Chapter Seventy-Five: The Locust Tree
Chen Dong didn't know what to say, he just stood there, trying to walk up to me, but I was not idle, and immediately walked a few steps closer to Chen Dong.
"Just what?"
I wanted to ask him what he was going to say, after all, this mass grave was determined by himself, and no matter how much he tried to stop it, it was useless, so I just wanted to minimize my guilt.
But I'm still a little soft-hearted, so I'm going to ask everyone's opinions again, although I also know that it's just a process, but there should still be respect.
"I think you'd better let us go with you."
Chen Dong finally spoke, probably frightened by the few of us who "disappeared" last night, and directly offered to go with us, but he lowered his head and thought about it again, and then said:
"Don't worry, we won't get close to eavesdropping on you, just hide from a distance, just be able to see your figure, after all, we don't know who is coming from this barren mountain and wilderness, not to mention that you are a girl is even more unsafe, we can help you watch it when we go, and we can help you if there is anything."
Chen Dong's tone was sincere, his eyes were firm, in fact, he didn't plan to let them follow, but looking at his eyes, he thought about it later, in fact, the people in this village are also strange, not to mention that now there is an unexpected situation, they are willing to protect me from afar, in fact, it is okay, so that I don't have to be afraid of going anywhere in the middle of the night alone, and Fang Jun didn't tell me that I was only allowed to go alone.
I hesitated, looked at Chen Dong and said:
"Okay, then I'll trouble you, thank you."
I gave them a grateful look and prepared to go to bed for a while, after all, I couldn't hold on after a night's tossing.
I'm hungry again, and the whole person is very sleepy, but I can't take care of these at the moment, I still want to sleep well before eating, and the next days are not necessarily good, if I don't rest, how can I get out of here?
Seeing that I went to bed and was ready to sleep, Zhang Wenshu, who was sitting, also put down the cup in his hand and came over, and slept in his sleeping bag.
I didn't have the energy to continue talking to them, so I went to bed and simply closed my eyes, and soon fell asleep.
Feeling the warmth of a long time, the body is relaxed and feels comfortable, although this is just a sleeping bag, but for the big winter running for a night of us, the morning has not come to rest, so planted into their own quilt, this time, as if wrapped in the clouds like the feeling, a comfortable feeling makes me at a loss, as if I have never felt this feeling, real and comfortable.
Seeing that I went to bed, several of them stopped talking, Zhang Wenshu also fell asleep quickly, except for Chen Dong and Zhang Qiang, the others went to do their own things, but looking at their appearance, they were also ready to sleep for a while, after all, they would accompany me to the mass grave to find Fang Jun tonight.
Several people didn't speak to each other, even Xu Yi and Liu Meng, who were usually glued together, didn't have any intimate actions, looking at the dark circles under the eyes of the two people, it was obvious that they didn't have the energy to tease each other anymore.
After saying hello to each other, they went to bed, and for a while the room was quiet, and everyone fell into a sweet and comfortable sleep, and there had never been such a time when it felt so real, but, okay, after all, since this time, everyone has not had a good day of quiet life, so it is finally possible to rest.
It feels really good to ignore it, as long as you sleep all the time, let them go to the edge of the world no matter what kind of secret marriage he has, what monsters eat people, we are only responsible for a good night's sleep, just relax yourself.
Time passed quickly, and in a blink of an eye, it was six o'clock in the afternoon, because it was already winter, so it got dark very quickly, not to mention in this deep mountain and old forest, the trees were going to swallow up the light, and the black pressure was like the feeling of a tengu eating the sun, but people who had not experienced it up close would not understand the mystery.
A few people didn't know who woke up first, but dimly heard a person snorting and stretching his waist.
Later, Zhang Wenshu1 next to me seemed to wake up, and I could feel a wind blowing around me from time to time, which should be the wind driven by Zhang Wenshu getting up.
But it didn't bother me, I just went on sleeping, the rustling of footsteps in the ground was uninterrupted, and people were walking back and forth all the time.
However, this doesn't bother me at all, when I was in the dormitory before, I was often the last to get up, of course, there is Qin Xinrou, she is also a typical case of often getting up last, although Qin Xinrou and I are not as close as her and Liu Nan in the dormitory, but in fact, I know that in Qin Xinrou's heart, the status of the two of us is the same, but Liu Nan is more enthusiastic than me, giving people a cordial feeling.
