There were neighbors gathered in twos and threes, all of them were rural women from the countryside. They looked at her without any sympathy, but even with indifference and contempt.
"What a bad luck! She gave birth to two daughters for the Zhang family at once. How unlucky!"
"The Zhang family didn't marry a good daughter-in-law. Didn't they match their horoscopes when they got married?"
"Yes! They are a perfect match."
"Oh my, unlike my wife, who got pregnant within two months of getting married, and gave birth to a big fat baby the next year."
"Oh my! Who can compare to your wife? Her belly is really amazing. She has been pregnant with three babies in four years, all of them are sons. Who in the village wouldn't be envious?"
"That's right!"
“Hahahahahaha…”
After listening for a while, Qiao Xi and his companions turned around and caught up with the man who was leaving with the baby not far away.
The man went up the mountain and at a fork in the road he unexpectedly met an old lady who was also carrying a girl up the mountain.
The old lady glanced at him and said, "Old Zhang, are you going up the mountain too?"
Lao Zhang nodded: "Yes, we have twin girls, what can we do?"
The old lady heard this and showed a worried expression on her face: "Oh my, your daughter-in-law is the same. She has given birth to four babies, but they are all girls. Why didn't you ask anyone to take a look?"
Lao Zhang: "Oh, don't mention it..."
He glanced at the three or four-year-old child in the old lady's arms and raised his chin: "You brought him here so soon?"
The old lady nodded: "Yes, her parents just went out to work yesterday, and they are already on the train."
Lao Zhang nodded: "We are still young and can reproduce."
Old lady: “That’s what I said.”
The two walked up the mountain.
There is a seven-story tower built on the mountain.
Old Zhang and the old lady went upstairs for a while and then came down together, with a look of joy on their faces.
Josh frowned slightly.
Yu Ze glanced towards the top of the mountain and fell silent.
Several people knew what had happened, but no one said anything.
One after another, people carried the baby girls up the mountain and came down with a happy look on their faces.
When it got dark, fire started on the mountain.
Black smoke billowed.
Some unknown stench wafted out along with the black smoke.
There were faint sounds of crying and screaming.
At the foot of the mountain, every household closed their doors. Soon after dark, the roads in the entire village were empty and there was no one walking around.
The scene changed, and several people saw a little girl in a red dress crawling out of the ruins.
It seems that we are already inside the building.
There was a child who looked exactly like her next to her, and the two of them held hands, opened the door and walked out.
The moonlight shines on them, making their bodies more solid.
Qiao Xi knew that this was caused by the new ghost absorbing the essence of the moon, which caused the yin energy to surge.
The two children came down the mountain hand in hand and headed straight home.
As expected, the two children went to take revenge on their family.
They saw a child climbing into the house through the window in a creepy manner, and saw a whole family, young and old, crawling out of the house.
Seeing dark clouds covering the sky on the top of the mountain, a steady stream of infant spirits poured down from the mountain and sneaked into the villagers' homes one by one.
"Mom, I'm your daughter, don't you recognize me?"
"Mom, it hurts. The fire is burning me."
"Mom, don't be afraid of me, hug me, okay? I miss you so much."
"Grandma, didn't you say I was your sweetheart? Why did you throw me away?"
"Grandpa, why don't you like me? Isn't Xiaohua well behaved enough?"
"I'm so obedient and I don't cry or make a fuss. Why do you prefer to like your brother who cries all the time and is prone to being sick, instead of me?"
"Why is that..."
"I want my family..."
"I want to go home..."
"Don't abandon me, okay?"
Resentful voices rose one after another, accompanied by the villagers' screams.
The scene changed, and it was daytime again, and a group of people marched into the village in a mighty procession.
The villagers respectfully invited the people to the mountain.
This group of people were holding tools in their hands and wearing proper Taoist robes. It seemed that they were hired by the villagers.
Sure enough, a ritual was performed on the top of the mountain.
The Taoists asked people to open all the toys in the boxes.
Almost every box is filled with dolls, all kinds of cute, lifelike dolls, the smallest of which is only a few dozen centimeters tall.
Some of the dolls are hand-sewn, while others are made of very familiar fabrics, and it can be seen that they were made by the villagers themselves.
The leading Taoist priest looked at the seven-story tower and said, "These are the toys your mother prepared for you. Come and claim them."
The infant spirits in the tower cautiously poked their heads out, and their eyes lit up when they saw the big rag dolls in the box.
Some dolls couldn't help but step out of the gate of the tower, walked over to take their own dolls, then turned around and ran back to the Taoist tower, as if they were very afraid of these Taoists.
Once someone takes the lead, others will naturally follow suit.
After a while, the infant spirits in the tower all happily took their dolls back home. This was the first toy in their lives, and it was made by their mothers themselves, so they naturally liked it.
The Taoist priest looked at the infant spirits in the tower calmly, and suddenly began to perform a ritual, drawing a talisman and sealing the tower.
He summoned four more ghost generals to suppress the infant spirits on the top of the tower and manage them.
The rag dolls in the infant spirits' arms suddenly moved, with red light flashing in their eyes.
In a short while, all the infant spirits were absorbed into the doll's body and were completely sealed.
A hint of understanding flashed across Josh's eyes. So these dolls were not actually moving, but there was undead spirits sealed in their bodies.
She wanted to dig deeper into the clues inside the tower, but found nothing useful.
The little ghost in the red dress stayed on the first floor. After they came in, she followed them all the way to the fifth floor.
She might not know as much as they do about what's going on on the different floors.
Qiao Xi withdrew from the dream and looked at the few people: "What do you mean?"
Rob's face was not very good. He had not yet recovered from the shock. "These people are so inhuman! How dare they treat these little girls like this!"
The expressions of the other people were not much better.
Yu Ze said: "Something is wrong. If we just want to suppress these infant spirits, there is no need to make such a big fuss. Besides, the monsters on the roof are too powerful."
Josh nodded in agreement and looked at them. "And it's weird, isn't it? If it's just to seal people in, why are there different floors?"
"Perhaps, I can answer your questions." A young man's voice suddenly sounded beside him.
Several people looked over and saw that a young man in red appeared beside the bed at some point.
"Sister!" The little girl in the red dress jumped up in surprise, flew over and threw herself into his arms.
The boy hugged the little girl and patted her head.
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