MTL - Urban Tales of Demons and Spirits-Chapter 3 Komura (bottom)

I was amused by him all of a sudden, and the sudden alertness had just let go. While scolding "Who are you talking about?", I followed Shi Yitong's foot deep and shallow and continued to move forward. Eight? One? Chinese network? W≥W ≠ W≈. ≥8 = 1≤Ｚ = W≈. Com

After turning around a narrow alley, Shi Yitong said "arrived" without going too far. I stopped to look at the building in front of me. There was nothing special about it. It was an ordinary rural bungalow, an earthen house built with bricks and tiles. But when we walked into the yard, I suddenly understood what Shi Yitong said.

The yard is not large, and the ground is full of solid soil. There is a large willow tree in the middle, and there is a large grocery room near the willow tree, where many coffins are neatly arranged. In the corner of the yard, there are also some dilapidated paper people, paper money and other funeral supplies.

Then I realized that why Shi Yitong had asked me such a strange question before, why did I just say that I should be prepared psychologically? It turned out that the home of my childhood playmate was a funeral business.

Shi Yitong saw that I understood, and scratched his head, "I was afraid that you felt embarrassed, so I didn't dare to tell you at the beginning. Our ancestors have been doing nothing since my grandpa's generation. Later it came to my grandpa, and I have been doing this. As for my parents, they both work outside and rarely come back. I have been living with my grandparents since junior high school. Look at the paper tied here People, paper clothes, were all made by my grandfather, right? "

"That's the way it is." I breathed a sigh of relief, and complained, "The way you looked like a deity before scared people and made me nervous."

Shi Yitong's expression of gloating, "Hey, big brother, this is your fault. Obviously it's your own courage to throw the pot at me."

I just opened my mouth and tried to refute him again, but at this time I saw an old woman coming out of the room with a smile. Shi Yitong immediately greeted him.

"Grandma! I'm back. This is my classmate Gu Yu. He stupidly misreported the school report time. Come to our house for one night."

I poked at Shi Yitong with an elbow in anger. Introduce yourself, why don't you poke my elders to my elders?

But the old man didn't care, he smiled at me kindly, and warmly invited me into the room.

"Come in, come in, it's weird outside. Come in and eat a watermelon."

Shi Yitong's grandmother was very kind and very enthusiastic. It was probably that there were no guests in the family before. When she saw me, she was very enthusiastic. She pulled me to talk a lot, and she also revealed Shi Yitong's childhood matters. The wrinkled face laughed and blossomed. In the evening, the elderly made a table of dishes for us. There were ravioli, stuffed tofu, and sausage powder. The elderly kept giving me vegetables, which made me embarrassed.

The only thing that was strange was that Shi Yitong's grandfather, who had been thinking about it as soon as he entered the door, never saw him. He said he was not at home, but put a pair of extra chopsticks on the table, and left it alone. Shi Yitong has also been a little absent-minded and didn't eat much.

When the meal was almost finished, Shi Yitong suddenly stood up and filled the empty bowl with some food. He murmured, "I'll send it to grandpa." I quickly got up, wiped my mouth, and laughed at the old woman. "Well, I'm full, thank you for your hospitality."

Shi Yitong's mood didn't seem to be so good. He frowned and looked anxious. I chased after him and still couldn't hold back my curiosity. "Why didn't your grandpa come out for dinner?"

"He's in the room. Grandpa often reads books in the room and forgets time, which is normal."

Although Shi Yitong said so on his mouth, it didn't seem that simple from the worried expression on his face. I was guessing in my heart whether the old man was in poor health, a door of a room suddenly opened in front of me, and an old man with a humpback came out.

The old man looked over seventy years old, wearing a round-necked blazer, with a long beard, and looked a little immortal, but he looked very good, not like he had a faulty body.

Shi Yitong saw that the old man was relieved, and said with a bit of resentment, "Grandpa, you didn't go to dinner." Then he reached out and tried to pass the dishes to the old man. No intention to take over, but a pair of squinting eyes kept staring at me.

The look wasn't malicious, but it was kind and interested. It gave me the illusion that the old man could see through me. Then the old man said something seriously,

"Treasure it."

I was a little embarrassed and turned to look at Shi Yitong. He didn't seem to understand. I had to implicitly ask the old man, "Uh ... what did you say?"

"Treasure the encounter that has not yet occurred." After saying this inexplicable sentence, the old man walked away with a smile on his back. I left a cloud in the mist and me and an embarrassing Shi Yitong holding the tableware.

I wanted to catch up and ask again, but I was caught by Shi Yitong, winked at me, and dragged me into the innermost room.

"Is that just your grandpa?" I asked.

Shi Yitong sat down on the bed and nodded.

"His old man ... uh, does that usually look like that?" I whispered carefully, "It always feels like ..."

"Strange people?" Shi Yitong said what I couldn't say, and he sighed. "Well, I can't hide you anymore. Honestly, let me tell you, in fact, It's because in the last two days I've been ... a little scared. "

"Scared?" I was puzzled.

"Let me make it clear to you from beginning to end." Shi Yitong scratched his head anxiously and began to yell at me.

"I told you before that our family has always been a funeral. It ’s a one-stop service. Anyone who has died will come to my grandfather to do the funeral. Host. Many of the coffins in the yard are also made by my grandpa. You go out and ask which family in the village, no one knows my grandfather's craft. Although you say you don't believe in ghosts, but this world There are a lot of things that are really unclear. "Shi Yitong grabbed the drinking glass on the table and took a sip before telling me. "When we first entered the door, I don't know if you noticed it. One of our houses is for people and one is for ghosts. It ’s not that there are really ghosts, but it ’s for funeral. All the props are stacked there. "

I thought for a moment, then nodded quickly, "Remember, when I entered the door, I might see a large grocery room."