Xu Le's eyes widened and he looked at the woman in front of him in disbelief. These things are not considered by ordinary people for others. There was no shortage of elders who liked Xiao Ming before, at most they praised him for his cuteness, only this woman was really thinking about Xiao Ming, and she was careful like Xiao Ming's mother.

"Thank you. Xu Le didn't know what to say for a while.

The woman swallowed her saliva, as if trying to suppress the emotions rushing in her heart, she nodded, "It's nothing, this kid, you must protect him, don't let him get hurt, there are too many bad people." ”

"Auntie, can you play with me?" Xiao Ming still pulled the woman's arm and said softly.

His voice was soft, sweet, like a marshmallow.

The woman instinctively shook her head, and she gently pushed Xiao Ming's arm away, ready to leave ruthlessly. But the collapsed atrium was completely lost to Xiao Ming's sad eyes.

"Well, what do you want to play. The woman sighed, looked sideways at Xiao Ming, and said softly.

She really couldn't resist Xiao Ming's sad eyes, even if she endured the exclusion of the villagers, it was much better than making Xiao Ming cry.

"I want to go around the village and the mountains, and I'm very interested in the medicine fields. Xiao Ming smiled mischievously.

The sunlight shone directly down and was imprinted in the golden eyes, like a layer of gold ash creeping.

"Xiao Ming, what are you doing!" Xu Le's face changed, he knew that women were absolutely unwilling to do this, after all, the people in this village were crowding out outsiders, and if he did this, wouldn't it be tantamount to going against the entire village?

"I didn't do anything!" Xiao Ming pouted and continued to look at his aunt, "Okay, auntie." ”

Xu Le glanced at his aunt slightly apologetically, his face was full of embarrassment, and he leaned over slightly. "I'm sorry, auntie, don't listen to Xiao Ming, you go and go about your own business, I'll take Xiao Ming around. ”

After speaking, he pulled Xiao Ming and prepared to move forward. He didn't expect Xiao Ming to take the initiative to greet a villager and be so close. Despite their good attitude, these villagers have always disliked dealing with outsiders.

"No, big brother, I play with you every time, and I don't want to do it this time. Xiao Ming shook his head, still trying to break free.

"Don't always think about bothering others, just trouble me, you kid, be obedient, don't look like this, you know?" Xu Le blushed, and moved forward, regardless of whether Xiao Ming liked it or not.

Xiao Ming was pulled into a helpless way, after all, he was still a child, and his strength was absolutely impossible to compare to Xu Le, he turned his head and looked at his aunt pitifully.

"This lad! The woman couldn't stand Xiao Ming's unhappy appearance, and hurriedly shouted, "Young man, young man, I can take him there, you don't have to forcibly pull him away!"

She walked forward quickly, walked up to Xu Le, and stopped Xu Le.

"But... The people of this village... Auntie, you don't have to sacrifice so much for a child you don't know. Xu Le shook his head, he vaguely saw that this village is patriarchal, and the status of women is very low, if Xiao Ming is taken out to play like this, it will not do women any good, but will make people gossip secretly.

"No, it's my own decision, and I can't blame you for regretting it. The woman was very firm, which made Xu Le stunned.

In his impression, this woman was very hostile to the villagers, and almost everything was based on the opinions of the villagers.

Unexpectedly, this woman would turn against her, which is really incredible. But from the beginning, the woman seemed to have a strange look at Xiao Ming. That kind of look, he can't say it, but it's definitely not ordinary.

"Okay. Thank you Auntie then. Xu Le smiled at the woman, he let go of Xiaole's hand, Xiaole quickly ran to the woman, the two of them were in a row, Xu Le followed.

Although the woman does not seem to have malicious intentions, he still has the obligation to take care of Xiao Ming at all times.

They walked around the village, and a group of villagers rubbed their eyes, as if they couldn't believe that Aunt Yang, who had always been the most disgusted with outsiders, would actually drag a child around.

"What's going on? Aunt Yang obviously hates outsiders the most. I feel like outsiders have invaded our village!" one villager was stunned.

"Oh, why else, haven't you noticed that the facial features of this child with different pupils are very similar to those of the child she died of illness? Although the appearance of that child has been somewhat forgotten because of several years, it is really very similar, as if it has brought back memories all of a sudden. Another villager hurriedly said.

He once had a crush on this woman, when she was still snow-white, like snow on the top of a mountain in the depths of winter, with delicate facial features, and no matter how simple the clothes were, she could not hide his beauty.

"I see, when you say that, I also remember, and when you look at it this way, it is indeed somewhat similar. Hey, Aunt Yang is also a hard-working person, and he can't be blamed for this, at a young age, taking care of the children alone, of course, there will be times when he has more than enough heart and not enough strength. ”

The sound of the villagers' discussion entered Xu Le's ears word for word, and then evaporated and rose to his mind.

