cloudy day

Chapter 7
The adoptive father didn't answer me this time, he said he didn't know the reason, but I vaguely felt that the adoptive father was hiding something...

When we came to the foot of the mountain, my adoptive father and I left the village. At this moment, we only had a few coins stained with blood on our bodies.

Seeing my adoptive father's bloody legs, I couldn't help but feel a little worried. The money in my hand might not be enough for medical treatment, or even travel expenses to the city by car.

I looked back at the village, and I felt angry again. In the past, the adoptive father did a lot of work in the village, but now...

"A pack of white-eyed wolves!" I couldn't help cursing.

"This is life, Changsheng, let's go to Xihe Village."

"Why do you go there?" I was very puzzled, and wanted to take him to a big hospital in the city for medical treatment, but my adoptive father was determined to go to a remote mountain village more than 800 kilometers away from us. Could it be that there is some magic doctor in that Xihe village? ?
But even if there is a miracle doctor, our biggest question now is how to go about it?
Not to mention taking a taxi in this poor village, there is only one small passenger car that departs at a fixed time in the morning to go to the county town every day.

Looking at the dark and desolate surroundings, I couldn't help sighing, but my adoptive father smiled slightly, "Just wait, someone will come to pick us up in a while."

I nodded in confusion, but seeing my adoptive father's pale and weak face, I didn't ask any further questions.I know that my adoptive father has always kept secrets, and he is very familiar with some strange physiognomy and folk taboos. I have always believed in what he said.

Sure enough, not long after, a minivan drove over from the mountain road, and an old man jumped out of the car and walked towards us.

When he saw that his adoptive father was seriously injured, he was very surprised, and when I saw the appearance of this old man, I was also taken aback.

I saw that the old man was 70 to [-] years old, with only one arm and one eye left, and half of his face looked as if he had been licked by a blind man, so wrinkled and frightening.

"Zhao Banxian, you...how did you do it?" The old man said with a face full of surprise.

The adoptive father smiled wryly and shook his head, the old man didn't ask any more questions, and helped me move the adoptive father to the car first.

Maybe the driver was an outsider. The adoptive father and the old man didn't speak during the journey. After more than four hours, we finally arrived at the remote Xihe Village, which is surrounded by mountains and rivers.

The old man gave the driver 200 yuan, and then took us to his home.It turned out that the old man's surname was Jiang, and his adoptive father had done a great favor to their family many years ago, and he owed his father a debt of favor.

After we settled our father and son in a simple way, Mr. Jiang quickly found the doctor in the village. The result of the diagnosis was that although the adoptive father's life was fine, his legs were disabled for life.

The doctor prescribed a few doses of medicine and left, shaking his head and mumbling something as he left.

My adoptive father gradually fell asleep after drinking a bowl of decoction, and I was also a little exhausted. Seeing Mr. Jiang who was so busy and attentive, I was very grateful and thanked him deeply.

The horrific Mr. Jiang shook his head with a smile and said: "Little Changsheng, if it wasn't for Zhao Banxian's divination back then, our whole family would have died."

"But, your body..."

"Hey, compared to the lives of the whole family, only one arm and half of a face are missing, so it's a wonder."

"Grandpa Jiang, what happened back then?" I asked curiously.

"It's too late today, go to bed early, you can stay at my house in the future, and I will have time to tell you." Mr. Jiang stroked my head, his eyes were very kind, and gradually I felt that his face did not change. So terrible.

Because Mr. Jiang's wife died of illness a few years ago, and the three children are all working in the city, many houses are vacant, and I live alone in a wing room.

Far away from the village that made people feel sad and angry, my heart was much calmer and more at ease, and I fell asleep soon after lying on the kang.

I don’t know how long I’ve been asleep for this sleep. When the sky was about to dawn, I vaguely heard some strange sounds outside the window, like wind, and like crying...

I opened my dim sleepy eyes and looked towards the window, which scared me into a cold sweat and woke me up completely.

I saw a bony bone claw slowly stretched in, and a woman with a red hijab gradually appeared in front of the window!

(End of this chapter)