream... I seem to like him very much, but we are always submissive and useless. ?
But the other person is different, the guy named Mingyang. He is like a scalding fireball, endlessly displaying his enthusiasm and boldness. When I am with him, I can say silly things, and I don't feel embarrassed even if I am frightened and lose my composure when encountering a ghost. He is like a willful child, throwing aside the restraints of etiquette, being arrogant and unruly, and... he is also born with a ghostly eye. ?
Grandma, why is my memory of more than a month during the summer vacation incomplete? It was as if I was being hypnotized. ?
Hypnosis, sleep, technique? ! ?
Dahei ran up the mountain again, with his head lowered, his red tongue sticking out, and his eyes staring ahead along the row of trees on the right. "Dahei, do you come to see grandma often?" When it ran to my feet, it lay down with a whimpering sound in its throat. I wanted to get something for it to eat, but my stomach growled and I didn't even eat breakfast. ?
As I walked down the slope, I saw the two people hiding under a paulownia tree and whispering. Big Jeep rested his head on Apple's lap and closed his eyes comfortably. Apple was picking out his ears with a horn ear pick. From a distance, it looked a bit like a monkey picking out lice. ?
"Get up! Let's go down the mountain. Aren't you hungry?" I floated over like a gust of wind, and Dahei followed closely behind and rushed down the mountain. They quickly packed up and followed down. ?
Halfway up the mountain, Dahei entangled my feet, obviously blocking the way, and howled. What's wrong? I was surprised. It stared straight at me and shook its head to the north. ?
"You want me... to go over there?" I pointed to the north. ?
It bowed, walked a few steps toward the north, stopped to look at me, then turned around and continued walking north. What are you going to do? I hesitated for a moment and followed. ?
"Where to go?" Apple called me. ?
"I don't know," I said, "Dahei seems to want to lead me to a place." ?
"North?" Big Jeep asked, "You have relatives in your family "Is it buried at the top of Beishan?"?
"Probably not..." I thought about it, "The Burial Sutra says: Burial in the capital is to take advantage of the vitality, which means that the tomb must be erected and buried in the In a land where vitality is condensed, the Feng Shui of Yinzhai focuses on dragon, sand, water, and direction, which means to collect water in direction and move sand in direction, combined with the principles of Twenty-four Mountains, Twenty-eight Stars, and Najia Water Method to comprehensively analyze the nature of this mountain. The sand flying around the water in the north is extremely unsuitable for burials. My family was a large family in the late Qing Dynasty, and we paid attention to the feng shui of our ancestors' burial sites. My family's burial sites are surrounded by sand and water, which is suitable for burial. How can I have relatives buried there? North?" I frowned, feeling that the gloom in the north was getting heavier and heavier. ?
"Wow, you are so awesome! Do you know Feng Shui?" Apple's mouth opened into an exaggerated O shape. ?
"You don't know!" I smiled, "That's a lot of knowledge. I only heard a little bit about it from my grandma." ?
"Wow——!" ?
Dahei suddenly shouted manically.
What, is there someone nearby? Looking around, I didn't see a single person. ?
"What's your name?" I stepped forward and held down Dahei, making him lie down and quiet down. ?
"Ruoxi!" Apple folded her arms and leaned against the big jeep, "Why do I feel so cold?"?
"Cold?"?
"Yeah! It's cold! Look, I'm getting goosebumps." She pulled up her sleeves to show me. ?
I didn’t say anything, but I felt uneasy: the humidity was getting heavier and heavier, and people’s eyelids and heels became heavy. It didn’t even feel like walking in the world of mortals. There are probably hundreds of tombs located on this mountain. The yin is naturally heavier than that at the bottom of the mountain. The trees are dense and the sunlight seems to be blocked. It is not surprising to feel cold. "Go back first!" I pulled Dahei down the mountain, leaving the questions behind for now. ?
On the road, Apple shivered from the cold, so Dajipp took off his coat and put it on her, and then touched his forehead: "It seems to be hot." ?
"Isn't that right? Did you catch a cold while sleeping in the courtyard last night?" I was worried, "I'd better go and discuss it with my aunt and sleep in the house!"?
Big Jipu asked: "What if she doesn't agree to rent out the room? "Where is the space?"?
"She is taking advantage of her. We paid for the accommodation, just as a hotel." But who exactly lives in the West House and grandma's room? This question mark lingers in my chest and I can't get rid of it. ?
After entering the door, I found that the yard was so quiet that you could hear a pin drop. Where have everyone gone? ?
The big jeep tiptoed towards the back room. I asked him what he was doing, but he remained silent and only peeked through the door crack into grandma's room. Apple seemed to be energetic immediately and rushed to take a look. ?
