Chapter 40 Chapter Forty The Sneaky Woman

Fifth Aunt, Mother-in-law Yao and Seventh Aunt trotted all the way to the drying dam of the ancestral hall in a panic.The three women were nervous and guilty, their eyes flickered, their faces were pale, and their lips were blue. Zhang Ziheng stood on the steps in front of the gate of the ancestral hall, talking loudly, looking dizzy. The steps were crowded with men and women carrying parcels and household belongings, with panic-stricken expressions on their faces. Five aunts and Yao mother-in-law squeezed furtively behind the crowd, as if they wanted to just hide in the crowd, and it was best not to be discovered by anyone.

But Zhang Ziheng shouted to the crowd at this time: "Mother Yao and Aunt Wu, are they here? If they don't come, go to the two of them to urge them. There will be no delay, so I have to leave quickly. I have arranged for you, I still have things to do .” Hearing what Zhang Ziheng said, Fifth Aunt shouted in a panic among the crowd: "Here we come, we come." Hearing Fifth Aunt's shout, Zhang Ziheng said in a daze, "When did you come? Why didn't I see you coming?" Fifth Aunt said: "Your eyes are looking at the sky, how can you still see Fifth Aunt."

Zhang Ziheng said again: "Where are Aunt Seven and Grandma Yao?" Fifth Aunt hurriedly said, "I'm here too." Zhang Ziheng ignored Fifth Aunt's words, waved his hand and said, "Is everyone here?" No one responded to Zhang Ziheng, maybe everyone felt the dreadful feeling of being away from home at this time, and their expressions seemed mechanically numb. Seeing that no one responded, Zhang Ziheng said, "Okay, let's go to Jingwu Temple." As he spoke, he walked down the steps and led the crowd towards the outside of the village. The Fifth Aunt in the crowd kept winking at Grandma Yao and Seventh Aunt.The minds of Grandma Yao and Aunt Seven were still entangled in Bai Xiaoyang who had been knocked unconscious, staring at Aunt Fifth like a puppet, their stiff faces expressionless.

Seeing that Grandma Yao and Aunt Seven couldn't comprehend the meaning of her eyes, Aunt Five grabbed Granny Yao with one hand and Aunt Seven with the other, and the three of them gradually fell behind the moving crowd. When passing through a bamboo forest near the village, Grandma Yao and Aunt Seven, who had fallen some distance away, got into the bamboo forest under the dragging of Aunt Fifth, and ran towards Grandma Yao's house in a hurry... When we arrived at Granny Yao's house, the door was tightly closed. Fifth Aunt hurriedly went up to knock on the door, and shouted into the door with a low voice: "My son, open the door quickly! My son, open the door quickly."

There was no answer at the door. Aunt Fifth stopped knocking on the door, and looked back at Po Po and Aunt Seven suspiciously.Grandma Yao and Aunt Seven were still standing like puppets, their expressions dull, their bodies shivering in the cold wind. Fifth Aunt knew that at this moment, Grandma Yao and Seventh Aunt had lost their minds, and she might not be able to count on them, so she put her eyes close to the crack of the door and looked inside. The door was very narrow, and the fifth aunt couldn't see clearly what was going on inside for a while, so she opened the door vigorously, and when the door opened even wider, the fifth aunt exclaimed "Huh".

Hearing Fifth Aunt's exclamation, Grandma Yao and Seventh Aunt couldn't help shaking together, thinking that Bai Xiaoyang, who had been knocked unconscious, had really turned into a big python. Seventh Aunt's mind was spinning fast, she suddenly woke up, turned around and was about to run. "Why is the goblin lady missing?" Fifth Aunt let out an exclamation and continued. Seventh Aunt, who was about to run away, stopped when she heard Fifth Aunt say this, and turned around to look at Fifth Aunt hesitantly. After listening to Fifth Aunt's words, Granny Yao, whose facial muscles were completely stiff, said tremblingly, "Run away?"

Fifth Aunt bravely moved closer to the crack of the door to look in, and said, "The former son is gone too." Seventh Aunt said in amazement: "Okay! Most of the former children were eaten by goblins!" After listening to Seventh Aunt's words, Granny Yao's whole body shrank as if she had been cramped, she slipped softly and fell to the ground, making strange noises from her throat. Seeing this, Aunt Five and Aunt Seven hurried up to help Granny Yao, Aunt Five pinched her, and Aunt Seven beat her back, but she didn't dare to shout, as if she was afraid of disturbing something.

After a long time, Granny Yao finally regained her breath, and cried to Aunt Wu in despair: "Aunt Wu! You have committed a crime! The ex-children are gone, why should you explain to Master Yao and Ziheng! You have committed a crime!" Fifth Aunt also lost her mind at this time, she was so anxious that she burst into tears. The people in the village had already left, and the surroundings were silent and lifeless. The three women were tightly wrapped in cold and fear. At this time, a skinny black cat meowed on the eaves of Longmen's house.Fifth Aunt and Seventh Aunt followed the prestige, and the black cat was looking down at them vigilantly with a pair of blue cat eyes, and then jumped down from the cornice with a snort, and got into a pile of firewood to hide.

Fifth Aunt's mind was bright, and she saw some clues in the figure of the black cat when it calmly jumped down from the cornice, and whispered: "It seems that the fairy lady is not in there anymore." After hearing Aunt Fifth's words, Aunt Seven was very puzzled, she stared at Aunt Fifth and asked, "How do you know that the goblin lady has left?" Fifth Aunt said: "That black cat is not afraid at all. Cats are most afraid of evil things. Look at how it looked just now, it is not afraid at all." Seeing that what Aunt Wu said made sense, Granny Yao became more courageous. She struggled to get up and said, "Maybe the goblin knew we were going to kill her, so she ran to hide in the quiet place."

Aunt Seven said, "Where is the ex-wazi? The ex-wazi is gone too?" Seventh Aunt's question was on point, and Mother-in-law Yao and Fifth Aunt looked at each other with panic and confusion on their faces. In the chilly air, the three women stood there tremblingly, looking out of their wits. After a while, Fifth Aunt said, "We still have to go in and see if the ex-wazi was scared to death by the goblin." Seventh Aunt immediately exclaimed in a low voice, "Are you still going in?" Aunt Wu said, "Isn't that the ex-child you mentioned?" Seventh Aunt wept and said, "I mentioned the ex-wazi, but I didn't say I want to go in and look for the ex-wazi?"

At this time, the fifth aunt said arrogantly to the seventh aunt: "Seventh aunt, now the three of us are not allowed to hit the hammer. If we want to go in, we can go in together, and if we want to leave, we can go together." Seventh Aunt's eyes widened a little, and she said, "But what if the goblin hides inside and doesn't leave?" Fifth Aunt gritted her teeth and said, "If she hides inside and doesn't leave, I'll just tie her up again and carry her to the fire to burn." Seventh Aunt thought that Fifth Aunt was crazy, and looked at Fifth Aunt silently. At this time, Granny Yao said with a bit of sadness: "If you are afraid, don't go. I will go in alone to find the ex-wazi. I am so old, and it is worth dying. If you can't find the ex-wazi, your grandpa Yao Knowing that we did the evil, I will also be beaten to death by your grandpa Yao." He said and started to leave with a pair of pointed feet. Fifth Aunt followed Granny Yao and said, "I'll go in with you too." Two women turned to the back door from an alley, and they wanted to go in through the back door to find the ex-wazi. Seventh Aunt hesitated for a moment, gritted her teeth, and followed closely...