At this moment, a strong wind suddenly blew in the air, and there was a lot of dampness in it!

The wind blew the surrounding trees, and some unstable mud tiles on the surrounding houses also collided with the surrounding tiles from time to time, making a dangling sound!

"Husband, it's going to rain in the sky, it's really not good, just find a place to shelter from the rain, and it will be overnight!" At this time, Mu Jie's voice sounded.

Zhang Qian said: "That's all there is to it. There was a hint of helplessness in his tone.

"Are you looking for shelter from the rain, young man?" An extremely hoarse voice suddenly sounded from behind Zhang Gan.

Zhang Qian turned back suddenly, but he didn't see anyone.

"Here I am, lad."

Zhang Qian followed the voice and lowered his head, and found that it was an old woman with a slumped back standing in front of him!

The old woman was on crutches in her hand, extremely short, and hunched over, she looked as tall as a child of five or six years old!

Zhang Qian could still vaguely see the deep folds on her face and hands!

Don't look at the old woman's age, but her eyes are also clear!

"Mother-in-law, do you know where there is a place where you can shelter from the rain?" Zhang Gan's tone was a little respectful.

The old woman nodded and said, "If the young man doesn't dislike it, go to my old woman's place for the night." ”

"Then thank my mother-in-law first." Zhang Qian nodded and said.

Then, the old woman took Zhang Qian to the east of the town.

Walked on the muddy path for about five minutes.

In front of it, a blue-tiled house made of mud walls appeared.

The mud room occupies a wide area and has two doors on the left and right for entry and exit.

There are two large load-bearing pillars in front of it, supporting a rain-sheltered eaves, which are also covered with green tiles!

Walking in, you can see that there is a pair of broken couplets on the left and right of the two gates.

The couplet that was supposed to be red has already taken up more than half of it!

The cross-links on the door have long since disappeared.

Instead, two bronze mirrors.

The bronze mirror has the effect of suppressing evil spirits.

Generally, people in the countryside will fix a bronze mirror above the door of the hall!

Even if you don't have a bronze mirror, you will use some one-way mirrors, or Chen Ai instead!

Zhang Qian followed the old woman into the house.

In rural houses, the entrance is the hall, and the ancestral shrine will also be placed on the wall directly north of the hall.

Pictures of the deceased family members will be placed on the walls on both sides of the hall!

The resting place is on the left or right side of the hall!

The kitchen will be built behind the hall, or a small room will be built on the east side of the house to be used as a kitchen!

This is also a good feng shui for house construction that the previous generation of feng shui masters saw.

Even now, it's still practical!

Zhang Qian glanced around the room.

In the southeast corner of the house are some farming tools.

To the northwest is a wooden high-table stool, next to which is a delicate wooden chair for the elderly.

There were no other electrical appliances except for the yellow glow hanging from the middle of the house.

There are few things, but there are also all the necessities for daily life!

"Mother-in-law, do you live alone?" Zhang Qian asked.

The old woman nodded and said, "Well, my wife left early, and now I live alone in this house." ”

Zhang Qian frowned slightly, and he also saw a black-and-white photo hanging on the east wall.

Then he asked, "What about your son or grandson?" I'll be back to see you! ”

The old woman shook her head, sighed and said: "I only have one son, who went out to work in the early years, and during this period, he would come back to visit me every Chinese New Year, but since the year before, he has not returned. Her voice was unusually hoarse, and there was some pathos in her tone.

Zhang Qian was silent for two seconds before he said, "Then you didn't call the police?" Let the patrol help you find your son. ”

The old woman continued: "I also notified the patrol, and they also helped me find a lot of time, but there is no news of my son. ”

"I'm in grade now, and I can't move my body much, so I can only wait at home, hoping that one day my son will come back to see me." As she spoke, there was a trace of tears in the old woman's eyes.

Zhang Gan's brows also furrowed even tighter, and he felt a little uncomfortable in his heart, but he didn't expect his mother-in-law to be a hard-working person.

The old woman wiped away the tears from the corners of her eyes and said, "This is all over, I believe my son will come back to see me." ”

Then, the old woman took Zhang Qian to the room on the left side of the hall.

She turned on a lantern in the doorway and said, "Stay here tonight, young man." ”

The room is not big, due to the weak lighting.

Zhang Qian could only vaguely see that there was a large bed made of mahogany inside.

There are also a lot of quilts and some old clothes stacked around the perimeter.

Zhang Qian's body leaned forward slightly and said, "Thank you, mother-in-law." ”

"You're welcome, young man, look at the mud on your feet, and there's water outside, you can go and flush."

"I'll make your bed first." The old woman said hoarsely.

Zhang Qian followed the old woman's direction and came to the right outside the house.

Qingyan Town is relatively remote, and the people who live here basically eat well water.

Zhang Qian took a minute to draw up a basin of well water.

When he saw the well water, Zhang Qian was suddenly startled!

The water in this well looks very clear, but there is a black gas emitted from it!

Since the entire well is covered by a manual pumping pump.

He couldn't see the well either!

Zhang Qian's brows furrowed, and he didn't care about scrubbing the mud on his body.

He turned around and went back to the hall.

"Mother-in-law, has anything strange happened to you in Qingyan Town recently?" Zhang Qian was puzzled in his heart, but his expression did not fluctuate in the slightest, and he asked casually.

The old woman frowned, and said slowly, "Strange thing? It doesn't seem to be, what's wrong? ”

Zhang Qian shook his head slightly and thought for a few seconds.

Then he asked, "Mother-in-law, is this well in your house a single well?" ”

A single well is a well that is drilled on a tributary of the underground dark river, otherwise it is called a common well!

Zhang Qian didn't know the distribution of the dark river below this Qingyan Town.

The old woman shook her head and said, "There is only one dark river under our Qingyan Town, and this is a common well!" ”

Only a dark river?

Zhang Qian's face changed greatly.

This means that all the people in this Qingyan Town are eating the well water in this dark river!

"Mother-in-law, you take me to someone nearby." Zhang Qian's speech was a little fast.

The old woman was also puzzled.

But she looked at Zhang Gan's clothes and guessed what Zhang Gan's identity was, so she didn't ask much.

Then she said, "I can take you to Lao Zhang's house." ”

"Without further ado, we'll go over now." Zhang Qian said, his tone slightly flustered.

Just when Zhang Qian and the old woman were about to go out.

The torrential rain suddenly poured down from the sky, and in an instant, the mountains and wilderness turned into a white expanse!

Zhang Qian's brows froze.

This rain couldn't have come at the right time!