Chapter 36: Strange Customs
I didn't understand it in the first place, but after being explained by my mother, I was even more confused.
I was about to ask again, but was interrupted by my mother's words.
"You're barely eligible, you're just a little shorter, a little thinner......"
Mom muttered to herself.
I had "100,000 whys" in my head, and there were so many questions that I didn't know what to ask first.
"Mom! You mean that you don't know me, but you know that I'm the one you're waiting for? ”
I asked tentatively.
"Yes! We have been waiting for a qualified man for more than ten years. Mom said slowly.
"Wait...... How do you know that I am the only one of the four of us who meets? You...... Isn't this the first time you've seen me? ”
I was anxious to pull this black old woman off, but it was mad to see her like that, and besides, this was her place, so I endured it and endured it.
I thought to myself: this can't be its mother's cannibal tribe! I'm just to their taste...... But on second thought, it shouldn't be, if you want to eat me, you can just kill me, or knock me out with a stick, it seems that I am not in any danger at the moment.
Thinking about this, I strengthened my courage and continued to ask, "Are you...... Just say it! What do you need me to do? ”
Mom let out a grim sneer, picked her voice, and replied, "What are you doing?" There have been no babies in our village for more than ten years......"
The anger I had just suppressed came out again, is this old woman having a problem with her brain! Every time, the answer is not the same question.
I was about to scold her a few words, when suddenly Li Xiaobai next to me whispered to me: "Xiaozhen, do they treat you as a breeding pig!" ”
As soon as I heard what he said, my face turned red to the base of my ears, and I suddenly had a feeling of empowerment.
Those who may live in the countryside know this: before the nineties, many farmers raised a sow, some of them were raised to be sold as pigs, and some were kept for their young, so there was another corresponding occupation in the countryside - raising breeding pigs.
The job of the breeding pigs is to be delivered to a different sow every day to get them pregnant.
If this is really the "girl tribe" marked on the map, there may be no men, or only a few men, combined with the words of the mother just now, it is really possible to choose the "breed of people".
"You three, give food to my children! Hahaha......"
Mom's eerie shrill laughter interrupted my thoughts.
As soon as we heard what he said, we all understood, weren't the children she was talking about those bugs? Do you want to use Chen Laosan and them as "insect feed"?
Antique Li has been silent, but when he heard his mother's words, he trembled with fright, and subconsciously shrank back.
Chen Laosan is a Yellow River eater, he has seen a lot of bandits and bullies over the years, and he may still have a few murders in his hands, which is definitely not a good stubble.
As soon as he heard the old woman's words, he became angry on the spot.
"Do you think Lao Tzu is scared? It's a big deal, we're dead and ...... broken."
As he spoke, Chen Laosan pulled out a machete from his waist.
"Chen Laosan? Your name is Chen Laosan? I seem to have heard this name - are your grandfather and father also called Chen Laosan? ”
If it weren't for the serious and tense occasion at that time, I might have laughed on the spot, and said in my heart: This old woman may have stayed in this deep mountain for too long, and her brain is rusty, how can there be a son with his father and grandfather called the same name!
But what I didn't expect was that Chen Laosan trembled all over his body and asked his mother: "Are you ...... How do you know? ”
When I saw his reaction, I chuckled in my heart, and the funny feeling just now disappeared in an instant. What the!! Chen Laosan's father and grandfather are really called Chen Laosan? How could three generations of grandfathers share the same name!
Mom stretched out her arm, pointed at Chen Laosan, and said slowly: "You forgot how your grandfather and father died!" ”
As soon as he heard this, Chen Laosan trembled again, and in an instant, the murderous aura on his face retreated, and the whole person was like a frosted eggplant.
What I didn't expect was that Chen Laosan knelt down immediately afterwards and looked at his mother with a panicked face.
Although I don't know what happened, I can judge from this scene that the deaths of Chen Laosan's grandfather and father must be related to his mother, and this incident is still Chen Laosan's nightmare.
I hurriedly took a step forward and said, "Mom! The four of us came together, and you are going to kill ...... Just kill them all! If the three of them died, I wouldn't be alone! ”
I'm also pretending to be a big-tailed wolf, so it's a gamble! The premise of my bet is that I am important to her, at least not as insect feed.
Mom obviously didn't expect me to do this, and after hesitating for more than ten seconds, she let out a series of sneers.
"You're threatening me? The last time I threatened the person, I was bitten by insects for three days and three nights before I breathed......"
My scalp went numb when I heard that.
I, Chen Xiaozhen, am afraid of snakes, insects, these little things that look wriggling.
Just as she was about to beg for mercy, her mother said again: "However, not only will I not want your life, but I also have to let you live well...... So be it! Let's talk about conditions? ”
As soon as I heard that I was going to negotiate terms, I was happy in my heart, it seems that my big-tailed wolf is not bad!
