C2 Ghost singing

I am a pitiful child, born to a life and death mother, died of a father at the age of three, since then I have been begging for a living, when I was five, I was cold and hungry and fainted in the fields, I was picked up by the kind Chen Guodong and brought back home. At this point, I changed my surname and adopted him as my grandfather.

His grandfather's hometown was called Chen Jia Town, and most of the hundreds of people in the town all had the surname Chen. But because his grandfather was a prodigal son, and was later claimed by the people to be a "bankrupt landowner", the Chen family had long since cut off their relationship with his grandfather. And because he was called "Landlord", his grandfather was not given any land. This was not something he could do for a living.

At this time, because his grandfather had me as his burden, he was unable to travel in the martial world. In order to support his burden, he started his old business in the village, showing the villagers Feng Shui, treating patients as evil spirits, telling fortune and doing everything.

Needless to say, his grandfather truly did have some ability. He had also looked favorably upon many people, and his reputation had spread far and wide. At that time, Grandfather Chen Guodong had not turned around yet. Although there were no farms, his days were leisurely and carefree, strolling in the village with nothing to do. He was constantly humming a little tune, as if he was a god.

As the saying goes, dragons give birth to dragons, and phoenixes give birth to wind. After following Grandfather for a long time, my personality and his character are pretty much the same. He never lets me do farm work, and he lets me accompany him by his side all day long to tell me stories about Yinyang Eight Trigrams, Sky Dry Earthen Branch, Yinyang Wind Water, and so on. To put it in his words, what kind of a man was he? To learn a little skill and to travel far and wide was what a man should do.

At first, I didn't believe what my grandfather had said. No one from the gods or the ghosts had actually seen it, right? However, a personal experience later caused me to change my mind.

That was when I was about ten years old. Since I didn't usually work, I liked to go and get some pheasants and rabbits to eat.

At one point, about ten o'clock in the evening, I was passing through a grove of trees in the village when I saw a wild rabbit, and with a whoosh it passed under my feet. The rabbit was not the usual size. It weighed at least six or seven kilograms. With its tail between its legs, it darted into the forest.

When I saw such a big hare, I got excited and followed him into the woods in a hurry, wanting to catch him. If we capture him, we will be able to have at least two to three big bowls of meat. Thinking of this, I couldn't help but feel happy.

When I rushed into the forest, I was very worried that the hare would run away from me in fear, but when I entered the forest, I saw that the big, grey hare was actually a dozen steps ahead of me with its feet on the ground.

Seeing that this rabbit was so dumb, I became even more excited. Based on my years of hunting wild animals, this rabbit would definitely not be able to escape from me tonight. I picked up a stick from the ground and slowly approached it. When I was two meters away from it, I suddenly swung the stick and threw it towards the hare.

I thought, "Let's see where you can escape to. I'll catch you this time!" In my experience, it couldn't escape from such a close distance, but when I looked towards the place where the stick was hit, there wasn't even a shadow of a rabbit.

At that time, I felt that it was inconceivable. Previously, the rabbit seemed very dumb, not even knowing how to run when people were in front of it. But after smashing down with a stick, how could it still run away?

It was strange, but I still looked around. Then, I actually saw him standing on his hind paws a dozen steps in front of me. He was staring at me with his little eyes!

When I saw it acting like this, a fire started burning in my heart. I thought that you were purposely challenging me, so I immediately threw myself at it with the firewood. Every time I felt that the firewood stick in my hand could hit it, but every time, it would smoothly escape. After escaping, it didn't run too far and would always appear a short distance in front of me.

Slowly, slowly, I began to feel a little scared. Because at this moment, I had unknowingly ran into the depths of the forest.

Everyone in the countryside was aware of this. If one were to rush out at night, one would be haunted by ghosts. In the worst-case scenario, they might even encounter a "ghost wall", preventing them from leaving the village for a whole night. Right now, the forest was the place where few people came from. The forest was dense, with branches and leaves covering the sky. Sunlight could not reach in during the day, and the night was even darker. Ever since he was young, he had heard from the villagers that this place was full of ghosts. There were also villagers who had run into ghosts and walls here, and after returning, they had become foolish and never again normal.

