C15 (1/2)
There was another silence.
”I'm thinking …” After a long while, Liang Dashi finally spoke, ”Gangzi, if your brother-in-law is not wrong, the person who crossed the bridge with the child was really the same as us, rowing a boat and going to the Small Snake Island?”
”Where else can we go? Seriously!” Su Hong didn't say anything, but Wang Yan actually answered, ”Old Liang, think about it, the bridge over there is only a little bigger than a chicken feather. Other than sitting on the boat on the Small Snake Island, I really can't think of anywhere else to go. After all, they wouldn't go to the Great Snake Island, would they? That's too far, it definitely won't happen! ”
Wang Yan asked and answered his own question, but it was similar to what she said, which made a lot of people feel that it was reasonable.
”Who is that person …” Liang Dashi began to guess.
”F * ck, no matter who, as long as I catch him, I'll kill him!” a man said angrily.
”Let's take advantage of this opportunity. Should we analyze it?” Who do you think this person is? ” Liang Dashi ignored the man and asked.
”That's right, Old Liang. I heard you say that we were confused earlier and didn't try to guess who it was.” The Mr. Wu replied.
”Guess what? Isn't that obvious? That person is definitely from our village!” Wang Yan hurriedly said.
”How can you be so sure?” Mr. Wu asked.
”Think about it, if it wasn't someone from our village, he would understand so well. He knows how many children there are in the village, which family has a child? I say, not only is this person from our village, he's also very familiar with our village! ”
Who knew that Wang Yan's words would wake everyone up. Su Hong could also tell, that although this woman chattered nonstop, there were times when he could actually hit the nail on the head.
”Why don't you say so? Yan Zi's words make sense!” Liang Dashi sighed.
Su Hong thought: The villagers are confused, why is it that even he himself is confused as well? As a matter of fact, as long as he followed the rule of exclusion and determined who was absent from the village in the last few days, he might be able to find out who the culprit was.
”Wait! I thought of someone! ” At this time, someone raised his finger and shouted.
Su Hong looked and saw that it was the birthday shop owner. He did not understand why this man followed along, he probably wanted to look for the few pieces of birthday clothes that had been stolen.
”Who is it?” Wang Yan asked.
”Do you remember our old goose eggs?”
”Goose egg?” Was it that idiot Sun Erke? Didn't he disappear three or four years ago? ”
”That's right! He was missing, but no one said he was dead, right? You want to... ”What if he comes back and steals the child away …”
”No, no!” Before the birthday shop owner could finish his words, Liang Dashi interrupted him and said, ”Goose egg is a fool, how could he be so clever? He knows that we should steal the children while they are participating in the ceremony.”
”What's smart about it? Goose eggs grew up in the village, right? Although he is foolish, he still understands some of the rules of the village. Furthermore, he is running around everywhere and knows every family, so how could you forget that he especially likes to play with children.
Su Hong did not understand, and asked Zheng Gaang: ”Who is it?”
”Oh, in the past, there used to be a fool in the village named Sun Erke who wore a goose-hat all day, so people in the village called him Goose Egg. Humans aren't bad, they are just mischievous. Three years ago, when they were f * cking killed, they disappeared. ”
”Where did he go?”
”Who knows!”
”Oh right, I just remembered something else …” The longevity shop owner was very excited as he continued, ”That goose egg was wearing a longevity jacket since young. I don't know who told him that he believed it when he wore it to avoid evil! ”From what I see, he's probably the one who stole my birthday suit!”
”I remember!” Someone immediately answered.
”I also remember!” ”His corpse clothes have been ruined by him. If that's the case, then my family will beg for rice dumplings to eat …”
”And his bird nest hair, it looks like it hasn't been washed for hundreds of years. It's filthy!”
Hearing the two words ”bird's nest”, Su Qin, who had been silent all this time, suddenly thought of the scene on the bridge last night.
”With such an analysis, he might really be that fool …” The Mr. Wu said.
”Oh yeah, I agree with Boss Zhou!” There have been a lot of adults in our village lately, so the goose egg must be up to something! ” Wang Yan replied.
”Aiyo, that's bad. The goose egg is silly. Where can he take the child …” Gu Hongmei said anxiously.
As Su Hong listened, he also felt that this explanation was more reliable. However, he also thought about it, why did that fool not even let Miao go?
