This night was particularly torturous for the villagers.
Everyone hid in bed, wrapped in quilts, and only dared to show their eyes.
He sat motionless on the bed, not daring to move.
Legend has it that ghosts do not attack people in bed.
Late at night, there was a sound of crazy banging on the door outside.
Bang, bang, bang...
Ah He was so scared that he hid his head in the quilt, covered his ears tightly, and dared not breathe.
I was afraid that Sister Pingping would come looking for me.
"Sister Pingping, I don't want to go down yet. Let's just be good friends in the next life. Don't come looking for me... I'm scared..."
In the most beautiful small building in the village, the village chief Tian Chenggong knelt in front of the Buddhist shrine and muttered something.
"Pingping! I'm sorry, please don't blame the village chief for not helping you.
All the girls in the village went through this. Look at Xiaofang and Xiaona, who grew up with you, they both have children.
Why would a girl like you read so many books? Your parents are doing this for your own good.
Hey, just go and be well, reincarnate well, and don’t be born in our mountain valley in your next life..."
The three-year-old baby tried hard to hide under the quilt and in his mother's arms.
"Sister Pingping, I am your favorite little treasure. You are the best sister, please don't come and catch me. Oh, mom, I'm scared."
"Be good, Sister Pingping is a good person and won't come to arrest Xiaobao. Just go to sleep obediently, Xiaobao.
Go to sleep, go to sleep, my dear little treasure, little treasure, little treasure, sleep well and be a good baby.
Mom is here, Mom is here, I have nothing to fear."
Wu Fang patted Xiaobao's back gently and sang softly.
As I sang, tears couldn't stop flowing.
My dear sister, how did you become like this?
Three years ago, when you told me that you were admitted to university, I was so excited that I couldn’t sleep for several days.
Finally, one of us can escape from this man-eating mountain.
I have seen you getting better and better in the past three years from my friends circle, and I am happy for you.
When you left three years ago, I told you to go far away and never come back.
Unexpectedly, you were tricked back.
In just half a month, we were separated forever. I will never have the chance to chat with you again, or listen to you talk about the outside world.
"Mom, why are you crying?"
Xiaobao reached out and touched the tears on Wu Fang's face.
"Mom, are you scared too?"
Wu Fang wiped away her tears and said with a sob: "Xiaobao, Mommy is not afraid. Mommy will tell you a story about two good friends.
There are two little girls in the village who grew up together. One is called Pingping and the other is called Fangfang..."
"Mom, this little girl has the same name as yours..." Xiaobao clapped his hands.
…
A sleepless night.
Ah He managed to resist the urge to sleep, and with his eyes wide open, he endured the agonizing sleepiness until dawn.
"There is only one good mother in the world, and a child with a mother is like a treasure..."
The cell phone rang and Ah He quickly picked it up.
"Hey, Taoist priest. Where are you? Are you at the village entrance? Thank God, you're finally here. Woohoo... I was scared to death...
Taoist Priest, please come in yourself. I really don’t dare to go out.
My house is the third one from the entrance of the village."
"Okay, got it." Xu Yi hung up the phone.
Rub your hungry stomach.
“Gu…Gu…Gu”
Xiao Jin covered his stomach and smiled embarrassedly.
"Sister Daoist, I'm hungry."
Xu Yi took out two apples from her bag and handed one to Xiao Jin.
"Fill your stomach first."
While walking, he took a bite of the apple.
Xu Yi looked at the village shrouded in black air and smelled the blood in the air. She frowned.
"What a strong smell of blood, Taoist Sister, I'm a little scared."
Xiao Jin grabbed Xu Yi's sleeve, his hands shaking with fear.
The further we went in, the stronger the smell of blood became.
The two of them didn't go directly to find Ah He, but instead walked around the village first.
I walked to Pingping's house and looked at the house that had been burned to a terrible extent.
Xu Yi let out a long sigh.
Everything Pingping had experienced flashed before her eyes.
Pingping, wearing a tattered school uniform, knelt on the ground and said, "Mom, please, let me go to college. I will be filial to you in the future. After I start working, I will send you money every month!"
Li Guifen was gloomy for a while, then smiled. "As a girl, you will eventually get married and have children. Why do you need to study so much? You can see that our family doesn't have any extra money for you to go to college.
Your brother still needs to go to school, how can we afford it? Mom has found a good family for you.
This family offered 80,000 yuan and said they want to marry you as soon as possible! Just wait and see how good your life will be..."
Xiaojie and Chen Qi beside them looked on expressionlessly.
"Dad, I beg you, you love me the most. Please let me go to college."
Chen Ping crawled over on her knees, grabbed Chen Qi's trouser leg, and begged bitterly.
"Hey, Pingping, you know your dad is incompetent. It's not that I don't want you to go, it's that I don't have money... Good girl, your dad..."
…
Wu Fang took Chen Ping's hand and handed her a dozen bills.
"Be careful, this is the betrothal money I secretly took out. Take it well. You must make a name for yourself in the future and never come back here again."
…
Chen Ping ate cold steamed buns and ordered the cheapest vegetarian dishes, and worked part-time whenever she had time.
Handing out flyers, performing in puppet costumes, working as a tutor, and serving dishes in a restaurant.
After three years of hard work, things are finally getting better.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content!
Continue read on readnovelmtl.com
