Twins in Tibet

This village is called Li Village. The men in the village are all surnamed Li, and most of the women in the village are also surnamed Li.Those not surnamed Li have lived here for several generations, and everyone knows the basics.When Xiuxiu first came here, because she was pretty, had a sweet mouth, and a generous hand, she was very fond of her. Basically, everyone in the village liked her very much.However, things are too smooth, and it is not life.

One year after Xiuxiu gave birth to Gouwa, Xiuxiu just turned 20.This year, floods suddenly occurred in the village. Heavy rain and light rain continued continuously. For more than ten days in a row, the sun did not rise above the head.In addition, the terrain of the village is relatively low, so the rainwater gathers here.

In less than half a month, all the crop fields were flooded, and all the unharvested wheat was soaked in water.The stagnant water in the village has also reached the house. Every day, what the villagers have to do is to raise the threshold of their own house.However, the rain continued to fall.

The crops were flooded, the livestock were flooded, and when it seemed that even their homes were about to be flooded, the villagers broke out.A rumor began to spread among them that the reason why it kept raining in the village was because someone was cursing the village.Otherwise, why is it only raining here?In big towns, even rainy days are rare.

Speaking of it, it is indeed very strange, the rain seems to have identified the Li family village.For half a month, the rain has not stopped, but in the surrounding forest, there is very little rain. The rain every two or three days makes the villagers always think that the rain in the village will stop for a day.

But when the rain didn't stop and there was no food at home, the villagers began to doubt their persistence. The rumors that appeared at this time were their spiritual pillars. Aren't they cursed?Then find out the person who cursed the village, kill him, and the curse in the village will be eliminated.

Finally, when rumors spread to every corner of the village, the villagers broke out.The men were holding wooden sticks, the women were holding rolling pins, and even the elderly and children were holding things in their hands. They went door to door looking for the person who cast the curse.

Start searching from the innermost part of the village, under the bed, in the closet, in the box, wherever you can hide things.Of course they won't find anything. Old man Li didn't take part in this kind of thing. He was holding his grandson in his house and worrying about the flooded crops in the distance.

When those people searched his house, looking at the red eyes of the villagers, old man Li couldn't say what he wanted to stop.I had to sigh and let them come in and search.The sieve containing needlework on the table was overturned by them to the ground, and the cut cloth was to make clothes for the grandson, but they trampled it in a mess.

The cabinet door was opened, and all the clothes inside were pulled out and left on the floor.The mattress was lifted, and the things on the bed did not escape the fate of being thrown to the ground.Even the ashes in the stove were pulled out and searched carefully.

But still nothing was found. Old man Li's house was the last one. The villagers found nothing, and their original irascible mood became more violent. They smashed open the east house of old man Li's house, which was for his son and daughter-in-law. The built house contains nothing but beds and wardrobes.This group of people started searching frantically, but the old man Li and the old woman ignored their grandson while holding their grandson.

However, something unexpected happened.No one expected that when a village woman opened the jewelry box on Xiuxiu's dressing table, she would find a yellow cloth strip among a pile of silver jewelry.Underneath the silver jewelry, the yellow cloth strip was very conspicuous. The village woman was illiterate, so she showed the cloth strip to the literate people in the village.

"Flooded, burned, struck by lightning, razed to the ground." The literate person held a yellow cloth strip and read the words on it.Immediately the villagers started making noise and flooded. Their village has been raining for a long time, which can already be called flooding.Moreover, a few days ago, everyone found that there was a fire in the forest, which could also be called a fire.Lightning strike, is it normal to have thunder when it rains?

Under everyone's wild guesses, what happened in the village these days was all connected with this yellow cloth strip.Therefore, they have already made a conclusion as to who the person who cursed the village is.

Regardless of Xiuxiu's explanation, regardless of the old man Li and the old lady's kneeling pleas, and regardless of the crying of the one-year-old child, the villagers rudely tied Xiuxiu to the ancestral hall in the middle of the village, and flogged her first to force her to admit This yellow cloth strip was made by Xiuxiu, making Xiuxiu admit that she cursed the village.

But Xiuxiu never let go, and Wulun never let go.In the end, the villagers became furious, even if Xiuxiu refused to admit it, they would burn Xiuxiu to death.Taking advantage of the heavy rain subsiding for a while, they set up wooden stakes in front of the ancestral hall and tied Xiuxiu to them.The crying old man Li and the old woman were blocked from approaching Xiuxiu, and the angry wood knocked them unconscious and threw them on the side of the road.

