I'm just confused, so I'll just pretend to be stupid! Be sure to sit there without moving.

Then more and more people came to the house.

After a light cough, Mom slowly walked in, supported by several middle-aged women.

She still looked like she was wrapped in black cloth, and her eyes were slit.

Everyone seemed to be very afraid of Mom, and when they saw her come in, everyone stood up, and suddenly there was no sound in the hall.

Seeing me sitting on this red chair, my mother laughed, and the sound was like a saw sawing a tree, which was extremely harsh and ugly.

She slowly walked over to me and sat down in the chair next to me.

"Young man, I didn't see it just now! You're still a Taoist! No wonder my kids chose you! ”

Mom looked me up and down, as if she was slightly surprised, took a deep breath, and wondered: "You can't have such a deep Taoism at a young age!" I'm still dumbfounded! You...... Is it convenient for you to let me take the pulse? ”

I nodded reflexively and held out my hand.

"No!"

As she spoke, my mother shook her arm, and I saw a big red centipede more than ten centimeters long fly out of her sleeve like lightning and burrow into my sleeve.

I was most afraid of this kind of bug, and I was so shocked that I shook my body, and the heat flow in my body immediately started.

In just a few seconds, the centipede flew out of my sleeve and back into my mother's clothes.

Mom stood up all at once, took two steps back, and stared at me deadly.

I didn't know what had just happened, so I had to stare at her like that.

The two were silent for more than half a minute before she said in a low voice: "God has eyes! This is to revitalize my Jade Girl Village! ”

After saying that, Mom suddenly knelt down and stretched out her hands towards the east.

In addition to the four of us in the room, we also knelt down and raised our hands above our heads.

The four of us watched in silence at their strange behavior, guessing that it was some kind of ritual, and it was inconvenient to disturb them.

After a few minutes, Mom stood up and sat back in her chair, and everyone else followed suit.

Everyone picked up their chopsticks and waited for the meal to be served as if nothing had happened just now.

A few minutes later, a dozen gray-haired old women lined up and walked in with silver plates, and placed them on the table, which was steaming food, and it was impossible to tell what it was.

I noticed that the food in front of me was different from everyone else's.

In front of me was a silver plate of slices of meat, white and red, and next to it was a silver bowl with milky white porridge.

I turned my head to look at Xiaobi, who had been standing behind me, and pointed to the silver plate, which meant: What kind of bird rice is this?

Xiaobi didn't answer, but looked at her mother.

Mom laughed a few more times and said to me: "In the future, Xiaobi will be your personal maid, her life is also yours, and she will definitely be loyal to you, if there is anything you want to ask, you just ask!" ”

Hearing this, I was happy, but at the same time a little embarrassed, what is a personal maid, what age is this, and Huang Shiren and Xi'er are still in that way! He hurriedly asked Xiaobi: "Sister Xiaobi, what ......is this food?" ”

Xiaobi smiled slightly and replied: "Mom said that I will be the master's maid in the future, so call me Xiaobi!" This is our Jade Girl Village specially prepared for the master of the 'Yang Meat Shredded' and 'Yang Porridge', please use the master slowly! ”

As soon as I heard the name "Returning Yang", I thought it was a tribute to the dead, so I unconsciously swallowed a few mouthfuls of saliva.

Everyone was eating quietly, and Mom also took off the black cover on her head.

Originally, I thought she must be an old and ugly witch, and even her face was full of scars, if it was a good face, who would wear such a black hood!

Who knew that the moment I took off the black mask, I was stunned!

It was a suffocatingly beautiful face, with fair skin, a towering nose, and a cherry-like mouth, and it looked like it was only in its early thirties.

No way! That's a big contrast!

I thought to myself.

Mom smiled at me and said, "Is it a surprise?" The reason why I wear a mask is the village rule of Jade Girl Village for thousands of years, since I became a new generation of mothers fifty years ago, this black mask can only be removed when eating and sleeping. ”

The voice was still hoarse.

When I heard this, I was stunned.

What the? Fifty years ago, she took over as her mother?

From this sentence, I learned two messages: first, Mu Ma should be the name of a position, probably like our village chief and town mayor; The second mother should be over fifty years old, or even seventy or eighty years old.

Mom didn't say anything more, but began to eat quietly like everyone else.

I can't sit like that all the time! So I picked up the chopsticks and put a piece of shredded meat in my mouth, and I thought to myself, if it's hard to eat, it's a big deal to spit it out.

What I didn't expect was that the shredded meat was so delicious, a taste I had never tasted before.

After eating a few bites of shredded meat, I tried to drink the milky white porridge again, and suddenly a refreshing aroma reached me.

It's so delicious!

