Old Gong likes to recruit ghosts

Every village means every spring.

Everyone in Fengcun has the surname Xia, and occasionally a few families with foreign surnames moved here a few years ago.The village is not big, surrounded by mountains and rivers, the scenery is good, and there are not many people.There are four stone statues in the four directions of east, west, north, south, which have the meaning of town square.In the middle of the village is an ancient pagoda named Jiuxiao Pagoda. Bells hang from the four corners of the pagoda, and the four corners of the top are hung with soul-calling banners.

At that time, Xia Jiuyuan was still a little bun just over three years old, babbling in Xu Lanzhi's arms.

Xia Jiuyuan's house is in the south of Jiuxiao Pagoda, and there is a small river nearby, and rows of fruit trees are planted on both sides of the river.It was the season when the cherries were ripe. Xu Lanzhi sat under the eaves with Xia Jiuyuan in his arms and looked at the blue sky and white clouds.

Xia Heshan came back from outside with a small basket of cherries, wearing a short shirt, he wiped the sweat from his brow, "Xiao Yuan is not making trouble today, right?"

The cherries were placed beside Xu Lanzhi, and Xia Jiuyuan opened his hands, babbling towards Xia Heshan.Xia Heshan grinned, rubbed his hands on his body, and took Xia Jiuyuan from Xu Lanzhi with a silly smile.

"I just picked the cherries, you go wash and eat them," Xia Heshan said.Xu Lanzhi took the basket and went to the house to clean it.Xia Heshan hugged Xia Jiuyuan and sat where Xu Lanzhi had just sat, teasing him.

The courtyard door was opened, and a thin woman entered.

"Sister, you came just in time. I just picked cherries and Lanzhi is washing them." Xia Heshan saw the person clearly and smiled.

The eldest sister of the Xia family, Xia Chunfang, lives next door to Xia Jiuyuan's house, just across the wall.Xia Chunfang was holding a bowl in his hand, and Xia Heshan, who was far away, could smell the fragrance of pumpkins, and knew that his eldest sister had brought her special food over again.

Xia Jiuyuan heard it too, and jumped on his father's lap.

Xia Chunfang came over, squeezed Xia Jiuyuan's face, and went into the back room.After washing the cherries, Xu Lanzhi smiled when she saw Xia Chunfang and the things in her hand, "I said I smelled the smell of pumpkin, so it really does exist."

Xia Chunfang smiled, "I cook a lot at home, so eat some." She smiled, Xia Chunfang's eyes were small, and with this smile, her eyes became a line.Xu Lanzhi smiled and took the plate of pumpkin pie, it was warm and just made.The cherries were still dripping, so Xu Lanzhi stuffed them all into Xia Chunfang's hands, "Sister, give it to Jiucheng to eat."

"Ninety percent of them have gone to school and haven't finished school yet, so you keep them for eating." Xia Chunfang put them aside again, "If he wants to eat, ask his dad to pick them off for him."

The two stayed inside for a long time, but Xia Heshan yelled outside.After Xia Chunfang went out, Xia Jiuyuan was still looking at him longingly, her small watery eyes looked at her without blinking, and the corners of her mouth were still curved.This is so rare that Xia Chunfang died. After hugging Xia Jiuyuan for a kiss, Xia Jiuyuan giggled.

After playing around for a while, Xia Chunfang went back.Xia Jiuyuan was also sleepy, snoring in Xu Lanzhi's arms.

When Xia Chunfang left, the courtyard door was not closed tightly, leaving a gap, and his door was facing the only road into the village, so anyone passing by on the road could be seen.As the sun came down, the smoke from the kitchen wafted in, and the village was extremely quiet. Xu Lanzhi was cooking, and Xia Jiuyuan was placed in the small rocking cart handmade by Xia Heshan.The old black and white TV at home was on, singing nursery rhymes, and the little rabbit, pony, and frog sang and danced together. Xia Jiuyuan was very happy watching it.

