I babysit for ghosts

Xiuzhu's expression was filled with a sweet smile from the beginning to the end, but a trace of unnoticeable pain flashed in her eyes.

"My husband suddenly became manic and irritable, and would yell at me at every turn. Many times I could feel that he was trying to restrain himself, but he seemed to be unable to control it. At that time, I couldn't accept his behavior. He didn’t dare to tell his parents about the change, and he washed his face with tears almost every day. After another half a year like this, he became even worse, and one day he suddenly hit me.”

"What?!" Qin Xiao frowned when he heard this. This sudden turn of events was surprising. Either Mo Zhu's nature was like this, and he hid it well before, or something happened to make him have such a sudden change. No matter what, Qin Xiao felt that the tragedy that befell Grandma Xiuzhu was about to happen.

"I was beaten so badly that I could barely get out of bed. It happened that my mother brought me some ingredients from my mother's house and accidentally discovered my situation. Under her persecution, I had to tell the truth. After that, my parents They refused to keep me here anymore, after they confronted my husband, they took me back home."

The old woman shook her head with a wry smile. Even after so many years, this past event is still very painful for her.

Qin Xiao wanted her to stop talking, but after thinking about it, she lived alone all the time, maybe she just wanted to find someone to talk to, so she didn't speak anymore, and continued to listen quietly.

"At that time, I was physically and mentally exhausted, and I rested at home for a long time. My parents were afraid that I would be sad and deliberately interrupted the outside news, so they didn't know about his condition until I recovered from the injury. I wanted to find a chance to talk to Mo Zhu Let's have a good talk, but I didn't expect that the parting on that day was actually a farewell."

"He, what happened to him?"

"At that time, my father came to look for him, hoping that he could write and leave the book for me, but he couldn't wait for anyone. He was also angry for a while, and asked someone to break open the door, but he didn't expect to find him in the left ear room. Already hanged himself."

Qin Xiao frowned when he heard it. Why does this sound illogical? Why did he commit suicide because he felt guilty for beating Grandma Xiuzhu?But this is not going to die, right?

"Originally, my father wanted to help me find another good family, but my story spread all over the surrounding villages, and even the slightly better families looked down on me, but I didn't have such a plan at first. After the incident, I insisted on coming back to live here, but my parents couldn't resist me, so they could only compromise in the end."

Qin Xiao originally thought that she lost her wife and lived alone after she was old, but she never thought that she would live this kind of life alone since she was less than 20 years old. How did the public opinion survive.

"Well, I haven't experienced marriage or love. I don't know how to comfort you, but I feel that every loss must be gained. Although you lost your lover, you have a family that has always supported you. That..."

Qin Xiao raked his hair with his hands, feeling a little irritable, he couldn't bear to listen to these comforting words.

Xiuzhu squinted her eyes and smiled, "If you lose, you must gain. I think so too. Ever since I came back to live here, I have often dreamed about him. In my dreams, he has changed back to the gentle and gentle man I am familiar with." Black bamboo."

This is the so-called thinking by day and dreaming by night, Qin Xiao thought sullenly.

"In the dark, his soul doesn't seem to be far away from me. Once I asked him in a dream where he is now, and he told me that he is already a ghost and cannot touch the sun. He will cling to this place during the day. In a big locust tree, he can only show up at night, but I can't see the ghost, so he can only meet me in my dreams."

Qin Xiao didn't believe a word of this kind of strange and chaotic statement, but he knew that it could give Grandma Xiuzhu a lot of psychological comfort, and he couldn't expose it, and he was not willing to break her hope.

After thinking about it, he followed Xiuzhu's words and asked, "Did he tell you why he beat and scolded you, and why he committed suicide?"

"He said there was a strange thing hiding in his body that he couldn't control."

"Strange thing? What is it?"

Xiuzhu shook her head, "I don't know either."

Qin Xiao sat with Xiuzhu on the porch for more than half an hour, and finally returned to the ear room with a question mark on his head.

As soon as he entered the door, Qin Xiao saw Shen Tu sitting on the table, using his computer, not knowing what he was doing.

Shen Tu seemed to have heard his footsteps, turned his head, hooked his fingers to him, and signaled him to walk over.

Qin Xiao walked behind him inexplicably, and when he saw the screen, a burst of anger suddenly burst from the bottom of his heart. Shen Tu actually changed part of the design he drew last night by himself!

"What are you doing! Don't touch these!" As he said that, Qin Xiao rushed to grab the notebook, but was blocked by Shen Tu's arm.

"No hurries."

"Can't you be in a hurry?! This is the design that I promised to Brother Ling. I put a lot of thought into it!" Qin Xiao grabbed his arm tightly and glared angrily.

