If you were born in the countryside since childhood, you may have heard the old people talk about drought, but you may not have seen it.

In order to ensure safety, Xing Ruyi let Siniang and Lingdang stay outside the village, and Li Mao was responsible for taking care of them, and he and the fox entered the village with the Sun brothers and sisters.

Judging from the trend of the village, it is no different from the village where the shopkeeper Sun is located, but due to the drought, there is a layer of floating dust everywhere. The doors of each house were almost open, but there was no movement in the village or in the courtyard.

Sun Xiaomei followed behind the fox, peeking with her eyes from time to time, every time she glanced at it, her face turned red, and when she walked to the door of Sun Xiaomei's house, her face was almost like a guava.

Xing Ruyi secretly stabbed the fox, the fox smiled helplessly, lowered his head and said in Ruyi's ear: "When this matter is over, I will change my face, is it better to be more ordinary?" ”

Xing Ruyi shook his head and said, "Not good! ”

"Huh?"

"If you want to change, change it to an ugly one, so that others don't want to get into trouble!"

The fox smiled, lowered his head and said in Ruyi's ear: "If I change my ugly face, others should sympathize with you when they see it." When the time comes, he won't let the men next to him think about you. ”

"So what? Not everyone can take advantage of my punishment! Besides, you can take an ugly fox to my hand, which is enough to show that your inner show is not it? Xing Ruyi said flatteringly, but there was a light in his eyes that was a little calculating.

The fox didn't refute, only replied with one word: "Good!" ”

The two of them were talking secretly, and a voice came from the front.

"Oh, you're back, there's something wrong with your family!"

The man who spoke was a middle-aged man, about in his early forties, with an ordinary appearance, his outer shirt was satin, but his underwear was ordinary fabric, and at first glance he was the kind of person who had a very good face and paid great attention to dressing up. A pair of eyes turned around since they saw Sun Xiaomei, and when Xing Ruyi raised his head, he fell on Xing Ruyi's body again, and even secretly glanced at the fox who was also a man.

"What's wrong with my family?" When Sun Xiaomei heard the middle-aged man's words, she didn't care about any more thoughts, and rushed out directly from behind the fox, and then grabbed the middle-aged man's arm and asked eagerly: "Is it my child...... No! It's impossible, I obviously handed him over to Aunt Wang to take care of when I left, and it was impossible for him to have an accident. ”

"Little sister, don't worry, it's not a child, it's your janitor dog!" The middle-aged man said, and took the opportunity to touch Sun Xiaomei's hand, then looked at Xing Ruyi and the fox and said, "These two are"

"This is the torture girl, and the young man next to her is her future husband. I invited both the torture girl and this son, and asked them to help solve the drought in our village. Sun Xiaomei stabilized her emotions a little, let go of her hand, took two steps back, and at the same time introduced Xing Ruyi and the fox: "This is the village chief of our village!" ”

"It turned out to be the village chief, I didn't expect to be so young!"

"Everywhere, it is for the villagers, and it is rare for the villagers to afford it." The village chief smiled and reluctantly returned the salute: "Look at the clothes of this son and girl, it shouldn't be from our countrymen, could it be from Luoyang?" ”

"It's indeed from Luoyang!" Xing Ru said that the village chief not only aimed at himself, but also at the fox's face, and knew that this village chief was not a good thing. So he moved his body slightly and blocked the fox: "I just heard from the village chief that something big happened in Xiaomei's family, and this big event is related to Xiaomei's dog, I am really curious, I don't know if the village chief can tell me in detail." ”

"The two of you have also seen that the climate here is really a little abnormal, especially after such a long drought, and the wind is even more terrible. Although the two are the masters invited by the little sister, in my opinion, the affairs in this village are definitely not handled by the two of them. In this way, I will invite the two of you to sit down at my parents, and after a simple meal, I will let my little sister send you back, so as not to be afraid of the night, not to mention the hardships and hardships of us. ”

"The kindness of the village chief, we understand it, but we still have to do what we promised the little sister." Xing Ruyi saw that the village chief didn't seem to have bad intentions, so he walked up to Sun Xiaomei, pointed to the house next to him, and asked, "This is your home?" I vaguely smell the smell of blood, it's not human, it should be the big dog in the village chief's mouth, right? ”

"Yes, this is my home." Sun Xiaomei said, hurriedly pushed the wooden door open, and as soon as she pushed it open, she let out a scream, and then subconsciously pounced on the fox. Seeing the fox's fierce face, he turned around and threw himself on the body of the shopkeeper Sun, and then muttered: "I'm scared to death, it's so scary!" ”

Xing Ruyi smelled the increasingly smoky bloody smell, raised his foot and took a step inside. Seeing this, the village chief also walked over and blocked Xing Ruyi's sight with his arm: "Girl, don't look at it, the situation inside is very scary, don't say it's a girl, even I dare to take a look at it after a long time." ”

Xing Ruyi didn't speak, only leaned sideways, and entered the courtyard from the side of the village chief. The village chief was stunned for a moment, and the look on his face was both a little embarrassed and a little unhappy, but he didn't show it because of the large number of people.

Not far from the wooden gate, there is a native dog, whose scientific name is the Chinese pastoral dog, which is a relatively common dog in the countryside. is more loyal to the family, unlike those foreign dog breeds, each delicate is not good. Just from the strong bloody gas, you can know that this loyal dog who cares for the home has been dead for a long time, and even signs of ** have appeared on his body. The dog's stomach seemed to have been cut by some sharp weapon, and the internal organs and intestines flowed all over the ground, and there was still a pool of blood that was about to dry up under the dog's body. The dog's head was almost completely bitten off, and only a layer of skin was barely attached. Rao is usually well-informed Xingruyi, and when he sees such a tragic scene, his heart is quite uncomfortable.

