one
In La nihat, there lived a landlord, Mr. Salodasong Cole. There is a widow in his family. Widow's maiden.
None left; All the people died one by one. As for her own husband's family, there is none left. she
No husband, no son. One of her nephews, the youngest son of Sharon da Sonkol, became the apple of the widow's eye.
Pearl. After his mother gave birth to him, he was seriously ill for a long time, so the child was taken care of by the widow's aunt Katom Bini.
Raise. She seems to take extra care in raising other people's children, because she has no right or responsibility for other people's children.
What social requirements, only the requirements of love. However, in the face of society, she can't prove herself according to some laws.
A request, and she doesn't want to do it; She just loves this unreliable beloved baby with double enthusiasm.
Widow Kadongbini, after exhausting all her love for this child, suddenly died one night in Slavan.
Sudden death. For some reason, her heart suddenly stopped beating-and this space is moving forward everywhere except
In this gentle and loving little box, the mechanical device of the clock stopped turning forever.
In order to avoid being pestered by the police, the landlord didn't say much and ordered his four brahmin brothers to take the body away as soon as possible.
Shipped away for cremation.
La Nikat Crematorium is far from the village. There is a hut by the pond. There is a tree near the hut.
The tall banyan tree is surrounded by a large open meadow. Once upon a time, there was a river passing through here, but now the river has completely dried up.
On this dry river, people dug a big pit as the pond of the crematorium. So far, people have also put this pond
As a symbol of the sacred river.
The body was parked in that hut, and four people sat there, waiting for firewood to burn the body. Time seems to pass slowly,
They are all a little impatient to wait. Among the four, Guru Nidayi and Guru Qiu Long left the hut to find out why.
Yao hasn't delivered firewood for a long time; Bitu and Bonomali still sat there, guarding the body.
It was a dark night in Slavan. The sky is full of dark clouds, and even a star can't be seen; Both of them were silent.
Sitting quietly in a dark room. One of them wrapped matches and candles in a scarf, but in the rainy season,
Matches are difficult to strike. The lanterns they brought with them also went out.
After they sat in silence for a long time, one person said, "Hey, man!" " If there is a pack of cigarettes, it should be.
How nice! I came in such a hurry that I didn't bring anything. "
Another man said, "I'll run back and get some!" " "
Knowing that Bonomali tried to escape, Bitu said, "I swear to the Virgin Mary, I think you want me to."
Stay here alone! "
The conversation broke down again. Five minutes is like an hour. The two of them cursed the firewood carrier in their hearts-
They must be sitting somewhere chatting and smoking. In the minds of both of them, this suspicion is growing.
The stronger it is.
All was silent-only crickets and frogs kept chirping by the pond. At that time, both of them seemed to feel their bodies beating gently.
I moved.-I thought I heard the body roll.
Bitu and Bonomali trembled with fear and kept shouting Rama's name. Suddenly, I heard it in this small room.
Take a deep breath. Bitu and Bonomali immediately escaped from the hut and ran to the village.
After running for about six kilometers, Bitu and Bonomali met their two partners and came back with lanterns. all of them
I did smoke and didn't ask about firewood transportation at all, but they said that the tree had been sawed down and was being chopped, soon.
It will arrive. Bitu and Bonomali told their partners in detail what happened in the cabin. However, Ni Dayi and Gu
Lu Qiulong didn't believe it at all. He was angry because they left the hut and scolded them severely.
The four of them immediately returned to the crematorium. They went into the hut and found that the body was gone and the bed in the morgue was empty.
The four men looked at each other. If the jackal takes it away, it will leave some clothes fragments. They came out to check.
You see, I found the footprints of a thin woman who just stepped on a piece of mud outside the door.
Roda Sonkol is not a simple man. If you suddenly tell him this haunted thing, it is impossible to get anything.
It's good. At that time, after careful discussion, the four of them decided that the body had been cremated.
In the morning, firewood arrived. They told the firewood carrier that the bodies had been cremated because there were still some in the hut.
Wood. No one will doubt about this, because the body is nothing of value, and no one will take the opportunity to steal it.
Let's go
two
As we all know, when a person's life seems to be coming to an end, many times, this life is still lurking.
In the body, and often in the dead body resurrection. This is what happened to cartoon Bini. She's not dead.-Her life.
The activity was suddenly interrupted for some reason.
When she regained consciousness, she saw the darkness around her. She feels that the place where she lies is not the place where she usually sleeps.
