The two quickened their pace, and in a moment they arrived at the entrance of the village. It was already early in the morning, and the villagers were getting up early, and the women were already washing rice and washing clothes.

Met a few villagers along the way, Li Qing came forward enthusiastically, and the strange thing was that after a few days, these people seemed to not know themselves, although they also nodded, but their expressions were a little cold. Xu was influenced by Wang Tiehan, and now that he entered the village, Li Qing always felt a little awkward, but he couldn't say what was wrong.

"Hey, look at the clothes they are wearing, isn't it a little strange?" Jian Xiaoxin gently pulled off Li Qing's clothes.

Li Qing looked back, and sure enough, these villagers looked very well-done in their clothes, embroidered with plum blossoms, rhododendrons, camellia and other colorful flowers, with bright colors and lifelike. It is said that these villagers rely on the mountains to eat on weekdays, and even some of the surplus money has been saved up for emergencies, where would they be willing to buy such exquisite clothes?

Li Qing saw that the villagers were also looking at him, so he hurriedly turned around and continued to walk forward with Jian Xiaoxin.

"Yo, you are the teenager who sent the fifth woman back a few days ago? I came to see the fifth woman so early in the morning? There are not many young people like you who have a heart now. A middle-aged woman in her forties walked up with a laundry basket and greeted them.

"It's the fourth aunt, go to the laundry so early in the morning? Li Qingzheng was thinking about who this woman was, Jian Xiaoxin had already greeted her with a smile, turned her hand and conjured a hairpin out of nowhere, stuffed it into the woman's hand, and said with a smile: "My brother and I happened to be passing by today, thinking to see if the fifth woman's leg injury is better." I didn't prepare anything in a hurry, the fourth aunt was really hard after being busy that day, this hairpin was bought in the county two days ago, it was not worth anything, and it was a little bit of our junior's mind, and my aunt must look good when she wore it. ”

The woman took the hairpin, and when she heard Jian Xiaoxin speak like this, her round face was already full of eyebrows and smiles: "You kid just can talk, come so early in the morning, and haven't eaten yet." Let's go to my aunt's house for dinner. Without waiting for the two to answer, he grabbed Jian Xiaoxin and walked to the side.

When she entered the hall, she put down her basket and looked out of the room, and when she saw that there was no one around, she closed the door and drew them into the inner room. With an anxious face, he said: "You two dolls too, since you are gone, don't come back, rest here for a while, the sun is higher, leave quickly." ”

"Auntie, what's wrong?is something wrong?" Jian Xiaoxin looked at the woman blankly.

"Ah—" the woman sighed softly, "I can't tell what happened." Within two days of sending the five women back, the village became unpeaceful. First, someone came back at night, and when they passed by the cemetery outside the village, they saw a woman carrying a lantern walking around the cemetery. Later, every night there were strange noises in the village, and even the fiercest rhubarb on weekdays was shivering with fright. ”

Listening to the woman's story, Jian Xiaoxin couldn't help but lean towards Li Qing's side.

"Did anyone see anything in the village?" Li Qing felt a little strange in his heart, the last time he came to the village, it was still a happy and peaceful scene, but so many strange things happened in a few days. What the hell is going on here?

"Since it was rumored that the cemetery was haunted, who dared to go out at night? Now that it was dark, one by one they closed the doors of their houses, hid in their houses, and did not dare to go anywhere. It's like before, after dinner, everyone went to the east and west to get close and lively. There was some grumbling and some sadness in the woman's words.

"Has anything unusual happened in the village recently, or has there been any stranger?" Jian Xiaoxin interjected.

"Don't say it, I remember that after you left that day, a woman came to find the fifth woman at noon. I happened to be doing laundry in the well that day, and I saw that the fifth woman was very enthusiastic about the woman. After being busy in the yard on crutches, he served tea and poured water. I didn't pay attention to when the woman left, but that night, someone saw the woman carrying the lantern in the cemetery. Within two days, the fifth woman also threw her crutches and was able to walk on the ground. The woman's words were mysterious, and her eyes were not looking around, as if someone was peeping around.

