Long night dreams

Chapter 22 The Accident in the Ruins
When it rained, a few remaining walls collapsed in the ruins.

The rain finally subsided a little, but the few sticks of incense had already been extinguished by the rain.Du Yi stood beside the ruins silently. After a long time, he asked, "Liu Chang, who is that old man Long?"
"He is an old villager with no education. There have long been rumors in the town that Mr. Luo raised Gu and ghosts in his crumbling old house, and he also believed it. The world is bright and clear, how can there be any evil spirits in the world? It's just nonsense."
"Yes." Du Yi nodded and said, "Liu Chang, I still need to trouble you to find someone to clean up the waste bricks here."
"Of course, this is what I should do." Liu Chang replied.

Du Yi and Liu Chang went to the town committee together and went through the house handover procedures.Because Liuxi Town may be engaged in tourism development in two years, the land price here will definitely soar, and Du Yi is also happy for this unexpected wealth.He decided to return to the city after cleaning up the waste bricks on the house foundation. He only needs to give Liu Chang some money every year and ask him to help take care of the land of the old house.

But things were not as simple as Du Yi thought. For several days, Liu Chang couldn't find the residents of the town to help clean up the abandoned bricks in the old house.The reason is very simple. They all believed the old man Long's words. Anyone who touches the ruins of the bricks and stones will attract evil spirits. One thing more is worse than one thing less. Even if they have money, they will not help clean up the ruins.

"Alas, the residents of this town are so superstitious." Liu Chang said helplessly.

"Then what should we do? Can we still find someone?" Du Yi asked worriedly.

Liu Chang rolled his eyes and said, "There is still a way. I can only go to the neighboring town to find someone. The people in the neighboring town have never heard of the legend of evil spirits. Maybe they will come to earn this money."
It seems that's the only way to do it.

Liu Chang found three young men from a neighboring town, all of them were big men with round waists and thick arms.These three young men with shovels rushed to Liuxi Town at night. In Liu Chang's words, they were afraid that when they came here to clean up the ruins during the day, the old man Long would suddenly run out to confuse the crowd and scare them away. .

Indeed, Liu Chang was very thoughtful.

Without further ado, Du Yi and Liu Chang hurriedly brought the three young people to the place where the ruins of the old house were.When passing Old Man Long's house, Liu Chang deliberately signaled to lighten his steps.But no matter how careful they were, they inevitably startled a bunch of crows.The terrified crows hovered in the air, wailing miserably.

A young man asked ignorantly: "Why are there so many crows here? Crows survive by eating rotting corpses. Could it be that there are many corpses here?" Before he finished speaking, Liu Chang shouted: "Nonsense What? Is it bad luck?"
When they arrived at the ruins, several people started to get busy.They smashed the bricks with shovels, carried them on a wheelbarrow to the side of the mountain road, and dumped them down the cliff.Although there were a lot of waste bricks, the efficiency of the three young men was good. By the time it was almost dawn, they had cleared almost half of the bricks.Just a few more nights of dry work will clean this place up.

But at this moment, a young man suddenly called out loudly: "Look, what is this?"
Du Yi and Liu Chang followed the reputation, but they didn't seem to see anything under the bright moonlight.

The young man emphasized his tone again, and said, "Come and take a look, there seems to be a pit here!"
Du Yi walked up to the young man and looked down.Sure enough, the young man smashed a small hole in the ground with a shovel. The hole was dark, and the bottom was empty, and it was impossible to see what it was.

"Hey, maybe it's a treasure secretly buried by the previous owner here." The young man laughed.

"Nonsense, it's just a basement." Liu Chang said.

But the young man obviously didn't believe what Liu Chang said, so he called his two companions together, chanted labor slogans in unison, and smashed the shovel to the edge of the pit with all his might.Sand, earth and stones fell into the pit with a rustling sound, and the pit became bigger and bigger.Du Yi wanted to stop it, but it was too late. He and Liu Chang had no way to stop these three vigorous young men.