”Let me guess. He stole Boss Zhou's birthday suit, then stole the kids' clothes and put them on. What's he planning?” Wang Yan asked.
”Who knows, a fool.” someone replied.
”If it's really like this, then why are we going to the Small Snake Island? Or do you think that fool took his child to the island? ” Wang Yan continued to ask.
There was a moment of silence as no one knew how to answer.
”That's right, why are we going to the island …” Mr. Wu sighed deeply.
After that, everyone kept talking about it, and basically reached a consensus on how Sun Erke stole the child. As for whether or not he brought it back to Small Snake Island, they were all filled with suspicions.
While they were chatting, a black mass appeared in the thick fog in front of them. When they saw that place, they immediately stopped talking.
”We're here.” Liang Dashi declared softly.
The people on the boat instantly tensed up. Even the two people in charge of rowing the boat slowed down a lot.
”Really?” They were almost on the island, and someone wanted to retreat.
”Go on, what's there to be afraid of!” The Mr. Wu boldly said.
Actually, everyone was very uneasy, but in order to find a child, they had no choice but to brace themselves. Slowly, the boat docked.
Su Hong realized, even though they were not far from each other, their Small Snake Island s were two completely different places. The Flower Snake Village s were lush with leaves, the ground was flat, and the Small Snake Island s were completely bare.
Moreover, the stench here was even worse, and it was extremely unpleasant to smell.
After the group went ashore one after another, Mr. Wu thought about it and said to the two boatmen: ”Ol 'Three, Mr.Zhao, why don't you two stay here and watch the boat?”
Mr. Wu's worries were reasonable. After all, they were the only ones who could return on this ship, if there was any accident and the ship was stolen, it would be a huge problem.
Besides, the ship had no anchor and was usually tied up with rope. Since there was no place to tie the rope, it was inconvenient for her to park.
”Alright, then you guys should hurry back.” The Mr.Zhao said.
Thus, the two of them watched the boat while the rest of the people set off for the island.
While walking, Su Hong realized that this island was not very big. There were a lot of gravel on the ground.
The fog on the island was also very thick, and as they gradually distanced themselves from the shore, they felt that it was getting darker and darker, as if they had arrived in the underworld.
It was hard for them to imagine that there would be people on this island, let alone children.
Su Qin silently followed Su Hong, walking carefully. When they first got on the boat, she had put on the floral scarf that her mother had left for her. She and Su Miao had always kept their floral scarves on themselves. At the moment, she only hoped that her mother would help her find her sister as soon as possible and then return home successfully.
The group of people walked away with trembling steps, they did not say a word to each other, and it was once again Wang Yan who broke the silence.
”What are you doing? Everyone is dejected. Are we not here to look for children? ”Why are you so scared that you don't even dare to call out the child's name?”
”That's right, if we keep searching like this, who knows when we'll find them. Let's just cry out and cry out.” Someone replied.
Then, the group of people called out their children's names. Su Hong and Su Qin were no exception.
In the end, half an hour had passed and many people had turned hoarse from all the shouting. However, not a single trace of the children could be found.
Mr. Wu was even angrier and scolded:
”Screw that goose egg, once I catch you, I'll break your dog legs.”
”Not only did you break his dog legs, you even skinned him alive!” Liang Dashi also chimed in.
However, when everyone stopped, they did not know who it was. They pointed to the front and said:
”Look, why is there an island over there?”
”What nonsense are you talking about? Aren't we on the island?” Zheng Gaang said.
”No, there really is an island there.” Even Su Hong said that.
It was only now that everyone could see clearly that there was indeed an island in front of them. It was surrounded by dark green lake water. It was a rare island phenomenon.
There were no trees on the island. There were only rocks of various sizes. The feeling of being built from rubble was even more intense.
”This is f * cking interesting. There's an island on this island.” Zheng Gaang laughed.
Su Hong, however, could not laugh at all. This was because he could clearly feel the unusual aura and the even more revolting stench on the island. It simply made him so disgusted that he wanted to puke.
Seeing that the others were in the same state, the ladies hurriedly covered their noses and mouths with their hands.
”It smells so bad!” Su Qin complained.
”Yeah, why is it so smelly?”
”Could it be that the stench in our village came from here?”