Chapter 1472 White Rice
Since arriving in this fishing village, everyone has an indescribable feeling, as if there is a pair of eyes hidden somewhere, always watching their every move.
The villagers outside are also untrustworthy. If you want to explore the secrets of the painting, you must avoid them.
Just as everyone was thinking about countermeasures, the voices outside the door suddenly became louder. Jiang Cheng opened the door and walked out. The atmosphere in the yard was very subtle. Li Bai was talking to several villagers, while Zhu Jie and Tang Qisheng were talking. Watching from the sidelines, the weirdness in his expression couldn't be hidden.
A female villager seemed to be inspired by what she said and actually took Li Bai's hand. Seeing this scene, Jiang Cheng also frowned slightly. It was not necessarily a good thing to get too close to these villagers. Li Bai was not a newcomer. , you should understand this truth, besides... It’s just a new arrival, and everyone is not familiar with it to this extent.
Although Li Bai's hand was held back, he had a smile on his face, but his smile was very forced, and he looked like he was forced to do business.
Originally Fatty thought Li Bai had found some clues, but it didn’t look like it.
"What are we talking about?" Jiang Cheng walked over to help Li Bai, "Something like this happened to the master's family. We need to help more. Go and help move things."
Seeing Jiang Cheng When Li Bai arrived, he seemed to have seen a savior. He immediately pretended to be embarrassed and went to help after explaining a few words, but was stopped by an elderly woman. After stopping, the old lady took Li Bai's hand, tears welling up in her cloudy eyes, "Don't worry, kid, someone will help you move. Your body is so thin. Take a rest quickly. Don't let you get tired."
The old lady seemed to be of high seniority among these people. As soon as she spoke, the other people immediately left and turned around to help move things and clean the yard.
Zhu Jie curled his lips when he heard this. Her body looked thinner than Li Bai's, but why didn't these people feel sorry for her? Even if she judges people by their appearance, she is no worse than Li Bai.
Even if those people walking away were moving and cleaning, their eyes would look at Li Bai's position from time to time.
At this moment, everyone also realized the problem. These villagers who came spontaneously to wear sackcloth and mourning were indifferent to the death of grandpa, but they were extremely kind to Li Bai, as if...as if they had seen him. Long lost relatives.
Seeing the old lady greeting Li Bai with greetings, everyone could not help but feel a chill in their hearts. The more sincere the attitude of these villagers, the more creepy everyone felt.
At the same time, everyone couldn't help but think of that painting. Xiuling's expression in the painting looked very friendly at first glance, just like the villagers today.
While Jiang Cheng was helping to clean the yard, he asked calmly: "What happened outside when we were in the room?"
Of course Zhang Qisheng understood that he was referring to Li Bai's matter, and couldn't help but lower his voice: "It's very Strangely, everything was fine at first, but suddenly a few people came in from the courtyard door, led by the old woman. This group of people wore sackcloth and mourning, and seemed to express their condolences to the grandpa, but after a while , so he went to find Li Bai."
Shao Tong took the sweeper and raked it slowly on the ground. He didn't work hard, but what he said next made people feel cold. "Haha, where are you looking for? After falling in love with Li Bai, I think they are here just for Li Bai.”
Jiang Cheng also had a similar feeling, but he couldn’t figure out what attracted them to Li Bai, or... maybe there was something wrong with Li Bai himself. ?
"Mr. Jiang, there is something I need to say. Just now I saw Li Bai and a few people walking into Grandpa's room. They seemed to have said something, but when I walked over, they had already It's over." Tang Qisheng couldn't help but say, the vigilance in his voice was very obvious.
Feeling the strange atmosphere in the yard, Jiang Cheng asked: "What did Li Bai say?"
"She said those people didn't say anything useful to her. They just asked her why she was so thin and warned her. You must take care of yourself.”
This doesn’t sound right. , Tang Qisheng paused for a moment, and suddenly said: "Mr. Jiang, don't you find something strange? Although it seemed that Brother Fugui was the one who was hit last night, Brother Fugui was fine, and none of us...had any accidents."
"The person you suspect is actually Li Bai." Jiang Cheng got straight to the point.
“I’m not sure, but this possibility is very high, and I suspect that even if Li Bai is still alive, she is different from us. She was marked by ghosts in some way that we can’t understand. , it’s like being branded, and something will happen to the person who is branded sooner or later.”
It has to be said that no one who can survive until now is an idiot. Tang Qisheng's reasoning is completely tenable. It's not that no one had an accident last night, but that person was not the fat man, but Li Bai.
As for why, Jiang Cheng has no clue yet.
Not long after, there was another sound of blowing and beating outside. It was the funeral procession that came back. It was unexpected for everyone to come back so quickly. They couldn't help but wonder that the funeral was done too hastily.
"Huh?" Jiang Cheng suddenly frowned.
The fat man also reacted and looked towards the direction of the sound with his eyes wide open, "No, why is this sound coming from the direction of the village? Didn't they carry the body outside the village?"
The team that was supposed to return from outside the village actually walked back from the village. This was completely in two directions!
Soon, the funeral procession entered the courtyard. Compared with when they left, the atmosphere in the procession changed greatly. The grief on everyone’s faces was much weakened. Jiang Cheng even saw it in their eyes. There was a hint of unnoticeable joy.
According to the custom in the village, after the funeral ceremony, the host should thank the relatives and friends who came to help, or simply get together to have a meal.
My grandpa only had Xiuling as a relative, so he had to let the villagers help with the arrangements. There was no taboo. Everyone took out the tables from several rooms, put them together, and went to other houses. After taking some chairs and benches, the dining table was set up.
Not long after we sat down, someone brought bowls of white rice and placed them in front of everyone. There was a pair of black wooden chopsticks beside the rice bowls. The side dishes were fish and shrimps that are common in fishing villages.
The villagers ate deliciously and ate their rice in big gulps. As the host, Xiuling also greeted the guests attentively, but none of Jiang Cheng and the others used their chopsticks.
To be precise, only Fatty had this idea. He was starving, but he didn't dare to move even if Jiang Cheng didn't move. He kept swallowing saliva while looking at the crystal clear rice grains.
Xiu Ling, carrying the rice bowl, came over and asked with concern: "Why don't you eat? Is it not to your taste?"
After pondering for a long time, Jiang Cheng pursed his lips and his eyes turned red. , choked and said: "We When we first arrived, it was the villagers of Wugong Village who saved us, but we didn’t do anything. We felt so uncomfortable when something like this happened again. How can we be embarrassed to eat for free? "(End of Chapter)