Chapter 028: Eating Children
The miracle of the manifestation of the old mother of Li Shan in Zhangjiagou has long been spread, and pilgrims from all over the country have come and gone, donating countless tributes.
Therefore, the old mother who prefers Zhangjiagou let all the children in the village go to enjoy the tribute, the children sing nursery rhymes about the old mother of Li Shan, and some literati in the town who like to show calligraphy also copy the scriptures and Taoist seals, and some craftsmen carve the golden body of the old mother, hoping to send it to the old mother temple for people to pay homage to and worship, and add blessing and longevity.
In the eyes of outsiders, the children of Zhangjiagou are wild and untamable, and they can often see the scenes of children fighting on the way to school, beating their heads and bleeding, and their noses and eyes are swollen.
But since the old mother of Lishan sat in the Nanshan Old Mother Temple, she lectured and taught the scriptures every day, and these children became more and more well-behaved and obedient, quiet and honest.
Because I am an unemployed young man, and the farm work in the field is cheap to hire villagers to help me, so I have nothing to do all day long, and now all the fish in the fish pond are scrapped, except for brushing Douyin, I am so idle that I am wandering around, but I dare not approach Nanshan, because every time I go over, I have a sense of trembling and uneasy palpitations.
I guess it may be the instinctive awe of ghosts and gods, so I didn't think much about it, and I especially wanted to listen to my mother's lectures.
Although the adults were very satisfied with the children's good manners, I became more and more strange because the children who used to be lively and active had become dull. But I don't dare to think about it, after all, an ancient god from the old mother of Li Shan came down and ignited the uneducated children under the mountain, which is a blessing, and they themselves say that this is the blessing of the children, and I don't need to be an outsider to go against it.
Cola Le suddenly said that Li Shan's mother would eat children, which frightened me, because after various events, this Li Shan's mother is indeed like a fairy, and I gradually accepted this fact.
Until Lele's words instantly made me fall into an ice cave, the old mother eats children?
After I let go of Lele, Lele quickly returned to her sluggish appearance, and happened to be called home by her mother, who had returned from farming. In the evening, when the villagers came back from their work, they didn't hear of any of the children who had lost them.
After dinner, I knocked on Uncle Hagen's door and called him out, Uncle Hagen asked me what I was looking for him, I hesitated and said, "Don't let Lele go to Nanshan for the past two days." ”
"What's wrong?" Uncle Hagen asked in surprise.
"I don't know the specifics, I always feel that something is wrong." I said.
"You're idle." Uncle Hagen patted me on the shoulder, and then handed me a cigarette, his face was not very good-looking, I don't know if his own words made him unhappy, because my words were indeed disrespectful to Mrs. Lishan, and people often have an irreversible fanaticism and paranoia in matters of faith.
Although Lele said that Lishan's mother eats children, I haven't heard of anyone with fewer children, and I haven't heard of other nearby villages.
However, I was still not at ease, so I ordered a miniature bugging device on the Internet, and after the bugging was mailed to the town, I secretly tried it a few times, and I heard it very clearly, so when Lele passed by my door, I secretly put the bugging device in his pocket.
Since the old mother summoned the children to the mountain every day, this point has refused to accept other pilgrims.
I watched Lele from a distance with a group of children in the village to the mountain, and then listened carefully to the movement in the headphones, but the strange thing is that there is no movement in the headphones at all, I thought to myself that so many children can't have no one to speak, the bugging device I have also tested several times No problem, just confused, a faint cry reached the ear.
"Mother, I ...... hurt"
Listening to the sound that was very similar to Lele's voice, I had a bad heart, so I hid my saber on my body, and then walked towards Nanshan, and when I arrived at Nanshan, two Taoist children stopped at the door and didn't let me in, I said: "Zhang Lele, his school teacher visited his home, and now I want to see him and let him come out." ”
The old mother temple was so quiet that it was to death, the boy looked at me a little unkindly and entered the old mother temple, and after a while he led Lele out, I saw that Lele was fine, so I led him to the bottom of the mountain, and when I got to the bottom of the mountain, I bent down and whispered: "Lele, are you okay?" ”
Lele shook his head and said, "I'm fine." ”
"Then what's going on with someone shouting pain just now, who shouted it?" I asked again.