After a gust of wind and clouds, I drank the last mouthful of porridge with satisfaction, and after burping, I asked my mother: "What are the ingredients of this shredded meat and porridge, it is so fragrant!" ”

Mom smiled at me, revealing two rows of white teeth.

"It's better that you still don't know, or I'm afraid you'll spit out everything you eat."

As soon as I heard this, I felt a little itchy in my throat, and I didn't spit it out, and I didn't dare to ask any more.

"All the people in the village are here?"

I turned around and glanced around, and when I saw a room full of women, I was still puzzled.

"Almost! Those who are qualified are here!"

I was stunned again, what do you mean to be qualified! It's all two legs with a head on top of it, is there still enough qualifications? Thinking about it again, this village is full of weirdness, as an outsider, this matter is still not asked in detail, more things are better than less things.

So I changed the subject and asked, "Why are there no men and children?" ”

Except for the four of us, all of them were women in red in this hall, and Xiaobi and Xiaoqing were the youngest, and there was not a single child in the whole room, even if they were teenagers.

My mother looked at me and said with a smile: "Didn't I tell you, there have been no men in this village for more than ten years, where are the children without men?"

There seemed to be some profound meaning in her words and the expression on her face.

After a pause, she said: "Now there is only one real man here, whether there will be children next, how many children there are, it depends on yours!" ”

As soon as I heard it, my whole body trembled, and my face turned red as soon as I brushed it, this is not just a teasing, it's just a purchase!

I hurriedly pretended to be confused, and said with a smile: "Why am I the only man!" Chen Laosan and Antique Li are both men! and the younger Li Xiaobai ......"

As I spoke, I turned to look at the three of them.

This sight shocked my soul to jump out.

No way! What's going on? I was watching them gobble up just now, and in just a few minutes, the table was empty, and there was no one.

I smacked, stood up, and asked, "Oh man! They're people! Didn't you promise me not to ...... them"

Before I could finish my sentence, I was pulled by my mother to sit down again.

"What are you anxious about! What I promise you will definitely be done, the mother of the Jade Girl Village has always said the same, they just ate a dish specially prepared by me, and they do not belong to men for the time being, because only the selected men can stay in the village. ”

Listening to what he said, I'm even more anxious!

"What? You're making people emasculate them!! What about them? ”

I almost yelled.

Mom sneered a few times, and replied to me in a hoarse and cold voice: "Emasculated? Does Jade Girl Village still need to use this bloody method? Feel relieved! They just ate a Gu worm and temporarily lost the desire and function of a man, and when you complete the task, I will solve the Gu for him! Now someone is sending them back. ”

My hanging heart relaxed a little, and at the same time I was faintly afraid.

I heard Chen Laosan say that there are a small number of Miao people in this vicinity, they are good at raising Gu, Gu poison is a very domineering poison, which can control people's nerves and souls......

"You...... Are you threatening me? ”

It dawned on me that I had to obey them now, or I would not be able to get out alive with none of them.

"I didn't mean to threaten you - of course you can understand that."

After saying that, my mother put on her hood, stood up, and slowly walked to the door with the help of several people, and walked more than a dozen steps, she stopped again, turned to look at me, and said slowly: "Maybe this is unfair to you, you will have a complaint in your heart, and it is not good to give birth to a child like this!" ”

I glared at each other and didn't answer.

"So be it! I know what you're here for, and I know what happened in the Yellow River, and as long as you complete your mission, I promise you to take the third bell away, and as soon as the bell enters the water, my children will all come back!" ”

At that moment, my head was going to explode!

I never thought of it! This mysterious strange woman actually knew that we were here to find Gu Zhong, and listening to what she meant, the evil affairs of the Yellow River had something to do with her, and even I suspected that all this was made up by this old witch.

Mom turned around and left.

The others then walked out of the hall one after another, each of them sneaking a few glances at me as they left, and their faces seemed to be shy.

In the end, only me and Xiaobi remained.

"Master, I'll take you to the shower and change your clothes!"

My thoughts were suddenly pulled back to reality by Xiaobi's words.

"Oh...... What to change clothes? Do I have to change this outfit too? ”

Xiaobi smiled slightly and replied: "My mother has instructed, after lunch, let me serve the master to take a bath, and then change into a Lang dress." ”

"Xiaobi! We should be about the same age, can you call me in the future? Just call me Xiaozhen! ”

Xiaobi's face turned pale all of a sudden, and she quickly shook her head and said, "Don't!" If I let my mother know that I don't respect my master, I will be tortured by the bite of a thousand insects......"

I didn't expect Xiaobi to react so much, I was also surprised, thought about it, and asked her again: "Mom said that I am your master, it's okay to kill you, right?" ”

Xiaobi nodded with fear on her face, and replied timidly: "The master asked me to do whatever I wanted, including killing me......"

"Then you listen to me for everything?" I asked.