Chapter 14: Happy Events
"Mother-in-law, my senior sister is still in the carriage, and I will help her over." As I spoke, I turned around and went to the carriage to put a cloak on my sister to cover up the blood stains on her skirt before helping my sister out of the carriage.
Senior sister was in a state of confusion at the moment, and asked me with drooping eyes, what kind of place is this.
"Senior sister, this is Fog Village, let's settle here tonight and rest for the night." I said to my sister.
The senior sister blinked in confusion and looked at the old woman, as if to confirm whether the old woman was a demon or not.
"No problem, senior sister?" I saw that the old woman was also a little frightened, thinking that it would be better to be some other mountain spirit and ghost.
Master once told the story of a ghost in the mountains who turned into a relative and ate a child, so now I have some doubts about this old woman in front of me.
"Hmm." Simply, the senior sister nodded in response, making sure that there was no problem with this old woman, and I let go of my hanging heart.
So, he hurriedly followed the old woman towards the house.
The house was very quiet, and I thought that if it was dark today, the people in the village would usually rest after dinner, and the mother-in-law's family would also rest.
But when my mother-in-law led us into the hall, I was shocked.
Because there were no less than twenty people standing in this huge hall, all of them were gray-haired old men, and all of them were dressed in navy blue.
I stood at the entrance of the hall, looking at them, in the night sky, lightning and thunder, I suddenly thought, this group of people are wearing shrouds, right?
Thinking of this, I instinctively wanted to back off.
"Girl, in our village, we have to have a happy event early tomorrow morning, so the elders in the village have come here to discuss!" The mother-in-law turned her head to me and explained.
I nodded hurriedly, and my eyes swept to the word "happiness" posted on the wooden door, and my heart was relieved.
Before, I have also seen other people do happy events, and it is true that the elders get together to discuss, but this atmosphere is not quite right? Why do these people seem to be very serious?
"Girl, I'll take you to the wing." The old woman carried the lantern and led me and my sister through the hall to the backyard.
In this backyard, there are more than a dozen rooms, and only one of them is lit.
The old woman placed us on the opposite side of the room and turned to leave.
I helped my sister to the bed, sent the old woman out of the room, and thanked her repeatedly.
The old woman walked a few steps, turned around, and looked at me, and in the darkness, the lantern on the top of the corridor illuminated the old woman's face even more strangely.
"Girl, rest early, don't move around, it's windy at night in this village, be careful of catching a cold." After saying that, the old woman left with her body bent.
I looked at the back of the old woman and thought to myself, it's all night, where else can I go?
But how does this happy event give people a cold and lonely feeling? Could it be that the customs are different from place to place?
I thought about retreating to the threshold, but then I saw a figure walking back and forth in the wooden window of the room with the lights on the opposite side, looking a little cramped.
I looked at the happy word on the door, thinking that it should be the bride's boudoir, it must be tomorrow's wedding, and it is normal for people to be anxious and hesitant tonight.
"Xi, Xiyan." I was staring at the shadow in a daze, and my sister's voice came from inside the room, so I immediately closed the door and walked towards the bed.
My sister looked at me weakly with half-squinted eyes, and I walked up to her and put my hand on her forehead, and she was drenched in some rain and began to have a fever again.
Master once said that if you have been "entangled and entangled" by evil things, especially if your sister is pregnant with a "toad egg", then your luck will be damaged, and your body will become weak, and it is easier to get into trouble.