Chapter 1 The Xiao Family
When the last cold wave symbolizing winter recedes and spring quietly arrives, the green leaves slowly climb to the top, and looking back, the countryside and fields are green.
Many villagers in Liujia Village are already busy in the fields, preparing for spring ploughing. In the evening, they all picked up farm tools and rushed home.
"Baogen, my Baogen, what's wrong with you." A terrible howl disturbed the tranquility of the countryside, mixed with a noisy cacophony.
"It seems to be Mrs. Liu's house, let's go and have a look." Several villagers turned around and rushed to Liu's house.
When I arrived at the door of Liu's house, there were already many people standing outside the gate, all of whom were villagers from the same village. I saw Mrs. Liu sitting on the ground with her eyes blank, holding a seven or eight-year-old boy in her arms, very obese, her clothes were full of mud, her mouth was foaming, her body was shaking, her eyes were closed, and she was already unconscious. Next to Baogen, his mother Wang Xiaohua cried so much that she didn't know what to do.
"Poor, this Liu family doesn't know which god to offend, the year before last they built a blue brick house, his family's treasure root is guilty of this disease, I'm afraid he won't live long, it's a pity! It's a pity! The third grandmother of the Liu family in the village shook her head and sighed. Looking at the big tiled house of Mrs. Liu's house, a row of three main houses, two wings on the left and right, a kitchen and a pig house were built in the backyard, and a high yard was enclosed by a wall, but it was the only one in the village, and it was better repaired than the village chief's house. It has won the eyes of many people in the village.
"I think it's retribution! It's the ghosts of Liu Dalang and his family who come back to take revenge. Wang's sister-in-law next door to Liu's house looked at the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law who were crying heartily in the courtyard and whispered. The two of them are inseparable and know a lot about her family.
"Sister-in-law Wang, what did you say. Da Lang and his family have been dead for more than two years, how can they become ghosts and come back. Sister-in-law Li of the east family asked. Many people are curious and want to hear it. Mrs. Liu's family also knows a little about it. When the imperial court increased the army the year before last, Liu Dalang went to be a soldier and did not come back, the eldest daughter-in-law of the Liu family was a skillful person, waiting for this family during the day, and embroidering flowers in the dark at night to make money for Mrs. Liu, and she was one of the most diligent people in the village.
But such a good daughter-in-law did not get Mrs. Liu's good, on weekdays, she was beaten and scolded, and often did not give a full meal, and later heard that Liu Dalang died on the battlefield, and Mrs. Liu intensified, and actually sold her eldest daughter-in-law to an old man in the town who was almost sixty years old man as a third concubine, and Dalang's daughter-in-law did not obey, and she hit the pillar and died on the day of carrying people.
It doesn't matter if she dies, she has pity for the two babies.
"You don't know, since the death of Liu's daughter-in-law, this Liu's wife has called these two babies when she sees the sky, and she will work before dawn, either beating or scolding, and the most hateful thing is not to give food and clothing. Liu Daya is only eight years old, and Liu Erdan is six years old. Poor thing! Sister-in-law Wang told everything she heard, she just couldn't see the style of Mrs. Liu's family.
''A family, let the two little ones wait. and is not afraid of retribution. This is not retribution. "Liu Lao Er has been married for three years and finally got such a son, the baby is ruthless, he eats like a pig, and bullies Liu Daya and his brother and sister.
"You have a point. Liu Dalang died miserably. "The third grandmother knows something, when the imperial court increased the army the year before last, many people in the village used silver to arrive, only Mrs. Liu said that there was no silver, so she let Liu Dalang go to be a soldier. As a result, she took Liu Dalang's pension silver to repair the big tiled house.
"Third Grandma, I heard that Liu Dalang is not biological, isn't it?" I don't know which descendant asked. Many people in the village knew about this rumor, but they didn't know if it was true.
"Look at this, it's definitely not biological, how can a mother treat her son like this" Villagers, you say a word, I say a word, the villagers of the Liu family are simple, and there is really no such equivalent son and grandson as Mrs. Liu's family.
"There is this possibility, I hear her scolding the eldest sister and brother for being little mongrels on weekdays." Sister-in-law Wang nodded, and instantly felt that she was really the same.
