Chapter 22 Chapter 6: The Mirror Ghost is Fierce

"Did Wang Xi study in Liangcun when he was a child? How could there be classmates in Liangcun?" Zhenzhen asked after listening to Wu Wei's story. "There is no elementary school in Liangcun." Wu Wei laughed and said, "We are not a big city here. Each village has only a few hundred people. You can basically count the number of children in each family. Why do we need so many elementary schools?" ? Children from several nearby villages are all studying in Wangcun Primary School." I felt a little strange, so I immediately asked, "Did the pair of sisters surnamed Cai who drowned in Liangcun not long ago also study in Wangcun Primary School?"

He nodded: "Well, the locals don't need to pay tuition fees to study in Wangcun Primary School. It is troublesome to go to the county town to study, and they have to pay sponsorship fees, so everyone lets their children study here." If these seven children were all students of Wangcun Primary School, then Wang Xi, as the "teaching director", could easily obtain their birth dates and other information when taking the test.In other words, he is very likely to take advantage of his power to select these seven children with the same surname and the horoscope of water among all the students of Wangcun Primary School as targets.

However, as a cynical playboy, would Wang Xi get involved with a cult and would not hesitate to commit murder for it?Although it is inferred from common sense that he should not join a cult, this does not mean that he is not suspected.A dude like him who is fed all day long will often do some unexpected things because he is idle and dazed. Five of the seven children were girls, and according to Wu Wei's account, Wang Xi definitely deserved the honor of "a womanizer".He was trapped in elementary school all day long. Although he lived a life like a prison, he could only see immature female students.Maybe he was mentally twisted because he was so bored, so he wanted to find some stimulation for himself, so he preyed on these little girls.The other two boys may have been killed by him to cover up his crimes, or he may have abducted them when he abducted their sister.After all, the five Wangcun siblings were probably imprisoned before their death, and they might have been violated during their imprisonment.It's a pity that their bodies have been cremated, and no detailed autopsy records have been made, otherwise they can verify whether my reasoning is correct.

"I heard that Wang Xi likes to write calligraphy, is there such a thing?" Zhen Zhen asked curiously. "Maybe he stayed in the elementary school every day, and he was really idle, so he started to learn calligraphy from Principal Wang." Wu Wei suddenly smiled, "Speaking of which, he even won the excellence award in the county calligraphy competition! Take this The Pork Award, which everyone has a share in, even hangs a banner at the entrance of the primary school, as if afraid that everyone will not know. However, we all take this as a joke.” ("Pork Award" is a Cantonese saying, which means that everyone has a share, which originated from the saying "too centimeters of pork, everyone has a share". There are many award ceremonies in the Hong Kong music scene because of the variety of awards, and the winners cover almost all the popular ones. Singers, and newcomers touted by record companies, so they are often ridiculed as "pork awards".)

Winning a consolation prize that everyone has a share has to be publicized, which shows that Wang Xi is a person who likes to show off and has a strong vanity.This may be because he has not accomplished enough and failed more than he has been, so he is eager to seek approval from others.That said, he might show his abilities by killing people. Along the way, I was thinking about Wang Xi's affairs in my head, and I came to a clearing without knowing it.Anyway, I can't find Wang Xi now, so I have no choice but to put his matter aside and plan to ask Wu Wei's wife about her encounter with the hidden mirror ghost.

On the wide open space in front of me, there are two lush camphor trees, and about seven or eight houses are scattered around the open space, forming a small community like a courtyard. Wu Wei's house is located in the depths of the "siheyuan". It is a two-story building covering an area of ​​nearly 100 square meters.From the outside, the house should be quite spacious, but when I stepped into the living room, I felt very cramped, because all the windows were sealed with newspapers.Even though the living room is not cramped, it also gives people a strange feeling, as if they are in a closed space.

Wu Wei asked us to sit in the living room and wait for a while, then went into the kitchen to find his wife.Perhaps out of professional habits, after he left the living room, I paid a little attention to the furnishings in the living room.This is the living room of an ordinary family, except that the windows are covered with newspapers, there is no other special place, the only thing that catches my attention is a picture frame hanging on the wall. I thought there was supposed to be a piece of glass in the picture frame, but the glass has been removed now, and there are only dozens of photos inserted on the edge of the picture frame.Most of the photo frames are photos of Wu Wei, recording his growth process from childhood to marriage and childbirth.Two of them caught my attention, one of which should be a photo taken when he was a teenager.In the photo, he held up the award certificate with an excited expression, as if he had won the championship of a certain competition.I want to see clearly what is written on the certificate, but the characters are too small. Apart from the word "champion", I can only understand the word "qi" and the word "strike". Kind of game, right?The other is a photo of him holding a baby. In the photo, he is full of happy expressions. The baby in his arms is probably his son.

