Old man Xiao walked slowly in front, I parked the motorcycle and followed him unhurriedly, and finally came to the small village I had just seen. Although the village may seem very sparsely populated, it is different when you look closer. There are a few modern buildings scattered here and there. Chickens and ducks raised by villagers frolic in the paddy fields next to them, and villagers can occasionally be seen working in the fields.

"Hey, isn't this Mr. Xiao?" A villager who was spraying pesticides in the field saw me and Old Man Xiao coming over and hurriedly shouted loudly.

Old man Xiao smiled and said to the villager, "Old Chen! You're busy! Are you feeling better? ”

The villager named Lao Chen hurriedly nodded and smiled and said to Old Man Xiao, "Thanks to Mr. Xiao's concern, I am completely well now." Do you think I still look like a person who has been injured internally? By the way, how did your old man come to us today? ”

Old man Xiao pointed at me and said to him, "I brought a little friend over today for some business. It's been ten years, I wonder if that centipede will come out now? ”

Lao Chen nodded: "Yes!" Time flies. Ten years have passed in the blink of an eye. But the centipede you're talking about is probably still here, but I haven't seen it much in years. Mr. Xiao, is your old man still the same as he was ten years ago this time? Are they all here for that centipede bead? ”

The little old man nodded: "Yes, this time I came for the centipede beads." It's not because there was a little change ten years ago. So at that time, I had to let that centipede keep the centipede beads for me for another ten years!"

Lao Chen put down the tools for spraying pesticides in his hand and hurriedly walked over to me and Mr. Xiao: "Mr. Xiao, if your old man is not in a hurry, stay at my house for a light meal at noon." After all, if you hadn't sacrificed your life ten years ago, I wouldn't be standing here talking to you now. ”

"Good! I might want to spend the night with you this time. Do you see how convenient it is? If it's not convenient, let's look elsewhere! Old man Xiao looked at Lao Chen with a smile.

"It's convenient, it's definitely convenient! Your old man can stay in the humble house, which really makes the humble house shine. Come, please. After Lao Chen finished speaking, he pointed to a house next to him and said to us with a smile.

"By the way, who is Mr. Xiao's little brother?" Lao Chen looked at me, and then asked Old Man Xiao curiously.

"Oh! This is my little friend, and it is up to him to get the centipede beads this time. Ten years ago, because his master was going to deal with a zombie in the Ming Dynasty, he couldn't come over at that time, and then we didn't pick up the centipede bead," Old Man Xiao said with a smile.

"Since it is Mr. Xiao's little friend, it is also my brother of Lao Chen. Let's go, little brother inside, please!" Lao Chen looked at me with a smile and said.

I smiled and nodded: "Brother Chen, you are too polite." Lao Chen hurriedly waved his hand and said, "Little brother, you still call me Lao Chen." Don't call Brother Chen, I'm a rough person, I'm not used to listening to this, and besides, I'm not much older than you, just call me Lao Chen. "Hahahaha! Then I'll call you Lao Chen!" I said with a smile.

As soon as he entered the door, Lao Chen hurriedly shouted loudly: "Tangke, hurry up and take out the rooster in our backyard and slaughter it, our life-saving benefactor Mr. Xiao is here." ”

A female voice came from inside the room, "What? Mr. Xiao is here? Where? Old Chen, don't you lie to me?" The man who spoke then hurriedly walked out of the room.

"Brother-in-law! Long time no see! Old man Xiao said with a smile to the woman who came out.

"Oops! Sure enough, it's Mr. Xiao. Long time no see, Mr. Xiao! How are you doing? We haven't seen each other in almost ten years, haven't we? The woman looked at Old Man Xiao with a smile.

"What are you still doing here? Hurry up and go to the backyard and grab that rooster and slaughter it. Then stew it for Mr. Xiao and this little brother. By the way, there seems to be no wine at home, so you can go to the supply and marketing cooperatives to buy some wine and come back. Lao Chen instructed the woman.

I hurriedly stepped forward and said with a smile: "Old Chen, this must be Sister-in-law Chen, right?" Lao Chen nodded slightly: "Yes." This is my cousin. ”

I nodded and shouted to Lao Chen's cousin, "Hello sister-in-law! "Oh, okay. Who are you? Sister-in-law Chen looked at me with a puzzled expression.

"This is my little friend, I have something to do with him this time." Old man Xiao found a stool, and then sat down directly.

"Oh! That's fine. Mr. Xiao, the two of you will sit here for a while, and I will go to the supply and marketing cooperatives to buy some things and come back immediately. Old Chen! Hurry up and make tea for the two of you. Sister-in-law Chen took off the galoshes on her feet and instructed Lao Chen.

"Well, okay. You hurry up and buy a bar! You don't have to worry about it here, I'm here. Lao Chen moved a stool for me, looked up at Sister-in-law Chen and said.

"Lao Chen, I heard Lao Xiao say, are you the only survivor of that centipede? It's still early to eat, well, it's boring to sit too. Tell us how you got across that centipede, right? I took the teacup handed over by Lao Chen and smiled.

"Yes, little brother. Then I'll tell you about it. Lao Chen moved a stool and sat down next to us, and then began to tell the story: "One night ten years ago, I went up the mountain to hunt and came back. I ran into the centipede on the top of the hill over there, and it wasn't Mr. Xiao, I died ten years ago. ”

"What the hell is going on?" When I heard this, I immediately became interested and hurriedly asked Lao Chen.

Lao Chen took out a pack of white sand cigarettes from his clothes pocket, handed one to me and Old Man Xiao, and then lit one himself and began to swallow the clouds and smoke, after a few puffs, Lao Chen threw away half of the cigarette in his hand and began to recall: "That day, I still went into the mountains to hunt as usual. At noon, suddenly, the sky was cloudy, thundering, and windy. It's August, and autumn is getting stronger, but I didn't expect it to be thundering at that time? I looked up at the sky, and the dark clouds were lower, and the whole sky was black, almost like overhead. There are many large and small lightning bolts swimming in the dark clouds from time to time, which is scary to look at.

I was scared in my heart, and seeing that a storm was coming, I hurriedly took the bird gun and ran up the mountain, ready to find a place to hide from the rain, and the pipe in my hand was made of iron, I was afraid that it would conduct electricity, and it would not be worth it to be killed by this thunder.

At that time, I found a cave in the forest next to the top of the mountain, and when I entered the cave, I put the bird gun far away, and I was a little relieved. The cave has a wide view and you can see most of the bottom of the mountain and the exit.

By this time it had begun to rain heavily, and the leaves were rattling, and I was very bored looking at the sky outside the cave, and suddenly I saw something out of the corner of my eye, so I quickly looked down. It doesn't matter if I see it, when I saw it, I was terrified. ”

"Oh, what is that? Could it be the centipede? I interrupted Lao Chen's memories.

"That's right, it's the centipede." Lao Chen swallowed excitedly, and then nodded at me.