On the second day of the Mid-Autumn Festival, Qinghe Town quickly returned to the way we first came, and there was no trace of yesterday's joyful and lively atmosphere.

Sansheng left Qinghe Town last night and will never return. Xiao Dong seemed to have expected Sansheng's farewell, and she was extremely peaceful and quiet, but from the corners of her pursed lips, I could see that she was a little disappointed.

I was originally very worried that after Sansheng left, the proprietress might be a little harsh on Xiaodong. Unexpectedly, when we brought Xiao Dong back to the inn last night, the proprietress did not have any change in expression, and even told Xiao Dong that she had already cleaned up her room.

Out of deep concern about Xiao Dong's future living conditions, I pretended to be curious and went to the room to have a look. The small room was very clean and tidy, with a new bed and a wooden cabinet next to it. I can't help but feel funny, it's me who is worried and doing superfluous things.

After getting along for more than half a month, I also know the character of the boss. Although she is not a charity bodhisattva who rescues the suffering from all directions, she is undoubtedly an ordinary woman with a kind and soft heart. His mouth may be hard and resolute, and his heart is soft. I think that if Sansheng didn't care about Xiaodong's life and death, the proprietress would be entangled and complaining for a while, and eventually she would take Xiaodong back to the inn, and she couldn't bear to let the little girl who couldn't survive on her own wander outside.

As soon as it was dawn, Song Yunjing knocked on the door of my room. Tell me to pack my things, and we may leave Qinghe Town today.

I looked at him in surprise and said, "Where are we going to leave Qinghe Town today?" Don't you wait for Daoist Murong to come along? ”

Song Yunjing glanced at me quietly, and said unhurriedly: "Don't wait for him, let's go first, and he will find it himself when the things inside the view are done."

There are many things I don't understand, and I don't know which one to ask when I have the opportunity to ask. After thinking about it, he chose the most important doubt at the moment: "Why are you in such a hurry to leave?"

Song Yunjing frowned and was about to answer. Xiaopang hurriedly ran over and said, "Brother Yunjing, Sister Sansheng, my mother said that breakfast is ready, and I called you to eat."

Song Yunjing nodded lightly: "Okay, you go and tell your mother, and we'll come over right away."

Chubby got a reply, and hurriedly ran to pass the word.

Song Yunjing glanced at me: "Anyway, you pack up your things first, and I'll tell you the reason when you eat later."

I nodded confusedly, "Oh, then I'll clean it up right away."

Song Yunjing said "um" lightly and left with his hands.

It took me about a moment to fully react. I have no money and no weapons to defend myself, so I have nothing to collect. Fold the quilt in the room and go out for breakfast.

Several people at the dinner table had different expressions, but Beiqi was extremely calm, he should eat and drink. I couldn't help but wonder what was going on outside during all the time I was in my room.

The proprietress didn't know what she was thinking, her hands didn't move for a long time, and the whole person seemed to be quiet as if someone had cast a Taoist spell to be still. But I know that the hostess has no problem at all, most likely something happened again.

After a while, the proprietress frowned, and said with some hesitation: "Sister Li told me about this, and I don't know the specifics." However, Ping'an Town is a deserted town, and the town is uninhabited, even if no matter how big the thunder is, as long as it can't hurt people's lives, there should be no problem. ”

Ping'an Town? Thunder? I was so confused that I couldn't figure out when, where, and what was happening. But if I'm not mistaken, this should be the reason why Song Yunjing is in a hurry to leave Qinghe Town.

Song Yunjing frowned slightly, and said in disbelief: "Last night was the Mid-Autumn Festival, and the people in the whole town were immersed in the atmosphere of celebrating the Mid-Autumn Festival, and no one heard the thunder, how did Sister Li find out that there was a thunderbolt over Ping'an Town?"

The proprietress recalled while setting up the dishes and chopsticks: "Last night the town prepared a fireworks feast, and all the people in the town went to Liuyun Lane to watch the fireworks, and it was normal that they didn't find it." As for why Sister Li found out, it was a coincidence, last night Sister Li and we went to Liuyun Lane to watch the fireworks, who knew that when the fireworks fell, some unextinguished sparks stuck to Sister Li's clothes, and burned a big hole in Sister Li's clothes. ”

I quietly listened to the proprietress slowly narrate, and I understood about two or three points of the story. But at this time, it was obviously not wise to ask out loud, so I had to suppress my curiosity and listen with a blank face.

Song Yunjing rubbed his temples lightly, for a long time, and asked in a low voice: "The boss lady said that Ping'an Town is an abandoned town, so do you know what happened in that town?" How can a good town become empty for no apparent reason? ”

The proprietress looked a little embarrassed, hesitated for a long time, and said uncertainly: "I also heard my mother occasionally mention this matter when I was a child, so I don't know much. Speaking of which, although Ping'an Town is the neighboring town of our Qinghe Town, the news of the accident in this town was not known until much later. I heard my mother say that the reason why this town had an accident was because it was cursed by a thousand-year-old dryad. ”

"The Old Dryad's curse?" I subconsciously answered.

Boss Chen nodded solemnly: "Yes, it's the curse of the old dryad, I often heard my father and mother mention this when I was a child." When I was a child, I was mischievous and disobedient, and they scared me with stories about the old dryad. But me

At that time, the newborn calves were not afraid of tigers, they were never afraid of heaven and earth, and the stories they told were never taken to heart, and now they cannot remember anything. ”

I don't know what the reason is, Beiqi suddenly became interested, and interjected and asked, "Is there really an old tree that has lived for thousands of years in Ping'an Town?"

Boss Chen and his wife glanced at each other, paused, and Boss Chen said: "I don't know if that tree has lived for thousands of years, but there is indeed a tree in Ping'an Town that is some years old. My father said that the tree was spiritual, and that it could hear the most sincere desires of the people's hearts, and that as long as people visited the tree in those years, their requests would soon be fulfilled, and it would be very effective. But one day, for some reason, the tree no longer helped the people of Ping'an Town to fulfill their wishes, and their requests were never fulfilled again. Soon after, the town of Ping'an plummeted until it was slowly abandoned and became its current desolate appearance. ”

Boss Chen sighed as he spoke, as if he was very sorry for what happened to Ping'an Town.