C6 Mutation
She was closing in on me, and the fear and pressure made me stick to the wall.
Closer and closer, closer and closer. I couldn't see what she was holding in her hand until she was standing right in front of me.
She waved a chicken head in front of me, smirked, and said, "You..." You're a dead man.
I pushed her away and ran back, attracting a lot of attention, but I didn't care, because now the fear was greater than anything else.
I was afraid of her mainly because, when I was a child, my mother used to scare me with that crazy woman, and whenever I disobeyed her, she said she would give me to her as a son.
In this village, basically everyone had a crazy woman in their childhood.
I don't know where she came from, and I don't know why she's crazy, but I've seen her do crazy things.
I ran straight to the house, and the image of Grandpa Huang's dead body and that crazy woman's face kept shrinking and enlarging in my mind.
I felt like my head was about to explode.
Father put his hand on my shoulder and asked me what was going on. How could I be like this when I went to Mister Huang's place?
I didn't answer, just kept breathing, and the words were hard to say.
My father pressed on, and when I looked at his face and saw he was home, I felt a little safe.
Lord Huang was dead.
My words made my mother drop to the floor.
My father looked puzzled, as if he were asking me, as if he were asking himself.
I told him all the details of the matter, and he suddenly started to complain about himself.
If he had not gone to Yellow Emperor for help, then Yellow Emperor would not have been involved in this matter and would not have been murdered.
Just as we were discussing how to leave, there was a sudden shout from outside the door, and a series of knocks that were not made by the hand.
Someone was pounding on the door.
My father immediately grabbed his sickle and hurried downstairs. Although he told me not to show my face, I followed him anyway. Ah Tong was still hiding behind me, tugging at my clothes.
The door opened from the inside, and the construction hammer that was smashing the door stopped. A dozen or so people blocked the door, and the one leading them was none other than Uncle Zhou.
Within the crowd, there was someone who was talking, yelling that when he saw me running out of Yellow Emperor's clinic, running straight home, and found his corpse in his clinic, he was sure I had done it.
Hand them over, hand them over! The barking did not stop.
Uncle Zhou made a gesture, then stopped abruptly. He pointed at me and looked at my father.
"Chen Jianli, I didn't destroy your house because of our friendship for so many years. As long as you hand Chen Liang over, I'll immediately take them away."
I started to step forward, but my mother stopped me. She shook her head at me.
My father was tough and said he wouldn't hand me over no matter what.
Uncle Zhou swore: Chen Jianli, don't refuse a toast and drink a forfeit. Your son is now suspected of murder. If I call the police, your son will inevitably be imprisoned.
"I didn't kill those people. Uncle Zhou, I can still call you Uncle Zhou now because I respect you. Don't tear my face apart!"
I gave my mother to Ah Tong and rushed to my father's side. I didn't know where I got the nerve to say such a thing.
"Yo, you actually still have this kind of tone even after killing Elder Huang." Uncle Zhou didn't say anything, but the people around him started to talk too much.
I clenched my fists. I really didn't kill him. You can go and take a look. The blood has already dried up. How could I have killed him?!
Uncle Zhou slapped my face and scolded me, "Don't f * cking talk. What reason do I have to bring you away!"
He pulled me, and the men behind him rushed forward and held my father, whose face was pressed to the ground after the rain.
I tried to struggle, but I was also beaten up. Surprisingly, although I felt pain, it didn't last long.
I forced myself to my feet and pushed everyone around me to help my father up from the ground.
Uncle Zhou threatened to call the police, but didn't do anything.
The scene was a mess. It was unknown where this voice came from: "Fire!"
Everyone stopped and looked towards the source of the voice. It was coming from the location of Lord Huang's clinic.
Black smoke billowed into the sky. Uncle Zhou glared at me: "I'll let you go this time. Next time, I'll make sure you die with my daughter."
I wiped the blood from the corner of my mouth.
In my ear she whispered to me, apologetically, My husband, my father must have done it for a reason. I'm sorry.
"Scram, I don't need you to treat my wounds." If it hadn't been for her, none of this would have happened.
I stood where I was, looking in the direction of the fire.
This way, I won't be able to return to the monastery for the time being. Who knows what Uncle Zhou will do to my parents after I leave.
I asked Ah Tong about it. He didn't know what was going on, but he was happy to stay and eat from my mother.
It was all over for the time being because of a fire, and they didn't come back all afternoon, as if they were busy looking for the arsonist.
I might have to thank him for that. If it hadn't been for the fire, I don't know how things would have gone on.
In the evening, his father blocked the door with a cupboard before he dared to rest.
My mother was in the kitchen, washing the dishes, when she saw me go in and asked if I had anything to do.
"Mom, can you tell me about that crazy woman?" I led Ah Tong to the dining table. He yawned, his little hat tilted to one side.
Mother put down the bowl in her hands and shook her arms. Why are you suddenly asking me this?
I couldn't tell you the truth, so I lied: When you were a kid, you used to scare me with crazy women, and now I'm scared.
Mother sighed and said, "Crazy woman's real name is He Xiu. She's rather pitiful. She married from abroad at the age of nineteen. Her husband is a fishmonger, so the conditions are pretty good."
Originally, the two of them were living peacefully. However, something happened later on when He Xiu killed her husband with her own hands, causing her to go crazy shortly after his death.
My mother stroked my head and smiled. But thankfully she was there, and you know how naughty you were when you were a kid. No one but her could frighten you.
That's all Mother told me, and that's all she knew. Ever since He Xiu went crazy, the entire village treated her like a jinx, often throwing her vegetables or rotten eggs.
The village chief took over her house and let her live in the dog house.
It all happened when I was a kid, and I didn't know it, but I do remember when my father took me to town when I was eight.
I sat behind my bike and saw a dog on a leash and a woman in front of the house.
Then the dog was gone, leaving the woman with the collar around her neck but no chain.
Someone had once told him that the stone from the woman had smashed the dog to death.
I sat on the bed and looked out the window.
Ah Tong had already fallen asleep. He was slurping his lips and talking in his sleep. His saliva dripped onto my pillow.
There was a soft sound in the window, and I thought the bat had hit the window.
But then there was a soft sound, as if someone downstairs had hit the window with a pebble.
I walked over to the window, where I could just barely make out the shadows downstairs in the dark.
I spoke to him, asked him who he was, and he didn't answer, and then another stone fell beside me.
At some point, Zhou Ling had appeared by my side. She looked in my direction.
"It's that woman. She seems to be calling for you."
I ignored her, but left the room anyway.
What I'm more curious about is why Mad Woman would look for me at this time. What's the matter?
Knowing that she was a poor person, I wasn't so afraid of her. She was just a madman in the eyes of others, but she didn't "eat children" or do anything bad.
She came up to me at once, always with that expression that made me feel so strange, and I still didn't dare to come into contact with her.
I asked her what was the matter, and she didn't say anything, but just as I was about to turn and leave, she held me back.
Loach field, you must leave quickly.
Cold sweat trickles down my back. The Heavenly Loach is my childhood nickname, how did she know about it?
