Chapter Eighty-Six: The Mystery in the Moonlight
In ancient times, when rice flowers were in full bloom, men and women met in the fields to promote the formation of ears of rice. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info
This is a kind of imitation witchcraft, in which the ears of rice simulate the concept of sowing and procreation, with the intention of obtaining high grain yields.
This kind of witchcraft uses similar things as a substitute for good fortune or disaster. If you hate someone, you will take the form of a human and write the date of birth of that person, or burn them with fire, throw them into water, or slash them with a needle or a bayonet, so that they will die. If a person has sores, he can draw them on plant leaves or yellow paper to remove the disease, which is also called imitation witchcraft.
A certain era produces a specific thing.
In the sixties and seventies of the last century, a large-scale witchcraft activity broke out in the town of Bridgeside. At that time, I heard from adults that it was common to see burned hair and clothes at the crossroads, as well as red packages containing the corpses of centipedes, crickets, and flies.
Unless it is because of political needs to fight people on the platform, most people here do not want to stir up troubled waters, and people believe that forbearance can be exchanged for peace.
Whoever resents whom, who has a holiday with whom, at most will quarrel with him, and will not do anything. Then at night in the dark corners of the curse, release the inner darkness and resentment, the burning mist, the dark animals, constitute the weight of revenge.
Today, there are a few nostalgic people in the civilized town, intent on disturbing my peace.
One thing is certain, the person who appeared behind Liu Yun's house at night was either the suspect who kidnapped Xiao Wenwen or someone who had close contact with the suspect.
The disappearance of Yoon Deok-gi's sister and twins many years ago, and the end of our childhood by the devil, forced me to be involved.
The red shoes at the back of the house prove that what happened is inextricably linked to me or my family.
The next day, Uncle Zhou and I came to Liu Yun's house, and Aunt Nie brewed the best quality jasmine tea, and took out peanuts and nuts to entertain.
Zhou Bo told Song Jingang about the discovery of Xiao Wenwen's clothes yesterday, and verified the time when Song Jingang went out from Liu Yun's house, etc., everything was consistent, and there was no difference.
Unexpectedly, Aunt Nie was not surprised by what happened last night, and just asked Song Jingang if he was okay.
Uncle Zhou replied to her and said that Gangzi was fine, but it was a pity that the thief slipped away, a pity, a pity.
Song Jingang did have dinner at Liu Yun's house, drank a few glasses of Wuliangye, and when he came out, he met the man who was digging a pit in the dark to bury his clothes, and he was muttering something in his mouth.
Liu Yun was puzzled: "This is strange, he did something bad, why did he take out the evidence to show off?" ”
Zhou Bo said: "We don't know the truth, Yuqing, Yunyun, Xiaoyu, think about it, have you offended anyone recently?" Did you have any enemies in your family in the past? ”
Zhou Bo was afraid of causing panic among everyone, so he didn't reveal the speculation of dark witchcraft, because he himself was not sure about Xiao Wenwen's life and death.
We looked down and pondered, and shook our heads helplessly, we really couldn't think of such a person.
When my parents moved out of Qiaobian Town, I was already in college in Beijing, and I haven't been back to Qiaobian Town since.
Growing up, the family had a good relationship with the neighbors in the town, and there was never any dispute or unhappiness. My dad was the director of the town machine brick factory in the early years, and for the first time he distributed the corporate dividends to the people of Meige Town, and everyone was grateful, where was the resentment.
Aunt Nie's family is hardworking, the two of them are humble and helpful, and the people in the town like them very much.
Zhou Bo asked Liu Yun: "Yun Yun, what do you think of this young man Song Jingang?" ”
Liu Yun threw the two braids behind her shoulders, sat down and said, "He? It's good, I don't like to talk, I'm very kind in my heart, and I don't dare to kill fish. Don't look at his father who is also vicious, Uncle Song is actually a good person. ”
Aunt Nie picked up and said: "Both of them are very good, and when my family opened a pig farm in the past, they helped a lot. Usually send them something, but they are so polite that they don't want it, even if they ask for it, they have to send us something back. We are grateful to them over the years. ”
Zhou Bo rubbed the beard on his chin, making a sizzling sound, like a brush, and he said, "Okay, I know." After delaying you for so much time, be careful at night, lock the doors and windows, and we will arrange for the police to patrol you at regular times at night. ”
After saying goodbye to each other, Uncle Zhou and I walked out of Liu Yun's house, and Uncle Zhou said that he was going to the county town to report on the progress of the case, so he left first.
