Chapter 208 Painful Memories
"Yaozu, Maner, don't dare to put the clips on, don't get your hands caught."
Tong Huaqiong saw Maner and Yaozu coming to the wasteland with traps and they were discussing how to set the traps, so she quickly stopped them.
Liu Tielian was good at setting traps. He walked over and took the trap from Maner.
Maner and Yaozu were discussing whether to braise or stew the wild rabbit they had caught.
He Chao and Boss Qian stood in the vines and weeds to discuss how to build a house, how to build a yard, how to open the gate...
Everyone was busy with their own things and no one paid attention to Hong, except Tong Huaqiong.
Hong stood beside Tong Huaqiong, and Tong Huaqiong keenly noticed that she had not spoken a word since she came to this wasteland, and had been staring at a crooked tree in the middle of the wasteland.
Tong Huaqiong thought she was frightened.
After all, Liu Tielian had just pointed at the crooked neck and said that a family from Shengjing had been hanged under the tree by the rebels, and asked Boss Qian and He Chao to focus on the souls of that family who had died unjustly when they were performing the prayer.
Not to mention that Mrs. Hong was scared after hearing this, even Tong Huaqiong felt a little scared.
At this time, she even suspected that He Chao and Boss Qian were crazy for wanting to buy this land.
She was so upset that she wanted to move away.
Tong Huaqiong asked Mrs. Hong with concern: "Sister Hong, what do you think of this place? If you think it's not okay, let's look at other homesteads."
Anyway, there are other residential plots in the village, so it will just cost some money.
Hong smiled and said, "Nothing. I think this place is nice."
Tong Huaqiong felt that her smile was very forced.
At this moment, a fat wild rabbit suddenly emerged from the bushes, ran past Hong, and dived into the trap. Hong was so scared that she screamed and almost fell down.
Tong Huaqiong, who was standing nearby, held her firmly.
"What's wrong?" He Chao asked nervously.
"A rabbit just jumped out and scared Sister Hong." Tong Huaqiong said.
Hong coughed a few times and her face turned pale.
Tong Huaqiong said: "Why don't we go back? It's a bit windy here."
Hong held the handkerchief and shook her head, saying, "I'm fine."
Tong Huaqiong noticed that her eyes were always fixed on the crooked locust tree.
There must be some story behind this.
Tong Huaqiong's intuition told her that Hong's reaction must be related to the crooked tree.
Could it be that the family that was hanged was related to the Hong family?
Tong Huaqiong had been in contact with the Hong family for some time, but she seemed to have never heard her talk about her parents or relatives, and her accent was very different from that of people in Pingchuan County.
He Chao didn't care that Boss Qian and Tong Huaqiong were around. He reached out and touched Hong's hand. He found that her hand was a little cold. He was worried that she might have a fever, so he wanted to take her back to Tong Huaqiong's house.
Hong stood there without moving.
Tong Huaqiong couldn't help asking, "Sister Hong, does that crooked tree remind you of something?"
She doesn't like guessing riddles, and if she has doubts, she will ask for clarification.
If things were really as she thought, she didn't believe that Hong would not be able to bear it.
Why did Hong come to Qinghe Bay, and why was there this wasteland waiting for her? If it really has something to do with her, then it is all fate and no one can escape it.
Just like she turned into Tong Da Jiao, she couldn’t escape!
If that family was really related to the Hong family, or were her relatives, finding their remains and letting them rest in peace would be a kind of comfort.
When He Chao heard Tong Huaqiong ask this, he noticed that Hong had been staring at the crooked tree.
"Madam, what's wrong with you?" He Chao said softly, "We are not outsiders here, if you have anything to say, please speak up."
Hong's eyes suddenly turned red, and she pointed at the crooked locust tree and said, "...the family that the village chief just mentioned who was hanged is my parents and brother... wuwuwu..."
Mrs. Hong held the handkerchief and started crying.
As expected, Tong Huaqiong guessed it right.
"This...this..." Boss Qian stomped his feet.
This touched upon Mrs. Hong's sorrow.
He Chao was completely stunned.
Tong Huaqiong watched coldly, perhaps fearing that this was the first time He Chao knew about this.
Tong Huaqiong made a prompt decision and said, "Let's talk about it when we get home."
The wind was strong in the wasteland, and Hong's emotions suddenly found an outlet. She was crying so hard that she was out of breath. Tong Huaqiong was worried that she would catch a cold and faint from palpitations.
I suggested taking her home quickly.
If someone gets sick at home, Tong Huaqiong can ask Maner to go to the space to get medicine.
He Chao and Tong Huaqiong helped Hong back home, one on each side.
Boss Qian followed and came to Tong Huaqiong's house.
Liu Tielian didn't know whether to leave or stay. He didn't expect that the family he mentioned who was hanged turned out to be Hong's family.
Tong Huaqiong said to Liu Tiejian, "Brother Liu, please tell everyone to come to my house a little later. I will also send out the pesticides for everyone."
Liu Tielian agreed and left the Gu family.
He was still sighing in his heart, fearing that these two residential plots would be lost.
After Hong was helped into the house, Tong Huaqiong gave her a cup of hot tea and lit a stick of calming incense.
Hong's emotions gradually stabilized and he began to tell his story.
More than 20 years ago, before the rebels entered Shengjing, eight-year-old Hong and her family fled Shengjing with the crowd.
They walked for several days and nights and arrived at a village.
It was raining heavily and we couldn't walk any further, so we decided to stay in the village.
Unexpectedly, they encountered a group of rebels. When the rebels heard the Shengjing accent and saw the carriages full of things, they started to hack and kill them.
Hong's father stood up to protest and was hanged.
Hong's mother took advantage of the chaos and stuffed her under the dead body.
Hong hid under the corpse and watched her mother and brother being hanged together.
She fainted from fright.
Perhaps the trauma was too great, and she forgot the memory after waking up and wandered around alone.
Later, when she was working as a maid, she met He Chao.
Because she had forgotten the tragic death of her parents, even He Chao knew about her painful memory for the first time.
Today, the crooked locust tree suddenly activated Hong's memory.
Because her father, mother and brother were hanged on this crooked tree, this crooked tree always appears in her dreams.
She didn't know why she always dreamed of the sound of chopping and the crooked tree.
I didn't understand it until today.
Yes, they were attacked and killed by the rebels in Qinghe Bay. She didn’t know the name of the village at that time.
Later, after she woke up, she desperately ran towards the mountains and met a group of boys and girls who were chopping wood. They gave her steamed buns and water. She learned from them that the village below was called Qinghewan.
Later, she even deliberately forgot the name Qinghe Bay.
"I never thought that my father-in-law and mother-in-law would suffer such a tragic fate."
He Chao looked at Hong with eyes full of regret.
Hong held He Chao's hand instead.
"......Boss, I met you when I was wandering in the mountains later. Do you still remember?" After calming down, Hong wiped her tears and asked Tong Huaqiong.
Tong Huaqiong thought, how could she remember?
Because she is not Tong Da Jiao.
She searched her mind and vaguely remembered a memory about saving a little girl who had crawled out of a pile of dead bodies when she was young. Perhaps because it was so long ago, there were only sporadic fragments of it.
Tong Huaqiong said: "It's been so long, I have forgotten it."
Hong said tearfully, "I shouldn't have forgotten."