After being reborn, I have seven older sisters.

After introducing Hu Aimin and Chunsheng, the old lady immediately pointed to Feng Yanchun and said, "This is my Chaoyang's mother."

Chunsheng and Hu Aimin immediately greeted her, "Hello, Auntie, we're Chaoyang's classmates..."

"Come in quickly, don't stand at the door, let's talk inside!"

As Feng Yanchun spoke, she opened the large iron gate and let everyone in.

The courtyard of the house is very conventional, completely in the traditional design of a rural area in Northwest China. There are several side rooms on the left and right sides of the gate, and the main room is directly opposite.

To Chunsheng and Hu Aimin's surprise, a faint fragrance wafted through the courtyard, the kind of incense burned in temples.

Chunsheng and Hu Aimin exchanged a quick glance, then both looked toward the innermost room on the left.

Although a dark gray curtain hung at the door of the room, it fluttered in the wind, allowing the two to see everything inside.

Hu Aimin glanced at Chunsheng and couldn't help but swallow.

Chunsheng coughed lightly and put his hand on Hu Aimin's shoulder, signaling him to calm down.

Sun Chaoyang's mother walked at the front and led everyone into the main hall and living room directly opposite.

Grandma then turned a corner, reached out and pulled the two wooden doors of the small room that Chunsheng and the other had noticed from the inside, closed them, and then followed the group into the main room.

"You two are called Hu Aimin and Song Chunsheng, right?"

Sun Chaoyang's mother first handed two glasses of water to Chunsheng's older sister and brother-in-law, and then handed the remaining two glasses to Hu Aimin and Chunsheng.

The two nodded quickly and then introduced themselves in turn.

Feng Yanchun continued, "I just heard from his maternal grandmother that my Chaoyang was hospitalized. When did that happen? You can tell me slowly, no rush!"

"About what happened this morning..."

Hu Aimin then recounted in detail how Sun Chaoyang had fallen into a coma that morning and what had happened last night.

After he finished speaking, Chunsheng's older sister and brother-in-law immediately stared in shock.

Feng Yanchun exchanged a glance with her mother and asked, "Mom, do you think Chaoyang is sick?"

The old lady frowned and shook her head, saying, "It doesn't seem like a common illness; it sounds like he's been frightened by something! But he's been at school for the past two days, which shouldn't be the case!"

At this moment, the old lady gave Chunsheng and Hu Aimin a thoughtful smile, then looked at Hu Aimin and asked:

"You two live in the same dormitory. Grandma is asking you, has anything like what happened to Chaoyang last night ever occurred before?"

Hu Aimin immediately shook his head, "Never before, last night was the first time I've encountered this."

The old lady nodded slightly and continued, "So yesterday, did my Chaoyang stay at school all day, or did he go out in between?"

"He stayed at school all day yesterday and didn't go out. Because of the wolf attack in Xiaojiaying a couple of days ago, the school has locked the gates and is not allowing anyone to come and go freely."

Upon hearing this, the old lady frowned even more deeply and said in a low voice, "If she didn't go anywhere, something like that shouldn't have happened last night!"

At this moment, Chunsheng asked, "You just said that Sun Chaoyang might have been frightened. What do you mean? Could you explain it briefly?"

"There's nothing wrong with saying this."

The old lady glanced at Sun Chaoyang's mother, thought for a moment, and continued, "My Chaoyang has been timid since he was little. He will have nightmares if he is frightened by the slightest thing, and then he will have a fever and talk nonsense."

"But if someone remains unconscious like today, I've never encountered that before."

Chunsheng looked at Hu Aimin and asked, "Do you think Sun Chaoyang's behavior last night might have been due to being...frightened" while moving bricks yesterday?"

Hu Aimin's eyes widened knowingly, and he hesitated before saying, "It's hard to say, but that's possible!"

"What do you mean by 'moving bricks'?" Feng Yanchun asked immediately.

"Auntie, don't worry, listen to me."

Hu Aimin quickly explained, "Yesterday, the school organized a labor activity. In order to repair a big hole in the wall, Chunsheng, Sun Chaoyang, and I, a total of 10 male students, demolished half of a local earth god temple outside the school and used the bricks from the temple to repair the hole."

After listening, Feng Yanchun looked at her mother with a questioning gaze.

"It shouldn't be because of that!"

The old woman shook her head firmly, then asked, "Besides demolishing the temple, has anything else happened?"

Hu Aimin continued, "Yes, when we were demolishing the temple, a red skirt suddenly blew out of the temple's kiln, the kind women wore in the old society!"

"We were all quite startled at the time. Could it be because of this?"

Upon hearing this, both Feng Yanchun and her mother instantly showed a hint of fear in their eyes.

But soon, the strange look in their eyes disappeared.

"It's probably because of this," the old lady said, then looked at Sun Chaoyang's mother, "You stay with me for now, I'm going to pray for some incense!"

After the old lady finished speaking, she immediately got up and left, heading straight for the small house with a dark curtain hanging on the door.

Immediately afterwards, a series of incomprehensible, mumbling sounds, like chanting, came from inside the house.

Feng Chunyan glanced at the four people, smiled awkwardly, and explained, "My mother's hometown is in Northeast China. This is their custom. If a child in the family is frightened or scared, they will use this method to resolve it."

"Don't worry, we'll head to the hospital together once my mother is done with her work."

Hu Aimin and Chunsheng nodded slightly, but neither of them said anything.

But the two kept exchanging glances, both thinking that Sun Chaoyang was too tight-lipped. If he hadn't fainted today, probably no one in the class would ever know that his family actually had a grandmother who could summon spirits and exorcise ghosts.

If other classmates find out about this, it'll probably be headline news again.

Of course, Chunsheng would never tell anyone.

I doubt Hu Aimin would go around spreading rumors, after all, he's the class monitor, and he has that much self-respect.

Although the campaign to destroy the Four Olds is no longer advocated, if someone is reported for engaging in feudal superstition, staff will still come to their door to dispel it.

As classmates, Chunsheng and Hu Aimin would naturally not do anything that would harm others without benefiting themselves.

Moreover, even if someone reports it, it probably won't be a big deal for Sun Chaoyang and his family.

Otherwise, if someone had reported it all these years ago, it would probably have been reported long ago, instead of waiting until now.

Chunsheng believes that the main reason is probably related to their family's influence in the village.

Before we entered, my brother-in-law, Feng Jinshuo, had already mentioned that even the village secretary sometimes had to ask Sun Chaoyang's father for favors.

Therefore, if you have the strength to back you up, as long as your affairs don't bother others, no one will have time to provoke someone they can't afford to offend.

About ten minutes later, Sun Chaoyang's maternal grandmother opened the door and came out of the house.

When the old lady reappeared in front of everyone, she had a small yellow paper package in her hand.

As soon as she entered the main room, she stuffed the paper package into Sun Chaoyang's mother's hand.