His daughter was hanging on the tree branch, and the cowherd boy was lying next to her, already dead.
In an instant, two young lives were gone. Old Wang was so regretful that he jumped into the river and died.
The villagers watched the tragedy unfolding before their eyes, feeling both sympathy and fear.
From then on, there was another legend about that place, which said that people must not dare to go there in the evening.
If you dare to go, the girl will sit on the tree branch, sticking out her long tongue and looking at you with a hideous smile on her face.
Then she will sing a creepy song and ask you to go back with her.
If you dare to run, she will immediately show her vicious side and come over to grab you.
After this legend, the place became even more scary. When people went to the river to fetch water, they would tremble all over and run away in a hurry just by looking at it from a distance.
No one dared to go to that piece of land. Some people even said that there were several people who had died suddenly there, waiting for the village to find scapegoats.
All these reasons combined together made that place a forbidden area.
But if we don’t take that piece of land, there will be no land anywhere else in the village.
What's more, that place is close to a river and the soil is fertile, it is definitely a good place to grow crops.
Besides, how could Zhou Bin, a strong young man, be afraid of those groundless things?
Thinking of this, he smiled and said, "Dad, those are just the villagers trying to scare themselves. What could possibly happen? Don't be afraid."
Li Nan was a little worried: "Brother Bin, are you really going to that place? I'm a little scared."
Zhou Bin smiled and said, "Don't worry, I will protect you. Even if there really is a monster, we are not afraid."
Zhou Jianming pondered for a while and said, "Then you should ask the village chief about this matter first and see what he says."
Zhou Bin smiled and said, "Okay, then I'll go find the village chief now."
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