[Folk Horror] Ten Days of Mourning

The uncle's words were indescribably creepy in the night.But for some reason, your first reaction is not fear, but "something is wrong".

You know, it was already 11:30 when your parents received the message, and country people usually go to bed early, so the time of receiving the message was already a bit abnormally late.And the relationship between your parents and your cousin's relatives is not that close, and the relationship is not that cordial. When something happened, why did you go to find you so late?

Because you have had jaundice, parents have experience?

No, my cousin said, his daughter and son-in-law haven't come back yet, and he didn't mention his grandson's current situation in his statement just now.If he is calling out to your parents for the safety of the child, he should immediately ask: "How did your daughter get better back then?" This kind of question will not be embarrassed to ask in front of you, but he can It's long past the age when it's easy to feel embarrassed.Besides, the focus of his narration just now was obviously on that dog.

Is it because he thinks these things have something to do with you?

Impossible, even your parents don't know about the matter of filial piety, the only people who know are you, your friend and Goddess Zhao.Besides you and your friend, Goddess Zhao, all the insiders who invited the Yin God went underground.Just a few dead sparrows, dead mice, and dead fish, even if he thinks it's weird, he won't think of you—no, think about it, there is nothing wrong with your parents' attitude towards you before they left, the person he called is not you , it's your parents...

Does he think of your parents?

But why?

Then you think about the second thing that's wrong.

He said that the dog's heart was missing, but this needs to be carefully observed by opening the open chest. How did he find it and why did he find it?

Combined, you get a conclusion that doesn't quite feel right.

Could it be...something related to heart-taking happened to your parents, and this incident should be a bit big, at least let this distant relative of yours know.This incident must have been very supernatural, and left a deep impression on my uncle, so that after the evil thing happened to him, he immediately wanted to see if the dog's heart was still there, even at 11 :30 Called your parents.

You look at your parents, their expressions are very serious, from their expressions, you can't find a clear answer.Your parents may be keeping something from you, and while they certainly mean no harm, if something bad really happened in your family, it's perfectly normal that they don't want to tell you the young girl.

"Cousin," you suddenly made up your mind and shouted, "Can I have a few words with you?"

Cousin gave you a strange look: "If you have anything to say, just say it now."

"No, just a few words, ask." You said to your parents again, "Can I ask a few words?"

Your father hesitated for a while, and finally nodded: "Oh, you are old enough to have your own ideas, you can ask anything you want, just don't delay too long, you have to see about your cousin..."

You nodded, uncle didn't say anything, and you walked a few steps to the side.

"What's the matter?" Cousin is still in a bad mood, you saw your parents greet him from a distance, and then entered the house, your friend thought about it, and followed.

"Cousin, how do you know that Da Huang's heart is missing?"

"I took a look."

"But, don't you feel scared? How did you think to check if its heart is still there?" You asked in a low voice, "Cousin, why are you calling my parents over so late?"

Cousin gave you a strange look: "Your parents didn't tell you? Then I can't tell you."

You quickly said: "Cousin, my parents didn't tell me before, that's because I was young, and now I'm old, look, didn't they bring me here tonight? I'm afraid my dad Mom is worried, so it's not easy to ask them, but I don't know anything like this, how can I feel relieved? Cousin, just tell me, so I can give an idea. "

"What kind of idea can you, a little girl..." Your cousin smiled, smiled bitterly, and then sighed, "Forget it, this matter was quite a big deal back then, so it's okay to tell you. You only Ten years old, your grandfather left, and you also came to attend the funeral, but you are too young, you can’t really let you wake up, you have to go to class, I remember you came on the first day, and the last day. So you don’t know ..."

"My grandpa?" You didn't expect this matter to have something to do with your grandpa.

"Yeah..." my cousin said, his expression became very strange, as if he remembered something terrible, "At that time, on the fifth day, your grandfather was also put into the coffin, according to our method It’s a custom to visit the village with a coffin portrait, leave your home, walk along the village, cross the bridge, enter the earth temple, go back, and finally go home, eat a bite of eight-treasure rice, and a cold Lantern Festival... At that time, the funeral was your father’s death. Mom, the coffins are carried by specially hired mourners. They are all strong young men. When I first came out of the Earth Temple, some people said that the coffin was too light. It's getting lighter. We must think it's strange, so let's put the coffin down, because now it's still going to be cremated. If the coffin is not nailed, it's up to you. Your grandfather is still in it, but..."

You are a little hairy: "But what?"

Uncle took a deep breath: "Your grandfather's chest was opened, and his heart was gone. It turned out that a dead snake was stuffed in the place of the heart."

You just feel a tingling scalp.

The cousin was still talking: "We thought that your grandfather might be... well, a snake crawled in, and then ate his heart, and he couldn't get out, so he was suffocated to death, but then the snake belly Cut it open, but I don’t have a heart. I still don’t know what’s going on. Your parents don’t believe in ghosts and gods, so they didn’t say much, but I always feel that maybe they asked Goddess Zhao or something, so I wanted to ask How did they say what happened back then..."

While talking, your parents and friends have already come out, and my cousin hurried up and asked, "What's the matter?"

Your mother hesitated for a while, and then said: "This is too weird, you should call the police."

Cousin was anxious: "I'm talking about something else! Don't say you didn't expect—"

Your father's face suddenly fell, and the uncle knew he had slipped his words, so he took two puffs of cigarettes and didn't speak again.

Your friend walked up to you, with an ugly expression on his face, and said in a low voice, "It seems to be true, mourning for ten days in a row."

You nod slightly.

Parents came over and touched your head: "Go back."

【End of the fourth day】