(The first two chapters have been revised, but the review has not yet passed, so you can't see it for the time being.) In fact, whether each chapter is well written or not, I can feel it myself, to be honest, I have to go back to the head to revise it so hard, or hope that it will be published one day. The text below,Connecting with my previous chapter,The beginning is slightly different from the previous one.,But it doesn't affect the reading.。 ）

My grandmother smiled and said to my grandfather, "I'll know when I get to your friend's house......"

Hearing what my grandmother said, my grandfather didn't ask anything anymore and drove the donkey cart straight to the East Village.

There is nothing special in the East Village, there are no hundreds of years old locust trees, and there are not many people in the village, and there are only a few dozen people in the village at that time in the past. The terrain of the village is very different, there are potholes everywhere, and many houses are built on the edge of the pits, which look very much like dilapidated houses, and people are worried about whether they will sneak out of the pit one day. The only bright spot in their village is that there is an old Chinese medicine doctor, surnamed Cui, who is particularly famous in our area, older than my grandmother, died a few years ago, lived more than a hundred and a hundred years old, he is not our local, he dragged his family to flee from other places, it is estimated that he came from Zhoukou or Zhumadian, and most of our Henan escapees and food, most of them come from these two places. Of course, don't be upset if friends in Zhoukou or Zhumadian see this paragraph, I don't mean it, I'm just telling the truth, if you don't believe it, you can ask your grandfather's generation to see if what I said is true. More than ten years ago, I had seen this old Chinese medicine doctor look at my stomach, and the old man held my pulse, smashed his mouth and shook his head. But I haven't heard my grandmother mention him at this time, so I guess he hasn't escaped yet.

The donkey cart soon drove into the East Village, where they came to a big pit, where a dilapidated old house was located.

"Here we are." My grandfather greeted and parked the donkey cart at the gate of the courtyard.

The gate of the courtyard was closed, and after getting out of the donkey cart, my grandfather shouted twice at the door, there was someone in the house, and it was a middle-aged woman who was a few years older than my grandmother. This woman is the daughter-in-law of my grandfather's friend, of course, she knows my grandfather, and she hurriedly introduced my grandfather's family of three into the house.

When I got to the house, my grandfather learned that his friend was not at home, so he took the children up the mountain to set rabbits, and his friend's daughter-in-law was alone at home.

My friend's daughter-in-law poured a bowl of hot water for each of my grandparents, and after sitting down, I asked my grandfather what was the matter with her man.

My grandfather didn't speak, but my grandmother smiled and said, "We don't have anything to do here today, we just want to inquire about someone." ”

"Is it from our village?" My grandfather's friend's daughter-in-law asked. My grandfather's friend's daughter-in-law, who has a wide head and a big mouth, knows at a glance that there is no door on her mouth, and she is the kind of old lady who likes to inquire about things and likes to spread things everywhere.

"It's from your village." Compared to this woman, my grandmother is like a small jasper, quiet and cute, my grandmother nodded back.

The daughter-in-law opened her mouth and smiled, and said: "There are dozens of people in our village, I don't know, you say, who do you want to ask?" ”

My grandmother thought for a while and asked, "Do you know that old man Xue in your village, the one who died three sons in three years." ”

When the daughter-in-law heard this, her eyes immediately widened, and she seemed to be very interested, and she said, "Yes! If the people in our village don't know anyone, they have to know him, and their family is evil. ”

"What's the wrong thing?" This is exactly what my grandma wants, homeopathically asked.

"You don't know?" The daughter-in-law didn't raise her voice coldly, then suppressed her voice again, and said, "That old man Xue has sinned against the snake spirit, and in the past two years, it has been designated that the snake spirit has come to their house to take revenge." ”

When my grandmother heard this, she cheered up and hurriedly asked, "How did he offend the snake spirit, can you tell us?" ”

The daughter-in-law's face was straight, and she said in a matter-of-fact manner: "If you want to talk about this matter, it is even more evil...... Big sister, are you afraid, if you're afraid of those gods and ghosts, I won't tell you......"

As soon as she heard this daughter-in-law's words, my grandmother couldn't help but smile and said, "It's okay, you can say it, I'm not afraid, I like to hear this." ”

When my grandmother said this, this daughter-in-law didn't seem to have any worries, and it seemed that she had also found a target for her to spread the gossip, copied the two big-mouthed films, and talked endlessly.

In other words, seven or eight years ago, that is, in 1940, the Great Famine had just passed, and at this time, the Japanese were the main culprit, and there were wars everywhere. One day, a mother and daughter came to their village who fled the famine and asked for food, the mother was about forty years old, and the daughter was about ten years old, her face and clothes were all dirty, and her clothes were even more tattered. When the mother and daughter asked for food and went to the door of Old Man Xue's house, Old Man Xue saw that the mother and daughter were pitiful, and it was getting late, so Old Man Xue left the mother and daughter to spend the night in the firewood room.

