Chapter 25: "There Are Ghosts by the River"

After staying at Li Dashan's house for three days, Zhuang Xueyi had a basic understanding of the family.

Li Dashan, four brothers, and a sister who married far away. The eldest Li Dahai, when he was ten years old, fell into the lotus pond in front of his house and drowned, and was buried in a nearby mountain; The second eldest Li Changhe lives in a three-story small bungalow under Li Dashan's house, which was built by Li Changhe's eldest son Li Yunhan, Li Changhe's daughter-in-law, that is, Li Dashan's second sister-in-law, is now taking care of Li Yunhan's four-year-old son Maodou at home; Li Dashan's third brother was sent away shortly after birth, and there has been no contact so far. Originally, Li Dashan was also the one who would be sent away, but the old mother begged hard and forced him to die, so the older generation of the Li family did not send Li Dashan away. At that time, the family was poor, and sending them away was also a way for the children to live, but the old mother was unwilling to endure the pain of parting with the children, so she gritted her teeth and pulled the children to grow up; The fifth sister, Li Juan, got married at the age of fifteen or sixteen, and she can't go back to her parents' house once in three or five years. Although there are five brothers and sisters, there are only three who are alive and connected, and only Li Dashan's second brother's family is left if they are closer. Li Dashan's father died of a cerebral hemorrhage when he was thirty years old, and his mother is currently alive, but since Li Feifei's tragic death, the old man's consciousness has not been as clear as before, and he now lives in the second Li Changhe's house.

Far away from the hustle and bustle of the city, Zhuang Xueyi is extremely calm in her heart, and often helps Li Dashan do some farm work, which is to experience rural life. Because she didn't want to make matters worse for the originally miserable family, Zhuang Xueyi decided to secretly investigate Li Feifei.

On this day, early in the morning, Li Dashan was about to go to the river to get some sweet potato vines for the little pig at home, when he heard his second sister-in-law hurriedly calling his name: "Dashan, Dashan, Dashan is coming, Mom is going to die." As soon as he heard that something had happened to his old mother, Li Dashan anxiously put down the basket and ran to the second brother's house.

As an outsider, Zhuang Xueyi was not good at participating in anything, so she silently picked up Li Dashan's back basket, and then walked on the road that Li Dashan had taken her before, and came to the sweet potato field of Li Dashan's house by the river. While she was cutting sweet potato vines with all her heart, she suddenly heard a voice. "Daughter-in-law, daughter-in-law." The voice was very soft, Zhuang Xueyi straightened her waist and looked around.

"Daughter-in-law, daughter-in-law" There was no one around, it was really quiet, Zhuang Xueyi was suddenly a little scared.

"Daughter-in-law, daughter-in-law."

"Who? Come out. ”

"Daughter-in-law, daughter-in-law."

"If you don't come out again, you're welcome." He said hard things on his lips, but he was very scared in his heart.

"Hee-hee."

Zhuang Xueyi broke out in a cold sweat, quickly put the cut sweet potato vine into the back basket, and then left in a panic.

On the way back, she ran into Li Dashan, who came to find her.

"Xiaozhuang, I'll come." Li Dashan took the back basket.

"How's Grandma?" Li Dashan's arrival made Zhuang Xueyi relax instantly.

"Hmph, the second sister-in-law, it's either wind or rain. Mom just fell off the bed, she didn't even look at it, and said that people were going to die, what kind of heart did An. If it weren't for my family's Xiuyun's poor health, who would put my mother at her home to take care of her. She wants to take care of her, but I'm not at ease. Zhuang Xueyi saw Li Dashan so angry for the first time, "Let's not talk about it, let's go home." ”

At lunchtime, Zhuang Xueyi carefully inquired.

"Uncle, are there any special things or people in our village?"

"Huh?" Li Dashan was puzzled.

"It's the things that can't be said." Zhuang Xueyi didn't know how to describe what happened in the morning.

"Oops, this one is a bit wide. However, in the future, when I am alone, I still don't go to the river. There are a lot of dead people buried over there, and there are usually no people, so I sometimes feel a little scared to work there alone. After speaking, Li Dashan only cared about eating and didn't speak again.

Zhuang Xueyi doesn't believe that there are ghosts in this world, there must have been someone mischievous or some other reason for the morning, maybe someone was paying tribute, but she didn't see it.

Although I comfort myself in this way, I want to find out in my heart.