The years of reselling the haunted house

The luxuriant leaves on the old tree set off the gatehouse extraordinarily spectacularly.Under the gatehouse, two gates were open, and a dirt road led directly to the village.

Not far from us, there is a stone tablet half buried in the ground.Weeds grew around the stele, and most of those weeds were withered and yellow, covering most of the stele.

Pang Haihai went over to remove some weeds on the stone tablet, and barely read the three words on the stone tablet: Shoushantun.

The village in front is indeed Shoushantun.

A place known as a safe place and a dangerous place coexist.

Pang Dahai and I stood in front of the stone tablet that said Shoushantun, looking at the mysterious village in front of us.

Although the gate was open under the gate tower made of ancient trees, no one came out from the beginning to the end, let alone walked in.

Behind the gatehouse, it seemed that there was no one inhabited.

Pang Dahai said, "Boss, this village is so strange."

I didn't say anything, I felt the same way.The fireworks I felt just now are gone now.Why is it that after such a short period of time, the atmosphere of this village is completely different.

I still remember Yumo solemnly asking us, should we enter the village?

Although no one asked us at this time, this question still bothered me.But I still have no choice.

I waved my hand: "Fatty, let's go to the village. The same sentence, whether it's a blessing or a curse, we all have to go there."

We followed the gatehouse and walked into Shoushantun.

At the beginning, I didn't see a single villager on the road, so I wondered if it was an empty village.

After walking a certain distance into the village, people gradually appeared in the village.

On the map my third uncle gave me, only Shoushantun was written on it.The third uncle also asked me to guard the mountain to avoid disaster, and said that there was a chance to find the natal lamp on my body.

But he didn't say who should I come to the village to find?And who to ask about the natal lamp.

So I thought about finding someone to ask, but soon I discovered the strangeness of the people in this village.I finally know why we feel strange here when we are at the entrance of the village.

Because it's too quiet here.

At the entrance of the village, there was no sound in the village.This entered the village, but still the same.

Those villagers walking on the village road walked extremely slowly one by one, with their legs raised high and their feet lightly lowered. Some moved like snails.Be cautious in every gesture, as if if you move too fast, your whole body will fall apart.

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And they basically didn't speak to each other, nor did they make any sound.There was not even a sound of dog barking and cock crowing in the village. Entering the village was like entering a silent world.

Pang Dahai approached me and said in a low voice: "Boss, have you noticed that the people here are not young?"

I also noticed that most of the villagers we saw had white hair and beards, and the youngest one looked about five or sixty years old.Their behavior is even older than their age, each of them is old, and there is no anger in them.

Because of their existence, the whole village has become lifeless.How to say this feeling, this village is also like an octogenarian old man who may die at any time.

Pang Dahai and I walked in such a lifeless village, and I was also infected with this atmosphere, and my heart was very depressed.

What's even more strange is that the passing villagers turned a blind eye to me and Pang Dahai, as if we didn't exist.

The two of us stood in the middle of the village, looking around, not knowing what to do next.

At this moment, Pang Dahai pointed in one direction of the village and said, "Boss, look, there seems to be someone playing chess over there. How about we go and have a look?"

I looked in the direction he pointed, and sure enough, there were several people surrounded by a stone platform next to an ancient well.They all lowered their heads and looked at the place in the middle, as if they were indeed playing chess.

I thought to myself, the people in this village are very leisurely, they all take their time and play chess leisurely.

We walked towards the group, and there was a tight crowd outside.The two of us wanted to see what was going on inside, but we couldn't squeeze in after several attempts.

In the end, Pang Dahai was a little anxious, and he squeezed in desperately.His big frame really took a lot of strength, how could those old men who were dying could bear it.Being squeezed to one side by the fat sea, a gap was quickly squeezed out.

Even so, these people still did not make a sound.Just staring at us one by one.

I looked in through the gaps in the crowd and found that there was no chessboard on the ground, and none of these people were watching chess.A shallow ditch was dug on the ground, and there was a small turtle the size of a palm in the ditch.The round shell of the little tortoise is stretching its head, swinging its limbs and crawling hard.

There was an old man with a gray beard, after the little turtle climbed to the end of the ditch, he took the little turtle back to the starting point again.Watching the little tortoise continue to climb forward, climb to the end and then get back to the starting point.

Pang Dahai and I looked at each other, it was such a boring game, so many people were watching.This village is really weird.

Seeing that everyone was looking at him, Pang Hai smiled and said, "You guys... this game... is too boring."

Those people didn't show any expression when they heard Pang Dahai's words.You can't tell if they're angry, surprised, or sad.

