Chapter 7 6. Day 3 (afternoon)

After more than two hours' drive, Ji Ning and his mother arrived at Yixian County.I ate something casually in a small restaurant, and then took a minibus for more than 40 minutes before arriving at the ore village.It was already past four o'clock in the afternoon when the two arrived at the village committee office. The village head poured two glasses of water for the mother and son, then sat down on a wicker chair opposite them, and sighed: "Oh, I didn't expect this to happen. You guys are so sad." Mother didn't care to catch her breath, and asked eagerly with tears in her eyes, "Village Chief, do you know why my sister committed suicide? I mean, did she encounter anything before committing suicide?"

"Don't you know?" the village chief asked in surprise. "what do you know?" "The reason why Huiyun committed suicide." Mom looked at the village head: "How would I know? If I knew she was going to commit suicide, I would have rushed over to stop her!" "That's true." The village head nodded, then frowned. "That's weird. I asked Huiyun's neighbors and those people who often contacted her, and they all said they couldn't figure out what was going on, and they couldn't even guess the reason." After a moment of silence, Ji Ning asked, "Village Chief, who was the first to find out that my aunt committed suicide?"

"Aunt Chen, who lives next to her, only found out this morning, and she was terrified." "How did she know that Huiyun hanged herself at home?" Mom asked. The village chief said: "The day before yesterday, before Huiyun died, he gave all the five old hens raised by the family to Aunt Chen. Aunt Chen was very grateful at first, but after two days, she felt something was wrong, because she hadn't seen them since then. Huiyun went out. So early this morning, she went to knock on the door, but she smelled a bad smell at the door..." "Stink?" Ji Ning frowned.

The village head looked at him. "Isn't it? On such a hot day, the corpse has been covered in the house for two days, can it lose its smell?" Some pictures appeared in Ji Ning's mind - the rotten corpse hanging on the beam, surrounded by mosquitoes and flies... He tried not to think that it was his aunt's face, but he still felt nauseated and almost vomited out.The mother next to her covered her face and sobbed again. The village head stood up, took out a piece of paper from the desk drawer behind him, and handed it to Ji Ning's mother. "We found a note she left behind at Huiyun's house, which was addressed to you. I can't understand it. You can read it, maybe you know what she meant by these few words."

"Huiyun, she... left a suicide note?" Mother tremblingly took the piece of paper, and saw a few crooked lines on it, which were exactly her poor sister's handwriting.Feeling so emotional, my mother's tears poured out like a never-ending river.Ji Ning leaned his head over and saw the contents of the note—— "Sister, I know something. I know where Doudou's father has gone. I know everything. Sister, I'm so scared. I've never been so scared, but I dare not tell anyone. Only Take this secret to the grave. Sister, I just hope not to be disturbed now, and that's enough.

--cloud" In just a few lines, he called "Sister" three times.When Ji Ning's mother read it, it was as if her younger sister was shouting in her ear, and today she was heartbroken and heartbroken. "Can you understand what she means?" the village head asked. Mom shook her head sadly. "You don't even understand?" The village chief showed a surprised expression. "This note is written by Huiyun to her sister, which is yours, but you don't know what she means? Are you her only sister?" Mother replied: "Yes, Huiyun only has me as an older sister."

The village chief stared at Ji Ning's mother for a while, and sighed: "Since you can't understand it, why Huiyun committed suicide is really a mystery." Her mother choked up and said, "Maybe... Huiyun didn't want to tell us anything at all. She just poured out the anxiety and fear buried in her heart before committing suicide..." Ji Ning asked suspiciously: "Why does my aunt feel fearful?" "I don't know..." Mom said wearily, "I'm in a mess right now." Ji Ning pointed to the note. "Mom, show me." Mom handed it to him.

Ji Ning read the words on the note several times, the desperation and fear revealed between the lines made him feel a chill, and he couldn't help shivering. This note reveals a lot of weird information, which is puzzling—what does my aunt know?What is she afraid of?What's even more strange is that since she has decided to "take this secret to the grave", why does she say that she does not want to be disturbed?A person is already dead, what else can be disturbed? Ji Ning tried his best to think, and suddenly thought of another question.He turned his head and asked, "Mom, do you think there is something missing in this note?"

"What do you mean?" Mom looked at Ji Ning. "What's missing?" "Don't you think it's strange? The suicide note left by my aunt doesn't mention Doudou at all." Hearing this, the village chief also came over. "Yes, logically speaking, Doudou is Huiyun's lifeblood. Why didn't she tell you all about it? By the way, where is Doudou now? Does he know about this?" "Doudou is at our house. We haven't told him about it yet, for fear that he won't be able to accept it..." Mom said. The village chief nodded and said, "That's fine. Although logically speaking, this child should be allowed to see his mother for the last time, but...it doesn't matter if you don't watch it, such a small child will be frightened..."

Ji Ning's mother seemed to be reminded. "Village chief, where is my sister's body now?" "Just stop at her house." "I'm going to see her." Mom's tears flowed down again. The village chief frowned. "I think...or forget it, you should hire a few people and bury her directly." "What's wrong? Why can't I go see her?" Mom asked. "It's not that you can't see it, it's just..." the village chief looked distressed, "Huiyun has been dead for two days, and in a village like ours, there is no way to do embalming measures. Now...the corpse has begun to rot and stink. I'm afraid you'll be scared and have nightmares at night."

"No, I want to see my sister one last time." Mom said with tears, "No matter what she becomes, she is still my real sister."