Nanming Village is much more remote than imagined. Yunmiao Mountain, where Li Xiao originally lived in the world, is already out of the way. Comparing it to Nanming Village, it is nothing but a big witch.
She first took a plane to City W, and then took a bus from the urban area to the county where Nanming Village belongs. She inquired, Nanming Village is on the mountain, and it takes half a day to take a bus, and there is only one bus for seven days. Li Xiao is lucky, when she arrives, there will be a bus tomorrow morning, so there is no need to wait another seven days.
She thought it must be because she touched the little red hand Cangming before going out.
When she came out this time, she brought Zhang Yan and another little ghost, Mao Ruxin, to serve as her eyeliner. Her face is too good-looking, and she has a pampered look, so it is easy for people to stare at her when she walks outside. Li Xiao is not afraid of those malicious things, but she is too lazy to deal with them all the time. Her current illusion level is very good. After arriving in the county, she simply changed her face to an ordinary one.
By the way, she asked the county people about Nanming Village. There is no way, because Nanming Village is too remote, so she searched the Internet, but she didn't find any information. At most, she only knew that many local villagers made a living by weaving bamboo baskets.
The owner of the hotel where she lived was a young girl who had just graduated from college, and she was quite talkative. Maybe it's because it's rare to find a person of her age, or maybe it's because Li Xiao gave a lot of money. When Li Xiao asked her, she basically knew everything.
She said privately to Li Xiao: "I remember that their village is very patriarchal. Many girls are thrown into the well directly after birth, making it difficult for people in their village to marry wives unless they spend a lot of bride price. There are also some They choose to raise their daughter well, and then use it in exchange for dowry money for their son to marry a daughter-in-law."
"This happened five years ago. All the girls in the village disappeared overnight. The police went there. They searched for several months, but they couldn't find any of them. I don't know if they ran away or had an accident. gone."
As the proprietress talked, she seemed to have frightened herself. She couldn't help trembling, and said: "But I heard that it has been much better in the past few years. The government often sends people to do propaganda and keeps an eye on them. So in the past two years, the number of female babies drowned has been relatively small. But it is strange to say that the number of female babies born on their side has also decreased in recent years."
Li Xiao probably knew what was going on.
She continued to chat with the proprietress, and went back to the house to rest when it was late at night.
The next day, Li Xiao got up early in the morning to wait for the bus, which left at eight o'clock in the morning. After she got in the car, she found a back seat by the window and sat down. She originally thought that no one would come to this bus. After all, according to the proprietress of the inn, Nanming Village didn’t have any special attractions. Young man, full of vigor.
After Li Xiao asked, he found out that these teachers were still planning to teach in the past. As the saying goes, no matter how poor you are, you can't get poor education, and no matter how hard you are, you can't suffer children.
Another girl who looked very lively asked Li Xiao if he was a local.
Li Xiao thought for a while, and casually made up a reason for himself: "I heard that the baskets they weave are quite unique, so I want to go and have a look."
With these young people around, the journey was much more lively. This mountain road is not easy to walk, there are many potholes, and there are many bumps along the way. It was about four o'clock in the afternoon when the bus arrived at Nanming Village. Li Xiao unconsciously remembered what the proprietress said before, the disappearance case five years ago. With so many girls, it would take days to walk from Nanming Village to the county town only by walking, and there would definitely be traces on the road. But they seem to have disappeared, no one is alive, no corpse is dead, no wonder the proprietress is very sad when mentioning them, thinking that they are all bad luck.
Li Xiao looked at Nanming Village. The houses in Nanming Village were basically mud walls made of loess, the roof tiles were very old, and the place near the chimney was blackened by smoke. She has hardly seen a house with more than two floors here. There was a sense of despondency throughout the village. That's right, it's just frustration, and even the people here seem listless.
When the villagers saw them getting out of the car, their eyes lit up.
"Are you new teachers?"
"Teacher, my big tiger is very smart. You should teach him well. I will depend on him for the rest of my life."
"It's great that we finally have a new teacher. When can we start school?"
The young people who are willing to come to support education still have passion in their hearts. Seeing how the villagers support their educational cause, they can't help showing bright smiles.
"Don't worry, we will not disappoint your expectations, we will teach your children well."
"Yes, yes, we can start classes in two days, and children who are not studying at home can be sent over."
For a moment, the scene looked exceptionally harmonious.
A young girl walked up to Li Xiao and whispered, "Do you think this village is a bit strange?"
Li Xiao remembered her, and she introduced herself after getting in the car, her name was Tan Ying.
Li Xiao already knew. She had never seen a girl in this village. The previous disappearance case happened five years ago. Logically speaking, in the past five years, there will be more or less new baby girls born, and at least three or four-year-old children can be seen. Looking around at that time, she only saw a little boy with a runny nose in crotch pants.
But if a newborn baby girl was killed, there would definitely be a lot of resentment in the village, but Li Xiao didn't feel this.
She nodded slightly, "I haven't seen many girls."
Tan Ying also thought so, but she was too embarrassed to pour cold water on the enthusiastic friends and enthusiastic villagers.
