C1 Blood Orchid Town Coffin

Twenty-three years ago, in this same place, my mother had travelled in the same weather, and since there had been a torrential downpour at night, she had gone to the little house by the fish pond there to shelter from the rain. That year, during the torrential rain, she and an unfamiliar man had squeezed into a small bed.

The next day, when she woke up, she found that the man beside her was completely cold, so my mother's beautiful name came out from every corner of the village. The originally beautiful girl had become a taboo in the entire village, and the bitterness was only known to her and me.

According to my mother, she had been pregnant with me since the time she was sheltered here in the rain, but she had never been in bed with that person. As a virgin, she had no idea how she was pregnant with me.

Naturally, my grandfather didn't believe it, so she felt that since I was young, my mother didn't like me. Fortunately, my grandmother and mother had always doted on me.

After I was born, my mother lamented that she was pregnant with me on a rainy night, so her surname was Ji Yu. My grandfather thought that a boy named Ji Yu was a terrible name, and he had a terrible relationship with my mother about it, so he didn't like me at all. Till ten years ago, when my grandfather was drinking outside and lying drunk on the river, I happened to pass by, or else he would have been washed away by the sudden flood.

It was then that he began to think a lot better of me, and he began to teach me some words I had never seen before, and some strokes, which, strangely enough, I learned very quickly about what he taught me, and although I did not know what it was for, I soon emptied out what he taught me, and he always avoided talking about how to use them.

But he used to look at me and sigh as he drank, and I didn't know why, so I asked my mother, and she didn't answer, only sighing a lot, and only my grandmother held me and said, Don't bother with them, and drank good food into my mouth.

But last night I got a call from my grandfather saying that my grandmother had passed away and that I had come back from the provincial capital overnight. If it hadn't been for the train being late today, I would probably be home by now.

It was getting late, and the rain was still falling, as if it were going to continue to fall. I was now in the fish pond that had existed twenty-three years ago, and there was a hayloft there, but it was no longer the same house as it had been twenty-three years ago.

The rain grew heavier, and I walked with one foot high and one foot low toward the hayloft, wondering if there might be my father, whom I had never met.

When I got closer, I found that there was someone in the house. I didn't rush in but instead, walked closer with light steps. This grass hut wasn't really tight and it was rare for it to be able to remain so stable on a stormy night.

There was a portable lamp inside, and under the light of the lamp, there was a small bed. The scene on the bed made my blood boil.

Under the dim yellow light, a half-naked woman was caressing her body. Her fair and plump body was so eye-catching at this moment. The woman squinted her eyes, her face filled with satisfaction and excitement …

This scene made me extremely excited. Even though my body that was originally somewhat cold started to heat up on a stormy night, my somewhat cold hand started to reach into my body …

Then I caught a glimpse of a man lying on his side next to the woman, a naked man, except that his skin was blue, and I thought it was a quilt or something.

I looked carefully and saw that the green-skinned man's chest didn't move up and down. It should be a dead man. Suddenly, he opened his eyes and looked at me. It gave me a fright. I let out an "Ah!" and kept backing away …

I didn't dare to stay there any longer. I ran like crazy. I only heard a cry for help from the shack as I was running. I ignored it, or rather I didn't notice it at all, and when I remembered it afterwards it was like there was such a cry.

This part of the road wasn't close, it was a good five miles away from my home. Moreover, it was all mountain roads. I didn't know where the energy came from, but after running back to the village, I felt a little strange.

We have a custom here, and that is that no matter which family dies, they all have to invite the Yinyang Daoist Priest to perform the three days' worth of magic chores, especially with an old man like my grandmother who already died at the age of sixty. They say that their killing intent is great, and usually requires more than seven days' worth of magic chores.

However, when I entered the village, it was completely dark. Not to mention the gongs and drums, there wasn't even the sound of dogs barking. But I didn't think too much about it, thinking that perhaps the rain was too heavy to cover up the sounds.

After entering the village, I felt much better. At least the road in the village was a little easier to walk on. After running for so long, I was completely drenched, and I forcefully endured the trembling of my teeth as I walked towards the western end of the village.

When he reached the entrance of the courtyard, the door was left open. What was going on? I pushed open the door to the courtyard. Lightning flashed in the sky and I saw that the courtyard was filled with white sails. My heart skipped a beat. Honestly speaking, I had never seen such a scene in my life.

