Chapter 1: The Scarlet Tongue

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I was born prematurely, two months early, just hit the seventh half of the lunar calendar, the midwife said, I was originally a stillborn, my mother held me in the ancestral shrine and knocked and knelt, the ancestors were moved, only to leave this life.

The people in the village looked at us pitifully and took special care of our mother, but every time I told my mother that I wanted to keep this in my heart, she would hug me and cry.

At that time, I didn't understand that these were all debts, and they all had to be repaid.

Unlike other places, where spirits are summoned and lanterns are placed to worship the Halloween, our village will have people take turns to keep vigil at the ancestral shrine in July, and every day corresponds to the person whose birthday coincides.

On the 14th of July, the door of the ghost was opened, and the yin qi was heavy, and they asked me to keep a girl from the night of the 14th of July to the next day.

My mother disagreed, saying that I was too young and would be scared, so I didn't let go when I was beaten and my nose was blue and my face was swollen.

Strange to say, the village has prospered year after year since I filled the vacancy of the last seven-and-a-half vigil.

But when I was fifteen years old, when I was keeping vigil as usual, the candles in the ancestral shrine suddenly went out, and the house immediately cooled down as if it was winter, and more importantly, the red dots of the incense in front of me fell rapidly, as if something was blowing.

The scene was so strange that I didn't dare to stay long, so I hurried outside, but when I got out, I saw a lot of black shadows swaying around.

I was so frightened that my legs went limp, and my first reaction was to hug myself and cover my face and cry, when I felt someone throw a stone at me, followed by a burst of laughter......

I opened my eyes to find that the girl had come to bully me again with a group of people, she was the daughter of the village chief, her name was Wang Lin, she had always been very arrogant and often scared me.

I didn't want to cause trouble, so I got up and walked back, but Wang Lin was unrelenting, and kept scolding me, I didn't care, she actually turned the conversation to my mother, saying that my mother was a broken shoe, and she didn't have a man to hook up everywhere, and she had a leg with many people in the village, so that the people in the village took care of us so much.

I turned around and stared at her viciously, warning her not to speak, and the people around me pointed at me and whispered, "Here you go again, that look is like a wolf." ”

Wang Lin walked over, crossed his waist and looked like a victor, pointed at my nose and scolded, "I just said, how can you drop it, do you dare to hit me?" My dad is the village chief, and my mom said that your mom is indecent and will only hook men, if it weren't for us, ......"

"It's not! Your mother is indecent! I kicked her in the knee and rode on her to die, "Let you talk nonsense!" I'm going to kill you, I'm going to kill you......"

I don't care what people say about me, but my mother, she is so good, why can even a child bully her......

But I was alone, and after a while, the people next to me ripped me down, surrounded me, and smashed their fists on me, so big and small, that I could hear the thumping sound.

Wang Lin told me to kneel down and admit my mistake, otherwise, they would beat me to death, throw me on the mountain behind the ancestral hall, and let the wild dogs eat me.

I gritted my teeth and didn't speak, staring straight at the people in front of me, they were so determined that I begged for mercy, and beat harder and harder, just when I almost ran out of breath, a strange sneer came.

Wang Lin and they immediately panicked when they heard that someone was bullying me in the dark, and the villagers could still turn a blind eye, but as soon as they put it on the bright side, they were indispensable to be trained, so they let go and immediately ran out.

I got up and went back to the ancestral hall, felt a cushion and sat down, and found a more comfortable position to rest against the wall.

Unexpectedly, the man also followed, and Qingyue said in a majestic voice: I saved you.

I glanced at him, and met the pair of black eyes that were thicker than the night, and suddenly panicked, but he laughed softly, infinitely magnified in the silence of the night.

He's a grown man, and I'm only fifteen, and if he's going to do something, I can't stop him......

The more I thought about it, the more confused I felt, but as if that person could anticipate my thoughts, he turned around and walked out of the ancestral hall, and he didn't come back for a long time.

