Chapter 21 A group of demons dance 13

Linyuan ignited the fire around, but the humidity of the nearby vegetation was too high, and the flames only continued to burn for a moment and then went out in a bad mood.

Shi Xianyu began to come up with ideas again, pointing to the branches and leaves above his head and said, "We can cut off the branches above to let the sun shine, and these white bacteria are also afraid of light."

The two of them became busy, one worked hard to pull weeds under the tree, and the other jumped to a high place to chop the tree branches with bare hands, trying to clean up the periphery of the white fungus.

The rest of Wanji sat alone, looking at the white bacteria in a daze, tears flowing endlessly.

Later, Shi Xianyu and Linyuan finally cleaned up all the white fungi. Without the thick mycelium covering, the dense corpses underneath were exposed - rotten plants, reptiles, and perhaps dead people. The bones were mixed with wet leaf-decaying soil, which was difficult to distinguish clearly.

Linyuan set a fire again and tried to burn everything he could.

Although there are still invisible spores, it doesn't matter, because the resentment has been eliminated, and even if the white bacteria reproduce again, they will not run into the village to harm people's lives.

"Okay, we can go back to the village." Shi Xianyu patted the grass leaves on his body and walked to Wanji, "Wanji, be mourning and following the changes, your mother has rested in peace."

Wanji lowered his head and wiped his tears. He saw a leaf with mycelium sticking to his sleeve. He held it silently in his hand, and said with red eyes: "Okay, then let's go back to the village..."

Shi Xianyu grabbed the sheep's horn and said, "Wanji, come and ride my sheep, so you can go back faster."

Anyway, Lin Yuan would hug her.

Wanji nodded, still feeling depressed, said "thank you" quietly, then turned over and climbed onto the back of the sheep, and the group of three returned to the village.

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It took a lot of time to go back and forth. When I returned to the village, it was already bright and there were more villagers gathered around the scorpion.

Shen Xiao was also checking next to Scorpion. Just as he felt something was strange, he saw Shi Xianyu and Linyuan, and Wanji and the other three were back.

Wan Ji, who returned to the village, recovered to a calm and experienced boy. He jumped off the back of the sheep, walked into the crowd and bowed to Shen Xiao, explaining: "Last night, another monster attacked the village. Fortunately, these two Taoist priests took action. The whole story has been investigated clearly. It was the vengeful spirits in the forest that controlled the bodies of the reptiles and beasts to attack the village. Fortunately, the vengeful spirits have been removed and the village can recover peace."

"So that's how it is." Shen Xiao suddenly realized, "No wonder I didn't find any evil spirit in this poisonous scorpion."

He looked at Shi Xianyu and Linyuan and asked with concern: "Did you drive away the resentful spirit?"

Linyuan was not good at speaking, Shi Xianyu came forward and explained: "We found a group of white mushrooms in the forest. The spider and scorpion attacked the villagers because of mycelium parasitization. So we burned all the mushrooms and cut down all the nearby trees. There was sunlight. I guess something similar would not happen again in the future."

Wan Ji also testified: "The two Taoist priests worked hard and made great contributions. They cleaned up the place so that everyone can live in the village in the future."

Shen Xiao nodded thoughtfully: "The resentful spirits are mostly born in places where light is not shining for many years. If you cut down nearby trees, you can let the evil things come into contact with the most powerful yang energy at noon, and even the heaviest resentment should be dispelled."

The villagers all breathed a sigh of relief.

Chen Xiao skillfully took out a fire talisman and put it on the dead scorpion, activates magic power, causing the entire corpse to burn.

"Don't worry, we will rest in the village for another night and leave tomorrow." Chen Xiao said.

The villagers naturally felt grateful to the three of them.

Chen Xiao said he would do his best and rested in the village for another night in his style of doing good things to the end.

It was natural that night was safe. The next day, the three of them refused many gifts prepared by the villagers and set off again to Lingshan.

The village outside the forest seemed to have restored peace from then on...

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Wanji and a group of villagers watched Chen Xiao and the other two leave, then returned home and explained to their sick father what had happened in the past few days.

His father used to be sick and weak, and he became worse and worse in recent years. After hearing it for a while, he was in a state of energy. He waved his hand lazily and closed his eyes.

Wan Ji didn't say much, tucked the quilt for his father, turned around and left the door.

Back in the study, Wan Ji sat down silently, his eyes fell on the books and papers on the table, and the past gradually emerged in his mind... He remembered that when he was young, this study was exclusive to his father. He often wrote and wrote articles here, and he would carry him to his legs and teach him to write step by step. His mother would stand aside, smiling at the father and son. She would also bring lotus seed soup, red bean cake and other snacks, but Wan Ji couldn't remember... What does that bowl of lotus seed soup taste like?

His eyes fell on the corner of the table again... In my memory, he bumped into this place several times while playing in the study, so his mother wrapped the corner of the table with a thick veil. However, afterwards, stepmother came in and thought that it was not very beautiful to wrap a corner of the table, so she pulled off the head of the cloth.

He thought he had forgotten everything, but now he realized that those memories have existed for a long time in his heart. With just a little recollection, one scene after another of his heart was concerned about him...

He remembered that his father was a romantic talented man in other people's mouths. Although his body was not strong, he had the style of a sick young man that was popular nowadays. He remembered that his mother was a gentle beauty. When he smiled slightly, a small smile appeared on his cheek.

Their family of three lives in the village, leisurely and peaceful.