"You want to die? Eat leopard gall?" An old voice came from outside the ruins—it was Old Man Long.He was holding a flashlight, standing tremblingly by the side of the road, his fingers trembling, and his voice was full of fear.

"Old man, what's the matter?" A young man said nonchalantly.He pulled the shovel in his hand hard, and the stones fell into the pit with a clatter, and the mouth of the pit on the ground had become enough for a person to enter and exit.

Another young man said loudly: "Old man, it happens that you have a flashlight, let us use it." Before Old Man Long agreed, he rushed to the old man's side and grabbed the flashlight from the old man's hand forcefully.Old man Long was so angry that his lips trembled, he only breathed out, not in, and couldn't say a word.

The young man came to the pit again, lay down on the ground, lit the flashlight, and shone into the pit...

The rude young man lay on the edge of the pit without saying a word, and his body froze, motionless.

"Third, what did you see? You're talking!" One of his companions got a little anxious and kicked his ass hard, but he still didn't move.

His two companions felt a little uncomfortable and patted him on the back.The young man suddenly collapsed on the ground like a deflated rubber ball.The two young men let out an exclamation, and hastily turned their partner over.

The rude young man was lying on the ground, still holding the flashlight in his hand, his eyes were wide open, his face was purple from being suppressed, he was panting heavily, and his body was trembling uncontrollably.

"You're talking! What's under the pit?"
"It's a grave! It's full of bones! Dead bones!" The young man yelled hysterically. He jumped up suddenly, threw the flashlight in his hand aside, and ran out of the ruins.

Another brave young man bravely walked to the edge of the pit, took a look into the pit with a flashlight, and immediately yelled: "Oh, my mother! It's really a dead man's bones! It's all bones He turned around, pulled the last companion, and escaped from the ruins of the old house at the fastest speed without even asking for wages.

Du Yi felt a little baffled, he didn't know what the three young men saw at the bottom of the pit.He tremblingly picked up the flashlight and walked to the edge of the pit, looked at it with his head, and suddenly felt a rush of blood rushing to his forehead, his breathing became rapid, his chest heaved violently, and he was holding a heavy breath in his heart, almost out of breath.

There was a flat ground under the pit, and human skeletons were scattered here and there, such as ribs, skulls, sternum, leg bones... There was a dark and rotten smell everywhere.In a corner of the ground, there are several scrambled earth bags, like grave mounds.There are still a few spiritual cards in front of the grave, which seem to have words written on them.Scattered spider webs gathered everywhere, and countless fat maggots struggled on the ground.

"Oh, my God!" Du Yi groaned in pain, and couldn't bear to look any longer. He wanted to turn around, but he felt powerless and sat down on the ground.

Old man Long also walked over with a cane, and when he saw the situation at the bottom of the pit, he said in a trembling voice: "There are random graves under the foundation, this is the most evil thing! It really provoked evil spirits. No, it is doomed that you will die without a place to be buried, and there will be no bones left!"
"Don't confuse the crowd with evil words here. Liu Chang yelled loudly.

Du Yi struggled to stand up, but felt that he couldn't exert any strength.His hands were scrambling in the air, but he accidentally grabbed the corner of Old Man Long's clothes.Du Yi clung to the corner of Old Man Long's clothes tightly, trying to use his strength to stand up, but suddenly felt that all the strength in his body was thrown away—under his tug, Old Man Long staggered and fell down. Fell unreliably into the dug hole!
With a "bang", Old Man Long screamed at first, and then fell silent.

"Ah, Brother Du, what did you do?" Liu Chang panicked, "You pushed old man Long into the pit!"
"No! I didn't. Du Yi looked at Old Man Long who disappeared into the pit out of thin air, and then looked at his hands, he could hardly believe his eyes. Yes, he dragged Old Man Long into the pit! Although it wasn't him This was done on purpose, but the fact has already happened!
"Oh my God!" Du Yi fell to his knees and murmured, "What have I done..."
"Go down and see Old Man Long." Liu Chang yelled.