Suddenly, there was a 'bang' sound outside, Xu Lanzhi was startled, she forgot to put down the spatula and ran out to have a look.She was even more frightened when she saw it. Somehow, there was another person on the gate of her house, a woman.

The woman fell on the door, her hair was disheveled, covering her face, and her clothes were dirty.

Xu Lanzhi threw the spatula aside, wiped the apron a few times indiscriminately, and walked quickly to the gate of the courtyard, trying to help the woman.

"Sister, are you okay?" Xu Lanzhi asked.The woman raised her head, her face was dark under the messy hair, she couldn't see clearly, her lips were pale, and her whole body was crumbling.She opened her mouth to say something, but Xu Lanzhi didn't hear clearly, the next second, the woman suddenly fell on Xu Lanzhi, breathing heavily.

Xu Lanzhi supported him, and took a few shots, but there was no response.At that time, Xia Heshan came back from working outside, saw this scene, and asked in doubt, "Who is this?"

Xu Lanzhi shook her head, "I don't know, help her in quickly, she's fainted."

The two dragged him in and put him on the small bed beside him. Xia Jiuyuan tilted his head and watched his parents work.

Xu Lanzhi put the quilt on for someone, "Go, tell the village chief, this person is afraid to ask Doctor Zhou to come and take a look."

"Hey." Xia Heshan responded and walked out.

Xu Lanzhi fetched water and wiped the woman's face clean with a cloth. The woman's facial features were pretty good, but her skin was sallow and lacked nutrition.After finishing everything, Xu Lanzhi remembered the food in the pot and went to work again.

Xia Heshan brought the village chief Xia Beiyuan in, followed by a middle-aged woman.

Xia Beiyuan learned about the general situation from Xia Heshan Pass. When he came in, he saw the person on the bed and greeted the person behind him, "Doctor Zhou, please show me what's wrong, can it be cured?"

Doctor Zhou stepped forward, took the woman's hand out from under the quilt, put two fingers on her wrist, and looked ahead.After a while, Dr. Zhou put the woman's hand back in place, and said with a smile on the corner of his mouth, "I'm a little weak, I'll be fine after a few days."

"That's good." Xia Beiyuan said.It has always been the rule to keep no outsiders in the village. Xia Beiyuan is 40 years old this year and has been the village head for more than [-] years. If there are more people in the village who he doesn't know, he must be notified.

Xu Lanzhi and Xia Heshan were also relieved.

Dr. Zhou said again, "You have to take good care of it. I don't know whose wife is pregnant with a baby for three months, and still makes people run outside."

Several people were taken aback, Xia Beiyuan asked, "You said she was pregnant?"

"Yes." Doctor Zhou nodded, "Three months."

Xia Beiyuan looked at the woman, and suddenly smiled, "Heshan, you take care of this person so much, let me know when he wakes up."

Xia Heshan nodded.After Xia Beiyuan took Dr. Zhou away, Xu Lanzhi's face fell down, and she sat down on a stool beside her unhappily, "The village chief must have made a wrong idea. He couldn't close his mouth when he heard that she was pregnant."

Xia Heshan frowned, "Hey... When someone wakes up, tell them to leave quickly."

Xu Lanzhi thought the same way. She picked up Xia Jiuyuan and followed Xia Heshan to dinner.The woman slept all night and didn't wake up until noon the next day. When she woke up, she was in a panic, hugging the quilt and hiding in the corner, with the corners of her eyes down, trembling all over, and yelling whenever anyone approached.Xu Lanzhi couldn't get close to her, she was in a hurry.

Xia Jiuyuan could already walk, and he walked crookedly to Xu Lanzhi's leg, hugging Xu Lanzhi's calf and trying to climb up.

The woman's originally slack eyes were filled with joy when she saw Xia Jiuyuan, and she even lifted the quilt to hug Xia Jiuyuan.Xu Lanzhi was so frightened that she quickly hugged Xia Jiuyuan into her arms and took a few steps back.

