Aunt Cui had only watched the TV version of Journey to the West, and had not read the original novel. In addition, it had been a long time, so her impression was vague. But after Sang Feiwan's reminder, she vaguely recalled it.

"Except for the fact that the scene is what our county used to look like, everything else is really similar."

"On our way here just now, we met only women, and didn't see a single man. Could it be that our county has been demonized and turned into a country of women?"

"Then what is the river we just crossed by boat? The Zimu River?"

"Oh, luckily we didn't drink the water from the Zimu River. We only drank the water in the water tank."

As she was speaking, she suddenly felt a pain in her abdomen. She couldn't help but hold her stomach and cried out: "Ouch, ouch."

At the same time, her abdomen began to swell slowly like a balloon, and there seemed to be a mass of flesh and blood inside that was pressing down on her waist, making it heavier and heavier.

Aunt Cui could no longer stand and fell onto the simple bed, shouting in horror: "What happened to me? Why did my belly suddenly get bigger? I didn't drink the water from the Zimu River. I only drank, only drank——"

She pointed to the water tank not far away and said, "I just drank the water there, how come my belly got big?"

"How do you know that the water in that tank wasn't drawn from the Zimu River?" Sang Feiwan didn't seem surprised at all, and his emotions remained calm.

Aunt Cui beat the edge of the bed in regret: "If I had known earlier, I would have died of thirst rather than drink that water! What should I do now? Tang Seng drank the water from the Zimu River, and Sun Wukong helped him out, but what should I do?"

She suddenly asked Sang Feiwan again: "Did you realize there was a problem a long time ago? Why didn't you remind me when I was drinking water just now? You are the ones who brought me to this damn place, you can't just ignore me!"

"I wasn't sure at first." Sang Feiwan said, glancing at her belly, "but now I'm sure."

Aunt Cui felt like she was being used as a guinea pig. She was very angry and wanted to curse.

But she no longer had the strength to say anything more. The pain in her abdomen was getting stronger and stronger. She felt as if she was being weighed down by a heavy burden. She couldn't breathe properly if she moved the slightest.

She gasped and said, "What should I do now? Is there a Monkey King here? Can you find the abortion spring in the TV series to help me get rid of the baby? I don't want to get pregnant!"

Sang Feiwan looked at her with a sneer on his face: "It's just a pregnancy. After eating and drinking for a while, you can exchange the goods for money. Didn't you say these words to those girls? Why are you so scared when it's your turn?"

Aunt Cui's face was filled with fear, her voice trembling, "How...how do you know? No, no, no, I didn't say that, that's not what I said!"

Sang Feiwan smiled softly: "If you don't admit it, do you think no one knows? The disappearance of those eight girls has nothing to do with you?"

"I don't know what you are talking about, I don't know what you are talking about!" Aunt Cui moved to the side in panic, but accidentally fell off the bed and sat on the ground.

A pregnant woman usually needs to be taken care of.

But when Sang Feiwan saw her at this moment, his eyes were so cold as if he was looking at a beast.

"Wang Cuiping, you are only in your 40s, how come your memory is so bad? It doesn't matter if you don't remember, I can help you recall."

Wang Cuiping had a good life in her early years. Her husband was honest and hardworking. After deducting living expenses from the money he earned from working, he gave the rest to her.

But she was not a woman who was content with what she had. She was bored at home and became addicted to playing cards.

At first, it was a small gamble for fun, but gradually the bets became bigger and bigger, always wanting to turn the tables and win back all the losses.

But gambling is always a losing game nine times out of ten. The more you want to win, the more you lose.

She lost all her husband's savings and was in huge debt.

After the truth came out, her husband divorced her.

Unable to stay in her hometown any longer, she left and lived there for more than ten years.

When he came back again, he was wearing gold and silver and told everyone he met that he had made money doing business outside.

But in fact, she came back this time for another purpose.

Her first target was her cousin.

The girl was a poor child. Her parents passed away when she was young, and she grew up relying on her grandmother.

My grandmother is illiterate and too old to even use a cell phone.

Children in such families are almost left to their own devices.

Plus, they are short-sighted and easily deceived.

Wang Cuiping just described to her how big the shopping malls in big cities were, how wide the roads were, and how tall the buildings were, and the child was so coaxed that she didn't want to study anymore and was determined to go out with her to make money.

Through her cousin, she got to know several other female students, whose family conditions were also not good, who lacked discipline, were simple-minded and easily deceived.

She said to them:

"Your body is a cash cow. Instead of letting others take advantage of it in the future, why not make a fortune for yourself while you are still young and live a carefree life."

"The equipment over there is very complete. You can lie down and take a nap and the seeds will be planted. It's just a pregnancy. After eating and drinking for a while, you can exchange the unloading for a lot of money."

"Don't want to have a baby? You can donate your eggs! They are excreted every month anyway, so it's better to use them to make money instead of wasting them."

"Don't worry, as long as you don't tell anyone, no one will know!"

After this deception, these young girls decided to drop out of school and follow her to the big city to make big money.

In their small place, it is not uncommon for junior high school and high school students to drop out of school and go out to work.

As long as you call your family members frequently to let them know you are safe after you get out, and let your family members think that you are working honestly outside, no one will bother you.

In particular, these girls either have divorced parents or have been living with their elderly parents for a long time, so even if they continue to study, there is no possibility for them to get into university.

On the contrary, working away from home has become a normal thing.

It wouldn't make much difference if you went out a year or two earlier.

That day, they agreed to meet at the station early the next morning.

The night before, after evening self-study, one of the girls suddenly remembered and said:

"There is a Tanshen Cave in the back mountain. There is a pond of water in the cave. I don't know where it comes from, but it flows down from the mountain and runs through the entire county. I heard that more than 100 years ago, the pond was called the Pond of Wealth."

"There is a pond god under the Pond of Wealth. If a family is too poor to make ends meet, they can sincerely send their women to the pond god to serve him for a few years, and the god will reward them with money. After a few years, the women who serve the god will return safely."

"Why don't we go and worship tonight, hoping that the Tan God can bless us with a smooth journey and make fortune soon!"

One girl said, "Going there so late? Will there be ghosts? I'm scared."

Another girl said, "Why should we be afraid of so many people? I heard from my grandma that in the past people could only go up the mountain to worship the Tan God after dark."

So, a few girls got excited and went up the mountain together.

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