Chapter 855: Chapter 857: Preparing for the Cremation
Just like that, Xiaoxiao and Yang Ming waited another two days at Little Shitou’s house. Due to the remote location of Anding Village, going to town took a lot of time, let alone going to the County.
The villagers were a bit smarter this time. To save time, they used Yang Ming’s horse-drawn carriage, which made it impossible for Yang Ming and the others to choose to escape during these two days. They could only wait for the carriage to come back, then find a night to escape.
On this day, the carriage finally returned. They thought they could bring a doctor, but the villagers getting off wore bitter expressions. He spoke gravely, "Village Chief, we couldn’t get a doctor."
These past few days, everyone had been in a state of panic because of the illness, and the Village Chief’s house was filled with people waiting for the doctor to arrive. Now, upon learning that the doctor hadn’t come, the villagers immediately exploded.
"What’s going on? How could the doctor not come?"
"Oh no, what should we do now? Our skin has been scratched, we can’t take it anymore."
"If you ask me, we’re cursed. Cremate that family of three and everyone will be fine."
"From now on, no outsiders should enter our village. It was fine before, but since that family of three came, everyone caught a strange illness. It must be them who brought it."
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Hearing the villagers’ discussions, the Village Chief shouted angrily, "Stop yelling, and listen to what they have to say?"
Only then did the villagers quiet down, and the person who went to fetch the doctor said, "Village Chief, I don’t know what’s going on. When I went to the County to bring a doctor, they already knew about our village. They all think there’s an epidemic in our village and are unwilling to come. They chased me away; we had no choice and came back without a doctor."
Upon hearing that outsiders were treating them like the plague, the villagers erupted again.
"What? Which bastard spread that rumor? We don’t have an infectious disease; it’s a curse!"
"Yes, it’s not an epidemic. If it were infectious, how come it’s still those initial people who are sick, while others are fine these days?"
"Village Chief, if you ask me, the evil is brought by that family of three. Since we can’t bring a doctor now, why not just cremate them?"
"Yeah, Village Chief, you can’t just ignore us. Everyone’s life depends on you. Cremate that family of three, and we’ll be fine."
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The people in this village were ignorant, and even though the Village Chief was a bit wiser, he couldn’t withstand everyone’s instigation. Furthermore, since a doctor could no longer be found, everyone’s only hope was to cremate that family of three.
This matter had already spread outside and might soon reach the ears of the government office. If that happened, to prevent this strange illness from spreading, the government office might slaughter the entire village. For the lives of the whole village, he had to make a swift decision. Maybe the evil was indeed brought by that family of three. Thus, he said, "Prepare for cremation."
Upon hearing the Village Chief’s order, the villagers cheered as if cremating that family of three would truly save everyone.
A group of people followed the Village Chief, aggressively heading towards the courtyard of Little Shitou’s house, chanting repeatedly, "Cremation, cremation, cremation..."
The chant for cremation was so loud that Xiaoxiao and the others heard it before they even reached the courtyard of Little Shitou’s house, sensing something bad.
Little Shitou’s mother fearfully said, "Sister, you all had better run now."