"The man just now is ......," the girl's voice came from the next room.

"Oh, it's the postman, you have a good rest!" Saying that, the old lady picked up the thermos again and poured them a cup of hot water, Niu Niu kept staring at the curtain next door.

"Next door is my daughter, who has chickenpox, and it is inconvenient to come out to meet people!" The old lady put down the pot in her hand as she spoke. Zhang Qiang listened to her words and nodded, but he was still strange in his heart, what would happen to a man when he entered this village?

Suddenly, Zhang Qiang's heart was shocked, could it be that what Old Man Zhao said before he came was true? If it had been placed before, Zhang Qiang would definitely not believe those nonsense, but after last night, Zhang Qiang had a faint sense of foreboding in his heart.

"Aren't there any men in this village?" Zhang Qiang pretended to be calm and asked.

After the old lady heard Zhang Qiang's words, her body suddenly trembled twice, and then she said with a relaxed face: "The men have all gone to work outside the village." Then he looked at him left and right, as if he was deliberately hiding something, Zhang Qiang knew that he couldn't stay here, so he stood up and prepared to leave.

"Auntie, the letter has been delivered, you sign it here." As he spoke, Zhang Qiang took out a small notebook and handed it to the old lady.

The old lady rubbed her hands together in embarrassment and said, "I can't write." ”

"Then let your daughter sign a name!" Unexpectedly, as soon as Zhang Qiang's words came out, the old lady's face became even more embarrassed, and then she said softly: "Or...... Why don't I press my handprints! ”

Zhang Qiang wondered in his heart that her daughter was suffering from a serious illness that she couldn't even sign her name. No matter what, according to the handprint, Zhang Qiang can't wait to leave this weird village now, if he is a step late, I am afraid that even his life will be taken in.

After all, although he is not a handsome guy, he is still a virgin, and he has three happy events in his life, and basically he hasn't encountered any joy, so it's a pity to finish it like this.

The old lady said and took out a long string of keys and opened a red wooden cabinet behind her, as soon as the cabinet was opened, a strange fragrance suddenly came into Zhang Qiang's nose, yes, the fragrance was the same as the touch in the old golden head wine.

She just lifted the cabinet open a small crack, and then rummaged through it in secret, and it took a moment to pull out a box of round ink. Then carefully close the cabinet, open it, and press a big fingerprint on Zhang Qiang's notebook.

Zhang Qiang closed the notebook and said, "Okay, auntie, then let's go!" ”

"Wait a minute, lad!" The old lady shouted to Zhang Qiang again, Zhang Qiang turned his head strangely, only to see the old lady handed the letter to Zhang Qiang, and said a little embarrassed: "I can't read, the young man helps me read what is written in it?" ”

Zhang Qiang hesitated for a moment, and as a result, the letter, this old lady is really strange, isn't her daughter illiterate?

The envelope was so special, it was definitely not made of paper, Zhang Qiang tore it hard for a long time and still didn't open it, and at this moment the old lady handed Zhang Qiang a pair of scissors.

Zhang Qiang took the scissors gratefully, and then cut it from one end of the letter. Judging from the cut marks, the envelope looks like it was made of leather and glued together, but what is it that makes the skin so thin and so delicate?

There was a yellowed letter in the envelope, Zhang Qiang put down the envelope and picked up the letterhead, unfolded it, the font on it was very beautiful, but as soon as he read a little bit of the content on the letter, Zhang Qiang's heart jumped wildly.

Zhang Qiang's fingers trembled, and his eyes stared at the short letter, but his throat seemed to be stuck by something, and he couldn't read a word. The letter reads as follows:

mother

Seeing the letter, my father died. This was about three months ago, and I secretly buried my father's body, lest my companions find it, or maybe there would be no bones left.

Now there are people dying here every day, and those bodies are taken away, and at first I thought they were buried. Who knew that a few nights ago, because I drank too much porridge, I suddenly smelled a faint smell of meat when I woke up at night.

I don't know if my mother read the previous letters, but we had little food left a few months ago, and the rest of us could only drink porridge every day to barely survive, and as for meat, we didn't even dare to think about it. So at that moment I smelled the smell of meat and my nose became very keen, so I followed the fragrance, like a wandering spirit, around the beam in front of me, and the fragrance became closer and closer.

As soon as I got on the beam, I saw a bonfire in the small ditch in front of me from a distance, and there were a few people around the bonfire, although it was a little far away, but I still saw the figure of Sangazi next door, I thought to myself that this guy is not interesting enough, and there is meat to eat and not call me.

So I rushed down the beam, and the closer I got closer I became, the more strange it became, and the group of people sat around the campfire, their eyes staring straight at the campfire in front of them, and the smell of it was coming from the campfire.

I slowed down and glanced at the campfire. Mother, at that time my whole body trembled, and it would scare you to say it, but now I can only confide in you, because I know that you are illiterate and cannot read what I write. So I can write calmly.

There was a bloody corpse roasted on the bonfire, and the faint fragrance emanating from the corpse made me feel sick. But the people in front of him seem to have lost their minds.

I lunged up and kicked the corpse over the campfire, and several people, including Sangazi, jumped up, and their eyes didn't see me at all, only the half-cooked corpse that had been roasted.

They hurriedly picked up the corpse, and then several people rushed over to me, all of whom were from Cao Yu Village, and they angrily knocked me to the ground, warning me to eat me first if I told the story.