So he hurriedly asked, "What conditions?" Tell me about it? ”
Mom slowly stood up, because her whole body was wrapped in black cloth, and she looked like a black ghost.
"If you can complete the task I gave you, I'll let the four of you leave alive!"
Mom said, walking towards us step by step.
At that moment, I felt a sense of tension and oppression that I had never felt before, and my heart beat faster.
Mother said, "Your task is to bring thirty children to our village!" ”
Next, Mom called Xiaoqing and Xiaobi and took us to another house.
It is a house that is all red in color, and even the stone tiles and roof are painted red.
Xiaoqing pointed at me and said, "Your name is Xiaozhen?" ”
I nodded.
Xiaoqing continued: "This is the 'Langfang', and my mother arranged for you to live here. Outsiders are not allowed to enter this house without permission, so go in by yourself! ”
I was still a little worried that they would be unfavorable to Chen Laosan and them, so I tried to ask: "Two sisters, this house is so big, or the four of us live here, right?" ”
"That's absolutely not good, this house is usually only in charge of taking care of it, and it may have been uninhabited for more than ten years......"
Xiaoqing replied.
I asked, "So where are they going?" ”
Xiaoqing smiled slightly, and two small dimples appeared on her pink face.
"I know what you're worried about, don't worry! No one here dares to disobey Mommy's orders, and since Mommy promised you, she will definitely keep her promise! ”
She's got it all to say, and I'm too embarrassed to say anything more.
I wanted to follow and see the accommodation arranged for Chen Laosan and them, but was stopped by Xiaobi.
"They can't go into the 'Lang's room', and you can't step into the 'slave' room! If you want to contact them, someone will help you get the word out. ”
Xiaoqing asked me to go to the red house to rest for a while, and someone would soon notify me to eat, and after saying that, they led the three of them towards the back of the small hill.
Before leaving, Li Xiaobai glanced back at me and smiled slightly.
I was a little confused, but when I saw a few people walking away, I had to turn around and step into the red door.
In comparison, this red room is not as dark as my mother's house, at least there is a small window, but there is not enough light.
In the center of the room was a bed, strangely large, more than three meters long and wide, and the bedding and pillows on it were red.
The house is surrounded by a circle of flower shelves with layers of flowers of various colors.
Maybe it's the scent of flowers, but as soon as I stepped into this room, I smelled a very faint and nice fragrance, and at the same time, my mind became clearer and more energetic.
As soon as I saw the big bed with the futon, I really felt sleepy, I had been running all the way in the past few days, whether it was on the train or on Chen Laosan's boat, I didn't sleep a good night's sleep, sleepiness hit, out of control.
Just as I was sleeping in a daze, I heard someone shouting outside the door, "Xiao Zhen!" Xiao Zhen! ”
Recklessly, I thought I was still sleeping on the bed of Yanli's house, so I hugged my body, wanting to sleep with Yanli for a while.
All of a sudden, I was a little more sober.
It was Xiaobi who heard the voice call my name.
"Here we go!" I said yes and sat up.
Together, I suddenly saw an embarrassing scene, and my own department was bulging with a small tent - fortunately, Xiaobi didn't come in, otherwise I wouldn't have been ashamed to death!
I secretly used the heat in my body, forced myself to calm down a little, and staggered out the door.
Xiaobi looked at me with a smile and said, "Mommy called you to eat!" Follow me. ”
With that, she turned and walked towards a larger house next door to the dark house.
It's a hall, a long hall.
There are dozens of one-meter-high tables inside, each seat can seat four people, which means that there are almost two hundred people in this hall.
There are already a lot of people sitting here, sparsely lazy, old and young.
I immediately saw Li Xiaobai and the three of them, sitting on the left wall.
After glancing around again, I was thrilled to know why I could recognize them at a glance.
Except for the different costumes, all of us in this room are women, except for the four of us! All red monster costumes, with a red handkerchief on his head.
When they saw me enter the door, the people in the room looked at me strangely, and then they whispered in twos and threes.
I didn't know what to say or do for a while, so I asked Xiaobi, who was standing in front of me, "Sister Xiaobi, this is a restaurant, right?" Is it possible to sit casually? ”
Xiaobi pointed to a red chair in the middle of the innermost part and said, "Others sit casually, but you have a fixed seat, and you can't sit anywhere else." ”
The other tables and chairs in this room are light yellow, but this chair is red, the same color as the one in the "Lang Room".
I followed Bi to the red chair and sat down.
As soon as I sat down, I found out that the seemingly wooden seat was actually made of stone, which surprised me. I don't know anyone here except Xiaoqing and Xiaobi, looking at their dress, for a moment, I even suspect that this is a group of female ghosts!
All of them looked at me with puzzled eyes, and some of the young women still had blush on their faces.