Chapter 12: The Terrible Old Things of the Blind Village
Of course, Feisha Village was not slaughtered, and there was no criminal case.
But coincidentally, the villagers of Feisha Village are all blind people.
Ning Heku once learned some information about Feisha Village from the mouth of the owner of a painting, and it is said that the villagers of Feisha Village were not born blind, but acquired.
Two villages separated by thousands of miles, one in the south and one in the north, have amazing similarities. Among the twists and turns, it is naturally worth going to the field to investigate.
He is a medicine man who pretends to go into the mountains to collect medicine, and pretends to get lost and strays into Feisha Village.
The villagers are all simple and hospitable, and there are few outsiders who can come here, so they are naturally hospitable, and they also ask questions about Ning He and inquire about some situations outside the mountain.
Soon, he learned that there were only two surnames in the village, one was surnamed Qin and the other was surnamed Xi, and it was impossible to find out when his ancestors settled here.
So, he was arranged to stay at the house of the village chief, Uncle Xi. Uncle Xi is about 50 years old, his wife is the same age, and he has two sons, the eldest son is in his early twenties, and the younger son has just turned 15.
After dinner, he and Uncle Xi sat idly in the courtyard, looking at the snow tassel tree in the courtyard, and stopped talking several times.
Uncle Xi suddenly smiled understandingly, "Lang Jun is very curious, why are all blind people in our village?" ”
Ning He: "......" I wanted to ask, but I didn't ask. Although this old man can't see, he has such a strong intuition that he can sense what I am thinking.
Or is it for a blind person, the other five senses will be more sensitive and sharp?
Although Ning Heku had heard some rumors about Feisha Village a long time ago, he still wanted to hear it again, especially the answer from the villagers of Feisha Village themselves.
He replied honestly: "Yes, dare to ask the old man, are the eyes of the villagers born unable to see?" ”
Uncle Xi looked up at the courtyard, although he couldn't see, his gray-white eyes accurately fell on a snow tassel flower.
After a long time, he said sadly: "Naturally not." Many years ago, all the villagers were in good health, and everyone rarely got sick, let alone had such a strange eye disease. Twelve years ago, I remember vividly that it was a hot and dry summer evening, and when I came back from farm work in the fields, I felt that my eyes were itching and panicking, and I felt that there was a foreign object in my eyes, so I rubbed it vigorously with my hands to try to rub it out, right? Old woman? ”
The old woman, who was packing up her clothes on the side, replied, "No, I was blowing it for you at the time, but in the end nothing came out at all." So, I thought it was caused by the heat and heat, so I picked snow tassel flowers and soaked water for you to drink, to relieve the heat and clear the heat, and thought that I would get better after sleeping all night. ”
"And then?" Rather than ask.
Uncle Xi sighed heavily and took over the conversation again, "Who knows, when I get up on the second day, my eyes will blur things, and I can only vaguely see the outlines and shadows of some objects." So, the old woman accompanied me to see the witch doctor in the village, who knew that when I went to the witch doctor's house, I was immediately startled, his house was full of people inside and out, and about seventy percent of the villagers had the same problem in their eyes as me. ”
Ning Heku's eyes widened, "What did the witch doctor say after seeing it?" Can a cause be identified? ”
The witch doctor carefully examined for a long time, and tried everything he had learned, but in the end he did not find out what the reason was, so he told everyone to go back and have a good rest, clean their eyes with water, not to be tired, not to overuse their eyes, and wait a few days to see again. But who knows, a few days later, not only did my eyes not improve, but something even more terrible happened? Uncle Xi closed his wrinkled eyes, as if he didn't want to remember the terrible events of that day.
Ning He didn't ask, just sat quietly, waiting for the old man to recover himself.
But for a long time, Uncle Xi still didn't open his eyes, blindly immersed in the sad past, and couldn't extricate himself.
In the silence, Uncle Xi's wife came over, pressed his wife's hand, and comforted him silently. At the same time, knowing that the guest was still waiting for an answer, she bitterly continued: "After three days, not only the old man's eyes will be blind, but also my two sons. Within five or six days, all of us were blind. ”
"Ahh How so? "I'd rather be calm than calm anymore.
The old woman was still calm, "No one knows! Later, in just half a decade, all the people in the village became blind, even the witch doctor. ”
These situations were told by the villagers themselves, and the shock in Ning Heku's heart was indescribable, and he asked bitterly: "Then didn't you go to the mountains to invite Langzhong to take a look?" ”
The old woman smiled bitterly and asked rhetorically: "Lang Jun came from the mountain to the village this time, and he walked for a few days before arriving. ”
"Two days."
"Does that mountain Louis go?" The old woman asked again.
Why do you want to answer, "Where is there a road in the mountains?" In an instant, he understood, and said to himself: "Yes, the mountain road is difficult to walk, it is difficult to go to the blue sky, I am walking step by step, and if I am not careful, I will fall into the abyss and fall to pieces, not to mention people who can't see." ”
"Not really!" When the old woman had answered, she went back to the house with her clothes.
Ning He looked at Uncle Xi, who was still sitting quietly, and asked after a while: "What about later?" Haven't you looked into the cause of your blindness again? ”
"Alas! Naturally, I want to check, but everyone is blind and can't see clearly, so how can I check? Uncle Xi sighed and replied briefly.
Yes! If you can't see with your eyes, how can you find out the cause? Even if you want to, it's hard to get to the top.
Ning He also sighed weakly, and at the same time, his heart was churning like a thousand horses, and he couldn't figure out what was the reason why the whole village could become blind in a short period of time?
Uncle Xi sighed, and suddenly said: "Lang Jun didn't know anything, at that time, the whole village was like being in purgatory......
The word "purgatory" made Ning He bitter can't help but have a cold war.
Uncle Yu once said that after Wutong Village was slaughtered at that time, it was like purgatory on earth.
The same purgatory situation occurred between the two villages, and the difference between the two villages was only four years.
Another striking resemblance!
Is there such a coincidence?
He retracted his attention and continued to listen to Uncle Xi's story: "At that time, after our eyes were blind, we were always worried, at first we were blind, so what will happen next? The unknown is scary! Therefore, everyone waited in the dark, waiting for the arrangement of fate. ”
After a pause, Uncle Xi suddenly breathed a sigh of relief, "Fortunately, many days have passed, and everyone has found that except for blindness, there is no problem with other organs in the body, and everything is normal, so they are relieved." So, led by a young man, they cheered up in the dark, supported and encouraged each other, groped to adapt to the darkness, and worked hard to learn how to survive in the dark. ”
After pausing again, Uncle Xi smiled reluctantly, "No matter what, people still have to live, don't they?" ”