Chapter 1 Muyun Village
"Whose dog is this? Stealing my chickens has made me catch a pot of stew! The woman with her body crossed her waist and leaned against the door and cursed, her voice so loud that it spread through half the village.
"Yo, Second Sister-in-law Zhu lost her chicken again?" As soon as the door next door opened, a basin of foot-washing water was splashed on the road, splashing Zhu's second sister-in-law. "This dog is also interesting, picking on your family to steal, I'm afraid it will be retribution." didn't wait for Zhu's second sister-in-law to scold out, and the door of the courtyard was closed again with a pop next door.
"Liu Chunhua, you shrew! You have the ability to open the door for me! I said that I lost things at two ends in the past three days, isn't it your shrew's dog? Ren Zhu's second sister-in-law slammed the door loudly, and Liu Chunhua ignored it.
In this way, Zhu's second sister-in-law also scolded at the door for a quarter of an hour before she stopped, rubbing her red palms, and Zhu's second sister-in-law was very unwilling. This Liu Chunhua loves to go against herself on weekdays, but she is always a trivial matter, and she can't clean her up, and she can't swallow anything about this matter today.
"Whew! If you wait for the old lady with the surname Liu, I don't believe that the village chief can ignore this matter today. As he spoke, he went to the village chief's house in a hurry, but when he turned around, his fierce face immediately changed to a crying face. He even took out a handkerchief from his arms, wiping his tears and howling, "Village Chief, this Muyun Village has no royal law, she Liu Chunhua stole my chicken, and she is so arrogant, you don't care about this village and steal it from her." ”
Zhu's second sister-in-law was born obese, and her face trembled when she took a step, and she was biased to learn those young ladies who pinched a handkerchief and pressed the corners of her eyes.
Muyun Village is close to Muyun Mountain, the closer to the foot of the mountain, the fewer the households, although the entrance of the village is far away from the foot of the mountain, there are only a few people who live. At the foot of the mountain, they are afraid that the wild beasts on the mountain will come down to harm, and at the entrance of the village, they are afraid of encountering displaced people or even robbers in disaster years. Therefore, the people with better conditions live in the center of the village, and the village chief's house is naturally located in the center of the village.
Although Zhu's second sister-in-law's house is not at the foot of the mountain, it is still some distance from the village chief's house. I walked for half an hour, and I was so tired that I was panting. Along the way, the villagers avoided her, for fear of provoking her, after all, Zhu's second sister-in-law was well-known in the village.
invited the village chief home, followed by a group of villagers watching the excitement, Zhu's second sister-in-law was even more confident, and banged on the door of Liu Chunhua's house, "Liu Chunhua, you come out for me." I've invited the village chief, and you don't want to pretend to be a king in the house. ”
The door opened, and Liu Chunhua said unhurriedly: "Say that I stole your chicken, but you came up with evidence, isn't it that my man is no longer there, and he is a woman who deceives me?" ”
"Evidence? The proof, of course, is there. It rained last night, and the dog's footprints are still there! Who doesn't know your precious big black dog, maybe it's you who is stealing. Zhu's second sister-in-law's face was flushed, and her eyes were so fat that there were only two slits left that she tried to open wide, as if she was going to eat each other.
"It's not like I have a dog in the village, you don't have to splash any dirty water on my head." Her family's black beans are used to eating meat, but they are tied up every day. Today, even if it is to say that the sky is broken, this matter has nothing to do with her.
Seeing that Liu Chunhua refused to admit it, Zhu's second sister-in-law couldn't help but want to make a move, because she was fat and inflexible, and she didn't catch Liu Chunhua several times. "Enough! Still not pulling people back? Several onlookers listened to the village chief's words, so they rushed up and pressed the second sister-in-law Zhu, who was in a frenzy, and moved her hands and feet by the way. The person didn't fight, but Zhu's second sister-in-law ate a few punches and kicks.
