After being reborn, I have seven older sisters.

Soon, the red dress fell from mid-air.

Chunsheng frowned slightly, wondering how a woman's skirt could suddenly appear in a local temple!

Filled with curiosity, he walked around to the front of the earth god temple and peered into the temple's interior.

Just then, Hu Aimin urged his classmates, "Hurry up and move the bricks, hurry up... hurry up and finish the work so we can get out of here!"

"Hey, Sun Chaoyang, why aren't you...?"

"I'll help you move it. I'll be back in a bit... and we'll continue dismantling it together..."

"Chunsheng, aren't you moving...?"

"Wait for me...right away!"

When Chunsheng looked up again to look for someone, he was all alone by the earth god temple.

Led by Hu Aimin, nine people, each carrying two or three bricks, were jogging towards the gap in the wall in the distance.

Chunsheng glanced back at the tattered dress that had fallen to the ground not far behind him, thinking that it was all that thing's fault.

It didn't appear earlier or later, but it just happened to appear at this exact moment, giving people a fright.

When Chunsheng peered into the temple kiln, he finally understood why the red dress had been blown out.

Just as they were dismantling the bricks, a hole appeared inside the kiln. The wind blowing out of that hole blew out the skirt that was originally hidden inside the kiln, startling several classmates.

What puzzled him was why a woman's skirt would be hidden in the Earth God Temple, a sacred place used to pray to the gods for blessings.

Out of curiosity, he brought his forehead close to the entrance of the temple kiln and peered inside with wide eyes, wanting to see what strange things were inside.

He suddenly noticed that there was something wrapped in a dark cloth behind the clay statue.

He immediately reached out and took it.

After opening the package, a four- or five-inch-long rag doll was revealed.

Judging from the extent of damage to the fabric used to make the doll, it's clear that it's been quite a while.

The doll looks lifelike, with a nose and eyes; you can tell at a glance that it's a girl.

When his gaze fell on the back of the rag doll, he noticed a light-colored strip of cloth with several steel needles stuck in it, and he could vaguely see a line of traditional Chinese characters written on the cloth.

Chunsheng held the words up to the sunlight and examined them carefully; the writing was crooked and illegible.

But there were a few words he could still make out.

Especially the character "戮" (lù), meaning slaughter, the character "压" (yā), meaning suppression, and the character "丽" (lì), meaning beauty.

As for the other text, it was almost impossible to read due to fading.

Although the text above is not fully visible, Chun Sheng can guess the gist of it based on his memories.

This doll is probably a miniature figure used by someone to curse others.

It's best to keep this from Hu Aimin and the others from seeing it, lest they be frightened again and have nightmares.

So he immediately wrapped the doll in cloth and stuffed it back behind the clay statue.

Suddenly, his fingers touched something else behind the clay statue.

He had expected it to be another pair of tattered clothes or a rag doll!

But when he pinched the thing with his fingers, he found it to be hard and even had a metallic texture.

Without thinking, Chunsheng pulled the object out from behind the clay statue.

When he held it in his hand and looked closely, he discovered that it was a small leather bag with a thick hemp rope tied to it.

Chunsheng held the small bag in his palm and weighed it in his hand. Instantly, a metallic clanging sound came from inside.

He immediately untied the rope and peered inside. The bag was pitch black, and he couldn't see anything.

So he lifted the bottom of the bag and dumped everything inside onto the ground.

With a "clatter," several round coins fell out of it.

Chunsheng immediately picked one up and looked at it.

This is... a silver dollar!

Moreover, they were all silver dollars, and upon careful counting, there were as many as twenty-two.

This was the first time Chunsheng had ever seen such a high-end item. Although he didn't know its value, he estimated it was definitely worth much more than 22 yuan.

He put the 22 silver dollars back into the leather bag, tied it with a hemp rope, and put it into his trouser pocket.

Then he went over, picked up the red dress that had fallen to the ground, and put it back into the temple kiln, placing it together with the rag doll.

Half a minute later, when Hu Aimin returned with his classmates, they stared wide-eyed at the distance for a long time but couldn't find the red dress, and then they exclaimed in surprise again.

Chunsheng quickly explained, "Stop yelling! The skirt doesn't have legs, how could it just disappear on its own! I just picked it up and put it back in the temple."

"What! You just went to pick up that skirt?"

Upon hearing this, Sun Chaoyang looked terrified and said, "Aren't you afraid that female ghost will chase you to your house at night?"

Hu Aimin immediately kicked Sun Chaoyang and yelled, "Shut up, stop talking nonsense!"

Sun Chaoyang realized he had misspoke, so he quickly spat three times on the ground, shook his head, and said, "I won't talk nonsense anymore, I won't talk nonsense again!"

Chunsheng noticed that everyone's faces showed some surprise and worry.

So he quickly reassured everyone, "I believe in science, not that nonsense!"

Sun Chaoyang smiled awkwardly and said, "Then I'm the same as you. I believe in science and don't believe in those nonsense things."

At this moment, Hu Aimin also shouted loudly, "We must believe in science and not in that nonsense!"

When the other students saw that Hu Aimin was shouting slogans, they immediately joined in and shouted loudly as well.

In an instant, shouts of "Believe in science, not nonsense!" rang out on the wasteland south of the school.

After everyone shouted it dozens of times together, the fear that had been lurking deep in their hearts was completely gone!

Finally, when everyone finished carrying the bricks and left, they even sang the song "The Red Star Guides Me to Battle" together.

Sun Chaoyang, second to last in the crowd, glanced back at Chunsheng and said, "I suddenly realized that when I'm scared, singing revolutionary songs immediately makes me not scared anymore!"

Chunsheng laughed and said, "Of course! Revolutionary songs can subdue all demons and monsters! So next time you're walking alone at night, remember to sing 'The Red Star Guides Me to Battle'!"

Sun Chaoyang said earnestly, "I've remembered, I will definitely sing it!"

After they crawled through the gap and returned to school, several girls immediately ran over and asked curiously, "Why were you singing just now?"

Sun Chaoyang was about to say that it was to bolster his courage.

Suddenly, he felt a kick in the butt. He immediately glared and turned to yell at them.

But upon seeing that it was Hu Aimin who had kicked him, he immediately laughed and said to the girls, "Singing is to encourage everyone. You can try it yourselves if you don't believe me. As long as you sing, you won't feel tired while working!"