"Actually, have they blessed you?" Ye Haoxuan asked again.
"No……"
"That's it. All kinds of signs show that they don't exist in this world at all. You all day long believe in things that don't exist at all. When you are sick, you don't go to the doctor. When you are widowed, you can't get married. If this continues, your village will
Will there be anyone? Will there be someone?" Ye Haoxuan said in a deep voice.
"Doctor Ye is right." The clan leader seemed to have made up his mind: "Tomorrow, everyone will go to the clan meeting. I think some things in our village are going to change. Now, deal with their affairs immediately.
, don’t bury them for the time being, carry them back to the village mourning hall, and then hold a grand funeral for them.”
Seeing that the clan leader had made up his mind this time, the villagers could only nod. They picked up the two corpses and left the bamboo forest.
"Dr. Ye, you made me make up my mind today." After the others left, the clan leader and Ye Haoxuan sighed as they walked back.
"Haha, I can see that the patriarch is a foresighted person." Ye Haoxuan smiled and said: "You can see from the fact that you can go to the government for medical treatment that you don't like the customs in the village very much."
"Yes, because I was influenced by my father. When he was young, he was the only one who went out from the village to see the outside world. When he came back, he told me about the outside world, which also made me think
Change." The patriarch nodded and said: "The traditions in the village may not all be good. Your spouse cannot get married after his death, and girls cannot read or write... etc..."
"Even if someone here gets sick, they don't go to the doctor. No one can believe it except Jiumei. But Jiumei's ability is limited. She can get well from some common minor illnesses. If it's a serious illness, she doesn't go to the hospital.
We can only wait to die." The patriarch sighed and said: "In the past twenty years since I became the patriarch, at least a dozen children have died because they did not go to the doctor."
"I have always wanted to change something, but I can't change anything on my own. There are some things that I really can't do anything about. Because I'm afraid, I'm afraid that their reaction will be too exciting, and they will say that I don't abide by the things left by my ancestors." The patriarch.
Said: "Thank you, you made me make up my mind."
"Actually, your place really needs to learn and keep pace with the times." Ye Haoxuan sighed and said: "Sometimes, tradition is not necessarily a good thing, just like if your husband dies here, you will be a widow for the rest of your life.
, this is simply a bad habit.”
"Yes, they are all bad habits." The patriarch said with deep sympathy: "This place is still too autistic. Except for me, other people have never walked out of the mountains and have no contact with this society. How can they
Will you understand how much there is in this society that is worthy of our study and consideration?”
"Haha, it will be fine after tomorrow." Ye Haoxuan smiled and said, "Actually, a road can be built in the village."
"I have been applying to the government, but there is no result yet. I think it will be soon." The patriarch smiled, and his expression gradually became serious: "Dr. Ye, I have no idea about the cause of death of these two people."
I hope you can tell me truthfully how they died."
"Died by Gu." Ye Haoxuan said: "I think Jiu Mei should know this better than me."
"Clan leader." Jiumei hesitated and said, "This is Granny Xu's God-eating Gu. It is highly poisonous. Generally, if it gets a little bit of it, people will die completely."
"You mean, this is the work of Gu Po?" The patriarch's expression became serious.
"I...I don't know." Jiumei shook her head: "But I believe that Granny Xu is definitely not the kind of person who kills innocent people indiscriminately."
"Child, you are still too young." The patriarch shook his head and said: "You don't know what kind of existence the previous Gu women are. They have no humanity at all. As long as their reverse scales are touched,
, they will definitely kill you without hesitation."
"But, I have been in contact with her the most, and I really don't think she is that kind of person." Jiumei still didn't believe it.
"You have more contact with her because you are more in line with her taste. She likes you and will naturally treat you well. But you have to understand that people in this world are all fickle." Ye Haoxuan said: "Now
Take me to her house and you will know the truth once you take a look."
"Okay, I'll take you there." Jiumei nodded.
In the far west of the village, which is actually far away from the village, there is a small lonely house.
This small house is not like the cookie-cutter small houses in the village. This house is made of straw. Except for a small yard built with fences, this place is empty.
In the night, this independent small house looks a bit monotonous.
"Grandma Xu, are you there?" The yard was dark. Jiumei called several times, but no one answered. She had to push open the simple bamboo door and walked in with Ye Haoxuan and the clan leader.
There was nothing in the yard, not even a tree.