"Li Yi, it's time to get up, it's already seven o'clock in the evening."
I don't know who was the first to call me, when he called me for the first time, I didn't feel anything, and continued to fall asleep like that, and then I didn't know who shook me directly, and I couldn't stand it and woke up.
"How... What's wrong? ”
I opened my eyes with sleepy eyes, and I didn't have any desire to get out of bed when I said that I was open, and I still felt like I was asleep alone.
"You're not going to see Fang Jun?"
His sudden words made me open my eyes instantly, yes, how did I forget about it, and hurriedly scolded myself for being stupid, and quickly rolled over and climbed out of the sleeping bag to get up.
Everything messy on the ground, sleeping bags, shoes, is placed on the ground indiscriminately, making it unbearable to look at directly.
It's just that the strangeness in here really can't be explained in a few words, but I don't pay attention to these things anymore.
I got out of bed, packed up my things, and looked at the time, it was almost past eight o'clock, and it was time to start preparing.
After eating something indiscriminately, I was about to go to the mass grave, and when I was about to set off, Xu Yi suddenly appeared out of nowhere and handed me something, saying that it was a talisman to ward off evil spirits and exorcise ghosts, and let me wear it, saying that it could block evil spirits, of course I didn't believe in these things, so I directly rejected his things.
"Don't worry, there won't be anything evil, even if there is, you won't dare to come close to me, I don't need this thing"
I refused to him, and took out this thing from my pocket, a strangely shaped amulet, he also felt novel when he saw this, so I lent it to him, Xu Yi seemed to be curious, and asked:
"What is this? It looks so chic, is it used to ward off evil spirits? ”
I looked at him and said with a smile:
"Sort of, but this is a talisman, very spiritual, my grandmother begged for me, and she has been with me for a long time."
I deliberately made it up, in fact, I just got it not long ago, but it seems to be an old object, so it's just a pretext, as for grandma, I never asked for any amulet.
It's just that I wanted Xu Yi to believe the lie I deliberately tended, so I took the amulet from his hand and put it around my neck.
Looking at the time, it's not early, and then I looked into the courtyard, it was completely dark, and there was no light outside, but the moon tonight seemed to know that I would go to see Fang Jun, so it was very bright, and the leaves of the trees could be clearly seen on the ground constantly shaking, as if it would take people's hearts, but it turned back to normal in an instant.
"Okay, I'll go first, you guys will set off later, don't get too close to me, I'm afraid he will find out."
I gave them a word of advice, turned to their side again, looked at the few people in front of the door, and said sincerely:
"Thank you!"
The first time I spoke like this, to be honest, even I was serious, I have always disliked sensationalism the most, how did I suddenly make it look like a strong man is gone, but seeing me talking like this, several people showed different smiles on their faces, Zhang Qiang said directly:
"Okay, don't be so pretentious, isn't everyone coming here like this these days?"
I nodded, didn't say anything more, and a man turned around and walked on.
There is a big locust tree at the east end of the village, and there was nothing surprising about a locust tree, but what happened later was very frightening.
According to the old people in the village, they didn't have the tree when they were young, but then suddenly one night it appeared in everyone's field of vision, and I don't know where it came from, so it appeared like that, which was very strange.
For a while, the people in the village talked about it, some people said that this is an auspicious thing, and it must be protected, and some people said that this is an evil thing that fell from heaven, and it must be cut down before the first day of the first lunar month.
When the people in the village saw that the tree was not abnormal, they ignored it for a long time, until one day an incident happened that completely changed the views of the people in the village.
It was a dark and windy night, a family living in the east of the village not far from the old locust tree, the husband and wife quarreled, the wife was angry and ran away, the husband thought he was just going to someone's house to spend the night, after all, this kind of thing has not happened, not to mention that everyone in the village is very familiar, so they didn't care too much, but who knows, what happened next is unimaginable.
The next day, the man searched the whole village and found no trace of his wife, and finally became anxious, so he went from house to house to ask, but no one heard of the woman's trace.