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Monster fetus
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Creek River CommunityThere is an unwritten rule.
Any pregnant woman who gives birth to a deformed baby must kill it after one month.
If not followed, her family will suffer, and not only that, the whole area will be plagued by misfortune.
So, everyone silently followed this rule to maintain the balanced Qi circulation in the entire area. Until my sister gave birth to a deformed monster, and she secretly sent it away without anyone knowing. Since then, one strange incident after another has occurred.
Creek River Community is located in a remote area, and most of the residents there are deeply superstitious and feudal-minded. They believe in feng shui, the god of wealth, and most of all, they believe in the "Balanced Qi circulation" as told by a blind fortune teller. Ten years ago, Creek River Community was inexplicably submerged by a flood.
They raised a few hundred dollars through crowdfunding and invited the most famous local fortune teller to tell fortunes. The fortune teller closed his eyes, gestured with his left hand, and suddenly frowned, saying seriously, "This is a natural disaster and man-made calamity. I have calculated a hexagram, and it seems that there is a strange birth of Yin Chen in your area, which seriously affects the fortune of your community. It's best to get rid of it to avoid future trouble."
He went on and on behind, using a lot of professional terms, and people nodded in agreement, convinced. This is not an exaggeration. Every time a deformed child is born, the neighborhood is bound to have a run of bad luck. After people tacitly got rid of these babies, there really were no more strange occurrences in the neighborhood.
My family moved in here a couple of years ago, so naturally I've heard these rumors that seem both true and false. I once saw with my own eyes how they threw a deformed child with missing facial features into a green trash can, and killed him. The people here have an inexplicable fear of deformed children.
Coincidentally, my sister got pregnant this year. Everything was normal during the prenatal check-ups, until the doctor exclaimed just before delivery: "How come this baby has four extra fingers and the toes are also fused together."
These symptoms were not diagnosed before and were discovered during the last prenatal examination. When my mother heard this, she also blacked out and fainted immediately. The doctor comforted us and said:
"These issues are all minor. We can wait until the child grows up a bit and then perform a small surgery to remove them. "
But what they don't know is that Creek River Community does not allow any deformed child to live.
My sister successfully gave birth to a baby boy, and indeed, he looks just as the doctor said.
Although there are some limb deformities, it is not a life-threatening disease after all.
My sister stayed in the hospital for a week before returning home.
She held her child tightly, unwilling to let others see anything unusual.
The people in the neighborhood were excited to see the new baby and came to congratulate the family. After seeing the cute little baby, they went back home feeling relieved. My sister breathed a sigh of relief and was about to go upstairs when she was stopped by a male neighbor.
His name is Liu Pengqiang, and he moved here over ten years ago, so he can be considered an old resident of Creek River Community. He glanced at the baby in my sister's arms and sighed, saying, "This child seems to be a little unusual."
As soon as these words were spoken, the hearts of several of us were instantly in our throats. We were well aware of the taboos in the neighborhood, but this was a living, breathing life, and we simply couldn't abandon it. Liu Pengqiang pulled us aside to a deserted corner and said:
"Just now I saw that this child's hands and feet are not right, but this kind of abnormality can easily be misunderstood by the biased people in the area. You must protect the child well, it's best to be able to send him away."
"Of course, I also know that you are reluctant, but you have to think about the fate of those deformed babies."
Liu Pengqiang said earnestly, obviously also showing sympathy for those innocent babies.
At night, I heard my sister sobbing in the room, with my mother comforting her. "This child is unbearable, surely a disaster. Let's abandon him after the full moon," my mother said. She didn't understand deformities, only seeing them as monstrous, as the people in the neighborhood said, as ominous beings.
My sister cried and said, "I was born after a ten-month pregnancy, how could I possibly give up just like that." After that, my mom talked for a long time, but my sister still didn't relent.
A few days later, she carefully wrapped the child and was about to leave when she ran into me. She looked flustered and held the child tightly in her arms. "Young lady, did you see everything? Please don't blame me. This is my child, and I have to send him away."
I nodded and took the thing from my sister's hand, saying, "Sis, don't worry, I support all of your decisions." And so, the newborn baby, only half a month old, was sent by my sister to be temporarily raised by someone else.
On the way, we ran into our neighbors from the community, but luckily they just glanced at us and didn't take it seriously. After doing all this, I teamed up with my sister to deceive my mom into thinking that we got rid of the child. My mom obviously breathed a sigh of relief. She tried to comfort my sister, but my sister avoided her.
No one can bear to be separated from a newborn baby, especially my sister. She looks haggard all day long, which breaks our hearts. At the same time, strange things keep happening in the neighborhood. Either someone's house gets robbed, or another family gets into a car accident.
Mold-related incidents of all sizes continue to occur, resulting in financial losses at best and life-threatening situations at worst. What's even more eerie is that some pregnant individuals are showing signs of impending miscarriage. There are even cases of late-term pregnancies being diagnosed with fetal abnormalities.
For a moment, misfortune enveloped the entire community.
Soon, some people noticed that something was wrong.
They remembered what the fortune teller had said before, and thought about how a deformed fetus could affect their luck.
And recently, the only ones with a newborn baby are in our family. They naturally also thought of this place. I saw the neighbor next door, Zhang Feng, leading a group of people aggressively coming to my house.
Urgent knocking on the door was heard, and my mom was pushed hard as soon as she opened the door.
"Okay, are you hiding something from us in your family?"
My mom was a little nervous, but as soon as she thought about that weirdo being taken care of, she wasn't afraid anymore.
She answered with her head held high, "What could our family possibly hide? Don't come here causing trouble." Zhang Feng glanced back at Mrs. Qi and then spoke.
"Recently, the neighborhood has been so unlucky, there must be someone not following the rules, doing something to deceive everyone."
Zhang Feng stopped talking, Mrs. Qi gave a signal, and a few strong women squeezed into the house and began searching.
After a thorough search, they found nothing.
"Where is that child!" Mrs. Qi roared. She is the oldest person here, and everyone respects her greatly. "Did you hide the fact that the child is deformed and send the child away?"
Faced with Mrs. Qi's pressing questions, my mom also felt a bit nervous, and she kept denying it. Just as the situation reached a stalemate, someone found the surveillance footage at the entrance of the community. In the footage, my sister was wearing thick clothes and was anxiously rushing out while holding a bulging object in her arms.
And I followed closely behind, holding things for my sister.
The picture is clear and convincing, more so than any argument.
At this point, someone in the crowd couldn't sit still.
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