Chapter 6 Chapter 6 Straw Dummy

The flashlight in his hand fell to the ground with a "snap", and the surroundings were plunged into darkness. "Who?" I exclaimed in the dark. No one answered me, only my own voice, drifting in the late autumn wind, with an echo - I was terrified in my heart, and I was busy reaching out to touch the flashlight in the corner, but I don't know what the flashlight rolled into when it fell place, I fumbled on the ground, but couldn't find the flashlight. Then in the weak sky, I touched the door and reached out to push the door in, intending to find Fatty Hu and Dandan, borrow a flashlight, and then make plans.

I pushed hard on the dilapidated wooden door, but after this push, my heart sank all the way—when I came out to pee just now, because I was afraid that the cold wind would blow the sleeping Fatty Hu, I casually closed the wooden door. Close it, now, why is this wooden door fastened tightly from the inside? Before I fell asleep, I had seen the wooden door of the back door of old man Jiang’s house. It was still a very old-fashioned door lock, not a modern door lock. If it was closed from the outside, it would not be able to lock the door at all, unless——someone was playing a prank inside, Bolt the door.

Damn Fatty Hu!I cursed in my heart, but when I think about it, although Fatty Hu has a bit of a temper, he would definitely not act like this. Dandan is a girl, so timid, if she had the guts, she would not dare to get up and go out to scare her I. "Could it be..." As I thought about it, I became more and more frightened. I remembered the figure in the corner just now, and immediately leaned my back against the wall, turned around suddenly, and looked for the corner. The sky is dark and obscure, as if returning to the beginning of the world, a piece of chaos, the corner of the wall is dark, there is no one, and the surrounding is deathly black, only the sound of my own heartbeat, beating. Terribly, it seems to be telling me that I am still alive...

I pressed my chest with one hand, and clenched my fist with the other hand, telling myself, don’t be afraid, don’t be afraid—people are afraid of evil, ghosts are afraid of evil, even if this deserted village is really weird, I am a dignified seven-foot man , are you still afraid? The surroundings are still dark and silent, as if he is dead, and it seems to return to the ancient prehistoric period, a vast expanse.I leaned against the dirt wall, and I don't know how long it took, suddenly, an orange light lit up from the opposite window. The light was so bright that it was very abrupt, and even the moment when the faint light suddenly lit up in the dark, I was in the dark for a long time, my spirit was highly concentrated and my eyes were tense, I couldn't bear it, I closed my eyes instinctively, Then, open it again.

The moment I opened my eyes, I vaguely saw a black shadow quietly disappearing at the door. If I remember correctly, the old man Jiang led Professor Qian and the others tremblingly and walked towards the back room with an oil lamp in hand.But now, this oil lamp is too bright.I took a deep breath, always uneasy in my heart, no, I must go and see. Gathering up my courage, I dragged my stiff feet and walked step by step towards the orange light at the window on the earthen wall. I don’t know why, but I suddenly remembered the ghost stories I heard from the old people when I was young. It is said that people who died in vain cannot be reincarnated, and they must find a substitute to enter hell and go to reincarnation. Therefore, they clicked a picture in the dark night Oil lamps lure strangers into the trap of death and become their substitutes, allowing them to be reincarnated...

Deserted village, night...earth walls, oil lamps... It seems that the touch of orange is quietly leading me to a road of no return. I don't know why, but I didn't have the courage to go to the window to take a look. Instead, I went to the door and reached out to knock on it—— "Papapa——" My palm hit the old wooden door together, making a dull and unpleasant slapping sound. "Professor Qian..." I opened my voice and shouted. No one answered me, and all around was the silence of the dead side.I slammed on the dilapidated wooden door again, and raised my voice, "Professor Qian... Old Man Jiang..."

At this moment, the orange oil lamp inside went out without warning—no, no, no, it seemed that it had never been lit, it seemed that everything was my illusion, and the world returned to darkness. "Qian..." I wanted to call out again, but found that my voice was hoarse, and my sobbing voice was extremely unpleasant. "Why is this happening? Why?" There is absolutely no soundproofing equipment in this earthen wall, and the light is shining brightly. Why did the people inside turn off the light when they heard my call and ignore it?Professor Qian would never do such an outrageous thing. Besides, there are also Professor Qian's assistant Xiao Zhang and old man Jiang. Could it be that everyone is deaf?

What exactly happened here?What the hell? The cold wind blew past, it was bitingly cold, I don’t know if it was the wind blowing through the treetops, or what happened, I vaguely heard someone whimpering in the distance, so sad, so sad. On the mass grave in the distance, the miserable blue will-o'-the-wisp, erratic, became the only light nearby. Thinking of this ghost word, I couldn't help but shudder. Could it be that I really saw a ghost?what to do?what to do? No, definitely not like this, there must be something wrong with it, if it's a ghost... if it's a ghost, then what?

