More than ten years ago. Fenglong Mountain.

"Husband, have you found that the child's study is really hard recently, the teachers in the school have come over several times and said that our child is studying very hard, and got a lot of awards back, I really didn't think why he studied so hard now, he was reluctant to study in the past."

In a house in Fenglong Village, a woman in an apron is frying vegetables and smiling brightly.

The man sitting on the couch next to him looked at the newspaper, raised his head, looked at the only black and white TV in the house, and smiled

"Isn't it a very good thing for a child to study hard? Although I don't know why he suddenly wants to learn, but as long as he learns, we should support him. ”

"Yes, yes, yes, of course I know, but is it really useful to learn from this study? I've heard from your people that a lot of people can't find a job after studying, and it's better to farm at home, so ah, now I'm thinking, when this child didn't study well, I didn't go to school, and when the time comes, I can go out to work with you to supplement the family, but now his study has suddenly become so good, I really have some entanglements, what should we do, whether to continue to send him to school or let him go out to work with you when he is old."

The woman frowned and said that it was never easy for a family to provide for a scholar.

This is true even if there is now support from the state.

The man raised his head and said word by word

"Do you still need to ask? Of course you have to learn, you haven't been out and don't know that the outside world is the world of scholars, you can find a good job with a high education, we can find a good job in this mountain for the rest of our lives, if the child can really get out of the mountain, even if it is only to a third- or fourth-tier city, it is good, then we are also glorious ancestors."

"Yes, yes, that's right, as long as he is willing to learn, we will also learn from him by smashing pots and selling iron"

The woman nodded heavily, adjusting the movement of the spatula a little heavier.

"But then again, I've heard some rumors out there."

The man suddenly put down the newspaper and said with a frown.

"Heard rumors, what rumors?"

"It seems that we heard that our children have run into the forbidden mountain."

"What. Zhu Wanjun went to the forbidden mountain peak of the runway? impossible, this is simply impossible."

The woman's head shook like a rattle, and there was even some trepidation on her face

"There are witches in the forbidden mountain, but there is a curse, I have heard of the accidents that will happen to anyone who enters the forbidden mountain, we only have such a son, he can't have an accident"

"Calm down, calm down, this is also hearsay, I don't think it's possible, if our child really ran into the forbidden mountain, how can he become so eager to learn now?"

The man spoke with a hesitant look on his face, and his tone was a little uncertain.

"I'm afraid it's not necessarily, I remember now, this kid seems to run outside every day, and when he eats dinner, he will run back, about two or three hours, it's really strange to think about it now, or let's observe more and see if he really runs to the forbidden mountain."

For the forbidden mountain in the village, it is a very terrifying existence.

Although women do not know whether this rumor is true or false, there is a way to believe it rather than believe it.

For women in rural areas, she would never want to take any risk to her children as long as it was at stake.

What if this forbidden mountain is really cursed and your child is in danger?

She wants to die.

"Don't worry, don't worry, let's take a good look and see if it's true or false, I don't think it should be"

The man hesitated and spoke, a little unsure.

In Zhu Wanjun's room, Zhu Wanjun was studying hard

Now his interest in learning is getting higher and higher, and he feels that learning is really interesting.

In particular, solving one mystery after another really gave him a sense of accomplishment, even if it was a very boring reading and memorizing text, he memorized it with relish.

Whenever I gave up, I remembered the adoring gaze of the shrine maiden.,Gritted his teeth and persevered.

"I must memorize this textbook completely today, the witch is much smarter than me, she will listen to it, if he asks it then, then I will lose face. ”

For the young Zhu Wanjun, he didn't know what face was, but he only knew one thing, that is, he must not lose face in front of the witch.

Absolutely not!

So he studied desperately, whether it was useful or useless, whether it was taught by the teacher or not, he had to continue to learn and consolidate, for fear that the witch would be able to ask some tricky questions, and if he couldn't answer them, it would be disgraced.

I couldn't see the adoring gaze of the shrine maiden anymore.

For Zhu Wanjun, studying is very boring, but every time he shows himself in front of the witch, he feels that everything is worth it.

The learning time is very fast, and before you know it, the sun is gradually going down.

Zhu Wanjun then remembered that he still had to meet the witch, so he hurriedly ran out of the room and said to his parents

"Mom and Dad, I'll go out and come back at dinner"

After saying that, he ran out like a gust of wind.

The middle-aged woman and the man glanced at each other, and there was a solemn look in their eyes.

Inside the forbidden mountain, still under the big tree, the shrine maiden was looking left and right, holding a book in her hand and constantly flipping through it

She had read this book many times, but he still looked at it over and over again, and as she had never been to school, any book was a valuable resource.

There was a murmuring voice in his ears, and he turned his head to reveal a voice of surprise.

I saw Zhu Wanjun running over from the side and said breathlessly

"I'm sorry, I'm reading at home today, and the time is a little too late, so you're in a hurry."

The shrine maiden shook her head slightly, her long black hair covered her right side of her face full of birthmarks, revealing a delicate face on the left, which did look a little clear.

Said softly

"No, I don't have anything to do anyway"

"Hehe, then sit down, today the teacher talked about new knowledge, let me tell you, the teacher talked about new knowledge points, I never thought that reading is such an interesting thing"

Zhu Wanjun took out the textbook from his arms, slapped it heavily on his chest, and then sat down.

Neither of them noticed that in the dense jungle behind them, a pair of gloomy eyes were looking at them.