1970s: Transmigrated into a cannon fodder female supporting character in a lucky koi novel!

Wen Li had already washed up and gone to bed. Hearing the knock on the door, she asked in a low voice, "Who is it?"

"It's me!"

Once she was sure it was Zhou Yu, Wen Li put on her military overcoat, got out of bed, and opened the door.

"What's wrong?"

Zhou Yu said in a low voice, "I saw two tall figures climb over the wall and enter the He family's house!"

The first thing Wen Li thought of was the Zou family. Among the surrounding villages, only a few men from the Zou family could be considered tall and strong.

Even though northerners are generally taller, they are all thin and look like bamboo poles, not at all tall.

"Are you sure you didn't see that wrong?"

Zhou Yu nodded affirmatively. He was worried that it was a thief, but thinking of the grudge between the He family and Wen Li, he wanted to ask Wen Li's opinion.

"Are you sure? Should we notify the villagers?"

"Just ignore it and pretend you don't know!"

"Then I'll go keep an eye on them from the back and see when they come out?"

Wen Li thought for a moment and then agreed, "Wait a minute!"

Wen Li turned around and went back into the house to get an IV drip bottle filled with hot water. "Don't let it get cold!"

Zhou Yu took the IV bottle and went outside. He found a spot where he could hide himself but still have a clear view of the He family's house and squatted down.

After waiting for about twenty minutes, we saw the two black figures climb over the wall of the He family's house.

Only after watching the two sneak away from the village did Zhou Yu return.

Wen Li hadn't slept, and upon hearing Zhou Yu's footsteps, she immediately opened the door.

"how?"

"You read that right, they really did sneak into the He family's house under cover of darkness, and they've already left the village!"

"Okay, go back and warm yourself by the fire, and pretend nothing happened!"

"good!"

Zhou Yu returned the bottle to Wen Li, but Wen Li didn't take it. "You keep it, I have more here!"

Zhou Yu retracted his hand and returned to his room.

Wen Li's sleepiness was interrupted, and her mind was filled with thoughts of the situation at the He family's place.

If those two figures are indeed members of the Zou family, how will they retaliate against the He family?

Wen Li thought about the freezing weather outside and had a guess in her mind, but she would know how far the Zou family would go tomorrow.

But Wen Li was wrong; the He family made no move at all.

She and Zhou Yu secretly observed for a day and found that the He family didn't even have a fire to cook. Every other household was emitting white smoke, but the He family was deserted.

That's the scariest part!

The villagers didn't notice it at first, but the next day, some of them realized something was wrong.

Hu Xiaocao usually likes to visit neighbors when she has nothing to do, but she hasn't come out for two days, which has finally caught the attention of several of her aunts.

Everyone was getting quite warm from sitting by the fire, so someone suggested going over to take a look and stretch their legs a bit.

When everyone arrived at the He family's house, they knocked for a long time, but no one answered the door.

The village chief from next door heard the commotion and came out to see what was going on.

After the women finished explaining what had happened, they realized something was wrong, and the two families stopped communicating after the relationship soured.

But their two houses are separated by only one wall, and they can hear each other talking all the time.

At first, he thought the He family members were all warming themselves by the fire inside, so he didn't pay any attention.

There's been absolutely no sound; something's definitely wrong!

He quickly grabbed a ladder, climbed over the wall, and opened the gate.

As everyone entered the He family's house, they felt a chill down their spines, as if a cold wind was blowing.

Two of the bolder ones tried calling out a few times, but there was still no response from inside the house.

Everyone was a little apprehensive.

I haven't heard of them visiting relatives anywhere.

An elderly woman living at the village entrance said, "I didn't go. If it were a family visiting relatives, wouldn't I know?"

[I hope nothing bad has happened.]

Everyone looked at the village chief, whose expression was somewhat solemn.

[Go in and take a look!]

The village chief stepped forward, and as soon as his hand touched the door, it creaked open.

A gust of cold wind blew by, and everyone unconsciously shrank their necks!

The temperature is at least below minus ten degrees Celsius now, and the He family's house is like an icebox, with no temperature at all.

An older woman called out several more times, but there was still no response.

Realizing something was wrong, everyone hurriedly went inside.

Passing through the main room and entering the inner room, everyone saw He Qiang and his family of three lying stiffly on the kang (a heated brick bed).

[Ah—someone's dead—]

Suddenly someone shouted, and the sound startled the snow falling from the eaves, and the whole village heard it.

The village chief shivered as he approached and saw that the three people on the kang (a heated brick bed) were frozen stiff, their faces bluish-purple, clearly indicating that they had frozen to death.

Normally, people who freeze to death will curl up and hug themselves, an unconscious action when they are too cold. But the three people on the kang (a heated brick bed) were stiff, as if they had frozen to death in their sleep.

"Go check next door!"

Their deaths were so bizarre that everyone was terrified.

Several aunties and older women were scared, so it was the men from the surrounding families who went.

The situation of He Gang's family of five is exactly the same as that of He Qiang's family.

Now that the weather is cold, most families sleep on a kang (a heated brick bed) to save firewood.

So there was no need to search; as soon as everyone entered the house, they saw five frozen corpses.

The scene was so horrifying that everyone was quite frightened.

The captain arrived and immediately chased everyone out, then sent someone to report to the police in the commune.

That's eight lives lost!

When He Laosan learned that his eldest and second brothers' families had all died, he rushed over as well.

The He family has three brothers. After the children grew up, the three brothers separated the family property.

Neither of the eldest nor the second eldest son were filial, and their wives were not easy to talk to either, so the elderly couple favored their youngest son.

Old He was also skilled, knowing some carpentry. With his carpentry skills, he lived a fairly good life. So the old couple moved out and built their own house to live separately from Old He's family.

The old house was left to the eldest and second sons' families.

The elderly couple came over after hearing the news, leaning on their canes.

Although the elderly couple favored their third son more, and their eldest and second sons were not very filial, they were still their sons, and they had four grandchildren. How could they not be heartbroken?

Old Man He had just entered the house and seen He Gang's family when he suddenly fainted.

The old woman was the same; her eyes rolled back and she collapsed in the snow.

The villagers are simple and honest. No matter what grudges they had in the past, now that the person is dead, the debts are settled. Everyone hurriedly carried the two old people to the village chief's house. Otherwise, in this weather, the old couple would have either died of grief or frozen to death.

The brigade leader wouldn't let anyone go in and disturb the scene, so the villagers gathered around the He family's door and whispered among themselves.

Despite the difficult mountain roads, the police officers pushed their bicycles to the village after such a major incident.

But because of this delay, it was almost dark.

Wen Li and the others from the educated youth compound also came. With such a big event, who could stay still?

The brigade leader wouldn't let anyone in; only the village chief and the villagers who arrived at the beginning knew what was inside.

After several hours of development, many versions of this story have been circulating, with all sorts of conflicting accounts.

People from several neighboring villages heard about it and came to see what was going on. Even though they were shivering from the cold, they didn't want to go back.

For a time, opinions were divided, with everyone speculating about who the He family had offended.

Wen Li also spotted Captain Zou and his wife in the crowd.