"Well, school is on vacation recently so I came back to check. Why didn't I see Sister Xiaohua? Did she go up the mountain to pick mushrooms?"

"...No, come in and sit down."

He glanced at the villagers who followed him, swallowed the words on the tip of his tongue, poured them some water and said, "Drink some water, I'll pick some peaches for you to eat."

Li Fumei looked at her back and said nothing.

Not long after, Wang Cuiying came back with a palm-sized peach in her hand. It looked juicy and delicious.

"Let's eat, Lai Fu Mei, who are these two?"

"Teacher, my teacher went to the countryside for a return visit. I did very well in school, and the teachers were curious about what my home looked like, so I brought them back to see."

Wang Cuiying looked at them, hesitant to speak, and only said, "Really? Then leave here as soon as possible after you've seen it. The road here is not easy to walk on, and it will be very troublesome if you feel unwell."

"You all look like city people. It would be bad if you couldn't adapt to the local climate. Don't you think so, Fumei?"

"Yes, I understand, Aunt Wang."

Li Fumei turned her head and looked at her, her voice was very low: "Aunt Wang, is Sister Xiaohua dead? Did you sell her?"

Aunt Wang's face changed, with a hint of fear in her eyes: "Shh, don't mention this name in the village in the future, otherwise the village chief will blame you."

"So, how did Sister Xiaohua die? They were too far away to hear it, so can you tell me?"

"...!!"

After being silent for an unknown amount of time, Aunt Wang sighed.

"Her father lost money gambling and had no other choice but to marry Xiaohua off. Later, when they had a child, they had an argument and Xiaohua was pushed down, causing her to miscarry."

"She looked fine the next day, so I didn't think much of it. Every woman in the village has a miscarriage. There's nothing you can do about it. But she kept bleeding and I..."

"Alas, when we arrived, Xiaohua had already died with her eyes open. No matter what we did, her eyes wouldn't close. Ever since then, the village has been haunted at night."

Aunt Wang looked around as she spoke, her eyes filled with fear.

Li Fumei lowered her eyes, her voice filled with suppressed pain: "Later, the body was buried."

"Well, that should be the case. That's her in-laws' business, and we can't do anything about it. I just don't understand why the child would come to the village and scare people after his death."

"I... don't dare go out at night, and I've never encountered one. Maybe it's just a rumor. You guys shouldn't go out at night, lest you run into one and get scared to death."

After Aunt Wang finished speaking, a man walked in. Seeing the people in the yard, he looked unfriendly: "Who are they? Who told you to let them in? What are you doing here, Fumei?"

Li Tie strode over and said bluntly, "Alright, leave now. You are not welcome in our house. Don't come to see Xiaohua anymore. She died in her husband's house."

"Go, everyone, go!"

The three of them stood up. Li Fumei looked back and seemed to still see Sister Xiaohua standing in the yard and waving at her. A tear slid down the corner of her eye.

He said sullenly, "Let's go and try somewhere else."

He led the people up the mountain. Seeing this, the villagers following behind him hurriedly reached out to stop them: "Fumei, there are dangerous wild animals on the mountain. The village chief doesn't allow people to go up there. You should get down quickly."

Chen Cheng took out a hundred yuan from his bag and handed it over: "Uncle, let's go for a walk. As long as you don't tell anyone, no one will know that we went to the back mountain."

The man looked at the red bill, swallowed his saliva, and reached out to take it. A trace of struggle flashed across his face: "Okay, then you are not allowed to tell anyone, otherwise the village chief will cause trouble for me."

"Got it, uncle, don't worry, we won't tell anyone."

"If you find climbing the mountain tiring, why not just wait here and we can go up by ourselves."

"That won't work. The village chief said I should follow you."

Li Fumei walked up the mountain, and the people behind her hurriedly followed. They walked for more than half an hour. Looking at the cave not far away, the fear from the depths of her memory emerged.

Sister Xiaohua's smile flashed through my mind, and I walked in with my lips pursed. As soon as I entered, I felt the chill, as if the chill came from the depths of my soul.

The four of them turned on their cell phone flashlights and walked inside.

Walk to the end and there is a huge space at the corner. It is empty and there is nothing in it, but the stench in the air is too strong, like the smell of something rotten.

Tick-tick, bright red blood fell to the ground, staining the ground red. I subconsciously raised my head to look over.

There were densely packed corpses hanging on the ceiling of the cave, both men and women, with insects crawling on their bodies. This horrifying scene was simply a challenge to one's heart.

The villager who followed in had never seen such a horrific scene before. He fell to the ground with a look of fear in his eyes.

"Why, why are there so many bodies? Aren't they all buried? Who would hang them up for? What are they doing?"

Li Fumei thought of a guess, and her heart ached. "Can't you see? They were buried, then dug out, and hung here to feed the insects for the village chief to eat."

"This is the reason why the village chief never ages. He feeds insects with the corpses of the villagers. Where did Sister Xiaohua go?"

As he spoke, he searched inside, looking at the corpses one by one, wanting to find the familiar figure, but also afraid of finding the corpse, fear filled his heart.

She didn't know how much time had passed, but in a corner, she saw the face with its eyes open. The warm smile in her memory was gone, and only a cold chill remained.

A faint shadow slowly floated down, tilted its head and looked at her, and said softly: "Fumei, you are back too. It's a pity that you may never get out again."

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