I suddenly remembered that in the previous conversation, he did not mention his children... Just when I was puzzled by this question, Wu Wei walked out of the kitchen with a woman and introduced to us that this woman was his wife Liang Caixia.Seeing that the windows were sealed, I thought she was still troubled by the Ghost of the Mirror, but in fact her mental state was the same. Wu Wei explained to us that after drinking the talisman water, his wife was fine.However, he had to go through the elementary school when he went out. He was afraid that his wife would be frightened again, so he let her rest at home.

When we were at the frozen meat shop just now, Wu Wei had already informed us that we would be visiting. Unexpectedly, Liang Caixia immediately prepared meals for us, and said that because she didn’t know that we would be visiting, there was nothing to greet us, only cuttlefish Frozen foods such as balls and beef balls. Although we refused repeatedly, Wu Wei and his wife insisted on inviting us to have a meal together, and we were too kind to refuse. We dined with them and chatted during the meal. At the beginning, I said some polite words to praise Liang Caixia's cooking skills, and the atmosphere was not bad, but Zhen Zhen suddenly said: "Have you not had a child yet?" The expressions of Wu Wei and his wife immediately sank.

Both of them were sullen and silent, as if recalling some unpleasant experience.I remembered that there was a photo of Wu Wei holding a baby in the photo frame, so I concluded that they should have been stabbed by Zhen Zhen's words. After a long silence, Zhen Zhen and I didn't even dare to take food, so we had to eat rice with our heads down.Zhenzhen turned her head sideways and winked at me, as if she wanted to ask me if I said something wrong?I don't know how to respond to her either.Do you even need to ask me? Just as I was struggling with how to break the awkward silence, Wu Wei suddenly said, "Actually, we have a son."

