Since arriving in this fishing village, everyone has had an indescribable feeling, as if there is a pair of eyes hidden somewhere, always watching their every move.
The villagers outside are also untrustworthy. If you want to explore the secrets of the painting, you must avoid them.
Just when everyone was thinking about countermeasures, the voices outside the door suddenly became louder. Jiang Cheng opened the door and walked out. The atmosphere in the yard was very subtle. Li Bai was talking to several villagers, while Zhu Jie and Tang Qisheng were watching from the side, with hidden expressions. Incessantly weird.
A female villager seemed to be excited and actually took Li Bai's hand. Seeing this scene, Jiang Cheng also frowned slightly. Getting too close to these villagers was not necessarily a good thing. Li Bai was not a newcomer and should understand this truth. Besides...it was my first time here, and everyone didn’t get to know each other to this extent.
Although Li Bai's hand was held back, he had a smile on his face, but his smile was very forced, and he looked like he was forced to do business.
Fatty originally thought that Li Bai had found some clues, but it didn't look like it.
"What are we talking about?" Jiang Cheng walked over to help Li Bai, "Something like this happened to the master's family. We need to help more. Go and help move things."
When Li Bai saw Jiang Cheng coming, he seemed to have seen a savior. He immediately pretended to be embarrassed and went to help after explaining a few words. However, he was stopped by an elderly woman. The old woman took Li Bai's hand and said, There were actually tears welling up in his cloudy eyes, "Don't worry, kid. Someone will help you move. Your body is so weak. Take a rest. Don't let yourself get tired."
The old lady seemed to be of high seniority among these people. As soon as she spoke, the others immediately left and turned around to help move things and clean the yard.
Zhu Jie curled his lips when he heard this. Her body looked thinner than Li Bai's, but why didn't these people feel sorry for her? Even if she judges people by their appearance, she is no worse than Li Bai.
Even if those people who were walking away were moving and cleaning, their eyes would look at Li Bai's position from time to time.
At this moment, everyone also realized the problem. These villagers who came spontaneously to show their mourning were indifferent to the death of grandpa, but they were extremely kind to Li Bai, as if... it was like seeing a long-lost relative.
Seeing the old lady greeting Li Bai with greetings, everyone couldn't help but feel a chill in their hearts. The more sincere the attitude of these villagers, the more creepy everyone felt.
At the same time, everyone couldn't help but think of that painting. Xiuling's expression in the painting seemed very friendly at first glance, just like the villagers today.
While helping to clean the yard, Jiang Cheng asked calmly: "What happened outside while we were in the room?"
Of course Zhang Qisheng understood that he was referring to Li Bai's matter, so he couldn't help but lower his voice: "It's strange, everything was fine at first, but suddenly several people came in from the courtyard gate, led by the old woman, and the group wore sackcloth and mourning. It seemed that he was here to express condolences to Grandpa, but after a while, he came to see Li Bai."
Shao Tong took the sweeper and swiped it slowly on the ground, not working hard, but what he said next made people feel cold, "Haha, they didn't find Li Bai, I think they came for Li Bai. "
Jiang Cheng also had a similar feeling, but he couldn't figure out what was it about Li Bai that attracted them, or... was there something wrong with Li Bai himself?
"Mr. Jiang, there is something I need to say. Just now I saw Li Bai and a few people walking into Grandpa's room. They seemed to have said something, but when I walked over, they had already finished." Tang Qisheng endured He couldn't help but say that the vigilance in his voice was very obvious.
Feeling the strange atmosphere in the yard, Jiang Cheng asked, "What did Li Bai say?"
"She said those people didn't say anything useful to her. They just asked her why she was so thin and told her to take care of herself."
Something didn't sound right. Tang Qisheng paused for a moment and suddenly said: "Mr. Jiang, don't you find something strange? Although it seemed that Brother Fugui was the one who got hit last night, Brother Fugui was fine, and we... also... Nothing happened to anyone.”
"The person you suspect is actually Li Bai is Li Bai." Jiang Cheng got straight to the point.
"I'm not sure, but the possibility is very high, and I suspect that even if Li Bai is still alive, she is different from us. She was marked by ghosts in some way that we can't understand. It's like being marked. A brand, and sooner or later something will happen to the person who is branded.”
It has to be said that no one who can survive until now is an idiot. Tang Qisheng's reasoning is completely tenable. It's not that no one had an accident last night, but that person was not the fat man, but Li Bai.
As for why, Jiang Cheng has no idea yet.
Not long after, there was another sound of blowing and beating outside. It was the funeral procession that came back. They didn't expect it to come back so quickly. They couldn't help but wonder that the funeral was done too hastily.
"Huh?" Jiang Cheng suddenly frowned.
The fat man also reacted and looked towards the direction of the sound with his eyes wide open. "No, why is this sound coming from the direction of the village? Didn't they carry the body outside the village?"
The team that was supposed to return from outside the village actually walked back from the village. This was completely in two directions!
Soon, the funeral procession entered the courtyard. Compared with when they left, the atmosphere in the procession changed greatly. The grief on everyone's faces was much weakened. Jiang Cheng even saw a trace of imperceptible joy in their eyes. .
According to the custom in the village, after the funeral ceremony, the host should thank the relatives and friends who came to help, or simply get together to have a meal.
The grandpa only had Xiuling as a relative, so he had to let the villagers help with the arrangements. There were no taboos. Everyone took out the tables from several rooms and put them together. They also went to other houses to get some chairs and benches. The dining table is now set.
Not long after we sat down, someone brought bowls of white rice and placed them in front of everyone. There was also a pair of black kuaizi placed beside the rice bowls. The side dishes were fish and shrimps that are common in fishing villages.
The villagers ate deliciously and ate their rice in large gulps. As the host, Xiuling also greeted the guests attentively, but Jiang Cheng and the others did not move quickly.
To be precise, only Fatty had this idea. He was starving, but he didn't dare to move even if Jiang Cheng didn't move. He kept swallowing saliva while looking at the crystal clear rice grains.
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Xiuling, who was carrying the rice bowl, came over and asked with concern: "Why don't you eat? Is it not to your liking?"
After pondering for a long time, Jiang Cheng pursed his lips, his eyes turned red, and choked up: "We first arrived here, and the villagers of Wugong Village rescued us, but we didn't do anything, and when something like this happened again, we felt uncomfortable, what else could we do? Are you embarrassed to eat free rice?"