Du Yi couldn't care too much, and quickly jumped down the pit with a flashlight on.

At the bottom of the pit, old man Long was lying motionless in the pile of bones on the ground, blood was bubbling from his head, his eyes were closed tightly - he had passed out in a coma!

"Send him to the hospital quickly!" Du Yi shouted.Holding back his nausea, he dug open the bones on the ground with his hands, turned Old Man Long over and put him on his back.Then Liu Chang lowered a rope and hoisted them up.

"Brother Liu, you can see that I didn't do it on purpose just now. When I got to the ground, Du Yi said as he took out his wallet from his trouser pocket, and stuffed it into Liu Chang's hand.

Liu Chang didn't take the money, he just said: "Don't worry about it, it's important to save people first, I know what to say--Actually, I didn't see anything just now. It's so dark, old man Long stumbled and fell, it's too late. It's a normal thing."
In Du Yi's eyes, there was an inadvertent expression of gratitude.

He's already messed up.

When passing by Old Man Long's house, Liu Chang called Mrs. Long.Of course, he just told her that old man Long stumbled and fell and passed out.

Mrs. Long was so anxious that she hurriedly followed Du Yi and Liu Chang with trembling little heels, and trotted all the way to the town.

Du Yi did not expect that Liuxi Town is so remote that there is a well-equipped town hospital.

Liuxi Town Hospital is located in the center of Liuxi Town. There are two small three-story buildings built of blue bricks and stones. One building is the outpatient department and the other is the inpatient department.In a remote corner of these two buildings, there is a low black small building. All three buildings are covered with dark green vines and creepers. The rustling sound gives people a cool feeling. .

As soon as Du Yi walked into the outpatient department with Old Man Long on his back, he yelled loudly: "Doctor! Doctor! Come a doctor quickly. But no matter what he called, no doctor came.

Liu Chang smiled wryly, and said, "Stop calling, the hospitals in this small place are different from those in the city. There are no patients here at night, and the doctors on duty are all watching TV in the lounge on the second floor." He went straight to the second floor. After a while, he led a doctor in a white coat downstairs.

"This is Doctor Chen." Liu Chang introduced.

Dr. Chen glanced at the old man Long who was lying on Du Yi's back with his eyes tightly closed, and immediately frowned.He opened Old Man Long's eyelids, shone a light with his flashlight, and immediately said loudly: "He is already unconscious, he must be hospitalized immediately for first aid!"
Old man Long was pushed into the operating room, and Du Yi and Liu Chang stood anxiously outside the door of the operating room accompanied by Mrs. Long.Seeing Mrs. Long's anxious face, a young and beautiful nurse measured her blood pressure and said that her blood pressure was a bit high. She suggested finding a hospital bed to lie down and rest first.

After the beautiful nurse accompanied Mrs. Long to leave, Du Yi lit a cigarette, and Liu Chang said as if he had nothing to say: "I used to work as a dentist in this hospital, but I quit my job last year and started my own dental clinic." A dental office."
Du Yi also wanted to change the subject, so he asked, "This place is so remote, why did you resign to open a dentist's office? Does Liuxi Town still have the concept of active dental defense?"
Liu Chang smiled and said, "Have you heard a story? Two people selling leather shoes came to a deserted island at the same time, and saw that all the residents on the island were barefoot, and no one was wearing shoes. A salesman was depressed. Immediately booked a return ticket and told the boss that the residents here do not wear leather shoes and there is no market. Another salesman happily rented a house immediately and called his boss to say that the market here is really too big. Well, no leather shoe company has entered the market yet, and people here don’t wear shoes. And I am the type of the last salesman. I will try my best to instill the concept of dental prevention and treatment to the residents of Liuxi Town. The first crab digs the first pot of gold."
"Then how is your business? Have you seen the results of your efforts?" Du Yi asked.

Liu Chang didn't answer, but showed a bright smile, presumably he must have enjoyed the sweetness.