Nishishan Tomb 3
The door is locked and can only be pushed open a crack. There is no sunlight and it is dark inside. To be honest, I don't know why it is necessary to lock it. Every household in the village does not have the habit of locking it during the day, unless it is a long trip. Besides, this is a suite in an inner room. Who would come in? ?
"Let's go! There's nothing to see!" Apple pouted and complained, "I can't see anything." ?
Although Big Jeep was disappointed, he still had good intentions. Reluctantly: "Ruoxi, do you have the key? Satisfy your curiosity!"?
I smiled naively at him, spread out my empty palms and said, "I'm going to cook."?
When I stepped into the kitchen, I felt slight footsteps following me. I turned around and saw it was Dahei: I was scared to death! ?
I found a piece of sweet potato on the stove and threw it out. It jumped up, gritted its teeth in its mouth, and made a "purring" sound in its throat while dripping with laughter. I suddenly remembered the human bone finger that Dahei was biting in his mouth when he went to the barn to find us: "Dahei, where did you find that bone? It's a human finger! Didn't you go up to the Western Mountains because you were so hungry? Whose grave was dug up?"?
Before he finished speaking, there seemed to be a moving shadow flashing behind him. ?
I turned around and saw nothing. ?
Turning around again, the door slowly closed with a creaking sound, and there was deathly silence in the room. ?
"Who?" My aura was in chaos, my breathing was rapid, and my heart was shaking violently. ?
Dahei suddenly jumped up and down like a madman, roaring wildly as he jumped. "Shh! Quiet!" I ordered, forcing its head down. ?
"Who is in the house?" I asked muffledly behind the dark stove. ?
It was completely silent. It was so quiet that it made people feel uncomfortable. ?
Scare yourself! After comforting himself, he lightly kicked Dahei and said, "Let's open the door! It's too dark in the room and it's not time to turn on the light yet."?
Dahei moved forward with his head sullenly. Walk. As soon as the door opened, it jumped out like a cat. When I tried to open the door wider, the door panel slammed shut again. It's a strange feeling, there is a force working against me. The door panels were tightly closed, and I was the only one left in the empty room, which was still surprisingly quiet. ?
I found a match to light a match, and set up a small alcohol lamp. Suddenly, I discovered that there was another person in the room. A middle-aged woman wearing a white shirt and short ear-length hair. She is not beautiful, but very gentle. Her eyes become crescents when she smiles, but her back is a little hunched.
She was standing behind the stove and lifting the lid of the pot. Waves of steaming white mist rose up from the pot and fell on her cheeks. Her complexion seemed to become much rosier in an instant. ?
Just when I was about to ask her who she was, she raised her head and shouted in my direction: "Meixue, Dongzi, Liangyi, come quickly! Your favorite eight-treasure porridge is ready..." …"?
The door opened with a creak, and three children ran in, passing me one after another. The oldest girl is about ten years old, the younger one is about seven or eight years old, and the youngest is just over two years old. Her running steps are not steady and wobbly. The middle-aged woman smiled and said falsely: "Meixue, you are the eldest sister, why don't you look at your younger brother?"?
The girl called Mei Xue turned over, picked up her younger brother, and walked over Put him on the stove. The little boy lay on the edge of the pot and looked in, saying inarticulate words: "Mom, my dear son is hungry." Holding it under his armpit, he used a big spoon to scoop out the porridge in the pot and said, "I'm lucky, I'm lucky..."?
When did so many guests come to the house? The accent sounds like someone from a foreign country...?
Just when I was surprised, the alcohol lamp in my hand suddenly went out. A gust of wind blew, and the surroundings returned to silence, silence in the darkness. ?
All the images just now disappeared. ?
Strange! ?
The door was still closed tightly, and no light came through. I was about to drive away when I was hit with a "clang" sound. ?
Apple was pushing the door in: "Hey! I'm sorry! I didn't know you were behind the door." ?
I was in a trance and couldn't adapt to the bright light outside for a while. Looking back, I saw that everything in front and behind the stove was empty, with no one at all. There was a cool wind blowing behind me, and the back of my neck became cold and hard...?
"Big Jeep is asking you to come over!" Apple said, "We won't use the one in your yard. Well, he pressed it for a long time but no water came out."?
"Oh!" I followed her out, "I forgot to tell you..."?
In the middle of the backyard, the big jeep was pressing the water hard, sweating profusely but with no results. He shouted at me: "How does this thing work? Come and help me."?
"Is it fun?" I asked him, "I think you still have more to say! This is a mountain man. People who eat are different from the water pipes in the city. Well, people like me..." I scooped half a ladle of water out of the tank and poured it into the water pressure slot. At the same time, I pressed the iron rod and there were two sounds of pulling out the valve core. With the same sound, water gradually filled the trough, and when the rod was pressed again, the underground spring water kept pouring up like a gurgling trickle. ?
