When I heard Uncle Chen say this, beads of sweat fell from my head. According to Uncle Chen, if Old Lady Liu had died many years ago, then who was the crazy Old Lady Liu that the villagers saw? Who was the one who was wearing a red dudou and burying him under the eyes of the entire village? It seemed that these things could not be explained with common sense.
Uncle Chen was holding something that looked like dandruff in his hand. The three of us stared at Uncle Chen. At this moment, Uncle Chen seemed to be thinking about something. Suddenly, Uncle Chen placed his left finger on his mouth and made a shushing gesture. "Listen, there's movement outside."
We all pricked up our ears to listen to the sounds outside. Sure enough, light footsteps came from the courtyard. The footsteps were getting closer and closer, followed by the sound of the door being pushed open. Who would come to this house in the middle of the night? Our first thought was that it was not a person.
The four of us stood against the wall and didn't even dare to breathe loudly. Suddenly, water droplets fell on the back of my hand. It was then that I realized that my sweat had already dripped down. We didn't move, nor did we dare to move. The noise outside continued.
Then, the sound of a fire being lit came from outside, followed by the smell of candlelight coming from the house outside. Candles were lit in the room outside. With the soft light of the candlelight outside, we looked out from the inner room.
It would have been better if it hadn't been opened. When Second Brother and I saw it, we were stunned. The person who came was actually the village chief. After seeing the village chief lighting the candles, he began to burn the joss paper. Then, he knelt down desperately. When the village chief stood up, blood flowed out of his forehead, but the village chief did not seem to feel pain. After paying our respects, the village walked towards our hiding place at a moderate pace.
At this time, Uncle Chen said," Oh no, someone is going to pay their respects to Old Lady Liu! Let's all go up to the brick bed."
After saying that, the four of us jumped onto the brick bed. The village chief didn't seem to see us after he came in. She walked straight to the place where Old Lady Liu's photo was hung and started to light the candles. When the village chief lit the candle, the room suddenly became bright.
It was only then that we saw the village chief clearly. It could also be said that we saw the village chief's face clearly. This face was not the village chief. Although the figure and clothes were the same as what we saw when we came to the village, this face was not the village chief's. It was the face of the old lady Liu that we had just broken!
That's right, this was a village chief who had the same face as Old Lady Liu. Blackie was terrified. The flashlight in his hand creaked from his grip, and his body was trembling.
This person wasn't the village chief or Old Lady Liu. He didn't care about us at all. Just like before, he lit the candles and started burning joss money. When we lit the joss paper, we clearly saw it. The village chief wasn't burning paper money, but baby faces. The faces of the baby-like people had long dried up. Then, there was a series of kowtows.
After seeing that the village chief was burning the baby face, all the hair on my body stood on end. Under the light of the candle, I could only see 2nd brother and Hei Zi trembling.
However, we were very glad that this half-human, half-ghost thing didn't notice us. Just as he was about to finish paying his respects, he suddenly looked up and seemed to have realized that Old Lady Liu's photo was gone. Then, he suddenly howled at the roof.
This sudden shout really scared the four of us. With his shout, all the candles in the inner and outer rooms went out. At the same time, Uncle Chen shouted at us,"Jump out of the window, quickly leave!"
After saying that, I felt a figure jump out of the window. I subconsciously jumped out with Uncle Chen. Second Brother and Hei Zi also jumped out. After we came out, we ran wildly. It was dark outside and we couldn't see anything at all. We could only listen to Uncle Chen's voice in front of us and run.
He didn't know how long he had been running, but he could hear the village chief's shouts getting softer and softer. Uncle Chen, who was running at the front, suddenly said,"Alright, stop,"
The four of us stopped running. After we stopped, Blackie used his flashlight. It was still the same as when we came in. It was pitch-black in front of us. Other than Blackie's faint flashlight, we could not see anything else. We don't even know where we are now, but the four of us are sticking to each other.
"Uncle Chen, what should we do now?" I asked in a low voice.”
"We don't even know where we are now. Uncle Chen, do you think the 'village chief' will come after us?" Second Brother whispered.
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Uncle Chen is our backbone at this time. Uncle Chen said calmly,"I don't think he'll come after us. He won't walk out of that house on his own. From the moment it came in, I could tell that it was neither human nor ghost. Look at his dull eyes, he was at a loss. The things he did were lifeless and very mechanical. This meant that he had long been driven by ghosts.”
After hearing Uncle Chen say that the monster would not chase after him, Blackie let out a sigh of relief. This relief did not matter, and Blackie sat down on the ground. Like a chain reaction, Second Brother and I also sat down.
The surroundings became very quiet. We couldn't hear anything. Even the barking of the dogs that we heard when we entered the village was gone. The darkness was like a boundless net that tightly enveloped the four of us.
"Xiao Shuang, look at your watch." Liu suddenly said.”
I thought so too. I'm looking forward to the morning. After asking Blackie for the flashlight, I took the opportunity to look at my watch. This gave me a fright. The time on his watch was 1:30.
"Uncle Chen, that's not right. It's half-past one now. I saw it clearly when we first entered the village. But it's still half-past one."
Uncle Chen sighed and said," It's useless to look at the time now. We're blinded by this black fog. Black and white have long been reversed." Now, all of you calm down and don't think about anything. Try your best to keep your hearts calm and not be noisy.”
After hearing Uncle Chen's words, we all tried our best to calm down. Let this dark time disappear bit by bit. It was then that we realized how terrifying the darkness was. Only then did she realize how helpless we were in the dark.
We just waited for time to disappear bit by bit. After an unknown period of time, a rooster crowed and woke us up. When we opened our eyes, the sky was already bright. I don't know when Uncle Chen has been standing in front of the three of us.
Uncle Chen said,"Get up. It's already dawn."”
After we stood up, I looked around. It turned out that we had already run out of the village in the panic last night. Now, we're actually on a large piece of barren land. Not a blade of grass grew around him. Right in front of us was a lonely grave. Paper money was scattered in front of the tomb. It looked like a new tomb.
Second Brother and Hei Zi also stood up. Seeing this scene, they could not help but sigh at the darkness of last night. "Uncle Chen, what should we do now?" Hei Zi asked Uncle Chen.”
Uncle Chen could still laugh at this time. As he laughed, he replied to Hei Zi,"What should we do now? Now we should go find something to eat. Aren't you hungry?"
Uncle Chen, who was usually very mysterious in our hearts, actually said such words. This was even more shocking than seeing ghosts during the day.
Looking at Uncle Chen's unusual behavior, we really didn't know what he was up to. Anyway, looking at Uncle Chen's current state, the only thing he could be sure of was that he was safe now.
Looking at the sun in the sky, I suddenly felt that I had returned from the death god. He looked down at his watch. At this time, the time displayed on the watch was actually 12 o'clock sharp. In other words, it has been almost a whole day since we entered the mountain last night. Could it be that the sky has long been bright? It's just that our eyes were covered in black smoke and we didn't know that it was already bright outside.
What kind of power could turn day and night upside down? Could it be the power of ghosts? If that was really the case, it would be too terrifying.
Uncle Chen saw through the doubts in our hearts and smiled at us."Don't think about it. I don't even understand it now. Hurry up and leave this damn place with me to find something to eat.”
Hearing that Uncle Chen could speak with such a smile, the atmosphere was no longer so dead. The three of us followed Uncle Chen out. Not long after, we saw Lakshmi Village from afar.
He finally saw a place where someone was alive. We increased our pace and walked towards Lakshmi Village.
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