The 95-year-old grandma was sitting on the kang in her hometown, holding a dry pipe in her mouth, and took me to talk about old stories in the countryside fifty or sixty years ago.
At that time, we were so poor that we didn't even have enough to eat, but strange things happened frequently: dark shadows stealing chickens in the middle of the night, old locust trees that could cry, witches pretending to be gods and ghosts, strange noises in deserted houses...
Grandma's story made me laugh so hard one second that I slapped my thighs, and the next second I was so scared that I got into bed and didn't dare to show my head. After listening to it, I couldn't help but have red eyes!
Little people in hard times rely on their tenacity to fight tricks, break scams, and keep their love. Every story is heartbreaking and funny!
Don't think it's just an old legend, grandma said, she has seen all these things with her own eyes!
As I listened, I discovered that what grandma told was never a story, but the human heart and warmth hidden in the years. The truth hidden behind those strange and seemingly terrifying things overturned my understanding!