"What kind of system does pulling and pulling be? Since there is evidence left, let's go, Dahe, you go to Zhu's house to have a look. ”
Chen Dahe makes a living from hunting, and he can distinguish animal footprints or something. I took a few men in the village who had also hunted wild animals to Zhu's house, and sure enough, several animal footprints on the ground were around the chicken pen, and they were gone to the root of the wall, and it seemed that they ran over the wall.
A few people muttered a few words, and then replied to the village chief's words: "The shape of these footprints looks like dog footprints, but the footprints are much smaller than ordinary dog footprints, and they should not be dogs." ”
"Chen Dahe, can you see clearly? It's clearly Liu Chunhua's dog, don't you want to help her get rid of her crime? ”
Chen Dahe was just here to join in the fun, but he was very unhappy when he heard Zhu Er's words, "I'm afraid that the dog of the Liu family has sixty or seventy pounds, you let it step on a few such delicate footprints to try!" ”
Everyone glanced at the burly big black dog in the courtyard of the Liu family, and they also shook their heads. This second sister-in-law Zhu has not had a grudge with the Liu family for a day or two, but she didn't expect that now she will frame others.
"We all saw it just now, this footprint came out of the wall, and a few marks can be seen on the road, and the direction should be to the foot of the mountain." The other men who went to check the footprints together were also consistent with Chen Dahe's statement, although they couldn't tell what kind of beast's footprints they were, they wouldn't be dogs anyway.
"Dahe, you guys follow the footprints and take a look, if there is a wild beast coming down the mountain, you have to inform the village to make some preparations. Hongxia, don't be noisy anymore, you are optimistic about the portal, and don't go to find other people's spring flowers to find trouble. It's your mistake today, so quickly apologize to someone. ”
The village chief's words, Zhu Er's sister-in-law naturally didn't dare not listen, so she said sorry and followed a few hunters to the foot of the mountain.
Liu Chunhua didn't even close the door directly, seeing that there was no excitement to see, and the villagers also followed Chen Dahe and his party to Muyun Mountain.
"I'll just say that the beast is going down the mountain, this footprint is going up the mountain, let's go here, it will be dangerous to go up again, hurry back and reply to the village chief."
Now Zhu's second sister-in-law has nothing to say, this beast is so hateful, she has stolen her own chickens several times in a row, how can she not take Liu Chunhua's shrew away.
After watching the excitement, everyone followed Chen Dahe back, passing by a dilapidated small courtyard, and then thought that this was the Jiang Qi family who moved four years ago.
The house was left by an old hunter in the past, and there were only two houses in total, a stove house, and the house was confiscated after the old hunter's death.
Four years ago, Jiang Qi came to Muyun Village with his eight-year-old only son, and he didn't have much money to build a house in the village.
A woman holding a bamboo pole and tapping on the ground kept wandering at the gate of the courtyard. Her eyes were open, but she was blank.
Everyone recognized that this was the widow who had moved to the village four years ago, and that she was fine when she first arrived, but now she is even blind.
"Sister of the Jiang family, are you waiting for Jiang Heng?"
"Yes, Heng'er is out, are you going up the mountain?"
"If you don't go up the mountain, you have to go back, there are wild beasts raging these days, you mother and son live here to be careful."
"Thank you, I've gotten used to it all these years."
When everyone left, Jiang Qi waited outside the courtyard for half an hour, and a thin young man came down from the mountain road in a hurry, the young man was only a teenager, with red lips and white teeth. Seeing Jiang Qi standing at the gate of the courtyard, he paused, and then strode forward eagerly, "Mother, why are you waiting for me outside the courtyard?" You can't see it now, so if you bump into it, it's good to call me. He put down the basket in his hand and helped the person to sit down in the courtyard, and then went to the stove in three or two steps.
Jiang Qi couldn't see it, and only shook his head: "Why are you kid running away twice in three days?" Is it up the mountain again? ”
Jiang Heng hummed, holding the big porcelain bowl while blowing the heat, he said, "I boiled the soup in the morning, it took two hours, you drink more to replenish your body, and I will fry this wild vegetable for you at noon." ”