father snake

The crackling and cracking of the firecrackers in front of the crowd was endless, and the children who naturally love to join in the fun sneaked around in the crowd, screaming loudly, and the adults scolded them from time to time.

Weddings are always festive. There is a saying in China about red and white weddings. Red is for weddings, and white is for funerals. Whether it is life or death, it must be lively and joyous. Everyone gathers together to celebrate or to express gratitude.

This wedding follows the ancient worship of heaven and earth. Amidst the sound of firecrackers, the newcomers are sent into the bridal chamber. Of course, this is just a symbolic way to put the newcomers into a room in the ancestral hall for a while. After all, it is already a modern society. The bridal chamber seems to be too outdated, and the younger generation will not be happy. The next step is naturally to hold a banquet at the hotel in the town. Everyone will have a meal, and the couple will have a drink with them.

According to the plan, the steps of the wedding are naturally like this, but accidents often happen at the most unexpected time, which makes people only lament the impermanence of fate. However, is this really a trick of impermanence?

The room that was temporarily used as a new house was covered by a tall locust tree, providing shade.

The newlyweds were surrounded and entered the bridal chamber, and the crowd dispersed amidst the laughter and booing, leaving the time alone for the couple. About half an hour later, they would re-enter the room to welcome them out.

When they entered, they saw that the bride had already collapsed on the ground, her complexion was pale and she was breathless, while the groom seemed to be petrified, stupefied, unable to even speak.

Mother Zhang passed out from crying several times, crying hoarsely, "I told you not to marry, my son, why are you disobedient, what will mother do when you go, son, you died unjustly, The Shi family, you have to pay for my daughter's life, otherwise I will fight with you, and I will let you bury my daughter with my old life, my son, my son, why don't you listen to me If so, how can I live if you leave so early—”

The police from the police station surrounded the scene and called for the forensic autopsy. They were all chaotic, trying to appease the woman's relatives who were about to riot, and at the same time cooperating with the police station to investigate the situation.

The investigation did not find anything. The bride had no wounds on the outside. It is said that the cause of death was myocardial infarction according to the forensic doctor. This cause of death is not satisfactory to anyone. For such a young, disease-free and painless person, myocardial infarction is myocardial infarction. ?But the laboratory test sheet is there, and no one can't help but believe it.

Shi Xiaochuan worriedly looked at Zhang Guo, who had been silently by Mama Zhang's side all the time. He was usually expressive and restless like a monkey, but now he supported Mama Zhang and comforted her from time to time. Mama Zhang cried When she fainted in his arms, he was also taking care of her with one hand. In one night, she seemed to have grown up by several years.

Shi Xiaochuan couldn't help on such occasions, the comforting words were too pale, Shi Xiaochuan wouldn't say anything, just shook Zhang Guo's shoulder, and then left the Shi Family Ancestral Hall.

Breaking away from that sad atmosphere, the traffic outside was full of vigor and haste, and it was not a place that swallowed people's lives like the Shi Family Ancestral Hall behind him.

After thinking about it, Shi Xiaochuan decided to go back to school first, but on the other side of the road, he saw a child entrusted to the police standing there, surrounded by people coming and going, but everyone hurried past as if turning a blind eye to such a small child, the child watched quietly He, gradually, Shi Xiaochuan felt that everything around him was slowly disappearing, and the only thing left was the child on the opposite side and the road separating them.

Shi Xiaochuan blinked, thinking that the sun probably dazzled his eyes, he just saw that the child's eyes seemed to turn red, he rubbed his eyes, looked over again, everything was normal, he saw the child shaking I was about to cross the road and ran over quickly.

He squatted down and grabbed the child's cold hand, "Why are you here? Did the police at the police station ignore you? Why are your hands so cold?"

He pinched the child's clothes and found that he was wearing quite a lot. It was probably the child's clothes that the police aunt at the police station found for him. They were not new, but they were clean and tidy. They looked energetic, but the child's temperature was still very high. Low, he held the child's cool hand in his own, warming him up.

He took the child's hand and walked slowly towards the police station. The tragic incident happened today, and the police from the police station probably all rushed there. On the one hand, they wanted to investigate the case, and on the other hand, they also wanted to prevent large-scale riots. Conflict, this kind of thing is not unheard of.

I heard from the old man that, more than ten years ago, in the year when there was a severe drought, people from two villages had a big fight in order to fight for the water source of the upper and lower reservoirs. They died in the chaos, and dozens of people were injured. In the end, it was the government that came forward to resolve the matter. At that time, the police fired warning shots to wake up the group of red-eyed people.

The child tugged at his hand, Shi Xiaochuan looked down at him, "What's wrong?"

"She's dead."

He heard the child say such a sentence slowly, his voice was hoarse and old, sounding a bit like the voice of an old man.

Shi Xiaochuan was a little unsure if the words just now were said by the child, "You——what did you say just now?"

The child raised his pale face and looked at him, always calm, with a smile on his expressionless face, "She's dead."

Shi Xiaochuan was silent for a while, then asked in a low voice, "How do you know?"

He didn't ask who died. It seems that there is no need to ask this question. Just now, the child used a declarative tone and said "she died" so casually, as if the person who died was not a living person, but a humanoid. symbol.

This is not cruelty, but indifference.

The child looked at a fallen leaf on the ground, "I knew she would die a long time ago." He didn't look into Shi Xiaochuan's shocked eyes, but smiled softly, "A dog who is in a hurry must find a way, but—— —" He stepped on the yellow leaves swirling on the ground blown by the wind with his feet, "What should come will always come."

Shi Xiaochuan let go of his hand and asked seriously, "Who are you?"

These words made him suspect that maybe Zhang Guo's sister's death had something to do with the child!If that's the case, the self who has been protecting that egg and bringing the child to Lingshan Town is an accomplice!

The child looked at his empty hand, and suddenly stretched out his small hand to hold Shi Xiaochuan, and firmly grasped Shi Xiaochuan's with his thin fingers. He said, "What do you say I am?"

Shi Xiaochuan noticed that he did not say "who am I", but "what am I", which is just a simple replacement, but it has a completely different meaning. "Who" represents human beings, while "what" can be Anything, like a snake.

The child stared into Shi Xiaochuan's eyes and said word by word, "Of course you know what I am."

Under his sight, Shi Xiaochuan had to admit that maybe he knew what he was a long time ago.

always knew.