Hua Shi also learned a lot about the village clan from him...
For example, among the four major clans in the village, in addition to the largest ancestral hall, the four clans of Hua, Xie, Li and He each have their own ancestral hall.
Generally, when someone of a certain surname dies in the village, a spirit seat will be set up and a tablet will be placed on it within seven days after the death. One tablet will be placed in the main hall of the house, and the other will be placed on the spirit tablet in the ancestral hall.
These are the long-standing rules of the village, and now, the four walls of the ancestral hall are filled with countless tablets...
As they were talking, a sudden commotion erupted from outside the low-walled courtyard, mixed with the sound of chaotic footsteps...
Hua Tingjing stood up, walked towards the open gate curiously, and stuck his head out to look.
Then I saw many villagers coming out of their houses on the road at the entrance of the alley and running in one direction.
It was noon. If it were a hot day, it wouldn't be unusual to see so many people on the village road. But now, it was freezing cold. Normally, everyone liked to stay indoors. They were actually coming out at this time. Unless something serious had happened, just like yesterday...
"Hey...! Auntie? Where are you all going? What happened over there?"
Hua Tingjing shouted loudly and stopped an aunt who was about to run over to watch the fun.
"Well, how would I know? I heard someone died over there. If you want to know, go over there and see for yourself."
The aunt turned around to look at Hua Tingjing, said these words, and ran away without looking back.
“…Another death…?”
Hua Tingjing looked at the figure running away, muttered to himself, and looked confused.
After realizing what was happening, Hua Tingjing's eyes widened and he turned to look outside.
At this moment, all the people on the village road had run away. He wanted to catch someone to ask, but couldn't find anyone.
"It's strange, how come someone drowned again..."
Hua Tingjing muttered as he retreated back to the yard, his face showing an expression of uncontrollable curiosity.
If he hadn't been busy, he would have followed to see what was going on...
"Uncle Hua, what's going on outside?"
Before he could react, the four people in the yard looked at him, and one of them asked curiously.
Hua Tingjing glanced at the four people and shook his head, saying, "I don't know either. I heard someone drowned in the lake, and everyone ran over to watch the excitement..."
"What? Someone drowned again?"
The man scratched his head, his expression looking strange.
The people who drowned yesterday haven't even passed the seventh day of mourning yet. How come someone drowned again on the second day?
The new year has just passed, why are there so many people drowning one after another...
When Hua Shi heard this, he turned around and looked over, his heart inexplicably skipping a beat.
"Oh no! Oh no! Uncle Hua!"
Before the people in the courtyard could recover from the news, shouting suddenly came from outside.
Hua Tingjing heard the voice sound familiar, frowned, and walked out again: "What are you calling? What are you calling? What's wrong?"
The man ran over panting, looking panicked.
Hua Tingjing supported him and asked, "What happened?"
The man looked at the people in the courtyard and muttered, "Oh! It was Mrs. Li who drowned in the lake!"
"What?!" Hua Tingjing was startled, then calmed down and immediately asked, "Which Li Po are you talking about?"
There are many Li Po women in the village, and they are not necessarily the only ones...
"Who else could it be?" the man said helplessly, the meaning in his eyes was already very clear.
Hua Tingjing didn't dare to look back at the flowers behind him. His brows were tightly knitted with worry, and he didn't relax at all. "How could he have drowned...?"
"I don't know either. Besides, it wasn't just Mrs. Li who drowned. Xie Lang's mother was also drowned."
As if it was afraid that Hua Tingjing didn't know who he was talking about, it specifically said a name.
Hua Tingjing frowned: "Did you see everything clearly?"
"I must have seen it clearly before I dared to say that. The body was fished out, and its face was covered in blood..."
As the man spoke, his face was trembling. Thinking of the bloody scene he saw not long ago, he swallowed hard and felt a little scared.
Not far behind him, Hua Shi heard everything clearly, and his expression became a little stiff.
Li... drowned?
"Who is Xie Lang's mother...?" Hua Shi asked with difficulty.
She had never heard of this name...
Hua Tingjing heard her voice, turned back to look at Hua Shi, slapped his head, and immediately reacted, saying: "It's Xie Mingchi's grandmother!"
What he realized was... not long ago, hadn't Mrs. Li and Mrs. Xie just arranged a marriage for the younger generations of the two families? They said they would pick a good day after the New Year and hold a wedding banquet to seal the deal.
Usually, such a big event as a marriage, where a family is getting married, would be widely spread in the village, and he had naturally heard about it too...
But how could these two people drown together...?
Hua Tingjing thought about it and asked, "Were they found in the same place?"
The man nodded quickly.
Hua Shi’s brows suddenly furrowed tightly.
Mrs. Li and grandmother Xie drowned in the lake together...
After leaving the Hua family, Hua Shi followed Hua Tingjing and others and headed towards the east side of the village.
A village with hundreds of households naturally has a large area, with more than a dozen lakes and ponds of various sizes.
As for the lake with the largest area, it is the one in the east of the village...
As they hurried over, they saw that one side of the huge lake, the slopes, the rocks, and the lakeside were all filled with villagers watching the excitement.
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