In a distant time, there was a woman who was miserable, and the man in the family died early, leaving the woman and her three children to live together, living in poverty and poverty.

During the Spring Festival of this year, a distant cousin who lived across the mountain sent a letter saying that the family needed manpower to steam rice cakes for the New Year, and asked her to go. Her distant cousin's house had to cross the mountains and the distance was far away, so she told the eldest to take care of the family and take care of her younger brother and sister.

Early the next morning, the woman set out, and in those days there was no means of transportation, and the woman did not even have a donkey at home, so she had to march on foot. When I went out, the eldest daughter said, mother, pay attention to safety, I have long heard from my friends that there are monsters on the mountain. The woman didn't care, thinking that it was just a scary story made up between children.

The woman climbed over the hill and walked a few more avenues, until noon, when she came to her cousin's house. My cousin's house is a solid house, with red tiles and white walls, and big trees planted next to the black gate, and the woman sighs that her cousin's life is good.

The woman was busy making rice cakes for a long time, and when everything stopped, she found that the sky was already dark, and the sun was setting, and the sky would soon be dark. When the cousin saw that it was getting late, she was worried that the woman would go back alone, so she persuaded the woman to stay overnight. Where is the woman's will, she is like an arrow, thinking about the children at home, and longing to return home immediately. My cousin had no choice but to wrap her in a few hot rice cakes for her to bring.

The last rays of the sun finally disappeared, and the cold moonlight loomed in the mountains and forests, making the originally quiet and bleak mountain road even more deserted. Since few people come on the mountain, there are no major roads on the mountain, only a few intricate paths, which are very easy to follow. It was daytime when the woman came, she didn't go the wrong way, and remembered that the path was paved with fallen leaves. Now, it was dark, and with the faint moonlight, she groped her way to the path of her memory.

I don't know how long it took, but the woman found herself at the end of the road, and beyond that was an overgrown mass grave. The woman was shocked in her heart, this is a very terrible place, a gathering place for unjust souls, the dead people in the houses of the eunuchs who have been raided, the strangers who have been killed, and the drowned baby girls, all of them are pulled here, and there is not even a grave, so they just throw it away and let the beasts take it. The woman hurried back, but as she walked, she was blocked by a miscellaneous forest, and the woman went back again, and she remembered that she had just passed a fork in the road, and when she found the fork in the road, she turned in. There were more and more crossed paths, and the woman became more and more confused, and finally, she could no longer make out where she was.

The woman's heart was pounding, she didn't know what to do, she walked the path under her feet that didn't know where it leads, hoping that she would be lucky enough to get out. Suddenly, she saw a figure in front of her, and it was walking towards her. She rejoiced for a while, and finally saw people, and was saved. When the man approached, the woman saw that it was a small old woman, who was hunched over and had a smile on her face.

"Whose daughter-in-law is this, what are you doing in the mountains so late?" The old woman said very kindly.

"Auntie, I'm lost and can't find my way home." The woman said.

"Oh. I see, there are too many paths in this barren mountain, I live in this mountain, I am familiar with this place, and I will lead you out. ”

"Thank you so much for that."

"You have to keep up, don't look at my old woman who is thin and small, and her legs and feet are neat! Moreover, I have walked this mountain road all my life, and I can find a home with my eyes closed, hahahaha, let's go. The old woman laughed as she spoke. The woman was frightened.

In order to get down the mountain as soon as possible, the woman didn't think too much about it, and followed the old woman forward.

As she walked, the woman felt that her body was getting colder and colder, and she couldn't help but shiver a little. At this moment, the old woman spoke: "It's so late, why did you come home?" ”

The woman said, "Isn't it almost the New Year, relatives are steaming rice cakes, and I went to help." Originally, it was almost dark and I was afraid that it would be unsafe to walk on the mountain road, so I was asked to stay for one night, but I was worried about the children at home, and this rice cake had just been steamed, so it was better to eat it for the children while it was hot、、、、、、"

As she spoke, the old woman turned abruptly, startling the woman. The old woman was frightened by this, and quickly retracted her body, but her eyes were still looking directly at the basket she was carrying, and she said, "Rice cakes? Speaking of which, I haven't eaten all day, old woman, do you mind, can you give me a rice cake? ”

The woman touched the basket on her shoulder, and thought, this old woman looks strange and pitiful, not to mention that she is kind enough to show me the way, and I should thank her, although there are not many rice cakes, but give this old woman one, and the children will be enough.

