Chapter 49 The road not chosen - "I discovered a bug in the world"

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On the other side, Shuangxi Village.

A strange thing happened in the village recently.

A strange thing happened in the old hall of Xu Heming's house.

The main house in Linchuan dialect is different from the main house in Sichuan and Shu.

The main room mentioned in Sichuan and Shu actually mostly refers to the "living room" of a house, or the room in the middle of the main house. It is the same as the bedroom and kitchen, and refers to the type of house.

But here in Linchuan, the main room is actually a strictly specific designation.

It refers to a place in a family dedicated to priests and the placement of ancestors' spiritual tablets.

Or to be more precise, the main hall refers to the "small ancestral hall", which corresponds to the "big ancestral hall". It refers to the ancestral hall where a bloodline is passed down and branched out.

For example, the spiritual tablet of the great-grandfather, the great ancestor, is enshrined in the big ancestral hall, and the great-grandfather, the great ancestor, is enshrined in the small ancestral hall, that is, the main hall.

This kind of function often gives the main hall a somewhat solemn and mysterious color, and combined with certain customs in Linchuan rural areas, this "solemnity" is mixed with a bit of terror or horror.

The main room of Xu Heming's house has always been such a scary and complicated place.

His family is not prosperous. From the time it was passed down by the Grand Duke, there are only three families left with more than a dozen people.

These dozen or so people originally lived in the old house where the main house was located. However, when the government promoted the transformation of the rural power grid a few years ago, it was discovered that their old house no longer had the conditions to transform the power grid.

Failure to transform the power grid means that all high-power electrical appliances cannot be used.

The induction cooker, microwave oven, electric water heater...none of them can be used.

For a family that has moved towards modernization, not being able to use electricity is simply one of the biggest obstacles in life.

So after several rounds of negotiations and receiving a government subsidy, the whole family finally moved out and built new houses on the homestead on the edge of the village. The old main house and the old house were all abandoned.

----But being abandoned does not mean that it is completely useless.

During holidays, they still come to the old hall to offer incense to the priests.

In addition, there are three elderly people in Xu Heming's family. All three elderly people have reached the age of dying, so they have prepared coffins early.

Where are these coffins placed?

You can't put it in your new house.

So of course it was placed in the old main room.

There were three more coffins in the old hall overgrown with grass. Occasionally when the courtyard door facing the hall was not closed tightly, passers-by could see the coffins inside at a glance.

The scene was somewhat scary - think about it, the dark, dilapidated main room and the decayed wooden window frames.

There is a plaque reading "Shi Ze Ge Zhen" hanging on the eaves. The paint on the words has peeled off, but when you look over it vaguely, only the word "鬼" is still in shape.

In addition, there is a memorial tablet placed on the memorial table in the main room, and the portrait of the deceased old man hanging on the wall...

No matter how brave you are, can you not be frightened?

Everyone who saw it couldn't help but curse a few words. Some kind-hearted people could only curse while walking up to help cover the courtyard door.

----The strange thing happens when the door is closed.

That night, a man named Xu Jiaming in the village went home after drinking and happened to pass by the old hall of Xu Heming's house.

The courtyard door of the main room was not closed - I don't know whether it was blown by the wind or someone from his family went to the main room and forgot to close it.

In short, unlike the previous "hiding", the courtyard door is wide open.

It was very dark inside, but darkness also had its advantages. At least nothing in the main room could be seen clearly.

Xu Jiaming is usually very courageous and has a good heart. Looking at the open courtyard door, he thought of the children in the village who had to get up early to go to school the next day.

If a child bumps into it, he may have nightmares for several days.

So he stepped forward and closed the courtyard door.

It was midnight at that time, and the latch of the courtyard door was old and made a sharp "squeaking" sound.

It sounds creepy, but in the end I did it myself, so it's not scary at all.

What was really scary was the sound afterward.

As if startled by the sound of the door closing, Xu Jiaming clearly heard a series of strange sounds coming from the main room of Xu Heming's house.

The sound was extremely subtle at first.

At first it seemed like someone was scratching the wood with nails, very lightly and slowly, the rhythm was slow and weird.

Xu Jiaming was startled, but when he held his breath and listened carefully, the sound stopped.

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