Chapter 22: Dead Again
Liu Guo carried five pheasants and walked home majestically.
The more she walked, the more she felt that something was wrong, that the atmosphere in the village was wrong, that the smell wafting out of the air was wrong.
Liu Guo couldn't say anything was wrong, but instinct told her that something must have happened.
"There's something strange about the chimneys in the village. "At this time, the sky is already bright, and according to the living habits of the residents of the town, every household has already started to cook on the fire.
No matter what kind of house you are, black smoke is bound to come out of the chimney. But most of the village is quiet. And there were many messy footprints on the snow, Liu Guo looked carefully and found that they were all facing the same direction.
Liu Guo carried the basket on his back, and his toes followed the footprints lightly. When I came to an intersection, I found that the alley was full of people. There were cries from the crowd, listening to people's discussions, and it seemed that someone was dead.
"Hey, did they do something?" a gray-haired old man muttered to the tall and thin man next to him.
"Who knows, their family is quite evil anyway. The tall and thin old man's voice is not high, and Liu Guo's hearing is excellent.
"Old Zhao Tou was the first seven yesterday, will he come back to ask for his life?" The gray-haired old man looked frightened: "This son is the most uneasy, he took it away directly?"
"Wasn't it the first seven yesterday, wasn't the first seven the day before yesterday?" the tall and thin old man frowned, and after determining the time, he himself was a little confused.
"Oops, love one day. Anyway, there are dead people in this old Zhao family, so it must be that the cemetery was not chosen well. Otherwise, it would be Lao Zhao's manifestation. I've heard of this before, and it seems like that's the case with any tunzi. When an old man died, his children did evil, and later the old man took them away. ”
Liu Guo listened to it a few times, and he understood it. It seems that some of Zhao Dakui's relatives died, and I don't know what this person has to do with Zhao Dakui. The Zhao family has died again, and it is estimated that Zhao Dakui will find a chance to gamble this time.
Liu Guo thought that this person had nothing to do with him, so he turned around and went home with her small basket.
Standing at the door of the house, Liu Guo looked at the footprints on the ground, his brows furrowed: "Damn, why did he come back?"
Liu Guo saw a string of men's footprints at the door, at this time and place, it must be that the cheap father Liu Fugui is back. He came here, asked for money, drank a lot of wine, and then got drunk and beat his wife.
Liu Guo hated this cheap father, and wished he had died outside. When she entered the yard, she found another broken basket and put five pheasants in two nests.
Then she opened the door and lifted the dark cotton curtains. The steam in the room gushed out, and Liu Hong sat on the small bench in the fog and wiped her tears.
"Sister, what's wrong with you?" Liu Guo squatted down with a grim face: "He bullied you as soon as he came back?"
Liu Hong shook her head and said hesitantly: "No, no." After speaking, he whispered to Liu Guo: "Do you want to go out and hide, Dad is not drinking too much now, in case he beats you。。。。。 ”
"Then I'll kill him!" Liu Guo snorted coldly and bypassed his sister into the hall.
Liu Guo's home layout is a traditional northeastern rural pattern, as soon as you enter the door, there is a kitchen and then a hall inside. The stove in the kitchen is connected to the ondol, and the kang is also hot when the fire is burning here for cooking.
She entered the house and found that her second sister Liu Ping was not in the house, and her cheap father Liu Fugui was lying on the kang with Erlang's legs crossed.
"Third child, you're back!" Dong Fang slid from the kang to the side of the kang with a dry smile, and said while giving Liu Guo a look: "There is no water in the tank, your second sister is going to fetch water, you go to meet her." ”
"There is a dead person in the village, I am going to pay tribute, you hurry up and get me the money. Without waiting for Liu Guo to react, Liu Fugui sat up and stretched out his hand towards Dong Fang.