The babbling stream ripples with blue waves, and the surrounding trees reflect countless reflections in the water, swaying and rippling.

I found a place by the stream and sat down. The mist above the green wave seemed to float a layer of green smoke. I was intoxicated by the awe-inspiring tranquility.

Xiao Se came to me silently, sat diagonally opposite me, and watched me silently.

"Why don't you speak?" After a while, he asked.

I took a deep breath. "I don't know what to say."

"I'll continue with what I just said." There was no smile on his face, and he looked very serious, "There are men and women who have broken the ban. In the 20s of the last century, a villager in Yejia Village married a woman from Luojia Village despite the risk of violating his ancestors' teachings. But not long after the woman got married, her husband died, leaving behind a widow. The child died when he was 10 years old. After that, the people of the village became even more jealous of the ancestral precept that the two villages were not allowed to intermarry. In addition, in the 80s of the last century, a woman in Yejia Village and a man in Luojia Village secretly fell in love with each other, as I told you before, they made love under the alder tree and carved each other's names on the trunk. ”

I waited for him to continue, wondering what would happen to the man and woman.

Xiao Se sighed deeply before continuing: "They betrayed their respective families and got married privately, and after marriage, they were very affectionate, and there was the crystallization of love. But the good times didn't last long, and his wife suffered an accident and died soon after. ”

I opened my mouth wide in surprise. Why do tragedies happen repeatedly, is it really that he was cursed for violating the ancestral teachings? But why did Xiao Se say that the people who cast the curse were the villagers themselves, and their hearts were too dark?

"How do you know so much about things in this village, and does that have anything to do with men and women?" I finally couldn't help but voice the question in my mind.

Xiao Se stared at me with a hint of research in his eyes. "We don't seem to be familiar enough to get into each other's privacy."

My face heated up all at once. "I suspect that you have some ulterior motives, you are not from here, what do you want to do when you inquire about the affairs of this village so clearly?"

"What do I think I want to do, rob or kill and set fire?" Xiao Se said unpleasantly, with genuine annoyance in his tone.

"I ...... It's a joke on you, don't take it personally. "I was worried that I would suffer if I offended him, so I quickly changed my tune.

He stopped talking and lay down. I looked up, and the shade of the trees covered us, and the sun shimmered in the gaps. Looking down again, Xiao Se put his hands under his head, his face was reflected by the green waves, and his facial expression was so deep, quiet and soft, like a character in a fantasy world, it didn't look like the Xiao Se I knew.

"Ye Zihan's sister is also a victim of the so-called ancestral training." I don't know how long it took, Xiao Se opened his mouth again, "Ye Zihan's sister Ye Yanfang was a famous beauty back then, and many matchmakers came to mention that his father Ye Zheng was very fond of the son of the village chief of Zhangjia Village, but Ye Yanfang fell in love with a young man from Luojia Village. Her relationship was opposed by the whole family, and some strange things happened in the village at that time, and everyone pointed the finger at her, and finally she couldn't bear the pressure and committed suicide by throwing herself into the lake three years ago. ”

I gasped. No wonder Ye Zihan hasn't been home for three years, she was silent and melancholy on the way here, no wonder she said that this is a cursed village, it's all because of her sister, right? This village with beautiful mountains and rivers and quiet and far-reaching mountains has adhered to such cruel and ruthless ancestral teachings, which has led to one tragedy after another.