I closed my eyes, tightly clenched my fists, and put my whole body on alert. Suddenly, a pale beam of light fell on my face, I almost instinctively punched it.Fatty Hu's exasperated voice came from beside his ear: "Boss Xu, are you crazy?" Hearing Fatty Hu's voice, I felt relaxed, but I couldn't take back the fist I swung out. Fortunately, Fatty Hu had been a soldier for several years, so he was agile and moved away sideways. My old fist hit him hard. shoulders. Fatty Hu touched the shoulder that had been punched by me with one hand, glared at me and said, "You don't sleep in the middle of the night, what are you doing out here?"

I looked intently, and Fatty Hu held up a flashlight to shine on me, with a smile on his face. "I—hell!" I sighed, my heart was at ease, and I shook my head thinking about the weird experience I had just had in the dark. "Where is the ghost?" Fatty Hu immediately asked, "I'll take a look too, so I can gain some insight?" "The corner of the house!" I gasped, "Fatty Hu, don't tell me that you were the one who frightened me just now?" "Fatty Master, I'm uncomfortable without eating, and I have the habit of wandering around in the middle of the night!" Fatty Hu waved his hands carelessly, "Go—take Fatty Master to see, what does the ghost look like?"

I thought of the suspicious figure at the corner of the house just now. Now that Fatty Hu is by my side, he is no longer alone. I suddenly became more courageous, and nodded, "Let's go and have a look!" The front and back loess houses are only a few steps away—— "I said Boss Xu, isn't this the ghost you're talking about?" Fatty Hu walked over first, looked at a scarecrow lying in the corner, waved his hand and looked at me and smiled, "Boss Xu, how dare you let the dog Eat it? To be frightened like this by a scarecrow?" I stared blankly at the scarecrow lying in the corner of the wall. Indeed, the scarecrow was tied up almost to the size of a real person, and its body was a little bloated, probably because it was loosely tied, so I looked at it in the dark. It looks like a fat man, and this scarecrow is still wrapped in tattered navy blue cloth strips. I know that many rural areas still have the custom of using scarecrows to scare birds, so that the food that is about to be harvested will not be spoiled by birds. Huangtu Village is old and backward enough, if such customs are preserved, there is nothing to say. But just now I clearly saw a pair of green eyes in the dark, like wolf eyes.I believe that I have never seen, and it is impossible to see, that I am not the kind of person who is so timid that I can't even fight. "Just now I saw a pair of green eyes..." I said while gesticulating. Fatty Hu, who has always been carefree, thought for a while and said, "It's probably a cat!" "Cat?" Could it be that damned black cat again? "Besides, the scarecrow was clearly standing just now!" I said while gesturing where the scarecrow stood just now. Immediately, I couldn't help being stunned, it was really funny when I thought about it, "This scarecrow must have been leaned against the wall casually, and it was not secure, and then the cat jumped on it, and what I saw was the cat's eyes— ——If the cat was a black cat, in the dark, I only saw a pair of eyes with green light, thinking it was a person, but in fact it was the cat crawling on the scarecrow, and when the cat walked away, it moved a little more , knocked down the scarecrow..." I thought about it carefully, and it seemed to make sense, but how can I explain it? Just now I patted on Professor Qian’s door, but they didn’t respond at all. There was also the orange oil lamp, and someone pushed me a little bit. Bundle…… I told Fatty Hu about the experience just now, and Fatty Hu waved his hand and said, "I don't care about you because it's late at night!" I was still worried, so I decided to go and have a look. Fatty Hu couldn't resist me, so he could only go with me. The two of us walked back again, and soon came to the door of the loess house opposite. Fatty Hu took the lead, went up and slammed on the old wooden door, making the door slam. "Professor Qian—" I cooperated with Fatty and yelled out my throat. I believe that as long as the people inside are not dead, they will hear the sound of the fat man knocking on the door, but the inside of the loess house is actually dead silent, there is no sound at all. I held up the flashlight, my face was a little ugly, and I hurriedly called out: "Professor Qian—are you there?" No one answered me, the loess house was still dead silent, I looked at Fatty Hu and said, "I'm afraid something will happen." "Get out of the way, look at the fat man!" Fatty Hu said, took a step back, kicked up the wooden door fiercely, the old wooden door couldn't hold the fat man's rude big feet, and there was a bang, The two wooden doors creaked, and opened to both sides - inside, there was darkness. "Professor Qian?" I called again. There was still a dead silence inside the loess house. Fatty Hu glanced at me, I understood, and his family reached out and took out the thing. The pale beam of light from the flashlight swayed across the ground, low and oppressive, inside the dark loess house, it was as cold as death. "Professor Qian?" I shouted again at the top of my throat. My