Chapter 197 The Origin of the Sophora japonica Tree

My stepmother’s back teeth are almost broken.

No wonder this little beast suddenly went crazy and didn't want to leave. It turned out he was waiting for her here!

"No wonder people say stepmothers are cruel. Shi An is such a pitiful child, having such a mean stepmother..."

"It's not the stepmother who is cruel. I think his father is much crueler than the stepmother. Every time the stepmother beats the child, his father always watches."

"Why do they say if there is a stepmother, there must be a stepfather..."

The villagers talked one after another, and the stepmother's face turned blue and white. Her face changed again and again like a color palette.

Shi An was still wiping away tears. "I won't leave. I want to stay at home with my parents."

Now is not the time for him to leave.

It was his original father and stepmother who begged him to leave.

While wiping away his tears, the eldest senior brother said: "At least at home, I still know that my mother loves me..."

The stepmother almost vomited blood.

She didn't understand at all that this little bastard just wanted her to spit out the money!

How is this possible!

She has already eaten it, how could she vomit it out!

That’s fifty thousand!

It’s not five dollars!

But if Shi An doesn't leave, his short-lived mother will keep pestering their whole family!

The stepmother was so angry that she almost vomited blood.

Huo Ning smiled and said, "If the child doesn't want to, I won't force him."

The stepmother said nothing.

She wanted to send Shi An away, but that didn't mean she was willing to spend an extra fifty thousand yuan on him.

The villagers knew what kind of person she was and could only secretly feel sorry for the child.

One of the villagers said, "Don't worry about them, Master Huo. Please think of a way to save all of us in the village first!"

"Yes, yes, please save us, Master Huo!"

With so many people dying in one night, the villagers were in a state of panic.

Huo Ning looked up at the sky covered with dark clouds, then lowered her eyes and said, "Let's call everyone in the village to the auditorium first."

It would be more convenient for her to perform since everyone was in the auditorium.

Now that she has spoken, how could the villagers not listen?

Half an hour later, the whole village gathered in the auditorium, waiting for her to make the next move.

Huo Ning started a live broadcast and hung his cell phone on his chest.

【Ahhhh, Huo Laoliu, you finally remembered the Tengjiao password! 】

[Anchor, anchor, I miss you so much. If you don’t start broadcasting, I will go to your house and cry like a dog! ]

[Why does the location of this live broadcast look so unfamiliar? 】

[This should be the hometown of that Mitao Oolong, right? The background looks like a village hall? ]

【Why is this auditorium so dark? 】

The wind blew coldly, and the sound of sand hitting the window sill could be heard, followed by the cries of crows.

The villagers shuddered.

It’s so weird!

Such a weird thing hasn’t happened in the village for a long time!

Huo Ning held a cut willow branch in his hand.

Chen Shu stood beside her, shivering.

"Master Huo..."

Chen Shu swallowed his saliva and asked, "What's going on?"

Huo Ning looked at him and said, "Can't you see that? There is a ghost in your village."

Chen Shu's eyes rolled back and he almost fainted.

It is one thing to guess that there is a ghost in the village, but it is another thing to hear the master say that there is such a thing in the village with your own ears.

"Village... How could there be ghosts in the village?"

One of the villagers cried loudly, "We are a simple and honest people, and every one of us is a good person. How could we be provoked by such a thing!"

Simple folk customs?

Huo Ning smiled and made no comment.

She said calmly, "You should know better than me what's going on with that locust tree in the village that's covered with red ribbons."

After hearing this, many elderly villagers turned pale and kept silent.

Huo Ning said calmly: "If you tell the truth now, she might let you go. But it will be too late. The situation is no longer under my control."

The villagers who knew the inside story looked even uglier when they heard her say this.

Chen Shu was confused by what he heard and turned to look at his grandfather. "Grandpa, what happened to the locust tree?"

I heard that the locust tree is very effective. If you want to fulfill a wish, just write something on the red ribbon and hang it up, and it will help you realize it.

But since he was a child, Chen Shu's grandfather never allowed him to get close to the locust tree.

Grandpa said that the tree was not good.

But when he continued to ask what was wrong, his grandfather would always fall silent.

Chen Shu turned to look at his father again, only to see that his father's face did not look very good either.

Chen Shu was completely puzzled and had no idea what had gone wrong.

From beginning to end, Huo Ning stood quietly aside.

Seeing that the villagers were silent, she pulled the corner of her mouth and smiled: "If you all keep silent, and something unexpected happens later, and I can't control the situation, don't blame me."

This is already very clear.

The villagers could no longer pretend not to understand.

A woman moved her lips and wanted to say something, but her husband tugged at the corner of her clothes.

It seemed that this pull ignited the anger in her heart, and she began to list all the things at once.

"What a bullshit! If you don't say anything, I'm going to be killed by those people!"

"You cowardly wimp, the village chief's entire family is dead, and you're still so scared!"

"You're still holding my arm tightly to stop me from telling you. I'm going to tell you today!"

The woman began to spill the beans from a bamboo tube, revealing the origin of the locust tree in the village that was tied with red ribbons.

"Under that locust tree, the bones of the village chief's ex-wife are buried!"

"Fifteen years ago, the village chief's wife had a difficult labor. She was originally sent to the hospital and both the big and small babies could have been saved!"

"But the village chief heard some nonsense from somewhere, saying that women who have difficulty giving birth are full of resentment, and if you bury them alive and plant a locust tree on the grave, you can guarantee that the family will be rich and powerful. So he nailed his wife alive in the coffin!"

If someone dies in a family in the village, they are basically buried on the mountain.

Only the village chief buried his wife in the village.

In those years, many people tied red ribbons with their wishes written on them on the locust tree.

Some people think it is unlucky and creepy and never dare to get close to the locust tree.

The village chief repeatedly forbade anyone to mention what happened back then. It is said that he asked a Taoist priest to set up a formation next to the locust tree, which could ensure peace and tranquility in the village.

Nothing will happen to anyone for more than 20 years.

So far, this has been going on for fifteen years.

The children at the time were either in school or didn't remember anything, and basically had no idea that such a horrible thing had happened fifteen years ago.

Chen Shuhun got goosebumps all over his body.

He murmured, "No wonder Grandpa didn't allow me to get close to that tree..."

He was still in school when it happened.

After returning home, I only heard that the village chief's wife had died, but no one told me how she died.

Children have short memories, and since no one tells them anything, they don’t take it seriously.

They could never have imagined that beneath the red-ribboned locust tree, there was actually such a sin hidden.