Chapter 5529: Spreading rumors
We are all from the same village, so Ping'er naturally couldn't turn around and leave alone, so she came here together.
One of the women saw Ping'er, pulled her and asked in a low voice: "Ping'er, did you and Zhou Sheng hear anything when it was quiet last night?"
Ping'er I was stunned when asked, and shook my head in confusion. Head: "No, I went to bed after dinner last night. I only heard a few firecrackers in the night."
"Except for the sound of firecrackers, you didn't hear anything else?" That one the woman asked again.
Ping'er became more and more confused.
Yang Ruoqing said: "Auntie, if you know something, just tell us. Don't ask charades, let alone ask Ping'er. You can tell at a glance that she doesn't know."
Then. The woman dropped Ping'er and turned to follow Yang Ruo Qing said: "I heard from the person in charge of the New Year last night that when it was quiet at night, the rest of our village was quiet. When I passed near Huosheng's house, I heard a noise."
"What's the noise?" Yang Ruoqing asked.
The woman in front of me glanced around, her eyes widened, but her voice became lower and lower: "The sound of the trumpet and suona."
"Ah?" Yang Ruoqing was a little confused and couldn't help but look at Ping'er.
Ping'er also shook her head in confusion.
Yang Ruoqing then turned her questioning eyes to Wang Cuilian next to her.
Wang Cuilian said: "...the kind of noise that only occurs at funerals..."
Yang Ruoqing's eyes widened a bit, and she looked at the woman who spoke before, " Madam, did they hear it correctly? It was so windy at night, and they were beating the gong themselves!”
The woman waved her hand: "No matter how strong the wind is, it is impossible to mishear the sound of the trumpet and suona. I heard that it still came from the collapsed house of Huosheng's house."
"The first trip When they passed near Huosheng's house, they heard the sound of trumpets and suonas. The second time they passed by, it was the sound of a woman crying, and the third time they heard the sound of a child crying. The sound of children laughing, the fourth time was the sound of men talking..."
"By the way, Russians, Zhou Sheng's house is not far away from Huo Sheng's house, you really didn't hear anything?"
Ping'er was so frightened by their words that her face turned pale. When she heard the question, she suddenly came back to her senses, shuddered and shook her head repeatedly.
“No, no…”
Yang Ruoqing stood next to Ping'er and held Ping'er's hand tightly to comfort her, but she said to the woman before: "Madam, what you said is too scary. Let's go first. You guys Let’s talk.”
Seeing that Yang Ruoqing didn’t believe it, the woman tried to hold her back, “Qing’er, you young people don’t believe that, so don’t do it. Take those things seriously, let me tell you, if there is movement in the quiet night, it will definitely not be good in the coming year. I heard that there was also movement in the Huo Sheng's house on the quiet night last year. No, this year's Huo Sheng's wife The two children are gone, and there will be news this year, maybe next year..."
The woman let go of her hand, shook her head, and stopped talking.
Yang Ruoqing smiled and pulled Ping'er away without explaining to them.
Out of the yard, a gust of cold wind blew in the face, and Ping'er shivered.
"Qing'er, are what those two ladies said before true? They have noses and eyes. I feel cold all over after hearing it..."
Yang Ruoqing said: "Living in the village, I rarely hear these rumors. No matter how true or false it is, you don’t have to take it seriously. We should do whatever we want to do.”
Many things cannot be explained by science, and no one knows whether they exist or not. So what? So what if it doesn't exist? In front of those mysterious natural forces, people are always as weak as ants.
Although the sun has not completely set, Ping'er has to pass in front of Huosheng's house when she returns home.
Worried that Ping'er would be scared, Yang Ruoqing sent Ping'er directly to the door of her house before leaving.
When she came back, Yang Ruoqing deliberately slowed down her steps as she passed by Huosheng's house and looked at Huosheng's house a few more times. The collapsed house is now on the ground, and the remaining two houses have been repaired. The courtyard door is closed and the yard is in a mess. The yard was covered with snow before. Many people came to help during the funeral, which continued to hinder walking. He was shoveled to both sides and slipped out of the middle.
Incense paper, dead leaves, firecracker shells, and black shoe prints were mixed together, making the yard sticky and dirty.
The wind blew through the yard, and the half-closed door of the main hall was blown by the wind.
No one came out to secure the door. Inside and outside, it was said that the festive atmosphere of the New Year was not even the slightest bit angry.
Yang Ruoqing sighed deeply, turned and left.
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In the evening, everyone in the old Yang family, except for old Yangtou and Yongqing's daughter-in-law Mo, who had been locked in the house, all came to Yang Huazhou's house to eat. Dinner.
Tan's legs have long been able to walk, and she walked all the way from her old house to the entrance of the village with the help of three girls.
On the way, I met women from the same village who were doing something good and came over to say hello: "Old lady, are your legs healed?"
A strange smile appeared at the corner of Tan's mouth: "If my legs are not good, can I stand still? Am I blind or are you blind?"
The other party couldn't answer the question in one sentence.
The three girls had no choice but to smile at each other and apologize with their eyes.
After the three girls helped Tan go away, the woman behind her came back to her senses and said to the person next to her: "Why is this old lady like an old hedgehog, catching people and stabbing them? I didn't ask any questions. Bad words.”
The person next to me laughed and said, “This is how the old lady always talks. It’s a blessing that her children and grandchildren are good-tempered.”
The woman from before said again: "I was paralyzed before, but I can stand up again at this age. What an old spirit!"
The person next to me said: "That's right, look at how energetic she is. It seems that living for another ten years is not a problem.”
“In other words, she is so charming. Should the hot person go to the third family or the fifth family at the entrance of the village?"
"It should be the third family. This old lady never wants to see the fifth daughter-in-law..."
He saw her before he finished speaking. The three girls held Tan's feet as they passed by the entrance of Yang Huazhong's yard and walked straight to Yang Huazhou's house in front.
"Ah, that's a slap in the face. She is going to the fifth wife. The old lady is going to congratulate the fifth wife for marrying her tomorrow? But doesn't she not want to see the fifth wife and Dabao? That Dabao is not the fifth daughter-in-law. In the past, This is what the old lady is most particular about..."
"The whole family will be ruined by gossiping!"
Tan, who was walking on the road, suddenly stopped, turned around and shouted towards Tangba at the entrance of the village. voice.
The women who were chatting together were stunned because Tan was facing their direction.
But there was no one around, and they were the only ones chatting. Could it be that this old lady had dog ears and could hear all this?
Mrs. Tan suddenly turned around and took a few steps closer to Tangba. She put her hands on her hips and scolded the women again: "Who do you care about, who do you want to see, who do you congratulate, who do you care about? It's none of your business? You're so shameless." , Chewing endlessly on the back, don’t force me to bring a stool to your house to celebrate the New Year!”
Several women were so scared that they rubbed oil on their soles and ran away.
(End of this chapter)