After practicing until the second half of the night, Xiaobao fell asleep in a daze.

The next morning, after breakfast, a young man in tattered clothes, his face covered in blood, stumbled and ran into the hut in a panic.

Xiaobao and Xiaomei saw that his face was white and terrifying, and there was so much blood flowing all over his body, and they were immediately frightened by his miserable appearance.

The two of them were slightly shocked, and Qi Shushu locked his eyes on this young strong man, as if he wanted to see something from him, and his eyes began to keep going back and forth on him, carefully looking at him.

As soon as the strong man entered the house, he first knelt down for Granny Sun, and then begged Granny Sun to save his old Uncle Zhang and a group of brothers with a handful of snot and tears.

Grandma Sun went over and helped him up, poured him a bowl of hot water, and told him to sit down and talk.

The strong man may have been really thirsty, so the hot water actually drank it in one go, and then he wiped a handful of residual water droplets on his mouth, and began to talk about the whole thing with a frown.

It turned out that the young man's name was Wang Tao, an orphan, and in addition to farming to support himself, his only pleasure was to like to go up to the mountains to hunt.

Yesterday at dusk, I made an appointment with eight villagers to go up the mountain to hunt prey, hoping to improve their food.

Their hunt went smoothly and they harvested a lot.

But who knew that everyone was talking and laughing, and when they were about to go down the mountain with their respective prey, they suddenly found a black lacquered coffin on the way here.

The nine of them were dumbfounded, you must know that when they went up the mountain, they had never seen this coffin, how could they encounter such a strange thing when they were going down the mountain?

For a while, everyone was a little uncertain, and after discussing it for a while, it was decided that it would be safer to take a detour back.

But what they never expected was that even if they took a detour, they still couldn't avoid the coffin.

The coffin was as if it had grown legs, and no matter which way they came down, they would come across it.

It was only then that everyone realized that something was wrong, and after living in the village for so many years, there were many strange rumors, but when they really encountered such a strange thing, everyone had no idea at once, and they didn't know what to do.

In the end, one of the more courageous villagers proposed to burn the coffin.

Everyone had no idea, but now that someone stood up and spoke, of course everyone agreed.

Since everyone has decided to set fire to the coffin now, everyone takes out their own fire-starting things and slowly approaches the coffin.

When I arrived, an elderly villager looked at the workmanship and materials of the coffin, and said that the coffin was not new, but seemed to be a sunken coffin of some years.

As soon as he said this, several young hunters began to retreat one after another, for fear of provoking something unclean.

Later, it was the bold villager who said that everyone should not be afraid, this is just a coffin, what is there to be afraid of?

The coffin is good! I can't figure out what other valuable treasures are in it, this trip is worth it, maybe everyone can bring some gold, silver and jewelry home!

This man's speech was very provocative, and everyone was immediately moved when they heard that there might be jewels to be taken, and they completely forgot the fear they had just had.

But the older villager did not agree to do this, saying that it would be bad to get into unnecessary trouble, and that it would be safer to set the coffin on fire.

Everyone has already red eyes, how can anyone listen to him, like this pie-in-the-sky good thing, who wants to miss it in vain.

There was no way, the old villager had no choice but to sigh helplessly, and took Wang Tao to take a detour down the mountain.

In fact, Wang Tao also wanted to go back and see what treasure was in the coffin, but the old villager pulled his arm and said that you stupid boy don't think about that kind of beautiful thing, this coffin in the barren mountains and mountains is already very evil, do you dare to go and see the excitement? If you don't get the baby, your life will be gone.

Wang Tao is honest, and he is not a greedy person, after carefully pondering what the old villager said, he felt that there was still some truth, so he suppressed his curiosity and followed the old villager down the mountain.

As a result, they walked back and forth in the woods for a long time, and when they saw that it was getting dark, they could not find their way down the mountain.

For hunters who have been hunting in the mountains since childhood, this mountain road is more familiar to them than anyone else, but now they can't find the way down the mountain, which seems very incredible.

Although the old villager was anxious, his face was silent, saying that it was better to spend the night on the mountain at such a late hour, and it would not be too late to go down the mountain when the sky was bright tomorrow.

After speaking, he took Wang Tao to a small wooden house that the hunters had temporarily built on the top of the mountain.

The two had just walked a short distance when a few thunderbolts suddenly sounded inexplicably in the sky, followed by a gust of wind and rain.

The raindrops slapped on the trees in the forest irregularly, making a crisp sound of squirming one after another, and although the sound was agile, it had a slightly dull sense of oppression.

In a short time, the forest path was already muddy.

Wang Tao and the old villagers supported each other, and finally came to the wooden door of the hut.

Pushing open the small wooden door that was a little dilapidated, only to find that the light inside was very dim, the old villager took out a match from his pocket, and just wanted to light one for lighting, but Wang Tao next to him actually made a ghost to the empty room, shouting: "Ma San'er!" Why are you here by yourself? ”

His voice was so sudden that it startled the old villager, and with a tremble in his hand, he dropped a match on the ground.

"I said what are you yelling about, baby!"

The old villager turned and rebuked him angrily, lit a match again for lighting, and by the faint light of the match found a kerosene lamp in the house and lit it, and then carried it around the house in front of him, but no one was found.

Wang Tao scratched his head and said with some embarrassment: "I just saw Ma San'er's kid in the house, how can this be ..... in the blink of an eye?"

"Shut up!"

The old villager slapped him on the head and handed him the match: "You can find some dry firewood in the house, and light a bonfire to keep warm first!" It's okay, don't yell here! ”

"But I just ....."

"But that's a! Hurry up and light a campfire! ”

Seeing that Wang Tao was still holding on to this topic, the old villager was angry and wanted to beat him again.

The old villager was angry, Wang Tao quickly closed his mouth obediently, took the match and ran to find dry firewood to light the bonfire.

It didn't take long for the open space in the center of the room to shine brightly, emitting a scorching temperature, driving away the moisture from the room, and finally there was a little warmth.

Wang Tao and the old villagers took off their wet clothes and wrung them out, and set them up around the campfire to roast them, and then they chatted while roasting some game.

While the two were talking, the old villager quietly took out two sachets from the cloth bag he carried and handed one of them to Wang Tao, saying that he wanted him to wear it around his neck.

Wang Tao took the sachet and looked at it, and said with an embarrassed face that this play should be {thing} colorful, it should be used by the big girl and the little daughter-in-law, we are a big man who wears this thing and must not make people laugh to death, and he smirked after speaking.

Seeing that he was a little disgusted with this sachet, the old villager gave him a blank look, and said that you won't keep this thing first, and then give it to others when you have a favorite girl in the future, and maybe the girl will marry you as soon as she is happy.

At the mention of this, Wang Tao, a man with five big and three thick faces, was rarely red-skinned, his palms clasped his nails with each other, and he said a little crampedly: "Uncle Zhang, look what you are talking about, I have just turned eighteen this year, and it is still early to marry a daughter-in-law." ”

Hehe smirked and touched the back of his head, and handed the sachet back to the old villager: "I said uncle, I'll give you back this thing!" Why am I embarrassed to accept such a valuable gift from you! ”