No matter how sunny or hot the weather is, there are always villages that are dimly lit and shrouded in shadows all year round. There is such a village near the mountains, and a little further away from the village is a dense evergreen forest. The forest is mostly made of small cedar trees and bamboo, which protect the village from storms and provide the villagers with the timber they need. The trees are so closely spaced that they are like an iron wall, and ordinary people cannot walk through them, they stand straight like the masts of ships, and the canopy is as dense as umbrellas, and the sunlight cannot penetrate them at all.

The thatched huts where the villagers live are built on artificially carved open spaces in the forest, so the trees on the periphery are several times higher than the roofs, forming a natural barrier. The trees cast heavy shade, and even in the middle of the day, when the light is at its best, the inside is dark. And the houses surrounded by trees, day and night, are half-hidden in the shade of the trees. At first glance, it gives people a sense of trepidation, not because of the transparent grayness, but because of the deathly silence in the forest. Although there are about 50 to 100 families living in the village, the surrounding area is deserted, except for a few bird calls in the distance, and occasionally a few rooster calls and cicadas chirping. However, the cicadas in the trees felt that the forest was too dark, and even their calls were weak. They naturally like to bask in the sun and seem to prefer to live in the trees outside the village.

The occasional "click" of a shuttle weaving cloth can be heard in the woods, and although it is a common sound, it always feels like something is at work in the silence of the woods. The main reason for the silence in the village is that the villagers are not usually at home, except for some frail and sick old people, almost all the adults go to work in the nearby fields during the day, the women carry their children on their backs and work on the side, and as for the older children, most of them go to the school a mile away or even farther away. Living in such a dim and lonely village for a long time will make people's mood dull, right? But the people who have lived here for generations have never thought of migrating, and perhaps they have changed from habit to liking.

It is very popular with some literati and artists, who come here alone or in groups in spring, early summer, and autumn to visit and write poems or paintings or beautiful essays in front of the beautiful scenery.

One day in early summer, a very well-dressed scholar strolled through the woods, he enjoyed the scenery while pondering the poems in his stomach, the wind in the forest was blowing slowly, the wind here was cooler than outside, and it was very pleasant to blow on the body. In the gap of the dense foliage, the scholar saw those houses, they were quietly located among the flowers and plants, a peaceful and warm, the road under the scholar's feet led to the village, but he did not go over, but turned a corner, and stepped on another path, he felt that there was no need to go over, he came to enjoy the scenery, and he did not come to visit, there was no one he knew, and the villagers there must not welcome strangers to enter. He walked all the way down the path, farther and farther away from the village, and the farther he went, the denser the vegetation became, and there was a constant stream of weaving in front of him, "click, click", and as he went, the sound changed from vague to clear, as if something was doing something strange in the silent forest. Is there a village ahead? The scholar thought as he walked, and decided to find out, and finally came to the end of the path, there was no road ahead, and the eyes were full of lush green, and in that green shadow, there was a small house hidden in it, half of which was blocked by branches, and the sound of weaving came from there, and the scholar felt strange, why build a house here, could it be that the owner of the house was a withdrawn person, and did not like to be with those villagers? The scholar looked at the black door and window, and did not dare to walk over rashly, a woman suddenly appeared in the window, which startled the scholar, and the woman stretched out her head to look out, still holding a shuttle in her hand, she saw the scholar, waved her hand and said, "Handsome scholar, come in and sit." ”

The scholar's eyesight is not bad, he can see the woman's face clearly, the woman is very young, about the same age as him, she has beautiful eyes, a beautiful face, and is a beauty. She wore a blue gown with a white bandeau underneath, half of her wheat-colored breasts exposed, and silver pendants embedded in deep grooves. The scholar was immediately fascinated, and since the beauty was invited, he naturally went in and sat down.

The scholar walked into the room, the smell of wild flowers was in the air, and not far from the window of the room was the loom that had just clicked, and the coarse cloth with the vertical stripe pattern had not yet been completed. The woman invited the scholar to sit down at the table and poured a cup of tea for the scholar to drink.

The scholar tasted the fragrant tea, and couldn't help but admire, he didn't expect that there was such a delicious tea in this kind of mountains and wilderness, he looked at the woman in front of him, and secretly wondered, could this be a down-and-out daughter?

The woman was embarrassed by the scholar's staring, and hung her head, and her delicate appearance was even more pitiful. The scholar couldn't help but reach out and touch the woman's chin, but the woman didn't dodge, letting the scholar be light.