I calmed down a little, but I didn't dare to let my guard down, so I dragged on until dawn, opened my eyes and went home.

What I didn't expect was that my house was very lively, there were many people coming in and out, and their eyes were a little wrong, they were respectful and a little afraid.

I sensed that something was wrong, so I quickly reached the door, and was about to call my mother, when I saw her smashing the village chief with something and telling them to hurry up.

I've never seen my mom look so strong, and I've never seen those people laughing and flattering, so many things wrapped in red cloth keep sending them to my mom's hands, and my mom will smash them when she gets them......

"Don't toast or eat," the village chief's wife crossed her waist and pushed my mother, "Take yourself seriously, aren't you, who are you pretending to be a big-tailed wolf with!" ”

Seeing that my mother was about to fall, I didn't care about the pain in my feet, so I rushed up and quickly helped my mother steady, blocked in front of my mother, and punched the village chief's wife, "You push it again, I'll leave the words here today, who dares to bully my mother, in the future, you put a knife on my neck, and I won't go to the ancestral hall." ”

As I spoke, I kicked the chair over with my foot, and glared viciously at the village chief's daughter-in-law, who glared back at me, and just rolled up her sleeves to say something.

With a "snap", the village chief gave her a slap and asked her to apologize to us.

The village chief relied on his daughter-in-law to sit in this position, and he has always been submissive, but today is particularly tough, his daughter-in-law was stunned, and the next second reaction was to scold, "Wang Tiezhu, I fuck your eight-generation ancestors, you forgot ......"

Before the words were finished, the village chief slapped him again, he was extremely ruthless, and the five finger prints on his wife's face could be seen clearly, she didn't dare to be strong again, scolded a few swear words, and let the village chief wait, and went out of the door in a rage.

The village chief turned his head and said with a smile that his daughter-in-law was not sensible, so let's stop worrying, but my mother didn't appreciate it at all and pushed him out.

I also helped, but the village chief didn't seem to dare to do anything to me, so he was very obedient and retreated, and asked me what was the problem with my injuries, and he had good medicine at home and would send it to us later.

"No, you don't." After blasting people out, my mother immediately closed the door and bolted, "My daughter, I will take care of it myself." ”

After the movement outside had almost subsided, my mother took my hand and went into the inner room, wanting to touch my injury, but she returned her hand halfway through, and asked me with red eyes, how did you get it, does it hurt?

I quickly shook my head, saying that I accidentally fell last night, and I looked at the blood or something, but there was nothing wrong.

My mom asked me to sit for a while, she went to boil me hot water, and then took a shower and medicine, and when she was about to stand up, I stopped her and asked her what was going on with so many people coming to the house today and giving gifts.

My mother stirred the corners of her clothes, and it took a while to open her mouth, she said, "Girl, let's go, Mom can't stand it, Mom can't let you be bullied anymore." ”

She knew I was stoned? Know I'm being bullied?

I chuckled in my heart and quickly explained, but before I could say anything, my mother dragged me and told me to start packing my things, and she would take me away today to a place where no one could find us.

If we want to go, we will leave early, my mother's reaction is really a bit strange, just like something forced her to not do it, so that she can't wait to break the boat this time, but I know in my heart that her only weakness is me.

She didn't want to say it, and I didn't want to force her, so I cleaned it up according to her wishes, and later, something fell under the bed and I went to fish, but I touched a wooden box.

I moved out and found a circle of white cloth wrapped around it, packed like a gift, I called out to my mother, wondering if it would be my mother's money saved or something, after all, this box is so exquisite, it seems that my mother has been prepared.

I thought about it with joy, but I didn't expect that as soon as my mother came in, she smashed it out when she saw the box, and she was still muttering, no, I don't agree with this, no......

The box was smashed, and everything inside rolled out, nothing else, but half of a bright red tongue......

My heart immediately hung up, how cruel it must have been to get a man's tongue out alive, but when I looked at my mother, I shuddered even more, for she was visibly relieved, as if the tongue was much lighter than she had imagined......

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