"Look first."

Shen Tu withdrew his arm and raised his chin.

Qin Xiao glared at him again, grabbed the notebook and sat on the stool next to him to check it, the more he looked at it, the more surprised he became.

The place changed by Shentu is even more harmonious than before!

Qin Xiao looked at Shen Tu suspiciously, then turned his head to look at the design drawing, coughed lightly, "I didn't see it, you know this?"

With her pockets in her pockets, Shen Tu knocked her feet on the edge of the table, and replied casually, "I know a lot, learn more."

hateful!Is there anyone who can stop the arrogance of a rotten man like Shen Tu!

In order to avoid being pissed off, Qin Xiao walked out of Granny Xiuzhu's house with a picture book. It may be an occupational disease. He seldom went out in the past. When he went out, he had to bring a picture book. When inspiration suddenly strikes, he can draw a sketch.

The sunny day in autumn is a bit dry, but the temperature is very pleasant. He stops and stops in the village, and when he sees the elements he is interested in, he will carefully draw them with a picture book next to him.

There is a row of sweet-scented osmanthus trees planted beside the river. At this time, the sweet-scented osmanthus flowers are blooming, and the fragrance is overflowing. Standing on the stone bridge, he is fascinated. He picks up the picture book in his hand and draws the scene in front of him. Although he does not focus on painting, But he also has a certain level of painting skills. The houses and osmanthus trees in front of him are gradually taking shape under his pen.

During the interval between paintings, he looked up at the scene in front of him, and saw an old man walking slowly from the other side of the river on crutches.

【020】Strange Old Man

The old man seemed to have a leg problem, and he walked with a slight limp. When Qin Xiao finished drawing a row of osmanthus trees and raised his head, the old man was barely able to walk under the stone bridge.

Seeing him looking in his direction, Qin Xiao smiled kindly at the old man, put away the picture book and walked over.

"Hello."

"Young man, aren't you a local?" The old man laughed when he saw him approaching, his weather-beaten face was covered with deep creases.

"Yes, I came here with my friends for the past two days. The scenery here is very good."

As soon as he approached, Qin Xiao immediately smelled the strange smell of the old man. He looked at least 90 years old, and his body was inconvenient. It was normal that he could not take care of his personal hygiene.

"Hehe, people in the city are always eager to live in the countryside. I understand, it's just a surprise! I have never left here in my life, so I can't appreciate the beauty of this hometown."

The two sat down on the long wooden bench under the stone bridge, basking in the warm sunshine and smelling the fragrance of sweet-scented osmanthus.

Qin Xiao was in a very good mood. Hearing this, he smiled, "Who says it's not? People always like to go to places where others are bored to see the scenery, but it's easy to ignore the scenery in front of them."

"Your talk is quite educated." The old man said with a smile, put the crutch in his hand aside and leaned against the tree trunk, and he sighed, "I haven't seen a young man in the village for a long time, ten years? Or 20 years? Can’t remember.”

Qin Xiao was a little surprised. How is this possible? Isn't this place developed into a scenic and historic site?Even people like Shen Tu got the promotional brochure, presumably the intensity of the publicity should not be small, why no one came?

Thinking of this, he immediately thought that it had been the second day since they came here, and they had never seen any other tourists in the village.

"The young people in the village should all go out and work hard. After all, it is a fast-paced society now, and it is not wrong to work hard when you are young."

The old man shook his head and sighed, "It's gone, it's gone."

"What's gone?" Qin Xiao asked immediately.

"The young people in the village disappeared a long time ago. There are only a few old guys left, and they are just counting the days to die."

Qin Xiao looked at the old man's expression, hesitated for a moment, and asked, "Did they all move to another place?"

Some backward places cannot develop for a long time, and a large number of residents will migrate out. Generally, those who stay are older. Compared with young people, they have a stronger obsession with their hometown.

Hearing this, the old man shook his head again, "They are all dead. More than 40 years ago, there was a large-scale infectious disease here. The children and the elderly had low resistance and did not survive it. A large number of people died and the plague broke out. In the end, only two Thirty people survived."

Qin Xiao's eyes widened in shock. According to the time calculation, although the country was generally relatively poor in the 70s and [-]s, it was not yet to the point where infectious diseases could not be cured. Moreover, the way the villagers handled the dead at that time was also different. Very problematic.

"Why didn't the infectious disease be sent to the hospital when it was discovered?"

"Hey, back then it was no different than it is now. Our village made a living by growing rice. In addition to our own rations, the money we sold for food was only enough to feed our food. How could we have money to see a doctor? At that time, two children got the disease first.