Later...what happened later? Why did my father get sick, why did my mother gradually lose her smile, why did all kinds of rumors spread in the village, saying that my mother and the peddler were flirting with each other, and even said that my mother poisoned her father's medicine, so my father's illness became worse and worse.

He believed it, and his little body brought a short stool, stepped on it, climbed onto the stove, knocked over the medicine that his mother had been kept for his father all night.

With a clang.

The medicine spilled and the jar was broken.

The mother hurried into the kitchen, picked him up anxiously, and pressed his hot little hand into the water tank!

Actually, he didn't feel the pain, but his mother's eyes turned red after crying. Later, her father had a big fight with her and blamed her for not paying attention to the child. Her mother hugged him and cried for a long time...

Wan Ji flipped open his palm and the scalded scar was no longer conspicuous. However, at this moment, he hoped that the scar would never be cured, as if he could remember something.

Misty appeared in front of his eyes. Wan Ji thought of his mother's blurry face in his memory and couldn't help but cry again.

The sound of footsteps came outside the door.

He hurriedly wiped his tears, and his stepmother walked in with tea. Seeing that Wanji's eyes were red, he couldn't help but ask, "What's wrong?"

"It's nothing. I'm a little tired these days, so I yawned just now." Wan Ji pretended to be relaxed.

The stepmother looked confused and nodded slightly, "The monsters harmed the countryside. You have indeed not been able to rest at peace for some time. Let's have a good sleep tonight."

The tea was brought to the table, and a few green leaves were floating in the light green tea soup.

Wan Ji couldn't help but remember that after his mother disappeared, his father was worried that his mother would go into the forest and wanted to mobilize the villagers to find him in the forest. The stepmother stopped his father. In this study, he hid behind the door and saw his stepmother hugging his father in tears from the crack of the door, crying: "Brother-in-law, I dare not hide it from you. My sister was stunned and insisted on leaving with the peddler. Don't look for her anymore, don't look for her anymore!"

My father was so angry that he fell ill and fell asleep in bed for three days. When he woke up, things about his mother had spread throughout the village - everyone said that she was vain and abandoned her husband and son.

My father never recovered from then on and never mentioned looking for his mother.

Later, my grandfather came to visit my sick father. I don’t know how the two discussed it. After several months, my stepmother got married...

People in the village said that he was blessed. His stepmother was his mother's sister. He knew the truth and would never abuse him. His father also taught him to be as filial as his stepmother as his biological mother.

The stepmother treated him...it was really good...

very good……

Wanji picked up the teacup, and a broken leaf fell quietly into the cup in his palm.

He handed the cup of tea to his stepmother, "Mom, you have worked hard these days, so have a cup of tea to take a break."

Mrs. Wan seemed to have something to worry about. She absent-mindedly took the teacup, took a sip, and then put it down, "...I'll go out first, you study hard. Although the scientific examination has been suspended for several years because of wars over the years, there will always be a time to recover. Remember to learn not to slacken in your studies."

Wanji responded obediently: "I understand, mom."

Mrs. Wan felt a little itchy in her throat, frowned and pressed her throat, and turned around and left the study.

Wanji heard it and she coughed a few times outside.

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In the evening, Mrs. Wan coughed more and more severely, and her throat was extremely itchy.

She lit the candle, opened her mouth, looked at the mirror, and saw something white on her throat, like a rash.

It's too late now, and I have to wait for tomorrow to find a doctor. Mrs. Wan poured some hot tea to moisten her throat, which could not be relieved at all. When it reached the extreme, she tossed and turned and suffered in great pain.

Her husband has been lingering on the sickbed all year round, and there are many medicines for calming the mind and aiding sleep at home. Mrs. Wan took some medicines and took them. Gradually, she finally fell asleep.

After falling asleep, she had a dream.

In the dream, she returned to her prime, at the age of Huaichun. She met a rich young master who came to the countryside for an outing. She was bewitched by the other party's sweet words and handed over her innocence. She thought that the other party would send a matchmaker to propose marriage after he went back, but she was played with a joke. It turned out that the other party had already married and had children, and even the concubine had taken several rooms.

Nowadays, women have lost their innocence and cannot marry into a wealthy family again, so they can only marry in a low place. The parents sent her to her sister's house, saying that she was letting her relax, but in fact, they were asking her to have a suitable marriage for her.

She left in a bad mood and then met her gentle brother-in-law. In the countryside full of mud legs, her brother-in-law was actually a rare scholar, and she was somewhat similar to the rich young master before. She was quite romantic in every move and often recited poems and painted.

She couldn't help but want to get close to her brother-in-law, pretending to be ignorant, and rubbing him to teach her to write and draw. She often gave her some snacks to eat, just to let Aji say a few more good things to her in front of her brother-in-law.

My sister didn't know all this.

While managing the house, my sister was looking for a suitable candidate. A peddler came to the village. She looked upright, hardworking and capable. She had saved a lot of savings at a young age and was about to open a suitable shop in the town. And this peddler was good at speaking, so my sister felt that she could make her sister happy.

But when my sister found out, she was immediately resentful!

That night, the two sisters had a big fight!

Why?! Why can you marry a talented man, but you have to betroth me to a vulgar peddler?!

You are so anxious to marry me, are you afraid that I will take away my brother-in-law's favor?!

If you praise the peddler so much, may you have taken a fancy to him yourself?!

You said! If you didn’t like him, why would you be impatient to greet him when he came to the village to sell rouge and water powder?! Don’t you dare to admit it? You like that peddler, right?!
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