Chapter six hundred and sixty first and the strange woman
Chen Zhi was quite surprised when he heard the words of the old village chief. The villagers did have some remnants of feudal ideas, and they were quite critical of widows remarrying. But after all, we are already in this day and age. Even if a widow whose husband has been dead for many years is found again,
Men, it's not that big of a deal. It happens in almost every village. How could the head of a village say such ugly things?
"Haha! Uncle, what exactly is the situation you just mentioned? Can you tell us in detail?",
Ye Qiu smiled and chatted with the old village chief. He now looked like a clerk in a government building, but his words were very rigorous. Chen Zhi sometimes felt that he was just a replica of Mu He.
"There's nothing to say, I'm just a shameful mother-in-law...",
The old village chief seemed to feel that what he just said was a bit excessive. He shook his head with embarrassment and knocked on the stem of his pipe, not wanting to mention it again.
At this time, his eldest daughter-in-law handed everyone hot tea. It was new for people in the mountains to see outsiders. When Chen Zhi and Ye Qiu entered the yard just now, they had already been noticed by these daughters-in-law.
The women were chattering about them.
The eldest daughter-in-law happened to overhear their conversation. Women like to talk about these things. When she heard this, she immediately followed up,
"What can't be said about this? Everyone in the village already knows that He Zhonghua's wife is a famous shabby shoe in the village. He has a mountain demon in his home. The man is transformed from a mountain demon. During the day
He went into the mountains and ran down to spend the night at her house. He usually didn't even dare to show his face, but He Zhonghua's wife took care of him every day, and even lived with his two children. He never went down the mountain, and everyone in our village disliked him.
she……"
"Don't talk nonsense~~~, be careful if you talk nonsense and get struck by lightning! Go and cook your food!", the old village chief scolded his daughter-in-law and knocked the stem of his pipe hard. His daughter-in-law was immediately frightened.
Dare to speak, Nuonuo stepped back.
At this time, both Chen Zhi and Ye Qiu heard the meaning of the daughter-in-law's words. Ye Qiu saw that the situation must be exposed to the government, so he started to give the old village chief the ecstasy soup.
"Uncle, you also know that we are all sent by the organization. We can't communicate without meeting people. For national talents like He Zhonghua, we must know the details of his family. He has been dead for so many years.
You have to tell us truthfully what happened at home!
You are an old village cadre. You have high ideological awareness and can distinguish right from wrong at critical moments. You must actively cooperate with our work and report the situation at his home to us..."
Under Ye Qiu's constant questioning and questioning, the old village chief sighed one last time and reluctantly told the whole story.
"Hey! Actually, I don't know which life caused this evil in our village. There was such a shameless woman who attracted the spirits in the mountains..."
After the old village chief finished speaking, he knocked on the pipe pole angrily and began to tell everyone what happened to He Zhonghua's wife on the mountain.
After the news of He Zhonghua's death came, the people in the village sympathized with He Zhonghua's wife and brought her family back to the village from the county. Everyone also took care of their lives. After hearing the news of her son's death, He Zhonghua's wife did not want to think about it.
Chafan died of illness that month, leaving only three orphans and a widowed mother. He Zhonghua's wife was originally an honest person, so she lived at home with her two sons.
But I didn't expect that half a year later, He Zhonghua's wife's fox tail would be exposed. At that time, people often found that she brought men home in the middle of the night. Moreover, the men were dressed in rags and walked with a limp.
Like a scavenger.
The village has its own rules. A widow can remarry, but she must be fair and aboveboard and cannot hang out with unknown people in the middle of the night.
At that time, everyone thought that He Zhonghua's wife had just brought back a stranger or a scavenger from outside. This was disgusting and made people feel that the whole village was unclean. From then on, as long as the dogs and chickens were lost in the village,
The elder girl and the younger daughter-in-law were harassed, and it was all because of He Zhonghua’s wife.
And He Zhonghua's wife seems to have a guilty conscience. She never defends herself to anyone, and never brings her wild man out to show her, as if she doesn't dare to let everyone see her.
Whenever others asked, she would immediately deny it and would never admit to bringing anyone into the house at night. As time went by, everyone gradually became very disgusted with her and isolated her in the village.
But He Zhonghua's wife still did not want to repent. Seeing that she could no longer live in the village, she simply moved her two children into the mountains and started to live there by herself.
And from then on, many people who went into the mountain to collect firewood saw the wild man in her family staying in the yard all day long, and some people accidentally saw the wild man's face. It was said that his face was very scary.
They were like mountain spirits and evil spirits. People in the mountains were superstitious. From then on, it was rumored that He Zhonghua's wife couldn't bear the loneliness and found a goblin in the mountains to live her life.
After more than 20 years of this, their two children have gradually grown up, but everyone in the village dislikes them, and no one goes to their home to propose marriage. They are completely marginalized.
But He Zhonghua's wife didn't seem to care about this. Their family lived quite well in the mountains with the mountain spirit.
After Ye Qiu and Chen Zhi listened to the old village chief's words, they looked at each other. The superstitious statements of these villagers were obviously ridiculous, but this story made people see many problems, and their hearts rose.
Got doubts.
"Have you seen the face of that scavenger? Is he really a monster?" Chen Zhi asked the old village chief.
"No," the old village chief shook his head.
"Our family is a man of status, that is, a wild man. What's so good about him? Even if he is not a monster, he still has something wrong with him. Otherwise, why would he hide it and not let everyone know about it?"
"I've seen it! I've seen it...",
The eldest daughter-in-law, who had just served everyone tea, had been secretly listening to them in the back. When Chen Zhi asked, she immediately ran over and interrupted,
"I went up the mountain at that time and went to their house for a walk. I looked at Qing Chuchu from outside the wall. That wild man in their family, oh my, thanks to the He family's sister-in-law for being such a clean person.
, why would you want to follow him? His face looked as if it had been licked by a blind black bear. It was full of blue veins and red flesh. It made me tremble with fear. It looked exactly like a living ghost. It was just like..., just
Like..."
"It's like being skinned! Right?" Chen Zhi took over what the woman said.
"Yes! Yes! Yes! No wonder the He family's sister-in-law didn't bring her out to see people. It's really embarrassing..." After the daughter-in-law finished speaking, she covered her mouth and laughed with the women around her. It seemed that the joke was going on
It has been passed down through their mouths for a long time.
But at this time, Chen Zhi already knew it in his heart. He immediately stood up and asked the old village chief, "Uncle, do you know where He Zhonghua's wife's home is? Can you take us there?"