Thinking of this, Bangzi began to feel intensely uneasy. He remembered that after landing on the shore, he couldn't help but feel guilty. He looked back and happened to see the scene of the old village chief screaming in the water. He saw the last scene of the old village chief.

That resentful look before being drowned by the waves.

When I thought of that look in my eyes, I trembled unconsciously, and goosebumps appeared on my body.

But before Bangzi could think too much, the door to his room was pushed open with a bang, and then a voice shouted: "Bangzi, something happened, hurry up, let's go and take a look."

Bangzi was already trapped in horrific memories. This sudden surprise shocked Bangzi. After finally calming down, he couldn't help but roared angrily: "Mom, what are you doing? You

Don’t you know that being startled can scare people to death?”

In fact, Bangzi wouldn't dare to talk to his mother like this in normal times, but for some reason, he was so angry these days that he suddenly got angry.

After finishing speaking, Bangzi also felt a little regretful, but at this time Bangzi's mother was too lazy to argue with Bangzi, and came over hurriedly and said: "Bangzi, the old priest in the village is dead!"

"Dead? What did you say? He is dead? Did those people hit him too hard yesterday?" Bangzi's heart sank. In such an emergency period, the death of a person is undoubtedly a heavy thing, not to mention,

There was such a fuss yesterday!

Now the people in the village are very fragile, for fear of committing another crime. If they die like this, it will be unthinkable.

In fact, during these days, many people who quietly did good things suddenly appeared in the village. Whether they took the initiative to maintain the public facilities in the village or helped the elderly do this or that, these were all things that the old village chief worried about before.

What's the use of regretting afterwards? Bangzi suddenly remembered the words of the old priest.

Faced with Bangzi's question, Bangzi's mother said: "It wasn't the villagers who beat him to death. He hanged himself in front of the door beam of his yard. Why can't you think about this man? Hey."

When Bangzi's mother said this, her tone was a little relaxed. She probably felt the same as Bangzi, as long as she wasn't beaten to death.

Bangzi also breathed a sigh of relief and sighed: "Yes, I saw him last night. He looked a little crazy. Hey, this person is crazy. I'm afraid he can do anything. Let me go and take a look."

"Well, let's go and have a look. The people in the village are planning to give him a grand burial. It's not easy for a lonely old man." Bangzi's mother said with a particularly soft heart.

Not only Bangzi's mother is so soft-hearted, but also the people in the village. These days, they have become extra soft-hearted, sensitive, fragile and violent. The old priest's madness touched their sensitive nerves, and the old priest's death touched them again.

Softness of heart.

The old priest was buried smoothly because he left a letter, which was his last words. The letter said that he had taken the first step. He only hoped to be buried in peace, so he had to take the first step.

The people in the village unanimously spent money and effort to hold a beautiful funeral for him, fearing that there would be a little mistake. The old priest just wanted to be buried in peace, but the villagers went all out and held a grand funeral, fearing that the funeral would not be a beautiful one.

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In addition, everyone in the village who attended the funeral cried as if they were the biological children of the old priest. Especially those who participated in the beating of the old priest that night were so shocked that they knelt in front of the grave and kowtowed.

Earth-moving.

This funeral seems so ridiculous to outsiders. Is it useful to do such a thing after death? But the people in the village don't think so. In their eyes, it seems that this is the only way to vent the pain in their hearts that has nowhere to vent.

mercy.

The old priest just left like this. In the whole story, he may be the only wise person. He has seen many things and sadly seen through the despicable side of human nature. However, he shouted that the resentful ghost came back to kill the whole village, but

Is that a grudge?

Obviously, the old priest may know some metaphysics, but he is not proficient in it, so he cannot figure out what the one who came back is, but I think he doesn't want to figure it out, let alone know whether the one who comes back is a resentful ghost.

After Feng Guang's funeral, life in the village became peaceful again, and the pair of shoes discovered ten days ago gradually no longer made the people in the village so sensitive.

More and more people are starting to talk about this matter. This matter is no longer the 'wound of confinement'.

Of course, no matter how they discuss it, people will eventually laugh and conclude that it is a coincidence that a pair of shoes rolled up by the river. Finally, they say goodbye warmly and politely. If you want to say what is the biggest change during this period, it is undoubtedly the people in the entire village.

Started to become more affectionate.

At dinner time, Bangzi and Bangzi's mother were having a meal. The meal was quite sumptuous. After all, in addition to two vegetarian dishes and a fish head soup, there was also a bowl of braised fish.

During this period, Bangzi's mother changed her previous frugal habit and always cooked rich meals. In their family, only mother and son depended on each other. It was not easy for Bangzi's mother to change this frugal habit.

Bangzi ate very well. He ate a lot of fish and a lot of rice. The table was full of fish bones that he spit out.

"Mom, your cooking has tasted a lot better lately." If you are satisfied with your meal, of course, praise is indispensable.

"Isn't it delicious? There are meat dishes in every meal." Bangzi's mother said while picking up vegetables for Bangzi.

"Mom, why did you become so willing to give up?"

"I just thought, this person might leave anytime, so I should eat." Bangzi's mother suddenly felt very emotional.

"Mom" Bangzi suddenly raised his head and shouted. He actually didn't want to think about these things.

"Oh, it's true. Mom was very emotional. You said that if we had saved the old village chief, we wouldn't have been so tortured." At this point, Bangzi's mother paused and then said, "Although the shoes are made of river water,

I came up here, but I always felt uneasy thinking about it, but now I regret it.”

Bangzi was silent. After a long time, Bangzi said: "Mom, I am actually very guilty. I don't know why I was like this at the time. Think about it, there is no monster under the wave. I am afraid, everyone is there."

Rowing as hard as I could, I was afraid that I wouldn’t be able to catch up! And wasn’t there someone who couldn’t be saved from the beginning? I thought there would always be someone who could save me, so I thought”

"Forget it, son, don't explain. Mom was watching from the shore! Mom also thought at the time, don't delay yourself because of anything, and hurry back to the shore. I didn't want you to save people. I thought

It’s fine if someone else saves her. But hey,” Bangzi’s mother was silent. Isn’t everyone’s thoughts about this kind of thing the same?

Just like a bad thing, but it is related to one's own life and death. If the first person has the courage to do it, there will always be others who will follow and do it, and then everyone will do it.

This is like Pandora's box in Western legends. Once a crack is opened, disaster and misfortune will fly out and it can never be closed again.

Night, peaceful.

With such a mood, Bangzi and Bangzi's mother fell asleep respectively.

Li Yuan from the same village also fell asleep at this time. For some reason, Li Yuan had a lot of thoughts on his mind that night. He kept thinking about many things, all about the old village chief.

That night, Li Yuan had a dream.

Dreaming is a normal thing, but this dream

In the dream, Li Yuan first dreamed about the old village chief's life, all in black and white, like a movie, and the scenes were displayed in front of Li Yuan. The time in the dream seemed to be very long, covering the old village chief's life.

In this life, the time in the dream seems to be very short, and each scene passes like lightning.

In this dream, Li Yuan saw the old village chief greeting him, and also saw the old village chief helping his family through difficulties. Several times in the dream, Li Yuan's eyes were wet. He was the first

A man who refused to save the old village chief felt uncomfortable and guilty. He wanted to go up and say sorry to the old village chief.

But this dream was so strange. He was like a complete bystander, unable to do anything at all, even to step forward and apologize.

Li Yuan was very anxious, very anxious, but the dream finally played like a movie, showing the last scene of the old village chief before his death, the river, the sunshine that day, and a group of them paddling a small boat to inspect the fishing grounds.
Chapter completed!