My name is Zhang Baichuan. When I was a child, other people in my family went out to work, so I returned to the village to hang out with my grandfather.
Growing up, my grandfather occupied most of my memories, both good and bad.
My grandfather is a well-known old Chinese medicine doctor in the village and is quite prestigious, but other doctors only tinker with prescriptions and herbal medicines.
But he went to the mountains every day to catch worms, toads, snakes, insects, rats, and ants. There was a room at home dedicated to raising these.
When I was a kid, I was very obsessed with these things.
But I don’t know if grandpa did it on purpose or what happened.
I often sleep until midnight and find a big toad lying on my body, or when I wake up at night, I see a long worm on the ground.
After going back and forth like this, I really developed some immunity to these things, but my disgust towards that room became more and more serious.
It was only when grandpa opened and closed the door that he saw it a few times. Not only were the corpses of various snakes, insects, rats, and ants, but also some strange tools and statues. The whole room was very dark. As soon as he opened the door, there was a strong smell.
of fishy smell.
When I came back from vacation this time, I went for a walk with my grandpa during the day. At night, I also had my own little secret.
Seeing that it was already nine o'clock in the evening, it was almost time, and I put my ear against the wall.
From the day I came back, I could always hear indescribable sounds coming from the Flower Widow's house next door.
I'm very confused. Widow Hua is a famously chaste woman among us. In the past, she had to erect a chastity memorial arch. How could this happen?
But I never exposed it because some people like to hear it.
Just that night, the voice was suddenly mixed with a cry for help:
"Mr. Zhang! Are you there? Help me!"
This is calling me grandpa!
I wanted to hear some indescribable sounds, but suddenly I heard this. I was slightly startled, and at the same time subconsciously yelled: "Grandpa, I heard someone calling you next door!"
Frowning slightly, Grandpa looked at me in surprise.
"With such a thick wall, how did you hear the sound?"
As soon as I finished speaking, there was a sound of hard slapping from the next door. I quickly stood up and was about to go out. At the same time, I said: "Something must have happened, I'll go take a look!"
In fact, I was a little selfish at this moment. I wanted to see if there was a man in Widow Hua's house. I had been hearing this news for several days, but I still hadn't seen anyone.
Unexpectedly, grandpa stopped me and asked me to stay calm.
After saying that, grandpa got up and went out. Of course I didn't give up and went out together.
Seeing two people standing at the door talking, Widow Hua's voice trembled because of anxiety:
"Mr. Zhang, my husband is sick again. You have to go and check on him!"
I feel strange, what is this? Her husband has been dead for three years, where did the disease come from?
Just as I was thinking about it, grandpa had already agreed. He didn't seem to have any doubts, and just comforted him: "Don't worry, it will be fine!"
After saying that, he hurriedly took the medicine box and walked outside quickly.
"Grandpa, I want to see it too!"
But grandpa turned around suddenly, and I saw his face was gloomy, as if water was dripping from his face. I had never seen him so serious before.
There is sadness in the indifference, and there is anger in the sadness.
I have never seen a face with so many expressions at the same time.
After saying that, he took the medicine box and walked out directly.
Grandpa was out all night, and there was a violent storm, thunder and lightning.
I didn't notice at that time that the walls in my home were bleeding out, as if they had turned into real human skin.
It flows down through the gaps between bricks.
Later, I slowly discovered some clues from the clues at home.
The next morning, my grandfather came back with his exhausted body. The moment I saw my grandfather, I was completely stunned.
His face was full of vicissitudes of life, his clothes were disheveled, and he seemed to be ten years older. Especially where the clothes were torn, there were wounds all over, as if they had been cut by a knife, but they were not very smooth.
Seeing my grandpa in such a state, I hurried over to help him. His medicine box was already broken. Wasn't it meant to treat people? Why did it look like a group fight?
Seeing me coming, Grandpa's eye circles suddenly turned slightly red, his hands trembled slightly, and he muttered:
"The village...the village cannot be saved. You have to live well, you know? You must live well..."
I was confused by these words, and suddenly another thunder exploded in the sky. Grandpa's body trembled violently, and he gently pushed me away:
"Don't worry about me, I'm fine!"
After saying that, he stumbled into the house. From that day on, all kinds of rumors suddenly started to spread in the village, saying that grandpa was always strong, had an affair with a beautiful widow, and the one who was closest to the water got the moon first, and so on.
There is another strange thing. After a heavy rain at night, many colorful bugs suddenly appeared in the village.