The two talked for a while, and the tea was finished, and the scholar gradually felt dizzy, and his eyelids always wanted to close. Seeing this, the woman said, "You may be tired?" Come and rest in bed. With that, he helped the scholar to the bed of the green veil tent.

The scholar was lying on the soft futon and felt very comfortable, and suddenly he felt that there was really creamy skin rubbing against him, and warm lips were blowing in his ear, and he knew that it was the woman who had stuck to it, so he hugged the woman、、、、、、

The scholar left satisfied, and the woman smiled and closed the door、、、、、、

After the scholar returned, he continued to read and write articles. One day, a few friends visited, they moved to the pavilion, chanted poems against the flowers and plants in the yard, chatted about the economy, somehow, chatted and chatted about the woman's body, they talked about which woman was the most beautiful in the Qinglou, which woman was the plumpest, and which was the ugliest. The scholar suddenly remembered the woman in the forest, and he smiled and said, "What you are talking about is just some vulgar and glamorous powder, and no one can compare to her!" ”。 One of my friends said, "Brother Ren is so blessed, what kind of girl has you met?" The scholar looked up at the sky, as if immersed in the good times of that day, and said, "Her eyes are more beautiful than the stars, and her skin is softer than the white clouds." Another friend was quick-tempered and couldn't wait to say, "Don't sell it!" Let's talk about it, let's feast our eyes too. Under the pressure of his friends, the scholar had to tell the woman's place of residence, the experience of meeting the woman, and the process of getting along.

These friends decided to meet the woman one by one, although the scholar was unwilling, but there was no way, he couldn't wait to beat himself a few mouths, let himself be so vain, he had to show off, but he thought about it, in fact, there was no need to hide it, that woman is not a good woman, I don't know how many men have been entertained, other men can play, why not let his friends try it?

The scholar had a total of three good friends, and they drew lots to determine the order, the first was a graceful and beautiful man, the second was average-looking, and the third was the short-tempered one, and he didn't look good, black as carbon, ugly as a ghost, he threw the paper ball to the ground, and said in a rough voice: "It's really unlucky!" ”

They went in turn, and on the first day, they came back gracefully, full of spring breeze, and said, "Sure enough, she asked me to go back next time." ”

When the scholar heard this, he couldn't help but be jealous, and said, "She didn't tell me this, she didn't ask me to come back next time." ”

He said: "Sure enough, it's much better than those vulgar and glamorous powders, those women just coped with things, but she is different, she takes people as her husband and serves!" After saying that, he smirked obscenely.

The short-tempered one couldn't hold it back for a long time, and he didn't wait for tomorrow, so he immediately ran away, and the three sat in the pavilion drinking tea while waiting for him to return, listening to if there were any different evaluations, I thought it would be dark until it was dark, but there was only a stick of incense, and the impatient friend ran back.

"What!" The impatient friend said angrily, "What beauty? It's obviously an old woman! You guys, you're all together to make fun of me, aren't you! ”

The three of them looked at each other and said, "What is this, there is no matter, what we see is a great beauty!" ”

The grumpy nose burst out of his nose and said, "My eyes are not blind!" It was an old woman, who looked to be over eighty years old, with gray hair, wrinkled face, and all her teeth gone, and she threw me with a weaving shuttle when I went into the house! Let me get out of the way. I've seen it with my own eyes, and you still don't admit it, but you make fun of me with an old lady, it's really not enough friends! ”

All three of them were confused, and one of them said, "Maybe you are in the wrong place, we dare to swear to God, that is a great beauty." The other two nodded in agreement.

Grumpy, she took out something from her bosom and said, "This is the shuttle she weaves cloth, and when she threw it at me, I picked it up, and you see, is it the same as that woman's, doesn't it mean that the woman also weaves?" ”

They took it and placed it on the stone table, and looked at it carefully, and one of them touched his chin and speculated, "It seems to be the same." "The two shuttles who haven't looked at the beauty carefully, don't say no.

At this time, the scholar said: "A shuttle can't explain anything, maybe the beauty is the same as the old woman's loom, or else, you lead the way, let's go and see if it's the same place." ”

So, with a quick temper, the three followed, and walked towards the dense forest.

Entering the obscuring and oppressive woods, he walked faster in a hurry, and probably anxious to know the reason for the answer, and after a few bends found that he was taking the road that led to the house, and was about to see the corner of the house. At last, he stood at the end of the path in a hurry, and not far in front of him was the small house, which was now clearly displayed in their eyes.

"That's the one, right?" Grumpy pointing ahead.

