Looking at the ferocious face of the old woman, I couldn't help but be on guard. The ghosts here already had evil spirits on their bodies, and it seemed that they could turn into hungry ghosts that eat people at any time.
But the old woman just glanced at me and made no other move. She just sighed and continued to sew clothes.
At this time, a woman came out of the room and walked towards the door.
"Slut, you are hooking up with a man from another family. You are so shameless." The old lady saw the woman and cursed her viciously.
The woman stopped, turned her head, and smiled at the old lady: "I just want to seduce men. I want to seduce all the men in the village into my bed, and then I will eat them one by one."
The woman said and licked her lips.
It can be seen that the woman is still somewhat pretty, but she is now sallow and thin, with a disheveled look on her face. The move of her lips licking her lips is not tempting at all. Instead, it makes me feel a little creepy, especially what she said is even more disturbing.
My heart felt cold.
I could tell that this woman was not joking, she was really hungry and dared to eat people.
After the woman finished speaking, she picked up her long hair with her hands, stuffed it into her mouth, and kept chewing it. She was actually eating her own hair!
"Slut, you really have the ability to seduce men, remember to leave a piece of meat for me, I'm going to starve to death." The old woman raised her head and said to the woman.
The woman ignored her and continued chewing her hair, then opened the door and walked out.
Listening to their conversation, I felt a little creepy. They were actually discussing cannibalism. I also remembered the scene of the man gnawing his own flesh while fetching water from the well, and I felt indescribably awkward.
The man, the old lady, the woman, and the little girl who ran out showed me that everyone here was very hungry, and they were so hungry that they wanted to eat people.
What exactly did the people of Caomiao Village go through back then?
When Jishui was occupied by the Japanese, many people fled to seek refuge. However, no one in this Caomiao village escaped. Instead, they starved to death here. This is not normal.
Why did they starve to death? I think there must be a reason that I don't know.
The woman who left the house disappeared from my sight and I don't know where she went. However, I had no intention of following her because the environment here made me feel very depressed.
I had no choice but to continue walking forward, and there was still a small courtyard behind. There were several dilapidated thatched houses in the courtyard. A man was sitting at the door, with tears on his face. He had obviously cried just now.
Although the man looked disheveled and had a thin body, it was obvious that he was hungry. It turned out that the man must be a burly and strong man.
I glanced at him, a little strange, wondering what on earth this man was crying about.
"Dad, I'm so hungry, I want to eat meat." At this moment, a seven or eight-year-old boy walked out of the room, threw himself into the man's arms, and said weakly.
Behind the boy was a woman with the same sallow face and wearing coarse clothes. Looking at the two men at the door, the woman's face was also full of tears.
"Niu Er, can you not let them touch Ning Ning? He is still so young." The woman said, sobbing, and tears kept falling down her face.
When I heard her words, my heart skipped a beat, Niu Er, this man’s name is Niu Er!
When we were passing by the yard where we met just now, my old lady who sewed clothes said something. She said it was time to eat Niu Er's son at noon today. This is Niu Er's house. Could it be that the child she was talking about who was eaten was me.
This one before me!
The man named Niu Er raised his head and glanced at his wife, his eyes were blood red. He hugged his son tightly, shook his head to his wife, and said: "I can't do it, Xiaoyun, after so many days, we have to eat too."
The children who lived in other people's families are now our family's turn, and there is no other way."
As the man spoke, tears kept falling.
"Dad, what are you talking about? Why are you eating other people's children?" The child who was originally nestled in the man's arms raised his head and looked at the man with a puzzled expression.
The man raised his hand, gently touched the child's face, put on an ugly smile, and said, "It's nothing Ning Ning, don't worry, you won't be hungry after noon today, dad promises."
"Ah, Dad, is there delicious meat again today?" The child looked excited.
Niu Er smiled bitterly, then nodded, hugged his child, and said in a hoarse voice: "Yes, yes, there will be delicious meat at noon today."
At this moment, there was a knock on the door, and Niu Er and his wife looked at each other, their eyes full of despair.
Niu Er sighed, let go of his son, then walked over and opened the door.
There was a middle-aged man standing at the door. Compared with the sallow and skinny villagers, he was fat. He was shirtless and had a greasy towel on his shoulders.
"Niu Er, are you ready?" The man came in and asked Niu Er.
Niu Er didn't speak, just nodded, and the woman in the room came out, hugged her child, and started sobbing.
Niu Er walked over and said something to his wife. Then the woman let go of her hand and asked her husband to pick up her son.
Niu Er hugged his son and walked toward the door. The woman behind him couldn't bear it any longer, turned around and rushed into the room, hearing a heartbreaking cry.
"Dad, where are we going?" The child in his arms asked his father with wide eyes and a strange look.
"Go to a place where you can have enough food. Once there, you will never be hungry again." Niu Er said to his child in a hoarse voice.
"Wow, that's great. Ning Ning wants to go there. Ning Ning never wants to be hungry again!" The child cheered in his father's arms.
Niu Er laughed bitterly, and then handed the child into the arms of the man at the door.
The child looked doubtful and a little scared at the same time. He was playing with his father and didn't understand what he was doing.
Niu Er squatted down, reached out and touched the child's head, and said softly: "Obey Ning Ning, follow Butcher Zhang, and you will be able to eat enough every day from now on."
After hearing what his father said, the child was still a little scared, but the temptation of having a full stomach was too great, so in the end he nodded heavily.
Butcher Zhang led the child, nodded to Niu Er, and walked out.
Niu Er behind him closed the door and let out a heart-rending cry like a beast.
