Chapter 306

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　　Haunted？
　　When Ye Qiu heard these two words, he couldn’t help but laugh.
In ancient times, when people couldn’t explain many strange phenomena, they attributed them to being haunted.
　　But in today’s society, with the rapid development of science, most things can be explained by science. How could there be such a thing as being haunted？
　　It seems that this place is still too backward and the people are rather ignorant.
　　Of course, Ye Qiu couldn’t say these words. Otherwise, Father Qin would be angry.
　　Ye Qiu followed Father Qin’s words and asked, “Uncle, what do you mean by being haunted？”
　　Father Qin said, “I heard from my relative that the so-called infectious disease suddenly appeared a week ago.”
　　“Before the infectious disease appeared, a major event happened in the village.”
　　“It’s because of this major event that Mogan Village is now in a state of chaos and people are panicking.”
　　Ye Qiu’s curiosity was piqued and he asked, “What major event？”
　　“Do you know why it’s called Mogan Village？” Father Qin asked.
　　How would I know？ I’m not from here.
Ye Qiu teased ed in his heart and politely shook his head, saying, “I don’t know.”
　　“Then I’ll tell you the origin of Mogan Village.” Father Qin took out a cigarette and asked Ye Qiu, “Do you smoke？”
　　“I　don’t　smoke.”
　　Ye Qiu hurriedly picked up the lighter from the coffee table and lit the cigarette for Father Qin.
　　Father Qin took a puff of the cigarette and then said slowly, “The taste of this cigarette is not bad.”
　　“Uncle, quickly tell me about Mogan Village.”
　　Ye Qiu was extremely anxious in his heart, but still smiled politely on his face.
　　Father Qin took two more puffs of the cigarette and then began to tell the story.
　　“Mogan Village is in the deep mountains, surrounded by mountains on all sides, almost isolated from the outside world. Hundreds of years ago, it was a wasteland.”
　　“During the Republic of China, there was chaos in the world with warlords fighting each other, and the people had no means of livelihood. At that time, people had nothing to eat and there were refugees everywhere.”
　　“Some refugees came from nowhere and stopped at the current location of Mogan Village, opened up wasteland and planted crops there, and settled down ever since.”
　　“Over time, a village was formed.”
　　Father Qin said up to here, picked up an orange from the fruit plate, and handed it to Ye Qiu, saying, “The old woman still needs a while to cook. Little Ye, you eat an orange.”
　　“Uncle, can you tell the story properly and not interrupt？”
　　Ye Qiu was very speechless.
　　However, this was Father Qin’s kindness, and he couldn’t refuse. After taking the orange, he couldn’t wait to say, “You’d better tell me about the things in Mogan Village.”
　　“Don’t worry, just listen to me tell it slowly.”
　　Qin’s father said with great enthusiasm like a storyteller： “They all say that people’s hearts are unpredictable. In my opinion, the most unpredictable thing is still the will of the heavens.”
　　“Before the founding of the People’s Republic of China, Mogan Village had abundant rainfall throughout the year, so at that time, Mogan Village was called Duoshui Village. However, since the year of the founding of the People’s Republic of China, not only has the rainfall in Mogan Village decreased, but there has also been a severe drought every year.”
　　“At the worst time, it didn’t rain a single drop for three years. The crops all died of drought, and the villagers also had a problem with getting water. They needed to carry water from a place more than ten miles away.”
　　“Everyone could bear it for a month or two, but as time passed, everyone thought that this couldn’t go on like this.”
At that time, I’m afraid that if they weren’t starved to death first, they would die of thirst first.
　　“Later, there was really no other way. The villagers found a feng shui master to do a divination. Guess what the feng shui master said？”
　　“What did he say？” Ye Qiu asked.
　　Qin’s father said： “The feng shui master said that it was because the name of the village was not good. In the past, there was a lot of rain, so it caused the drought now. This is called extremes meet. Therefore, he personally gave Duoshui Village a new name.”
　　Ye Qiu guessed it right away and asked： “Is this new village name Mogan Village？”
　　“That’s right, you are really smart, you silly boy.” Qin’s father said in the local dialect, and then continued： “Mogan, Mogan means hoping that there will be no more drought here.”
　　“The name of the village was changed, and the common people eagerly awaited the heavens to send rain.”
　　“Wait and wait, wait and wait, after waiting for half a month, not a single drop of rain came down.”
　　“The villagers felt that they had been deceived by the feng shui master and went to find the feng shui master to settle the score collectively.”
　　“The feng shui master told everyone that since the heavens did not send rain, then they should find a way out on their own.”
　　“The feng shui master took a compass and searched inside and outside Moggan Village for three days. Finally, he made marks in nine places.”
　　“Then, he asked the villagers to dig wells according to his marks.”
　　“Surprisingly, this time the feng shui master was very reliable. In the nine places he marked, underground spring water all appeared.”
　　“From then on, these nine wells became the foundation of survival for Moggan Village.”
“Later, although Moggan Village had sufficient rain and there was no long-term drought, and the country also installed tap water for the villagers, but these nine wells have always been kept…
　　Ye Qiu suddenly realized something was wrong.
　　He asked about the haunting, but Father Qin talked for a long time about the past events of Moggan Village, which had nothing to do with the haunting at all.
　　“Uncle, so what exactly is going on with the haunting？” Ye Qiu asked.
　　Father Qin said： “This has to start with those nine wells. A week ago, a child accidentally fell into a well and drowned in it. I heard that he was only a few years old.”
A young man who was good at swimming went down to salvage the corpse, and the next day, he died at home.
　　“It is said that when that young man died, his eyes were wide open, as if he had seen something terrifying before he died.”
　　“The young man was the first to die, and several people died one after another later. Their death conditions were the same as that of the young man, and there were no external injuries on their bodies.”
　　“Therefore, the villagers suspected that it was an infectious disease.”
　　“A doctor was sent by the town a few days ago to investigate, and he also died.”
　　Father Qin reminded Ye Qiu and said, “So, you must not go to Moggan Village.”
　　Ye Qiu was pondering what Father Qin had just said. What made him feel rather strange was that Father Qin lived in the town. How could he know so much about the affairs of Moggan Village？”
　　Even if there were relatives in Moggan Village, it was impossible to know the situation so clearly, right？”
　　Unless　it　was…
　　Village cadres！
　　“Uncle, who is that relative of yours exactly？” Ye Qiu asked.”
　　“That relative of mine is the village head of Moggan Village and also my distant cousin.” Father Qin hesitated for a moment and said, “My cousin told me about the affairs of Moggan Village just to ask me to tell Wan’er and see if she could ask a few experts from Jiangzhou to go to Moggan Village to have a look.”
　　“Wan’er’s former man drove an ambulance in Jiangzhou Central Hospital and knew many experts.”
　　“However, people are gone and the tea is cold. Besides, Wan’er’s man has been dead for several years. How could those experts give Wan’er face.”
　　“So, I didn’t tell this matter to Wan’er.”
　　So that’s how it is.
　　“Just based on these, you can’t conclude that Moggan Village is haunted, can you？” Ye Qiu smiled and said.
　　“Of course not just these. There was also a strange thing that happened in Moggan Village.”
　　Father Qin said mysteriously： “Those who died, after being buried, the graves were dug up the next day and the corpses disappeared. You tell me, what else could it be but a haunting？”