Sangazi viciously pressed a dagger to my chest, his eyes flashing not with hatred and anger, but with hunger. I never thought that this brother, who had played with me since I was a child, would look at me with such a hideous gaze.

Then they tied me with rope and put me in a corner, and several people continued to sit around the campfire. Mother, the curse of this village has made us do so many unconscionable things, when will it end?

I want to go back to Cao Yu Village, but do you agree, I don't want to live like this anymore, even if I go back, I will die.

Li Sen in the tenth year of the Republic of China

After reading this letter, my heart hung again, this letter was written in the tenth year of the Republic of China, why was it sent by me today, what is going on?

"Young man?" The old lady looked at Zhang Qiang who was in a daze and asked, "You read it to your aunt!" ”

Zhang Qiang coughed lightly twice and said, "It says that your son and husband are fine, let you rest assured!" ”

"Gone?" Apparently the old lady couldn't believe it.

Zhang Qiang nodded and said, "Just these aunts, your son has sent you a letter before!" ”

"yes, it's been years, it's been years!" The old lady said meaningfully.

"Can you show me all those letters?" Zhang Qiang suddenly became interested in this village and the Li family's father and son, where did they go? This letter is from the Republic of China for ten years, so how old is the old lady in front of her?

This qiē question slammed into Zhang Qiang's chest.

"This ...... This ......" The old lady rubbed her hands, and suddenly she glanced outside, and the expression on her face instantly froze, at this time Zhang Qiang found that the goosebumps on Niu Niu's body suddenly rose again, and even the few 'Shen Ren Ling' on the neck of the colorful pheasant (Shen Ren Ling, that is, the softer fluff behind the chicken's neck, generally in fear, or when fighting, those feathers will stand up. Also erected.

Zhang Qiang looked in the direction of her gaze, Niu Niu didn't close the door when he just came in, and at this time, there were several figures moving at the door, hesitating but never coming in.

The old lady's hands subconsciously rubbed quickly, then retracted her gaze and looked at it, and lowered her head again, as if thinking about something. Suddenly, the old lady grabbed Zhang Qiang's wrist tightly and said, "Young man, you come with me to avoid it." ”

Zhang Qiang furrowed his brows at a loss, and couldn't help but wonder in his heart again, who are those people at the door? Can't you still eat me? But since the old lady said so, it is better to have more than one thing, and it is best to cause less trouble.

The old lady dragged them to the opposite room, opened the door curtain, and a foul smell rushed straight to Zhang Qiang's nasal cavity, almost making Zhang Qiang breathe, Zhang Qiang immediately looked in the room.

The room was small, with few furnishings, the curtains were tightly drawn, except for a small wooden table on the kang, on which was spread a cloth full of dense strange patterns, on which was placed a glass ball the size of an egg, and a lamp that looked even more strange.

The lower body of the lamp is square, and from that square protrudes a finger-thick lamp body, which is in the shape of a lotus flower.

On the opposite side of the table sat a girl with long hair and a melon seed face, but the girl was blind and covered with a thick quilt on her lower body. And the stench seemed to come from the girl's quilt.

The world is just not fair, such a beautiful girl can make her blind. At this time, the old lady pushed Zhang Qiang and said, "You two stay in this room, don't go out no matter what happens outside, you know?" ”

Zhang Qiang nodded suspiciously, then lowered his head and looked at the blind girl in front of him, the girl frowned slightly, her fingers moved lightly on the glass ball, and then said softly: "Your surname is Zhang?" ”

Her question made Zhang Qiang's body tremble, from the moment she entered the door to now, Zhang Qiang has never said Zhang Qiang's surname, how did this girl know?

Then the corners of the girl's mouth slightly curled up to reveal a hint of a smile, and whispered, "Do you think it's strange how I know your name?" ”

Zhang Qiang nodded, and was even more surprised in his heart, could it be that this girl knows how to read minds? Cut, that's all a lie to the child, but this Li family is really strange.

"It's not a lie." The girl's words hit Zhang Qiang's chest again.

Ya, it's really a thousand wonders in the world, and there is really a zài mind-reading skill in this world!

The girl's face was still full of smiles, but at this time, there was a noisy footstep in Zhang Qiang's ears, and it seemed that more than a dozen people walked in. I only heard the old lady say, "What are you all here to do?" ”

"Eldest sister, I said that you are really unkind, and no one in the family will talk to our sisters." A woman said in a weird way.

"yes, yes, are they back?" The other women chimed in.

"Where?" The old lady argued, "If they had returned, I would have sued you long ago!" ”

"Eldest sister, don't lie to us, there must be a man entering the village, I saw it just now and I haven't gone out since I walked into your house." The woman who had just made a strange voice said: "You don't know, men are going to suffer when they come to this village, and your daughter is not ......."

The woman swallowed back the words as if she was taboo, and the woman outside was still talking unrelentingly, and then the footsteps of several women walked into the room, Zhang Qiang and Niu Niu were shocked, Zhang Qiang looked at the girl who was half paralyzed on the kang, and her smile was always on her face.

"Look, where is this man?" The old lady followed into the house and said.

Although they couldn't see it, judging by the sounds, the women seemed to be rummaging through the cabinets looking for something.

"Where did you hide them?" The woman just now snapped.

"There is no one at all." The old lady pretended to be calm and said.

"Could it be that you hid them in her house?" Saying that, the woman walked in the direction of Zhang Qiang's room, Zhang Qiang's back was cold, and he caught a glimpse of Niu Niu's clenched fists. R1058