There is a pair of shoes by the river. This is really not a big deal. Everyone who lives by the river knows that occasionally among the debris rolled up by the river, there will often be one or two shoes belonging to someone who doesn't know who they are.
Just because people often take off their shoes when entering the water, and it is normal for their shoes to be swept away if they are not careful.
However, this pair of shoes that were accidentally discovered caused an uproar in the village. But what was different from the usual uproar was that no one talked about anything this time. After everyone knew the news, their reaction was stunned, and then He was silent and didn't comment, but deep down his emotions were surging like a stormy sea, and he was full of speculations.
Why did a pair of shoes cause such a big reaction among the villagers
Let’s talk about the characteristics of this shoe. First of all, it is a pair of leather shoes. In that era, leather shoes were not cheap, and not everyone could own them, let alone in such a small village? Therefore, it is normal for everyone in the village to know who owns a pair of leather shoes.
Secondly, one of these leather shoes has an obvious patch on the side. Apparently its owner had worn it for a long time and it was old and torn. He couldn't bear to throw it away, so he patched up the patch. There is a black cloth patch on a pair of shoes, which is quite strange and will leave a deep impression on people. If its owner often wears it and walks around the streets, people will naturally remember it.
What made the villagers even more uneasy was that when the shoes were discovered, they were neatly placed on the river bank. The shoes were full of silt. The villagers were all too familiar with this kind of silt, because the silt was the silt at the bottom of the river!
In the past, when fishing for aquatic plants in the river, wasn't this kind of silt often brought up
A pair of shoes that are familiar to people, the mud at the bottom of the river, people can't avoid it - the old village chief!
Do you still need to ask? These shoes belong to the old village chief! He was the only one in the whole village who owned leather shoes. He bought them specially to attend the advanced commendation meeting. Everyone was deeply impressed! After wearing it for a long time, the old village chief put a patch on it, and everyone knew about it.
The shoes are filled with mud from the river bottom. What does this mean? No one dared to think about it, and no one dared to say it out loud. The matter of the old village chief was like a thorn in the hearts of the villagers.
The villagers were silent, but one person was not silent, and that was the old priest in the village!
On the day he got the news, he suddenly ran like crazy. First he ran to the main road in the village, and then followed this road and walked back and forth in the village several times. He refused to go back until late at night.
Someone advised: "You are so old, why don't you go back and rest? You are walking like this, and the footsteps are so noisy that you can't sleep?"
But the old priest didn't answer. When he was in a hurry to persuade, he would yell: "What do you know?"
The villagers stopped persuading him and let him go. However, after 12 o'clock at night, the villagers were woken up again. Just because of the sound of crying and laughing that night, the villagers who were already nervous felt that fear.
The men went out to see what was going on, only to find that the old priest was really crazy. He was running back and forth on the road in the village, crying and laughing, and the sound was like a ghost howling.
This is a new era. The country has just ended its suffering. It is also popularizing education and getting rid of some bad habits. As a rural person, while accepting new ideas, it is difficult to forget some things that we once firmly believed in.
Maybe the villagers in this village are about to succeed, but the performance of the old priest has undoubtedly triggered the fear that has been buried in their hearts, making them afraid! After all, as a person from a remote village, you may not have heard of anything, but you have heard a lot of legends about ghosts and gods.
People couldn't bear it any longer, and finally someone tried to pull the old priest away, but he was so strong that he broke free and started running back and forth again, laughing back and forth! Thanks to his age, he has such great energy!
After all, someone started, which meant more people participated. Finally, with seven or eight Chinese characters and a lot of effort, he finally held the old priest down and sent him back to his place regardless of whether he wanted it or not. own yard.
I couldn’t sleep anyway, so many people followed me as I was being sent back to the yard.
But after entering the courtyard, the old priest suddenly began to laugh wildly. The laughter was sharp and sad, which made people go crazy. Finally, a grumpy man couldn't help it anymore, slapped the old priest, and shouted: " Please wake up, the whole village is in trouble because of you."
