I didn't speak, and Qingluo didn't speak any more, and the two of them looked at each other in the moonlight of winter night. Normally, I didn't think about some things carefully. After something happened, my mind couldn't stop, and I couldn't help but recall all the bits and pieces after I met Qingluo.
But I can't recall anything abnormal. She did housework, sews, repairs, washes and rinses, and she has never done anything unusual or said anything unusual.
But for today’s matter, I have to figure it out anyway. Because the old Taoist priest also said that the "monster" in my family is either my nobleman or my nemesis.
"Qingluo, it's been so long, you probably know what my temper is." I broke the silence and said to Qingluo: "If you have anything, you should tell me the truth."
Qing Luo lowered her head, as if she didn't dare to look directly at me. The more she was like this, the more I felt that something happened.
I didn’t witness the accident in the sheepfold of Uncle Liu’s house. However, I can imagine the scene: in the quiet late night, while everyone was sleeping, Qingluo quietly got up, came to the sheepfold, and took a bite. Broke the lamb’s neck, sucking the hot blood greedily...
As Aunt Liu said when he blocked the door and yelled, there is a monster in the house who sucks blood and doesn't blink...
"Qingluo!" I couldn't help accentuating the tone as I watched Qingluo not talking.
With these two words, Qing Luo was taken aback, and I could see that her fear at the moment was not in disguise. In my impression, Qingluo has always been timid and weak, even if she talks to strangers, she will blush.
But how could such a person sneak into the sheep pen of someone else's house in the middle of the night to kill the sheep and suck blood? Qing Luo should not be the kind of sneaky person, otherwise, it would be impossible to leave such obvious footprints in the snow and let people chase them all the way to home. If you are a veteran, you must find ways to erase all traces.
A thick cloud of suspicion emerged in my heart.
"Qingluo, when I met you just now, it happened that there was a change in the master's door. The master died and his home was destroyed. I had nowhere to go. Yu Bo sent you to me at that time. Conspiracy and trickery, did not dare to stay. Later, I knew that you were kind-hearted, so I slowly let go of all the guards. But why is this? Even if things happen for a reason, you have to tell me the truth."
"I haven't deceived you, and... and will not harm you... Don't be suspicious of me..."
"It's not that I'm not suspicious now, things have already happened." I just feel a little dizzy in my head. If something like this happens, no matter what, I will no longer be able to establish a foothold in this small village in the future. Aunt Liu Er’s mouth, within two days, she would poke the matter out with extra effort and jealousy. Everyone knows it, and I don’t want to be poked in the back.
"Thirteen." Qing Luo's body was trembling slightly, but gradually, she seemed to calm down, took a cloth towel soaked in water, carefully wiped the dirt off the corner of her mouth, and said: "I dare to swear, I don't If you really want to know something, if you really want to know, let me think about it, and wait until dawn to tell you, will it be okay?"
Although I was anxious, but I don't know why, seeing Qing Luo's appearance at the moment, my heart softened again.
"Well, since you want to think about it, then think about it, but wait till daybreak, I hope you... I hope you don't look for any more excuses."
"No, really not..."
I turned around and went back to my house. I had a plan in my heart. Xiaocun couldn't stand a foothold in the future. After dawn, Qingluo told the story, and I decided whether or not to take her with him.
I don’t have a lot of clothes and luggage, so I can pick up a baggage, and leave out other awkward furniture. Although Qingluo told me categorically, I kept thinking about what the old Taoist said.
Is she my noble person? Or my nemesis
After packing my luggage, I gathered all the remaining money around and counted it. There was not much money, but it was enough to buy a ram at the market price. I installed the money and planned to go to Liu Ershu's house to pay for the sheep.
When I came out of the bedroom, I saw Qingluo sitting in her room in a daze.
After the snow, it was cold and cold. I opened the courtyard door and was about to walk out. I immediately saw a few people squatting outside the door.
I was shocked when I saw people squatting at the door of my house abruptly. However, when I turned my gaze, I saw Liu Ershu's family of four squatting at the door.
I sighed secretly. Second Uncle Liu was kind-hearted and kind, but he was not in charge at home, and the second aunt had the final say. The second aunt was really afraid that I would run away, and the family stayed here.
"Second Uncle Liu, I have some money here. You can count it and it will probably be enough to pay for your sheep." I just took out the purse, and I felt that I was wrong. If I said that, I didn’t just admit that the matter was with me. There are relationships? So I quickly turned away from the conversation and said, "I haven't figured it out yet. It's just from the folks in the village. Your son is waiting to save money to marry his wife. I will lose the sheep first..."
I have said so much, but Uncle Liu's family squatted on the ground and said nothing. I squatted down and said to Aunt Liu, "I will pay for the sheep's money. I will pay a lot. The money is here. You can count it. It's freezing cold. Go home. It's really amazing to see you. Blocking the door of my house, people might say something else. Let’s go, don’t squat here."
I was really scared of Aunt Liu's mouth. How could I say that they didn't even look up. Gradually, I felt something was wrong, so I quickly patted Uncle Liu.
"Second uncle, stop squatting here."
I patted and shook,
Second Uncle Liu slowly raised his head, and Mu dumbly said: "It's not... It's not our family squatting outside..."
"what?"
"There are more people squatting..."
My scalp was numb, and I couldn't take care of that much anymore. I squeezed out between the second uncle Liu and the second aunt, crossed the threshold and stretched out to look out.
The snow was shining with moonlight, and it was white. The moment I stretched out my head, I saw a row of people squatting on the wall outside the courtyard. One by one, squatting face in, facing the wall. These people squatted neatly and didn't speak. They were all quiet. Only these people squatted silently outside the wall of my house, which was really scary.
I looked twice again, and then I could tell that these people were all from the village.
The small village is very small, originally 50 or 60 households, but more than half have moved away, now there are only a dozen households with 40 or 50 people. Now that the sky is still dark, all the forty or fifty people in the village have come, all squatting at the foot of our courtyard wall.
"What is this going to do?" I was taken aback. I saw the village chief squatting under the wall beside the courtyard gate. I and the village chief were relatively familiar with him. At that time, I asked him to come forward and put this deserted and empty courtyard. Give it a plate. The village chief is very fair and easy to talk. I will help him quickly: "The village chief..."
But before my hand touched the village head's arm, I stopped halfway.
This must be wrong! I don't believe that people from a village would squat outside for no reason, not to mention that a sheep died in the sheep pen of Uncle Liu's house, even if all the sheep in the sheep pen died, this would not be the case.
The village chief faced the wall and squatted meticulously without answering my words. I began to hesitate, and stepped back step by step, directly back into the yard. There was no response from so many people, but my heart became more and more flustered, and I went straight back to the room to pick up the packed baggage, and called Qingluo again.
"It's not right! Let's go! Let's go first!" I didn't care about so much nonsense, and quickly helped Qingluo gather the things I could bring. Qingluo didn't know what was going on, but she didn't dare to talk too much just seeing my anxious expression.
I took Qingluo back to the courtyard gate, and squeezed the lamb's money bag into Second Uncle Liu's arms. The four of them were still squatting at the threshold, and didn't mean to give way. I had no choice but to squeeze Qingluo out.
"We are going... Where are we going?"
"Don't ask, no matter where you go, you can't stay here!"
I took Qingluo, stepped on the thick snow, and ran straight to the small road out of the village. The big river is now closed, and the small broken ship parked on the shore can't be taken away, but now there is no time to take care of it.
Squeak... Squeak...
As soon as Cheongna and I shook off our feet, we heard a creaking sound behind us, and when we looked back, our heads immediately grew bigger.
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