"Grandfather!" "Mom!" There's no light inside. In the dark night, I can see the greyish white walls, and normally, even if the doors to the hall are closed, I can only see that the entire wall goes all the way to the entrance, which is a huge black hole!

Another flash of lightning and I realized that there was no more white sails in the yard! What was going on? Am I seeing things? Did I just see it wrong? However, I took the opportunity to take a look at the entrance of the hall. Indeed, it was not closed, but the interior of the hall was filled with white sails! Could it be that what I saw when the lightning struck was the scene in the hall?

To tell the truth, I was scared. Ever since I was young, I had experienced a lot of things like dead people in the village. However, this was the first time something like this had happened.

My voice didn't travel far in the rain, but the mother and grandfather in the house would have heard me if they had been there, and they didn't answer me.

"Mommy! Where are you? " I didn't give up and kept shouting.

"Ah, is it Yu'er? Come in quickly, it's raining so heavily outside! " If I had heard this voice before last night, I would have been wild with joy. However, after hearing it now, my soul almost left my body … Because it's my grandmother's voice!

How was this possible? I subconsciously wanted to run out of the outer court, but the door to the courtyard was actually closed? I pulled hard on the door, and I saw that someone had locked it from the outside!

"Yu'er, didn't you come back to see grandma?" Why did you leave? " The voice continued to sound behind me, and it was getting closer and closer …

"Grandmother …" Don't scare me, are you a human or a ghost? " I lay on my stomach and slowly looked back. No! Nothing.

"Is this Ji Yu?" The voices of the three madams came from outside. My body that was originally paralyzed by the academy gate seemed to have regained its strength. This sound was not any less than the sound of nature.

There was light outside, so I hurriedly replied, "Third Madam, it's me. Where have you all gone?"

"Your mother said that you might be back tonight, so I came to take a look. This door is locked. How did you get in?" The light stopped at the door. Through the crack in the door, it was indeed the third matron. However, why was she holding a lantern? Why would there be lanterns lit in the rain?

"I... "He didn't bring his key, he just came in." I fumbled.

"Your mom knows you, and says that you've lost everything. If you can't get in the door, you'll definitely jump over the wall." He took out his key and opened the door.

When I opened the door, I saw this strange lantern with a blood-red orchid on top of it! This kind of painting? Or was it embroidered onto it? But I know this style. Grandpa taught me how to do it.

Grandfather has never taught me how to draw orchids. If it weren't for the blood-red color, I would have thought it pretty, but now it's so strange.

I looked back into the courtyard. By the light of the lamp, the doors of the hall and the side rooms were closed. There were no white sails, nor was there any sound of my grandmother's voice.

"I hurried out, and the three women closed the door." Where are my mother and the others? Why isn't my grandmother's funeral at home? Could it be that he has already been buried here today? " I raised my doubts as she locked the door.

"Child, if you read too much, you'll become silly. You don't know the rules here, but your grandmother went to the hospital to see a doctor yesterday and then passed away. She didn't even get her breath back, so people who die outside are not allowed to enter the village." Third Mother took my hand and headed north towards the village. Oh, there was a very rotten earthen road there.

"It's raining so heavily, why are you rushing back? Grandma, you just left, if you make another mistake, your mother and your grandfather would be in such a hurry to die. Look at you, your hands are so cold!" "Don't ask, let's hurry up and go." Third Aunt's hands were warm, but the words warmed my heart even more.

"Sanniang, why does this lantern of yours have a blood-red orchid?"

"This is your grandfather's lantern. He said it can suppress evil!"

I heard this, but I didn't hear it. I just felt a little uncomfortable behind me, as if someone were on my back, and my shoulders were sore. I touched them with my hand, but they were empty.

Under the blood-red light of the lantern, there was a red coffin at the intersection ahead. The third matron also saw it and was quite frightened as she pulled me back a step.

"Oh no, what your grandfather said has really happened!" She raised the lantern high up! I just found out that there was a blood-red orchid on top of the red coffin.

I was puzzled, but before I could ask anything, there was a thumping sound ahead of me, coming from inside the coffin. With each sound, I noticed that the orchid was a little lighter until it turned white.

"This is bad!" Third Madame cried out. I realized that she didn't look like an old woman in her sixties at all. Let go of my hand and charged forward!