The little civet cat and Mo Shaozhi rode their horses and shuttled through the wind and rain.

There was a fork in the road ahead, and the two stopped.

The little civet cat asked blankly, "Brother Mo, how should we go?" ”

Mo Shaozhi looked at the road under his feet, and for a moment he had a judgment in his heart, pointed to the front and said, "It should be along this direction." ”

"Hmm!" The little tanuki replied cheerfully.

The two of them walked for almost an hour, and sure enough, they saw a small village in front of them, standing faintly in the wind and rain.

Although the two of them were already soaked, the moment they saw it clearly, the little civet cat was full of surprise: "There really is!" ”

Mo Shaozhi smiled at her: "Go!" ”

The two of them quickly rode their horses and galloped towards the entrance of the village.

In the blink of an eye, the two arrived at the entrance of the village, and Mo Shaozhi dismounted and looked at the stone tablet next to the entrance of the village: "Xiaotang Village." ”

Then he said to the little civet cat behind him: "Let's go into Xiaotang Village and take a look!" ”

The two men led their horses towards the village, and strange to say, the farther away from the high sloping hut behind them, the less the rain became, and the wind gradually softened.

When he met the villagers, Mo Shaozhi stopped him forward: "Excuse me, where is the government office in the village?" ”

The villagers smiled and said: "Our small village here, where does the government come from, if there is something to do, just go to the village chief." ”

The little tanuki hurriedly asked, "Where is the village chief?" ”

The villager said: "Go ahead, the first lane turns left, and the second one is." ”

"Okay, thank you."

The little civet cat and Mo Shaozhi came to the village chief's house as the villagers said.

As soon as I entered the gate, I saw that the village chief was dealing with the fight between two households, and when he saw outsiders coming, he greeted him in a daze: "How many people are?" ”

Mo Shaozhi arched his hand and said, "Your Excellency is the village chief of this Xiaotang Village?" ”

The village chief looked like he was in his fifties, full of energy, and his voice was loud, and he responded: "Yes, it is Tang Yan down there." ”

Mo Shaozhi said with a smile: "Go down to Mohu again, this is a little civet cat, we have something to ask Village Chief Tang about." ”

The village chief raised his hand and said, "A few people are please." ”

After sitting down, Mo Shaozhi said: "Village Chief Tang, do you know that about five miles outside this village, there is an old family living alone on a high slope?" ”

The village chief pondered for a moment: "I know, it's a single old lady, and I'm almost eighty years old when I think about it, and it's the daughter-in-law of our village, so we have to live there alone, and we can't persuade it, and I don't know what happened now?" ”

Mo Shaozhi hesitated a little: "She...... Passed away. ”

Hearing this news, the village chief was not too surprised: "Alas, it's also an old age, it's time to leave," the village chief finished speaking, and looked up at the two of them, "That's what you're doing today?" ”

The little tanuki said straight, "I, we found out—"

Mo Shaozhi interrupted the little civet cat: "We are passing by, the road is stormy, fortunately the thatched hut took us in, I am grateful, so I can't help but be curious about the life experience of the owner of the house." ”

"Oh, I see!" The village chief sighed: "Alas, this is also a long-standing tragic legend in our village, I was still young at that time, and the Tang family was a daughter-in-law from another village, married to Tang Ming from this village." This Tang Ming is said to be a suave talent, Tang was also beautiful when he was young, and soon they had a child, a son, when the child was three or four years old, he was taken out to play by Tang Bo, the eldest son of Tang Laoliu's family next door, and as a result, he was locked in the sheepfold, and threw firecrackers into the sheepfold, and the sheep were frightened and trampled the child to death. ”

"Ahh Such a hateful bear child. When the little tanuki heard this, he was very angry.

Mo Shaozhi grabbed her slightly, signaling her not to be excited, so he asked the village chief, "What about later?" ”

The village chief continued: "Later, then Tang Ming went to Tang Lao Liu's house to question them, and asked them to be responsible, and the people from the county government also came, and finally felt that Tang Bo was an ignorant child after all, and the county government thought that the child was greedy for fun, and it was over...... Tang Ming couldn't get angry, picked up the sickle and rushed to their house, that was a scholarly talent, there was an old stonemason who could deal with it, he was beaten down in a few moments, went home and lay on the bed, plus he was depressed and depressed, and it didn't take long for him to go. Alas. The village chief shook his head uncontrollably.

"Ah, this Tang clan is too miserable, first the son died tragically, then the husband," the little tanuki frowned.

The village chief sighed, "Yes, she has moved out of the village since then, and it was only after a while that the village learned that she lived alone on the high slopes. A few years ago, I tried to persuade her to go back to the village, but she just refused. ”

Mo Shaozhi's heart made waves......

The chief of the village continued: "However, her residence there has been a blessing for passers-by, and the slope is strange to say, and the wind and rain come when it is said, and the momentum is very strong, so her house is given a temporary place for passers-by." After a long time, the older generation and her generation were also buried in the loess, and these things were only found out by me, as the village head, counting the people in the village, and inquiring about my father. If you ask young people nowadays, they hardly know her identity. ”

Mo Shaozhi suddenly remembered something: "What about Tang Lao Liu?" He's ...... now."

The village chief waved his hand: "It's long gone, it's been ten years since he died, and his son Tang Bo is older than me." ”

The little tanuki suddenly realized something: "Then Tang Bo is still in the village?" ”

The village said: "Tang Bo, I went outside to do business, and it is said that the façade of the business is quite good, the family has moved out, and it is said that I also have a grandson." It's a good mix, and he used to come often, but since his father died, he has come back less often. ”

As soon as the village recalled, he seemed to remember something, and suddenly he was a little surprised: "Speaking of which, it's also strange, every year on his father's death day, he would always bring the family back and send all kinds of food to the villagers, but think about it...... I haven't been back for many years, so I'm afraid I've forgotten my roots. ”

As soon as the village chief's words fell, the little civet cat should have understood, and she and Mo Shaozhi looked at each other deeply.

Mo Shaozhi sighed deeply: "It turned out to be such a tragic past, no wonder it always rained near the high slope, it turned out that God was crying for the Tang family." ”

"Well, perhaps!" The village chief arched his hand: "Thank you for coming to inform the Tang Clan." ”

Mo Shaozhi said: "Don't worry, the village chief, the previous well-wishers have buried the Tang family behind her house, and they have already been buried in the ground." ”

At first, the village thought that Mo Shaozhi had come to ask him to come over to collect the funeral, but this was done, so he quickly nodded and said, "Okay, that's good, this section has finally passed, alas." ”

Mo Shaozhi got up: "Since everything is clear, then we won't bother much and leave." ”

The village chief said politely, "Why don't you stay for lunch?"

Mo Shaozhi refused: "No, thank you village chief, we'll go back." ”