"What are you doing?"
Before the neighbor couple reached the front door, they were stopped by Old Mrs. Ge who had hurried back.
The couple turned around and saw that it was Old Lady Ge. The female neighbor was quite curious: "Auntie Ge, are Ge Jun and his wife home? I saw the door was locked this morning and thought they had gone to work. Who is the kid in the yard? Why is he knocking on the door?"
Old Mrs. Ge tucked the bag of things she bought under her arm while taking out the key from her trouser pocket. She felt a little annoyed that Tiejun and Hongmei were meddling in her business.
He answered perfunctorily, "Cuixia's relative asked me to take care of the child for two days. He was afraid that the child would get lost, so Ge Jun locked the door when he left for work. I came here to help look after him."
She also complained: "Really? It's so stressful to help others look after their children. I have to come out to help them because they can't look after their children."
After she complained like this, Tiejun and Hongmei believed it. They knew that Ge Jun and his wife had no children, and they didn't expect that they would suddenly bring a child home to raise.
Hongmei also comforted Mrs. Ge: "It is mainly because of you being a good mother-in-law that Ge Jun and Cuixia can live a good life."
Everyone felt contempt for him, as everyone knew that Old Lady Ge was arranging blind dates for Ge Jun every day in order to force him to divorce.
Old Lady Ge held a bunch of keys in her hand. Seeing that the two men did not leave and had no intention of opening the door, she continued to complain: "Hey, you don't know how hard my life is. I worry every day that they have no children. I won't even have anyone to rely on when I get old. Besides, we only have one son, Ge Jun. If he goes back, the family line will be cut off. How can I have the face to see the ancestors of the Chen family?"
As he said this, his eyes were filled with tears and he wanted to cry.
Momo heard someone talking inside the door, and she banged on the door even harder with her little hands. Her delicate palms turned red, but she still refused to say a word.
Hongmei was still curious. The child had been knocking on the door for such a long time, but there was no sound of Liu Cuixia coming. Old Mrs. Ge was not in a hurry, so she urged her: "Auntie Ge, you see the child is knocking on the door anxiously. Is there something wrong? Open the door first and take a look."
Old Mrs. Ge cursed Liu Cuixia in her heart. The child had been at the gate the whole time, and she didn't know where the child had gone.
Just now when she went shopping, she suddenly realized one thing. This child doesn't look like one that was thrown away. Even if he has defects, he has been raised to be so white and plump. Even if she wants to have a second child, she will definitely find a way to send him to the countryside for foster care.
It’s not like no one has done this before.
So this child's background is probably not good.
She kept cursing Liu Cuixia in her heart. She must have been the one instigating this behind the scenes. She herself couldn't have children and didn't want to get divorced, so she instigated Ge Jun to do such a heartless thing.
She cursed in her heart that something had happened again and implicated her son.
So she still had to keep it a secret from Tiejun and Hongmei. Now if she was asked to open the door, she had no choice but to open it.
As soon as the door was opened a crack, Mo Mo rushed out in a hurry, but was quickly caught by Old Lady Ge: "Hey, hey, hey, you can't run away. How can I explain to your parents if you run away?"
As he spoke, he threw the things in his hand toward the door and picked up Mo Mo.
Momo was too small. He struggled for a few times, his little face turned red, but he couldn't get free. He could only let Grandma Ge hold him, with a tense face and tightly pursed lips, not crying or making a fuss.
When Hongmei saw the child, she was quite surprised: "This child is really pretty, so cute, just like a doll in a painting."
Tiejun first saw her lying in the middle of the kitchen and exclaimed, "What happened to Cuixia?"
Old Lady Ge only then realized it and was also panicked: "What's wrong with this person?"
They ran over quickly holding the child, and Tiejun and his wife also ran over.
Hongmei bent down and picked up Liu Cuixia, touching her nose: "She's still breathing."
Because he didn't understand anything, he shook Liu Cuixia's body hard and finally woke her up.
When Liu Cuixia woke up, her eyes were wide open, staring blankly ahead. She was in a trance for a long time, and kept muttering, "Don't look for me, don't look for me. I didn't hurt you. Go find whoever hurt you."
Old Lady Ge put Momo down, squatted over, stretched out her hand and waved it in front of Liu Cuixia, then said, "Liu Cuixia? What did you see?"
Liu Cuixia shuddered. She was frightened several times a day, especially the last time. She was so scared that she was stunned. She kept shaking her head: "It's not me. It's not me who hurt you. Don't come to me."
Tiejun and Hongmei were very puzzled and looked at Old Lady Ge in confusion: "Cuixia looks like she is frightened out of her wits. Did she see something unclean?"
Old Lady Ge looked at Liu Cuixia, whose eyes were wide open, and told her about the strange things that happened at home today: "This has never happened before. I wonder if Cuixia saw something again after I left."
Hongmei felt her scalp tingling just listening to what Old Lady Ge said. She had often heard of such things before, but had never seen it herself.
She even felt the yard was eerie and cold for a moment. She turned around to talk to Tiejun, and saw Momo standing aside. His little face was tense, his hands were behind his back, he was staring at Liu Cuixia with his lips pursed, his eyes sparkling, without any fear at all.
I whispered to my husband, "Is it true? Look, the child is fine."
Tiejun was not sure, but Liu Cuixia was in such a state that she had to be sent to the hospital immediately: "Either send her to the hospital, or ask Aunt Liu to come over and take a look."
Old Mrs. Ge disagreed to go to the hospital, so Tiejun ran to find Aunt Liu to come and see her.
The two men came quickly, followed by a few onlookers.
When Aunt Six heard that it was a ghost, she came over with a big rooster in her arms in a serious manner.
Liu Cuixia had been carried into the house, huddled in a corner, hugged her shoulders and refused to look up, saying, "It's not me, don't come looking for me."
Aunt Six went into the house and looked around, then looked around the front and back of the house, then went back into the house and said to Old Lady Ge, "The back of the house doesn't look peaceful. When did a pit appear?"
Then he looked at Liu Cuixia and said, "This is a bit troublesome. Wait until night and chant some prayers to stop those people from scaring Cuixia. Then you can go to the village entrance to burn paper to send them off. Then I will collect Cuixia's soul."
Everyone was busy watching the fun. Seeing Liu Cuixia's frightened look, they were quite curious about what she had seen. At this moment, they were concentrating on listening to Aunt Liu's words and didn't notice Mo Mo staggering out by himself.
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