Doomed Destiny - C34

My head buzzed, and after a moment of confusion, I stood up from the stool, not caring about the pain in my crotch. Her mother was so shocked that she asked what had happened. I said run. The police are coming. The mother panicked and also stood up, saying where to run, it was raining so heavily outside. Before I could make up my mind, I received another text message: “Run underground!”

“Where do you want us to run to?” I asked my mother.

Mother said, “Do you want to run into the sweet potato cellar?”

“Do we have a sweet potato cellar?” I asked.

“There was one in the past! It was filled long ago! Why don’t we dig one up now? Will we still be able to make it in time? ” the mother asked.

“How long does it take to dig one up?”

“If I dig it myself, one week’s time, and one month’s time if I’m slow!” Mother said.

“Forget it, let’s just run!” Do you have an umbrella at home? I made up my mind.

Lightning crackled in the storm. There was the sound of a piercing siren. It sounded particularly ear-piercing. I was so frightened that my heart almost burst and my body was so weak that I could barely walk away. He had to be held up by his mother, who was trying to hold up the umbrella in the strong wind.

Outside, the streets were filled with rainwater. A police car with flashing lights was coming from the east. I quickly turned west with my mother and trotted through the muddy water that had been buried at my ankles. He saw an alley turn in. Since they couldn’t see the police cars anymore, they threw away the umbrellas that had been blown away by the wind and started to run.

As I ran, I could only endure the pain in my crotch. This alley was very long. At the north end was the village. The terrain suddenly dropped and there was a pit the size of a village. There were a lot of trees planted in the pit. There was a little water in there. It was raining so heavily that the water level had risen a little and there was dirty garbage floating on the surface.

“Swim through the hole!” Mother said.

“Pull it down!” Go around it! ”

He turned around and saw that the police car had stopped at the entrance of the building. Two policemen got out. I jumped and fell into the puddle. Mother said it was a roundabout way, why did you jump in? He also jumped into the puddle. The water in the pit wasn’t deep enough to reach my waist, and even if I was short enough to drown my chest, I didn’t have to swim. I waded through it.

My mother and I did not dare to look back as we emerged from the puddle and went straight into the corn forest. The corn stalks had fully grown to a height of two meters and were arranged densely in rows. The field was also very vast, and once a person entered the corn forest, it would be difficult to find them.

My mother and I ran for a long time in the cornfield. He was too tired to run, so he stopped. It was raining heavily, and the wind had broken a lot of corn stalks. The dark clouds overhead were low and heavy, constantly releasing thunder and lightning. My mother and I were wet and shivering, our faces ashen and our lips purple.

“Aiya, my mother!” What are we going to do about it! ” My mother was panting and sobbing.

I didn’t know what to say. My arms tightened around myself. He clenched his teeth as he endured the heart-wrenching pain from his crotch.

“I told you already, I’m not asking you to earn everything!” You won’t listen! Look, you have been subjected to this kind of living torture! ” the mother complained.

I panicked and shouted, “Don’t blame me when something happens! Who had spent all the money? “Who will spend the most?”

The mother stomped her feet and shouted, “You motherfucker! You are relying on me more than anything else! Who knew which bastard would spend the most! First thirty thousand dollars to get the man out of the police station, then more than twenty days in the hospital with the rat poison, which cost him thousands of dollars in medical expenses. He spent another 2,000 yuan to buy a cellphone for his mother-in-law. Finally, he threw away 70,000 yuan to act cool! Who knew which dog kept these trash? It’s a good thing that it’s been torn apart! ”

Boom!” A loud sound echoed out. The sky exploded with thunder. A bolt of silver lightning struck a large tree in front of them. He split the tree into two halves and set it ablaze. The torrential rain poured oil on the tree, adding to the intensity of the fire. It illuminated the entire sky with a red light.

My mother and I stared at each other in shock. We had never seen anything like this before, and it took us a long time to regain our senses. I saw the fear in my mother’s eyes. She trembled: “Shier, do you think this lightning will hit us?”

