It was a good day, the sun was abundant, there was no wind, Bai Qi'er's grandmother Bai Lao Lao was washing clothes by the river, and he was chasing butterflies and picking wild flowers on the shore.
Mrs.
Bai was washing and washing her clothes, but she found that there was no trace of the child next to her, but it was clear that Bai Qi'er's laughter was still echoing behind her not long ago.
Mrs.
Bai hurriedly stood up and shouted his name repeatedly, her anxious voice attracted the villagers who were plowing not far away, everyone ran over to help her look for the child on the water by the river, a few young and strong people had even taken off their clothes and were about to jump into the Jade River to search for the child, but at this moment, Bai Qi'er's head suddenly emerged from the middle of the river, and he floated up and down with the waves, and his black hair bun appeared and disappeared from time to time.
"Quick, there, go and save people."
The crowd let out a burst of exclamation.
The villagers who first spotted him had jumped into the river first, followed by four or five young descendants.
A few of them were already watery, and they swam forward a few times, and in an instant, they were already separated by a long distance from Bai Qi'er, and they were about to reach him.
But at this moment, Bai Qi'er's body drifted back a few feet further, and the villager who swam in front reached out a few times, but never caught the corner of his clothes.
I still remember the strange scene that day, the villagers advanced a few feet, Bai Qi'er retreated a few feet, as if he was joking with them, no one could catch him, until the end, the villagers were so tired that they almost died, but they still did not catch the child.
A few of them had leg cramps and had to return to the shore, but swimming ahead was Bai Qi'er's little uncle, the second son of the Bai family, who was only fifteen years old at the time, and his body was light and vigorous, and he pulled forward a few more times and grabbed his nephew.
Seeing this scene, the people on the shore breathed a sigh of relief, thinking that the child was saved, but what no one expected was that Bai Qi'er's cuff suddenly stretched out another hand, which everyone in the village recognized, because it had been holding on to the ice to death, hoping that someone could pull him, hoping that he would not sink into the biting glacier.
Time seemed to stand still, and everyone was stunned, including the old lady Bai who was still crying on the shore just now, everyone looked at the uncle and nephew on the river in amazement, not knowing how to react, and they couldn't react to this situation at all.
I was also in the crowd at the time, feeling that my heart was filled with cold wind, I watched the blue and white hand slowly climb up the hand of the youngest son of the Bai family along the back of Bai Qi'er's hand, and then suddenly grabbed his wrist.
The five purple-red nails looked so dazzling in the bright white river water, and I watched them embedded in the back of the Bai family's youngest son's hand, and I felt as if I was holding it, and my body was tight and stiff.
"Save people, save people......
Mrs.
Bai finally came back from her shock, she threw herself on the shore, and shouted heartbreakingly to the middle of the river.
The villagers were startled by this cry and hesitated to walk into the water, but when they came to the water's edge, everyone stopped moving forward and hesitated on the shallow bank, and one person wanted to jump into the river, but was hugged by his daughter-in-law behind him, and he would not be allowed to go down.
I know that no one is really willing to save someone, and no one is willing to sacrifice their own life for another person's life.
Thinking of this, I suddenly understood that all this was her plan, she wanted everyone to see the indifference of people's hearts, and she wanted others to taste the same taste of despair, the taste of losing their lives in front of everyone's eyes.
The two people in the water finally sank, and before sinking to the bottom, the youngest son of the Bai family desperately slapped the water with his other hand, and shouted to the shore in horror, but his "help" voice not only failed to save his life, but made the crowd shrink back and retreat.
Later, I heard from the villagers who went down to the river that Bai Qi'er was already a dead body when he surfaced, and they saw that his eyes were closed and there was no trace of breath.
They also said that Bai Qi'er was Miss Leng's bait at all, just to attract more people to die, so they lifted him out of the water, but fortunately, except for his brother-in-law, no one else had her way.
"If that's the case, then Miss Leng is really too extreme, although it is unreasonable not to save her when she sees death, but her situation at that time is really critical, if everyone goes down to the ice, there may be more casualties.
She can't resent other people because she died, let alone ask for someone's life for it.
Liu Xuzhu sighed.
"That's the reason," Uncle Xi pounded his thigh and sighed deeply.
"And then, did she reappear?"
Xi Bo's chaotic eyes looked at the shrine, "A few days later, the daughter-in-law of the Liu family was found drowned in her own water tank, her death was very strange, the whole person curled up into a small ball, sinking under the water tank, her leg bones were broken, and she was softly stacked on top of her body, and the blood flowing from her mouth, nose and eyes stained the water red.
In the upper part of the water tank, there was a thick layer of ice, and it was this thick layer of ice that pressed her whole body to the bottom of the tank, unable to get up. ” "There were three murders in a row, and the villagers were scared, so they invited a fortune teller from out of town overnight and asked him what to do."
"He asked you to burn Miss Leng's bones and seal them in the altar, and then sacrifice them on the arched bridge I passed today, right?"
Liu Xuzhu asked.
Xi Bo nodded, "But the fortune teller paid the price, and on the way back, the boat capsized, and the man got stuck in the mud at the bottom of the river and never came out.
But the evil of the unjust soul stopped, Miss Leng's soul never appeared in the village again, and as time passed, we gradually forgot about it, until your appearance once again evoked everyone's painful memories, so we were terrified. ” Liu Xuzhu wanted to ask a few more questions, but saw a black shadow flashing outside the door, and then there were a few knocks on the door, Xi Bo looked out of the door and asked loudly: "Is it Bai Yong?"
” "It's me, can you come out for a while, I have something to discuss with you."
The man outside the door said.
Xi Bo looked at Liu Xujiao, "The bedding is all new, you go back to rest first, everyone in the village is destined to sleep well tonight, I'll go out to see what's wrong." ” Liu Xuzhu nodded, got up and walked towards the bedroom, and when he went out, he saw Bai Yong standing in the courtyard waiting for Uncle Xi to come out, and when he saw him, he quickly lowered his eyes and didn't say hello.
Liu Xujiao suddenly realized that Bai Yong should be Bai Qi'er's father, so he naturally didn't have a good impression of himself, and he didn't want to say anything more, so he turned his head and walked into the bedroom.