Chapter 4 Coffin mushrooms
Since the cat demon incident subsided, Chen Laogou's father and son calmed down for a while.
On this day, the father and son were dozing off after dinner at home, when they were dragged up by the second strong man in the back village, and they were pulled towards their home. "Erzhuang, what the hell is going on!" Chen Xiaobraid stretched his waist and asked. "My mother! My mother is not good! Erzhuang sweated profusely and dragged Chen Xiaobraid towards home
"Erzhuang, tell my uncle what's wrong," Chen Laogou asked as he walked behind unhurriedly. "Uncle Chen, I don't know, as soon as my mother came back, she started scolding, and she didn't recognize anyone."
It turned out that Erzhuang's mother said that she had a headache after dinner and was going to rest on the kang, but when she woke up this night, she was like a different person! Started scolding, no one is useful.
"You broke my cave and want to eat my things, you think beautifully! I'm going to let you die a good death! When Er Zhuang heard this, he hurriedly held Chen Laogou's hand and said, "Uncle Chen, listen, it's started again!" My mother is talking this nonsense again! ”
They are all old neighbors for more than ten years, and as soon as Chen Laogou heard this voice, he knew that this was not the voice of Erzhuangniang, and knew that this must be an evil spirit. Hurriedly pulled Chen Xiaobraid and walked towards the house.
"Dad, I called Uncle Chen." Erzhuang pushed open the door and shouted. "You're finally here, old thing, hurry up and see my wife!" Erzhuang's father is usually very good with Chen Laogou, and at this time he is sweating profusely sitting in front of the bed to take care of Erzhuang's mother.
Erzhuangniang still said some words in her mouth, I want you not to die well. Chen Laogou hurriedly walked to the front of the kang to inquire about the situation. At this time, the second strong girl seemed to be pressed by some heavy object! The body didn't move at all, only the eyes rolled. His mouth kept muttering, "Old thing, I'll let you eat!" Eat you! Collapse my cave! I want you dead! ”
The scolding voice was very loud, as if Er Zhuangniang had offended her fiercely. Chen Laogou didn't step forward, just stood next to him and listened carefully to the words scolded by Er Zhuang Niang. The others did not dare to come forward and disturb him.
After listening carefully for a while, Chen Laogou also had a rough idea in his heart, so he asked, "What are your wives doing today?" Erzhuang's father said puzzledly: "Wash clothes and cook!" Where else can I go" Erzhuang's father drank some wine and couldn't understand anything. Erzhuang ran forward and said, "Uncle Chen, I know, my mother went up the mountain to pick mushrooms in the evening!" ”
As soon as he heard the mushrooms, Old Dog Chen turned his head to look at the basket of mushrooms outside the house, "Are these mushrooms?" "Yes! That's what we're eating tonight! Erzhuang said anxiously.
"As soon as I entered the door, I smelled a sinister smell, sure enough!" It turned out that Old Dog Chen noticed the basket of mushrooms as soon as he entered the house, and he felt that something was wrong. It's just that I was in a hurry to see the second strong lady at that time, so I ignored it.
"Dad, isn't this just an ordinary mushroom?" Pigtail grabbed the mushroom forward and sniffed, "This thing is not simple!" I saw that Chen Laogou picked up a mushroom and broke the head from the stem, only to see that there was a black line connected to the broken stem!
"Dad, what's going on, how can this mushroom still have black lines" Chen Xiaobraid had never seen a thread still connected to the inside of a mushroom. "Erzhuang, go and ask your companion who picked mushrooms with your mother today, where did you pick these mushrooms!" Chen Laogou asked Er Zhuang to inquire about the matter, saying that he wanted to find out the whereabouts of the mushroom.
Chen Xiaobraid, who had just passed two days of stopping, had a headache when he heard it: "Dad! This black light is blinding, let's check it tomorrow! Chen Laogou kicked his pigtails, "You won't be motivated all day long!" ”
But even if he didn't want to, he still had to listen to Chen Laogou's arrangement, and the four of them walked towards the mountain with flashlights, Chunni went to pick mushrooms with Erzhuang Niang today, and now take them to recognize the place.
With Chunni here, the pigtails are particularly high-spirited along the way, protecting Chunni along the way, "Chunni, don't be afraid, there is your pigtail brother!" ”
Along the way, a few people quickly came to the mountain with a word, "Uncle Chen, the second big lady is the mushroom picked there" Chunni pointed to a small dirt bag on the side of the mountain.
This small dirt bag is overgrown with weeds, and if you look closely, there are indeed a lot of mushrooms. "Alas, this old lady deserves his bad luck!" After hearing this, several people laughed, it turned out that these two strong girls picked the mushrooms on this small mound in order to pick more mushrooms.
Old Dog Chen walked towards the small dirt bag and stepped on it, and several people were stunned at this time. Because Chen Laogou didn't use much strength for this kick, the dirt bag collapsed entirely.
When everyone looked closely, they found that under the dirt bag were several wooden planks, several of which had collapsed, revealing the black hole below.
