Given her age, Little Grandma Tang would definitely not be able to outrun the young people over time. Tang Gui’s wife kept ringing the bell and rode her bicycle away.
I dodged two or three times, but was still hit in the calf by a pebble. The slingshot was so powerful that for a moment, I felt terrible pain.
A nameless anger suddenly arose, she is trying to kill me!
I didn't choose to fight hard because I didn't want to take the risk. The old lady had a hoe and a slingshot in her hands, but I had nothing.
If you think you are powerful, you can give it a try. Young people should not underestimate the old people in rural areas who have serious feudal ideas. They will suffer big losses.
To the north of the village is Guizailing. The hut where the forest ranger Lao Hu lives is closest to me. I ran across the rice fields to Lao Hu's door.
"Bang bang bang!"
After knocking on the door, I gasped and looked back.
"who is it?"
"Master Hu! Me! I am Xiaoxiang!"
"Open the door quickly and let me hide for a while."
Lao Hu opened the door wearing a military coat, and I ducked into the hut.
"Master Hu, hurry up and lock the door, she is coming after you!"
"Who's chasing me?"
"Grandma Xiao Tang! Li Jieyu!"
"She was the one who injured Yapo with a slingshot! She probably also hurt Yapo's granddaughter!"
Lao Hu looked stunned for a moment, then quickly locked the door after he realized what he was doing.
"What's the specific situation?" he asked.
I had an inexplicable sense of trust in the ranger Lao Hu, so I told him what I saw in a short time, and he frowned.
After hearing this, Lao Hu said: "I know that talisman. It is a talisman passed down between generations of Yapas. Many years ago, the Yapas have been protecting this thing, including the great census of cultural relics, so...
....”
"Bang bang!"
As I was talking, there were suddenly several rapid knocks on the door, and I immediately hid behind the bed.
"Who? Going to bed." Lao Hu shouted outside the door.
After a minute or two, Grandma Xiao Tang's voice came.
"Brother Hu, have you seen Xiao Xiang? I have something to do with him."
"It's Sister Li. No, I didn't see anyone. I lay down to sleep after eight o'clock."
At this time, Little Grandma Tang walked to the window, pressed her face against the glass, and shined a flashlight into the room.
I looked down and quickly took back my exposed foot.
"Hey, Sister Li, what are you taking a picture of?"
Lao Hu put his hands in front of his eyes and said, "I am a bachelor, is it possible that there is a young lady hiding in the house?"
"Then, brother Hu, I'm leaving. If you see Xiao Xiang, just tell him that I have something to talk to him about."
Soon there was no sound outside the door, and Lao Hu opened the window and looked outside.
"She's gone, come out."
"Master Hu, was it Grandma Xiao Tang who hit us two with a slingshot that night in Guizailing?"
Lao Hu lit the candle with a match. He blew out the match and said: "I don't know. In the early days of the village, the families who shot birds and sold them for money had slingshots. There was a grudge between their grandmothers, but I have been getting along with her in the village for decades, and we have always been good.
There is no grudge."
I said that was strange. Was it another person that night?
Lao Hu changed the briquettes and said to me: "You go back first. I will go to the police station to report the crime tomorrow. You are a witness and you will cooperate with the police to take notes."
"No! Don't call the police!"
"I...I mean don't call the police yet. We don't have evidence for some things. It's better to find out more about it before talking about it."
Lao Hu took out a cigarette and lit it close to the red-hot briquette tongs.
"call...."
"You said you guys are tourists. With so many things going on in the village these days, you are still traveling here?" Lao Hu said, looking at me with squinted eyes.
I made up a reason and said: "I was leaving two days ago. I stayed a few more days to wait for a friend in the village. We will leave immediately when the friend arrives."
It was already late at night when I walked out of the hut. I turned on my phone and it showed a missed call.
"Brother Yu, are you back?"
"Yes, Yunfeng. I rushed back immediately after receiving your notice. Dou Sprout just said that you didn't answer the phone. Where are you?"
Looking at the dark country roads around me, I was afraid that while I was walking, Grandma Xiao Tang would appear behind me and beat me to death with a hoe.
After all, I now know her secret.
"Brother Yu, you just happened to be back. Come pick me up. I'll wait for you at the small pond at the north end of the village."
"oh?"
"Haha, Yunfeng, why, you are still a big girl, why do you need someone to pick you up when you walk at night?" Brother Yu said with a smile on the phone.
"I can't explain it at this moment. Brother Yu, please come quickly. I'll wait for you."
"Okay, just wait for me for a while, I'll change my clothes and go over."
After looking around, I walked to the edge of the pond and found an open place to squat down.
The moon was bright and dark that night, and the water surface of the pond was calm and sparkling. I stared at the water surface for a while. When I thought about the black hole under the water that led to the underground river, I always felt that there were a pair of eyes under the water watching me.
, feeling very uncomfortable.
After waiting for about twenty minutes, a flashlight lit up on the path in the distance, and a tall figure got closer and closer.
"Brother Yu!"
"You're finally back," I trotted towards him.
Brother Yu patted me, laughed and said, "Let's go, Miss Xiang."
"Miss Xiang??"
Brother Yu didn't understand the situation and was mocking me for being cowardly... I made a grimace and didn't want to explain, so I'd better go back and talk about it later.
"Brother Yu, let me send you a letter. I received a reply before. Do you know who sent it?"
Brother Yu shook his head and said, "I don't know. I just sent the letter to the address given by the boss, and then stayed in the hotel for two days. I received your message in the afternoon and rushed back."
"Do you remember the address?" I asked.
"It's a place called Douzhuang Village in Yucheng." Brother Yu said.
Douzhuang? I have never heard of this place.
When we walked to the canteen together, Brother Yu patted me and pointed ahead: "Isn't that Grandma Xiao Tang? Why are you sitting there so late at night?"
The canteen had already turned off the lights and closed, and there was a tattered children's rocker at the door. I looked in the direction of Brother Yu's finger, and saw Grandma Xiao Tang sitting on the rocker and staring at us. The hoe was swinging.
at her feet.
I swallowed and whispered, "Be careful Brother Yu, you don't know, this old lady just came back from digging a grave, you see there is still dirt on her feet, she has killed someone before."
After listening to my words, Brother Yu looked at the old lady sitting on the rickshaw, frowned and said, "It's okay, come with me."
I followed Brother Yu and walked forward.
Brother Yu stared at the old lady without blinking.
"Young man..."
As I walked past, I heard Little Grandma Tang say from behind: "Come to my house at seven o'clock tomorrow night, and I will make you tea."
I pretended not to hear.
Only a ghost would go to your house to drink oil tea.
The old lady's hoarse voice continued: "Come on, let's talk, it will be good for you. Don't you want to know the secret of Guizailing?"
The secret of Guizailing...
I stopped, turned around and asked, "Do you know something?"
Under the moonlight, Grandma Tang was sitting on the rocking car with her back to me.
She said: "As a temple girl, I always know something. I just wanted to scare you before, and I never thought of harming you. My granddaughter also regards you as her brother. She doesn't know what I do, and she doesn't know what I do."
Never know."
"You keep it a secret for me and we make an exchange."
