Chapter 22: The Death of Tragedy
The crowd went and returned, chaotic into a swarm, surrounded and hugged Song Ling's father who had fainted, his father pinched Xiao Ling's lips lightly, and even Mingjie was so frightened that he cried, he had never encountered such a situation, and he was at a loss.
Finally a cry, Xiao Ling cried out, everyone breathed a sigh of relief, and the child cried out and was fine.
Only Mr. Li Junlin didn't know what happened to Xiao Ling, he never knew that Xiao Ling was a child picked up by Mingjie, and he was also a poor child who was abandoned by his parents.
After Song Ling came to this home, his parents and Mingjie were very good to Xiao Ling, almost a year, Song Ling had almost forgotten his life experience, but today Xiao Haitao's crying reminded him of his previous painful memories, at that time Song Ling also cried heartbreakingly, and also did not call back his biological parents to take him home, so he was abandoned by his parents forever.
I don't know how long it took, Xiao Ling fell asleep in a daze in the comfort of his mother and Mingjie, the tears hanging from the corners of his eyes, his mother gently wiped them clean with a soft towel, what a pure and lovely little face, endearing, hugged him into her arms, and her mother wiped away the tears that flowed out because of her heart, and her heart was a little peaceful.
The barking of dogs in the village gradually died down, and everything was calm again, and a little sadness hung over the gray sky, and a dull cry was occasionally heard in the middle of the night. Xiao Haitao is gone, and there will be less little tails behind him in the future, Mingjie is very sad, thinking of Xiao Haitao's crying, Mingjie doesn't dare to look at it.
Lying in front of the window, unconsciously there were tears in his eyes, Mingjie, who never cried, felt strange, how could he cry, when he was born, his mother said that he had never cried, could it be that he grew up and had tears.
The breeze blows, Mingjie looks up at the sky, the cold night, the moon is bright and the stars are sparse, and the meteors cut through the night sky.
As time passed, two months passed unconsciously, Mingjie has been depressed, Xiao Haitao was sold by his biological parents, and Mingjie still can't accept that there are such ruthless parents in the world. The little tail behind him, now only Song Ling is left, and Xiao Song Ling is also a child abandoned by his parents, whenever Xiao Song Ling asks if Xiao Haitao will come back, Mingjie is inexplicably sad, maybe he will never see Xiao Haitao again in this life.
Mingjie hasn't gone down to the river to catch fish for a long time, and I can no longer hear Xiao Haitao's cute appearance of yelling when he grabbed the fish.
Standing by the river, when the sun sets, the river reflects the dazzling white light, a little dazzling, scratching the back of the head, recently, Mingjie is not in the mood to pay attention to the Nanshan Tomb Cave that has been boiling recently, a large number of strange petroglyphs have been found in it, no one can understand it, and even some experts have come, saying that it is archaeological research.
The aunts gathered at the entrance of the village exploded, talking and cursing, blaming the village for being haunted, all because of those archaeological experts, who collided with the gods, and the evil ghosts ran out of the cave to harm people and livestock, in short, there was always a set of statements from the women in the village. Digging people's graves and digging up the ancient tombs of ancestors will be punished, just like the tomb robbers in neighboring villages, possessed by demons, and there will be no peace.
The well-behaved little pine sat next to her mother, with her little hands on her cheeks, watching her mother do needlework, while listening to the aunts chatting, turning a pair of shining eyes, without saying a word. Song Ling is very quiet, liked, not like Mingjie at all, if you can't ask endless questions, aunts can also participate in chatting, but Mingjie hasn't participated in this kind of occasion for a long time, and everyone in the village is curious about what happened to the ghost boy?
"Xiaoyun, go home, go home quickly. "Grandma Shaoyun, who was far away, called Shaoyun home.
The trembling grandmother stood in the sunset, in good spirits, the women in the village were silent, bowed their heads and continued to do the needlework in their hands, and when Shaoyun followed the grandmother away, they began to whisper again.
Across a few reeds across the stream, Mingjie stood in the river field inlet throwing stones, playing in the water, and heard the boy's cry, the people in the village were so envious, the boy seemed to be so happy forever, and a person could have fun.
In the afterglow of the sunset, a few birds flew up, there was a crow call, the village faintly cried, the children cried, the village women stood up and sighed one after another, Xiao Haitao's mother passed away, even if she sold her own son, she could not save a life, a human tragedy.
"Does Grandma Shaoyun know anything, if the sun doesn't set, she will call Shaoyun home, does it count that Xiao Haitao's mother is going to die?"
"Yes, every time someone in the village dies, the old grandmother doesn't go out for three days, and this time it's the same. β
"I heard that the old grandmother is a goddess who married from the thirty-sixth cave!"
"You can't talk nonsense. β
The village women stopped talking, collected the needle and thread, and invited them back to the village together, and the warm-hearted women sighed while entering the dilapidated hut of Xiao Haitao's house to help their family take care of some aftermath.
