Villagers in the countryside usually go to bed early, especially during this period. The villagers in Zhoujia Village have been digging trenches day and night to defend themselves against zombies. They are very tired. Now that the zombies have been eliminated, and as soon as it gets dark, the villagers start to rest early. Jiang Ning, Wu Gu, Shangguan Shiliu and others were in the courtyard of the village chief's house, listening to the little boy named Shuanzi telling a story about a river called Woman's River.
Shuanzi said: Ever since he could remember, the adults in the village had been keen on buying abducted women from Renyazi.
Most of these women came from various cities in the Yuan Dynasty, and the prices were not cheap. Villagers often needed ten or even twenty years of savings to afford a woman.
There are no women in the village, and everyone needs women to carry on their family lineage.
Therefore, after purchasing women, the villagers will have children with them. If the child is a girl, they will throw the girl into the river and drown.
In everyone's perception, girls have no role. When they grow up, they have to marry off. They can neither be a future wife nor provide for themselves in old age. They just have an extra mouth to eat. This is for those who are already poor. As far as the village is concerned, it is a burden.
And if the child is a boy, then the abducted women will be beaten to death and still end up being thrown into the river.
The reason is that the whole village is buying women, and there are too many of them. They are afraid that the government will find out and accuse them, so the villagers will destroy the corpses and remove all traces.
Over time, the river where countless women were submerged became known as the River of Women by the villagers.
During Shuanzi's childhood, he once saw with his own eyes that one of his cousins spent half his life savings to buy a girl from a wealthy family. As a result, he gave birth to three children in a row, all of which were girls. The baby girls were all thrown into the river.
In the end, the lady from a rich family whom the cousin bought finally gave birth to a baby boy when she was already crazy. Then on the day of giving birth to the baby boy, she was beaten to death by the cousin with a hoe.
Therefore, the boys in the village have never seen their mothers. The day they were born was the day their mothers died, so they seemed very indifferent to their mothers, without the slightest attachment. The world view they received since childhood was the same as that of other mothers. Like the villagers, they believe that women's role is only to vent their emotions and carry on the family line, and that they have no role after giving birth to children, but Shuanzi is an exception.
Shuanzi said that after his mother gave birth to him, his father couldn't bear to kill her, so he hid her in the sheepfold at home and raised her every day.
Therefore, Shuanzi is the only boy among many of his peers who has the word "mother" in his memory.
But unfortunately, one day when Shuanzi was six years old, after his father came back from working in the fields, for some unknown reason, he changed his usual greetings to his mother and used an iron weight to kill her like crazy. Smashed to death.
My mother had been pleading hard before she died, but my father seemed not to hear her at all. When he beat her, he didn’t say a word, he just roared hysterically, as if the one he was beating was not his wife, who was with him, but his wife. An enemy with a blood feud.
The story of the woman's river being full of loopholes was not a long one and was quickly told by Shuanzi. However, this short story made all the young people feel a chill in their hearts.
"How many women are buried in that river?" Wugou asked, looking at the Shuanzi in front of him.
Shuanzi lowered his head and fiddled with the corners of his clothes with his fingers. After a long time, he said a rough number.
"More than a thousand, the old man in the village said."
Several people present took a breath when they heard this number, and Shangguan Shiliu, who was holding Handsome Duck, had already begun to select guys from Najie. While she was selecting, she said angrily: "Shall we massacre the village tonight?"
"Shangguan, don't get excited yet." Jiang Ning, who was also very angry, calmly advised: "We can report it to the official and let the government take care of it."
After Wu Gu was silent for a while, he looked at Lin Xiaolu and asked softly: "Donor Xiaolu, what do you want to do?"
"What else can I do? I want to kill people!"
Lin Xiaolu was so angry that he angrily said: "I went down to the woman's river and saw countless bones at the bottom of the river. What these villagers did is simply more terrifying than zombies!"
"But we still don't know where the zombies came from."
Wugou looked calm and said: "The young monk thinks there are still many doubts about this matter."
"What's the point of doubt?"
Shangguan Shiliu said fiercely: "Jiang Ning, young monk, if you two can't do it, let me and Lin Xiaolu do it.
When I think of what happened to those innocent women who were abducted, I feel a chill in my back. Such an ignorant place that does not distinguish between good and evil is simply more terrifying than the devil. The villagers here will die without mercy! "
After saying that, she picked up a slingshot, stood up and looked at Lin Xiaolu and said: "I'll start killing from the end of the village, you start killing from the beginning of the village. Except for Xiao Shuanzi and the village chief, no one else, old or young, will be spared." Come on, it’s time to cooperate!”
"good!"
The two happy enemies were surprisingly in agreement at the moment. They hit it off immediately and immediately took action, making both Wu Gu and Jiang Ning feel a little helpless.
But when Wu Gu wanted to stop the excited two people, an old and slow voice suddenly sounded in the courtyard.
"Don't worry, Xiao Shuanzi's story is not complete."
Everyone was slightly startled when they heard the voice, and turned to look at the owner of the voice in surprise - the white-haired village chief who was over fifty years old.
Under the dark night, the village chief stood quietly in front of the earthen house, leaning on a cane. His eyes were quiet and far-reaching, looking at them with a smile but not a smile.
Moreover, his body also exudes a vague aura. Lin Xiaolu and Jiang Ning cannot feel this aura. Only Wu Kuan and Shangguan Shiliu can feel it, and Wu Kuan and Shangguan Shiliu can feel it. After that breath, his eyes focused on the village chief.
Monk?
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"Little Shuanzi, when you see the village chief grandpa, why don't you come up and ask for sweets like you did when you were a child?" the old man said to Shuanzi with a smile.
Shuanzi trembled with fright and looked at the village chief in horror, as if he was seeing the most terrifying evil spirit in the world.
Seeing this, Lin Xiaolu stepped in front of Shuanzi and faced the village chief's amiable eyes.
In fact, both Lin Xiaolu, who hates evil, and Shangguan Shiliu, who likes to fight against injustice, still feel good about the village chief.
If there is anyone who looks like a normal person in this village, it can only be the old and frail village chief, but it is obvious that the village chief at this moment... is not normal either.
At this moment, the four young people lined up in a row, facing the kind-faced old man in front of them, their eyes moved slightly.
The village chief did not take it seriously at all, but said with a smile: "Guys, Shuanzi is only ten years old this year, and the story told from the perspective of a ten-year-old child is not perfect. I am willing to tell the truth for you. "
"Oh? So you are in a hurry to be reincarnated?"
Shangguan Shiliu hummed domineeringly: "Common people, do you know who my father is!"
"Do you know who my boss is!" Lin Xiaolu hummed equally domineeringly. After humming, he glanced at Wu Kuan. Seeing that Wu Kuan was silent, he hummed along with him: "Do you know who his master is! "
The village chief smiled and said nothing. After the young men in front of him finished speaking, he laughed to himself.
The kind laughter of the elders to the younger ones seemed particularly harsh in this dark night with no light.
"No matter who these little kids are or how powerful their backgrounds are, I can tell you that with your strength, you will not be able to leave this village today!"
