Chapter Seventy-Seven: Granny Li's Story
Granny Li tried her best to remember what happened before, and moved her somewhat shriveled mouth, and slowly spoke.
"A week ago, a group of people came near the village, saying that they had found an ancient relic on the mountain next door, so they found our village, saying that they were going to recruit men, and my son was very happy when he heard them say that they wanted to hire workers, so he called his grandson in his twenties, and the group of people saw that there were only two people, father and son, and said that there were not enough people, so my son called other villagers and friends, and raised more than 20 people in total."
Xu Ran suddenly frowned when he heard this, this is obviously not that simple, if there were really ruins, I believe that they would have started digging a long time ago, where would they go to find some strangers to help.
I just listened to Granny Li continue.
"At first, the group was very generous, and they had already paid a deposit before they had a formal job, and each person could get a thousand yuan, and after my son and grandson got the money, they agreed without hesitation, and the others were the same."
"On the second day, they finally went up the mountain, and took a lot of tools, saying that there were a lot of antiques on the mountain, and when they came back in the evening, they did bring back some strange things, but my son and grandson looked very strange, and their faces seemed to be much paler. But ......"
Speaking of this, Granny Li couldn't help shedding a few tears, Huang Na saw Granny Li crying sadly, and hurriedly comforted her: "Grandma is fine, we will definitely rescue Uncle Them." ”
Granny Li wiped the tears from the corners of her eyes and continued.
"On the third day, the son and grandson continued to go up the mountain, originally I thought it was nothing, but in the evening, a villager passing by the monument said that he saw a group of people on the mountain, cutting their wrists and bleeding to feed a strange animal, at first he was not sure, but when he saw those people, his soul was almost frightened, fortunately he had been a butcher, and he was bold enough, so he ran back to tell us the news."
"When I heard the news, I immediately gathered everyone and went to find those people to theorize, but they drove us old women away without saying a word, saying that they were voluntary, and we couldn't get angry, so we went up the mountain together, and when we arrived at the monument, we found that it was not what the butcher said at all, there were no monsters on the mountain at all, but a ruin, full of potholes and mud, and we couldn't even see a single figure, we wanted to go over and see, but we couldn't walk into the ruins."
Speaking of this, Granny Li took a deep breath, I don't know if it was because of regret or regret, the whole person looked much older.
"They shouldn't have taken that money in the first place, and now they don't see anyone alive or dead, alas, ......"
Granny Li sighed, and when she finished saying this, everyone lowered their heads at the same time.
"Don't worry, grandma, I believe they are still alive, right, Xu Ran!" Huang Na helped Granny Li and suddenly turned to look at Xu Ran.
Suddenly hearing Huang Na's words, Xu Ran just nodded absentmindedly, he was silently thinking about what Granny Li said, what she revealed just now was not much, only said some of the experience, and the ruins did not say in detail.
"Does anyone know where that ruin is!" Xu Ran suddenly looked at everyone and asked.
Except for him and Huang Na, all the people present looked at their companions with ethereal eyes, looking at each other, but they didn't nod or shake their heads for a while, but suddenly looked at Granny Li.
"I know!" Suddenly, a child of seven or eight years old raised his hand and said.
"Ertong, don't talk nonsense, you haven't been there at all." One of the women took the child by her hand.
"I'm not talking nonsense, isn't it on the top of the foot mountain." Ertong broke away from the woman's hand and retorted.
Xu Ran smiled and looked at Ertong who was talking just now.
"Kid, which mountain are you pointing to?"
Ertong, without saying a word, pointed to the direction on the left with a radiant eye.
"Oh, that's the mountain"
Xu Ran and Huang Na looked in the direction of Ertong's finger at the same time.
On the left side, there is a mountain that looks like a footed girl.
Xu Ran gave Ertong a thumbs up and praised.
"Well done!"
Ertong was not ashamed, but he leaned his neck and said proudly.
"Of course."
"So how do you know?" Huang Na walked up to Ertong, touched his head, and said with a smile.
"Sister, don't touch my head, I'll be stupid." Ertong said to Huang Na dissatisfied.
Suddenly there was a laugh.
And Xu Ran also looked at Ertong and Huang Na with a warm face.
This big and small seem to be very similar, and Huang Na's changes make Xu Ran a little staggered, in the past, Huang Na had an indifferent beauty, but now Huang Na is like a normal girl, with an innocent heart, and she is a little cute when she speaks.
And it doesn't look like it's pretending.
What is there that can make a person's personality change so quickly?
"Nonsense! Who told you that it was feudal superstition and had no scientific basis at all. Huang Na smiled slightly, raised her hand, and pinched you in Ertong's nose.
