I followed the path pointed out to me by Taoist priest Qingning, and walked for most of the day to the edge of Daxitou Village. Standing on the hill, you can see the whole village. The only major road in the village is a rocky road that winds through the mountains, and there are several large ponds in the village, and although everything seems to be normal, there are not many people outside. I didn't even see anyone in the fields, and I saw one or two carrying buckets to the pond to fetch water.

Although I have known about this village for a long time, I have never been here. Now I always feel that something is wrong, that something is missing. In all fairness, this village is also inconvenient for transportation, otherwise there must be a lot of farmhouses. The whole village is built on the hills, and where there are some streams, the houses are built directly on them; Down the hill are fields and a small lake. But it's such a good environment, and now it's happening......

Anyway, let's go to the village first to find out. Fortunately, when I used to collect style, I often got close to the locals, and it shouldn't be difficult to put two sentences. Thinking of this, he walked down the hill and towards the village. The closer you get to the village, the more obvious it is that something is wrong, as if there are no living creatures in this village except people. In a normal village, even if the cattle and sheep are bolted, at least there are chickens and dogs barking. There doesn't seem to be any such movement in this village......

"What does this man do?"

"Are you here to steal poultry?"

"It doesn't look like a bad guy, what he's carrying behind his back won't be used to beat dogs, right?"

Ever since I played the shadows, I could hear what was going on in other people's heads. As long as you concentrate, you can filter a lot, and this skill is quite convenient, but it's a little troublesome when you sleep.

I walked to a nearby door and knocked on the door and said, "Hello! Anybody home? I'm a painter, and I'm out to collect style; Passing by this village, the scenery is very good. Some were thirsty and came to ask the villagers for some water. "There was some movement inside the door, but it didn't open for a long time.

I continued: "Fellow, please open the door, I'm not a bad person. The stick on my back was given to me by the Taoist priest in the Qingji Temple in front of me, saying that I was afraid that I would encounter animals that hurt people in the mountains. I'll take it off and put it aside now. So saying, I took off the stick from my back.

At this moment the door opened, and an old man opened the door and looked left and right, very cautious. There was also an eldest lady and two small children inside. Seeing the door open, a slightly older child was about to run away, but was grabbed by the eldest mother:

"What are you running? Wait for the monster to be dragged to the mountains and eaten. ”

Taking advantage of the stall, I hurriedly said: "This sounds so kind, when I was a child, I ran around, and my family always said that there would be monsters to drag me away." ”

The uncle hurriedly raised his head and said, "Doll, come in quickly." It's not safe outside. As he spoke, he let me in, and after entering the door, the uncle immediately closed the courtyard door; Lead me into the house. After entering the house, the uncle also closed the door immediately. The light is not very good, and the lights have to be turned on.

After sitting down, the four of them all stared at me, an outsider. I didn't know how to speak for a while, so I could only deliberately pretend to be stupid: "Big Daddy and Auntie, what's wrong?" Are there any bad guys nearby? ”

I saw that the uncle and aunt looked at each other, and looked at the door with fear; Only then did he lean over cautiously: "Doll, you are from outside, you don't know here; It's not been peaceful here lately. These days, these little grandchildren don't dare to let them out at all. ”

When I heard this, I thought: just open your mouth. Quickly took out two pieces of chocolate from the bag and handed them to the two children: "Little brother, this is for you, it is a reward for you." Because you protect your grandparents at home. ”

When the children saw the chocolate, their eyes had already eaten it several times; But I just didn't take it. It wasn't until I stuffed it into their hands that I sat down on the other side and ate quietly. Seeing this, the old man seemed to be a little less defensive against me. I started to get into a routine, and I was able to deal with these situations for a long time.

After chatting for a while, I took pen and paper out of my backpack and drew portraits of two of them. Now it's time to leave me at home for dinner. There are two reasons for this; One is to thank me for giving them a portrait; The second is that it is not safe for me to go out alone. Now, when I came in, I was going to rub it out until the evening. During the conversation just now, I learned that almost all the prime-aged people in the village went out to the mountains to catch "beasts" together, and I had to wait for them to come back to know more details. And most of these people are in vain, after all, they are yin beasts. Naturally, it does not haunt during the day.

While the elderly were cooking, I began to listen to the sounds around me. But none of them are useful, mostly because they are worried about the safety of the people who go out; There was no movement outside. Until dinner was almost ready, there was some movement outside in one direction:

"I didn't meet it today, and I may have to be dragged tomorrow, so I have to find an excuse not to go, and I was almost bitten by a snake in the mountains today."

"Another day of running in vain, I hope the cattle and sheep will not suffer again tonight."

"When is that going to be?"

……

Hearing this, they returned to the village in about half an hour.