"Yeah, how old is he?" Zhen Zhen immediately became excited. "Three years old, he was exactly three years old when he died." Liang Caixia said blankly. I glared at Zhen Zhen, she knew that she had said something wrong again, she immediately lowered her head to eat and dared not speak again. "Our son has been dead for more than a year..." Wu Wei sighed softly, put down the bowls and chopsticks and told us some past events of their husband and wife— We've lived together since we were very young, before we got married and didn't have much money, so we didn't want to have kids so soon.Although we have contraception, accidents are always unavoidable. For this reason, we killed three children one after another. Later, we ran a frozen meat shop in the vegetable market. Although we didn't make much money, it was enough to live on.Once life stabilized, we went to get a marriage certificate and planned to have a baby. In the past, getting a marriage certificate required a premarital examination. We thought it was just a routine matter, but we didn't expect that the problem was actually detected.The doctor who performed the premarital examination on my daughter-in-law said that because my daughter-in-law had had several abortions before, the wall of her uterus was as thin as paper.She told us not to abort the pregnancy again, because this pregnancy may be our last chance. What she said frightened me, and I hurriedly asked my wife to recuperate her body and prepare for the birth of a child.Fortunately, my daughter-in-law finally gave birth to her son smoothly.But after giving birth, doctors said her chances of getting pregnant again were low, and it would be dangerous if she did. It just so happened that the cadres in the village came to ask us if we needed to apply for a one-child certificate. After getting it, there would be a lot of benefits, but it could only be done after a sterilization.I thought that I had already given birth to a child anyway, and I didn't plan to have another child in the future, so I asked my wife to have a vasectomy. Because we have only one son, I named him Wu Wei, which means unique.We regard him as the apple of our eye, not only feed him well, dress him well, but also take care of him every step of the way.Simple is to hold it in your hand for fear of falling, and hold it in your mouth for fear of melting. We put all our thoughts on him, and even planned things for him when he grows up. It can be said that we will live for him for the rest of our lives.Although we are full of expectations for him and hope that he can do something when he grows up, but this is just a thought. As long as he can grow up healthily, we are already satisfied. However, God cannot satisfy us even with such a small wish. When Wei'er was two years old, she didn't know why she cried a lot, especially when she urinated, she always covered her stomach and complained of pain, and sometimes she even vomited.We took him to several hospitals and did a lot of checkups, but we couldn't find the cause.Seeing him working harder and harder every day, our hearts are sore, but we can't think of a way to help him. Later, I saw a report on TV that many babies suffered from kidney stones because they ate problematic milk.Comparing Weier's situation, I found that it was similar to what was said on TV, so I immediately took him to the hospital.The problem was discovered after an examination in the hospital. It turned out that he really suffered from kidney stones, and the condition was already very serious. The doctor told us that it is not common for such a young child to suffer from kidney stones, so when he was taken to the hospital for an examination, the doctor did not think about it.Stones are usually caused by eating habits. One or two-year-olds usually eat either milk, rice cereal, or porridge. They don’t eat everything like adults, so they rarely get stones.Just because I didn't find the problem before, now I know it's too late. The doctor said that the stone blocked Weier's ureter, causing severe hydronephrosis and eventually leading to kidney failure.There is only one way to save him, and that is surgery.However, surgery has certain risks. Wei'er is only two or three years old, and his physical condition is not good. How can he survive?Moreover, even if we wanted to take the risk of operating on Wei'er, we couldn't afford so much money to pay for the operation, so we had to watch Wei'er leave us... After telling this regretful lifelong past, Wu Wei and his wife both had tears in their eyes.When I was about to say something comforting, Zhen Zhen had already said: "I have heard about this matter, isn't Zhengfu paying you compensation? Why not use it to treat your son?" Wu Wei suddenly slapped the table angrily, and cursed: "Fuck you, you only paid us more than two thousand, not even enough for a day's hospitalization! The doctor settled the account for us, if Wei'er had an operation , At least one hundred and eighty thousand will be spent. If you want to completely cure his illness, you must prepare at least five hundred thousand, and the more than two thousand that is being paid is not even a fraction!" There are countless injustices in the world, and I can only express my deep sympathy for the tragic experience of the couple.After all, the dead cannot be brought back to life, and we cannot help even if we want to. After the meal, it took me a lot of time to put aside the previous painful topic and ask Liang Caixia about her encounter with the hidden mirror ghost.Although half a month has passed, when I mentioned this incident, she still had a cold expression on her face and her body trembled slightly: "It was really horrible. What happened that night may be the most terrifying experience in my life..." Her body trembled slightly, and her face turned pale in an instant.Wu Wei thoughtfully poured her a cup of hot tea, and she held the tea in both hands as if warming herself, but her body trembling did not stop.It wasn't until Wu Wei sat beside her, gently hugged her thin shoulders, and said encouragingly, "Tell me, it's okay, I'm here." She stopped trembling and told us about the terrifying experience of meeting the ghost of the hidden mirror— — This happened half a month ago. My natal family has three siblings, all of whom are already married. It is not easy to arrange to meet at my natal family during the Spring Festival.Therefore, every year after the Spring Festival, we go back together to pay New Year greetings to our parents.That day I originally wanted to ask Lao Wu to go back to my mother's house with me, but he said that there were still many things to do in the store and refused to go back with me. I quarreled with him when I got angry. In previous years, I would usually come back after having dinner at my natal home, but that day because I was angry with Lao Wu and wanted to stay at my natal home for a few more days, I didn't leave very late.Seeing that I didn't leave so late, my mother guessed that I was having trouble with Old Wu, so she advised me to go home early.She said that everyone should be happy during the Spring Festival, but I stayed at my mother's house and refused to go home. It was too shameful.I couldn't say no to her, so I had no choice but to go home. I went home alone with the return gift from my mother, and nothing special happened along the way, but when I passed Wangcun Elementary School, I suddenly heard a fierce female voice saying "stop".At that time, the surrounding area was quiet, but when I heard this voice suddenly, I was startled, and I quickly looked around to see who was talking.However, I looked for a while and didn't find anyone nearby. I thought maybe I had heard it wrong, so I continued to walk home.But as soon as I lifted my foot, my hair was grabbed by the other party from behind, and he yelled fiercely in my ear: "I told you to stop, you still dare to go!" I asked in panic what happened, and turned to look at who it was Pulling my hair, but I don't see anyone. Although I didn't see anyone, my hair was pulled by a strong force, and it kept pulling me towards the primary school building.I couldn't break free from the force, so I had to yell for help, but just as I yelled out, I was slapped on the face.I didn't see who it was... Or maybe I didn't see what hit me at all, but I heard a fierce voice saying: "If you dare to scream again, I'll pull out your tongue!" At this time, there was only one thing in my mind, and that was, did I see a ghost? I was pulled to a window of the teaching building, and the force of pulling my hair disappeared.I quickly stood up and ran home, but just as I took the first step, my hair was grabbed again, and this time it was pulled very hard, and I fell back to the ground.Before he had time to get up, he was slapped on the face again, and the fierce voice said again: "If you run again, I will simply wring your feet off and see how you continue to run." I looked around in horror and begged the other party for mercy. I have never done anything bad, nor have I offended anyone. I begged the other party to let me go. "Don't look around, I'm right behind you, in the window." I followed the other party's instructions, turned around and looked at the window, and saw a woman in a red cheongsam with a terrifying appearance and a ferocious expression.I thought she was standing behind the window, but when I thought about it carefully, I felt something was wrong, because the window was made of dark glass, and the lights were not turned on inside, so I shouldn't be able to see what's going on inside from the outside! Thinking of this, I feel like my hair is going to explode, because the woman in front of me is standing on the glass of the window!