"Dog, were you okay when you left home?"

Sun Xiaomei raised her head from the shoulder of the shopkeeper Sun and replied in a low voice: "Okay!" When I left, it sent me here. Originally, I wanted to send this dog to Aunt Wang's house with my child, but there were still some things at home, and I was worried that someone would take them, so I left it to take care of the house. I didn't expect ...... I didn't expect those villains to even let it go. ”

Sun Xiaomei said, crying with a whin, but this cry was not like before, but there were more fraudulent elements, which made Xing Ruyi feel disgusted. She shifted her gaze to the village chief and asked, "What about the village chief?" When did you find out that Sun Xiaomei's dog was dead? ”

"Even last night, I didn't just see it, but many people in the village. It's just that they are timid, and I am the head of this village, so I came forward to talk to my little sister about this matter today, and by the way, do you need my help to deal with it. Since the girl knew the little sister, she should know that there was no one else in her house except for a young child. It's all from the villagers, I don't help her, who will help her, girl, don't you say? ”

The village chief said, deliberately approaching Xingruyi. When the fox saw this, he raised his eyebrows slightly, and the village slipped and fell beside the dog, and with him a lot of filth. The village chief looked disgusted, got up, and scolded on the side.

Xing Ruyi knew that this was the fox helping her teach the village chief a lesson, although she smiled happily in her heart, she still asked with concern: "Has the village chief ever fallen?" You too, such a big person, why can't you even stand on your feet? The one you're wearing is the silk produced in the Splendid Workshop in Luoyang City, right? Although it is an old pattern every other year, the price is still expensive, and it is not good if it is stained with these dirty things and cannot be washed off. ”

"No, this garment was given by my nephew in the city. It's just one piece, but it cost a lot of money to buy it. Sun Xiaomei, you saw it with your own eyes, my clothes were soiled in your yard, if they can't be cleaned, you will be responsible for compensation! ”

When Su Xiaomei heard this, she was so anxious that she cried. She was really scared to cry now, she looked at the village chief while dragging the clothes of the shopkeeper Sun, and said, "Brother, what can I do about this?" This little girl in clothes can't afford to pay for it. ”

Sun's shopkeeper's face is also a little not good-looking, although his family is still rich, but it is definitely not rich, the clothes of this splendid workshop, even if it is the next year, it will cost nearly a hundred taels of silver. Mo said that it was a loss to the village chief, but his own family was reluctant to buy one.

Xing Ruyi rubbed the corners of her forehead with her hands, she originally just wanted to take the opportunity to taunt the village chief, but she didn't expect that the village chief was not good at stubble, and actually pushed the dirty clothes on Sun Xiaomei. However, Xing Ruyi was most disgusted with Sun Xiaomei's pretending to be pitiful at this time, and she couldn't listen to her crying, so she said to the village chief: "The owner of this splendid workshop has a little friendship with me, and he also gave me a few pieces of cloth when he left the city. It's just that what happened last night, can you ask the village chief to talk about it carefully. ”

"The girl really has the fabric of the Splendid Workshop, and it's not a few, it's one?" The chief's eyes lit up like a wild cat seeing meat.

"It's a horse! If you tell me what happened last night carefully, and don't ask your little sister about the dirty clothes on your body, I will give you a piece of fabric from the Splendid Workshop. As for the authenticity, you can verify it, I think the fabric of the splendid workshop, no workshop in this world dares to imitate it at will, right? ”

"The girl laughed, it's just an old dress, how could I embarrass my little sister, an orphan and widow, because of this matter." The village chief said, with a flattering smile: "Here's the thing, since the great drought, our village has not been very peaceful, first throwing chickens, cats, rabbits or something, followed by dead people." However, the dead man had nothing to do with the strange things that happened in the village, they all died of illness, and a few died of hunger and thirst. Although I am the head of the village, although I am also very sad, the conditions in my family are not good, so I can barely make ends meet, and even the rations are borrowed from relatives in the city, so there is nothing I can do. ”

The village chief said, glanced at Xing Ruyi, and continued: "After entering the winter, I asked the villagers to collect the valuable things at home, and then organized the strong laborers in the village to go outside to change some rations and some water. Although there was food and drink, the disappearance of living creatures still happened from time to time, so these strong laborers were organized to continue patrolling the village to find a way to catch the thief.

Last night, when I was patrolling around my little sister's house, we heard a voice. What sound? It was the sound of people walking on the roof, and the tiles and wood creaked. I immediately had people look up with a lantern, but they didn't find anything. After a while, I heard the sound of a dog barking, and when I followed the sound to find my little sister's house, I saw such a scene.

In the middle of the night, I saw this again, to be honest, everyone was quite scared, no one spoke, and hurriedly went home. When she entered the village this day, the girl should have seen it, and no one in this family dared to come out. That is, I, who is a village chief, heard that Sun Xiaomei came back today, so I didn't hurry out to tell her. As for this family, don't live for the time being, live at a relative's house, or live in my house temporarily. I'm the head of the village, so I always have the responsibility to take care of the villagers. ”

The village chief said, and glanced at Sun Xiaomei ambiguously, but Sun Xiaomei lowered her head and hid behind Sun's shopkeeper.

(Education 123 Literature Network)