We all came from the same village, so Ping'er naturally couldn't turn around and leave alone, so she came here together.

One of the women saw Ping'er, grabbed her and asked in a low voice, "Ping'er, did you and Zhou Sheng hear anything when it was quiet last night?"

Ping'er was stunned by the question and shook her head blankly, "No, I went to bed after dinner last night. I only heard a few firecrackers in the night."

"Apart from the sound of firecrackers, didn't you hear anything else?" the woman asked again.

Ping'er became more and more confused.

Yang Ruoqing said, "Mom, if you know something, just tell us. Don't ask charades, let alone ask Ping'er. You can tell at a glance that she doesn't know."

The woman then abandoned Ping'er and turned around to tell Yang Ruoqing, "I heard from the person in charge of the New Year last night that everything else in our village was quiet when it was quiet at night. When I passed by Huosheng's house, I heard

Noise."

"What's the noise?" Yang Ruoqing asked.

The woman in front of me glanced around, her eyes widened, but her voice became lower and lower, "The trumpet and the suona sound."

"Ah?" Yang Ruoqing was a little confused and couldn't help but look at Ping'er.

Ping'er also shook her head in confusion.

Yang Ruoqing then turned her questioning eyes to Wang Cuilian next to her.

Wang Cuilian said, "...the kind of sound that only occurs at funerals..."

Yang Ruoqing's eyes widened a bit, and she looked at the woman who had spoken before, "Madam, did they hear you right? The wind was so strong at night, they even played the gong themselves!"

The woman waved her hand, "No matter how strong the wind is, you can't hear it wrong. Even the sound of the trumpet and suona is heard to come from the collapsed house of Huosheng's house."

"The first time they passed by Huosheng's house, they heard the sound of trumpets and suonas. The second time they passed by, they heard the sound of women crying, the third time they heard the laughter of children, and the fourth time they heard the sound of men.

The sound of talking..."

"By the way, Russians, Zhou Sheng's family and Huo Sheng's family are not far apart. Did you really hear nothing?"

Ping'er was so frightened by their words that she turned pale. When she heard the question, she suddenly came back to her senses, shuddered and shook her head repeatedly.

"No, no..."

Yang Ruoqing stood next to Ping'er and held Ping'er's hand tightly to comfort her, but she said to the previous woman, "Madam, what you said is too scary. We're leaving first. You can continue."

chat."

Seeing that Yang Ruoqing didn't believe it, the woman pulled her back and said, "Qing'er, you young people don't believe in those things, and you don't take those things seriously. Let me tell you, if there is movement in the quiet night, the next year will come.

It must be bad. I heard that there was some movement at Huo Sheng’s house last year during the quiet night. No, Huo Sheng’s wife and two children are gone this year. There will be some movement this year. Maybe next year... Hey!"

The woman let go of her hand, shook her head, and said no more.

Yang Ruoqing smiled, did not explain to them, and took Ping'er away.

After leaving the yard, a gust of cold wind blew in her face, and Ping'er shivered.

"Qing'er, are what those two ladies said before true? They have noses and eyes. I felt chills all over after hearing that..."

Yang Ruoqing said, "Living in the village, don't you hear these rumors too often? No matter how true or false they are, you don't have to take it to heart. We should rectify it as we should."

There are many things that science cannot explain. No one knows whether they exist or not. So what if they exist? What if they don't exist? In front of those mysterious natural forces, people will always be as weak as ants.

Although the sun has not completely set yet, Ping'er has to pass in front of Huosheng's house when she goes home.

Worried that Ping'er would be scared, Yang Ruoqing sent Ping'er directly to her door before leaving.

When she came back, Yang Ruoqing deliberately slowed down her steps as she passed by the door of Huosheng's house and looked at Huosheng's house a few more times.

The collapsed house is now on the ground, and the remaining two houses have been repaired. The courtyard door is closed, and the yard is in a mess. The yard was covered with snow before. Many people came to help during the funeral, which continued to hinder walking.

He was shoveled to both sides and slipped out of the middle.

Incense paper, dead leaves, firecracker shells, and black shoe prints were all mixed together, making the yard sticky and dirty.

The wind blew through the courtyard, and the half-closed door of the main hall was blown by the wind.

No one came out to secure the door. Inside and outside, it was said that the festive atmosphere of the New Year was not even the slightest bit angry.

Yang Ruoqing sighed deeply, turned and left.

…

In the evening, everyone in Lao Yang's family, except Lao Yangtou and Yongqing's daughter-in-law Mo, who had been locked in the house, all came to Yang Huazhou's house for dinner.

Tan's legs were already able to walk, and she walked all the way from her old house to the entrance of the village with the support of the three girls.

On the way, I met women from the same village who were doing something good and came over to say hello, "Old lady, is your leg healed?"

A strange smile appeared at the corner of Tan's mouth: "If my legs are not good, can I stand still? Am I blind or are you blind?"

One sentence answer made the other party unable to answer the question.

The three girls had no choice but to smile at each other and apologize with their eyes.

After the three girls helped Tan go away, the woman behind her came back to her senses and asked the person next to her, "Why is this old lady like an old hedgehog, catching people and stabbing them? I didn't ask anything bad."

The person next to him laughed and said, "This old lady always talks like this. Fortunately, her children and grandchildren are good-tempered."

The woman from before said again, "I was paralyzed before, but I can stand up again at this age. What an old spirit!"

The person next to me said, "That's right. Look at how energetic he is. It seems that he can live for another ten years or so."

"Speaking of which, should she go to Lao San's house at the entrance of the village or to Lao Wu's house in such a hot mood?"

"It should be the third wife's family. This old lady never wants to see the fifth daughter-in-law..."

Before he finished speaking, he saw three girls holding Tan's feet, passing by the entrance of Yang Huazhong's courtyard and walking straight to Yang Huazhou's house in front.

"Ah, that's a slap in the face. She is going to the fifth wife. The old lady is going to congratulate the fifth wife tomorrow for marrying her. But doesn't she not want to see the fifth wife and Dabao? That Dabao is not the fifth daughter-in-law. In the past,

The old lady is most particular about this..."

"The whole family will be killed by those who gossip!"

Tan, who was walking on the road, suddenly stopped, turned around and shouted towards Tangba at the entrance of the village.

Several women who were chatting together were stunned because Mr. Tan was facing their direction.

There was no one around, and they were the only ones chatting. Could it be that this old lady had dog ears and could hear all this?

Mrs. Tan suddenly turned around and took a few steps closer to Tangba. She put her hands on her hips and scolded the women again, "Who do you care about, who do you want to see, who do you congratulate, who do you care about? It's none of your business? You're such a shameless person.

You’re chewing on your back endlessly, so don’t force me to carry a stool to your house to watch the New Year!”

Several women were so frightened that they smeared the soles of their feet with oil and ran away.
Chapter completed!