I took out my phone and looked at the time. It was three o'clock in the morning. I opened the address book, found my second uncle's mobile phone number, pressed the dial button, and suddenly a "drip" sound came from the phone. I was excited and thought the phone was connected, but when I picked up the phone, I saw that the phone was out of power and turned off.

I charged my phone and forced myself to lie down. I was in a daze until dawn. I greeted my mother and told her that I would go back to my hometown to find my father and take a look at the situation in my ancestral home.

My mother is quite satisfied with my recent daily activities. At least she doesn’t have to worry that my limbs will degenerate one day after another. However, if she knows what I have done during this period, I believe she would rather stay at home even if my limbs degenerate.

Because I didn't sleep well the night before, as soon as I got on the bus back to my hometown, I fell asleep in a daze. It was not until I was woken up by the driver that I found that the bus had arrived at the station.

When I came to the village, there was a lively scene on the original homestead of my ancestral home. The construction team was busy preparing materials and preparing to start construction. Some people were strengthening the foundation. Seeing the tamper smashing on the ground, I thought of the tomb chamber underground, and my heart trembled.

I found my dad and said hello to him. My dad was a little surprised to see me, "Didn't you let me stop using it?"

"I'm idle, so come and have a look!" I looked at the construction site and said, "Besides, aren't you here too?"

Dad nodded, "The company just called and said something urgent. I'm going back this afternoon. I'll leave it to your second uncle and others to take care of you. Why, do you want to go back with me?"

I shook my head, "No, I just came here too. Dad, please do your business. I'll go find Brother Dacheng and the others later." Brother Dacheng is one of my brothers, who posted on my WeChat friend that collapsed in my ancestral home.

My father agreed and didn't ask any more questions. At this time, the captain of the construction team came over and asked him when the house would officially start construction. The construction team leader said that they had to wait for the foundation to be reinforced. They found that the foundation under the ancestral house was softer and needed to be compacted and then poured into cement. So it took a longer time.

I asked tentatively, "Why does the foundation under the house become soft?"

The construction team leader smiled and said, "This situation occasionally happens during this season, such as the change of groundwater level and underground hollows. Once the permafrost melts in winter, the soil layer will become soft and the foundation will sink."

I nodded and felt a little relieved. It seemed that they had not discovered anything.

At noon, my dad and I came to the only small restaurant in the village, which was run by Brother Dacheng. My dad told Brother Dacheng to prepare some big pot of dishes to deliver to the engineering team working in the ancestral home, and he took me to sit inside and ordered a few dishes.

After lunch, my dad drove home by himself, and I stayed in Brother Dacheng's small restaurant. After dinner, Brother Dacheng was idle, and several buddies of similar age around were willing to come and sit there without any trouble.

Brother Dacheng poured me a cup of tea, "What do you think this is? The house will collapse if it is said to fall."

I asked curiously: "Brother Dacheng, how did this ancestral home fall? Did you see it at that time?"

Brother Dacheng shook his head, "No, everyone was sleeping at that time. It was midnight, probably early in the morning. I was asleep. I suddenly heard a rumbling sound. I thought it was an earthquake, so I quickly ran out of the house, but found nothing was wrong. I thought it was a little confused as soon as I woke up, so I thought about it, and felt something was wrong, so I ran over in the direction of the sound, and ran to the edge of the ancestral home. I found smoke and dust flying there. I slid on the wall and looked at it, and then I found that the house collapsed."

"That's right!" The person who spoke was a man named Li Daguo, about the same age as me, not our family, but often played together. He continued: "My home is closer to your Zhuo family's ancestral home. I heard louder sounds, but I was slow to react. When I came out, the village chief and second master, that is, your second uncle, all came out. After asking, I realized that something happened to your ancestral home. Second master opened the door and saw that the entire main hall had collapsed. Who could have thought of this happening?"

After saying that, Li Daguo took a sip of water, then paused and continued: "Do you say that the collapse of this ancestral home indicates something?"

Brother Dacheng glared at him, "Daguo, don't talk nonsense! Something is going to happen to your family!"

Li Daguo quickly smiled, "Hey, am I just talking about it? The key is that this is a bit strange."

"Oh?" I asked hurriedly as soon as I heard this, "Great Power, then tell me, what's wrong with it?"

Li Daguo grabbed a melon seed, threw it into his mouth, and said while eating, "You said this house has to last for a hundred years. I haven't seen any weather before, why did it suddenly collapse?"

Brother Dacheng picked up a melon seed and threw it over, "You know for a hundred years! After so many years, many parts of the house structure have aging. The longer the time, the greater the possibility of collapse!" He said, "Tsk, fuss!"

