The speaker walked into the house from outside. I looked up and saw that it was the old man called Grandpa Seven who had previously accused Niu Benwang. Behind him was Uncle Niu, who had his head lowered. They walked into the house.
Niu Benwang stood up subconsciously, glanced at the two of them nervously, lowered his head and stood aside without saying a word.
The old man came in and sat directly in the middle of the kang. He put his crutches on the edge of the kang, raised his wrinkled face, and squinted his eyes to look in the direction where we were sitting.
We were sitting on a few stools on the ground, right across from this old man.
"I heard that you are the judges?" the old man asked us first.
I did not avoid this question. This old man has a high status. I was still planning to go in and take a look at the house where the accident occurred. Only by winning the approval of this old man could it be possible. Once the official comes tomorrow, the scene will be cordoned off. , I didn’t even have a chance to see it.
"We are makeup artists, and we also take care of evil things."
The old man did not question my age. Instead, he lowered his eyes and said slowly, "It's not difficult to know those two things. Please tell me briefly what happened today and who hurt you." .”
This old man may be used to speaking in a commanding tone. After all, his age is there, and I am very cooperative. Everyone who should be there is now, so it is appropriate to say it again.
"We have encountered it, but if we don't understand the reasons behind it, it will be very troublesome to solve it. We can't guarantee whether other things will happen."
I'm not an alarmist. I don't know who the irrational evil spirit will regard as his next target. I don't know, and neither will the seventh grandfather, nor even that evil spirit.
At this time, Mrs. Niu came in with hot ginger syrup. Three big bowls were filled, and each of us had a bowl. We didn't show any politeness after working on it all night, so we took it and drank it while it was still hot.
There was a slight sweat on my forehead, and I felt a little more comfortable. Now I have a circle of gauze wrapped around my head. The image is really hard to describe. Lang Hongyi is much better, and he can sit up straight.
"Xiao Wangzi, go and watch your cow with your wife. If the cow dares to step out of your house before things are clear, the old man will kill him directly."
This was true, but it was also an excuse to get rid of the Niu family's mother-in-law and daughter-in-law, or it meant that she didn't want Niu's family's daughter-in-law to hear what she was saying later. Old Mrs. Niu must have understood, so she nodded, took the empty bowl and walked out.
"The things you want to know are all old. Let's talk about the first one first, that is, the worker who died on the dam. It was about fifteen or six years ago. Many people must have forgotten about it. It was also after the accident. Soon, the place was basically deserted and no one took care of it anymore.”
This old man has a very good memory and does not need to recall events from more than ten years ago.
"You should know that if you have ever gone in, I heard that there are a lot of fish at the gate inside. I was probably trying to catch the fish, but my hand slipped and fell. Because I was on duty alone, the corpses were almost eaten by the fish before anyone went in. found."
"It's just like what you said. He's wearing work clothes. He's a man in his forties. I know him too. He's a good drinker. He often goes to the village to buy good wine to drink. I didn't expect that he didn't stop even after he died. So then The young gentleman said that the house on the dam is haunted, is that what he said?"
Regarding these things, I no longer want to be distracted by pursuing the truth and reasons. I just told the old man, "There is nothing at the dam now. Those who should leave have already gone. I didn't encounter the previous things, but he will not happen in the future." Will come out again."
Niu Benwang stood aside, not saying a word and not daring to sit down. He lowered his head like a child who had made a mistake. However, Niu Benwang's father said at this time, "I have heard about this too." , Later, several substitutes came to work there, but they didn't come back even after two days. There was also heavy fog on the dam during the long night. It turned out that it was caused by that thing."
I did not respond to Old Man Niu's sigh. Instead, I looked at the seventh grandfather and said, "This matter is over. Please tell me about that woman."
Speaking of this, Grandpa Qi glanced at Niu Benwang, and even the old man Niu sighed.
"You should have heard here that there have been many accidents in the reservoir in recent years. If we go to the bottom of the matter, the person who had the accident first was really a woman. This child's name is Lamei. It seems that she has some connections with their family. She is related to them. Xiao Wangzi has grown up together, in other words, she should be called her childhood sweetheart!"
As soon as Grandpa Seven mentioned the woman's name, Niu Benwang, who had been standing stupidly just now, couldn't bear it any longer. He squatted on the ground, covered his head, and started to cry loudly.
Seeing this made me feel a little sad in my heart. It can be seen that this childhood sweetheart is an understatement. Most likely, these two people have really reached the point where they would not marry anyone else. They have been gone for so many years, and Niu Benwang is almost four years old. Old men of ten can still cry so sadly when they hear this name.
He also understood in his heart why Grandpa Qi asked Aunt Niu to watch Niu Benwang's daughter-in-law and asked them to stay in Lao Niu's house.
This old man is really considerate and meticulous.
"The girl was found dead in the reservoir. After that, there were incidents where old cows went to sleep, and people died in the village. It was no coincidence that this pattern was discovered. The number of times, people in the village noticed it, and they thought of making cows run prosperous. The cow was killed because they were afraid, no wonder they were killed."
When the old man talked about this matter this time, his mood obviously fluctuated significantly compared to when he talked about the workers who had the accident on the dam before.
None of us interrupted the old man and listened to him talk bit by bit about an incident that happened in Niujiatun ten years ago and shocked many people.
Most of the people in Niujiatun have the surname Niu. Those with this surname are all outsiders. Lamei is one of these people. Lamei's parents came here during the famine year and settled down. Later, there were The wintersweet mother left because it was difficult to give birth.
It is not easy for a man who has no child to support a baby in his arms. Fortunately, this girl Lamei is also hard-working. She has been raising chickens, herding cows, and doing housework with her family since she was a child. She has also been with Niu Benwang since she was a child. When we get older, two people can herd cattle and cut grass together.
The ignorance of the young man and woman quietly turned from friendship into love. At first, the Niu family did not agree, but later they saw that the girl was diligent and stopped interfering with them. Seeing that the two were eighteen or nineteen years old, the man was in love and the concubine was interested. I'm going to get married for them, so that the two families can become one family.
Unfortunately, something unexpected happened, and Lamei's father was suddenly ill and passed away. Lamei was the only one left in the family. The girl who was less than twenty years old was also stubborn and insisted on observing her father's filial piety for three years in order to repay his father's kindness in raising her. Let’s talk about the wedding.
And it was here that things took a turn, leading to the final tragic ending.