Chapter 542 A Group of Old Women

Bai Youwei and Shen Mo had no idea what happened in the house. When they came to the village, they found that the family where the accident happened last night had also held a funeral.

White lanterns were hung inside and outside the house, and condolences came in and out, just like the Li Zheng family before.

If the frequency of one death per night continued, sooner or later every household in this village would have to hold a funeral.

Shen Mo followed the name list and found women who were as nameless as Li.

The men went to express their condolences, while the women gathered in small groups to dry beans, wash clothes, and look after their grandchildren.

They were all fifteen or sixteen years old when they got married. Now the oldest is over seventy and the youngest is over fifty.

Even those village women who are only in their fifties are haggard and gray-haired, not much different from those in their sixties or seventies.

Shen Mo asked them about Li.

None of these village women knew.

They all said that they were not familiar with Ms. Li and had no interaction with her. They only knew that she was the daughter-in-law Li Laizi had brought back from outside.

One of them said: "Li Lezi is too poor, Ren Yazi won't do his family's business!"

Another person laughed and said: "You are lazy and poor, and you still want to buy a wife. This is called a toad wanting to eat swan meat!"

"Didn't you ask him to get it in the end?" an old woman with a wrinkled face said. "What a fool. He is not afraid of causing trouble to the village. He actually got one from outside. He is lucky."

Another person said disdainfully: "What kind of luck is it? If you can't give birth to a child, it's all in vain!"

The customs of the old times looked down upon women who could not give birth to children.

Bai Youwei looked at them and asked, "You have been in the village for so many years, haven't you ever thought about going home?"

"Go home?" The old ladies looked at each other, smiled, and shook their heads, "What are you going to do? My family is also poor, and there is no food to feed the idle people. Even if they go back, they will be driven back."

Bai Youwei asked again: "Has Mrs. Li ever gone home?"

This time, they looked at each other and fell silent in unison.

Bai Youwei looked at them and said: "To this question, either answer 'yes', answer 'no', or answer 'don't know'.

You just said that you are not familiar with Mr. Li, so you should answer "I don't know", but none of you said anything, which means that the answer is between "yes" and "no".

If you have "never" gone home, there is no need for you to be secretive. The most likely reason for not talking is because she tried to go back, but you stopped her. "

"No no!"

"How could we do something like that? Little girl, don't talk nonsense!"

"Yes, she can't finish all the housework every day. Who cares whether she goes home or not..."

Bai Youwei tilted her head and thought for a moment, then said, "Maybe you didn't stop it, but the men in your family did."

The old ladies were silent again...

After a while, the youngest old woman said: "If you can stop me for a while, how can you stop me for a lifetime? Little girl, don't talk about us being so unhuman. For a woman who has lost her virginity, what good will happen even if she runs back?" It's better to live separately and have a son and a half daughter by your side."

The old ladies next to him nodded in agreement.

Bai Youwei asked: "According to your opinion, Li later stayed in the village voluntarily?"

However, the old women ignored her and went about their own work, drying beans, washing clothes, and looking after their grandchildren.

Bai Youwei couldn't find any useful information, exchanged glances with Shen Mo, and had no choice but to leave.

Walking on the country road, Bai Youwei suddenly smiled.

"What are you thinking of?" Shen Mo asked her.

"Hmm~" Bai Youwei looked up at him and raised the corners of her mouth slightly, "I suddenly discovered that the old women in this village gave more useful information than the old man. I still remember the three questions I asked Old Man Liu last time when I went next door to Li's house. ?"