"In this way, it's really retribution, Liu Dalang and his family can't turn a blind eye." The people in the village discussed the retribution of Mrs. Liu's family word by word, and they didn't care much about the three people in the courtyard, which shows that Mrs. Liu's family is very unpopular in the village.
"What do you say, you who have lost your conscience? Dare to curse my family's Bao Gen'er, if my Bao Gen'er has three long and two short, I will not finish with you. Mrs. Liu jumped up and took a thick sip at everyone.
"Don't think I don't know, you come to see my jokes, tell you, no way. Get out of here. You conscienceless people can't die well, ~~" When Mrs. Liu was young, she was so strong, and no one dared to call her the first when she scolded people, and most of the people in the village were scolded by her. So these villagers came to see the excitement, and they didn't even have anyone to help, let alone invite Lang Zhong; It's really Mrs. Liu's mouth that is very cheap.
"And the face to scold us? Isn't this the ghost of Brother Da Lang back, otherwise he would have gotten this strange disease. You don't want to finish with us, you don't look at your stinky good, just a shrew, abusing her grandchildren, who will not be retributed. The crowd didn't know who couldn't look at it, and replied.
"What grandchildren, it's just a wild seed, the little wild seed brought by Wang Laoshi back then, if it wasn't for me to see their father and son pitiful and let Wang Laoshi join my Liu family, they would have starved to death, ungrateful, dare to harm my precious grandson, see if I don't kill you."
Mrs. Liu looked at the sister and brother squatting in the corner and was angry for a while, and blamed Liu Baogen's illness on the sister and brother Liu, picked up a wooden stick with a thick arm and hit them. There are still words in her mouth, "I'll kill you little bastard", Mrs. Liu waved her stick and rained down on the sisters and brothers. The two siblings could only grit their teeth and endure it, not daring to scream, because they knew that if they cried, they would only be beaten more severely. Despite this, Liu Daya still used her body to block her younger brother as much as possible.
When the third grandmother saw that this style of play had to kill people, she had to step forward and grab Mrs. Liu. The villagers also stepped forward to help.
"You let go, the old lady will kill them, see if Liu Dalang's ghost dares to come" Mrs. Liu's eyes were red. Apparently believing what everyone said.
"What's the use of you beating them, let's go and ask the doctor." The third grandmother looked at the two small children, and the eight-year-old girl didn't look as old as her five-year-old grandson.
The crowd had no choice but to pull and persuade. Mrs. Liu is angry, where is she willing to buy it, and she refuses to stop if she doesn't fight enough. For a while, chickens and dogs jumped in the yard, and the cries and scolding were endless.
"What are you doing?" A thunderclap on the ground frightened the people in the courtyard, and when they looked back, it turned out to be the village chief. Everyone made way for the village chief. The village's real name is Liu Jisheng, and he is only forty or fifty years old, tall, and strong after years of hard work, many villagers in the village are a little scared when they look at him.
"Liu Cuilan, you, you!" The village pointed at Mrs. Liu, and hated this cousin a little, and she didn't know how many people she had offended over the years by relying on herself to be the village chief's cousin.
"You are amazing, you are old, you beat your grandchildren like this, you can accumulate some virtue."
Mrs. Liu is honest, she doesn't dare to offend her cousin.
"I didn't have a doctor." Looking at Liu Baogen's pitiful appearance, the village was also a little unbearable.
"Go, Bao'er and his father went to the town to invite." Baogen's mother, Wang Xiaohua, hugged Baogen, wiped her tears, and cried so much that the pear blossoms brought rain. I think she has been married for three years and has not been able to get such a son, but she actually got this strange disease. Last time, Dr. Liu in the town prescribed medicine to take it, and he suffered this disease again within two months, Wang Xiaohua was hanging in her heart? I don't know if the ghost of the eldest brother and sister-in-law that everyone said has come back to take revenge.
"Why are you in a hurry to get to the town, dozens of miles away from here?" The village chief was in a hurry, and it was his nephew and grandson.
The remote location of Liujia Village is to drive ox carts, and it takes an hour to come and go.
"Then what can I do, my treasure root," Old Lady Liu howled again when she heard this.
"The girl of the Xiao family at the foot of the mountain knows how to heal, a few days ago, my second boy had diarrhea, and he was fine after taking the medicine she gave." Sister-in-law Wang had a flash of inspiration and thought of Xiao Ming, the girl of the Xiao family.