After dinner, the mother asked if she could boil some hot water for them, and the mother and daughter wanted to take a bath, but they both had lice on their bodies. When Old Man Xue heard this, he asked his wife Gong to boil a big pot of hot water for them, and found two old clothes for them. When the mother and daughter finished taking a shower and changed into clean clothes, Old Man Xue's eyes immediately straightened. I couldn't see it before, but at this time, the mother and daughter were washed and put on clean clothes, just like the fairy daughter in the New Year's painting, especially this girl, who is so beautiful.

At that time, Old Man Xue's eldest son had already married a family, and Old Man Xue thought that it was best to leave the mother and daughter, his second son was already in his twenties, and he had not yet married a daughter-in-law, so he discussed with the mother and daughter and treated this girl as a daughter-in-law for his son. At that time, Old Man Xue was struggling with his second son's daughter-in-law.

Early the next morning, the mother and daughter were about to leave, but Old Man Xue didn't let them go, and persuaded them that the world is not peaceful at the moment, and they are bandits and Japanese, and you orphans and widows just walk the streets and alleys to ask for food, and if you don't do it, something will happen. The mother and daughter saw that Old Man Xue spoke loyally and kindly, so it was difficult to refuse. Old man Xue hurriedly asked Xue Lao Er to vacate his room, and the mother and daughter lived in Old Man Xue's house.

Half a month later, Old Man Xue found the mother and couldn't wait to put forward his idea, which meant that he wanted her daughter to marry his second son, his son was not young, and it was time for her daughter to get married.

Who knew that when the mother heard Old Man Xue's idea, she refused, saying that her daughter could ask for food and not get married, and she was going to leave immediately with her daughter. Seeing this, Old Man Xue hurriedly persuaded the mother and daughter again. However, Old Man Xue felt awkward in his heart at this time.

When he went to bed that night, he told his wife Gong that his mother did not agree, and his daughter would not marry our son if she wanted food. When Gong heard this, the two asked for food, which was to shame their faces, and they also put on a stinky shelf, which was about to drive the mother and daughter out of the house. Old man Xue hurriedly persuaded her.

Of course, Gong couldn't be angry, and he said in his mouth, let our son cook her girl's rice another day, and see if she is willing. When Old Man Xue heard this, he immediately said Gong's family, our family is an honest person, how can we do that kind of immoral thing, wait a minute, the mother and daughter are not familiar with us, and we will talk about it when we get acquainted.

The mother and daughter have never gone out since they stayed at Old Man Xue's house, so the people in the village didn't know that there were so many more people in Old Man Xue's house.

After another half a month, Old Man Xue proposed his thoughts to the mother again, but the mother was still resolute and said that if she said this again, the mother and daughter would leave immediately. Old man Xue hurriedly persuaded the mother a few more words.

However, this made the pimple in Old Man Xue's heart even bigger. At that time, just after the great famine, who could afford to support two idlers at home, not to mention that the mother and daughter did not go out of the door all day long, and did not do any work. His wife, Gong, was arguing to ask his second son to cook the girl's rice into a mature meal.

The last time Gong said this, others didn't hear it, but this time, Xue Lao Er overheard it.

Before, when Old Man Xue left the mother and daughter at home, he had already told Xue Lao Er in private, be more attentive, and be close to the mother and daughter, so that he would talk to the mother in the future, and give you this girl as a daughter-in-law.

Xue Lao Er heard that the mother and daughter did not agree at this time, and his heart was a little unhappy, and after a few days, Xue Lao Er secretly discussed with her mother Gong, and if it didn't work, she would think of a way to let herself make the girl's rice into mature rice. When Gong heard this, of course she agreed, and hit it off with her two sons.

After a few days, Gong took advantage of the fact that all the family members were working in the field, and found the mother and said that he had been in a panic in the past two days, and that there was a kind of herb in the mountain that could cure the panic, so he asked the mother to go into the mountain to pick some herbs for herself. (?, kuai, third tone.) ）

As soon as the mother left on the front foot, Xue Lao Er entered the house on the back foot. Then, with her mother, they gagged the girl's mouth, stripped her clothes, and tied her to the bed. Gong smiled and went outside to close the courtyard door and the door......

When the mother came back from picking herbs, the girl lay upright on the bed, her eyes looking at the beams, and tears were falling from the ground, her body naked, and there were patches of blood on the thighs and sheets. And the mother? The basket fell to the ground, the basket bones rolled out a few steps, and the herbs were turned out and scattered on the ground......

That night, the mother came to Old Man Xue with red eyes crying, and said to Old Man Xue, I know that you are all good people, it's not that you don't want to marry your daughter into your family, it's that this girl can't marry, and now her body is broken, and our two families will die in less than ten years.

Old man Xue didn't know what this mother meant, but what she said was quite scary. Gong Shi didn't care on the side, and asked the mother unceremoniously, whether your daughter is married or not, and if you don't marry, you will leave our house immediately. The mother cried again, and only one word came out of her mouth, "Marry!" ”

The day of marriage was chosen five days later, but on the night of Xue Lao Er and the girl's marriage, the mother hanged herself on the crooked-necked jujube tree in the yard......