Sleeping posture. So she called "Sister", but in this dark house, no one answered. She was terrified.
Sitting up, I remembered the bed in the morgue. At that time, she suddenly felt angina pectoris and difficulty breathing. Her eldest sister-in-law is sitting in the room.
In the corner, it is heating milk for the child on the fire. Jia Dongbini couldn't support it any longer, so she fell down on the bed and made an intermittent sound.
The voice said, "Sister, please bring the child here. I feel that my life is coming to an end. " Later, she felt that it was everywhere.
It was as dark as a bottle of ink poured on a notebook. All the notes and perceptions of Katombini, the book of the world
All the letters in the book suddenly became different. Did the child shout in a sweet voice for the last time?
Call his aunt? When she left the familiar world and embarked on a strange and endless road to death, did she?
Accepted this last gift of love? She doesn't remember all this.
First of all, she feels that the underworld is so lonely and dark. There, nothing can be seen or heard,
There is nothing to do but sit awake forever.
Later, suddenly a damp cold wind blew in from the open door, and the frogs' chirping in the rainy season also reached her.
In the ear. At that time, the impression of rainy season in her short life immediately came to her mind clearly.
I felt her close connection with the world. A flash of lightning tore through the night sky, and nearby ponds, banyan trees and squares
The distant fields and rows of trees immediately attracted her attention. She remembers that she often came to this pond during holidays.
Taking a bath, I still remember seeing a body in this crematorium once, and I felt terrible about death.
First, she thought, she should go home. But she immediately thought, "I am no longer alive, and my family can take me in."
Really? I will bring misfortune to my family. I was banished from the kingdom of the living-I was just my own ghost. "
If it wasn't a ghost, how could she come to this difficult place in the middle of the night from Roda Sonkol's four closed doors?
What about the mobile crematorium? Even if the cremation ceremony is not over, where did the people who came to burn the body go? she comes back
I remember the last scene of her death in the brightly lit home of SaRoda Sonkol. Later, she found out that it turned out
She is alone in this dark and empty crematorium far from home. She understood: "I'm gone."
I am a terrible and dirty ghost, and I am my own ghost. "
At the thought of this, she felt as if all the connections around her had been interrupted. She seems to have acquired an amazing
Strength and unlimited freedom-go wherever you want; You can do whatever you want. This unprecedented
As soon as the new feeling appeared, she was like a madman, suddenly rushing out of the hut like a gust of wind and heading for the dark crematorium.
Walking in the street, I don't feel ashamed, timid and worried at all.
Walking, she felt a little tired and weak. The vast grassland is endless, endless-
There are some rice fields from time to time. In some places, the water is not as deep as the knee. Dawn gradually descended on the earth, from the bamboo forest around the nearby houses
There are one or two birds singing in the room.
She felt a little scared. She doesn't know what kind of new relationship should be established with the world and the living now.
When she walked in the grass, in the crematorium, in the dark of Slavan, she didn't feel scared at all, just like
In your own kingdom. But in broad daylight, these houses seem terrible to her. People are afraid of ghosts, so are ghosts.
Fear of people, people and ghosts live on both sides of the river of death.
three
Gadongbini's clothes were covered with mud, and because she was thinking in her head and didn't sleep a wink all night, so
He looks like a madman. If people see her like this, they will be afraid; When the children see it, they will.
Run away and throw clods at her. Fortunately, in this case, the first person who saw her was a good person passing by.
Passers-by came up to her and said, "Madam, it seems that you are the daughter-in-law of a decent family. You look like this.
Get dressed. Where are you going alone? "
Jia Dongbini didn't answer anything at first, just staring at each other. She couldn't figure out how to answer at the moment. She never.
I have thought that she is still alive and looks like a daughter-in-law, and pedestrians on the country road are still asking her.
Words.
Pedestrians said to her again, "Come on, lady, I'll take you home. Please tell me where your home is. "
Jadon Bini began to think. She doesn't want to go back to her husband's house, and she doesn't want to go back to her mother's house.
At this time, she thought of her childhood girlfriend.
Although she and her girlfriend Jiugemaya separated in childhood, they often wrote to each other. For a time,
They also often argue about their love for each other; Kadongbini tried to prove that he deeply loved Jiugemaya, Jiugemaya.
I want to make it clear that Katombini didn't give her a proper answer to her love. Both girlfriends are convinced that they can do it again if they have the chance.