He now understands why Aunt Yang looks at Xiao Ming so differently, it is the way a mother looks at her child.

Thinking about it this way, when he was a child, his mother often looked at him with this kind of eyes.

Thinking of when he was a child, his eyes were crawling with a layer of mist, and his eyes were suddenly a little blurry.

"Auntie, can I ask you? Why don't the people in this village feel so welcoming? Actually, I've been wanting to come and play these days, but my eldest brother won't let me come, for fear that I will be hurt. Xiao Ming really looked at Aunt Yang and said softly.

Xu Le couldn't help but be a little moved, he knew that Xiao Ming knew everything, but he was too young, so he could only say it in a naïve tone.

"It's... He didn't allow you to come, and rightly so, and you weren't fit to come here. Aunt Yang glanced at Xu Le lightly, "This village is a cursed village. ”

"What? Cursed? I'm even more interested, Aunt Yang, you are so good to me, can you tell me, how did you get cursed?" Xiao Ming looked at Aunt Yang curiously, extremely curious about this.

Aunt Yang was stunned, the reason why he said this was that he was afraid that Xiao Ming would keep asking, so he wanted to scare Xiao Ming. Where did I think that Xiao Ming is a newborn calf who is not afraid of tigers, and is completely fearless.

"This... I don't know how to tell you, anyway, children, don't listen to this, it will have a very bad impact on the psyche. Aunt Yang coughed and glanced at Xu Le, as if she was asking Xu Le for help.

Xu Le quickly noticed Aunt Yang's gaze and nodded, "That's right, Xiao Ming, you don't need to know so much like this, anyway, just remember, we will only hope that you are well." ”

Xiao Ming sighed, "Big brother, you still treat me as a child." ”

"You're a child!" Xu Le smiled and touched Xiao Ming's head.

"Aunt Yang, aren't you afraid of being told by the villagers when you come out with us like this?" Xu Le glanced at Aunt Yang, "As far as I know, anyone who comes into contact with people outside will be told, right?"

"Don't be afraid, what's so scary about this. Aunt Yang shook her head, looking like she didn't feel anything about it.

"Then why did you run away like that when you saw me!" Xu Le couldn't help but ask, "There is always a reason why I came into the village as if I was an enemy!"

He believed that what Aunt Chen said before was the reason why the village was so unwelcoming to outsiders.

"This..."Aunt Yang was dumbfounded, he didn't expect Xu Le to ask so directly, and scratched his head a little embarrassed.

"Forget it, Aunt Yang, I don't embarrass you, if you really say it, I'm afraid it won't be good to you. Xu Le tried to squeeze out a smile.

As the saying goes, do not do unto others as you would have them do unto you. Since this Aunt Yang is so reluctant to say it, he can't be strong.

"Thank you for being considerate of me. Anyway, I remind you that it is best not to come to this village in the future, the village is really not suitable for outsiders, it is a harm to you, and it is a harm to me. Aunt Yang shook her head and sighed.

He didn't want to think about the past.

Because of Aunt Yang's words, Xu Le became more and more curious about what was going on and why Aunt Yang made such an exclamation.

This time, he was even more curious.

"Why, auntie, is it because the village was deceived by outsiders before?" Xiao Ming stared at Aunt Yang innocently.

Aunt Yang almost blurted out, "How do you know..."

Realizing that he was out of shape, he quickly closed his mouth.

Xu Le looked at the embarrassed Aunt Yang, and his heart began to gradually understand. It is estimated that it was because of what someone had done before that made the people in the village afraid, so they chose not to contact outsiders anymore.

In this way, the villager who committed suicide may not have been because of this rumor at all. It's because this outsider has done something excessive, and he just apologizes for his sins with death.

It's just that he doesn't understand what this outsider has done wrong, and judging by the attitude of the villagers, it shouldn't be a trivial matter. Otherwise, this attitude would never be used.

"Aunt Yang, I know that your village may have suffered a lot of losses because of outsiders, so you don't trust outsiders. Xu Le sighed, "But not everyone is like this, in this world, there are indeed many bad people, and there must be many good people, you can't just look at the bad side." ”

Aunt Yang nodded, and did not veto Xu Le's words, "I know, what you said is not wrong, it's just that you don't know your heart, who knows whether you are good or bad, we villagers are very lazy and don't want to distinguish, rather than this, it is better not to contact anyone, and you will not be hurt." ”

"But some people really want to interact with you, such as those who travel, they all come in groups, and they leave in a few days, and they don't do anything, and you have a good relationship with them, which is also conducive to the development of tourism, isn't it?" Xu Le said earnestly.