He couldn't understand why the woman was showing him kindness. They were from completely different worlds. Why did someone he'd known for so many years hate him so much, while someone he'd only met once would help him? The little boy didn't understand, and he desperately wanted to know the answer. So he started paying more attention to the woman, trying to figure out what kind of person she was.
This was the first time the little boy had the urge to observe others; he cared about someone. He didn't really care about the people in the village before; he just couldn't understand why their attitude towards him had changed so suddenly. He felt that wanting to go back to the way things were before was just for their own benefit.
The woman was happy all day long, always accompanied by two maids. She would go out happily and return happily, never having a day without joy. The little boy felt that she was never unhappy, until one day the employer told them that they no longer needed to work. The little boy was puzzled, but the employer had no more work for them to do.
The little boy wanted to see the woman, so he often went to the same spot to secretly watch her. She was still very happy. This went on for a month. One day, he suddenly saw the woman who always had a smile on her face, but now she had a look of sadness and sorrow on her face. He felt that he must have been very anxious at that moment, so he rushed to the woman.
The woman didn't care who he was. Seeing that he was dressed in rags, she said, "I don't have any money for you now. Go find someone else."
The woman assumed the man was begging. The little boy looked at his clothes and realized they could indeed be misunderstood. He didn't understand what was going on with the woman, but simply gave her the little grasshopper he had made up over the past few days, saying, "Thank you."
After saying that, the little boy left. From that day on, the little boy knew what to do with his spirit stones. He began to change, starting with his clothes. He was no longer wearing those tattered clothes. The spirit stones he had saved for so long finally had a use.
Giving him a nice set of clothes would be more than enough.
Dressed in splendid clothes, he knocked on the door of his employer, wanting to get to know the woman again and make friends with her. However, no one answered the door for a long time. He then accidentally pushed the door open, only to find that it was not closed at all.
The little boy found it strange and went inside. The place was littered with signs of smashing, and there were dead bodies on the ground. People were shouting, "If you don't pay up today, you're all dead! I remember you have a daughter, right? Perfect, take her back for the brothers to play with! You can come back for your daughter when you've paid the spirit stones. Don't blame me for not warning you, you'd better hurry, or your daughter will have to serve one more person! Hahahaha!"
The man's mouth was full of foul language, so obscene it was unbearable to read. The little boy saw the woman hiding in the closet; she was trembling, her eyes filled with fear and a determination to run away.
The little boy grabbed an axe from the side and walked towards the man without warning. Swift and ruthless, the man's brain matter splattered all over his face the moment he struck, yet he felt an unparalleled sense of exhilaration. This was the feeling he had never experienced before. Even his former employer was startled, looking at the person who had suddenly barged in, and asked tremblingly, "May I ask who you are, young hero?"
The landlord wanted to know the man's background, but the little boy didn't care about the landlord at all. He killed all the people who were bullying the woman on the spot, and only then did he feel a little relieved. He put down the axe and looked at his newly bought clothes, which were now dirty. He felt a little regretful. He walked towards the woman, slowing his pace, afraid of scaring her. When the woman saw him walking towards her, she thought he was going to attack her, so she quickly shrank into a ball.
The little boy realized that his actions might have frightened her, so he quickly stopped in his tracks. "I'm sorry, I didn't mean to scare you. I just saw them bullying you, so I did it. If you don't like me, I'll be going now."
The woman looked up at the little boy when she heard the sound. Many years later, when she recalled that scene, she was still amused by the little boy's awkwardness.
They got together. The woman recognized the little boy's identity. The landlord had completely collapsed. Seeing the little boy's sincerity, she entrusted her daughter to him, hoping he could help take care of her daughter. The little boy agreed without hesitation. So the woman lived with him. The little boy was very sensible and never forced the woman to do anything she didn't like.
As the woman spent more time with him, she realized her own feelings, and the two naturally got together. Years later, they had a son and a daughter.
The little boy's good fortune did not change the situation in the village at all. At first, no one cared about what the little boy said, but as time went by, everyone discovered that the children in their village did not live past the age of marriage; they all died young. Only half of the people were lucky enough to survive. It was only then that everyone began to take the little boy's words seriously.
Everyone wanted to find the little boy again and ask him about the details of what happened back then. They didn't find the little boy, but they met the black snake instead. The black snake loved to see the pain on people's faces after they learned something. He told them the truth about why the little boy did what he did back then.
Everyone then realized that the little boy just wanted their attention. If they hadn't taken their anger out on the little boy, so many things wouldn't have happened in Taiping Village.
It was after this incident that they buried all the bodies of their dead children in a place with auspicious feng shui, a place a Taoist priest had told them about. They were completely desperate and wanted to try anything to see what the outcome would be.
But it's too late for them to repent now. They can't find the little boy anywhere. The black snake said that the secret to breaking the curse lies in the little boy. If the little boy has a child with someone from this village, the curse will be automatically broken.
But where could they find the little boy? He had been gone from the village for so many years. For the sake of the village's future, they still went to look for him, but the results were not satisfactory. To their surprise, the last news they received was that the little boy had passed away.
The villagers were stunned, but they never gave up on resolving the issue over the years.
Xixi was the only descendant of the little boy and the only descendant in the village, and the child he gave birth to.
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