The large bunch of gourds hanging at the door were made up of small gourds, and I could tell at a glance that these small gourds were exactly the same as the gourds that fell next to Tong Qian's body.
“Looks like we really came to the right place!”
"When...when...when"
I raised my hand and knocked on the door.
"Who is it...in the middle of the night..."
An old man's deep voice sounded in the room, sounding very impatient. I didn't answer, but knocked gently three more times.
"Coming... coming..."
After a while, the door was slowly opened a crack, and an old man wearing a vest and underpants stuck his head out.
"Who are you looking for?"
The old man squinted his eyes and looked at me suspiciously, his expression very wary.
I smiled slightly,
"Uncle Tong, I'm Lin Yu, from Liujiacun...you don't recognize me?"
Uncle Tong stared at me for a long time, his frown gradually relaxed, he patted his thigh and said in surprise:
"Xiaoyu...you are Xiaoyu! Come on, come on, come in quickly!"
Uncle Tong patted my shoulder and let me into the house.
I followed Uncle Tong into the house with a smile. I glanced around. The furnishings in the house were very simple. They were all simple furniture. There was nothing special about it. Only a room on the east wall caught my attention.
The door of that room was closed, and there was a copper lock on the door knocker. The most important thing was that there were several bunches of garlic and gourds hanging on the edge of the door. Both of these things were used to ward off evil spirits, so it looked a bit unusual.
Uncle Tong enthusiastically poured me a glass of water. I quickly looked away. Just as I was about to say something polite, Uncle Tong spoke first,
"Xiaoyu, are you here because of your Aunt Liu's affairs?"
I was stunned for a moment, I didn’t expect him to be so direct. Then I thought about it, so I stopped talking in circles and got straight to the point:
"Yes, Uncle Tong, I am very worried about Aunt Liu now. What happened? How did Aunt Liu disappear?"
Uncle Tong rolled a cigarette slowly and took a long puff.
"Hey, when Lan Lan came here before, she mentioned something about you to me. I didn't expect that you would actually embark on this path. This bowl of rice is not so easy to eat, but it doesn't matter, anyway.
It saves me some trouble, you can come with me..."
After saying that, Tong Bo took another long puff of cigarette, put out the cigarette butt, then stood up and walked towards the room where garlic and gourds were hung.
When I saw this, I hurriedly followed...
Uncle Tong took out the key and opened the copper lock and pushed it gently. The door slowly opened with a creak, and then a strong smell of incense smoke wafted out.
I frowned and walked in. As soon as I entered the room, I was stunned.
"This is…"
There were two coffins, one black and one red, in the small room. Directly in front of the coffin was an offering table with incense candles and an incense burner. On the wall in front of the incense burner were two photos of the deceased!
What makes me feel extremely uncomfortable is that I actually know the two people in the photo!
One is Tong Qian and the other is Aunt Liu!
"Aunt Liu...is dead?!"
My head buzzed, as if someone had hit me hard with a stick. For a moment, my brain felt like a short circuit, and I completely lost the ability to think!
I stood there blankly, and after a long time I turned around and asked emotionally:
"Uncle Tong! What the hell is going on?!"
"I don't know how to explain to you..."
Tong Bo's eyes were red, and the muscles on his face were twitching constantly. He walked to the red coffin, raised his hand and wiped his face vigorously, and said in a trembling voice:
"Here, help push this coffin lid open..."
I didn't understand what he wanted to do, but I still walked over and worked with him to push the coffin lid open.
With a "bang" sound, the coffin lid fell to the ground. When I looked over, my face suddenly changed!
There is a person lying upright in the coffin,
"Aunt Liu?!" I cried out loud.
Why is she lying in the coffin?!
I reached out and lifted Aunt Liu's arm from the coffin, and found that her body was not stiff, and there was even some residual warmth...
"Lan Lan is not dead yet, but... I'm afraid she won't live long..." Tong Bo choked up and said.
I turned around and looked at him in surprise. Uncle Tong was holding the coffin with both hands and staring at Aunt Liu lying in the coffin with a blank look on his face.
"Lan Lan told me before that if you come to Tongjia Village to find me, let me open this coffin for you to see. If you can see the way inside, then you can take care of the affairs of Tongjia Village. If you
If you can’t see the way, then I’ll let you leave as soon as possible and don’t die in vain!”
"What do you mean? You mean Aunt Liu had arranged all this before the accident? Did she know that something would happen to her?!"
Uncle Tong nodded, then suddenly raised his head and grabbed my shoulders,
"Xiao Yu! Think of a way quickly, maybe Lan Lan can be saved!"
I took a deep breath to calm myself down, and then asked Uncle Tong and me to carry Aunt Liu's body to the bed outside the house.
I looked at Aunt Liu carefully. Her expression was very natural, as if she was sleeping. I reached out and slowly opened her eyes. Although her eyes were dull, they were clear and not a sign of a ghost.
My eyes move down...
"Um?"
I let out a sigh and saw that Aunt Liu's mouth seemed to be closed tightly, so I reached out and tried to open her mouth, but the strange thing was that no matter how hard I tried, Aunt Liu's mouth just couldn't open, as if it was stuck with glue.
Same.
I suddenly thought of something, turned around and said to Tong Bo:
"Uncle Tong, find a way to help me find some urine mud, pot bottom ashes and rooster blood. Remember that the urine mud must be child urine!"
"This... okay, I'll go find it right now."
After saying that, Uncle Tong took a basin and walked out of the house.
At this time, my backpack shook a few times, and Lao Yu poked his head out of the bag. He slowly crawled to Aunt Liu's mouth, stretched his neck and leaned over,
"Hey! Don't try to take advantage of my Aunt Liu! She is my future mistress!"
"Bah! What do you think I am?"
Lao Yu said dissatisfiedly, and then he stretched his neck over again, and this time I saw clearly that he seemed to be smelling something.
"Well...Xiaoyu, your idea is right. Liu Lanlan's mouth is full of yin. There must be something hidden!"