Soon, the village chief came out. The village chief was Ji, who was in his early sixties. He led the volunteer teachers to the school to have a look. The so-called school is actually just two loess houses, and two dilapidated houses used as the teacher's dormitory. A total of five teachers came this time, two men and three women.
When the village chiefs asked, they realized that Li Xiao was not in the teaching team, but just came to play. There was a hesitant expression on his face, as if he was thinking about how to arrange for Li Xiao.
"Village chief, my house has a vacant house, and this girl can live in my house."
"My mother-in-law has a big bed, so she can also be with my mother-in-law."
These villagers were extremely active and recommended their own homes one after another. It seemed that they were very hospitable.
Tan Ying took Li Xiao's hand and said, "It's okay, she can sleep with us tonight, right." She couldn't help but look at the other friends.
The other girls also nodded, "It's okay, the girls of us are all thin, and two beds in the room are enough to rest."
They all said so, and although the villagers were a little disappointed, they didn't say anything.
In the evening, they slaughtered chickens and ducks, took out their homemade rice wine, and treated these support teachers to a meal, even Li Xiao followed suit.
When they got back to the house late at night, Tan Yingcai and Li Xiao said, "I'm not saying they are bad, but you must be on guard against others. I think it's better not to live in their house." Before, I also asked some friends. A friend told her that in some places, poor people can't even afford a daughter-in-law, so they will get the idea of supporting teachers and use dirty tricks to keep them.
Although these villagers seem to be very enthusiastic, safety is still the first priority. Besides, they have just come to this village, so they still have to be careful.
Several other girls also nodded.
"That's right, my senior sisters have told me that if you want to take a bath, it's best to have a friend with you, and one to help keep watch. If we want to go out in the future, we have to go together."
Because there are only a few girls here, Tan Ying mentioned her discovery.
"Have you noticed that not only are there no young girls in the village, I don't even see girls."
The youngest are the daughter-in-laws who have just married.
Li Xiao mentioned the things that the proprietress of the hotel told her, which made Tan Ying and the others' necks feel chilly, as if a dark wind was blowing. All the girls in the village disappeared overnight, which seemed strange no matter how you looked at it. They couldn't help but regret that they came here.
"Don't mention this, go to bed first."
said the girl with the ponytail winking. Even if I regret and want to run now, the nearest bus will be seven days away. These seven days, they have to wait and see.
She turned off the light, and the room was plunged into darkness.
Li Xiao didn't fall asleep, or rather, it was so late at night that it was convenient for her to see what was going on in Nanming Village.
A sleeping talisman was lit, making the three girls sleep more soundly. Li Xiao got up and used an invisibility talisman.
After walking out of the room, she made a barrier in the room to prevent anyone from breaking into it, which would be bad for the girls. There was a strange atmosphere in this village, and she didn't want anything to happen to these girls.
She ordered Zhang Yan and Mao Ruxin to go nearby to see if there were any new discoveries, while she thought about going to the back mountain to find the cave. After all, her main purpose of going out this time is to break the void talisman, not to solve the mystery of this village.
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In a dilapidated house, under the dim light, an elderly grandma is skillfully weaving a basket.
She said to her son, "After you sell those baskets, plus the money you saved, you should be able to buy you a daughter-in-law."
Her son Zhang Dong is a man in his late thirties with dark skin, "Mom, now we need more gifts for marrying a daughter-in-law. Ah Hui's new wife last month cost him 300,000 yuan Hollowed out."
"Oh, girls nowadays are really amazing, why do they have to spend so much money. Like me back then, your dad married me in while carrying a bag of sweet potatoes." She sighed, "It would be great if your sister was still here, she Now I am eighteen years old, and I can get married."
"She has no conscience, and I don't know where she went. It's useless to raise her up like this." She thought for a while, and then said: "Look at the few female teachers who came today, they look good Yes, if you can coax one back, you can save the dowry money. I heard that girls in big cities don’t need money to get married.”
Zhang Dong fell silent, and said suddenly: "When I marry a wife, what if I give birth to a daughter and the daughter disappears?"
Grandma kept moving her hands, and said, "This is a good thing. You don't even need to raise them. What's the use of raising money that loses money? It's a waste of family money. It's because our Feng Shui is better here, so the sons born are better than others. There are many places."
When she said this, her tone was somewhat smug.
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"Did the devil wear a book today [Quick Transmigration]" Author: Big Brother Drinks Bing Kuo Luo
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Introduction:
Is the witch wearing a book today
Wear it, run quickly!
After all, if you don't run away, you will turn from a villainous boss into a poor wage earner.
If you don't run away, you will turn from someone who hates her into an ATM slave, and just want her to walk the flowery path and become the queen of C.
If you don't run away, even your girlfriend will be pried away. :)
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Luo Man is the only demon left in the world. A group of gods who failed to enlighten them finally decided to use the power of technology to throw the female devil head into the novel world.
Let her experience love and hatred, the death of love, and the tears of being abused.
Luo Man cracked her fingers.
The death of love, the tears of being abused
Um
A group of novel heroes and heroines, villains, cannon fodder: We are too difficult!
Edible guide: fast travel form, travel through the world of books, sand sculpture cool text