"Houtouwan Village was originally very lively, with developed fishing, and was the wealthiest village in the area. Later, when people became richer, they moved away from the village, which had less convenient transportation."
"Nowadays, Houtouwan Village is empty of people. The houses are weather-beaten and dilapidated. They are not even covered with green vines. From a distance, it looks like a fairyland. But after entering, the grass on both sides of the path is so long that one person can open it.
It is too high, and there is a grave in the village, so this Houtouwan Village is also called a ghost village."
When Luo Shuyan heard about the ghost village, she dismissed it and snorted: "What a ghost village? It just has a tomb. It's not scary at all."
Lin Yuan smiled and said: "That's it, let's see if you can still say that after you go."
The taxi driver answered: "Are you two going to Houtouwan Village on Shengshan Island?"
Lin Yuandao: "Yes."
"Young man, you know a lot about Houtouwan Village."
Lin Yuan said modestly: "It's okay, I have some understanding."
The driver smiled and said: "I came from Houtouwan. I am forty-six years old. I was only 10 years old when I moved out."
"Really? That's so fateful. It turns out that master, you are from Houtouwan Village."
"I still remember that when I was a child, the whole village made a living by fishing. I often followed my father on fishing trips. I feel very happy when I think about my childhood." The driver said with an expression of endless aftertaste.
"Is it really just because the transportation is inconvenient that you moved away?" Lin Yuan asked.
The driver smiled bitterly and said: "That's what we say to the outside world. To be honest, we don't want to move at all. After all, our ancestors have lived here for generations. Although our village is not big and there are not too many people, we live in a paradise. Why?
I would like to move away, but I remember that the whole village was very opposed to it."
"Then why are you moving away?"
"It's a long story. When I was a kid, I heard from my grandparents that a long time ago, the first generation to come to Shengshan Island established Houtouwan Village to protect an East China Sea spring on the island.
Yes, the spring is related to the rise and fall of the entire East China Sea, it is just a legend, you can just listen to it for fun."
Lin Yuanxin said: "It turns out that what the Dragon King said is true. It seems that this is not a legend, it is indeed true."
Luo Shuyan was fascinated by what she heard and asked, "What happened next? Why did you move away?"
The driver sighed and said: "Oh, there is nothing we can do. At that time, more than half of the three-year-old children in our village died inexplicably. There is a cave in our Houtouwan Village, and they were all discovered in that cave later. When they were discovered
Our whole body was burnt. Even when the police came, they couldn't find out the cause of death or find any clues, so the government asked us to move out of Houtouwan Village. This thing was so weird. Later I heard my grandfather say,
Something happened in this Houtouwan village more than a hundred years ago."
Luo Shuyan asked anxiously: "What's the matter?"
The driver said solemnly: "My grandfather said that more than a hundred years ago, an outsider came to the village. She was a very beautiful woman with a three-year-old sick boy. The people in the village took them in because they felt sorry for them.
They settled in, and everything was fine at first, because the woman was very beautiful, so the men in the village were very willing to help her."
"But the good times didn't last long. One night, her child screamed for no reason. The child's scream was so loud that the whole village screamed. I thought the child was like this because of illness.
, but it screams almost every night at twelve o'clock in the morning, and there is something even more bizarre. Since that child screamed every night, someone in the village got sick almost every day, and the illness was exactly the same as that child, and he screamed every night.
.”
Luo Shuyan felt incredible and said: "Is there such a thing? What kind of disease does that child have?"
"Many doctors were invited to see the doctor, but they could not figure out what the disease was. Later, too many people in the village got sick, so people in the village attributed the cause of the disease to the child. After all, he and
He had the same illness and thought it must be related to the child, so in the end the village chief decided to drive both the woman and the child out of the village."
"But at that time, there was a Taoist priest who was invited by the village chief. He was wondering if he was possessed by an evil spirit, so he asked a Taoist priest to exorcise the evil spirit. However, the Taoist priest said that the child was possessed by a ghost, so he yelled in the middle of the night.
, and made people in the village sick, so he suggested to the village chief to burn the child to death."
Lin Yuan sighed and said: "People at that time just believed in this nonsense."
The driver nodded and said: "Yes, the key is that most people in the village believed what the Taoist priest said at that time, so they asked the village chief to burn the child to death. Under pressure, the village chief tied the child to the entrance of the village and used a torch.
The child was burned to death. But how could the child's mother see her child being burned to death? But what could a woman do? So when the child was burned to death, the child's mother also resolutely jumped into the sea of fire and stayed with the child.
They were burned to death together. My grandfather said that after the child's mother jumped into the fire, she cursed the whole village, saying that she would definitely come back for revenge."
Luo Shuyan's hair stood up when she heard it, and she trembled: "This is a bit scary. Although I know it is fake, it feels like a ghost story."
Lin Yuan frowned and said: "So your grandfather suspects that three-year-old children in the village were burned to death one after another because of that incident more than a hundred years ago? Is that woman coming back for revenge?"
The driver nodded and said, "Yes, that's what my grandfather said. I was only ten years old at the time. I was so scared that I didn't dare to sleep alone at night, so I asked my dad to move away quickly."
"It turns out that this is the case. That's why the matter was not made public. We just told the public that transportation was inconvenient and we had to move out of the village."
"Well, actually this matter has been buried in my heart for a long time. Today I have a chance to tell you this matter. You can just listen to it as a story."
Luo Shuyan said: "This story is so suspenseful that it could be made into a movie."
The driver laughed and said: "Haha, I think my storytelling skills are pretty good."
Lin Yuantong smiled and said: "Fortunately, there are stories about you along the way, otherwise I would have fallen asleep."
"We'll be at Shen's house soon. You can take a nap."
Luo Shuyan said: "After listening to your story, I feel refreshed, driver."
"Haha, the little girl isn't scared?"
"A bit, but it's not that scary in broad daylight. If it's at night, I wouldn't dare listen to it."
Lin Yuan thought to himself: "What the driver said is probably not true, right? No, I have to find an opportunity to ask about the land."
Not long after, the driver stopped the car and said: "The Shenjiamen Pier is just ahead. You can take a boat here to Shengshan Island."
After paying the fare, the two got off the bus. After saying goodbye to the driver, Lin Yuan took Luo Shuyan to the ferry terminal.
They bought tickets and queued up to board the boat. After arriving on the boat, Luo Shuyan sat next to Lin Yuan and whispered: "Brother, do you think what the driver said is true? Why did I feel like listening to what he said?
It seems like a real thing.”
"I told you to listen to it as a story. Don't think too much, otherwise you won't dare to enter Houtouwan Village for a while."
"By the way, brother, why are we going to Houtouwan Village? It's all abandoned, what can we see?"
"How can you not experience the famous ghost village? Aren't you a theist? It's time to experience the excitement of entering a ghost village."
"Stop making trouble, brother."
"Who is making trouble with you? Otherwise, why are you going to Shengshan Island or traveling to Gouqi Island? Can you be a little creative? Let me tell you. It's still too late to regret before the ship leaves. The ship will leave soon.
Don't cry and make a fuss about going back."
Luo Shuyan snorted coldly: "Just go, you are not afraid, so what should I be afraid of?"