The woman lowered her eyes in disappointment, "Baby..."

He raised his head again, pointed at his stomach, and said, "Here, baby..." He pointed at Xia Jiuyuan again, "Baby."

I knew I was pregnant.

Xu Lanzhi asked her, "Where are you from and where is your family? I'll send someone to pick you up."

The woman shook her head and flattened her mouth, as if she was about to cry.

Xu Lanzhi was so worried, why did she feel that she was a bit stupid, and she didn't get any news after talking for a long time.

Xia Jiuyuan writhed in Xu Lanzhi's arms and wanted to come down, but Xu Lanzhi couldn't help it, so he put him on the ground. As soon as Xia Jiuyuan's feet hit the ground, he walked towards the woman. on the legs.Surprisingly, the woman didn't touch Xia Jiuyuan, but looked at Xia Jiuyuan with loving eyes.

Xia Jiuyuan touched the woman's belly with her little hand, and babbled, "Bao, Bao..." The woman smiled happily, and repeated, "Well, baby."

The picture was quite harmonious, Xu Lanzhi tried to approach slowly, this time the woman didn't react strongly, and smiled gently.

During the fragmentary chat, Xu Lanzhi learned that the woman's surname was Bai. As for where she came from, she really couldn't find out, and she couldn't even ask how she got to Fengcun.She only knew that her surname was Bai and that she had a child in her belly.

This situation can't be said to drive people away. Xia Beiyuan came to see the woman every now and then. After learning about the woman's situation, he made his own decision and let the woman live in Xia Heshan's house until the day of giving birth.

The village chief let go, and Xia Heshan couldn't refuse, so he packed up a hut for women to live in, and served three meals a day.The woman's belly is getting bigger and bigger, Xu Lanzhi became anxious, but she must not be a girl.

Xia Jiuyuan played well with women, sitting in front of the woman's cabin with a small bench every day, laughing and laughing with others, rubbing his stomach, and babbling the word 'baby'.Xu Lanzhi didn't care anymore.

The day the woman gave birth was at night, the sky that was originally full of stars suddenly darkened, and the surrounding wind became noisy.The light was on in the hut, the woman was lying on the bed, Dr. Zhou was delivering the baby, Xu Lanzhi and Xia Chunfang were helping.Xia Jiuyuan was watched TV at home by Xia Heshan.

It was dark outside, the wind was loud, the bells of the Jiuxiao Pagoda were very loud, and even the summoning banners were rustling.

Xia Beiyuan stood outside the gate of the Xia family's courtyard, followed by a group of villagers. Seeing the sudden change in the weather, Xia Beiyuan frowned.In the hut, the woman's head was covered with sweat, she grabbed the bed sheet underneath, her lips turned white, and her yells became louder.Half an hour later, before the baby was born, Dr. Zhou wiped off his sweat, and his heart started beating.

The sound of the wind is reckless, and it sounds like a hundred ghosts wailing in the ears, the soul-calling flags are constantly swinging, and the bells are ringing.Xia Beiyuan's back was covered in cold sweat.In the room, Xia Heshan coaxed Xia Jiuyuan to sleep, but Xia Jiuyuan didn't sleep, and cried loudly, no matter how he tried to coax him, the crying of the child and the howling wind at night were very pleasant to Xia Beiyuan's ears, and he became afraid.

Xia Jiuyuan kept crying, but Xia Heshan couldn't help it, so he ran to the hut with someone in his arms and knocked on the door. Xu Lanzhi came to open the door, seeing her son crying with tears on his face, she hugged her distressedly and coaxed her in a low voice.Xu Lanzhi carried Xia Jiuyuan into the hut and closed the door tightly. Xia Jiuyuan, who was crying so much, stopped crying immediately and looked at the woman on the bed with wide eyes.

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The clever little Xia Baozi has already seen through everything