voice echoed coldly in the darkness. In the entire earthen house, only darkness answered us... In the empty loess house, there were only a few pitiful pieces of furniture, and it was obvious at a glance that Professor Qian and the others were not there at all—everyone seemed to disappear in an instant. I held up the flashlight and looked around, as if this was the only way I could find Professor Qian and the others—suddenly, I saw a black shadow hit the beam of my flashlight, flashed past, and then disappeared at the back door. "Who?" I shouted suddenly. "What's wrong?" Fatty Hu asked anxiously. "There—there seems to be someone there!" I held up the flashlight and looked at the back. This old house is very low, with the main entrance in the front and a back door in the back. The layout is exactly the same as the old man Jiang's house. , Moreover, there is an earthen stove next to the back, and now, a black shadow is squatting beside the earthen stove. I used a flashlight to light it, but I don’t know what’s going on with this flashlight. It’s said that it’s for recharging, not for replacing the battery. Therefore, it hasn’t been charged for about two days. The beam of light is obviously pale, and it’s not clear in the dark. , a black figure, with its back behind us, crouched in front of the earthen stove. "Who is pretending to be a ghost, come out to the fat man!" Fatty Hu shouted loudly. It's just that that person just squatted like this, but he didn't even pay attention to us. I was sweating on my back. Could it be that I really encountered something dirty?The distance between the front and back is not far, anyone who is not deaf can hear it. "If you don't come out again, I'm going to shoot!" Fatty Hu said again. The man remained motionless, as if dead. "What kind of shit, fat man, I don't believe in this evil anymore!" The fat man didn't know where the courage came from, and he strode forward suddenly, walking towards that person. "Fatty, be careful!" I was afraid that the fat man would be reckless, so I hurriedly followed. "Damn it, it's another dummy!" Fatty Hu said. I can see clearly at this time, so where is the person squatting on the ground?It was clearly a half scarecrow, and the remaining half had probably been burned long ago.Fatty Hu had already stepped under the stove, kicked it over, kicked half of the scarecrow aside, and cursed angrily. But where did Professor Qian, Xiao Zhang, and Old Man Jiang go? "Squeak—" Suddenly, in the darkness, there was a sudden knock on the door, which startled me. Almost instinctively, I looked towards the back door, and a figure appeared in my flashlight. "Xiao He?" I yelled out in shock. And Xiao He didn't seem to expect to see me here, so he turned around and ran away in surprise. "Xiao He, stop - how did you come up?" As soon as I saw Xiao He, I couldn't care less, I hurriedly raised my feet and followed Xiao He out. Seeing me chasing after him, Xiao He ran even faster, and ran in the direction of the Yellow River Ghost Beach. "Xiao He, don't run!" I yelled loudly. But when Xiao He turned around and ran towards the Yellow River Ghost Beach, I felt very strange. Why did Xiao He's back swell up, as if he was carrying someone on his back, and the boss protruded above his head? One piece, as if wrapping another head. I remembered the story my grandma told me, and I was scared, but I still chased after it. Just as he was about to reach the ghost beach of the Yellow River, Xiao He swayed and disappeared.I yelled at the top of my voice, anxious, lest Xiao He would be like my grandfather, who would jump into the Yellow River to commit suicide if he couldn't think about it. Now that medical skills are advanced, even if he is really infected with some unclean things, it is not completely incurable. Soon, I ran to the ghost beach of the Yellow River again. At the entrance of the black hole that we blasted out during the day, I suddenly found a person sitting there blankly, holding a long bamboo pole in his hand. Appears to be fishing. In the dim light of the sky, looking at the figure, it was vaguely Old Man Jiang. It's about this time, old man Jiang is free to go to Guitan Longan to catch some fish?I was full of doubts and felt unbelievable, so I quickly walked towards Guitan longan. Sure enough, when I got to the front, although the sky was dark, it wasn't all light, there was still some hazy skylight. I looked at Old Man Jiang with his back to Guitan Longyan, and he was facing me. laughed. I don't know why, but I was terrified by his laughter, but I still dared to call out: "Uncle Jiang, it's midnight, you don't sleep, what are you doing here? Fishing?" I said in my mouth, but in my heart Strange, even if you are fishing, you should still look at the fishing rod?Sitting with their backs facing each other like this, what are you fishing for? I jumped down into the pond in two steps, walked up to old man Jiang, and asked again: "Uncle Jiang, if you don't watch, how can you fish?" The old man Jiang smiled at me strangely, with a strange voice coming out of his throat: "Young man, I'm fishing for dragons..." "Dragon fishing?" I was taken aback for a moment, this old man is not joking, is he fishing for dragons? I turned around and wanted to call Fatty Hu over. Fatty