There was lightning and thunder all night, and a violent storm all night.

At dawn, the storm finally stopped, the clouds cleared and the fog dispersed, and a sunrise slowly rose from the eastern horizon.

Yang Huamei went to bed very late last night and was still sleeping with her head covered, but Mrs. Tan was already awake.

She gently stood up, rinsed her mouth and face, opened the window slightly, and saw the dead leaves and branches that had fallen to the ground in the yard after being ravaged by the wind and rain.

Mrs. Tan shook her head and muttered, 'It's too dirty and messy. I'll ask them to come over and clean it up later.'

Then the old lady opened the dressing box that had been with her all her life, took out a wooden comb, a bottle of combing oil, a few hairpins and other things and placed them in front of her. She also placed a small bronze mirror as big as her palm.

Right in front of my own face.

The paint on the edge of this bronze mirror has long since peeled off. I bought it when I got married to Lao Yangtou.

Although the face reflected in the bronze mirror at that time was not a moon-shy face, it was still young.

Unlike now, there is just a wrinkled face in the bronze mirror.

Mrs. Tan thought of the time when she was young, doing her makeup in the mirror. When she was satisfied with her makeup, she liked to make faces in the mirror.

Now that I'm old enough, I'm on the other side. I don't dare to look in the mirror, and there's a grimace in the mirror.

"Mom, Mei'er, are you in the house? Something happened, something happened, something big happened!"

The sudden shouting was so sharp and urgent that the comb in Tan's hand fell to the ground with a clatter.

Yang Huamei on the bed was also awakened by the movement. She lifted the quilt and rubbed her eyes and asked Tan, "Mom, did someone call us?"

Mrs. Tan picked up the comb and put it back into the box. Looking out the window at the figure banging on the door of the courtyard, she said angrily: "It's your fourth sister-in-law. She's really full!"

Fourth sister-in-law? Mrs. Liu?

"Mom, let the fourth sister-in-law come in quickly. Maybe there is something urgent."

Yang Huamei said that Liu's voice sounded very urgent.

Mrs. Tan walked out with a gloomy face, "I'll take a look, but don't get up."

Mrs. Tan cursed and went over to open the courtyard door.

As soon as the courtyard door opened, Mrs. Liu rushed in, took Ms. Tan's hand and stamped her feet and said, "Mother, mother, does the few acres of land at the south end of our village belong to Mei'er's family?"

Mrs. Tan was stunned for a moment. She really didn't know where the acres of fields owned by Lao Wang's family were located!

"She's from my family, fourth sister-in-law, what's wrong?"

Yang Huamei's figure appeared at the west room window, looking towards the courtyard door.

When Mrs. Tan saw that Yang Huamei had fallen to the ground, she shouted anxiously to her: "It's windy outside, don't stand there just after you wake up!"

Yang Huamei was thinking about the few acres of farmland at home, how could she possibly move back, and wished she could fully stretch out her body.

"Fourth sister-in-law, what's going on?" she asked again in a loud voice.

Before Mrs. Liu could speak, Mrs. Tan pushed her hard: "Go into the house quickly and tell Meier, don't make any nonsense like this!"

Ms. Liu said: "I'm not just yelling, I'm talking about serious things."

Mrs. Tan glanced at Yang Huamei, who was still waiting at the window, and waved her hand impatiently at Mrs. Liu: "Okay, okay, no matter what happens, just go inside and talk about it!"

The field is a small matter, but it is a big deal for me, Meier, to stand at the window blowing the cold wind right after she wakes up!

Mr. Liu ran into the west room.

At this time, Yang Huamei had already arrived from the west room into the main room.

Seeing Mrs. Liu coming in, Yang Huamei rushed over and asked anxiously: "Sister-in-law four, what's going on with how many acres of land my family has?"

Mrs. Liu asked: "Is it the acres near the Tutu Temple?"

Yang Huamei nodded vigorously: "It's from my family."

Because those few acres of farmland were close to the Tutu Temple, many times when villagers went to burn incense at the Tutu Temple, they would often step on her family's field. She said it several times but couldn't help it. It was really annoying!

I planted some winter wheat a while ago, and my father-in-law went to take care of it when he had time. Anyway, it is better to harvest a little bit than to leave it there to grow grass.

"Mei'er, there was thunder and lightning last night, and it rained so heavily. The rest of our village is fine, but unfortunately, the wheat in your few acres of land is gone!"

"It's gone? What do you mean? Why is it gone? Did it wash away in the rain or something?" Yang Huamei couldn't quite understand what Liu meant by "gone".

Mrs. Tan also followed in. The old lady stomped the mud on her feet. When she saw Mrs. Liu leaving a long, dirty footprint behind her, Mrs. Tan rolled her eyes in anger.

"Your sister is asking you something, please explain it quickly!"

Mrs. Tan urged impatiently, waiting for her to finish and get out so she could wipe the floor!

Mrs. Liu ignored Mrs. Tan's urging and said to Yang Huamei: "Are you surprised? It rained heavily last night, but a large area of ​​your wheat field was completely black, as if it had been burned by a fire!

"

"What? Burned?" Yang Huamei was stunned.

Who can light a fire in a field during such a heavy rainstorm?

The torch can be put out before it's even lifted!

Mrs. Tan was also dumbfounded.

"Fourth family member, are you kidding me?"

"Mom, I'm not kidding. There are a lot of people there looking strange. I just came over there and saw with my own eyes that the ground was completely burnt."

"Tsk tsk, Mei'er, you can't count on even one grain of winter wheat this year."

Yang Huamei's face turned pale, and her eyes almost popped out of their sockets.

I just heard my mother talking about those weird things last night, but I didn't expect that they would suddenly happen in my field.

If there is no harvest, then there will be no harvest. This is a natural disaster!

Compared with the lack of harvest, what shocked Yang Huamei more was why it happened like that?

"Is there a spirit that has become a spirit?" The doubts in his heart blurted out.

Mrs. Tan's expression also changed, apparently she and Yang Huamei were thinking of going together.

"I don't know if something turned into a spirit," Ms. Liu said. "However, people in the village said that because the place is close to the Tutu Temple, and the City God lives in the Tutu Temple, it's possible that the ghosts underneath have escaped.

Out?"

"You're talking nonsense!" Ms. Tan directly denied Mr. Liu's remarks without even thinking.

"There was such a huge lightning and thunder, and the Thunder God and Lightning Mother were all angry. Which kid dared to run out without risking his life?" asked Tan again.

Mrs. Liu curled her lips and smiled strangely, "Mom, you don't understand this. Those little devils are already dead, so what are they afraid of?"

Mrs. Tan snorted coldly, "You don't understand anything and why are you still talking about me? Ghosts can die too, and their souls will be scattered when they die!"

"Mom, Fourth Sister-in-law, please stop arguing about that right now," Yang Huamei interrupted their argument anxiously, holding her stomach.

"I want to take a look at the fields to see what's going on."

When Tan heard this, he almost jumped up from the ground, "No, how can you run out in this situation? You don't want your life!"

Mrs. Liu also said: "Mei'er, you really can't go. The ground is muddy. If you fall and knock yourself later, my mother will cause trouble for me!"

Mrs. Tan stared and prepared to scold Mrs. Liu. Mrs. Liu slapped her thigh and exclaimed: "There is one more thing I forgot to tell you, Qing'er, Qing'er gave birth to a baby last night!"
Chapter completed!