Meet, then they will definitely not want to be apart for a moment.
Katobini said to the good man, "I'm going to Mr. Shiribodi Chulong's house." They live in Nishen Dabbour. "
Passers-by are going to Calcutta; Nishendabo is not nearby, but he is on his way. So, he released Gadong himself.
Bini sent it to Mr. Shribodichulong's home.
Two girlfriends meet again. At first, we didn't dare to recognize each other. Later, the appearance of childhood gradually emerged in two.
In front of people.
Nine Mayans said, "Ah! How lucky I am! I didn't expect to see you again Friend, what brings you here?
what's up Will your husband's family let you out? "
Catobini was silent and finally said, "Friend, you don't have to ask me about my husband's family. You are like a maid.
Ok, arrange a place for me in a corner of your house. I want to serve you. "
"Oh, what is this! How can I treat you as a servant? You are my friend! " Jiugemaya said.
Just then, Shribodi came into the room. Jia Dongbini looked at his face. After a while, she slowly walked out of the room.
Go out in the room-there is no sari on her head, and she can't see any shyness or humility.
In order not to let Shribodi dislike her girlfriend, Jiugemaya hurriedly explained to her husband. But I just said a few words.
In other words, Shribodi easily agreed to his wife's suggestion, which made Jiugemaya not particularly satisfied.
Although Kadongbini came to his girlfriend's house, she and her girlfriend were not so close-there was a gap between them.
The gap of death. Cartoon Bini always has doubts about herself. Whenever she realizes this, she stops.
To help others. Katobini looked at Jiugemaya's face and seemed to be thinking, "She has a husband and a family, and seems to live in another place.
In a distant world. She has love and responsibilities. She is a person in the world, and I am like an illusory shadow.
She lives in a real country, while I seem to live in an infinite illusion. "
Nine Maya also felt sick, but she couldn't understand. Women can't stand mysteries-because they are pregnant.
Although this mysterious emotion can be used as poetry, heroic achievement and knowledge learning, it cannot be used for physical exercise.
Domestic service. So, a woman doesn't understand something, or destroys it, and has nothing to do with it anymore, or
Transform it into something usable by hand-if neither can be achieved, then they will be interested in this mysterious thing.
Things are very angry
The less Jiugemaya understood Kadongbini, the angrier she became. She thought:
"How did this unfortunate thing fall on my head!"
Now there is another threat. Katobini is afraid of herself, but she can't run away without her. all
People who are afraid of ghosts always feel afraid-because when they see behind them, they feel terrible behind them. But,
Cartoon Bini is most afraid of herself. She is not afraid of the outside world.
Therefore, in the silent noon, when she is alone in the room, she often exclaims; At night, I saw it in the light.
Her own figure made her tremble with fear.
Seeing her frightened expression, people living in this house are also afraid. Servant and nine horses
Julia also began to suspect that there was a ghost in this family.
One day, something happened: In the middle of the night, Katom Bini walked out of the bedroom in tears and came to Jiuge.
At the door of Maya's room, she cried, "Sister, sister! I kneel at your feet, please! Don't leave me alone again
Side! "
Jiugemaya was scared and angry, and she really wanted to get rid of Kadongbini at once. Full of empathy, Shribodi made great efforts.
Calm her down and put her in the next room.
Early the next morning, Shribodi was called to the back room. Nine Mayans immediately began to blame their husbands: "Good! you
What a person! A woman leaves her husband's house and comes to your house. She lived for more than a month, and she didn't.
I'm leaving. I haven't heard a word of opposition from you. Tell me, what do you have in mind? You men
People, this is the virtue! "
When a man shows his love to an ordinary woman indiscriminately, women will think that he has made a big mistake.
Sin. Although Shribodi can touch Gyugmaya's body, he swears that he is helpless and beautiful.
Connie's sympathy is not beyond the limit, but it needs to be proved by action.
He often thought, "Mrs. Katobini's family must be rude to this childless widow, so she."
I couldn't bear it and came to my house. Since her parents and other relatives are gone, how can I get rid of her?
And then what? "Because he has this idea, so there would be no investigation, and ask this unpleasant thing, too.
This made Katombini feel sad, so he didn't ask about it.
At that time, his wife made various attacks on her paralyzed husband. Shribodi clearly realized that in order to achieve this.
In order to maintain family harmony, we must write a letter to cartoon Bini's in-laws. Later, he felt that writing was suddenly not necessarily.
