My name is Zhuang Peng, a sixteen-year-old middle school student. I'm a rural student who started school in Grade Nine.
My life used to be as happy as a dog sticking its tongue out in the summer, but ever since I went to watch square dancing on Saturday night, it has become bad.
It was a Saturday. After dinner, my mother, who was already obsessed with square dancing, ran out to dance. My father took my five-year-old brother out for a walk. I was the only one left at home.
That day, because I ate a little too much for dinner, I didn't like to move, so I lay on the brick bed and read a novel out of boredom.
This is a book about grave robbing. The depressing descriptions in the book made me have goosebumps.
I glanced at the empty house and then at the dark sky outside the window. I felt that it was better for me to go out.
I threw the book away, locked the door, and ran to the square at the village entrance.
The sky had just turned dark, and the streets of the village were unusually quiet. Even the dogs that usually liked to bark were silent.
When they were about to reach the entrance of the village, the sky began to fog. A faint fog slowly floated up from the ground, making the road ahead hazy.
A gust of wind blew past me, and the leaves on the road rustled a few times. It was very uncomfortable to hear.
Summer nights are the time for square dancing. When square dancing became popular all over the country, our remote village called the Han family was also affected. Those rural women who usually held sickles and hoes seemed to have seen their talent in dancing overnight. They all painted their eyebrows and lips, and soon became addicted to dancing. The idle square at the village entrance naturally became the stage for them to dance.
The sound of music began to come from the front. The square was already singing and dancing, and there were already many people from the same village surrounding it.
I looked around for my companions. They were moved to the side under the broken basketball hoop because of square dancing. I saw Xu Ping, Pan Tie, Zhu Zi, and a child called Liuzi.
I walked over. These are all my childhood friends. Pan Zhuang and I are still classmates.
After greeting her, I leaned against the basketball hoop and looked into the square. I saw my mother at a glance. Because my mother was very beautiful and a good dancer, she was in the first row. Behind her were my neighbors, Second Aunt Niu and Pan Zhuang's mother. I couldn't stand their dancing.
"Zhuang Peng, your mother is the best dancer in our village!”Pan Tie praised sincerely.
Pan Tie was right. Out of more than twenty people who danced square dance, my mother danced the best. My mother is beautiful and has a good figure. Even if she dances normally, she still looks good.
Who knew that Liuzi would express a different opinion."Who said that Zhuang Peng's mother is the best dancer? That woman with long hair and green clothes is the best dancer.”
Liuzi was ten years old this year, and there was only a small braid at the back of his bald head. He looked very much like the Qing Dynasty people on TV.
A woman in green? I opened my eyes wide and looked carefully at the square. This was related to my mother's honor, so I naturally couldn't be careless.
Although our village is relatively poor, with the tide of square dancing, it's not a problem for these dancing aunties to make a uniform.
Their clothes were pink with black borders, which had nothing to do with green. The people dancing in the arena were all wearing pink clothes, so how could there be a woman wearing green?
I looked at Liuzi in confusion and found that Xu Ping and the others were also looking at Liuzi with strange eyes.
Zhu Zi looked back at Liuzi strangely and asked in confusion,"What did you say?"
"The long-haired woman in green dances the best." Liuzi repeated what she had just said.
"Are your eyes playing tricks on you? How can there be a woman in green? They all wear the same pink dress." Zhu Zi corrected Liuzi's mistake.
Liuzi's eyes must have been blinded by fire. How could he see a woman out of thin air?
I also said,"Yes, Liuzi, how can there be a woman in green?" You must have had some kind of crystallisation."
"What are you looking at?" Liuzi asked loudly. She was right behind Buttface's mother. Didn't you see her?”
I felt that something was wrong. Ergou's mother was in the last row. There was no one behind her.”
"Liuzi, did you see it clearly? There was no one behind Buttface's mother. There's no one!"
Xu Ping, Zhu Zi, and Pan Tie also echoed my opinion.
Liuzi was still stubborn." You big kids have bad eyesight. That woman in green is looking at you, but you can't see her."”
After Liuzi finished speaking, I suddenly felt that something was wrong. It was said that children under the age of twelve still had their heavenly eyes open. They could see many things that people over the age of twelve couldn't see. Could it be that Liuzi saw something?
However, this thought only flashed through my mind for a moment before it passed.
Zhu Zi, Xu Ping, and I didn't take it seriously. We continued to watch the dance in the square and casually talked about some random topics.
Xu Ping secretly took out a pack of cigarettes and secretly distributed them to everyone. I reflexively looked at the venue and saw that my mother was dancing happily. At this time, I was afraid that she had even forgotten her surname.
I secretly lit up my eyes and took a puff before clenching my hand into a hollow fist to hide the cigarette.
Pan Zhuang didn't take Xu Ping's cigarette. When I took the first puff, he suddenly said,"I feel very uncomfortable. I think I'm sick. I'll go back first. Take your time."
With that, he stood up and walked around the square, disappearing into the misty night.
After a while, Xu Ping and Zhu Zi also said that they felt cold and uncomfortable. The two of them left together, leaving only Liuzi and I here.
I felt awkward. We rural children are usually more naughty than monkeys. We never know what it feels like to be sick. Why did Xu Ping and the others fall sick at the same time tonight? Could it be that what Liuzi said was true?
"Liuzi, is the woman in green still here?”
"Yes, she's always looking at you."
After Liuzi said this, I didn't know if it was a psychological effect, but I immediately felt my body brush, as if a piece of ice had suddenly stuck to my heart.
I also felt that something was wrong. It was better to go home.
I looked around and didn't see my father. He might have gone to the shop.
It was impossible to ask her mother to go back. She was addicted to dancing now and would never go back.
At this moment, the chill on my body seemed to have become even stronger. It already made my teeth have the urge to collide.
He should not stay here for long.
I left the square almost as fast as I could and walked back alone. I just wanted to go home and lie down on the kang for a while.
After leaving the square, I felt the coldness in my body dissipate a lot and secretly heaved a sigh of relief.
Turning around the big elm tree at the entrance of the village, I walked slowly. As I walked, I felt that my surroundings were very dark and quiet.
I looked around. Why was it so dark in the village that I couldn't even see a lamp, and I couldn't hear a single sound?
I panicked and quickened my pace.
Why was the night so quiet? Even the barking dogs didn't make a sound. It was as if the only sound in the world was my own footsteps.# Daguan Review Passed: Daguan Time:021420196:27PM
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