Li Daguo thought about it and nodded, "That's true!"

At this moment, Rensheng, who had been sitting next to him, opened his mouth and closed it again, as if he was a little reluctant to speak. I turned around and asked, "Rensheng, do you want to say something?"

Rensheng hesitated for a moment, then shook his head, "No, neither!"

"Hey!" I could see that he must have known something about this, "You guy is not authentic, you are brothers, and there is nothing you can't say in front of you, right? Do you treat us as outsiders?"

After I was so excited, several other people also started to make a fuss, "Yes, say it if you have something to say!" "No outsiders!" Brother Dacheng also said, "Rensheng, hurry up, let it go quickly if you have something to say, and say it immediately!"

Rensheng had no choice but to smile, "Hi, it's nothing. You know, my family lives behind the Zhuo family's ancestral home. Actually, when the house collapsed, I wasn't sleeping yet, I was playing games, and I was carrying headphones, so I didn't hear any sounds."

This made me a little surprised, "You didn't hear the sound, so how did you find that the ancestral home collapsed?"

"Shock!" Rensheng continued, "I felt a sudden shock under my feet. I was startled. I thought it was an earthquake. I immediately ran to the yard, but found that it was not an earthquake. At this time, I heard a strange sound in the location of your ancestral home. I went out and looked in the direction of the sound, but I didn't expect that in this flash, I actually saw a black shadow!"

"Black shadow?" I became alert immediately, "You said you saw a black shadow appearing in my ancestral home!"

"That's right," Rensheng nodded firmly, "This black shadow is squatting under the courtyard wall of your ancestral home."

I asked nervously, "What kind of black shadow is that? What does it look like?"

Rensheng frowned in annoyance, "Hi, don't mention it, I was about to see clearly, but my dad came out of the house and saw me at the door and asked me what was going on. I turned around and responded to him. When I turned around and looked over, I found that the black shadow was gone!"

Brother Dacheng asked, "Why didn't you tell the village chief and second uncle about these things that day?"

Rensheng said innocently: "I didn't think there was any problem at the time. I thought who came over to watch the fun! Or I was dazzled for a moment. After all, I didn't see it so clearly, it was just a rough outline."

Brother Dacheng thought for a moment, "That's true! When I was slashing the walls of my ancestral house, I didn't see anyone else. Oh, by the way! Rensheng, you can't see me, right!"

When Brother Dacheng said this, everyone laughed. Although I laughed a few times, my heart was surging. If Rensheng read it correctly, I always felt that there was something hidden behind this matter.

I asked Rensheng gently, "Did you really see Brother Dacheng?"

Rensheng smiled faintly, then shook his head.

"Okay!" Brother Dacheng waved his hand, "No matter who it is, it doesn't matter. It's impossible that someone dug up the ancestral home!" Everyone beat him up, and Brother Dacheng continued, "No one will leave tonight. I'll treat you. Brother Zhuoran is here too. Everyone can have a good time!"

I pretended to be calm on my face. Although Brother Dacheng said just now that it was impossible for someone to dug up the ancestral home, a bold idea suddenly appeared in my mind, but I couldn't figure it out for a while.

However, after so many things, I found that I had a new skill. Most of the time, I could put some things that I didn’t know for the time being in a “storage box” in my brain to put them on hold. The same is true today. I don’t think about the matter of the ancestral home anymore, and I would happily spend the rest of my life with my brothers at night.

It was vaguely I remembered that I was carried into the house by Brother Dacheng, and when I was put on a pillow on my head, I immediately became unconscious. I slept until the next day, and I woke up.

I faintly smelled a tempting smell of stir-frying. I got up and went to the yard and saw Brother Dacheng working in the kitchen. I walked in and saw a small pot of fried eggs and shredded pork on the kitchen chopping board, and some vegetables were washed and set aside. Brother Dacheng was busy with fried pork sections.

I wiped my saliva, "Brother Dacheng, breakfast is so rich!"

"You're going to be so pretty!" Brother Dacheng gave me a blank look, "Look at your watch, it's time, it's still breakfast! It's time to have lunch! You go and have a rest first, I'll prepare the ingredients, and it's time to get on the meal later. I'll call you when I'm having a meal."

I agreed and turned back to the house. I flipped through my phone from my bag to check the time, but when I took out my phone, I found that my phone had been shut down since it was powered off since it was out of power in the early morning yesterday.

I hurriedly turned on the phone, but suddenly I found that more than 20 missed calls were displayed on my phone. When I saw that it was all Lantern Festival calls. I was shocked. Could something be wrong!
Chapter completed!