C13 (1/2)
Hearing that the woman was hurt, Gu Hongmei could no longer hold back and rushed forward to slap her.
The woman's name was Zhao Zhaoping and she also had a fiery temper. How could she bear to be slapped in public like this, thus she grabbed onto Gu Hongmei's hair and immediately slapped him twice.
In an instant, the two ladies clashed into each other and gnashed their teeth in anger as though they were enemies. The others were unable to persuade them, and after much difficulty, they were finally separated. In the end, the two of them had actually used their nails to viciously scratch each other's face until it was covered in blood.
Seeing this, Su Hong was extremely shocked, he thought: Crazy, everyone in the village is crazy!
”What the hell are you all doing? Stop!” Mr. Wu could not watch any longer and shouted. Both husbands tried their best to pull their women apart and only then did they stop fighting.
”What are you doing? Before the child could be found, their own people had already started fighting. How could you say such outrageous words? Damn it! ” Mr. Wu rarely scolded people, but he always scolded them harshly.
There was an accountant on the village committee, who was also an old woman, known as Sister Qin. Seeing that the Mr. Wu had stunned the crowd, she came out to say:
”Old Liang, Hongmei, Ah Ping, stop quarreling. Let me say a few words of fairness. I feel that although Hongmei is a bit overbearing, her words make sense. I've never heard of anyone using medicine to soak a dead person. What if … In case … The people who were scammed went to the underground to be unhappy, but they came here to settle their scores, what should we do? Don't you think so? ”
Sister-in-law Qin's words actually struck a deep chord in many people's hearts. Everyone fell silent.
”But this isn't a rule set by us. What does it have to do with us?” Besides, soaking in a corpse isn't the first or second time. It's been so long, and there's nothing wrong with it. ” A village woman retorted.
”Nothing really happened in the past, but now something might have happened!” Sister Qin replied.
”Wait a minute. Listening to what sister-in-law Qin said, I really feel that last night was a bit strange.” At this moment, another woman, about thirty years old, with a long ponytail, stepped out of the crowd.
The woman's name was Wang Yan, and everyone in the village called her Yan Zi.
”What's the problem?” ”Swallow, tell me!” The Mr. Wu was also curious.
”Last night, around 12 PM, I was looking for someone. I was passing by, didn't Old Jiang's daughter-in-law just buried in a tree? Then I heard something from the tree that scared me so much that I ran away!”
”Bullshit!” The moment Wang Yan's words fell, Jiang Youcai scolded, ”My daughter-in-law just died, and you say she was a ghost? ”What do you mean?”
”Old Jiang, don't be impatient with me. I'm only seeking truth from facts.” If I lie, let me have five thunder strikes! ”
”Don't interrupt, Swallow. Tell me clearly!” Liang Dashi ordered.
Everyone in the village looked at Wang Yan, their faces filled with surprise.
Su Hong recalled from last night, when he also said that there was a sound from the tree, and that two hands had grabbed onto her.
Right now, they were standing in front of Jiang Youcai's home's open space, with the gingko tree not too far away.
”There's nothing here. I only heard a weird sound coming from the tree, and then I ran away.”
”How so?” Mr. Wu asked.
”This sound, it sounds like you're grinding your teeth, but it also feels like you're using your nails to buckle something. I'm not too sure.”
Everyone fell silent as they tried to imagine the voice.
Su Hong also completely believed that what Su Qin said was true.
”Retribution! It's definitely going to be a retribution! ” After a long while, Gu Hongmei broke the deadlock and let out a series of wild laughter.
”Gu Hongmei, what are you doing?! If you don't want to find your daughter, then scram!” Mr. Wu scolded.
The reason why Mr. Wu was so anxious was because his grandson was also one of the missing children.
”Ah! A cadaver must have jumped out of that tree and took the child away! It can't be found back! It can't be found back! ”Hahaha …”
Gu Hongmei looked like she had gone mad, laughing while crying.
With Gu Hongmei's words, the scene became even more eerie.
