Chapter 714 Weird, there are no women in the village
Su Keke looked at the other villagers again.
These villagers, especially the older ones, all looked numb at work, showing no enthusiasm for what they were doing, as if they were just repeating the work mechanically.
When Su Keke saw an old man coloring a kite expressionlessly, and what came out was a laughing cartoon doll, he felt like his scalp was numb.
The expressionless person draws a big smile, and the strong contrast makes people feel even more weird.
The arrival of strangers only made these old people sitting at the door pasting kites and lanterns look up, without any unnecessary reaction.
"The people in this village are too indifferent." Someone in the team muttered.
In the two villages they visited before, the villagers were very enthusiastic and even brought out delicious food from home to greet people. Although they gave money, the villagers were also really enthusiastic.
But the people in Zhenglong Village are like two extremes from the previous villagers.
From the beginning of the village to the end of the village, Su Keke looked all the way and discovered something strange.
Obviously, Qin Mochen also discovered it.
The man leaned forward slightly, came close to her ear, and whispered: "There are mostly old people in this village, not many young people. And there are no children."
Su Keke nodded, "I only saw three young and strong men. I really didn't see the young women and children. I don't know if they were hiding in the house and didn't come out, or... they went elsewhere."
There should be men and women in a place, and if there are men and women there will be unions and children, but there are no young women in this place.
Can't people here only have boys but not girls? Even if they only have boys but not girls, then the boys here have to get married and have children, and there are no women from other villages to marry?
Soon, other members of the archaeological team also discovered this oddity.
However, they were well-informed and thought that this abnormality was caused by some bad habits in the village and didn't think much about it.
The leader, Professor Lin, found the village chief, explained his purpose, and paid a lot of money.
For the sake of money, the village chief found a few villages where he could stay and arranged for the archaeological team to live there.
Soon, someone got some information.
There are indeed many strange and bad habits in Zhenglong Village.
They have fields, but there are very few people working in the fields because the village is full of old people and they cannot do the work in the fields.
Although the old people do not farm, they have ancestral craftsmanship. They can make exquisite paper kites and various beautiful lanterns.
The kites and lanterns they make will be sold in the town, but they never leave the village. Someone from the town will come to the village regularly to pick them up.
Many people never leave this small village in their lives.
"Is it true? In such a small and broken village, I can walk from the beginning to the end of the village in less than twenty minutes, but they have never left in their entire lives?" Everyone was in disbelief after hearing this.
Xiao Sun, the reporter who was inquiring about the news, drank some water and fanned himself with his hand, "Really, someone in the town happened to come to the village to collect kites and lanterns today, and it was that man I asked about.
This is what their family does. His father is responsible for purchasing kites and lanterns from Zhenglong Village, and so is his grandfather. Listen to what he said..."
A long time ago, Zhenglong Village was called Lantern Village, and it only made lanterns. The lanterns made here were of the best quality and had the most styles, and were sold all over the country.
Later, lanterns were gradually replaced by other lighting tools, and the lantern village began to make other paper gadgets, such as kites and folding fans.
Because the lanterns and kites here are the most famous, and the name of Lantern Village is similar to that of Zhenglong Village. When outsiders shouted, Lantern Village became Zhenglong Village.
It is not that there are no women and children in Zhenglong Village, but there is a strange custom in Zhenglong Village.
The old man said that the feng shui in the village was not good and it was not suitable for women and children to stay for a long time, so the men in the village married into other villages.
At first, a man took his wife and children home to visit the old man, but unexpectedly, after spending one night in the village, the man's wife and children all died, and the death was particularly miserable.
"How miserable is it?" Wen Hao couldn't help but interjected and asked.
Xiao Sun shook his head, "I don't know either. The man didn't say anything. He only said that the death was miserable."
"After this happened, the men who got married no longer dared not to listen to the old man's advice, and they did not even bring their wives and children home."
"Was it a coincidence? Has a similar tragedy happened before?" someone asked.
"There are other cases! I heard that there was a man who planned to bring his wife back during the day and then leave during the day, but due to various reasons during the day, they were unable to leave, and his wife died that night."
"My scalp is numb from hearing this! Xiaosun, are there any more?"
"No. Please, I just chatted with someone for a while, how can I ask everything?"
"It would be weird if it had happened before!"
"Professor Lin, should we change places? It's so scary here. Is there something evil at work?" A female student shuddered.
Professor Lin was angry, "Zi Buyu Wei Li Chaoshen, where have all your books gone?"
They believe in Feng Shui metaphysics, because this thing has scientific basis, but the gods and ghosts are a bit beyond the scope.
Another professor who was traveling with him muttered: "Old Lin, have you forgotten the patch of snow in Jijia Village? Also, isn't it weird that such a thick snow melts just like that?"
Professor Lin was speechless. After a while, he said: "The two properties are different. There are many weird phenomena in nature, and they can all be explained by science in the end."
Everyone:...Oh.
Regardless, the archaeological team stayed.
But the people in the team were still quite flustered, especially the women in the team.
There are not many women in the archaeological team. After all, archaeological expeditions require trekking through mountains and rivers, which require a lot of physical strength. There is only one older female geographer in the team, and two students brought by archeology professors, female masters.
After hearing the story of Zhenglong Village, the two female students were a little scared, so Su Keke and Master Zhou each took one.
Although Master Zhou also had a few brushes that day, Su Keke still gave two female students amulets out of insurance. Not just two female students, she gave one to everyone except Master Zhou.
Master Zhou is a colleague, so it would be a bit humiliating for Su Keke to give him an amulet.
But Master Zhou was still dissatisfied. He felt that Su Keke was impetuous and couldn't wait to show off.
His specialty is not drawing talismans to ward off evil spirits, so he cannot tell whether the talisman is good or bad. He can only vaguely feel the power of the talisman. At least this little girl is not fooling people with fake talismans, otherwise he will definitely fall out.
Su Keke, Qin Mochen, and female student Xiao Zhou were assigned by the village chief to the yard of a one-eyed old man.
The old man's surname is Chen and he talks very little.
Occasionally, Su Ke might feel that the old man was looking at her with a cold look.
Su Keke raised his head suddenly and met the voyeuristic gaze of the one-eyed old man, and his heart skipped a beat.
The little girl tried her best to twitch her lips to make herself look cute, "Uncle Chen, do you have something to tell me?"
The old man didn't look at her anymore and continued to do the work in his hand. He just said something like talking to himself: "You must go down the mountain before dusk." xdw8