Chapter 586 My sunny and cheerful boyfriend must be a good man! (21)
Han Qianqian sneered, "What pen fairy? It's just nonsense. Someone must be using the so-called pen fairy to cover up the fact that they killed someone." "Miss
Han, do you not believe it, or do you dare not investigate?" Qin Shou smiled politely, "As you said, even if someone wants to use the story of the pen fairy to cover up the fact that someone killed someone, then don't you have to prove that the so-called pen fairy is a false story?"
Han Qianqian felt that Qin Shou's hypocritical smile was full of provocation, which was particularly disgusting. She had a resolute expression and had such character at a young age. Compared with those young people who indulged themselves in pleasure, she seemed so different.
"I will investigate the so-called pen fairy. I will definitely take off your hypocritical masks and give Qian Duo justice."
Han Qianqian said this and turned away with backbone. She believed that good will prevail over evil in this world and the truth will come out one day!
Bai Yao looked at Tan Shou in silence.
Tan Shou looked innocent, "Yaoyao, you really can't blame me."
It was the trouble that came to him, not him who caused the trouble. He was also innocent.
Bai Yao folded her arms and looked him up and down, "I feel like you've been in a lot of trouble lately. Could it be Mercury retrograde?"
Qin Shou was at a loss, "Then what should I do?"
"I'll get you a talisman some other day." Bai Yao took his hand and smiled, "Let's go back!"
Qin Shou said "hmm" briskly, his eyes vaguely glancing in the direction where Han Qianqian left. When he retracted his gaze and looked at his girlfriend again, the indifference in his smile suddenly turned into reality.
Bai Yao has two elective classes in the evening, which are about folklore. Sometimes they talk about some unheard-of knowledge. Because students are very interested in such mysterious things, the competition for course selection is very fierce. Bai Yao was able to choose this class because Qin Shou grabbed a spot for her on the school website.
Today, the teacher continued to talk about the folk customs handed down in the Huannan area. A long time ago, when the concept of favoring boys over girls was still very serious, once a family had too many girls, they would throw the girls into a tiankeng.
The so-called tiankeng is actually a swamp.
The black swamp beach is located between the mountains and forests. In winter, when the temperature in the mountains drops, the water surface of the swamp beach will freeze into ice. It is said that if a baby drowns in the sinkhole at that time, people who go up the mountain to collect firewood can occasionally see the baby's body frozen in the sinkhole.
Half of their body is above the ice surface, and the other half is below the ice surface. They are wrapped in a piece of rag. They did not leave many cries in this world. They died just like that.
Seeing the students frowning and showing anger, the teacher said quickly: "We are in a civilized society now, and everyone knows that men and women are equal. It is of course insane to drown a baby girl, but people in that era were uneducated and had rigid ideas. They would not be criticized by the society for doing such a thing."
The teacher was also speaking objectively. In fact, the "custom" of drowning baby girls has occurred in many places since ancient times. Perhaps some people felt that they could not raise the extra girls, or someone felt that the newborn baby girl blocked the way for the birth of a baby boy. Or, in places where people eat raw meat and drink blood and have primitive customs, they simply regard babies as a kind of sacrificial offering like cattle and sheep.
Bai Yao looked at the PPT presented by the teacher. There was a map on it, marking the approximate location of the Huannan area. She stared at a small dot on the map and quietly took out her mobile phone to search.
The teacher's explanation continued.
When drowning baby girls became a trend, some people gradually discovered that it seemed that after sinking a baby into a tiankeng, their family would have good luck.
For example, there was a man who had been suffering from illness for a long time, but after he sank his daughter into the tiankeng, his illness suddenly healed.
This person talked to other people and unexpectedly attracted a lot of resonance.
Some people said that they found a more beautiful concubine.
Some people said that they were appreciated by the chieftain.
Some people said that they picked up a sum of money on the road.
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As more and more people discussed it, more and more people noticed the so-called sinking of babies. It is impossible to know how many babies died during that period.
At that time, all the dead were girls.
The teacher said: "They say that sinking their daughters into the tiankeng can bring good luck. This is just their psychological effect. People's chances are uncertain. Just say that I walk well in school and sometimes I can make money, but I have never done anything to exchange my children for good luck."
The accidental incident was put together by those scattered people, and it became a distorted consensus. More and more people wanted to give it a try. If good things really happened next, it must be that the sacrifices they sank into the tiankeng worked.
If good luck did not happen, it can only be said that they did not sink enough sacrifices.
Not long after, a man holding a dying child also stood at the edge of the tiankeng.
Unlike the previous person, he was holding a boy.
Boys were extremely rare in the village, and asking them to give up the boy would be more painful than killing them.
The man had no choice but to carry the boy to the tiankeng. His child was premature and weak. He had to take care of him day and night for only half a month. The doctor said that the child was too weak and would not live long.
Instead of letting the child die silently, it would be better to try what everyone would do, so that he could make some contribution to the family and not come to this world in vain.
The man ignored the weak cry of the child, closed his eyes, and threw the child into the sinkhole. However, after a short time, the cry of the baby disappeared, and only shallow ripples remained on the water surface.
Hearing this, the students were a little surprised.
Bai Yao raised his hand, "Teacher, I have a question."
The teacher asked: "What is the question?"
"Does the area you are talking about include a place called Phoenix Mountain? Many factories were built there decades ago, but now they are all abandoned."
The teacher looked surprised, "Yes, many factories were built in Phoenix Mountain in the early years due to economic development, but later the wind changed and many factories went bankrupt, and the so-called tiankeng is on Phoenix Mountain."