Chapter 5: Stygian (3)
When I passed by the couple's house again, the kerosene lamp in their house was still flickering. "Drive quickly, no matter what, you must rush to Wang Erniu's house as soon as possible, I have wasted an opportunity, and nothing can go wrong." Chang Yan urged on the side.
I clenched the steering wheel in my hand, a little apprehensive. Suddenly, a dark shadow swept past the car and scurried into the grass on the side of the road, and I stopped in the middle of the road with a sharp stop.
"Scared...... Scared the hell out of me. Cold sweat broke out on my forehead, and my hands holding the steering wheel kept shaking.
"It's just a wild cat, make a fuss, hurry up, or the second chance will be wasted." Chang Yan said impatiently.
I made up my mind and continued on my way, but I didn't go far before I stopped the car again.
"What's wrong again?" Chang Yan's tone was already full of anger at this time.
"If you don't want to live, hurry up and get out, don't bother our brothers." Chang Miao echoed.
I opened my mouth wide and pointed ahead, unable to speak. Directly in front of the car, an old woman in a black robe walked hobbled with a cane. "It's fucking small." Chang Yan said, snatched the steering wheel in my hand, and kept pressing the horn of the car.
The old woman heard the sound of the horn and turned slowly, and a sunken, wrinkled face clearly appeared in front of us in the light of the headlights, and her eyes, covered by gray hair, looked very hollow.
"Holy shit." Chang Yan Chang Miao, who was very calm just now, was also taken aback by this old woman at this time, "Hurry up!" Come on! ”
The old woman picked up the stick in her hand and waved it at us, as if she was about to throw it at us. "Neurotic, leave her alone, just drive over." Chang Yan sat up straight and tightened his grip on the seat belt on his chest.
I continued to honk at the old woman, but she didn't look like she wanted to dodge, but limped straight towards us. I wanted to drive away, but my limbs became uncontrollable because of my extreme fear.
One-step, two-step, three-step..... The old woman was getting closer and closer to our car, and when she came to the door next to me, she kept tapping on the window glass with her cane, her mouth closed and closed, as if to say something.
"How...... What to do. "I'm trembling all over, and so is Chang Yan and Chang Miao beside me.
"Brother, let's ...... Let's go to ...... Do you still have the talisman paper you asked for in the Taoist temple last time," Chang Miao stammered.
Chang Yan touched his whole body up and down, shook his head desperately, and did not speak.
I rolled down the window.
"You...... Guys...... Think...... Want...... Go...... Which...... Yes? The old woman said word by word, staring at me with empty eyes.
"Wang Erniu...... "Before I finished speaking, the old woman pulled the people in the back seat of the car and sat directly in.
"What do you want to do?" Seeing the old woman's strange behavior, Chang Miao scolded loudly while moving her body to the side.
"One...... Straight...... Walk. The old woman ignored Chang Miao and pointed forward with a boring hand.
I swallowed a mouthful of saliva and slowly stepped on the gas. Along the way, no one spoke, except for the roar of cars, and there was a dead silence all around.
"Stop...... Cart...... King...... Two...... Cattle...... Family...... Arrive...... Finish. "The car went on for about ten minutes when the old woman suddenly tapped my finger on my shoulder.
"No, a family just told us that Wang Erniu's family is in the easternmost part of the town." I questioned.
"Get out of the car!" The old woman's voice suddenly became sharp, and her tone was no longer slow.
I had no choice but to stop the car. The old woman opened the car door and walked to a house on the side of the road. "II...... Cattle. I saw the old woman knocking on the door and calling Wang Erniu's name. Then the door was opened, and a short, fat man poked his head out to see the old woman, excitedly reached out and welcomed her into the house, and then closed the door again.
"Is this really Wang Erniu's house?" Chang Yan asked suspiciously, "Could it be that we were deceived by that old lady?" ”
"Let's take a look." I got out of the car, and Chang Yan and Chang Miao also followed behind me. The three of us walked towards Wang Erniu's house. Walking to the door, a woman's vigorous roar was clearly heard, as if she was giving birth.
"Knock knock" Chang Yan knocked on the door first, probably because the sound in the house was too loud, and no one came to open the door for a long time.
"Fuck." Chang Yan walked to the window to the side and began to beat again.
"You're insane!" The door was suddenly opened, and the short and fat man just now poked his head out again, and when he saw me and Chang Miao standing in front of the door, his expression became a little stunned.
"Are you Wang Erniu?" Chang Yan walked over and asked viciously.
The fat man nodded: "Something?" ”
"Erniu! Yes! Inside the house, the woman's voice grew louder and louder, and it was clear that the pain of childbirth had become unbearable for her.
"Come in and talk about anything." Wang Erniu said helplessly, beckoned to us, and motioned for us to enter.
The three of us walked into the house, just like the previous one, with a dim kerosene lamp on the table. An old woman who had just taken a ride was delivering a woman lying on a bed.
"It turns out that she is a midwife." Chang Yan whispered in my ear.
I nodded and didn't speak.
"That, you have also seen, my wife is giving birth, what is the matter, can you wait for the child to be born." Wang Erniu looked at us nervously.
"The child is born late ......" I covered Chang Miao's mouth and didn't let him continue.
"Haha, this kind of light, isn't it a bit reluctant to have a baby." I looked at Wang Erniu and asked.
"No way, the place is poor, I want my daughter-in-law to survive until the day, but no one can help this, I have to trouble my father to invite the princess in the middle of the night, this is good, the princess is here, my father is gone." Hearing Wang Erniu's words, I suddenly remembered the mute old man sitting on the stone smoking a dry cigarette.
We didn't speak, we just waited, and after some time, the woman stopped screaming in pain, and a baby's cry attracted everyone's attention.
"Congratulations." I smiled and patted Wang Erniu on the shoulder.
At this time, Wang Erniu was already relaxed, on the contrary, Chang Yan and Chang Miao were already depressed.
"I wonder what a few people are looking for me?" Wang Erniuhan rubbed his hands with a smile and said.
"It's nothing, I wish you a happy family, excuse me." Immediately, I pulled Chang Yan and Chang Miao out of Wang Erniu's house.