"Brotherββ, Mom told you to go home, go home. β
On the stream field, Song Ling's sweet voice flows, like a flowing stream, standing in the inlet, shaking in the reflection water, Mingjie turned his head in response, hugged a big stone and threw it down to the deep water, splashing and flying down. The wind was as bright as the wind, and he ran back to his home on the bank of the Independence River, across the single-plank bridge, to visit the village.
"Xiao Haitao has no mother!"
Mingjie said this, rubbed his forehead and sighed, took Song Ling's little hand, and didn't speak for a long time.
"Brother, it turns out that you already know that Xiao Haitao's mother is going to die. β
Mingjie patted Song Ling, took a deep breath and said, "Grandma Shaoyun, don't go out for a few days, I guess Xiao Haitao's mother will pass away in the next few days." β
"Brother, you are so smart, I just heard from the eldest grandmother, and I realized that Grandma Shaoyun is a goddess. What is a goddess?"
Nodding her lips, Mingjie hugged Song Ling and whispered, "The goddess is like the witch we saw the night we went to Miao Village!"
Song Ling's eyes widened, not believing that Grandma Shaoyun was a witch who could chant spells and cast strange spells.
"I don't believe it, brother, I don't believe it. β
Letting go of Song Ling, Mingjie said, "I don't believe it either." β
Song Ling bit his fingers to look at Mingjie and blinked his eyes.
Mingjie turned around and walked home, saying as she walked: "I saw someone outside the village, sneaky, be careful of thieves, let's take care of the house." β
Xiao Songling caught up with Mingjie, hooked Mingjie's hand and said, "Brother, I'm hungry, you bake potatoes for me to eat." β
Mingjie stuck out her tongue and said, "I really didn't pursue it, my parents are not here, we can grill cured meat and eat it." β
Song Ling bit his finger and said with a smile: "Mom said that brother, you are a little gluttonous cat, as long as they are not at home, either the salted fish is gone, or the salted meat is less." β
Mingjie thumped her chest, nodded and said, "I'm a little gluttonous cat, so what are you?"
"I'm a gluttonous cat too. β
That's right, brothers should share hardships and share blessings. β
"I'm going to make a fire. β
Xiao Songling's cuteness is distressing, but fortunately, there is also Songling, Mingjie will not be lonely and live happily. After the blazing flame burns, the charcoal is full of red and spicy, the two children turn the slices of meat worn by bamboo skewers in their hands, dip them in spicy sauce, and put them on the fire to roast the oil, which is fragrant, and the pure little face reflects the fire and is red and fluttering, and the skewered barbecue is put to the mouth, and then handed to Mingjie.
Busy with barbecue in his hands, Mingjie white teeth bite a piece of barbecue, stretch out the tip of his tongue and roll it into his mouth, the fat and thin cured meat, half oil and half meat are delicious, and Mingjie shook his head again and again. Song Lingle hehe, take a bite and put it to Mingjie's mouth, brothers, you eat the first string of meat in one go, and the barbecue on the charcoal fire is also cooked.
The two children with red charcoal fire, red lips and white teeth, in the dark room, a pile of firewood and charcoal, reflecting the two brilliant boys, in the night, can still clearly identify the eyelashes, as if Mingjie and Songling themselves can shine and light themselves, so that people can see very clearly.
The sound of the dog barking came from outside the courtyard gate, Mingjie ran to the door and closed the door, tonight the parents must be busy until midnight to come back, close the courtyard door, the provincial dog eats the dog noisy.
People were sitting at home, Xiao Songling passed by the altar of the altar of the table in the hall of the house, and the handwriting written in gold powder was shining, so frightened that Xiao Songling ran to Mingjie's side, pointing to the hall and couldn't speak.
Feeling the weirdness of tonight, Mingjie walked into the hall, the undercurrent surged, the incense ash swirled and flew, the bright heaven and earth altar text, the ground trembled and the table shook, looked left and right, only the place where the altar was set up shook, Mingjie gritted his teeth, but he couldn't find any monsters.
At the door, Song Ling pointed to his stove and shouted: "Brother, you see that our father-in-law of the stove god will move his eyebrows and beard. β
Mingjie shouted angrily, ran to the yard, looked up at the clear sky, the stars were shining, and then looked at his own home, thinking that it was haunted outside the village again. Mingjie doesn't know that the altar or gods enshrined in the countryside can gather spirits over time, and tonight it seems that someone will launch the altar at home and borrow the divine power of the shrine.
The faint chanting sound came, Ming Jie soared into the air, blue eyes pierced the night, and a line of black shadows escaped from Shao Yun's house and hurriedly fled to the south of the village. There are so many thieves in the village, why didn't anyone find out? Who is so bold to dare to break into the village and steal, it is too bold.