Hu must be interested in such a weird thing, but when I turned around, there was nothing behind me. Where is the shadow of Fatty Hu?I remember that Fatty Hu was obviously following me, chasing Xiao He out together?By the way, what about Xiao He? "It's hard to talk, the dragon is coming..." Jiang old man turned his head with some difficulty, and smiled ferociously at me. I suddenly and seriously discovered that there is actually a face on the back of the old man Jiang, yes, that’s right, he has a face on the front, and a face on the back—the same face, the two faces are exactly the same, hideous and distorted Almost transsexual... "Young man, look—the dragon has taken the bait..." Jiang old man said, approaching me step by step. "Don't—" I was scared out of my wits, and stepped back step by step. How did old man Jiang become such a double-faced ghost?Still fishing for dragons? Where is this dragon? I retreated, but forgot that I was standing near Guitan longan, and as soon as I retreated, I quickly retreated to the dark hole that was blown out by the fat man. Inside the hole, there was a gloomy chill. "The dragon is coming—" Jiang old man laughed ferociously and presumptuously. Suddenly, inside the dark hole, a black figure popped out with a whoosh, and hugged me tightly from behind. I turned my head vigorously to look over, and that person turned out to be Xiao He, and Xiao He was covered in black scales all over his body, rushing towards me. He smiled ferociously at me, opened his mouth wide, and bit down on my neck fiercely. I smelled a rotten fishy smell in my nose, and I wanted to vomit. No——I yelled out in fear, desperately trying to get rid of Xiao He, but Xiao He's hands and feet were somehow damaged, and they were like vines, entangled me tightly and couldn't be separated. With a bang, I fell heavily to the ground, Xiao He entangled me and rolled towards the black hole, the gloomy cold and darkness wrapped me tightly. "No—" I screamed again, and jumped up vigorously. "Boss Xu, you don't sleep in the middle of the night, what is the ghost's name?" Fatty Hu shouted dissatisfied. I froze for a moment, and suddenly woke up. A pale beam of light shone in the dark room. I was stunned for a long time before I came back to my senses. It turned out that I just had a nightmare, and I was still sleeping soundly on the hay, but my lower body was wet and drenched in cold sweat. Fatty Hu was beside me, holding a flashlight, and scolded: "Boss Xu!" , are you crazy?" "I had a nightmare!" I took a deep breath, the eerie coldness in the black hole, and the smell of rotting fish still seemed to remain in my nostrils, lingering. "You screamed in the middle of the night when you had a nightmare? Are you an old man?" Fatty Hu stared at me fiercely with his eyes wide open. "Cheng Chengcheng..." I don't want to distinguish anything from Fatty Hu, anyway, I was the one who disturbed his lucid dream, and it was my fault.Suddenly, I sniffed my nose hard, what smell? smelly? "Fatty, do you smell anything?" My heart skipped a beat, and I suddenly remembered the rotten fish smell in my dream, and I was afraid, so I asked hurriedly. "What's the smell?" The fat man sniffed his nose vigorously, shook his head and said, "Why didn't I smell it?" I was busy looking for the source of the stench, even though I was afraid, but now with Fatty Hu by my side, it is far better than in the dream. After I found it, I couldn't help filling in my anger, and said angrily: "Damn fat man, You stinky feet, stay away from me." I finally found the source of the smell, and it turned out to be Fatty Hu's stinky feet. Fatty Hu couldn't help laughing when he saw this, he was extremely proud, and said to me: "Don't dislike me, my stinky feet can cure all kinds of diseases, and if others want to smell it, I still can't bear it. Only you, Boss Xu, have this." Good luck!" "Damn it!" I cursed angrily. I thought it was Fatty Hu's pair of stinky feet pressing on my chest. My grandma said that when you sleep, you can't press on your chest, otherwise you will have nightmares. In addition to the various experiences during the day, Xiao He and Huang Chang fell into the black hole, life and death are uncertain, and the strange experience of grandpa sixty years ago and the story of old man Jiang are combined, no wonder my nightmare is upside down. "What time is it?" I asked Fatty Hu. "Let me see!" Fatty Hu held up a flashlight to take a picture, and said with a frown, "It's half past four, and it's almost dawn." I kicked Fatty Hu's stinky feet away, turned over and fell down, preparing to go back to sleep, waiting for dawn, and making plans, but just as I fell down, I heard the sound of the old wooden door being slammed, and money came from the door. The professor's exasperated voice: "Xiao Xu, Fatty...something happened..." "What happened?" I was taken aback, but Fatty Hu felt very impatient, and cursed at the top of his voice, "Fatty, I'm not dead yet, what happened?" "Fatty Hu—" Professor Qian's voice sounded out of frustration. "Go open the door and see what's going on?" I vaguely had an ominous premonition, and immediately whispered, while speaking, I had already got up. Hearing this, the fat man was full of reluctance, got up cursing and went to open the door.