There was no light in the room, and I could see Madman Niu's face full of anger. He didn't dare to speak harshly anymore. He climbed up from the pit dejectedly, limped back to the sleeping corner and lay down obediently. His ankles were already gone.

It was swollen into a bun, and it hurt terribly.

"Fan Wujiu, you bastard, if I talk about friendship with you in the future, I will write the character "王" upside down." Crazy Niu seemed to be still angry, and cursed at the door again, but the black humanoid figure

The fog has drifted to nowhere.

I really couldn't understand why Madman Niu was so angry, but I didn't dare to ask. I could only close my eyes tightly and pretend to sleep, but I never thought that I actually fell asleep.

I was sleeping soundly when suddenly a burst of heartbreaking crying woke me up. What happened? Is someone dead?

It's daylight.

I threw on some clothes at random and limped out in the direction of the sound.

It's really a death. The person who died was a boy named Datou, who was older than me. I had seen him several times. He was naive and cute. He didn't look like a short-lived person. Because I was carrying a disaster star.

Because of his name, his family refused to let him play with me.

At this time, his mother was holding his body and crying in confusion: "Son, what are you saying you can't get over? Why didn't you tell your mother? Why did you seek death? You just left like this, so that my mother could not bear it.

How to live..."

It turned out that his mother called him to eat this morning and found that there was no one on the bed. After several searches, she found him on a dead tree by the Xiaolong River in the east of the village, but by that time, he had already hanged himself.

I heard that the rope he hung himself on was less than three feet from the ground and was not as high as his body. Logically speaking, it is impossible to hang someone from such a height. It’s just that his death was too weird. He was hanged with his legs curled up.

, one pair of legs still can’t straighten up.

The most tragic thing in life is when a white-haired person gives a black-haired person a gift. Looking at the big family crying in front of me, I couldn't help but burst into tears.

But a lot of doubts arose in my heart.

At his age, when he is carefree, how could he suddenly lose his mind? There is no need for him to worry about things at home. Besides, his family has a lot of labor, and his father has several brothers. His mother usually does some small business, and his father

He is a bricklayer on the construction team and earns a lot of money. His family is famously wealthy in the village.

Even if you are going to die, there is no need to curl up your legs and hang yourself, right?

There are many ways to commit suicide. Why did he choose this way of death?

Crazy Niu once told me that people who die in vain cannot report to the underworld. They can only enter reincarnation after their yang life has expired. Why did he choose such a path?

Didn't he commit suicide?

Just as I was thinking about it, I suddenly saw a man in the crowd watching the fun turn around and walk out. It was strange, but there was a dark fog-like thing behind him.

This is a person I have never seen before. He should not be from our village.

I followed him out of curiosity. Although the swelling in my ankle had not subsided yet, I still walked crookedly.

The man walked very fast, almost as if he was flying. It didn't take long for me to catch him.

…

In our place, the older generation believes that children who do not live to be twelve years old are debts owed in their previous lives, and will be reborn as short-lived ghosts in this life to collect debts.

In the early years, people would beat the body of a child who died young with a hot red iron, or chop it with a knife or ax, and burn it with firewood. Finally, the body would be buried in the barren mountains and rivers, and a bamboo basket would be tied on the body.

, so that he can no longer fall into reincarnation and come back to collect debts again.

In recent years, although the treatment of early-rising children was no longer as cruel as before, they still could not stop the mourning ceremony or set up a grave, so the big head was hastily buried on the same day.

Crazy Niu didn't know where he went. He didn't see anyone for a whole day, and he still didn't come back at night.

Because I saw dead people during the day, I was afraid, so I lit all the candles in the ruined temple.

But the beating candlelight still couldn't conceal the fear in my heart.

I had no choice but to get into bed and cover my head with the quilt.

Due to fear, I couldn't sleep at all, so I could only hide in bed and count sheep.

It’s true that the more you fear something, the more it will come to you.

In the middle of the night, I had just fallen asleep when I suddenly heard someone calling my name: "Chen Changsheng, Chen Changsheng, come out to play together..."

The voice sounded very far away, like it was on the horizon.

I couldn't help but poke my head out of the bed and look outside.

A dark shadow was standing outside the window, with its back facing me.

"Who? Who?..."

I screamed uncontrollably.

At this time, the figure slowly turned his head!

"Are you... Big Head?"

I recognized it, it was the big head who hanged himself during the day.

"Aren't you dead?"

"Come and play with me!" The voice was so cold that I couldn't help but get goosebumps all over my body. Then I stood up uncontrollably and walked slowly towards the door.

Everything feels like a dream.

"Where are we going to play?" I couldn't help but ask.

"You come with me—"

Datou's footsteps were very fast, and he left the village all the way east.

I trotted behind him, but no matter how hard I chased, I couldn't catch up.

Where is this taking me?

"Come on, come on, there are so many children here..."

Suddenly, I saw a familiar figure, it was grandma.

"Changsheng, what are you doing here?" Grandma seemed very angry, "This is not the place you should come to, go back quickly."

"No, I want to go over there to play. Datou said there are many children there." I became stubborn.

Grandma suddenly stepped forward and grabbed my arm with frightening force: "Go back quickly, go back quickly, you see your father and your grandfather are here, they won't let you pass."

Just as my grandma and I were chatting, a big ear-scratcher blew on the back of my head, making stars pop out of my eyes.

"Wake me up quickly!"

It’s the voice of a madman!

Seeing the sudden appearance of the crazy cow, grandma suddenly grinned, and the figure slowly faded, disappearing into the air visibly to the naked eye.

"What's wrong with me?" I touched my sore head and looked around carefully. I was still in the ruined temple - what happened just now?

Crazy Niu sighed, glanced at me a few times, and said, "You were possessed by a ghost, thanks to a newly deceased resentful ghost, otherwise you wouldn't be able to come back!"

Hearing him say this, I became afraid. If I really couldn't come back, wouldn't I also die?

"Alas! Let me tell you the truth. I went out today to find a way to seal your yin and yang eyes. I didn't expect that something like this happened in the village just one day after I went out. Do you know how that big head died?"

"I don't know!" I answered honestly.

"Forget it, go and wash your face." Crazy Niu was a little impatient and yawned and said to me, "Wash it with water in the basin!"

Damn it, why are you so angry?

"Is it your urine?"

"This is how I asked an expert to seal your yin and yang eyes. Hurry up!"
Chapter completed!