There will be any good results, so I decided to go to nihat myself and act according to the camera after knowing the situation.
After Shribodi left, Jiugemaya said to Kadongbini, "Friend, it is not good for you to stay here. human
What would you say? "
Katobini looked at Jiugemaya's face seriously and replied, "What does he have to do with me?"
Nine Maya were surprised at her words. She said angrily, "It has nothing to do with you, but with us."
Yes How can we explain that we left other people's daughter-in-law at home? "
"Where is my husband's house?" Jia Dongbini asked.
Nine Mayans are thinking, "Oh, how terrible! What is this unfortunate woman talking about? "
Catobini said slowly, "Who am I in your family? What am I in this world? you have
Laugh, cry, love, everyone is doing their own thing, and I just watch. You're human, and I'm just
It is a shadow. I don't understand why the gods let me come to your world. You worry, too. I'll give it to you.
Joy brings misfortune-I don't understand what I have to do with you. Since the gods have not arranged a place for me, then
I am carefree, carefree, and I swim to you. "
She just stared at her girlfriend and chatted. Nine Mayans seemed to understand what she meant.
In fact, she didn't really understand it, so she didn't answer a word. She left with a heavy heart without asking any more questions.
four
In the evening 10, Shribodi came back from La nihat. The whole world was submerged in the rainstorm. It rained in Mao Mao.
The sound of rain makes people feel that the rain has no end and the night has no end.
Nine maids asked, "What's the matter?"
"It's a long story. I will tell you later. " Shribodi took off his coat and went to eat. Then I fell on the bed and smoked.
Smoking makes me feel very heavy.
Long song Maya restrained her curiosity and didn't ask again for a long time. Later, she went into the bedroom and asked, "Did you call?"
What news did you hear? Tell me about it! "
"You must be mistaken." Shribodi said.
Nine Maya were a little angry when they heard this. Women are never wrong, even if they are wrong, smart men.
Forget it, you'd better take it yourself. Nine Mayas are a little excited. She said, "I want to hear it.
What the hell is going on here? "
Shribodi said, "The woman you arranged to live in our house is not your girlfriend, Katom Bini."
Nine Mayans get angry easily when they hear such words-especially from their husbands.
Excited. Nine Mayans said, "I don't know my friends yet. Do I need to ask your advice? " What you said is really good! "
Shribodi explained that there is no need to argue whether words are good or not, but to prove them. Nine Maya's
It's true that my girlfriend is dead.
Nine Mayans said, "Hey, listen! You must be mistaken. Did you really go? Do you really hear people say that?
Yes, all this is questionable. Who told you to go in person? Write a letter and ask, and everything will be clear. "
Seeing that his wife didn't trust herself so much, Shribodi was very sad, so she began to enumerate all the evidence in detail.
But he still failed to convince his wife. The couple argued until midnight.
Get Katombini out of the house at once-there is no disagreement between husband and wife on this issue. Because, Shiri
Bodie firmly believes that his guest has cheated his wife, and Jiugemaya thinks she is a frivolous and dissolute woman.
People. Nevertheless, neither of them admitted defeat.
The voices of the two men are getting louder and louder. They forgot that cartoon Bini was sleeping in the next room.
One said, "What a big problem! I heard it with my own ears. "
The other party said firmly, "I don't believe anything you said." I saw it with my own eyes! "
The last nine Maya asked, "All right! Tell me when cartoon Bini died. "
She thought that if there was still a letter from Katom Bini after this date, it would prove that Shribodi was wrong.
Shribodi said the date of her death, and the couple calculated it and found that it was this date that Katom Bini came to see them.
The day before I went home. As soon as this coincidence was discovered, Jiugemaya's heart thumped, and Shribodi felt a little scared.
Just then, the door of their room suddenly opened, a damp cold wind blew in, and the lights went out at once.
Darkness came in from the outside and immediately filled the whole room. Katombini came into the room and stood in front of them. at that moment
It's midnight, and it's still raining outside.
Cartoon Bini said, "Friend, I'm your girlfriend Cartoon Bini, but now I'm gone, I'm dead."
Yes "
Jiugemaya exclaimed, and Shribodi was too scared to speak.
"Although I died, I didn't bring you any disaster. Since there is no place for me in the world,
There is no place for me in the underworld. Where can I go? "She shouted in a fierce voice, as if to be in the Yin.