"It's so fun!" Apple rushed up to grab the iron rod, "I'll do it, I'll do it. How could I miss such a fun thing." ?
I didn't join in the fun with them and went back to the kitchen. Go cook. Suddenly, many small bumps appeared on my arms, and I shivered all over. Looking up at the sky uneasily, large black clouds swept across the sky, blocking the eye of the wind in an instant. The leaves of the locust trees in the yard rolled down quickly, and they seemed to be shivering. I had an ominous feeling in my heart, and my ears seemed to be deaf and I could no longer hear the wind. ?
Nishiyama Tomb 4
Back to the kitchen, everything is normal. The stove was blackened by smoke, the pot was cold, and there was no heat coming out at all. It is now around two o'clock in the afternoon in autumn. This is the quietest time in the countryside. It is so quiet that you can hear your own breathing and heartbeat. I lit the stove fire, moved a small horse and waited for the water to boil. Once upon a time, I was sitting in front of the stove cooking for Brother Hai and the others. The door was pushed open and he walked in with a smile and told me that he would have class in the morning. I saw an ominous omen from his figure facing the sun. A round hole the size of an egg was pierced in his neck, and a ray of pale golden sunlight came out of the hole. The maza overturned and I sat on the ground in shock. I foresaw his death, but I couldn't hold him back when he was running towards death...?
I stared at the flames in the stove in a daze, and the black smoke from the wheat straw hurt. I opened my eyes, and two lines of tears welled up. I didn't wipe them, just let them flow! ?
Fire! ?
The red flame.
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My head felt like it was hit by something heavy, and I suddenly felt a little awake. I seemed to have seen a huge flame burning, right in front of me. Horrifying, tragic, blazing... when? I stared at it, and the crackling sound of the wheat stalks seemed to be replaced by a more violent vibration and a more harsh sound...?
What is that? A scene was gradually forming in my head, and I seemed to remember...?
"Boom -" Someone kicked the door open and walked in. After a quick glance, he pretended he didn't see me, walked straight to the back of the firewood pile, took out a basket of eggs, and left. ?
"Auntie, I want to cook egg noodles. Can you leave two for me?" It turned out that she also hid the eggs. ?
She ignored it and continued walking outside. ?
"Aunt, I'll buy it from you." I stood up and dug into my pocket. She quickly came over and stared at my movements.
"Give me three!" I gave her the change. ?
She pouted: "You also used my pot to burn my firewood, why don't you count these?"?
I was stunned: "Okay! How much firewood, water, and food I used, please keep a note and pay it to you when I leave, okay?" She grinned and said hypocritically: "That's just to see. As far as relatives are concerned, who else would give you credit?" She walked away with her little feet, and placed three very petty-looking eggs on the stove. I held it in my hand and looked at it and smiled: "Why do you look as stingy as your master?"?
The moment I raised my eyes again, I felt someone standing behind me. I was startled, and when I turned around, I saw a child I had seen before. What's the name of a good descendant, right? I was about to ask, where are you from? Before I could say anything, he rushed up to grab the egg in my hand. I quickly retracted: "Which child is so rude? He grabs something to eat before calling his sister?" I wanted to tease him, but the little boy started to cry. ?
It’s so funny! I made a face at him: "Are you hungry? Don't worry, this is raw, I'll cook it for you to eat, okay?"?
The little boy burst into tears and smiled, stretching out I clapped my dirty little hands and jumped up and down with joy. ?
"Don't ask for her things!" shouted angrily. I don't know when the older boy was standing behind me. He picked up the little good boy and dragged him behind him. He pointed at me with a fierce and hostile look on his face like he was facing a heinous villain. Taught the good descendant: "Remember! She is from the Lan family! She is our enemy! Remember clearly!"?
Some of my monks Zhang Er were confused and hesitant when they suddenly heard a message coming from the direction of the wall. There was a cold smile, containing contempt and sarcasm. ?
"Who's laughing?" I turned around and looked. The wall was still a wall, and no one appeared in front of it. ?
Looking back, the two children who had just spoken were gone. ?
"Ruoxi," Apple waved in front of me, "What are you thinking about?" ?
The three of us, each holding a bowl, slurped down the egg noodles. It's just that the eggs are so small that I really can't satisfy my craving. To be honest, people will know what contentment means as soon as they enter the mountains. There isn't even a decent ham for sale in the mountains, and it's no use crying when you're hungry. ?
"Nothing!" I flicked her forehead with my index finger, "Eat quickly! I will take you for a walk after eating." ?
"Okay, okay. She happily picked up her chopsticks and stuffed it into her mouth quickly, "I've long wanted to see what the place where you grew up is like."?