And at this moment, the old man holding the tortoise suddenly said: "Eat, my lord ate..."

"Damn, you guys can talk, I thought you guys..." Fat Dahai looked at the old man and said without holding back.

And those onlookers didn't pay attention to Pang Dahai, but were attracted by the old man's words.

The old man's words made me also confused, and I also looked towards the ditch.

Only then did I realize that there was still a fruit in the ditch.The little turtle is eating the fruit.

Seeing this scene, the surrounding people suddenly exclaimed: "Eat it, my lord ate it, we are liberated... hahaha... we are liberated..."

This group of people seemed to have suddenly let go of the shackles on their bodies, and seemed to have suddenly rejuvenated, looking radiant.They danced and danced one by one, entering a state of madness.

Pang Dahai and I were stunned watching from the sidelines, wondering what kind of madness these people have committed.

Only the old man holding the little tortoise remained in his original state, holding the little tortoise that ate the fruit in his palm.

The little tortoise was shaking in his hands, and it didn't move for a while.

The old man stood up and held the turtle on top of his head with both hands: "My lord is dead, my lord is dead..."

The old man's words made the other villagers present cheer again.

The old man raised the dead little tortoise, and the other villagers around the old man also raised their hands, as if they were holding some kind of ceremony, they all jumped up and shouted: "The prince is dead, we are free!" It's gone... the prince is dead, we are free..."

Pang Dahai and I stood outside, looked at each other, and were both stunned by the scene in front of us.

What is the origin of the little turtle? Depending on the situation, the prince they are talking about is that little turtle. Could it be that the name of the little turtle is the prince?

It was an incredible scene.

The two of us have nowhere to go, we can only watch those people go crazy around the little turtle.

But they went on and on, looking at each one of them in their dying years, they are very energetic now, dancing for a long time and still have no intention of stopping, I feel tired looking at them.

I waved my hand and greeted Pang Dahai: "Fatty, why don't you look elsewhere?"

We both turned around and were about to leave when we heard a deep voice behind us: "Both of you, whose surname is Li?"

The two of us suddenly turned around and found that all those people had stopped, headed by the old man, staring at us with piercing eyes.

Their dizzy eyes, originally cloudy and lifeless, suddenly emitted a strange light.

I had a question in my mind, how did they know that one of us was surnamed Li?When I came to this place, strange things happened one after another. It seemed that everyone except the two of us had endless secrets.

They were looking for someone surnamed Li, and I didn't know if it was a blessing or a curse, so I hesitated and raised my hand: "My name is Li Yang."

The old man handed the little tortoise to the person next to him. He came up and asked, "Your surname is Li, and you are the son of... Shou Shan... Oh no, you shouldn't be at your age, so you are... Shou Shan's son." grandson?"

I think the Shoushan mentioned by the old man should refer to my grandfather, Li Shoushan.

I nodded: "Yes, my grandfather is Li Shoushan."

The old man's eyes lit up, and he continued to ask: "Then do you have something left by your grandfather in your hand?"

"Objects?" I turned my head around. If it is an object left by my grandfather, besides the map, there are five black stones that my third uncle gave me before leaving.

I took out one of the small stones, put it in the palm of my hand and sent it forward: "Look, does this count?"

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The old man stared at the small stone, his body trembling a little.

The people behind kept urging the old man: "Patriarch, hurry up...you should take a look...what are you doing in a daze?"

It turned out that the old man was actually the head of the village.

I know that in some remote areas of our country, this patriarchal responsibility system is still followed.Due to the inconvenient transportation in ancient times, it was common for families with the same surname to live in the same area, and it was common for four or five generations to live under the same roof. A clan may be a natural village.Families generally have ancestral halls, and the ancestral halls have "ancestral rules", that is, family law. To manage family affairs, there must be a patriarch. The patriarch is the most powerful and prestigious person in the family.

It's just that with the advent of the new era, a village is rarely composed of people from the same clan.So this old management system also died out.

But in some remote areas, this system is still followed.That's because the information is blocked there, the transportation is inconvenient, and people live together all year round. This kind of patriarchal management is the most effective.

This seems to be the case in Shoushantun. The old patriarch took the small stone in my hand with trembling hands, and first looked at it carefully.Shaking his hands again, he took out something from himself.

I saw that it was also a small stone of similar shape, also dark, with stubble in the middle.

The old patriarch put the two pebbles together, and the two stubbles fit together naturally.

The old patriarch laughed loudly: "50 years, 50 years, I said that Shoushan will not forget us. After 50 years, he finally sent his descendants back... Hahaha..."