At this time, Liu Yun chased after her, blinked her mischievous eyes and asked, "Hey, big talent, how do you feel about coming back for the past few days?" ”
"It feels awesome, can you feel bad when you old friends, breathe in the fresh air, and drink your jasmine tea?" I sighed, "It would have been nice if it hadn't happened to Xiao Wenwen." ”
Liu Yun comforted me: "Xiao Wenwen must be fine, the bad guys will definitely be found out in the end, you have culture, you know, many things have karma." ”
I want to tell her that there is no karma in this world. Karma is mostly a prayer for the weak to seek refuge.
I said, "Definitely, the bad guys have to be punished in the end." ”
"Hmm!" She smiled and showed her neat white teeth, "My mother said, you stay at my house for dinner at noon today, we will go grocery shopping now, my mother wants to show her hand, don't shirk it." ”
"Wow, Aunt Nie shows her hand, I won't refuse."
Liu Yun and I went to the farmers' market to buy vegetables, bought a pound of pork ribs and a tarpon, and bought some fresh vegetables.
All the vegetables are grown by the surrounding farmers themselves, washed in the river with sweet spring water, and then brought to the market to be sold, exuding the purest natural smell.
At the end, Liu Yun said that she wanted to go to the pharmacy to grab some soothing medicine, and she said: "My mother has two days a month when she is restless. ”
"Oh, I understand, women are in menopause, more or less like this."
"Not what you think."
"Oh? What's going on with that auntie? ”
"I woke up from nightmares at night, especially on the night of the full moon, and I heard her painful ** many times."
"A full moon night?" I asked, surprised.
"Well, my mother said that she was afraid of the moonlight, and when she saw the moonlight, she felt furious in her heart, and she broke out in a cold sweat all over her body."
"Do you know why?"
"I asked her, she said it was okay, and I also asked my dad, and he didn't say anything, only that my mother was weak and needed to be recuperated."
"Oh." I was lost in thought.
"I hope my mom gets better soon."
"Hmm."
Afraid of the moonlight, what happened?
Four children disappeared on a full moon night, and we speculated that it was no coincidence.
Now, someone buried the victim's shoes and clothes behind our two houses, as well as Aunt Nie's nightmare on a full moon night...... What's the connection between all of this? What did Aunt Nie see?
After Liu Yun finished eating and chatted for a while, I wanted to ask Aunt Nie many times about the full moon night. But every time she wanted to say something, she stopped, and then thought about it, since she didn't even want to tell her daughter, there must be something unspeakable, and she would choose the opportunity to ask in the future.
When I got home, I saw a messy desk and a novel on my computer that had no progress, so I cleaned it up. A card suddenly popped up in a book, and I remembered that it was given to me by Tang Tingting.
The year I graduated from college, she took the adult college entrance examination and was admitted to a liberal arts university to study administrative management. This girl died nine times on the way to the exam, her head was broken and bleeding, and finally she achieved a positive result.
She said that without my support and encouragement, she never dreamed that she could be a college student, and thought that when she was young, she would succumb to the crotch of a prostitute and be a chicken without ideals.
I told her that there must always be an ideal, and if it is realized, won't it make a lot of money?
She said that my chicken is so inspirational, will you write it into a novel in the future?
I said don't say that, you're not a chicken, you're an independent and strong woman, don't use the word "chicken" in the future.
She smiled and happily took out this greeting card, the handwriting behind it was neat, and it could be seen that it was written with heart: Thank you, Brother Xiaoyu, I can't repay your help, I just want to watch you be happy every day, until I die of old age.
A smiley face was drawn at the end.
It's been almost ten years, and the years have dried the ink, but they can't take away the guilt, hope, and sadness of those years.