西山冢5
Haha. I was thinking, if I could have met the lively and cheerful Apple when I was sent back to my grandma's house in the countryside when I was nine years old, would my character not be so silent and lonely? But I can't change the past, just like I can't bring Brother Hai back from the dead, and I can't ask my grandma to stay with me forever. Life is a rigorous and stubborn clock, moving forward minute by minute and never looking back. ?
After dinner, we walked to the pond outside the village. There were no longer children laughing and playing. The ripples of youth of Brother Hai and the others also disappeared with the ripples of the water in the last touch of the setting sun. In the corner of my eye. The water was so calm that it reminded people of desolation.
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"Ruoxi, where did you go to school when you were a child?" Big Jeep asked me. ?
"Cough! Cough!" Apple bluffed like a leader, "I figured it out without using my brain. If Ruoxi is so smart and went to college at the age of sixteen, he must be self-taught! Right? ?" She turned back and winked at me. ?
I nodded in agreement. ?
There used to be a village school at the end of the village, but it is now abandoned. The children have gone somewhere, and the private teacher who once praised me is also missing. We stood in front of the red brick hut and looked inside through the iron windows. It was a mess, and the overturned broken desks were covered with thick dust. ?
What happened in this village? Why has it changed beyond recognition in just two years? ?
We went home in the direction of the setting sun, and the shadows on the dirt road were dragged very long by the afterglow. None of the three people spoke. This scene was very "boring", even more melancholy and incomprehensible than the boredom in Faye Wong's lyrics. Big Jeep pulled Apple to the front and whispered, gradually pulling away. Old Uncle Guo, who had lost his ox and asked his grandma to ask for fortune, came across from him. He looked older than in previous years, and his back was much bent. The only thing that remained the same was that he still had an ox behind him, but it was no longer the same one. . ?
"Uncle Guo." I greeted him as he walked past me, "How are you at home?" ?
He raised his withered yellow eyes and looked me up and down. , like examining a stranger. He didn't say anything at the end, and lowered his head as he walked past me. ?
"Ruoxi," Apple turned around and asked me, "Who are you talking to?" ?
I shook my head: "It's okay, let's go!"?
I don't understand. ?
What a respectable village household the Lan family used to be! In the past, wherever grandma went, people would say hello from afar, and the loud voice would float from the east of the field to the west of the field. What's going on now? I saw confusion and disgust in the eyes of the folks. ?
Complex disgust. ?
This realization made me tremble. I thought of the boy named Dongzi. He pointed at me and taught his brother a lesson: She is from the Lan family and is our enemy! ?
I decided to go back and question my uncle. ?
When night fell, the uncle and the others still hadn’t come back. I asked Apple and Big Jeep to rest in Auntie's house first. ?
"Aren't you afraid that they will come back and tell you?" Big Jeep seemed to prefer sitting on the doorpost, with Dahei snuggling against his feet. ?
"I probably won't come back tonight." That's what I guessed. ?
"How can you tell?" ?
"The aunt even took away her usual toothbrush and towel," I said. "It seems that she has gone to hide at a relative's house." ?
"Avoiding you?" Apple felt incredible. She was mending the socks for the big jeep under the dim light. I wonder if boys' feet are naturally destructive. Good socks always break through the thumb. ?
I looked at the way Apple moved the needle under the light: "It's hard to imagine that you also have the brilliance of motherhood in you!" ?
She smiled softly and seemed shy: "The child is the mother's heart. If the mother doesn't feel bad, who does?"?
Huh? ?
I was shocked. Is this what Apple said? ?
I shuddered backwards and realized that the person talking to me was not Apple at all. The person in front of me, twisting thread and threading a needle under the lamp, was the middle-aged woman I had seen in the kitchen during the day. She is plump, fair-skinned, her eyes are lowered, and her focus is entirely on the socks in her hands. sock? The sock in my hand is no longer a big jeep's sock, it's a small child's sock. ?
I stepped back in shock, spinning for a moment. ?
"Big Jeep!" I shouted toward the door. ?
He slowly raised his head and looked at me: "What's wrong?" ?
"Apple..." I pointed to the apple and showed it to him, but I was stunned again.
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That’s right! The person threading the needle in front of me is indeed Apple. Where did the middle-aged woman come from? ?
I opened my mouth, but in the end I didn’t say anything. ?
"Ruoxi, have you not had a good rest?" Apple stopped what he was doing and asked me, "You look so bad!" ?
"No...it's okay. "I stood up and said, "I want to go out for a walk."
I walked to the front yard and looked at the blue-white marks on the ground in the cold moonlight, feeling empty. This is a different kind of confusion than before. Now this cold courtyard makes me feel that it is not home, it is too strange.