I said, “It’s not like I’m as tall as a tree. How could lightning strike us? It’s common knowledge that it is easy to attract thunder from high places! ”

Suddenly my legs tingled. It was his phone that vibrated. I knew that the phone was afraid of water, so I wrapped it up in a plastic bag before I escaped. But the rain kept falling, and there was no shelter from it except under the big trees. He dared not go to the big tree. If he went there, he would be courting death.

So I reached into the plastic bag and fiddled with my phone. Through the clear plastic, we could see if there was a text message, or the number that warned us to hide. This time, it sent out the following message: Jin Shi, quickly jump into the well to hide, you will be struck by lightning! Willow dead, next is you!

I looked up and saw that the tree that had been struck by the lightning was actually a willow tree. He then asked his mother how many years that willow tree had been. My mother said I knew it, but seeing how thick it was, I’m afraid none of the five adults could carry it, at least for a hundred years. I remember when I was first married, someone worshipped this willow tree and built a small temple next to it, and since a pregnant woman was hanged on this tree, no one paid their respects to it, and even the temple was demolished.

Anxious and afraid, I lifted my head and looked up. My face was a little hurt by the sudden rain, and I squinted up at the sky. The spectacle of this school of nature is formidable. I wiped the rain from my face and said where to find a well.

His mother asked him why he was looking for her.

I said I was going to jump into a well and hide, and soon the thunder would strike me.

Mother said who said Lei was going to strike you.

I said someone sent me a text message.

Mother said it was a joke, right? You’re not a monster, so what’s the point of being struck by lightning?

I told you not to ask, is there a well in this area?

Mother stared at me closely, her eyes full of scrutiny, and said: “Shier, tell me, is there something you’re hiding from me?”

I angrily said, “What the hell are you doing? Why are you still asking!?”

“There is an old well under the big willow tree,” she said, pointing to the sky, which was burning red with fire. Many years ago, your father and I were here to purchase land from someone else, and we used to get water from that old well! ”

I said, “Mother, you should go home! If the police catch you, you’ll blame everything on me. If the police ask me where I’ve been, you tell them I’ve run away. Don’t tell me I jumped into a well and committed suicide! If you say that I jumped into a well and committed suicide, they will definitely ask which well I jumped into and they will come to retrieve my corpse! ” After finishing my sentence, I prepared to walk towards the burning sky.

However, my mother grabbed onto me and cried, “Shier, do you think you can still live after jumping into the well?”

I said, “Being able to live depends on luck. If I was struck by lightning, I definitely won’t be able to survive.” In five days, if you can avoid the police, come and see me at the well. If you can’t avoid the police, then you might as well not come here, in case you attract police! ”

“If I don’t come,” said my mother, “you will starve to death if you don’t drown in the well.”

I said, “Mom, don’t worry about it! “Let’s go!”

His mother was crying and refused to let go.

I said, “Mother, we are not parting ways forever. We will meet again!”

“How do you know we’ll meet again?” the mother asked.

I did not answer, but broke free from my mother’s grip and walked through the corn jungle, facing the sky that was red from the firelight.

Upon closer inspection, the burning old willow tree in the middle of the storm was full of vicissitudes. The body that had been split in half by the lightning was still standing upright. The huge crown of the tree was almost burnt out. As I approached the tree, steaming, I saw a well.

The stone edges of the old well were very dilapidated. It was obvious that the old well had been here for a long time. Its diameter was very thick, enough for four adults to band together and jump in. The walls are smooth marble. It was very deep, and the first glance at it was dazzling. The water at the bottom of the well rippled with the rain. It was unknown which dynasty would produce such a magnificent well.

The sky rumbled with rumbling thunder again, causing the entire world to buzz incessantly. My knees gave out and I almost fell to my knees. Clenching my teeth, I closed my eyes and jumped into the well.