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Ghost knocking on the door
My hometown is in the old revolutionary area Pingshan. During the War of Resistance Against Japan, my grandfather and my elder uncle both participated in our revolutionary forces. At that time, the countryside was in a state of panic, after all, it was a time of war.
Listening to my mother, at that time my second uncle and third uncle were sleeping in the same room, and for more than a month, it seemed like there was no news from my elder uncle. One night, both my second uncle and third uncle had already gone to bed, it was probably around 11 to 12 o'clock, when we heard someone knocking on the door.
A man's voice: "I'm back, open the door for me, second-born, third brother!"
third uncle nudged Second uncle, then jumped off the kang to go open the door, saying, "Our brother is back!"
Second uncle is very scheming, and he immediately grabbed third uncle's clothes, whispering to him, "Why are you opening the door now? What kind of world is this? It's so late, how did he come back? We didn't receive any notification. Who knows what our brother is really... Listen, they say ghosts don't call three times, right?"
Third uncle was also starting to feel a little uneasy after hearing what Second uncle said.
So the two brothers didn't say a word, and listened attentively to the sounds outside.
Before long, there was another voice: "I'm back, open the door for me." This was followed by two knocks on the door.
Two people still didn't dare to move, waiting and waiting, not knowing how long had passed, but there was no more sound. Second uncle and third uncle were so scared that they couldn't say anything, huddling in the blanket.
In the morning, they opened the door and found nothing outside. It had just rained, so if someone had come, they would have left footprints...
Then, a few days later, the army sent a telegram confirming that elder uncle had sacrificed himself on the battlefield...
Ghostly encounters have been common in Tianjin since ancient times.
My brother belongs to the kind of people with a rather special constitution, so sometimes he encounters things that are not visible or audible to ordinary people...
He told me about this.
One time, when he was coming home from school, as he walked through a crossroads on Fuxing Road, he saw an old man standing in the middle of the road, wearing a white garment.
The reason why he said the old man was peculiar was because he was standing in the middle of the road, completely still. Even when the wind blew, his clothes didn't move at all. Some cars even passed through his body and he was unharmed, as if he were a phantom.
And it was autumn at the time, around 5:30, not too late but the sky was very dark, the kind of dusky weather that comes after the sun sets.
It was as if some strange force was calling to him, and he absentmindedly rode towards the old man. When he rode up next to him, the old man suddenly raised his hand and slapped my brother across the face...
My brother is still riding forward, not because he is brave, but because he is already scared. When his face touched the old man's hand, he heard a "ah-" sound, as if it came from a time-space tunnel, spacious and loud, with an echo. But at that time, it seemed that only he heard it, and no one else reacted. And the hand passed through his face...
Respect for Ghosts
To be honest, the young people in the past were all fearless, watching ghost movies every day, but few of them truly respected the deceased.
Today, let's talk about something, whether it's true or not, let's not discuss for now, just consider it as listening to some gossip.
So, there's a classmate in our class, and he lives in a relatively remote area. It is said that when he was young, not far from his home, there was a cemetery, the most primitive kind, with a tomb mound and a stone tablet for each grave.
And those places that no one takes care of or tidies up, they are so desolate. Don't be fooled by their small size, they have quite the nerve. In order to get home sooner and avoid taking the long way around, the person walked straight into the graveyard alone, attempting to pass through the graves to get home.
Actually, let's say, if you're upright, you're not afraid of a crooked shadow. No matter how spooky or evil those gods and ghosts are, as long as you don't do anything unscrupulous, they can't control you. How could they just come out and scare people at will?
But you said this child is too bold. He walked a few steps and then looked down, only to find that his shoelaces were untied. He looked around and happened to see a grave next to him. Without saying a word, he sat on top of it and tied his shoelaces!
After tying his shoelaces, he started walking home. But as soon as he entered the courtyard, his head went "buzz" and he fainted.
I have a fever.
When the family saw that the child was sick, they were both anxious and distressed. They asked him, "Did you catch a cold?" The child said, "No."
Again, he asked, "Did you eat something that upset your stomach?"
The child replied, "I didn't eat anything strange, my stomach doesn't hurt."
There is no apparent cause for this, how should we treat the symptoms?
Could it be that there is some other reason why the child's fever won't go down?
Their house is right next to the cemetery, and the older generation often talks about it. So they asked him again, "Did you encounter anything unusual when you came back?"
After thinking for a while, the child said, "Nothing much, just that when I came back, I sat on a grave and tied my shoelace."
Oh my goodness, the adults in this family are helpless. They quickly had the children buy some paper money and burned it at the graves outside.
It's strange, the illness got better!
Actually, speaking of others, we should still remember to respect the deceased. After all, they are all our ancestors buried in the ground, aren't they?
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