Old Folk Talk About the Secret Stories That Grandpa Didn't Tell

The materialistic young man Chen Nian returned to his hometown to keep vigil, completely breaking the taboo on rainy nights in the ancient village in the mountains. The shadows are hidden on the tiles, and the black water dripping from the forehead locks the soul; the desolate pond is filled with resentment, and the childish soul peeks out of the window to seek grievances. The folk customs of avoiding evil spirits and the black wooden box left by the grandfather reveal the bloody secrets of the mountain village that have been sealed for thirty years. Everyone knows that seven children drowned in a wasteland in the north of the village, and they just treat it as an accident of God. No one knows that behind this tragedy is a man-made disaster that the whole village ignored and kept silent about. What is even more frightening is that there is an eighth orphan boy hidden at the bottom of the pond whose name has been completely wiped out and his existence has been wiped out. He is an innocent child soul who was deliberately sacrificed by the villagers to calm down the evil spirits. One person's loneliness and injustice resulted in thirty years of stability and peace for the entire mountain village. Grandpa Chen Nian has endured for half his life, shouldering the overwhelming grievances, harboring the evil in the hearts of the whole village, and clinging to a false and incomplete balance. Grandpa passed away, and the cause and effect fell on Chen Nian. The villagers were afraid that he would reverse the case and disturb the evil spirits. They surrounded the house and put pressure on him, trying to hide the crime again. Old customs hide filth, and people's hearts become evil, which is far more terrifying than ghosts. This novel and its characters are purely fictitious. Any similarity is purely coincidental and should not be imitated.