Chapter 17: The Past

The further you go, the deeper the jungle becomes, and there is no way out of it for a long time.

In the dark of night, walking this kind of road is simply too physically exhausting, not only to look at the feet, but also to be ready to prevent the thorns from falling back and pumping on your face, which is a painful feeling.

It didn't take long for me to catch up with Jiu Po.

It's just that the current situation is not very good.

Jiu Po's foot was sprained, and there was a person next to her, who was Lao Zhang, who had chased after her before.

"I'm still alive, and I can't wake up even if I scream. Seeing me stretch out my hand to probe my nose, Jiu Po spoke.

Looking up, the dozen or so villagers were long gone.

"Do you want to continue chasing?" I looked at Jiu Po, and I had a bad premonition in my heart.

These dozen people and Zhang Ying are all dying people, if we don't catch up now, then they can be said to be certain to die. I'm not sure if I'll be able to catch them up, though.

"I know where, you carry him on your back and come with me. When the ninth woman spoke, she let out a long sigh.

These words made me even more suspicious, in this situation, the ninth woman actually knew where they were?

I asked my doubts, but Jiu Po didn't answer, just asked me to follow him.

It rained at night and the road was slippery.

The Ninth Lady didn't know where to pick up a dead branch to make a crutch, and walked forward cautiously with a limp.

I carried Lao Zhang on my back and followed behind her.

Lao Zhang doesn't look tall, and he doesn't have much flesh on his body, but after putting it on his back, he is dead, and I can't get up at all.

"What's the matter with the costume, and the old banyan tree?"

"I'll tell you slowly when I get to the place. The ninth woman began to shirk again.

I closed my mouth and continued walking with Lao Zhang on my back.

After walking for about half an hour, Jiu Po finally stopped.

Deep in the mountains, there is a flat land the size of a football field.

In the middle of the flat ground, a lot of mud walls have been retained, which have been abandoned for a long time, and only the roots of the wall remain. It seems that someone lived here a long time ago.

What surprised me even more was that the dozen or so villagers were lying unconscious in the open space like Lao Zhang.

I was about to step forward, but I was stopped by the ninth woman.

Looking in the direction of her finger, I saw Zhang Ying sitting on the other side of the clearing.

The pale face was familiar and strange at the same time, with endless sadness on it. Just one look at her face made me feel the urge to cry. What is it that makes you feel like after you have experienced something?

Behind Zhang Ying, there were several dirt bags.

Here, it turned out to be a graveyard?

What are Zhang Ying and these villagers doing in the cemetery?

In an instant, countless thoughts burst out of my mind.

I looked at the ninth woman next to me, and saw her walking towards Zhang Ying with difficulty on a dry branch.

I wanted to go over, but she stopped me and pointed to the villagers lying on the ground.

After putting Lao Zhang down, he quickly moved more than a dozen villagers over and placed them neatly in the open space.

During the process, my eyes kept staring at Zhang Ying and Jiu Po in the direction.

The two looked extremely excited, as if they were arguing. But on my side, I couldn't hear even half a word, and even if I was less than a hundred meters away from them.

After moving the villagers over and setting up a formation to protect them, they put a soul talisman on each person.

After doing all this, I walked towards Zhang Ying and Jiu Po.

Both of them regained their composure, Jiu Po put aside the dead branches and sat in front of the grave, while Zhang Ying sat on the grave.

"What's the situation?" I pointed to Zhang Ying, who was silent over there, and cautiously asked the Ninth Mother.

"Leave her alone, don't you want to know about the costume and the banyan tree, and the things in the village, sit down and listen to me tell you slowly. The Ninth Po patted the open space beside her and motioned for me to sit down.

After I sat down, Jiu Po looked up at the darkness in the distance and began to explain to me slowly.

The whole thing has to start with the ninth master.

I already know that Jiu Ye is not from Huangshan Village, but has come here from outside.

In fact, Jiu Ye's real identity is a teacher at a certain university in the province and sent to Huangshan Village. And it was not only the ninth master who came here at that time, but also his students who came here in the form of cutting in line.

Huangshan Village is located in a remote area, and there has never been a talent in the village, let alone a college student.

The arrival of these people was warmly welcomed by the villagers of Huangshan Village.

The flat land in front of me is where the villagers collectively helped Jiu Ye and them to sort out and live. The earthen wall in the middle was originally a house built for them.

After finishing it, Jiu Ye took a few of his students here to continue teaching.

These students not only continued to study with Jiuye, but also followed the villagers to work in the fields. He even set up a stage during the Lantern Festival to sing for these villagers. The costumes burned by Jiu Po belonged to these students.

At first, the villagers got along very well with the students.

And at that time, the young Jiu Po took care of Jiu Ye in all aspects.

In those difficult years, two people received their certificates.

But the good times didn't last long, and gradually there began to be conflicts between the villagers and the students.

The cause of the incident is very simple, some students are not used to the rude behavior of the villagers, especially some bachelors who always like to say dirty things to those female students.

At first, I was able to restrain myself, but gradually things became more and more difficult to control.

There were even several large-scale fights between students and villagers.

During that fight, quite a few people were injured on both sides.

Since this incident, the relationship between the villagers and the students has deteriorated, and it can almost be said that they have no contact.

The supply of students has also been cut off, and they have to solve it on their own.

These students have lived in the city since they were children, and they don't know how to farm at all, and even when they cut the queue here, the villagers didn't let them do much. Now it's even harder to suddenly let them settle the rations themselves.

Fortunately, Jiu Po had a pungent personality at the time, and went directly to the village to make trouble, so she asked for the rations of these students.

It was also from that time that these students really recognized the marriage between the Ninth Mother and the Ninth Master.

Originally, in their minds, a village woman like Jiu Po was not worthy of Jiu Ye, a university professor.

Not only did she want rations, but Jiu Po taught these students how to sow seeds, how to weed, and how to grow crops almost hand-in-hand......

In the second year of marriage, the ninth woman became pregnant.

This incident made the ninth master very happy, but the ninth woman herself hid in the bed and secretly wiped her tears.

"At that time, one more person would open one more mouth. If I'm in confinement, I'll rely on them, and I won't starve to death......"