Chapter 28: Dead people are possessed by evil spirits
Hearing this, Mrs . Liu couldn’t help but said: “If that is the case, then let your brother go instead of you . You stay here and work in the field . Your older brother is taller than you . His appet.i.te is bigger than yours . If he goes to the compet.i.tion in your place, the chance he will win is much higher . ”
Bai Erzhu was anxious: “That can’t be done . This good opportunity was found by me . Why should I let older brother do it instead of me? No, I can’t let him do it . I don’t agree . ”
The two brothers rushed in the courtyard and fight . No one wants to give in . In the end, Old Lady Bai was forced to take out another 50 copper coins . And let her two sons went to the town .
Zhao Lan was injured, she was not in the house . Bai Dazhu and Bai Erzhu went to the town . They will likely return by the evening . Only old and young women and children were left . No one was willing to work in the field . Old Lady Bai reprimanded her two daughters-in-law but even her grandchildren don’t want to work . So, she only let them rest in the house .
The villagers who pa.s.sed by their courtyard looked stunned and shook their heads: “I have never seen such a lazy family . At this hour, other family members are working early in the fields, but they only sleep at home . ”
After a while, Mrs . Liu came back from the riverside with freshly washed clothes and saw the old lady sitting in the backyard . She busily said with her: “Niang, I just washed the clothes by the river, and guess what I just heard?”
Old Lady Bai gave her a look and deeply sighed . Sh doesn’t have a good feeling about her words: “I didn’t go outside, so how will I know? If you want to say, then say it . If you don’t want to, then don’t . ”The old lady released a deep sighed .
What happened yesterday was still gripping her heart with sorrow . Mrs . Liu always helps the old woman in the past all the time . But as a result, this old woman only coldly hummed at her when she arrived?
But, how could Mrs . Liu not know what’s on the old woman’s mind? So, she busily said: “Niang, I just heard that yesterday evening, that dead girl went to the river to wash the clothes . At that time, Yingzi drowned in the river . Hu Feng took her out on the sh.o.r.e, but she was already out of breath . However, this dead girl, who knows when did she learned black magic, but after she touched and kissed Yingzi . Yingzi came back to life . Niang, don’t you think it’s strange? The villagers are now talking about it, saying that dead girl was possessed by evil spirits . She clearly died yesterday, but she came back to life . Then, Yingzi also died but came back to life . Niang, do you think she was possessed by evil spirits?”
Old Lady Bai doesn’t know if the dead girl was possessed or not . All she could remember was, this morning, Yingzi’s mother came to their courtyard .
“This morning, Yingzi’s niang came in here . ” Old Lady Bai said after thinking .
Mrs . Liu stopped hanging their clothes and looked back at the old lady: “Yingzi’s niang came? Is it because of yesterday’s incident? Did she came to settle the account to that dead girl?” When Mrs . Liu was saying those words, there was a trace of excitement in her tone . She would like to see how that little b.i.t.c.h suffers from this account .
However, Old Lady Bai shook her head: “No, Yingzi’s niang brought Yingzi together with her . She looks good . Nothing bad seems happened . ”
Mrs . Liu immediately lost her excitement: “Then, why did she came?”
Old Lady Bai said: “She came with a basket . I didn’t know her intention . But now that I heard your story, she must have come to thank Zhi’er for saving her daughter’s life . I don’t know what’s inside the basket, but I’m sure, it was something good . ”
Since it was something good, how can they just let it go?