The rainy night in Sen awakens the sleeping creator. She asked again, "Oh, where am I going?"
With that, Katombini left the almost unconscious couple, the dark room and the universe.
Find your own home.
five
It's hard to say how Katombini returned to La nihat. At first, she didn't let anyone see herself. She is a whole.
I didn't eat anything, and I have been squatting in a ruined temple.
Dusk in rainy season comes early, and the sky is getting dark; The villagers were worried that a rainstorm was coming, so they all hurried back.
At home. At this time, Kadongbini came out of the ruined temple. When she came to her husband's door, her heart beat very hard.
Hurt. She covered her face with sari and walked into the house; The doorman mistook her for a maid, so he couldn't stop her. At this time.
Wait, suddenly there was a strong wind and the rain poured down.
At that time, the hostess of this family, the wife of Sharon da Sonkol, was playing cards with her widow. The maid is in the kitchen.
Busy in the room; The child fell asleep on the bed in the bedroom just after his fever had gone down. Gadongbini avoided all the people and walked into the room.
Between. I don't know what she wants to do when she goes back to her husband's house. I'm afraid even she doesn't know. She probably just wants to see it.
This child. As for where to go and what to do in the future, she never thought about it at all.
In the light, she saw the sick and thin child and fell asleep with his fist in his hand. Seeing this, her blazing star
The scalding heart seems to have dried up-if only I could hold him in my arms and bear all the pain for him! Then, she
I remember: "Who will look after him when I leave?" His mother likes socializing, chatting and playing cards. Before,
She left the child in my care and left him alone. She has never been involved in raising children. So, who will take good care of it now?
How is he? "
Just then, the child suddenly turned over and cried, "Aunt, I want water." Hey! I've already
Dead. My baby, you haven't forgotten your aunt yet! Jia Dongbini quickly poured some water from the pitcher and put it in.
Hold the child in your arms and let him drink.
The child is used to letting his aunt feed water in his sleep, so he is not surprised at all this time. Finally,
Cartoon Bini finally realized her long-cherished wish. She kissed the child and put him on the bed. At this time, the children
Wake up; He put his arm around menstruation and asked, "menstruation, are you dead?"
His aunt replied, "Yes, son."
"This is not you come back to me again? You won't die again, will you? "
Before Kadongbini could answer, she heard a voice-the maid came in with a bowl of rice in her hand.
In the room, as soon as I saw Katombini, I shouted "Oh, my God", left my job and fainted to the ground.
The hostess heard the cry, put down her cards and rushed over. As soon as she entered the room, she was completely shocked and wanted to run out, but her legs
I can't even say a word if I don't listen
Seeing this scene, the child also felt scared-he cried and said, "Aunt, you go!" " "
After so many days, Katombini realized today that she was not dead. This old house, this place.
Suppose that this child, this feeling of love, is alive and true to her; Between her and the world, and
No gap, no distance. At his girlfriend's house, she thought she was really dead, but when she came to the room where the child was sleeping.
It suddenly occurred to me that her aunt, the child, was not dead at all.
She said excitedly, "Sister, why are you so scared as soon as you see me?" Look, I'm not the same as before! "
The hostess couldn't stand any longer and fainted.
After listening to her sister's story, Sha Rhoda Sonkol went to the inner room himself. He folded his hands and said to cartoon Bini, "Son, he's."
Aunt, what are you doing? The Saudi is the only child in my family. Why did you come to see him? Isn't it?
Is it your family? Since your death, he has been wasting away day by day, and he is still ill, calling' Aunt' day and night.
Aunt, now that you have passed away, please break this illusory connection! We will pay tribute to you. "
At that time, Katobini was fed up. She said in an excited voice, "Oh, I'm not dead, I'm not dead."
Go to hell! How can I explain to you that I'm not dead? Listen, am I still alive? "
As she spoke, she picked up the copper bowl from the ground and cut it at her forehead. Her forehead was cut and blood flowed out.
She said, "Look, am I not alive?"
Mr. Roda Sonkol stood there like a statue. The child was so scared that he shouted at his father. There were two unconscious people lying on the ground.
An unconscious woman.
Gadongbini left the room and ran down the stairs, jumping and shouting "I'm not dead, I'm not dead".
In the pond in the yard. Mr Roda pine cole in the upstairs room, only heard a plop.
It rained all night, and it rained until noon the next morning. Jia Dong Bini proved by death that she is.
Lai is not dead.