This year's winter is really very cold. With a red warning of cold wave, people in deserted villages stay at home and have no reason to go out.
Shaoqiu was the same, curled up in a small room, reading a book in boredom, a somewhat broken book, with the dim light coming from the window.
It was indeed a broken book, with many pages torn out by the two idiots. Even so, it still couldn't dampen Shaoqiu's interest in reading. No, in this cold winter, staying at home seems to be somewhat interesting. .
Generally, in such weather, since it is snowing, you cannot go out. Otherwise, something might happen. It is relatively easy to encounter a blind bear, and some people who carry it may even see ghosts.
Shaoqiu didn't want to go out, not only because he was afraid of seeing ghosts when he went out. Once he saw a ghost, according to traditional saying, he would not live long, and he might grow old and die in a year or two.
No, not only for this reason, but more importantly, people disliked him very much. When they saw him, they all wanted to spit on his head and body, and even cursed and hit others.
Because Shaoqiu's reputation in the deserted village is very bad, some people even say that he is a thief who specializes in doing some bad things, and may even steal other people's chickens and ducks...
Shaoqiu, who was burdened with such a reputation, had almost no dignity living in a deserted village at this time. Only at night would he quietly go out to see the river going east, or listen to the noises of other couples doing such things at night. the sound of.
Recently a girl jumped into the river. On the day she jumped into the river, the weather was not like when Xiaohua jumped into the river. Instead of snowing, it was sunny. I thought nothing would happen, otherwise, the girl would not have jumped into the river. It was just because of a few quarrels with my parents.
But the girl really jumped into the river. Of course, it was just to scare her. She thought that if she jumped, she might be like Xiaohua and nothing would happen to her.
In addition, the weather that day was also very cold and snowing. Otherwise, the girl would not have come up with such a plan. She just wanted her parents to take back her life and not force herself to marry a man she didn't like. .
The girl's parents really forced her to marry Shaoqiu. Otherwise, the girl wouldn't have come up with such a way and chose to jump into the river and die.
However, the girl does not really want to live. Otherwise, she would not choose such a method of suicide. There are many ways to die, such as hanging or jumping off a building...
However, smart girls don't do this because they don't really want to die. They feel that as long as they make such a move, maybe their parents will stop forcing them, or even compromise, and they won't do that again. This is something that is difficult for others to do.
However, although it was snowing on the day the girl jumped into the river, the snow at this time was really weird. When the girl stood on the glacier, preparing to jump down, the ice really broke and was shattered. , he really jumped down in an instant, and died from then on, and even the body could not be found.
The parents of the deceased felt that all this was due to Shaoqiu. Without his education, they would not have fallen in love with him. If they had not fallen in love with him, they would not have forced their dead woman to marry him.
Isn't it related to Shaoqiu, or even thanks to him?
Therefore, Shaoqiu dare not go out these days. There are rumors outside that the girl's parents are looking for his whereabouts everywhere. Once they find him, they will kill him immediately. At least, they must be like their own daughter. Jumping into the river in such cold weather.
At this time, Uncle Hua sometimes tried to persuade him, as if he didn't agree with this. However, before he finished speaking, his stomach hurt so much that he had no choice but to hold his stomach and leave in a hurry. Went to his own house.
Because of this kind of thing, the people in the deserted village agreed with the parents of the deceased for a while that the incident was caused by Shaoqiu. Without Shaoqiu, the girl would not have drowned in the river, let alone died at such a young age.
Shaoqiu can only stay in his room, and Xiaohua has been blaming him these days because of what happened, and refuses to get together with him to study, let alone go to the river with him. Go for a walk and chat, otherwise, not only your life may be in danger, but also your whole family will be criticized by people, saying that you are not a good person.
What can Shaoqiu do about this?
That night, Shaoqiu, who had not left the house for many days, suddenly heard someone knocking on the door. The sound was so brutal that everyone who heard it would be frightened, let alone a scholar like Shaoqiu.
"Come out!" In the deep night, a voice appeared in front of Shaoqiu's house, which made him feel quite uneasy for a time. He had no choice but to open the door and stand in the shrill cold wind.
"What...is something wrong?" Shaoqiu asked with his hands in his sleeves.
"You have to compensate our daughter!" said the mother of the girl who drowned in the river.
"Yes!" the girl's father agreed.
