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After listening to Ah Chong's words, Jiang Ke didn't know what to say.

In the face of natural and man-made disasters, people often feel insignificant.

In the face of suffering, there is no comfort because humans are powerless to change the disaster that has occurred.

We must face the light and move forward.

Even if you are stuck in the mud, you must work hard to bloom upward.

Jiang Ke admires A Jin very much.

Wrapped in fate, she never gave up hope.

The mudslide did not kill her, nor did the dystocia. She always wanted to live well and escape from this mountain.

It was almost lunch time, and Ah Chong followed Jiang Ke to Wuken's house.

Wuken was sitting at the door, choosing vegetables. The beans he had just picked from the vegetable garden were still very fresh.

Ah Chong moved a stool and picked with him.

Wu Ken said to Jiang Ke, "My father has gone to clear the way. He won't come back to have dinner with us at noon."

Jiang Ke nodded, indicating that he heard.

Wu Ken made lunch, and Jiang Ke helped.

Jiang Ke knew how to chop wood and make a fire, and Wu Ken was shocked. He didn't expect that a doctor from the city who looked fair and tender could actually use a stove.

The two of them made lunch and took out two portions, one for his father and one for his mother.

The food to be sent out is hot in the pot.

Wuken took the bowl and placed the remaining dishes on the dining table.

I cooked three dishes, including steamed glutinous rice grown at home, fried bacon with garlic, steamed bacon, and a green bean.

Ah Chong didn't go home. He helped to feed the chickens and came back with several eggs. He happily ran into the kitchen and showed them to Uken.

I shamelessly didn't go back for lunch and had a meal at Wuken's house.

After eating, Wu Ken was going to deliver food to his father and mother, but Jiang Ke stopped him and wanted to go with him.

Wuken said: "The road is a bit far away. Do you want to go?"

Jiang Ke nodded and expressed that he wanted to see it.

So Wuken turned the helmet inside out and gave it to him.

Jiang Ke held the helmet in his arms and didn't really want to wear it, mainly because it wasn't raining now. Wearing a helmet would be too hot and would make him sweat.

Wuken stared at him, watching him hesitate to put on the helmet, his expression slowly changed, and he insisted on letting him put on the helmet no matter what.

Wuken: "If you don't wear a helmet, you can't even get into my car."

Jiang Ke saw that Wuken was so serious, but in order to see the nearby terrain and find out the road, he could only compromise.

Jiang Ke: "Okay, okay, I'll wear it."

Wuken stared at him as he put on his helmet, turned the accelerator, and first left the village, then walked up the mountain from a path next to the village, and went around to the back of the village.

From a distance, I saw a red house built on a high ground.

You can't see it from inside the village, it's blocked by thick bamboo forest.

It's almost all uphill, and the engine makes a low growl.

Halfway up the mountain, a small house appeared. It was either a stilt building common in Xixiang or a small bungalow covered with tiles.

The windows on both sides are surrounded by iron bars. The iron bars are somewhat rusty, with two lines of red traces shed.

From a distance, it looks like a human face with its mouth open and wailing in pain.

The door was open, it was dark inside, and the light was not very good.

Wuken stopped the car and took the lunch box into the small house. He seemed to be familiar with the journey.

Jiang Ke got off the car and walked around nearby. Behind the small house was a small mountain stream, with a height difference of about ten meters from the house, leading to the Luohong River not far away.

Jiang Ke raised his head and looked at the red brick houses in front of him.

That should be the "temple".

Wuken came out soon. When he saw Jiang Ke looking at the temple, he called him: "Hey, we have to leave."

Jiang Ke looked away and looked at Wuken: "Don't you need to send it up?"

Wuken: "Children are not allowed to enter the temple. I have to wait until I become an adult before I can enter."

Jiang Ke seemed curious: "Are you so particular about worshiping gods here?"

Wuken: "Qi Niangniang is very effective. She has ears for flowers, birds and insects. If you say this, Qi Niangniang will not bless you."

Jiang Ke: "Then what do you Seventh Lady care about?"

Wu Ken gave Jiang Ke popular science: "Qi Niangniang is the god in charge of giving birth, and can also protect the family and safety. Eminem said that every little baby in our village was extradited by Qi Niang Niang, and we are all immortals under Qi Niang Niang's throne. Child reincarnation."

Jiang Ke listened to him quietly and glanced at the red outer wall of Qiniang Temple.

Reincarnated?

Wuken sat astride the motorcycle and put on his helmet as he spoke.

Wuken: "Get in the car first, we have to deliver food to Dad. If you are interested, I will tell you about our Seventh Mother's deeds when we get home."

Jiang Ke answered him and got in the car.

Wuken drove very fast, and the mountain road had nine twists and turns, which was no big deal to him. He took the turns on the inside and the body was very low, giving him the shadow of a professional driver.

Jiang Ke was sitting in the back seat of the car, the wind blowing the hem of his gray denim jacket, fluttering like a stretched sail.

He paid attention to the road Wuken drove on. There was an abandoned building at the foot of the mountain.

Looking down from the side of the mountain road, the view is quite wide, and you can clearly see the gray wall and the tall banyan trees growing from the inside of the wall.

Jiang Ke thought of the old man and her earnest call.

Who was she hiding from when she asked him to hide behind a tree?

Wuken who came here on a motorcycle?

In other words, all the people from Qiniang Village?

Qiniangniang, what exactly is it?

is God? Or an evil spirit?

Think of the worst. Could it be that Wuken's driving skills, his ability to draw children, and the fat kid's extraordinary maturity are all related to Qiniangniang?

Jiang Ke thought of the strange dream on the high-speed train. In the dream, there was also a wellhead surrounded by prayer flags, a red house, high stacks of benches, and people dancing. Does it mean that the scene in the dream will happen in the future? Are they fulfilled here?

Jiang Ke actually only had a vague impression of the scenes in the dream, but when he saw the familiar scenes in the dream, he felt as if he had seen them somewhere.

This is called the hippocampus effect.

The scientific explanation is that it is caused by one side of the brain suddenly processing information faster than the other side.

Just like when looking at an object, the optic nerve directly passes through the brain and passes the picture to the memory nerve. When the brain reacts, the picture is already in the memory. Therefore, when watching a scene, you will feel familiar for a moment, as if you are in a dream. seen in. 4

But Jiang Ke remembered that he had told Ren Vince that he dreamed of men, women, and a gloomy well. The appearance of the well was exactly the same as the one drawn in the sketchbook of the drawing boy.

Therefore, the pictures he saw felt familiar. They were not just a simple hippocampus effect. He had actually seen them in his dreams.

Jiang Ke thought of his "prediction" ability when he was a child.

Was that dream also a "prediction" of something that might happen?

Will the direction of the story be the same as in the dream?

Are the dances performed by those women in the dream for sacrifice?

Who is being sacrificed?

And the river water, what do the densely packed bones buried in the river bed represent?