Lao Huai's New Words: the Whole Village Owes My Family a Debt

#Suspense brain hole #countryside ghost story #folklore zhiguai #atypical redemption #group portrait The villagers are destitute and the old locust trees are hollow. Chen Guinian, a cultural relic restorer, returned to his hometown after an absence of twenty years to attend his father's funeral. A thousand-year-old locust tree at the head of the village was struck down by lightning, revealing a bronze coffin with a cinnabar charm sealed in the heart of the tree. On the night of the coffin opening, the well water in the village turned sweet overnight, and all the mirrors could no longer reflect the faces of living people. His grandfather, who had been dead for thirty years, knocked on his door and handed over an account book written in blood—— "In the new year, it's time to repay the debt owed by our village." The account books are filled with names. Behind every name comes a price: eyes, voice, heirs, longevity... A hundred years ago, the ancestors of the whole village used "the most expensive thing in their bodies" to exchange for a hundred years of good weather. Now the contract expires and the creditor wakes up. And Chen Guinian found that his name was written at the top of the last page. There is nothing under the name. The creditor asks him to fill it in himself. ——I have repaired thousand-year-old paintings, but I cannot repair a human skin contract. ——