Hua Xiangyun would bring food and eat with the educated youth at the educated youth camp at noon.
Today was no exception. Although no one was rich or powerful, everyone's family was doing well. They brought their own food and some dried meat.
In addition to the wild vegetables they had gathered themselves, the meal was quite substantial.
Hua Xiangyun helped wash the rice and vegetables, listening quietly to everyone's conversation.
"Have you heard anything these past two days?" Wang Yayun suddenly asked, feigning mystery.
"Just speak properly, why are you acting so neurotic?" Li Mingli said irritably. "We're sleeping in the same room, and I didn't hear anything, so did you?"
Wang Yayun: "As you know, I was assigned to weed the orchard with the older women today, and they told me what things were there."
Wang Yayun's voice was already quite deep, and the tone she deliberately created made everyone's hair stand on end.
Even Hua Xiangyun glanced at her several times. If she were to work in the voice acting industry, she could consider dubbing those horror movies.
"Why is such a nice house empty here? Don't you have any doubts?"
I heard that a tragedy happened here before, and ever since then, every time the night is quiet...
"Stop," Wu Yanxin said. She usually seemed carefree, but she was most afraid of these things. "It's the middle of the day, so let's eat our fill and go to sleep."
"We can't talk about those things now, lest we lose sleep at night and have no energy to work during the day."
“You’re such a spoilsport,” Ang Lee said, annoyed at being interrupted as he was about to listen to the story. “We all know those things don’t exist, can’t we just treat it as a story?”
Besides, as you said yourself, it's broad daylight, there's no need for anything mysterious. And besides, things have been calm these past two days, and we haven't noticed anything.
I think those villagers are just jealous that we live in such a nice house, and they're deliberately saying things to scare us.
Now let's hear what Comrade Ya Yun has to say. At least it's some information, so we won't be fooled by the villagers later.
“No wonder I’ve noticed the villagers seeming hesitant to speak to us these past few days. Could something really be going on?” Xiao Shaoyao comes from a family of traditional Chinese medicine practitioners and has heard of many strange illnesses.
Although her family didn't say much, they did mention it to her briefly: some illnesses aren't actually illnesses.
Hearing this, Wu Yanxin thought it made sense. "They must be envious of us living in such a nice house. Anyway, I haven't noticed anything unusual these past two days."
Besides, so what if people died there? If you really calculate it that way, which piece of land has ever been completely clean?
After saying that, he nudged Hua Xiangyun with his elbow and said, "Every time you go back, the sun is almost setting. In the fall, it will get dark even earlier. Why don't you just get a bed here and save yourself the trouble of traveling back and forth like this?"
After hearing this fantastical story, I'll probably feel uneasy walking alone at night from now on, lest I scare someone.
"Don't talk, get ready to hear the story," Xie Wenlian said, chopping the firewood and joining in. "Tell me quickly, what's the inside story?"
"I told you, don't spread this around. After all, this is what the villagers told us," Wang Yayun thought for a moment and decided to make a deal with everyone. Otherwise, she wouldn't be held responsible for spreading Mi Xin's name.
"That's definitely not going to happen," everyone assured them.
"Didn't you ever think that such a big house, with its blue bricks and tiled roof, is something we don't even have in the city? Is it normal for it to just sit empty like this?"
“…That’s definitely not normal,” everyone shook their heads. These days, no one is rich; it’s good enough if they can have enough to eat. They’ve been to several villages and haven’t found a house like that.
Wang Yayun: "So here's the question, why are we just leaving such a nice house unoccupied, letting us get a good deal?"
"The old lady who worked with me today said that there's something going on here. People used to stay here, but they were scared away in just one night."
At the time, I suppressed my fear and tried to find out as much information as possible.
Guess what? Someone really did die here, a family of more than ten people.
This is all the result of our poor living conditions; I heard the whole family is in terrible shape.
The family had finally managed to have a son who could carry on the family line, but then misfortune struck again, and the family was destroyed. Now the whole family is scattered in different places, and no one knows where they have gone.
Many people said the house was unlucky, and some who didn't believe in such things came to stay, but after only one night, they were all scared away.
The old lady asked me if we had heard anything since we had stayed for two nights.
I guessed there must be something we didn't know, so I went along with what he was saying.
We heard some noises, but because we were unfamiliar with the area and it was dark, we couldn't see clearly, so we didn't come out to check.
The old woman immediately perked up upon hearing this and whispered to me…
Wang Yayun kept everyone in suspense for a moment, and seeing that everyone was listening intently and looking at her with expectant eyes, she couldn't help but feel a little proud. It seemed that she did have a talent for storytelling.
"Speak quickly," Xiao Tongke urged.
"She said that a strange thing happened to the people who moved in before. The whole family was there before, and they were floating around in the yard all night. I heard that they looked terrible."
Seeing that everyone was listening intently, Wang Yayun suddenly slapped her hand, startling them. Then she laughed and said, "Look how scared you were! Have you all been seeing this these past few days?"
"Pah, pah, pah, what nonsense are you talking about?" Li Mingli slapped Wang Yayun in an annoyance. "I'm always with you. If I really saw it, would I not tell you? I would definitely drag you out to see it with me."
“I also overheard the old lady who works with me mentioning it,” Wu Yanxin said at this point. “What do you think they mean? Did something really happen here, or do they just want to kick us out?”
"That can't be right, this place has been empty for so long..." At this point, Xie Wenlian's face turned ugly. Yes, why is such a good place left empty?
Others naturally thought of it too, and at the same time felt a chill down their spines. Could there really be such a thing?
Everyone's expression was solemn, except for Hua Xiangyun, who was still washing vegetables. The sound of rushing water brought everyone back to their senses.
"Xiangyun, why are you so calm?" Wang Yayun was a little dissatisfied. Everyone else was engrossed in the story, but Hua Xiangyun remained unmoved.
Hua Xiangyun, "We have to believe in science..." If I keep making this up, I'll be acting against my conscience...
"But don't you find it strange? Such a nice house is just left empty for us to live in?" There was nothing wrong at first, but after hearing the story, I felt like there was something behind me.
Hua Xiangyun: "But you've been staying here for two days now, have you noticed anything unusual?"
Everyone shook their heads. They hadn't noticed anything unusual, but that didn't mean the thing didn't exist.
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