"But this matter has nothing to do with me. How can you ask me to compensate your daughter?" As soon as Shaoqiu finished saying this, he immediately squatted in a remote corner in front of his house with a very ugly face. .
At this time, those who loved to watch the excitement came over one after another, listening to the parents of the dead girl crying and cursing.
"It's all your fault that you want to study. Otherwise, we wouldn't think of forcing our precious daughter to marry you, a bastard. Now that a life has been lost, it's up to you to do whatever you damn well want." He threw himself into the river and died. The girl's father said this to Shaoqiu.
"You shouldn't be living in this world, you... you are the one who has been stabbed a thousand times, look at me, if I don't kill you today, I won't be a human being if I don't kill you!" The girl's mother rushed forward desperately. , at this time, a brick was placed horizontally, aimed at Shaoqiu's head, and he calmly slapped it with all his strength.
Shaoqiu's head began to bleed immediately. At this time, the onlookers did not dare to say anything, but stood far away and watched silently.
People accused Shaoqiu one after another, feeling that he was really not a human being. If he hadn't been alive, the girl who drowned in the river wouldn't have died, right?
Shaoqiu covered his head and fell to the ground for a moment, almost unable to move. At this time, almost no one onlookers spoke for Shaoqiu. Instead, they sympathized very much with the shrew who beat him, and they all tried to persuade him, "Don't do it because of this." This guy hurt his hand!"
Maybe they thought Shaoqiu's crime was not worthy of death. After beating Shaoqiu, the girl's parents left quickly. They didn't dare to stay here anymore. They had to go and find their precious daughter's body. In such a cold weather, No matter what, we couldn't let her lie in the cold river water anymore.
Shaoqiu closed the door. Fortunately, he knew some medical skills, and the wound was not big, so it was fine with a little treatment. At this time, he closed the door, pressed a stone firmly behind the door, and was ready to read a book.
But the people in front of the door accused him one after another, saying that he didn't deserve a good death. How could he do such a bad thing?
After everyone had dispersed, an elderly woman slowly walked to the door of Shaoqiu's house. When she heard a terrible coughing sound coming from inside, she felt a little pity. After returning to her house, she ignored her family. Despite his objections, he sent some charcoal and insisted on placing it in front of Shaoqiu's house.
"Just accept this," the old woman said, "it's too cold, so you can't freeze your body."
After saying this, the old woman gradually left in the cold wind. She did not dare to stay in front of Shaoqiu's house anymore, otherwise, she might encounter some unexpected troubles.
After returning to her house, the old woman felt uncomfortable all over and had a very painful stomach. What was even more frightening was that even though she was covered with three quilts, she still felt cold while lying on the bed.
"You've already been covered with three quilts, what else do you want?" The old woman's husband was almost angry.
"It's cold, it's cold!" The old woman was trembling, almost screaming.
At this time, the heavy snow outside was falling even harder, and it was about to collapse the old woman's house. Fortunately, the house was still strong, otherwise, it would really have collapsed under such heavy snow!
On such a night, after the old woman screamed, she passed away and died. Her eyes were not closed when she died, and she looked very scary.
Because the old woman's husband was without a woman, he was hungry and thirsty that night, so he had to go to Widow Liu. In a dark night, he forcibly hugged her thigh, trying to do that...
However, Widow Liu broke free, kicked open, closed the door, and slammed another stone behind the door, so that the old woman's husband had no choice but to leave and go back to his house.
The old woman's husband may feel that since good people are not repaid well, there is no need to be a good person. Otherwise, he would not hug Widow Liu's thigh in a dark night. However, they don't want to see her, so he has no choice but to give up.
The old woman's husband left the house that day and walked towards the mountains. In a very remote place, he saw a young girl appearing in front of him. After looking at it carefully for a while, he found that it was the girl who drowned in the river. A woman, but why would she appear in such a deserted place at this time?
The old woman's husband doesn't care about that anymore. Since the old woman passed away, she has been a little lonely without a woman to accompany her. Why not take advantage of this time when no one is around to do something like that with this girl? She also has that intention anyway, so why not?
At this moment, a huge gust of wind blew by, and the girl disappeared in an instant. A peach tree appeared in front of her. It was strange. In this winter, the peach blossoms were blooming randomly, which was very beautiful. The kind that makes the old woman's husband's eyes dazzle.
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