Seeing this scene, Brucille suddenly had a feeling of mourning for the deceased.
But he couldn’t be sure who was buried at the bottom of the small slope, and he didn’t dare to speak rashly. He could only stand aside and wait quietly.
Xiangyu sighed and said, “Forget it. Let’s go. There are no more memories of our childhood. There are only some broken tiles left in this house.”
Fortunately, Brucille did not kneel down and kowtow just now. It turned out that the small slope was the old house of their family, not someone’s grave.
After visiting this small soil slope, the three of them walked together into the village.
Brucille finally saw a living person. A silver-haired old man walked towards him. He limped as he walked, and his movements were very slow.
Perhaps it was because he saw that Brucille and the other two were dressed glamorously, he could tell at a glance that they were young people from the city.
The old man stopped and put his injured left leg on the crutch.
Without knowing the identity of the other party, Brucille took three steps forward as if he were taking two or three steps. He quickly inserted himself in front of the two sisters and blocked them behind him.
The four people were getting closer and closer. The old man was still standing in the middle of the weeds and did not make way for them. He narrowed his eyes and stared at the three people coming toward him.
Cough cough…
The old man coughed a few times and spat out a mouthful of yellow phlegm. Hearing this, Brucille analyzed that the old man might have inflammation.
“Young man, who are you looking for?”
Brucille replied, “Sir, shall we ask Hu Yunshang if she lives here?”
On the way here, Brucille had found out that the patient’s name was Sister Yunshang, whom the two sisters had mentioned.
It seemed that Hongyu recognized the old man in front of her. She took a step forward and stood beside Brucille, asking, “You are the old village chief, aren’t you? We are the three-in-a-kind sisters of the Ai family, I am the eldest sister Wanqing, and this is my second sister, Wanjing.”
The old man blinked his wrinkled old face a few times. He should have thought of the identity of the two sisters, and a smile appeared on his lips.
“Oh, it turns out to be a three-year-old sister. She is a big girl, isn’t she? After so many years, she has grown up and become beautiful. How are our parents?”
Jiuniang said, “Our parents passed away in the early years. We grew up with the help of kind-hearted people.”
Hearing this result, the village chief’s smiling face became serious again.
“Oh, why did you come back when you were having a good time outside? The girl, Yunshang, is also pitiful. You’d better leave quickly. It will only take two or three days. There are only a few people left in the village. Damn it, they are all dead.”
“Village Chief, we brought a doctor back. This is Dr. Ye, a very famous doctor. He is very good at treating difficult and complicated diseases. I want him to come back to see Big Sister Cloud Aty.”
The old chieftain looked at Brucille with a bitter expression on his face. He was already more than old age, and he could earn money every day if he could survive. However, the two girls in front of him were different. They had great youth and future.
He said indifferently, “It’s useless for any doctor. If the doctor works, will the whole Ai Family Village die? Big girl, take the second girl and leave quickly. Don’t come back forever.”
Brucille originally felt that this was a matter of illness, but the village chief’s words revealed that this village was not simple. This person was already on the verge of death, yet he still couldn’t be treated.
He opened his mouth and said, “Village Chief, no matter what, we’re all here. Let me take a look at the patient’s condition.”
Village Chief knew that Brucille was a foreigner and had no idea what had happened in the A Family Village. He shouted anxiously, “It’s simply nonsense. These two girls managed to escape from the A Family Village with great difficulty. What should we do if they get infected with the plague again?”
“P…”
Brucille took a deep breath and looked at the two sisters behind him. It was obvious that the two sisters had hidden something from him.
But what he didn’t know was what the two sisters had hidden from him.
The old village head in front of him was still not satisfied. He wanted to say something but stopped on second thought.
The four of them stood on this narrow path. Hongyu finally opened her mouth and said, “This is not a good place to talk. Village Chief, since we are here, we should take a look at Big Sister Yunshang. She is like a relative in my heart.”
Old Village took a long breath and then turned around. He limped and led the way in front of the crowd. On a road that was about a hundred meters long, Village Chief walked for a few minutes in a daze.
The two sisters supported each other. At this time, Brucille was walking at the back. The big yellow dog, who had been bullied by him just now, stared at him covetously.
In order to prevent the dog from causing trouble, Brucille broke a wooden stick and held it in his hand. From time to time, he would try to drive the dog away.
It turned out that his move was very useful. This yellow dog kept a distance of more than 10 meters from him.
The house in front of him was made of mud and mud. It was very rare to see such a building. A huge fragrant plant with luxuriant branches and leaves covered the house completely.
Brucille walked into the guest hall and saw a square table and two long stools. There was also a photo of the deceased on the table. It seemed to be the wife of the village chief.
Hongyu and Jiuniang bowed to the photo and sat down.
Village Chief used a water jar to pour some water for several people. Although it was only the roughest wild tea in the mountain, Brucille tasted a different flavor. The tea made by the spring water was indeed more mellow and fragrant.
Hongyu then said, “I’m sorry, Brucille. I didn’t tell you before because I was afraid that you wouldn’t come with us. This place used to be dead, and it has been dead all the time. It is said that those who have been cursed to live here will gradually die.”
After saying that, she opened the Village Chief’s mouth. The old Village Chief said, “Girl, you don’t know the truth at all. This place is either a curse or a real plague.”
“There were many people in the village more than 40 years ago, but someone suddenly got a strange disease, and then it gradually spread in the village. At that time, the barefoot doctor also came to see it, but it was not suppressed.”
“There are more and more people getting sick, and more and more people die. Some people began to run out of the village, but many people died after leaving the village. Maybe people who have never lived in the village will not get this kind of disease.”
“After Yunshang got married, she didn’t bring her son back. So her son is fine, but she can’t escape from such bad luck. Now her husband has divorced her, and she and father rely on each other for survival. I’m afraid that there won’t be much time left.”
Every piece of news that Village Chief had said was extremely novel to Brucille. He didn’t really believe in the theory of curses. Even though the feng shui of this place was a little lacking, it wasn’t enough to curse everyone to death.
Moreover, this place was far away from the city. It should be a beautiful place. It should be a famous Longevity Village. How could it be full of dead people?
“Village Chief, according to what you said, the plague hasn’t been found out for so many years, do you understand?”
“This place is already a place for strangers to stay away from. Who’s going to investigate this matter? Moreover, that barefoot doctor died after he went back. Who would dare to come?”