After thinking about this, she said to the old woman: "Auntie, I don't have a lot of rice cakes, I want to take them back for a few children to eat, but in order to thank you for leading the way for me, I will share one with you!" So saying, she stopped, took the basket that was on her shoulder, lifted the cloth from the lid layer by layer, picked up a steaming rice cake, and handed it to the old woman.

"Thank you!" The old woman stretched out her withered hand and grabbed the rice cake and stuffed it directly into her mouth. Then, turn around your skinny body and walk forward as you chew.

After a while, the old woman stopped. The woman stepped forward and asked, "What's the matter, auntie?" Why don't you go? ”

The old woman turned around, still looking at the basket on the woman's shoulder with straight eyes, and said, "I haven't eaten for a day, I'm so hungry, one rice cake is not enough, can you give me another one?" ”

Yikes! Why is this old woman so cheeky! The woman thought to herself. She touched the basket on her body again, thinking, if I don't give it to her, what if she throws me down and doesn't care?

Thinking of this, she quickly took out another rice cake and handed it to the old woman, saying, "Auntie, I don't have a few rice cakes here, let's give you another one, and the rest has to be kept for my children、、、、、、"

Before the woman could finish speaking, the old woman grabbed the rice cake from the woman's hand and stuffed it into her mouth, turned around and chewed it.

After a while, the old woman stopped again, and before the woman could ask, she turned and came to the woman, and touched the basket on the woman's shoulder with her thin hand. The woman turned sideways to dodge, and when she saw that the old woman was so excessive, she was so angry that she wanted to reach out and hit her, and the woman held back her anger and said: "Auntie, you see that these rice cakes are left for my children, I have already given you two, and I can't give them to you anymore, otherwise the children will have nothing to eat." ”

The old woman didn't seem to hear what she said, but her withered hand still stretched out to the woman: "No, I'm too hungry to walk, give me a rice cake." ”

As she spoke, the smile that the old woman had been hanging on her face disappeared, and the corners of her grinning mouth drooped down, making people look frightened. The woman had no choice but to take out another rice cake and give it to the old woman.

"Auntie, that's the only one, I can't give it to you anymore." The woman said with a sad face, thinking carefully in her heart, and couldn't help frowning, why is this old woman so shameless. It's over with a little bit, why isn't it endless? The woman stomped her foot indignantly and walked forward.

At this moment, the old woman turned around again, "I'm starving, I can't walk anymore, give me another rice cake." ”

When she said this, the old woman no longer looked at the basket on the woman's shoulder, but looked at her with a look in her eyes that seemed to swallow her.

The woman was really angry this time, and she couldn't help but scold: "You old woman is too shameless!" The eldest of my three children is only fifteen years old, and the youngest is only six years old, and they have been waiting for me to bring them something delicious for a day, so why do you still grab food with a few children? ”

As soon as she finished speaking, the woman found that the old woman in front of her seemed to be a different person, her eyes were bloodshot, and the corners of her drooping mouth were cracked again, not like a smile, not like being angry, but like eating people, which was extremely terrifying.

The woman was shocked, and suddenly remembered what her eldest daughter said before she went out, "Mother should pay attention to safety, there are monsters on the mountain." "Is this what it is? The woman trembled, but it was still important to save her life! She tore off the basket on her shoulder, put it in front of the old woman, and said, "、、、、、、Auntie, I have only these three rice cakes left, if you are hungry, eat them all!" It's not far from the bottom of the mountain, I'll just walk by myself, you better go back! With that, she turned and left.

But she didn't go far before she heard the footsteps behind her, and when she looked back, it turned out that the old woman had eaten rice cakes and caught up, and her legs and feet were really neat, and she ran very fast.

"Hungry! Give me something to eat! I'm going to starve to death! The old woman's eyes widened, and her little feet were upside down, as if she was about to hit the woman.

The woman sat down on the ground in fright, and she trembled and said, "No、、、、、、 aren't they all for you?" I don't have anything to eat here, so what will I give you? ”

"Give it to me!" The old woman's voice shrieked, and her hair was spread out, revealing its fangs、、、、、、

At home at the foot of the mountain, three children squatted at the door and looked around, why didn't my mother come? They thought eagerly.

"Go back, my mother may stay." The eldest daughter said that she took her younger siblings back to the house.

When they were about to fall asleep, there was a knock on the door.

"It's my mother who is back! Go open the door, sister! My sister woke up and pushed my sister.

Without much thought, my sister got up and went to open the door, and as soon as the door opened, an old woman with white hair, blood-red eyes, and a mouth full of fangs jumped in、、、、、、