Chapter 319 Who is Meiling?
Let's go back to the time after Yu Fu had finished eating that big bowl of stir-fried mushrooms with mixed grain rice.
He ate quite a bit, sat at the door and burped contentedly a few times. He saw Feng Gang coming home from afar and waited for Feng Gang's family to finish eating. He then walked unsteadily into Feng Gang's yard.
"Brother Feng, have you finished eating?"
Feng Gang was a few years older than Yu Fu. In private, Yu Fu would politely call Feng Gang "Brother Feng".
The two were talking normally, and Feng Gang didn't notice anything unusual about Yu Fu until his wife, Yang Xiu'e, brought out a plate of roasted pumpkin seeds and politely invited Yu Fu to eat.
After putting down the plate, Yang Xiue prepared to go back to do the laundry, but then Yu Fu grabbed her hand.
"Meiling, don't go. I really couldn't bear to send you away back then..."
Yang Xiu'e was terrified.
She's over forty, her eldest child is married, and she even has grandchildren. She's lived this long and has never had an affair with another man. Yu Fu is trying to tarnish her reputation.
Yang Xiue frantically shook Yu Fu's arm, but the more she shook it, the tighter Yu Fu gripped it.
Feng Gang's face turned black.
This is as if he's dead!
Who exactly is Mei-ling?
Yu was strong and younger than Feng Gang, so for a moment, Feng Gang couldn't pull him away.
"Meiling, I really miss you so much, please don't ignore me..."
Feng Gang was furious. He picked up a small stool and slammed it down on Yu Fu, knocking him to the ground.
After Yu Fu fell to the ground, he continued to crawl and try to pry at Yang Xiu'e's legs. Feng Gang simply sat on him and beat him up.
After being beaten so badly that he couldn't move, Yu Fu finally became obedient.
Yang Xiu'e was so frightened that she hid inside the house. Feng Gang only got up after seeing that Yu Fu had behaved himself.
Feng Gang didn't think there was anything wrong between his wife and Yu Fu; what worried him was that Yu Fu had been possessed by something evil.
Outside the courtyard, Cheng Guizhi, who had messed up her hair like a bird's nest, kept reaching out and grabbing at the air.
The disoriented Cheng Guizhi was being carried home by several men.
When Feng Gang saw Cheng Guizhi, who looked abnormal, being "surrounded" by a crowd outside the courtyard, he was stunned.
What's wrong with her?
What's wrong with this couple? Are they possessed by something evil?
Feng Gang didn't want to engage in feudal superstition, but the couple's situation was simply inexplicable by common sense.
"I don't know. She was like this at the intersection when we came back this afternoon. We told her to go home, but she wouldn't..."
Several men tried to restrain Cheng Guizhi and lead her home, but Cheng Guizhi kept seeing little mushrooms leading the way.
When the scene at the entrance became chaotic, Wei Yang and Lao Yang arrived carrying two children, followed by a group of people who came to see what was going on.
Half the regiment's staff came to watch the spectacle, and the crowd was filled with talk of being possessed by evil spirits.
With Yu Fu's entire family in trouble, Wei Yang could only hold the child and have someone put Yu Fu and Cheng Guizhi together on the back of the tractor.
This family is in trouble. Wei Yang doesn't believe in superstitions or supernatural phenomena, and is convinced that they ate something wrong.
The tractor chugged off into the city, and only after it disappeared from sight did the villagers head home in droves.
Everyone looked puzzled and confused, but inside they were both excited and scared.
They were afraid that something evil was in the regimental headquarters and would bring misfortune to Cheng Guizhi's family.
Everyone is interested in supernatural phenomena, and Song Lubai listened quietly in the crowd.
Thinking back on the dreams she had, she felt that everyone's guesses weren't impossible.
Until the neighbor living to the left of Cheng Guizhi's house spoke up:
"I saw Director Cheng carrying a bunch of mushrooms home this afternoon. Some mushrooms can cause stomach upset if you eat them. Don't scare yourselves unnecessarily. Maybe they ate some poisonous mushrooms. Otherwise, why would only their family have an accident?"
The neighbor didn't want to believe there was anything unclean. Her house was next to Cheng Guizhi's, and if there really was a problem, wouldn't her house be implicated?
Feng Gang and his family also felt uneasy listening to this.
"What nonsense are you all talking about? Shut your mouths! Comrade Yu and his family got like that because they ate poisonous mushrooms. From now on, everyone should be careful and not pick wild mushrooms indiscriminately, as many mushrooms are poisonous."
Someone in the crowd muttered, "If the mushrooms were poisonous, how come everyone else is fine, but only her family got sick? We've all picked mushrooms before."
Seeing the dense crowd, Secretary Feng waved his hand and said, "It's getting late, everyone should go back to sleep."
At night, Song Lubai would take her pillow and blanket and sleep on the floor next door.
Wei Yang took Yu Fu's family to the city hospital. She thought about everyone's previous speculations and didn't dare to sleep alone.
When the room was quiet, Chen Yu asked in a low voice, "Is there really a ghost?"
Chen Dongyang's breathing was even, clearly indicating he was fast asleep. Wei Zhao, propping his head up on the bed, whispered, "I've heard people say that some have seen headless things in houses..."
After Wei Zhao finished speaking, Chen Yu and Song Lubai simultaneously wrapped themselves tighter in their blankets.
"Sis, is there any more?"
Song Lubai was both scared and wanted to keep listening.
Wei Zhao then told another story, and after she finished, she said, "I only heard these stories from others; I've never seen them myself, so they must all be fake."
That night, many families, like Song Lubai's, told ghost stories, and everyone instinctively closed their doors tightly, afraid that something might enter their homes.
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The next day was the Mid-Autumn Festival, and Wei Yang stayed at the hospital with Yu Fu and his family all night.
Yu Fu and his family of four are staying in one hospital room.
All night long, Cheng Guizhi didn't sleep. She just sat on the edge of the bed, reaching out to grab at the air, as if there was something in front of her.
As for Yu Fu, he kept muttering "Meiling" until he started vomiting and having diarrhea, and he was up all night.
As for the two kids, they woke up once during the night, were alert, and slept quite soundly throughout the night.
The medical standards here are really backward, but the doctors have actually seen a few people poisoned by eating wild mushrooms.
“If the person is awake, there will be no problem. As for that man, I think he still has a lot to vomit. Even if he vomits it all out, he still needs to be kept under observation.”
Wei Yang had no time to waste at the hospital. After giving a few instructions to Lao Yang, who had come with him, he drove the tractor back to the regimental headquarters.
After half a day of fermentation, most people in the regiment knew about Yu Fu's family.
Some people even claimed that Tang Xuewen poisoned Cheng Guizhi's entire family in order to get revenge on her.
Tang Xuewen himself hasn't heard those slanderous words about him yet. If he did, he would definitely have a good talk with those who slandered him.
He did nothing wrong, yet Cheng Guizhi caused him to lose his wife, and in the end, he still has to take the blame. Who can he complain to?
Those who said Tang Xuewen was responsible were a minority; most people believed that Yu Fu's family had encountered something supernatural.
As soon as Wei Yang entered the office, Feng Gang rushed in.
"How is it? What did the doctor say?"
Feng Gang's house is quite close to Yu Fu's house, and he's really worried that there might be something unclean there. He couldn't sleep at all last night.
Who exactly is this "Meiling" that Yu Fu is talking about? Which ghost is possessing that old man?
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