As expected, the old priest stopped smiling. His face was red and swollen from being slapped. He didn't even touch it. He suddenly turned around and shouted at everyone: "I've made the village so upset? You know what the hell! Everyone in our village is going to die. Everyone in our village is going to die." They're all going to die! It's one thing if you can't save him, but it's another thing if you don't save him! Now it's better, he's back, he's back..."
There was a deathly silence. Except for the old priest who was roaring crazily, everyone was silent. The old priest's words were like a sledgehammer, hitting everyone's heart hard!
"Hahaha, are you scared? Are you scared? Just wait, everyone is going to die. The messenger of the river god is a powerful resentful ghost. We all will die badly. I will go and see our village, and it will be gone. Hahahaha..." The old priest was incoherent and started laughing like crazy again!
Finally, someone couldn't help it anymore. When people are vulnerable and nervous, they are always sensitive and irritable. One person rushed out and gave the crazy old priest a hard kick: "What are you talking about?" ? What are you talking about? It makes people uneasy, what’s the benefit to you? I’ll beat you to death!"
"Hahaha... Death means everyone must die..." The old priest didn't care about being beaten or not. He just smiled and muttered this sentence.
More and more people couldn't help it, and more and more people went up to Staro to offer sacrifices, but no matter what people did, he always smiled and kept saying the same thing, death, everyone will die, you can't run away.
Finally, a woman couldn't stand it anymore and shouted: "Don't hit me, you are just an old man, haven't you done enough evil?"
This sentence finally made people wake up a little and dispersed one after another, but they still looked angry as if they were possessed. People had forgotten that they were beating an old man.
This is not because they are vicious, but because they are too fragile to bear the slightest disturbance, even though this disturbance is only caused by an old man.
"Hahaha... I'm talking about sin now, it's too late, it's too late..." The old priest was lying on the ground, his hair was messy, his nose was bruised and his face was swollen, and there was even blood on the corners of his nose and mouth, but he still said it to himself.
A man couldn't help it and went up to hit him again, but his woman held him back. The woman said: "You said we committed evil. You were the first one to leave. I saw it! And, you don't want to You’re talking nonsense here, it’s normal for a pair of shoes to be rolled up by the river water.”
The woman's statement was unanimously agreed by people. Yes, it is normal for a pair of shoes to be rolled up by the river water! Suddenly, people feel relaxed. Are they too sensitive? The grass and trees are like soldiers.
The atmosphere relaxed, people suddenly lost their anger, some lit up cigarettes, and some finally began to regain their conscience, helped the old priest up, apologized, and wiped his face.
But the old priest didn't appreciate it at all, and just said: "I'm leaving, so I also want to die... When I saw the River God appear, I knew I wanted to kill people, and I didn't want to see dead people, so I left. I left... so I also To die..."
"Everyone will die!" The old priest suddenly shouted loudly again.
However, people felt at ease and were too lazy to argue with him anymore. They helped him take care of his wounds, said a few casual words of comfort, and then left one after another.
That night, people had a good sleep. It was normal for the river water to roll up a pair of shoes.
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Bangzi also went to watch the fun that night.
But he did not participate in the beating of the old priest. Although when the old priest went crazy, he clenched his fists and almost lost control. He was also the one who refused to save him that day. The old priest touched his most vulnerable part. string.
However, he still didn't. He was still honest and simple by nature. He always felt that hitting an old man was a little weird, so he held back.
Later, the woman's words made him feel at ease, and he began to sympathize with the old priest. These superstitious old people were always nervous. This was all Bangzi thought.
After feeling at ease, he, like most of the villagers, had a good sleep.
But after getting up the next morning, Bangzi couldn't help but think about it again, and something suddenly occurred to him that made him feel uneasy again.
Why are the shoes rolled up by the river water neatly placed by the river