The Last Train to Hell

This village has little connection with other places.

So what is the connection between it and the county?

In general, the county will subsidize remote villages like ours.

The subsidy is quite large. When I was in school, they also subsidized me a part of the money.

I want to go around the village and take a look at the specific situation in the village.

The village has been mysterious for so many years. According to my friends, they don’t let outsiders enter the village at all.

There must be a reason not to let other people enter the village.

And don’t the men in their village marry wives and the women marry outside?

Speaking of this village, it is really strange that it can still remain mysterious.

After all, as long as the people in the village marry outside, or marry others, there will always be a part of the floating population,

but this village seems to have no floating population, which makes people feel very confused.

I really want to go around the village, but people don’t invite me.

I was too embarrassed to go out, and I didn't know what was going on in the village.

I waited until eight o'clock in the morning, and the hunchbacked old man actually found a few packets of instant noodles from the house.

Then he boiled a pot of hot water for us to eat.

Normally, I don't want to eat instant noodles at all.

The smell makes me feel uncomfortable.

But after a night of tossing and turning, I was really hungry.

In addition, I haven't eaten instant noodles for a long time, so I don't have such a strong resistance to it.

I barely ate two bites and put down my chopsticks.

A few packets of instant noodles are not a rich meal for four men.

Soon, these packets of instant noodles were swept away.

After eating, I looked at the man in the suit and the hunchbacked old man.

I was curious about what they would do next?

Take us around the village?

It's okay to walk around. In fact, this village is really mysterious.

For outsiders, perhaps they have never heard of the name of the village.

For people in Maoxi County, they must have heard of Eryang Village.

But for people in Shihe Village, 90% of them don’t know where this village is.

I even think there is no bus to Shihe Village.

This is very strange.

The man in the suit didn’t look at me, but the hunchbacked old man smiled at me.

“Young man, being so curious is not necessarily a good thing. I’m in a good mood today, so I’ll take you out to see it, but don’t make any noise when you see anything.”

The hunchbacked old man’s tone was kind.

This made me feel relieved, and the man in the suit obviously didn’t refuse his request.

The four of us left the old man’s house together.

Walking towards the village, looking at the situation in the village as I walked,

I found that up to now, no one had appeared in the village, and there was no human figure walking around.

There were no small animals either. Could it be that this village was an empty village?

It's unlikely. I remember that many years ago, a friend came to this village to play.

But who did he play with?

He refused to say, and he was playing in a mysterious way.

At that time, I was very curious and kept asking my friend for a long time.

But he never said anything, and the child's attention was quickly diverted to other places.

Later, I forgot to ask him who he played with in the village?

What did he play?

The most strange thing is that this friend himself never mentioned it.

No matter who asked him, he didn't say anything, which was really strange.

Anyway, with this attitude, it is absolutely impossible to say that there is no problem.

I couldn't think of any problem at that time, but now I think he is deliberately hiding something.

And the thing he concealed is probably not a good thing?

If it was a good thing, he would have boasted to us a long time ago.

I remember clearly that the friend's temperament is not the kind of calm one.

As for where he is now, I don't know.

We were not particularly good friends, and they all went to school, so they should have just entered society.

I had been working hard in society for many years, and became the uneducated worker in their mouths.

Even if we met, there might not be any topic.

Walking into the village, we could already see several courtyards.

Looking at the scene in their courtyards, there were no weeds.

It should not be uninhabited, but if there were people living there.

The villagers in the village definitely don’t sleep until noon, and it’s not for the New Year or other festivals?

Could it be that this village is special? Everyone sleeps until very late before getting up.

The hunched old man took us to the nearest house.

He pushed the door and walked in directly. Seeing how natural his movements were, it was really incredible.

Normally, when you go to other people’s homes, you have to knock on the door and ask for the owner’s permission before entering.

People in the village really don’t like to lock the door, because there is nothing to steal.

If you are short of something, just ask to borrow it, there is no need to steal.

But in this case, they didn’t even ask the host if they were allowed in.

It’s not common to just push the door open, which seems a bit rude.

I was very confused, but I was a guest now.

If I say something inappropriate at this moment, I will inevitably be disliked.

So I still suppressed these doubts in my heart and prepared to follow the old man to see what was going on.

When I entered the yard, what was even more difficult for me to accept was.

The chickens in the chicken coop were taking a nap, and the dogs were taking a nap as well.

Normally, how could chickens and dogs sleep in broad daylight?

I have never seen chickens and dogs sleeping in broad daylight.

I pulled the man in the suit and just wanted to speak, but I found that the man in the suit turned around and covered my mouth.

His meaning was obvious, asking me not to speak.

Well, since I can't speak now, I'll just keep my mouth shut.

It's also to avoid disturbing the owner of the house. I always feel that the current situation is a bit complicated.

It's not necessarily a good thing to disturb the owner.

I thought so in my heart, and suddenly felt a little strange.

When I looked up again, I found that the door of the house was actually open.

And the man standing at the door still had his eyes closed.

If he hadn't closed his eyes, his expression would have made him look like he was welcoming a guest from afar.

But it was particularly strange that he was smiling with his eyes closed.

It was as if he was being controlled by someone. Could it be that he was sleepwalking?

Looking at the expressions of the other three people, there was no big change.

As if I was used to it, I stood beside them pretending to be calm.

I kept comforting myself, it's okay, it's okay!