Li Qing and Jian Xiaoxin glanced at each other, and thought to themselves: It's the fifth woman again, but I don't know who this woman is?

When saying goodbye to the woman, Li Qing suddenly remembered a few villagers he met at the entrance of the village, so he asked again: "Auntie, when I saw Uncle Xu and them in the morning, why didn't they seem to know me.

"Our big ravine, we all rely on the mountains to eat, what kind of wealth can we make? Lao Xu They were not like this originally, who has a big and small affair, Zhang Luo is happier than anyone else, and I don't know how it became like this. The clothes were really good-looking, but I didn't see them out of the village, and I don't know where they got them. After you see the five women, go back early, here is a hundred and ten miles of mountain roads to the county seat, don't encounter anything that shouldn't be touched. You young people, you just don't care. The woman was babbling while sending Li Qing and them out. Forgot all about breakfast.

Li Qing and the others came out of the fourth aunt's house, passed by Uncle Jiu's shop, bought some soft and glutinous snacks, and came to the door of the fifth mother's house.

Fluttershy is busy in the house, and when she looks up and sees Li Qing and the others, her eyes light up, and she hurriedly trots to open the door.

"Fluttershy, is your mother-in-law there?" asked Teachy softly, touching Fluttershy's head. Li Qing knew that this little girl was weak, she rarely went out, and she didn't have any playmates, so she sent her five women back that day, and the little girl was very happy, and she was very close to herself and Erya.

Fluttershy looks at Li Qing and opens her mouth, but she doesn't make a sound, and tears fall from her big eyes. Li Qing looked at Fluttershy, and suddenly felt a pain in her heart, leaning down, her voice softer, "Fluttershy, is something wrong with your mother-in-law?"

When the little girl heard Li Qing mention her mother-in-law, the look in her eyes became even more urgent, and she stretched out her hand to push Li Qing and the others out.

Li Qing and Jian Xiaoxin looked at each other, not knowing why. Fluttershy looks back at the sound of coughing in the room, her expression full of horror, as if there is some man-eating demon lurking in the house.

Li Qing and the two were some monks, confused, and suddenly saw an old woman slowly walking out of the house.

"Early in the morning, who was I at the time, it turned out that Qing'er was here," the old woman looked at Li Qing and smiled very happily, and when she saw the girl behind Li Qing, her face was even more smiling, "Yo, and Miss Xiaoxin, old age, her eyes are a little bad, why are you free today? What about the babies? The old woman came over and stretched out her hand to pat the girl: "What are you doing here? Don't you call your brothers and sisters into the house? As he spoke, he took Li Qing's hand and led him to the house.

When Fluttershy sees the fifth woman, she shrinks behind Li Qing, grabbing the placket of Li Qing's clothes with both hands, refusing to let go. Li Qing glanced at the little girl a little strangely, thinking that what she encountered when she came to Sun Jiawa today, there was really nothing that was not strange.

The fifth woman didn't seem to notice the little girl's actions, but still took Li Qing's hand enthusiastically and asked long and short questions.

Entering the house, the fifth woman saw that the little girl was still hiding behind Li Qing, and couldn't help laughing: "Qing'er, don't you know, after you left that day, this child talked to you at home every day." To say that this child is really pitiful, she has no father when she is young, and her health is not good, and suddenly you partners care about her, don't dislike her, and are willing to play with her, this child is a little dependent, don't blame you. He walked over and pulled Fluttershy aside, touched Fluttershy's head lovingly, and said, "Sit down first, I'll cook, Fluttershy, go get some snacks for your brothers and sisters." ”

Jian Xiaoxin saw that the fifth woman was going to cook herself, so she hurriedly got up to help, but was pressed back by the fifth woman. A few moments later, Fluttershy walks over with a few snacks, her eyes fixed on the snacks, as if she was afraid that she would accidentally knock them over, and after a while, the fifth woman's meal is ready.

