Folk Strange Records 5: Knocking on the Door
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The older generation often said that you must not be afraid of dirty things. The more you are afraid, the more it will be. People have yang energy. As long as you have righteousness, ghosts can't do anything to you. The story happened in Jinan, Shandong. Li Zongping is a cartoonist. He rented a 50-square-meter house outside the city. He kept the habit of sleeping during the day and working at night, because the nature of his work requires quietness, so that he can get inspiration. Because there are many elderly people in the community, people often die, and it is very noisy during the day. According to local customs, people will not be cremated and buried immediately after death, but will be placed in the mourning shed for three days. The reason for doing this is very simple, that is, to give relatives and friends who live far away time to rush over to see the elderly for the last time. In addition, because no one can predict death, it is sudden and unexpected, and we must use these three days to arrange some funeral matters. Just like this, it is noisy, adding up to three days, not only is the family exhausted, but also the neighbors are disturbed. But if this happens to anyone, they will handle it this way. After all, the dead are the most important. Even if they are disturbed, the neighbors will not say anything. But Li Zongping's situation is different. Daytime is his sleeping time. The noise for several consecutive days has made his sleep quality very poor. He is often woken up by the sound of mourning music just after falling asleep. Once a person does not rest well, he will not have the energy to do anything, and the inspiration for painting will disappear all of a sudden. Seeing that the day of submission is approaching, his progress is far behind. Fortunately, three days is not a long time. After the family who is holding a funeral downstairs has finished making a fuss, he can finally get on track. But he was still too happy too early. Just after the funeral the day before, someone died in the next building. The noisy mourning music sounded again. Seeing this situation, Li Zongping had to adjust his work and rest schedule. He slept at night and worked during the day. This idea is indeed good, but things like biological clocks are not easy to adjust. At night, Li Zongping, lying in bed, tossed and turned and couldn't fall asleep. He was obviously very sleepy, but he couldn't close his eyes, and his heart was beating very hard. At this moment, he suddenly heard a knocking sound on the floor. The sound was not loud, but it sounded like the sound of bones hitting the floor. After a round of knocking, a very hoarse voice rang out from the floor: "Don't hide, hiding is useless." Then there was another round of knocking, and the hoarse voice repeated. Li Zongping was furious. He thought the sound was a prank by the people downstairs. He stood up and stomped on the floor a few times, cursing in his heart: "It's the middle of the night and you can't let me sleep." 0
 
 
If it were before, he would not have lost his temper so much. But he had not slept well for several days, and he became unusually irritable. You know what, being irritable has its benefits. As soon as he stepped on the floor, the knocking sound stopped abruptly, and the room returned to silence. Li Zongping went back to bed when he heard the sound was gone. He thought he would not be disturbed again. Just as he was about to lie down, knocking sounds came from the living room again, accompanied by hoarse sounds. Hearing this, Li Zongping was completely furious. He rushed out of the bedroom without even putting on his slippers. As he expected, the sound came from the door. Li Zongping wanted to open the door and scold the annoying guy behind the door, but he stopped when he grabbed the handrail. He was indeed a little too irritable just now, but when he calmed down and thought, it was already past 2 a.m., who would play a prank at this time? If there was, it must be a lunatic, and there was really no need for him to argue with a lunatic. A moment of rationality made him give up the idea of opening the door. So he looked through the peephole to see who was behind the door, but found that there was no one outside. This frightened him so much that he took a breath and took a few steps back, but the voice outside the door kept shouting: "Don't hide, hiding is useless." Over and over again, like a repeater. Li Zongping felt that he had encountered something unclean. He remembered what his grandmother had told him, that he must not panic or be distracted when encountering dirty things. As long as he was righteous, no ghost could do anything to him. So he calmed down, took a deep breath, and shouted solemnly to the outside of the door: "You have walked into the wrong door. There is no one you are looking for here. Go quickly!" As he expected, these words frightened the thing outside the door, and the original voice stopped. Li Zongping approached the door and heard light footsteps, which became lighter and lighter, as if leaving the door. Li Zongping's nervousness continued and he dared not even breathe. He thought everything was over, but the hoarse voice sounded again and called his name, which shocked him greatly. 0
 
 
"Li Zongping, since there are still two days left, I will come back then." The voice was very contemptuous. After speaking, it disappeared with the sound of footsteps. Although Li Zongping relaxed a little, he did not dare to open the door to see what was going on. He did not sleep all night until the next morning, when he dared to open the door. The corridor was very lively, with people rushing to work. Seeing this, he was no longer so nervous. He was disturbed by this incident and did not sleep well all night. But strangely, he was in good spirits today, and even painted faster than usual. In the next two days, although it was still noisy during the day, Li Zongping seemed to have adapted to such an environment. What's more gratifying is that he could fall asleep in bed at night. His biological clock seemed to have reversed. That night, Li Zongping felt particularly tired. He fell asleep as soon as he lay on the bed. He slept for a long, long time, and slept very soundly. I don't know how long he slept, but he was awakened by a familiar knocking sound, which came from behind the door. Li Zongping was not afraid, on the contrary he was very angry. He could not stand any sound that disturbed his sweet dream. However, he realized something was wrong the moment he got out of bed. He felt very light, as if he could float. Then he looked back and found a person who looked exactly like him lying in the bed. The person's face was pale and his mouth was wide open, as if he was dead. At this time, there was another knocking sound at the door, which sounded like bones knocking on wood: "Come out, don't hide, it's useless to hide." 0
 
 
 
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