Thinking of this, Bangzi began to feel intensely uneasy. He remembered that after landing on the shore, he couldn't help but feel guilty. He looked back and happened to see the scene of the old village chief screaming in the water. He saw the last scene of the old village chief. That resentful look before being drowned by the waves.
That look... Bangzi trembled unconsciously when he thought of it, and goosebumps appeared on his body.
But Bangzi couldn't let Bangzi think too much. The door to his room was pushed open with a bang, and then a voice shouted: "Bangzi, something happened, hurry up, let's go and have a look."
Bangzi was already trapped in horrific memories. This sudden surprise shocked Bangzi. After finally calming down, he couldn't help but roared angrily: "Mom, what are you doing? You Don’t you know that being startled can scare people to death?”
In fact, Bangzi wouldn't dare to talk to his mother like this in normal times, but for some reason, he was so angry these days that he suddenly got angry.
After finishing speaking, Bangzi also felt a little regretful, but at this time Bangzi's mother was too lazy to argue with Bangzi, and came over hurriedly and said: "Bangzi, the old priest in the village is dead!"
"Dead? What did you say? He is dead? Did those people hit him too hard yesterday and he was beaten to death?" Bangzi's heart sank. In such an emergency period, the death of a person is undoubtedly a heavy thing, not to mention, There was such a fuss yesterday!
Now the people in the village are very fragile, for fear of committing another crime. If they die like this, there is no way... .
In fact, during these days, many people who quietly did good things suddenly appeared in the village. They took the initiative to maintain the public facilities in the village, and helped the elderly with this and that... In the past, these were all the things the old village chief had to worry about. thing.
What's the use of regretting afterwards? Bangzi suddenly remembered the words of the old priest.
Faced with Bangzi's question, Bangzi's mother said: "He was not beaten to death by the villagers, but he hanged himself in front of the door beam of his yard. Tsk tsk... Why can't you think about this person? Hey... "
When Bangzi's mother said this, her tone was a little relaxed. She probably felt the same as Bangzi, as long as she wasn't beaten to death.
Bangzi also breathed a sigh of relief and sighed: "Yeah, I saw him last night and he looked a little crazy. Hey... This man is crazy. I'm afraid he can do anything. I'll go take a look. Bar."
"Well, let's go and have a look. The people in the village are planning to give him a grand burial. It's not easy for a lonely old man." Bangzi's mother said with a particularly soft heart.
Not only Bangzi's mother is so soft-hearted, but also the people in the village. These days, they have become extra soft-hearted, sensitive, fragile and violent. The old priest's madness touched their sensitive nerves, and the old priest's death touched them again. Softness of heart.
The old priest was buried smoothly because he left a letter, which was his last words. The letter said that he had taken the first step. He only hoped to be buried in peace, so he had to take the first step.
The people in the village unanimously spent money and effort to hold a beautiful funeral for him, fearing that there would be a little mistake. The old priest just wanted to be buried in peace, but the villagers went all out and held a grand funeral, fearing that the funeral would not be a beautiful one. .
In addition, everyone in the village who attended the funeral cried as if they were the biological children of the old priest. Especially those who participated in the beating of the old priest that night were so shaken that they knelt in front of the grave and kowtowed. Earth-moving.
This funeral seems so ridiculous to outsiders. Is it useful to do such a thing after death? But the people in the village don't think so. In their opinion, it seems that this is the only way to express the compassion in their hearts that has nowhere to vent.
The old priest just left like this. In the whole story, he may be the only wise person. He has seen many things and sadly seen through the despicable side of human nature. But he shouted that the resentful ghost came back to kill the whole village, but Is that a resentful ghost
Obviously, the old priest may know some metaphysics, but he is not proficient in it, so he cannot calculate what the one who came back is, but I think he does not want to calculate it, let alone know whether the one who comes back is a resentful ghost.
After Feng Guang's funeral, life in the village became peaceful again, and the pair of shoes discovered ten days ago gradually became less sensitive to the people in the village.
More and more people are starting to talk about this matter. This matter is no longer the 'wound of confinement'.
Of course, no matter how they discuss it, people will eventually laugh and conclude that it is a coincidence that a pair of shoes rolled up by the river. Finally, they say goodbye warmly and politely. If you want to say what is the biggest change during this period, it is undoubtedly the people in the entire village. Started to become warm.
At dinner time, Bangzi and Bangzi's mother were having a meal. The meal was quite sumptuous. After all, in addition to two vegetarian dishes and a fish head soup, there was also a bowl of braised fish.
During these days, Bangzi's mother changed her previous frugal habit and always cooked rich meals. In their family, only mother and son depended on each other. It was not easy for Bangzi's mother to change this frugal habit.
Bangzi ate very well. He ate a lot of fish and a lot of rice. The table was full of fish bones that he spit out.
"Mom, your cooking has tasted a lot better recently." If you are satisfied with your meal, of course, praise is indispensable.
"Isn't it delicious? There are meat dishes every meal." Bangzi's mother said while picking up vegetables for Bangzi.
"Mom, why are you so willing to give up?"
"I just thought, this person might leave anytime, so I should eat." Bangzi's mother suddenly felt very emotional.
"Mom..." Bangzi suddenly raised his head and shouted. He actually didn't want to think about these things.
"Hey... it's true, Mom was emotional. You said that if we had saved the old village chief, we wouldn't have been so tortured." At this point, Bangzi's mother paused and then said, "Although the shoes are It was brought up by the river water, but I always felt uneasy thinking about it, but now I regret it."
Bangzi was silent, and after a long time, Bangzi said: "Mom, I'm actually very guilty too. I don't know why I felt like this at the time. Think about it, there's some kind of monster under that wave..., I'm afraid, everyone. They were all rowing hard, and I... I was afraid that I wouldn't be able to catch up! And... and... wasn't there someone who couldn't be saved from the beginning? I thought there would always be someone to save, so I just... "
"Forget it, son, don't explain. Mom was watching from the shore! Mom also thought at the time, don't delay yourself because of anything, and hurry back to the shore. I didn't want you to save people. I thought It's fine if someone else saves her. But... oh..." Bangzi's mother was silent. Doesn't everyone have the same thoughts about this kind of thing
Just like a bad thing, but it is related to one's life and death. If the first person has the courage to do it, there will always be others who will follow and do it, and then everyone will do it.
This is like Pandora's box in the Western legend. Once a crack is opened, disaster and misfortune will fly out and it can never be closed again.
Night, peaceful.
With such a mood, Bangzi and Bangzi's mother fell asleep respectively.
Li Yuan from the same village also fell asleep at this time. For some reason, Li Yuan had a lot of things on his mind that night, and he kept thinking about many things, all about the old village chief.
That night, Li Yuan had a dream.
Dreaming is a normal thing, but this dream...
In the dream, Li Yuan first dreamed about the old village chief's life, all in black and white, like a movie, and the scenes were displayed in front of Li Yuan. The time in the dream seemed to be very long, covering the old village chief. In this life, the time in the dream seems to be very short, and each scene passes like lightning.
In this dream, Li Yuan saw the old village chief greeting him, and also saw the scene of the old village chief helping his family through difficulties. Several times in the dream, Li Yuan's eyes became wet. He was the first A man who refused to save the old village chief felt uncomfortable and guilty. He wanted to go up and say sorry to the old village chief.
But this dream was so strange. He was like a complete bystander, unable to do anything at all, even step forward and apologize.
Li Yuan was very anxious, very anxious, but the dream finally played like a movie, showing the last scene of the old village chief before his death, the river, the sunshine that day, a group of them rowing a small boat to inspect the fishing ground...
At this moment, the dream changed from black and white to color!