Hongmei stayed in the room to coax the child, while Yang Huamei and Mr. Tan were talking in the main room.

Mrs. Tan liked the tea from the previous day very much, so Yang Huamei brewed it for Mrs. Tan again. Mother and daughter drank while waiting.

During this period, the child slept sometimes and fussed sometimes, intermittently.

"This commotion is obviously not normal. This is not the normal commotion." Tan took a sip of tea and said.

Following the voice, Yang Huamei glanced at the ajar door in the east room with a sad face.

"I'm just looking forward to it coming soon."

The time to burn incense was set at midnight, so they had to leave early.

Time passed very slowly, and Yang Huamei kept staring at the hourglass on the table to tell the time. Finally, she stood up, walked over and knocked on the door of the east room softly.

At that moment, the child was tired from crying and fell asleep. Yang Huamei and Hongmei entrusted the child to Tan, carrying a basket, and the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law went out in the dark.

"Mom, I'm so scared, are you scared?"

Hongmei followed Yang Huamei to the southeast of the village, near the Jiang family's second room.

Because Yu Banxian said, the closer to the second room of the Jiang family, the more effective it would be. It would be even better if we could enter the house where Jiang Er slept, or burn incense in front of his grave.

But the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law don’t dare to fight to death!

If he could barely move to the foot of the wall outside the yard of the Jiang family's second room, it was because of his children that he had taken the courage to do so.

The mother-in-law and daughter-in-law finally moved to the second room of the Jiang family. Looking over, they saw two white lanterns hanging at the door of the main room in the yard, and there seemed to be dim light leaking from the crack in the door.

"Mom, is there anyone living in the second room of the Jiang family?" Hongmei asked in a low voice.

Yang Huamei looked at the light, a little surprised, "No way, the mother and son were both put in jail."

"It's probably Jiang Da and the others in that room," Yang Huamei added.

If there was no one in the house, they would definitely not light the lamp. Now that there was someone, the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law felt a little more courageous.

"Let's sneak around outside the backyard, burn the incense and leave quickly. It's best not to be discovered by Jiang Da and the others." Yang Huamei warned in a low voice.

Hongmei naturally nodded.

The mother-in-law and daughter-in-law sneaked to the foot of the wall outside Jiang's backyard, carefully laid out the offerings, and lit incense candles and toilet paper. Facing the black smoke, Yang Huamei put her hands together and whispered softly, just to pray for Jiang Er's rest.

Don't disturb her eldest grandson again with these words.

When Yang Huamei knelt in front and recited in a low voice, Hongmei also knelt in the back with her head lowered.

He smelled the burning smell in his nostrils, listened to Yang Huamei's mumbling in his ears, and glanced around wildly.

There was darkness behind him. There was a moon before, but now the moon was gone, and everything was pitch black.

In the darkness, it seemed as if someone was standing behind the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law, watching their every move with a smile.

A gust of cool wind blew across her neck, and she shivered.

Subconsciously, she held the collar of her clothes, moved her knees closer to Yang Huamei, and said in a trembling voice: "Mom, it's almost time to go back?"

Yang Huamei ignored her and continued to read in a low voice.

Now that you have braved all your courage to come here, how can you leave without finishing your words?

At this moment, there was a sudden roar in the dark room in the yard.

It's like something fell off the bed and landed on the footboard in front of the bed...

The backs of the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law were both stiff.

Subconsciously I thought of Jiang Er falling off the bed and breaking his neck...

"cough!"

Someone coughed again inside.

This cough made the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law relax a little more, which had just been tense.

If there is someone inside, then there is no need to be afraid.

"Let's go back!"

Yang Huamei whispered, not wanting anyone inside to catch them burning incense outside.

This was what Hongmei was waiting for, and her mother-in-law and daughter-in-law quickly walked back quietly with the empty basket.

On the way back, neither mother-in-law nor daughter-in-law dared to look back, especially Hongmei. From the beginning to the end, she clutched Yang Huamei's sleeve and buried her head, as if someone was following behind her. She walked faster and faster, and in the end she wanted to run.

"Can you be a little promising?"

Yang Huamei saw the lights of her new house from a distance, secretly breathed a sigh of relief, and was in the mood to scold Hongmei.

Hongmei was still tense all over and slowed down her pace.

The mother-in-law and daughter-in-law finally entered the courtyard door and then the hall door. After bolting the hall door from the inside, they looked at me and I almost collapsed.

At this time, Mrs. Tan came out of the east room after hearing the noise.

"Have they all been burned?" the old lady asked.

Yang Huamei nodded, "Everything that needs to be burned has been burned, and everything that needs to be said has been said."

"You didn't get hit by anyone on the road, right?" Tan asked again.

Generally speaking, when doing this kind of thing, the most taboo thing is for someone to expose you. It seems that doing so will greatly reduce the effect of the whole thing.

Yang Huamei said: "No one hit me, but it was a little bit close."

"What?"

"When we were about to finish burning, we heard someone coughing in Jiang Er's house. It was probably Jiang Da who was there..."

"What are you talking about? Jiang Da is not in the village at all. He went to the county government office with your third brother before dawn yesterday." Tan interrupted Yang Huamei.

"What? It's not Jiang Da? Could it be that the Jiang family's two sons are here?" Yang Huamei asked again.

But when I think about it carefully, the cough at that time clearly sounded like the sound of a middle-aged man, not like the cough of a young man.

She subconsciously thought of Jiang Da at that time because the voice sounded like Jiang Da.

And now my mother says that Jiang Da has not been in the village for a long time. Whose cough is it?

Jiang Er?

Yang Huamei was startled by her guess, and Hongmei beside her changed her face.

"Mom, could it be Jiang Er's ghost in that room?" Hongmei asked in a trembling voice.

Yang Huamei's heart beat hard, and her heart was pounding, but she gave Hongmei a hard look: "What are you talking about? Will a ghost light the lights in that room by himself? Someone is obviously there!"

Hongmei moved her lips, as if she wanted to say something, but Tan's voice suddenly interrupted.

"Light up? Is there a light in Jiang's house? Is it a white lantern?"

"Yes, mother, how did you know?" Yang Huamei asked in surprise.

Mrs. Tan frowned and her face darkened a bit: "Oh no, I knew I shouldn't have burned incense tonight. I could have moved it to tomorrow night. I was negligent."

Hearing what Tan said, Yang Huamei's mother-in-law and daughter-in-law became more and more confused.

"Mom, what do you mean by this?" she asked.

Tan said: "Tonight is probably Jiang Er's first seven souls, so during the day his two nephews went over and lit the lamps to light up Jiang Er's way home."

First seven?

Return to the soul?

Yang Huamei and Hongmei looked at each other, and the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law turned pale.

On the night of returning to the soul, family members should avoid it, and strangers should not be disturbed.

Well, it would be better for the two of them to run to the back of the yard to burn incense and kowtow in an attempt to communicate with the ghost of Jiang Er.
Chapter completed!