Lele shook his head again.
"Do you still know who I am?" I stared into Lele's somewhat glazed eyes and asked again.
"Brother Zhang Yang." Lele replied.
I thought to myself, thinking of the cry I had heard in the bugging device earlier, so I lifted his clothes and pants to check, but I didn't see any scars.
But the strange thing is that when I used to play with Lele, he never let me look at his little finch, but now he is not shy about it, and he is very obedient.
I began to panic in my heart, the more it seemed to be fine, the bigger the problem, but I had no idea what the problem was.
After I brought Lele home, I took out the snacks in my room and gave him to eat, but Ke Lele shook his head and said that he was full and didn't want to eat.
You think it's even weirder, isn't it?
This kid used to see snacks even if he didn't eat them, but now he has changed his sex, I saw that he was dumbfounded, so I asked him to eat some to show me, but I didn't expect him to really start eating, but he didn't eat a few bites and ran to the yard to vomit.
I saw that Dalong and Erlong were screaming loudly in the courtyard, and my heart was irritable, so I sent Lele home, and then walked towards the old bachelor's house at the back of the village.
When I arrived at the old bachelor's house, I found that the door of his house was locked, and I didn't know where he went.
The old bachelor has now become the most famous gentleman in the mountain, in addition to those children, he is the only one who can be qualified to serve in front of the old mother of Li Shan, since the fulfillment of his prophecies one by one, his brand is naturally bigger, and the people who are looking for him are either rich or expensive, what is the divination, feng shui looks, please dream gods, it seems that there is no one he will not.
Therefore, once a person has a good reputation, it seems that some beautiful labels will naturally be attached to him.
The stupid things that the old bachelor did before have become things that cannot be talked about in relation to ghosts and gods, and they can't be treated with common sense, and even his name as an old bachelor has naturally changed, called Zhang Tianshi.
I have lived in Zhangjiagou for more than 20 years, that is, when he knelt down to greet Lishan's mother a few days ago, I learned his name from him.
Zhang Shigeng.
The old bachelor is not there, and I am suspicious of the old mother of Li Shan, and in the evening, the children who went to Nanshan have returned home one after another, and now it is dark late in this season, so I stayed up until midnight before getting up, ready to go to the old mother temple to investigate.
Before dark, I also called Captain Wang at the police station, but Captain Wang was so frightened that the phone hung up when he heard that I was going to check Lishan's mother, and now the old bachelor seems to be deliberately alienating me, and Xiaobai, who was still with me every day in my dreams, has not appeared for a long time, and I have become a loner, but I think that Lele's child is growing up when he is young, and I don't want him to have an accident, so I have to go to Nanshan.
When I arrived at the Old Mother Temple on Nanshan, there was no one guarding the temple gate, and I faintly smelled a breath of wine.
During the day, the fragrance of the old mother of Li Shan in the temple is curling, and the smell of sandalwood in the hall has accumulated for a long time, it stands to reason that even if someone worships rice wine, there should not be such a big smell of wine, I am strange in my heart, and whispered at the door of the temple: "Disciple Zhang Yang, come to meet the old mother of Li Shan." ”
There was no response from the temple.
So I asked, "Is anyone there?" ”
There was still no answer in the temple.
I took a deep breath and stepped into the temple with courage, only to see two Taoist children lying upright on the bed in the wing, I couldn't see very clearly under the night vision, and Lishan's mother did not live in the wing.
When I arrived at the backyard of the old mother's temple, the smell of wine was even stronger, and I followed the smell of wine to the hillside behind the temple, only to see the old mother of Li Shan squatting on the ground with her back to me, and all the old shochu around her was full of old soju.
I thought to myself that an immortal even drank alcohol, so I asked softly, "Mother, are you okay?" ”
But Li Shan's mother didn't respond, but I heard a faint snoring sound.
"Do immortals get drunk when they drink and fall asleep?"
I held my breath and tiptoed in front of Li Shan's mother, but I almost didn't scare myself to death just by looking at it.
It turned out to be a big mouse!