When there is something to talk about, the time flies by quickly, and two hours have passed without knowing it.The door of the operating room opened, and Dr. Chen walked out of the operating room while taking off his gloves.

Du Yi and Liu Chang hurried over, and asked with concern: "Doctor Chen, how is old man Long?"
Dr. Chen took a long breath and said: "The man was rescued. It is estimated that he had a cerebral hemorrhage after falling. The conditions of our hospital are not suitable for craniotomy and drainage, so we can only use conservative treatment. Now people He hasn't woken up yet, the next 48 hours are very important, if he can't wake up again, he may never wake up again..."
"You mean..." Liu Chang asked tentatively.

"In other words, he may become a vegetable..." Dr. Chen sighed and took off his white coat.

After Dr. Chen disappeared at the end of the corridor, Du Yi lit a cigarette dejectedly.He felt that this night was really incredible. Before leaving today, he never thought that he would end up staying in the hospital in the town.

He was silent for a long time before he said to Liu Chang: "Should we transfer Old Man Long to another hospital? The conditions of the hospitals in the city are much better..."
"Well..." Liu Chang hesitated for a moment, and said, "Old Man Long fell down by himself, and it has nothing to do with you or me. Why should we bother with this trouble?"
That's right, Du Yi just didn't want others to drag Old Man Long's matter on him, so he didn't say anything.

At this time, the young nurse who was taking care of Old Man Long walked over gracefully and said, "I'm really sorry, the inpatient department of the hospital is full, it seems that he can only be arranged in the dark building."
"Heilou. When Liu Chang heard this, he suddenly jumped up and said loudly, "How can he be arranged to go to Heilou?The black building is a morgue.

"The inpatient department is full? Is your hospital's business so good?" Du Yi couldn't believe it.

The nurse looked at them, and then at the corridor. Dr. Chen, who had just finished the operation, just came out of the dressing room, and the nurse showed a hesitant expression on his face.

After Dr. Chen heard their argument, he quickly pulled Du Yi and Liu Chang aside, and said softly, "Doctor Liu, to tell you the truth, the inpatient department really can't accommodate people. Last week, the inpatient department of our hospital disappeared inexplicably." The patient's family has been making trouble in the hospital for the past few days. They sealed the door of the inpatient department and prevented the doctor from entering, so that there is no patient now. Old man Long's condition is so serious that he has to stay in the hospital Waiting for him to wake up, so I can only live in the black building for a few days. Don't worry, I have asked the workers to tidy up a room as a ward, and I will let Yang Mei take care of Old Man Long. Everything is the same as the inpatient department. any difference."
The Yangmei he was talking about was that pretty young nurse.

"It's such a troublesome thing," Liu Chang said, "Why did that well-behaved patient suddenly disappear?"
"Who knows." Dr. Chen shrugged his shoulders and said, "Early in the morning, he gave the patient an injection and infusion. When it was time to change the dressing, we found that he had disappeared. At first we thought he was going home. You know, the patients here are all from the town, and they can reach home within a few steps. So we didn't ask too much, who knew that he was missing when his family members came to visit at night."
"Who is missing?"
"That man's name is Zhou Di, the teacher of the elementary school in the town." Dr. Chen replied.

"Well, I know him. Three months ago, he had porcelain teeth done in my dentist's shop." Liu Chang nodded.

Yang Mei got two nurses and pushed Old Man Long out of the corridor.There are tubes of different thicknesses inserted into Old Man Long's head.Du Yi and Liu Chang supported Mrs. Long and followed them.After leaving the outpatient department and walking tens of meters to the left, they saw the small black building covered with dark green vines and climbing plants.

In the night, the black walls give people a dark and eerie feeling.The ivy almost occupied all the windows. Even if the lights inside were turned on, looking from the outside of the building, there were only a few pale yellow patches in the dark green.

"It's here." Yang Mei pointed to the black building, turned her head and smiled sweetly.

(End of this chapter)