Old man Li touched his face and said: "That's it, they are going to burn Xiuxiu to death in front of us. I still remember that the fire at that time was always bright red in the dark sky. The people around, Each of them was holding a torch in a hideous manner. They spat at Xiuxiu and cursed Xiuxiu over and over again. At this time, they didn't even think about the gifts that Xiuxiu usually gave them, and that Xiuxiu usually helped them. The men who scolded the most fiercely even forgot that when they passed by Li's house, they would always find an opportunity to have a few words with Xiuxiu."

Chu Tianhan and the others regained their senses from the story. Cheng Jing glanced at the woman on the ground strangely, and then turned to look at old man Li: "Old man, didn't you say that Xiuxiu was burned to death? Then this..." Pointing to the ground The body, where there is the slightest trace of being burned.Not to mention being burned, there is no trace of being flooded.

Old man Li actually smiled at this time: "Good people are rewarded with good things. God is always open-eyed. They just lit the firewood under Xiuxiu, and God started to rain, and all the torches were extinguished." Li old man Furong didn't last long, and turned into anger again: "But they still want to kill Xiuxiu. If the fire doesn't kill her, they will drown Xiuxiu with water. Anyway, the village is full of water."

"They tied Xiuxiu to a stone, dug a big pit in front of the ancestral hall, and then threw the stone tied with Xiuxiu into the pit, and introduced the water from the village into the pit." Old man Li's tone can be called Gritting his teeth, anyone who kills someone who regards him as his own daughter will be angry. What's more, if he can't kill him once, he will have to do it a second time. It is a miracle that old man Li didn't fight desperately with the people in the village.

Cheng Jing raised her eyebrows: "What about the wood? Just been in a coma?"

Old man Li smiled wryly: "My house was surrounded by those people that day, and no one was allowed to enter or leave. Mu Mu locked himself in the east room and stayed there for three days without eating or drinking. Everyone in the village thought that After Xiuxiu must have died this time, the people who surrounded us were removed. Those people left, and the wood followed."

"In the middle of the night, his mother and I were coaxing Gouwa to sleep in the house, when we heard footsteps in the yard, we went out to have a look, only to find that the wood had come back." Old man Li stopped to catch his breath. The story is too long and I can't breathe.

Cheng Jing hurriedly handed over a cup of tea, which contained not tea leaves, but cooked yam, which had the effect of tonic.These were some that Xiao Xunran brought with him when he was buying medicinal materials on the way.Just seeing the old man couldn't hold on any longer, Cheng Jing quietly asked Li Mingyao to go out and make tea.

Old man Li thanked him, drank his saliva and continued: "Wu Mu didn't come back alone, he was carrying a person on his back. His mother and I were frightened at the time, thinking that he had gone out to fight with those people, but when he Carried him into the house, and we saw clearly that he was carrying Xiuxiu."

"However, the strange thing is that although Xiuxiu was submerged for three days, she didn't look like she was drowned at all, and she didn't even have any swelling on her body. But at this time, how can we care about doubting this, let alone No matter what Xiuxiu looks like, she is our daughter-in-law. So, his mother and I helped Mu Mu put Xiuxiu on the bed."

"Before we had time to ask Mu Mu what happened, Mu Mu said something that shocked us. He actually said that Xiuxiu was still alive. The first thing the old woman did at that time was not to doubt Mu Mu, but to listen to Xiuxiu. heartbeat, and then she affirmed Mu Mu's statement, saying that Xiuxiu is still alive."

Chu Tianhan and the others looked at Xiuxiu on the ground, and then at the old woman wiping her eyes. They had no doubts about the story told by old man Li. From their expressions, attitudes, and tone of voice, they could tell that they were not They made up stories, so they had some sympathy for Xiuxiu's experience.However, they couldn't ignore the doubts.

"Since Xiuxiu didn't die, how do you say you buried her?" Cheng Jing touched the rim of the cup and asked, and it was really strange that the wood was dead.

"Xiuxiu didn't die at the time, but she didn't wake up either. We took care of her for three days, but she never opened her eyes. She died on the third day." Old man Li's tone was very sad. After death, they had already planned to move, but suddenly died again, which made their family feel a little unacceptable.

"What about Mu Mu?" Chu Tianhan asked. According to old man Li, Mu Mu and Xiuxiu were very in love with each other. If Xiuxiu died, could Mu Mu commit suicide because of this?

Sure enough, upon hearing Chu Tianhan's question, Old Man Li's face became even more sad. The vertical and horizontal frowns on his face seemed to be filled with tears, which made people feel very bitter. After a pause, Li The old man said in a low voice: "Idiot, he couldn't bear the fact that Xiuxiu was dead, so he drank medicine and died that night."