There are no stars tonight, and the entire Lijia Village is dark. Only one place is lit, and it is very lively with banging and banging.
Xu Qing drove over and met an old man on the side of the road. When he asked Aunt Li about her home, he looked enlightened and said, "You're here for the funeral, right? It's over there." He pointed to the lighted place.
Funeral? Could it be that someone in Aunt Li's family died? Or is it Aunt Li herself?
Suspicious, she thanked her uncle and went to Li's house. A stage was set up in front of Li's house. A man was playing the suona vigorously. When he got tired of playing, he would switch to another one. The nearby men gathered together to smoke and talk.
Xu Qing thought of the uncle's words and walked over and said that she was here to express condolences. A man with a white cloth on his head looked at her, turned around and went into the room and called a woman out.
The woman's head was also wrapped with a white cloth. Seeing her, she gave a hard smile: "Whose child are you? Come here so late. Come on, go inside first."
At this time, the Li family mourning hall has been set up, and there is a big black coffin in the living room. At this time, a woman is kneeling and crying for her mother, and others are busy talking about the funeral.
The woman asked her to call her Gu and sent her into the east room, which was full of guests. Suddenly someone called her, and Gu Li said a few words and left.
Xu Qing thought of the purpose of tonight, so she didn't stay in the house. When she went out, there was a noise in the living room, which seemed to say that "the shoes are missing."
She was excited, red embroidered shoes? Someone hurried over and said anxiously, "I was about to change my mother's shoes, but they suddenly disappeared." Aunt Li asked, "Why are they missing? I obviously put them on the table in my mother's room." Then she said anxiously, "My mother liked these the most when she was alive. A pair of shoes, said he would wear them after death, so hurry up and look for them.”
Everyone came out of the living room to look for shoes. Aunt Li didn't seem to see Xu Qing and hurriedly looked for shoes.
Xu Qing followed, searching secretly. Finally, a granddaughter of the Li family found the shoes in her cousin's house. She said she thought the shoes were so beautiful that she couldn't help but try them on.
Red embroidered shoes are placed on the table. The patterns and auspicious clouds on them are exquisite and the craftsmanship is comparable to that of top embroiderers, attracting everyone's attention.
Gu Li was so angry that she knocked her niece on the head: "Your grandma embroidered this herself, and she told you to take it away. You dare to wear it. It's getting more and more outrageous!"
The niece of the Li family covered her head in frustration and muttered: "It's so beautiful."
Aunt Li ignored her naughty niece and went into the living room with her shoes to put on the old lady. This was the first time Xu Qing really saw a dead person. His face was covered with white cloth and he was wearing a blue silk shroud. It seemed that his feet had been wrapped and twisted. .
The ugly three-inch feet were put on brand new embroidered shoes. The bright red color and the dull shroud were very strange, making people feel horrified.
Aunt Li couldn't help but shiver, and hurriedly waved away her niece who stretched out her head, and called everyone out...
Xu Qing turned back as she walked. These embroidered shoes should be the ones she wanted to pick up tonight. She secretly decided to find an opportunity to pick them up later. Suddenly, she saw her toes moving. Looking at them carefully, it seemed to be an illusion.
"I must have seen it wrong." She thought so, but she had a bad feeling in her heart.
Aunt Li cooked a pot full of noodles for the hungry people to fill their stomachs. When she turned around, she found that her niece was missing. She called out twice but no one answered, so she thought she had gone home. After eating, she entered the house and suddenly heard a scream. came.
"What's wrong?" The men outside the house came in in a hurry.
The coffin in the living room was empty. Aunt Li was missing. She was suddenly surprised. Someone shouted, "It's a fake corpse" and the crowd became noisy.
Aunt Li was so panicked: "I just wanted to go into the house and see my mother again, but who knew it was empty and no one was there!" Her face was so pale that she was shocked and scared.
Xu Qing stood at the door and looked at the time subconsciously. It was already 12:10 in the evening. The sound of the suona outside the house had stopped at some point. The villagers had returned home one after another, and the guests had fallen asleep. Only the people keeping watch were still there. Talk outside.
"What's going on? Who did it? Why is a good person missing..." Li Dajiang was worried.
"It's a ghost. Your mother is here to claim her life. Everyone, please run away."
Someone yelled and ran out in fear.
All of a sudden, the villagers were panicking and ran out. This was so evil.
"What the hell, my mother was a good person, and she was always good-tempered towards you when she was alive. What nonsense are you talking about!"
Li Dajiang was so angry that he cursed, but no one listened at all. He had to tell his younger brothers and sisters: "Don't be stunned. What the hell, someone must be careless and deliberately causing trouble. You all hurry up and find your mother!" "
A group of people suddenly had a backbone, and they rushed around to find Aunt Li.
She called to Aunt Li: "Look where your niece went."
Gu Gu was so anxious that she had no time to talk to her and said casually: "It's time to go home. If you're afraid, just go to her house to sleep first." She hurried away.
Xu Qing pondered. She always felt that things would not be that simple. After thinking about it, she followed a group of people to look for someone. They went to the woods to the east, the lake to the west, and behind the house. They all found no one, and then went to a few houses next door. There was no one around, but the neighbors were yelling at the ghosts, "You can die wherever you go, don't mess with them."
The Li brothers felt aggrieved, but they had no choice. After all, this incident was too weird. The person lying in the coffin, who was perfectly fine, was missing, and everyone was scared.
But they searched the neighborhood and even several younger brothers' homes, but they couldn't find anyone.
The whole village turned on their lights because of this, noisily shouting that it was the Li family who was wicked and his mother turned into a ghost, and asked them to find him quickly and don't harm them!
At this moment, someone suddenly screamed.
The group of people all ran over. Li Wen, the niece of the Li family, shrank back and hid behind a tree, wearing a pair of exquisite red embroidered shoes.
Xu Qing gasped, this girl was too courageous.
Aunt Li was also very angry. She rushed over and slapped her twice: "Are you crazy? How many times have I told you these are your grandma's shoes and you still wear them! Did you steal shoes again just now?"
Li Wen was pitiful: "But I really like it, auntie. Anyway, grandma is dead. She might as well be wearing it when she takes it to the grave. I don't mind it, so just give it to me, okay?"
Aunt Li's eyes widened and she was almost mad at this girl. She stepped forward to snatch the shoes: "You damn girl, take off your shoes quickly and kowtow to your grandma so she doesn't blame you!"
Li Wen hid around: "A pair of shoes, Auntie, why are you so stingy? If grandma is alive, she will definitely be willing to give it to me..."
The two got into a fight, but the man from the Li family didn't bother to care and continued to look for someone. At this time, more frightening screams came from the Li family, screaming as if they had seen some monster.
Everyone was stunned and hurriedly ran to Li's house. As soon as they entered the yard, the guests shivered and crowded in the yard, staring at the east room.
The door was open, and a short old lady wearing a shroud kept walking around, shouting hoarsely: "Xiu'er, where did you hide my mother's shoes? My mother can't be found."
