Over the next three days, everything became calm again.
The old smoker always stays with me.
Every now and then a wild dog would be caught from outside.
The reason he gave me was always the same, which was that it was an eyesore.
I knew in my heart that I didn't expose him, and I ate all the meat with him every time, and I felt a lot more relaxed.
The previous depression also gradually disappeared.
Three days passed like this.
On the fourth day, Niang'er Village suddenly became lively.
It wasn't that the village in front of me had changed drastically, but that many outsiders suddenly came. One of them was very familiar to me. When I saw him, I knew who the old smoker was talking about in the first place.
That person was the first person who came to the village a few years ago.
He is also the only one who might actually marry a girl from Niang'er Village and leave.
His name is Liu Shan.
He is Liu Ming's uncle.
He didn't seem to know that Liu Ming was dead, or that there were still some things that I couldn't see affecting him. When he came to Niang'er Village, he immediately found Niang'er who was driven to Niang'er.
Tie Gupiao in the village ancestral hall, and chatted for a long time to the air in Tie Gupiao.
It's just that when I saw it, I didn't think he was a fool like I did before.
But there is an extra hope in my heart.
I hope Liu Ming and Zhuang Yue are not actually dead.
I hope what I saw before was all false.
But I didn't bother him. Instead, after confirming with Old Smoker that he was the person I was waiting for, I returned to the entrance of the village with Old Smoker.
The old smoker was not surprised by the arrival of these outsiders.
I was the only one who was shocked inside.
Because even after the old smoker told me the three conditions for replenishing my life, I was a little doubtful about the first condition.
After all, no one has come to Niang'er Village for so many years.
Liu Mingzhuang's arrival was already very surprising.
A long-time smoker, or rather, how could she be so sure that someone would come?
This also makes me believe more in the old smoker’s advice about replenishing his life.
But this time, the old smoker did not stay with me at the entrance of the village. Instead, he joined the group of people who followed Liu Shan to Niang'er Village, and soon mingled with that group of people.
I also heard some clues in their conversations.
The reason why they came was because of Zhuang Yue and Liu Ming.
The two of them seemed to have published some things about Niang'er Village to the outside world before, so they were also full of interest in this place, and Old Smoker joined them. In the words of Old Smoker, it was also to save them.
As for the rest, the old smoker said that it has nothing to do with me anymore.
Let me not have to worry about it anymore.
As for Liu Shan, all I have to do is wait.
In short, Niang'er Village suddenly became lively.
Even in my eyes, this excitement is a bit weird.
But I still followed what the old smoker said and stayed quietly at the entrance of the village and continued to play my role as a fool.
It's just that there have been fewer and fewer wild dogs in the past three days.
The remaining one or two hid far away after seeing me, which made me lose a lot of fun.
No one paid any attention to me until nightfall. Those who entered Niang'er Village seemed to be in a place that fascinated them, immersed in it.
I don't want to pay attention to them.
Walked straight home.
I finally saw Liu Shan again, and he was kneeling in front of a room, his face full of tears. I don't know when there was a child who looked three or four years old beside him.
It's a boy.
I looked at him with mixed emotions for a moment.
I couldn't help but think of the night when Liu Shan came to Niang'er Village a few years ago. While I was burning paper money, I heard a woman talking in my ear.
She said her sister was getting married.
She asked me to burn more.
I was frightened at that time, but I burned some more, and then Liu Shan left with a packet of paper money. Now that I think about it carefully, maybe Liu Shan left with that sister at that time.
It's just that I can't see it.
Just like it is now.
I still can't tell what is real.
After thinking for a while, I walked over to Liu Shan.
Only then did Liu Shan notice me. There was some confusion on his face at first, and then he seemed to think of me again. He subconsciously wiped away his tears and stood up from the ground with an embarrassed look on his face.
"Idiot, have you grown so big?"
I chuckled and didn't answer him. My eyes fell on the jar next to Liu Shan.
Liu Shan also noticed that I was looking at the jar, and subconsciously protected the jar on his body, but soon he seemed to think of something again, and his face became a little guiltier.
"Idiot, your sister is gone."
"When she left, she told me she wanted to go home."
"So I brought her."
Liu Shan couldn't stop crying as he spoke.
I suddenly felt sore at the corners of my eyes. I didn't know why, but I just felt that my heart was blocked.
But I didn't speak, but looked at Liu Shan quietly. It wasn't until Liu Shan stood up with the jar in his arms and was about to walk into the house that I stopped him.
Liu Shan was stunned for a moment, and then said bitterly: "Fool, I know that people who leave Niang'er Village will never be able to come back here again in this life."
"But she's homesick."
"I just want to……"
Before he could finish speaking, I grabbed the jar.
I don't know what's in the jar. I can only be sure that this jar should be the same as a coffin. Inside is the trace of Liu Shan's wife's existence in this world. I just need to bury her here with my own hands. That's enough.
It's just that in Liu Shan's eyes, I'm a fool.
Since he is a fool, there is no need to say anything more to Liu Shan. He should just do what a fool should do.
Seeing that I had snatched the jar, Liu Shan became anxious and wanted to snatch it back immediately. Naturally, I would not give him a chance, so he ran home with the jar in his arms.
Because Liu Shan had a child with him, he couldn't catch up with me at all. He was soon left behind by me. When I got home, Liu Shan no longer knew where he was.
What surprised me a little was that the old smoker seemed to have known what I was going to do and was waiting for me in the house early.
Seeing me coming back with the jar in my arms, the old smoker laughed and said, "You know you robbed it?"
I rolled my eyes and said angrily: "What can I do if I don't grab it?"
"You didn't tell me whether I should continue to pretend to be a fool in front of people like them. Since I'm pretending to be a fool, I shouldn't do what a fool should do?"
"Just tell me, what should I do now?"
The old smoker took a puff of cigarette and then threw the brazier to me.
"Let's work!"
I was stunned for a moment, but I saw the old smoker sitting at the door where I had burned the paper money. I understood immediately, carried the jar to the door, put it away, and went to get some paper money.
After getting ready, the old smoker continued: "People who have left Niang'er Village are generally not qualified to come back, let alone be buried here."
"But as a village guard, if you bury it yourself, you won't have these taboos."