"Bad guys!" Ertong touched his nose, which was a little numb, stood on tiptoe, and ran into the crowd with a smoke.
In fact, Huang Na only gently pinched Ertong's nose, and did not use force at all, in the eyes of others, this is indeed the case, adults teach children nothing this, and it is not corporal punishment, but in Xu Ran's eyes, there is a trace of abnormality.
No one can keep that smiling face while being scolded by others, unless that person is a scheming person.
"Granny Li!" Xu Ran walked up to Granny Li and helped her, "Tell me what's going on with that foot mountain." ”
At this time, Huang Na, who was still teasing the children just now, also walked back, blinking a pair of big eyes, looking at Granny Li.
"That's right! Grandma, you've lived here for so long, haven't you been to that mountain before? ”
Xu Ran helped Granny Li aside and sat down.
I only heard her say: "There were a lot of rumors about that mountain before, according to the older generation of people at that time, they could always see some strange things on the mountain, some young people didn't believe it, so they ran to see it, but the next day they came back, those young people began to have a fever, vomiting nonstop, and it didn't work to find a doctor, and then there was a feng shui gentleman who happened to pass by the village, and saw the feng shui of the foot mountain at a glance, saying that the mountain is a yin mountain, and ordinary people will be stained with yin qi when they are close to it, and they will die directly if they are sick, or they will die directly. But then the feng shui gentleman really said it, and after that, the young people who ran to the foot hill did die, and none of them were spared.
Huang Na suddenly blinked and said.
"Grandma! If you know it's dangerous, why do you want your uncle to go to that mountain? ”
Granny Li sighed, a trace of remorse flashed in her eyes.
"It's all the people who hurt them, saying that it was a miasma, and it would be fine if you put on a gas mask, but it was true that at first, all the people who went up the mountain came back safely, and brought back some treasures, and we were happy for a while, and we didn't take it seriously."
"What shape are those treasures, whether they are gold or silver or jewels or whatever?" After Granny Li heard Xu Ran's words, she hesitated, but she didn't seem to want to say it, and the gaze in her eyes was dodgy, as if those treasures would disappear when she said it.
Xu Ran understood that those people coveted the treasures on the mountain, so they refused to leave, and it was estimated that there were monsters on the mountain.
However, in this Golden Triangle area, there are indeed many rich drug lords, and perhaps, the old site they are talking about is actually the grave of the drug lord.
Thinking of this, Xu Ran didn't want to care about this anymore.
Huang Na seemed to notice Xu Ran's changes, and hurriedly comforted Granny Li beside her.
"Grandma! If you don't say it, even I won't be able to help you. ”
Granny Li took a deep breath and looked at the villagers with their heads down.
The long sigh of "Alas......" seemed to put aside all the greed in my heart.
She shuddered and took something out of her loose clothes.
In the dim night light, it exudes a metallic sheen.
"Can Granny Li show me?" Xu Ran looked curiously at the things that Granny Li was holding in her hand.
Granny Li didn't say a word, and directly stuffed it into Xu Ran's hand.
It seems that she really no longer cherishes what she has in her hands.
Xu Ran held it in front of him, and Huang Na couldn't help but take a closer look curiously.
The thing he was holding in his hand was a very delicately carved wooden card, with many laces on the pointed head, like an upside-down figure of eight in the middle, the pattern covered the body, and vaguely outlined a pattern, and Xu Ran turned over the other side, but it was very different, only the center of the wooden card was carved in relief, delicate and beautiful, but it was an eye.
Peacock eyes!
Xu Ran's heart sank, this pattern was too familiar to him, and his purpose this time was to find this thing.
"This wooden plaque looks quite delicate, but unfortunately the color is quite fresh, it seems to be a contemporary craft, and it is not worth much."
"What did you say?" Granny Li didn't seem to understand what Huang Na said just now.
"Grandma! I'm just guessing, I can't take it seriously. Huang Na seemed to realize that she had said the wrong thing, so she quickly explained.
Only Xu Ran knew that she was not wrong at all, this wooden sign was indeed a modern industrial product.
"Oh" Granny Li responded, and then looked at Xu Ran, "How about the young man, if you can rescue my son and grandson, this treasure will be given to you." ”
Xu Ran shook his head and put the wooden sign in Granny Li's hand.
Granny Li saw Xu Ran return the wooden card, thinking that he would not help, so her tears couldn't help but fall.
"Xu Ran! Do you want to help or not. Even Huang Na couldn't help but blame Xu Ran when she saw Granny Li's sad appearance.
"I didn't say no to help," Xu Ran sighed and looked at Huang Na.
As his words fell, Huang Na's face improved slightly.