“...... At this time, no one in the village could be found......"

In the courtyard, the middle-aged man took a deep breath, barely calmed down, and continued, but there was still a trace of fear in his eyes.

“...... What I couldn't find was the old man in the village who helped carry the coffin for burial before, it was the old lady's wife, and the one next to him was his son. ”

The middle-aged man said, looking at the old lady beside him whose eyes were reddening more and more, and the young man who had been bowing his head and being silent,

“...... Originally, the parents of the two little dolls should have come over, but when they mentioned the two little dolls, they were still so uncomfortable that they couldn't cry and couldn't say anything, so they didn't let them come together......"

“...... Master Lian, let this old lady tell you about the next thing. ”

Hearing the sound, Lian Ge looked at the other end of the video phone again, a few people in the courtyard, nodded, and didn't say anything.

Seeing this, the middle-aged man exhaled again and stepped aside,

The old lady clenched her hands tightly, her eyes were red, she moved her feet, took half a step forward, and stopped.

Leaning over, he slowly raised his head, and his somewhat cloudy eyes were filled with some pain,

“...... Master Lian ......"

With a mouth, the old lady's pent-up emotions seemed to collapse and burst out,

“...... Help, help...... Master Lian ......"

Muddy tears poured out of her eyes, and the old lady fell to her knees on the ground, kowtowing to Lian Ge at once, shouting over and over again like a drowning person, with a look of pain.

"Old lady, let's get up and talk slowly. Second uncle, help me pick up this old lady. ”

Looking at the old lady who was kneeling on the ground on the other end of the video call, Lian Ge paused, then said something out loud, and then turned his gaze to look at his second uncle,

When Second Uncle Lian heard this, he hurriedly stepped forward to help the old lady up, and the middle-aged man on the side also hurriedly helped, and the young man also took a step forward, silent, and held his mother's other hand.

A few people hugged and helped the crying old lady who seemed to have little strength.

Standing up again, after an emotional outburst, the old lady calmed down a little, but her eyes were still red.

“...... I'm sorry, Master Lian, I ...... old woman."

Standing firm, the old lady leaned over, opened her mouth again, and said in a loud voice,

"Take your time. ”

The tone was calm, he shook his head slightly, and Lian Ge said again.

......

“...... It was nine days ago, and the baby in the house said that she would come back in the evening...... Baby, I like to eat bile water tofu......"

The old lady was silent any longer, her eyes were red, and she spoke aloud,

Turning her head slowly, the old lady looked at the young man beside her,

The young man still bowed his head, silent,

“...... As for his father, although he often has a cold face and a hard mouth when he faces his baby, but ah...... In fact, I still feel sorry for his son in my heart...... As soon as I hung up the phone, he told me, hurry up and soak some beans, grind beans for a while, and make some tofu...... It was almost late afternoon and evening, and I said how could I win...... He said, ah, I can't eat tonight, but tomorrow morning, tomorrow noon...... I know, he's afraid, baby, and he's only coming back, and he'll stay in the house for a day. ”

Slowly turning her head, the old lady leaned over and said, her eyes became a little redder,

“...... I answered, went to soak beans, and he went to the house, took a flat burden, and picked up two buckets to go out...... The river in the village, when the water is not rising and there is no accident...... The river is clear, and it is the spring water that comes down from the mountains, and it is best to use it to make tofu...... From when the baby was young, to when the baby was older, the water used to make tofu in the house was all the water...... He's going to go to the river, and he'll get two buckets of water...... I stopped him and said that the river is where I can go now......

...... But he has a stubborn temper, so I don't care...... He's always been stubborn, and I haven't touched him all the time...... Before, too, when I went to carry the coffin of the drowned little doll, I told him not to go, let him not go......"

As the old lady spoke, her eyes became redder, and some tears accumulated under her somewhat cloudy eyes.

“...... If he has to go, he will die...... As a result, my face changed when I came back......"

With some pain on her face, the old lady continued,

“...... This time, it's the same...... The stinky temper is so stubborn, no matter how much I persuade him, I can't persuade him, the more I persuade him, the more he wants to go...... In the end, he didn't stop him, so he let him go......

...... At that time, I also thought that after the second doll drowned before, the village had been living in peace for more than half a month...... At that time, it wasn't completely dark...... Not far from the door of my house, I have to go down to the slope on the edge of the river, across the end of the village, and the place where the accident happened before is so far away, why can't he go there......"

As she spoke, the old lady's voice trembled slightly,

“...... As soon as he went out, I took out the beans in the house, and after picking and choosing, I took the beans and soaked them, and after soaking the beans there, I went and took out the little stone mill and washed it...... The more I washed the stone mill, the more panicked I became...... Because ah, he supposedly should have come back a long time ago...... At first, I wondered if I had met someone on the road, and I was delayed in talking...... But my stone mill has been washed and settled, and he hasn't come back yet...... At this time, all the babies in the house returned...... When he came back, he asked where his old man had gone...... I sat there, but I couldn't sit still any longer, so I hurried out of the house, and went across the house to see the slope that was closest down to the river...... As a result, the people are not there, the buckets, the barrels are not there......"

The old lady's face was a little painful, and tears accumulated under her cloudy eyes, and then welled up from her increasingly reddened eyes.

“...... It's all gone, it's all gone...... I'm looking for it, I'm looking for it, I'm looking for it......"

The old lady trembled and agonized, and some could no longer speak.

“...... Let me tell you. Sanwa, hold your mother down. ”

Seeing this, the middle-aged man on the side hurriedly stepped forward again, said a word, turned around again, and greeted the young man,

When the young man heard this, he did not say anything, but remained silent, and held the old lady who was a little unsteady on her feet.

The middle-aged man turned his head again, continued the old lady's words, and continued,

“...... Then, the two mothers and sons were in the village's house, looking for them one by one, and some villagers also helped, looking for them all over the village...... That's when the villagers called me......

...... When I got the call, I was in the temple, and I was looking at the broken idol at my heels on the ground, and I felt that something was wrong...... I'm afraid to be, I'm afraid it's ......"

The middle-aged man said, with a hint of fear in his eyes,

“...... While I was on the phone, I hurried back with someone...... At this time, the people in the village had almost searched the village, but they couldn't find it...... There is only one place left, which is the edge of the river temple, and by the river, no one dares to go...... Although I didn't dare to go to that place, I still took people and ran to that place quickly......"

“...... Sure enough, sure enough......"

The middle-aged man said, trembling slightly, with some fear in his eyes,

“...... And in that place, on the edge of the temple of the river, on the steps of the river to the river, there were two buckets...... The water is ...... ...... on the water The old man's body was lying on its stomach, lying on the water...... It's like the little doll from before......"