Those people cheered again, and several people were so happy that they shed tears.They kept wiping their tears with the back of their hands, but their faces were filled with extremely satisfied smiles.This is weeping with joy.

The old patriarch waved his hand, and those people stopped cheering.

The old patriarch stepped forward, with a smile on his face, and said to me: "Your name is Li Yang, right? My name is Xu Changhe, and I'm a brother of your grandfather. You have to call me Grandpa Xu, that guard... ...Your grandfather, have you ever mentioned me?"

To be honest, I know that our family moved from other places to the current old house decades ago, but I have never heard grandpa mention what happened decades ago, let alone Xu Changhe.

But when I saw Xu Changhe, I looked forward to it, but I couldn't bear to tell the truth.After all, we came here to beg them to settle me down, and making them unhappy would naturally do us no good.

I nodded: "I've said it before, my grandpa often mentioned you, saying that he has a brother who changed his life, he was loyal and courageous, and righteous to the sky. He also said that if I come, I will find Grandpa Xu. He will take good care of you." mine."

I said in my heart, if you wear it thousands of times and flatter you, let me say something nice first, there is nothing wrong with it.

Unexpectedly, Xu Changhe rolled his eyes after hearing this, and asked me, "Your grandfather, did you really say that?"

"Yes, that's exactly what I said."

At this time, someone shouted from behind: "Why doesn't your grandfather come by himself?"

I said lightly, "My grandfather passed away a few years ago."

"Passed away?" Xu Changhe nodded, looked at me and said, "Your grandfather is right. If you come to Shoushantun, we will definitely take good care of you. After all, this village would have ceased to exist without your grandfather. So this The entire Shoushantun belongs to your grandfather. You are the owner of this place when you come. I will settle you down first. "

With that said, Xu Changhe wanted to take us away.

I hesitated for a moment, and pointed to the black stone in Xu Changhe's hand.

Xu Changhe was stunned for a moment, and quickly divided the stone in his hand into two again, and handed one of them to me.

It is something left by my grandfather, and I must cherish it.

Xu Changhe took the opportunity of handing me the stone, approached me, and said in a very low voice: "Here, don't believe anyone else's words except mine."

I was taken aback, what does this mean?

After Xu Changhe said this, he immediately returned to normal, beckoning us to go with him and arrange a place to stay.

I had no choice but to take Pang Dahai and follow Xu Changhe along the road in the village.

The rest of the people also followed closely.

Xu Changhe turned around and said to those people, "What? Even I don't believe it?"

One of those people looked a little younger, but he should be in his 50s.He smiled at Xu Changhe and said, "Patriarch, it's not that I don't believe you, but to abide by the rules left by Master Shan. There are people in the family, no matter what we do, someone from our family must be present."

Xu Changhe sneered: "When Lord Shoushan left here, you were still a little kid..."

The man also smiled: "I was a hairy kid at the time, but I remembered what Shoushan Lord said. The patriarch won't forget it?"

The man had a pair of triangular eyes, a face with a sharp mouth and monkey cheeks, and three mouse whiskers. He didn't look like a kind person.Moreover, the tone of the speech was neither humble nor overbearing, soft and hard, as if deliberately opposing Xu Changhe.

Xu Changhe nodded: "Okay, if you want to follow, just follow."

With that said, Xu Changhe waved his hands at us and continued to move forward.Behind us followed those few people, never leaving each other.

Our group, led by Xu Changhe, walked through the village.

This time, the passing villagers all cast strange eyes when they saw the patriarch leading us.

The old man with triangular eyes in the back kept saying hello to the surrounding villagers: "Folks, the grandson of Lord Shou Shan is here. Our hard days are coming to an end..."

The villagers were not as excited as he was when they heard this, and they all acted very dull. Only a few raised their eyebrows, but they didn't speak.

And these words confuse me even more.What do I have to do with them when I come here?Why would their hard days come to an end when I came?

And it seems that my grandfather played an extremely important role here. People here are very awed when they mention my grandfather, and call him Shoushan Lord.You must know what they mean by listening to what they said. Grandpa left here 50 years ago. At that time, Grandpa was still a young man. They can call him Grandpa. Obviously, Grandpa's prestige here has reached an extremely high level.

The patriarch Xu Changhe seemed to be very tired of the old man with triangular eyes, he turned his head and stared at the old man from time to time, but the old man didn't take it seriously at all, Xu Changhe had no choice but to turn back and lead us on our way.

The area of ​​this Shoushantun is not very large. After walking on the village road for less than 10 minutes, several green brick and tile houses appeared in front of it.