鬼挑西瓜

我们乡下有种习俗：新 鬼 （过世未满三年的）要在六月初九晚上挑西瓜。
所以每年六月初九晚上，每家每户的人都不敢乱出家门，不能把西瓜带到，并且要在自己家门口和窗口插上柳枝，以此来辟邪。
听老一辈的人说过一个有关 鬼 挑西瓜的真事。
话说二十几年前，在我们对面门宅里，住有位农民。
有一年的六月初九，农民（据他自己回忆，当时他是记错日期，不知道当天是）仍留在田野里守田。
到了晚上（那时候是没有电灯之类的东西，所以夜晚很黑，伸手不见五指），天气很热，农民搬了一张凉椅，在空旷的庄稼地里乘凉，乘着乘着，就迷迷糊糊地睡了过去。
蓦然间，有人叫醒农民，并托他替自己办一件事——把两筐东西送到某地去。
那人边说着，边从袋子里取出些钱塞给农民，当是报酬。
农民也爽快地答应了。
于是农民挑着东西，那人则在一旁带路，两人一路上有说有笑，蛮聊得来。
走了个把钟头，农民有些累了，便问那人：“快到了没有？”“快了快了，就在前面！”那人笑着回答。
果然，过多一会儿，农民看到前面不远处有一处很微弱的火光不时在闪着，火光前依稀可以看到有条很窄很崎岖的小路，路的宽度还不及农民的肩膀那样。
离小路越近，农民越感一阵静寂得可怕的阴森和寒冷，觉得浑身上下毛孔悚然，脚底还冰凉冰凉的，并且，那种冰凉的感觉越来越强，从脚底一直延续到脑子里，他意识到有点不对劲，偷偷掀开筐盖一角，惊觉里面装的竟是西瓜"""走到那小路前，农民暂压住惊，停下脚步，对那人说：“这里太窄了，我进不去，你自己挑吧！”那人不太肯，请求农民帮他把西瓜抬进里面在走。
农民不答应，转身就走。
那人似乎还有请求的意思，于是追了农民几步，吓得农民飞速奔跑起来。
也就在那种极度慌张之际，农民一下子惊醒了。
“还好是梦！”农民吁了好长一口气，用手抹抹额头的冷汗，随手往裤子上擦擦。
突然，农民发现裤袋里有东西，取出来一看，竟是好几张冥纸.
.
.
.
.
这时，他才晓得今天是六月初九、新鬼要挑西瓜.
.
.
.
.
.
望着四周，一片黑暗静寂，农民冷汗直流.
.
.
.
.
.

Introduce:Our countryside is gutty and consuetudinary: New spirit (die not full 3 years) should be at the beginning of June 9 carry watermelon in the evening.
So annual at the beginning of June 9 in the evening, every every person dare not go a door in disorder, cannot arrive home watermelon belt in, and want insert in him door mouth and window on sallow, come with this exorcise evil spirits.
The person that listens to older generation has said a concerned ghost raises the true issue of watermelon.
Before the word says two years, opposite us the door curtilage in, live have a farmer.
Those who have a year at the beginning of June 9, farmer (recollect according to him himself, he is to misremember date at that time, do not know that day is spirit division) still leave afield Li Shoutian.
Arrived in the evening (that time country is the thing that does not have electric lamp and so on, night is very so black, stretch his hand not to see the five fingers) , weather is very hot, the farmer moved a piece of cool chair, enjoy the cool in the crop land of hollowness, multiplying multiplying, confused ground slept.
Between suddenly, somebody wakes a farmer up, hold him in the palm to do —— of a thing to send two basket thing for oneself go somewhere.
That person frontier is saying, the edge takes out some of Qian Sai to give a peasant from bag, should be pay.
The farmer agreed readily.
Then the farmer is picking a thing, that person is acting as a guide aside, two people have all the way say to have laugh, pretty must come a little.
Took hour of one or two, the farmer is a little tired, ask that the person: "Got on for? " " fast fast, it is in front! " that person is laughing at an answer.
As expected, too much a little while, the farmer sees in front have one place nearby very faint blaze often is shining, can see dimly before blaze have very narrow very cragged alley, the width of the road is returned not as good as the shoulder of the farmer in that way.
Closer from alley, the farmer feels more what a still gets dreariness is ghastly with chill, feel to fluctuate all over pore is crawly, sole is icy still and icy, and, the sort of icy sense is stronger and stronger, continue in brain all the time from sole, he realizes a bit incorrect interest, lift basket to cover one part secretly, jing becomes aware inside of outfit is watermelon """ goes to the front of that alley unexpectedly, farmer of short duration pins Jing, stop offal pace, say to that person: "Here is too narrow, I am entered do not go, yourself is carried! " that person not quite agree, request farmer helps him carry watermelon into inside going.
Farmer disapprobation, face about goes.
That person still has the meaning of the request it seems that, chased after a farmer then a few paces, frighten so that the farmer runs at full speed rise.
Also be in the sort of exceeding and flurried during, the farmer slept lightly at a draught.
"It is a dream fortunately! " the farmer sighed very long at a heat, wipe the cold sweat that wipes forehead with the hand, conveniently is brushed toward trousers.
Abrupt, the farmer discovers to there is a thing in pants bag, take look, it is paper of several pieces of dark unexpectedly.
.
.
.
.
At this moment, he just knows today is June first 9, new7216