It's better to imagine a boyfriend than to attack the villain

Chapter 198 World 10: Can’t think of a title

After a long and difficult childbirth process, when the sixth child was welcomed, the family finally saw a glimmer of hope - the child's appearance finally returned to normal!

However, what is heartbreaking is that this child is actually a fool.

After giving birth, the woman's already weak body quickly collapsed, and a serious illness left her bedridden, almost unable to get off the kang.

After giving birth to this child, the woman seemed to have lost all her energy and spirit. She looked increasingly depressed and listless, and an indescribable bad luck emanated from her.

In addition, the child has intellectual disabilities, which makes him, as a husband, even more dissatisfied with his wife and unwilling to stay at home for any longer.

My husband's family treated my young and beautiful cousin as if she were their own family member, and even began to secretly plan to marry her as a second wife.

In that era, it was common for a man to have three wives and four concubines. People in the village were not surprised by this and naturally did not gossip about it.

As a result, the status of this poor mother and son in the family became increasingly humble.

Especially after the little cousin successfully gave birth to a healthy and lovely baby, the woman completely became an unnecessary existence in the family and completely lost her right to speak.

Seeing that her husband gradually began to think about marrying his younger cousin, her in-laws drove her and her mentally retarded son out of the house without hesitation.

With nowhere to go, the mother and son could only look for a place to stay, and finally huddled up in a dark and damp cave, barely surviving.

At this moment, the woman had already lost all hope and no longer had any illusions about her former husband's family. She knew very well that even if she begged desperately, she would not receive any mercy.

As for her parents' side, they also ignored her because a daughter who is married off is like water spilled.

Now, her only wish is to be able to depend on her children and spend the rest of her life peacefully in this cave.

It's a pity that fate always seems to like to play tricks on the unfortunate and is unwilling to let this mother, who has suffered so much, off easily...

The child is only five or six years old, but unlike other children of the same age, he still cannot speak and knows nothing about the world around him. It seems that he lives in his own simple and ignorant little world.

Every day, he just sat there blankly, occasionally showing a silly smile, which made people feel both distressed and helpless.

In contrast, the normal children in the village are full of energy and often go to the mountains to play together.

By chance, the children discovered the mother and son. However, because the village had been spreading the rumor that the child was cursed, people were extremely disgusted with this so-called "ominous" existence, and this emotion was naturally passed on to these innocent children.

Then, the innocent and kind children began to behave differently. They threw stones at the mother and her child, hurling foul language at them.

To them, it may have been just a little prank, but to the mother and her poor child, it was an unbearable burden.

Finally, one day, a sharp stone hit the foolish child directly. In an instant, blood gushed out from the wound, staining his pale face red.

The ruthless stone not only cut off the innocent child's hope of survival, but also shattered the last bit of hope in the mother's heart.

Seeing her child lying in a pool of blood, the mother was heartbroken. She cried, begged, and made a noise desperately, trying to arouse even a little sympathy from the villagers, hoping that someone would come forward to help her.

However, faced with a person who everyone believed was completely cursed, no one was willing to lend a hand. All they had was endless fear and deep disgust.

After her child tragically died, she was heartbroken and devastated.

After a cold night, the next morning, people were horrified to find that the woman was hanging upright on the old and sturdy tree at the entrance of the village.

What is even more horrifying is that she not only chose to end her life by hanging herself, but also cut her wrists with a sharp knife. The bright red blood flowed out like a broken dam, and finally merged into the winding river beside the village.

Witnessing such a tragic scene, everyone was horrified and rushed to deal with the aftermath. With grief and awe, they properly buried her and invited monks from a nearby temple to perform a grand ritual to pray for the deceased's soul, seeking only a little peace of mind.

However, since then, the number of children born normally in the village seems to be shrouded by a mysterious force, and their numbers have become increasingly scarce.

Even those babies who seem normal when they are born will gradually become abnormal over time due to various inexplicable reasons. Some are physically weak and sickly, while others are mentally retarded, and the entire village is immersed in a haze.

Time flies, and with the changes of the times, this long-isolated village finally begins to slowly connect with the bustling world outside.

One day, an important official arrived here. He was entrusted with the task of addressing the severe drought that had plagued the area for a long time. After careful consideration and on-site inspection, the official decided to dig a wide river channel in the center of the village to divert water for irrigation.

So the workers were busy working, the river channel took shape day by day, and the water flowed slowly, nourishing the long-dried land.

Gradually, this newly opened river channel became an important channel connecting the village with the outside world. Merchant ships passed by in an endless stream, often stopping here to rest.

Some smart and insightful people keenly grasped the potential business opportunities and resolutely chose to stay in the village, opening shops and inns to start businesses.

At this time, the villagers were surprised to find a strange phenomenon: after the women from other places married into the village, the children they gave birth to were all healthy and not affected by the previous strange curse at all!

This amazing discovery was like a ray of light breaking through the dark night sky, instantly igniting the fire of hope that had been dormant in the hearts of the villagers for a long time.

From then on, they began to pursue foreign women like crazy, hoping to break the curse that had plagued the village for a long time by marrying them and usher in a turning point in the continuation of their family bloodline.

Originally, everything seemed to be moving in a positive direction, people lived and worked in peace and contentment, and their lives were peaceful and beautiful.

However, on an ordinary night, an unexpected incident broke the tranquility.

A child disappeared without a trace, and his family searched everywhere for him but to no avail. The next morning, they discovered the child had drowned in a river, a scene so tragic that it was unbearable to watch.

The incident plunged the entire village into panic. Even more horrifying was the fact that in the following days, many more children died one after another.

Faced with such a strange situation, the government quickly dispatched officers and soldiers to investigate, but no matter how hard they searched for clues and interrogated the villagers, they ultimately found nothing.

What's even more bizarre is that every time night falls and midnight, the originally crystal clear river water will turn red as if it were stained with blood, and it looks particularly eerie and terrifying under the moonlight.

Furthermore, ghostly figures could be seen floating on the river, appearing and disappearing, sometimes moving across the water, as if venturing out about some grievance. These terrifying sights frightened many villagers, who fled the area.

Despite this, some people still chose to stubbornly stick around. However, as time went on, rumors of the village being cursed intensified and spread more widely, so much so that many women from surrounding areas became terrified and no longer wanted to marry there.

Today, the once vibrant and energetic village is completely shrouded in the shadow of a curse. Most residents have already moved away with their families in search of new places to settle down, and only a few remain in the village.

Even the local government, after a series of futile investigations, was frightened by this mysterious ghost village and simply gave up its jurisdiction and governance.

"Then why do you insist on staying here?" Chen Huyi looked at the lady in front of him with a puzzled look on his face, his eyes full of confusion, and asked sincerely.

The old lady sighed deeply and then said softly, "Alas... I am old now and can't stand this kind of torture!"

"I've lived here for decades. Every blade of grass, every brick, and every tile here carries my memories. I can't leave it anymore! As for the so-called curse, it doesn't exist for me at all."

When she said this, there was a hint of regret in her eyes.