Many people were even suspicious: What if what Gu Hongmei said was true?
After a short period of silence, the people started to whisper to each other. Some people followed Gu Hongmei's words to intimidate him, while others expressed that Gu Hongmei's words were too excessive.
”What are you doing? ”What are you doing?” Liang Dashi said, ”A dead person jumped out from a tree, and then took the child away? Are all of you going crazy with Gu Hongmei? ”
”But Swallow also said that there was movement in the tree. Old Liang, how do you explain this?” a woman asked.
At this time, someone from the crowd said, ”It's easy, just take Jiang Youcai's daughter-in-law out for a look!”
The moment he said that, the entire audience went silent.
Everyone's eyes turned to that ginkgo tree at the same time.
There were indeed a portion of people who had the same thoughts as the person who spoke just now. They wanted to simply carry the cadaver out and check it out, and everything would become clear.
However, this method ruined the traditional Flower Snake Village, because after the ceremony, the rules stated that the cadaver could not be taken out of the tree, and could not even meet face to face with one.
Moreover, Flower Snake Village people viewed gingko as a god, and if they did this, it would be considered a blasphemy.
Obviously, no one in the village would want to get into trouble like this.
Under the tranquility, Jiang Youcai's son, Jiang Xiaoming, exploded:
”What kind of peace do you all have? If your own children are lost, you can just cut off my wife, right? Old Liang, Mr. Wu, you guys decide, can you agree to this matter? ”
Liang Dashi and Mr. Wu looked at Jiang Xiaoming, but did not reply.
That meaning was very clear, and they were also a little shaken.
Jiang Xiaoming cursed again, but no one cared.
After a while, Sister Qin took the lead.
”I agree, what's wrong with bringing the cadaver out for a look? It was just buried yesterday anyway, so there's no need to be weird about it. Everyone's here, let's be witnesses! ”
”I also think it can be done, but we need to find a capable person.” Zheng Gaang agreed. But there was another meaning to his words: You have to find someone else to do this, and I'm sure I won't do it anyway.
Everyone was talking about it, and in the end, most of them felt that they should take a look at the cadaver, but no one was willing to do it.
Liang Dashi added on at the end, ”It's not like this isn't a good time, then who will be the one to go?”
The remaining people who were indecisive and indecisive, upon hearing the village chief's words, no longer had any doubts. Other than Jiang Youcai's family, everyone at the scene was inclined to pull the cadaver out from the trees.
After a while, Jiang Youcai also compromised, he nodded, and pretended to spit out a few words:
”Sure, do whatever you want.”
With a unified opinion, the question was before him: who would do this?
There were three people in the village who took care of the corpses before, including the cadaver that was soaked in water and placed it in the trunk. However, the three of them were determined not to do it now.
The others also understood. After all, this was a taboo, and it was normal for them not to agree.
”What should I do?” Liang Dashi requested for help from the Mr. Wu.
”Looks like I need to find an outsider.” The Mr. Wu said.
Liang Dashi thought that it was true, only the people from outside the village did not have such concerns.
”Isn't there one!?” He did not know who it was, but he pointed at Su Hong and shouted loudly.
Everyone looked at Su Hong, who suddenly became nervous.
”That's right, Zheng Gaang, who is your clan's outsider?” Mr. Wu asked.
”Oh, he, my brother-in-law, just came from the city.” Zheng Gaang laughed awkwardly.
”Not here?”
”No no, I've never been here a few times before.”
Su Hong already knew that they wanted him to do it, so he hurriedly shook his head:
”No, no, I … You can't do this. ”
”Why?” Mr. Wu frowned, the situation was overbearing.
”I won't.”
”What the heck is this? Isn't it just lifting that thing out of the tree?”
Su Hong's face reddened, and thought, oh no, this is not a good excuse, I didn't find a good one.
”Big Bro, do me a favor!”
”As an outsider, you're fine.”
”It'll be fine after a while. We're just watching. What's there to be afraid of?”
For a moment, all the villagers were trying to agitate Su Hong.