Chapter Twenty-Eight: The Strange Snake Strikes
The nightmare just now made me frightened, so I quickly put on my shoes quietly, wanted to go out to breathe, and by the way saw why there were so many dogs barking, and just wanted to pull the door, the picture in the dream just now instantly surfaced in my mind, so I subconsciously turned my head and glanced at Liang Gospel lying on the bed.
By the dappled moonlight, I saw that her face was very white, and her facial features were extraordinarily delicate, and she was not alone in her dreams.
When I went out, a cool breeze blew, and I felt a lot more comfortable.
Before dawn, I looked in the direction of Hewang Village, and in the sound of dogs, many households turned on the lights, and I don't know whether the lights were turned on to provoke the dogs to bark, or the barking of the dogs caused people to turn on the lights.
If I listened closely, the sound of the dog barking was mixed with the cries and shouts of people, which made me even more puzzled, what could happen in the middle of the night, and I was so shocked that it seemed that the whole village was not at peace.
After looking at it for a while, in the faint moonlight, I saw several figures running from the direction of the village, and the sound of the engine of the tricycle was also from far and near.
I hurried to the intersection, and almost a colleague's tricycle drove up to the dam.
"What's going on?" saw a woman in the car holding a child crying, and the man driving also looked crying.
The man didn't stop, but shouted at me: "I was bitten by a snake, go to the hospital." ”
Bitten by a snake again? I remembered how Xiaobin was carried back from the Yellow River at noon yesterday. How could so many snakes suddenly appear?
After the tricycle passed, a number of people and cars came, some of whom I still knew, and they were all bitten by snakes.
"Auntie! What's wrong with you? ”
I was wondering, and at a glance I recognized the old Wang's daughter-in-law sitting on the back of the tractor, she was also crying and mournful, and there was a person lying beside her, who was covered by a blanket.
"Aunt Wang, are you going to the hospital too?"
When she saw that it was me, she gestured and replied: "In the middle of the night, many villagers were bitten by snakes, and your Uncle Wang was also bitten on his foot and neck, and he fainted in less than five minutes......
The tractor in front didn't slow down at all, and I couldn't hear what she said in the second half of the sentence.
Snake? Where did so many snakes come from, could it be that the fiery thing that came out of the belly of a female corpse? Thinking of the scene yesterday afternoon, I only felt a chill down my spine, and subconsciously looked around to make sure that there were no snakes before I breathed a sigh of relief.
After tossing back and forth for half an hour, it is estimated that seventy or eighty people came out, and it seems that there are more than ten or twenty people who have been bitten by snakes. It's a strange thing, where are there so many snakes?
It was already light, and I was completely sleepy when this happened, and when I turned around, I saw the faintly visible Yellow River, and if the snake crawled from the Yellow River, it would definitely pass through the Yellow River dam...... Suddenly I thought of Liang Gospel sleeping in the house, my mother! She can't be bitten by a snake, otherwise a lonely man and a lonely woman will be in the same room, and I can't explain it if I jumped into the Yellow River.
Hurriedly returning to the house, Liang Gospel was probably too tired, and he was still lying in the same position.
Could it be that a girl sleeps and doesn't change positions all night? Unlikely! I hurriedly walked to the bed, wanted to push her to see, but I was embarrassed, and when I hesitated, I noticed that the button under the neck of her blouse was opened, revealing the pink cover inside, I instantly felt numb, and I was unconsciously stunned.
At this moment, Liang Gospel slowly opened his eyes, and when he saw me, he shouted in surprise and quickly sat up.
"You...... What are you doing? She crossed her hands over her chest and blushed to the base of her ears.
It's embarrassing!
"I ...... I'll see if you've been bitten by a snake......"
Although this fucking word is true, whoever it is, I also think it's a lie. You stare at someone's chest, the reason is that you are worried that they will be bitten by snakes, isn't this nonsense! Typical hooligan.
"Snakes?" Liang Gospel glanced left and right, and his body shrunk, "Where did the snake come from?" ”
I know that no matter how I explain it, I can't explain it clearly, but I still have to bite the bullet and briefly explain what happened yesterday afternoon and what just happened.
"Are you going home today?" In order to avoid embarrassment, after talking about snakes, I quickly diverted the topic.
"Oh—I have to go back, and then go to the police station, and they want me to provide me with a picture of my sister."
The two of them chatted for five or six minutes, and then they realized that they were both disheveled, and I was wearing big pants, and the buttons of her blouse were open, which was really embarrassing.
In the morning, I ordered noodles, and the two of us ate a bowl of salted garlic each.
"I go to the district in the morning, and when I come back to patrol the river, I must pay attention...... If you are found to ...... Be the first to contact you. ”
"Hmm!"
The two went out together, left a phone number, added WeChat, and came to the dam to wait for the car, but in the opposite direction, she went home to the south, and the district city was in the north.
I took a brick-pulling agricultural five-wheeled vehicle, and half an hour later I arrived at the agreed intersection, and I saw Wu Jinghan in a light green sportswear standing under the stop sign on the side of the road from a distance.
Although I chatted with her on WeChat, I was still a little restrained when we actually met.
"Waited a long time?" I asked softly.
"I didn't ...... No, just a while. She turned to see me, pursed her lips and smiled.
The slowly approaching No. 13 bus eased the embarrassment of the two, and I rushed to take out the change and stuff it into the automatic coin box: "Ours!" ”
The driver glanced at me and didn't speak.
I didn't know where Stationmaster He's family lived, so I had to look at Wu Jinghan's back and prepare to follow her off.
In the next few stops, more than a dozen people came up one after another, and a few middle-aged and elderly men and women dressed as rural people stood beside me, chatting about the day when they had nothing to do.
"Big brother, why was my cousin bitten by a poisonous snake! Where did the poisonous snake come from. A woman asked about the bald top in front of her.
The bald man replied casually: "How do I know this, the phone said that I fell asleep at night, and was bitten by a red strange snake for some reason, and within a few minutes, people lost their intuition." ”
The middle-aged woman asked again: "Wouldn't it be my cousin-in-law who coaxed us, I heard that they don't have a good relationship...... Where are the red snakes in our area? ”
"That's not necessarily, I've seen the red snake with my own eyes more than ten years ago......" Bald replied.
I took a closer look at the two of them, the middle-aged woman looked forty or fifty years old, and the bald man was at least sixty years old, both of them were rosacea and big ears, they should be brother and sister - I don't know if their father or mother, the genes are simply too strong.
Listening to the conversation between the two, they had a cousin who was bitten by a red snake, so they made an appointment to see his cousin.
It's a red snake again, and this red snake that suddenly appears everywhere...... My curiosity grew inflated.
"Hello, uncle, sit here with me!" I stood up and gave way to the bald man.
At first, the bald man was not very embarrassed, but after being polite, he sat down again and again.
"Uncle, do you have relatives who have been bitten by snakes?" Seeing that the time was ripe, I hurriedly asked.
The bald man said "Huh", turned around and asked me, "What?" The little brother also has a family member bitten by a snake? ”
I nodded, "Several!" It's a village, and it was all ...... last night."
Before I could finish my sentence, the middle-aged woman standing next to me interjected and asked, "Is it from Hewang Village?" ”
"You're talking about River King Village?" The woman looked at me and asked.
"yes!"
"Our cousin is also from Hewang Village."
As soon as she said her cousin's name, I knew her very well.