Ye Haoxuan, who was walking forward, suddenly stopped and stopped Jiumei and the clan leader at the same time.
"What's wrong?" Jiumei asked in surprise.
"Gu." Ye Haoxuan pointed to the ground.
Jiumei looked down and was startled. She didn't know when there was a dense group of golden beetles on the ground. The wings of these bugs were golden yellow, shining with a strange brilliance in the night.
"Meat-eating Gu." Ye Haoxuan took out the porcelain bottle again. He silently put the powdered wine in his hand on the ground. He saw that the Gu that had been crawling forward had already retreated one by one. These things have intelligence, and they know that the poison in Ye Haoxuan's hand is
something that is fatal to them.
"Grandma Xu, it's me, I'm Jiumei, are you asleep?" Jiumei called into the room several times.
This time, there was movement in the house. After a while, the small wooden door creaked, and an old lady walked out of the house with a cane. Her steps were very staggering.
Every step she took seemed to be exerting all her strength. She walked to a place a few meters away from several people and stood still. Then she raised her head and squinted her small eyes at the few unexpected guests in front of her.
From Gu Po's point of view, all the people who break into her house are unwelcome guests, including her favorite Ninth Sister and the highly respected village chief.
Ye Haoxuan looked at the Gu Po. To be honest, he couldn't tell how old the Gu Po was. Ye Haoxuan was sure that she was definitely not less than a hundred years old.
Although the environment in this place is not good and the medical care is not up to par, the entire village remains in a primitive and backward state. Many people will die prematurely due to natural disasters, but we have to admit that as long as people who have undergone the coming-of-age ceremony will generally
longevity.
Because the environment of this place is not comparable to other places in China. The fresh air in the mountains and the unpolluted environment make the people here live longer.
Under the moonlight, you can vaguely see the silver hair on Gu Po's head.
"Granny Xu, the big cow and Chunhua in the village are dead." After a moment of silence, Jiumei said: "The two of them died from the poison."
"oh……"
Gu Po's expression was dull, and from beginning to end, she only uttered this one word.
"Grandma Xu... did you kill them?" Jiumei hesitated and asked again.
"Yes..." Gu Po spat out another word.
"Why?" Jiumei said angrily, "Although the village has its own traditions, they still have another chance."
Gu Po was silent, her small eyes glowed with a strange brilliance. She stared at Ye Haoxuan without saying a word for a long time.
"Mother-in-law, this is a foreign doctor, a traditional Chinese medicine doctor. He cured the villagers' diseases." Jiumei quickly introduced Ye Haoxuan, because Granny Gu didn't like strangers coming to her family, and she was even less willing to interact with strangers.
People find ways to make friends.
"You are not Gu Po." Ye Haoxuan suddenly laughed.
"Reason?" Gu Po was still hunched over, but her gaze at Ye Haoxuan became more and more sharp.
"No reason, I just go by my own feeling. I feel that you are not the Gu Po here." Ye Haoxuan said firmly.
"Haha." Gu Po smiled. She was old and had few teeth: "Human feelings may not be so accurate sometimes. The villagers think I am Gu Po, then I am Gu Po."
"You...who are you?" The patriarch and Jiumei were also surprised, and he also realized that the old lady in front of him was not Gu Po at all.
Because Gu Po has always been silent, the syllables she spoke were very monotonous, usually no more than five words. But she did talk a lot today.
"You guys stand down." Ye Haoxuan frowned. He felt that he needed to talk to this old lady properly.
The clan leader and Jiumei also felt that something was not right with Po Gu. After the clan leader stepped away, he turned around and said, "Jiumei, go and call someone."
"Okay..." Jiumei nodded, turned around and left quickly.
"These days, I have been hiding here with this old lady, learning her living habits and studying her daily life. It's really unaccustomed to me." Granny Gu's voice suddenly became deep. This was not the voice of an old lady at all.
It's a man's voice.
Moreover, the voice is slightly stiff, and his pronunciation is slightly non-standard. If you often interact with foreigners, you can immediately tell that Gu Po's voice is actually the kind of voice that has just learned Chinese.
Sure enough, Gu Po's rickety body slowly began to straighten up, and her figure slowly became taller. After a while, his face and voice completely became that of a foreigner.
"You...who are you? What kind of person are you?" The patriarch was dumbfounded as he watched the Gu Po transform into a tall foreigner. The visual conflict made him accept it for a while.
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