Li Qing and Jian Xiaoxin couldn't help but glance at each other as they looked at the food and snacks on the table. Although the dishes on this table are all ordinary peasant dishes, they are made one by one plain and exquisite, which makes people feel appetizing at a glance, and neither of them expected that the fifth woman would have such skills.

Suddenly, Li Qing smelled a faint fragrance, and when he looked up, he saw that it was the fifth woman who was burning incense. Seeing that Li Qing was a little surprised, the fifth woman explained with a smile: "At this time, Mr. Situ of the Huanhua Pavilion in the county ordered that a pillar be lit every day, which can calm the mind and concentrate, which is very good for Fluttershy's illness."

Jian Xiaoxin suddenly caught a glimpse of a cat curled up in the corner of the wall, looked at everyone and barked softly, so she took a little from each dish on the table and put it in a small bowl and brought it to the cat. The fifth woman smiled and watched, took the dishes and chopsticks with Fluttershy, and beckoned Jian Xiaoxin and Li Qing to eat.

Jian Xiaoxin watched the cat eat the food in the bowl, and there was nothing abnormal, so she was relieved. After being hungry all night, now that the food is safe, where can Jian Xiaoxin still endure it, and eat sweetly. Li Qing only took a few bites of food, and didn't touch the porridge and dim sum, so he just chatted with the fifth woman.

After a meal, Li Qing did not mention Wang Tiehan, but chatted with the fifth woman about a lot of things in the mountains and interesting things about hunting, the fifth woman smiled, listened, and nodded from time to time, but there were not many words. Jian Xiaoxin is very interested in the little girl's clothes, today Fluttershy wore a lake blue long dress, covering her whole body, looking very fat, this long dress is very beautiful with embroidered butterflies, but it is a little thin, in this weather where the water turns into ice, it makes people feel cold when they look at it. asked the fifth woman, and only vaguely said that she bought it in the county. But Li Qing is a little familiar with this dress, before the disappearance of the White Lotus, she had to go to the Yang family's tailor shop every day to help, sometimes there is too much work, and she can't finish it during the day, so she will take it home to do it, and the picture on this dress Li Qing looks very familiar.

After eating, the two hurriedly said goodbye, saying that it was close to the county exam, and they still needed to warm the book, and they were afraid that they would not be able to come to visit for a while. Seeing that the two of them are in trouble, the fifth woman does not force them to stay, and sends them out with Fluttershy.

Passing by the courtyard, Li Qing caught a glimpse of the yellow soil on the ground of the courtyard, and there was no trace of snow in his heart, so he turned his head and asked the fifth woman for some pickles. Fluttershy listens and quickly turns to fetch the empty altar, but is called back by the fifth woman, who laughs and explains to Li Qing that the pickles will be two days away, and then asks Fluttershy to send some to the city.

All the way to the entrance of the village, just as she meets the fourth aunt, she inevitably talks for a while, and Fluttershy takes advantage of the crowd to talk and secretly stuffs an object into Li Qing's hand, only then does Li Qing notice that Fluttershy's hand seems to be a little stiff, and it is as cold as ice and snow for 39 days at the touch of it.

As Li Qing and the others fade away, Fluttershy is a little distracted, and her big watery eyes burst into tears. The fifth woman next to her saw it, sighed softly, came up and hugged her daughter's shoulder, and laughed softly: "Little girl, it's just that I like it a little, or I will forget it in a short time. Fluttershy ignores her, frees her arm from her arms, and walks forward quietly.

Li Qing and Jian Xiaoxin walked out of the village, walked forward for a while, and saw that the village was no longer visible, so they sneaked back to get the horse, took Wang Tiehan's bag, and hurried to the county.