The child was still young and she couldn't describe what she felt before, but she could not forget the fear and terror for a long time afterwards.
Wei Mian checked the child's condition and saw that her soul was not stable after being tossed around like that, so he gathered a ball of spiritual energy in his palm and hit her on the head.
Xinxin only felt a warm current flowing in from the place where the beautiful sister touched her. This warm current flowed throughout her body, and the fatigue that had made her unable to even lift her wrist slowly disappeared.
"During this period, take your child out often in the afternoon to bask in the sun, but don't let her go out at night. It's best not to leave her alone. After a month or two, she will be fine."
The couple thanked Wei Mian profusely.
After they returned, Jiang Yao wanted to leave and return to Qingping, but Wei Mian said that the matter was not over yet and asked her not to rush back.
During dinner that day, Jiang Yao's second aunt stood at the gate and cursed for more than an hour. The old lady had never been someone to be trifled with since she was young. Now that she knew her great-granddaughter had been murdered, how could she let it go?
I really want to curse the other person's ancestors for eighteen generations.
Wei Mian didn't mind at all, and even sat at the door with her bowl of rice to watch the old lady scold. There were many people like her.
Anyway, it’s not me who is being scolded, so I’ll just watch the fun.
The night was uneventful, at least on the surface.
The next morning, when smoke began to rise from most of the chimneys, a shrill scream echoed throughout Qingjiang Village.
Wei Mian’s eyes lit up, here it comes!
She quickly put on her clothes and dragged Jiang Yao towards the direction where the sound came from.
There were many people doing the same thing as her, and soon everyone gathered at the door of a house.
Jiang Yao looked at this familiar place and said, "This is my second uncle's eldest brother's house."
This relationship sounds rather confusing, but it is actually the family of Jiang Yao's mother's second uncle's eldest brother.
Since everyone was from the same village, every family had children of similar age, and Jiang Yao often came to play when she was little.
She moved closer and quickly understood what was going on from the onlookers.
Old Mrs. Guan passed away last night.
Jiang Yao had a very deep impression of this old lady Guan. She was a famous centenarian in the area. She was already 109 years old this year and would be 110 in half a year. But she died just now, and she died in her sleep. It was really sudden.
The old lady has lived to a very old age, but her mind is not confused at all, her eyesight is not blurry and her ears are not deaf. She likes to smoke and drink, but she is very healthy. She eats as much as a strong laborer in one meal, walks briskly, and can even take care of her paralyzed son.
A few years ago, the old lady could go up the mountain to pick mushrooms by herself, but now her family won’t let her go.
There was no other way, the old lady could only stay at her son's house every day. Sometimes after everyone fell asleep, she would come out and chat with people under the big tree at the entrance of the village.
Even last night, the old lady did not show any abnormality. She ate two bowls of rice as usual, digested it for a while, and then went to bed.
But when the daughter-in-law was about to wake her up this morning, she suddenly discovered that the old lady was dead.
The most terrifying thing was that the old lady's face was blue and purple, and her hands were tightly strangling her neck. It looked like she had strangled herself to death. Several members of the Guan family had to use a lot of effort to move their hands away from the old lady's neck.
But you can't let anyone see it, otherwise they might guess what you're doing!
Wei Mian also followed the crowd into the house and took a look at the old lady. Judging from her fate, this person could live to be seventy years old at most.
But now she is 109 years old, so what happened to the extra 39 years?
Considering Xinxin’s abnormal behavior yesterday, the answer is self-evident: it was stolen from someone else.
Soon the old lady's mourning shed was set up. Most of the people in the village were her juniors, who had grown up under her care, so many of them stayed to help.
Even Jiang's mother came to help.
After Wei Mian and the other man had some fun, they went back to eat. Only Jiang Yao's grandmother was at home.
"Grandma Jiang, I want to ask, do you remember any children who died young in recent years? Well, preferably within forty years."
Wei Mian looked natural, as if he was just chatting casually, but the old lady was experienced. She looked at Wei Mian for a while, and then recalled it with some uncertainty.
"If you put it that way, it seems like there are quite a few."
The old lady took a fire poker and slowly fiddled with it on the ground, trying to recall the young people who had died in the past few years.
"About five or six years ago, Xiaoliang from Erzhuzi's family fell into the river and drowned while out playing."
"It's strange, that child has been afraid of water since he was a child and never wanted to go near the water. They said that he seemed to be possessed that day and insisted on going to the river to play. No one could stop him, and he drowned not long after he went there."
"Your Aunt Erzhu cried so much that her eyes almost went blind."
"A little further ahead, that should be the third child of Dawei's family. He must have been hit by a truck more than ten years ago. It was right at the entrance of our village. I don't know how he got crushed under the wheels and was gone instantly."
"And there was also Jinlian'er's daughter, Dani'er, who fell and died on the spot."
As the old lady was talking, she gradually couldn't continue. Her hand holding the fire poker trembled. Seeing this, Jiang Yao hurriedly grabbed the old lady's hand with both hands.
"Grandma, please stop talking."
The old lady stammered for a long time, tears welled up in her eyes, and it took her a long time to calm down.
"Now that you've reminded me, little girl, I've noticed that every five or six years, a child dies in the village. They're all young, some are still babies! But the earliest one is probably my fifth child."
When she said this, tears suddenly flowed from the old lady's eyes.
Her fifth child was the one she gave birth to with all her heart and soul. He was usually very sensible and filial, but he was gone suddenly.
If it weren't for the other children around her, the old lady really didn't know if she could make it. Even if she couldn't, she would force herself to do so.
She has four other children, and she can't let them become poor little ones without a mother.
She took out a handkerchief and wiped her tears. "Girl, do you think people who do evil will really be punished?"
Wei Mian looked at the old lady's face and knew there was nothing he didn't understand. She looked very serious.
"Don't worry, Grandma Jiang. People who do evil will definitely be punished. Even if she wasn't punished at the time, the King of Hell won't let her have it easy when she reaches the underworld. She can hide the evil she did from heaven and earth, but she can never hide it from the Book of Life and Death."
"Besides, you and your fifth son have a mother-son relationship in this life. He will be filial to you in this life as well."
When the old lady heard this, she could no longer hold back her tears and immediately covered her face with her hands and sobbed.
Her fifth child, who was extremely filial at a young age, never enjoyed any happiness and was gone just like that.
The frail young boy, seeing that his mother was unwell, secretly took a rope and an axe and went up the mountain to chop firewood.
He was not even as tall as a tree branch, but he was able to bring back a full bundle of firewood. His face and hands were scratched, but he gave her a big smile.
"Mom, you are not in good health, so leave these chores to me from now on. Your son will be filial to you!"