At this time, the three of them had nothing to say, but they still did not give up, and said, "That old woman may be the woman's mother." ”

The grumpy thinks that what he said makes sense, and if this doesn't make sense, it can only mean that there are ghosts in the world. But he was unwilling, how could he meet an old woman so coincidentally, so he said: "Let's verify, one of you goes in first, and then comes out, I'll go again, how about it?" ”

The three of them understood what he meant, and the scholar said, "I haven't seen her for many days, and it's just right for me to go." The others nodded, and the scholar went、、、、、、

After a while, the scholar came back, his face was very calm, and he said to the three friends who were hiding behind the big tree: "What kind of old woman, or that great beauty, I said that I passed by and came to visit her, she is still so beautiful and charming." ”

"Good!" With a vengeful look on her face, she said, "I'll go to the meeting again to see if she's a human or a demon." After saying that, the fan was folded and stepped out.

The remaining three hid behind a tree and peeked, only to see that before they could approach the door in a hurry, an old head came out of the window, it was an old woman, and she scolded her grumpy friend bitterly: "Why are you here again! Don't go near my house! Go away! Go away! ”

The old woman was as ill-tempered as she was described, with white hair, a wrinkled face, and all her teeth gone.

The scholar was horrified and said, "What's the matter? How did you become an old lady? ”

"I don't know! Are you sure you saw a beautiful woman when you went in just now? "Asked suavely.

"That's still wrong, only the beauty is at home, and she doesn't have another room, and there can't be a second person." The scholar assured.

The ordinary friend suddenly became nauseous, he clutched his stomach, and said, "We shouldn't meet ghosts, right?" You see, her appearance has changed, but her clothes haven't changed! ”

At this time, he ran back with a quick temper, his face was flushed with anger, and said, "You have seen this mean old thing, right? How many people are in the room? Could she really be the woman's mother? Why is this mother wearing her daughter's clothes? ”

The three couldn't help but vomit, and when they saw this, they laughed and said, "Should you 、、、、、、、、、、、、 or not?"

The four of them went back.

They each went back to their own homes, and all three, except for the grumpy ones, needed to recuperate.

After some time, the four of them got together again, and this absurd thing had passed, but they were irritable and mischievous, which made the three of them feel very uncomfortable. Gracefully retorted: "Don't gloat, in fact, whether the person in the house is an old woman turned into a beautiful woman or a beautiful woman becomes an old woman, we can't say for sure, in my opinion, she was originally a beauty, but she was frightened when she saw Brother Ren's appearance, so she turned into an old woman and scared you away." The scholars and the general agreed with the suave words.

The grumpy was not angry, he rubbed his chin with a fan, and thought: "Hey、、、、、、 I didn't think of this, it's really fucking hard to say, whether it's a beautiful woman becoming an old woman or an old woman becoming a beautiful woman、、、、、、 or not, let's visit at night, under her window, when no one is around, it's when she shows her true appearance." ”

The three of them refused to go, thinking in a hurry, they were afraid of being slapped in the face and did not dare to go, so I would go by myself.

At night, the grumpy really went, it was a moonlit night, the grumpy walked on the road without feeling afraid, he was originally a bold person, but as soon as he walked into the forest, he still had a little panicked feeling, the forest was too big and too thick, the sun couldn't see through, not to mention the hazy moonlight? He groped in the dense forest, but there were still branches and leaves on his face, and as he walked, he heard the sound of weaving, "click, click", one after another, and it sounded even more terrible at night, and he knew that this was the women who had done a day's farm work and used the night time to weave a few shuttle cloths, so was the weaving sound of the woman or the old woman also in it? When he finally arrived, he saw the light of the room, and the dim light of the oil lamp guided him forward, and at last, when he came to the bottom of the window of the house, the sound of weaving was no longer clear, and the people in the room did not weave, but it was quiet. He moistened his fingers with saliva, poked a hole in the paper window gently, and put one eye on it, and at this look, he was startled, it was still the old woman, but it looked even more terrifying at night, the old woman was sitting in a large basin bathing, her long white hair was wet and sticking to her back、、、、、、 the grumpy man quietly stepped back, stepped back, and then pulled his legs and ran、、、、、、

On the way, he bumped into a man who seemed to be a farmer in the village, and the man snorted alcohol and said, "What are you doing in a panic?" Chased by a ghost? Tell you, this forest is really haunted, don't wander around at night, do you know what the hell? The old merry ghost who picks the yang and replenishes the yin, how many young men have been fooled, hahahaha、、、、、、"