Just as fear started to rise in my heart, the rabbit actually took two steps towards me. Seeing this, I shook my head, thinking that there was no ghost in this world, and this was something that the adults deliberately thought of to scare the children.

With this chase, I had unknowingly passed through this forest and arrived at a flat piece of land. He saw houses on the ground, adobe houses, black tiles, and weeds growing in front of the houses. The weeds were as tall as a person. From the looks of it, this place had been abandoned for a long time.

But when I followed the moonlight and looked more closely, I found that the grass in the village was glistening with white light, and people were talking to each other from time to time.

Looking at this scene, I couldn't help but be stunned. Why is there still someone else?

Because I have lived in the Chen Jia Town for five or six years, but I have never heard of a village like this one in the forest? I can report my name to any village in the area. Not only that, but I've also been to every village in the surrounding area because my grandpa would often bring me to visit Feng Shui, a village that was ten miles away.

Just as he was thinking this, the rabbit in front of him suddenly ran towards the village. Seeing this, I bit the bullet and chased after him …

When they got closer, they realized that the houses here were also very strange, because these houses were all in tatters. Not only were they broken, but there were spider webs everywhere on the doors and windows of these houses. At first glance, they looked like abandoned houses that no one lived in.

Moreover, some of the houses had collapsed, and after many years of wind and rain, the dilapidated earthen walls were filled with ditches created by the rain.

Even so, these dilapidated houses had white lanterns hanging in front of them. A few of them were deathly dark and lifeless, but it meant that these houses were occupied by people. They were not abandoned houses without owners.

Perhaps I was too young then, but I didn't know fear. I actually continued to walk into the village in a daze, because that rabbit ran into the village …

After passing through a few dilapidated buildings, the sound of drums and drums suddenly rang out in front of them. Listening carefully, there was even the music of Erhu and Suona!

Curious, he followed the sound of the gongs and drums and found a large flat land. Without any weeds, there was a stage set up on the flat land.

The stage was filled with music while the people below the stage were swarming over. This place was bustling with noise and excitement in the middle of the night!

Back then, not to mention television, there was not even electricity. There was a big show to watch, and people from all over the countryside would excitedly join in on the fun.

At that time, when I saw that there was a show to watch, I didn't get excited as I went over.

There were already a lot of people watching the show. There were men and women, young and old, dressed in all sorts of strange attire. There were some from the ancient times, but there were also some from back then.

Just when I was enjoying myself, a person suddenly ran out and stopped me. He said, "Isn't this the grandson that Old Chen picked up?"

I turned around and saw an old man in his sixties looking at me with a strange expression on his face.

I also immediately recognized him, isn't this person our village's Grandpa Yang?

As soon as I recognized him, I was quite scared, because Grandpa Yang passed away from sickness long ago, and the place where his grave was erected was actually helped by grandfather. He had been dead for over a year, how could he still be alive?

I asked him right away, I said Grandpa Yang, aren't you dead, why are you still here to watch the show?

Grandpa Yang didn't answer me, but kicked my butt, telling me to leave quickly!

I asked him why he wanted me to leave. I wanted to go back after the big show. Grandpa Yang looked around, then whispered to me, "Tonight, the Changtai Milk's birthday celebration is being sung for people like them, I can't watch it." In short, I was to go home at once.

At this moment, a white-haired old lady suddenly came over. She was as thin as a twig and had wrinkles all over her face. She put her face close to mine and gave me a fright.

The old lady laughed and said, "Oh, there's a guest coming. How rare. Let's stay here tonight and watch the show. Don't go back!"

Grandpa Yang begged her to let me go back and said that I was his grandson.

Hearing that, the old lady sighed, and then patted my head, saying that she likes me as a child, so if she has any problems in the future, she can call her by her name.

After Changtai Milk left, Grandpa Yang dragged me out. He started a fire and told me not to turn back, I could return home if I walk any further.

Before he left, he wanted me to tell him that his life wasn't good and he had no money to spend. He wanted my grandfather to give him some money.

So I was scolded and walked back, but I couldn't help but look back when I heard the chattering and singing behind me. But it was better not to look, it scared me out of my wits when I looked at it …