But when everyone took a closer look under the plank, they all gasped in an instant. There was a human skeleton exposed under the rotten wood, and I don't know how many years had passed, and the rotten wood and bones were covered with mushrooms.
Chen Xiaobraid hurriedly pulled Chunni back a few steps and said, "Mushrooms can actually grow on this corpse bone?" "Chen Xiaobraid then understood, it turned out that his father already knew the source of this mushroom!" This is called a coffin mushroom and a yin mushroom, it grows on this kind of thing, do you say people can eat it? After Chen Laogou finished speaking, he threw the mushrooms. Squatted down and fiddled in front of the hole.
Seeing this, Er Zhuang hurriedly grabbed Chen Laogou, but Chen Laogou bowed his hand and said to the pigtail, "Stinky boy, take a good look." I saw Chen Laogou take out a bamboo tube covered with a red cloth from his sleeve.
"It's a piece of raw chicken, and it's an irresistible temptation for something like this." Chen Laogou poured out a small piece of meat from the bamboo tube, let Chen Xiaobraid look at it, and then threw it in.
Then Chen Laogou carefully placed the bamboo tube containing the meat next to the skull. "Alright, let's all stand back and wait!"
Everyone didn't know what kind of medicine Chen Laogou was selling, but they didn't dare to ask more when they saw Chen Laogou's cautious appearance. followed him to a place more than ten meters away from the bamboo tube.
Chen Xiaobraid couldn't hold it back, so he leaned in front of his father and asked, "Dad, what are we waiting for here", but Chen Laogou just stared at the bamboo tube tightly, "Shhh Don't talk, you guys have good eyes, keep an eye on that bamboo tube. ”
"Dad, you're getting cuter." Chen Xiaobraid complained while staring in the direction of the bamboo tube. This Chen pigtail was born on the side of the coffin, and his eyes were particularly useful, he stared at it for a while, and sure enough, he made a discovery.
I saw that the rotten skull moved very strangely at this time! "Dad, this white bone shouldn't become a sperm!" This frightened Chen Xiaobraid, how could the dead bones still move? And the old dog Chen on the side looked calmly, letting the pigtails not make a sound.
With his father there, Chen Xiaobraid puffed up his anger and stared at the shaking skull. At this moment, Chen Xiaobraid suddenly discovered that a big centipede actually came out of the eye socket of the black hole!
After a while, a large red centipede also came out of the other eye socket. The two big red centipedes seemed to be attracted by the chicken in the bamboo tube. One after the other got into the bamboo tube.
At this time, Chen Xiaobraid realized that his father wanted to catch those two big centipedes! "Dad, I'll go take back the bamboo tube" Originally, it was not easy to clean up the two centipedes, Chen Xiaobraid rushed up, and Chen Laogou hurriedly said, "Be careful, that guy is moving quickly!" You're quick with your hands and feet," and suddenly his heart rose again
The pigtail knew that these two centipedes were related to the life of Erzhuang's mother, so he tiptoed to the bamboo tube, but he didn't dare to rush forward recklessly for fear of alarming the two centipedes.
After thinking about it, the pigtail spread the red cloth on the ground, and then quickly grabbed the bamboo tube and buckled it on the ground. Stop! The speed of the pigtails was really fast, and the two centipedes were detained before they could react.
The pigtail felt that his hand was particularly handsome, so he showed off, "Dad, how is it good?" Chunni, brother, handsome! With that, he handed the bamboo tube to Chen Laogou and walked towards Chunni with a smile.
On the way down the mountain, the pigtail still wanted to communicate with Chunni and communicate his feelings, but behind him, Erzhuang chatted with his father. "Erzhuang, your father is still drinking?" Chen Laogou walked behind his hands at the back, "Hey, I quit for a few days, and I drank it again in the past two days!" Er Zhuang continued, "My father was almost killed by the fox last time he drank, and he still dares to drink it." Old Dog Chen patted Erzhuang's shoulder, "Don't worry, kid, now the fox doesn't dare to come." ”
After sending Chunni back to the house first, they returned to Erzhuang's house, and as soon as Chen Laogou entered the door, he found a large porcelain basin and poured two centipedes into it.
Chen Xiaobraid thought that his father was going to use this to soak wine or grind medicine! But what does it mean to pour it directly into the basin? "Daddy! How can you treat the second mother? Chen Laogou took the porcelain basin and walked straight to Erzhuang's bedside.
Chen Laogou took Er Zhuangniang's hand and put it directly into the basin containing centipedes, and the two centipedes were also fierce guys, and they bit Er Zhuangniang's fingers at once.
Although Chen Xiaobraid knew that his father had two brushes, but at this time, when he saw the two centipedes biting the fingers of the second strong mother, he was still worried, "Dad, can you do this?" If something goes wrong, how do we explain it! ”
"You kid knows a fart, this is called one thing to one thing, and poison to fight poison. Boy, the poison of this world, within ten steps, there must be something to restrain each other. This big centipede is born in the bones of dead people, so it specializes in restraining the poisonous mushrooms that grow out of this corpse. Old Dog Chen patiently explained to Chen Xiaobraid. Chen Xiaobraid didn't dare to slack off, and listened seriously.
I saw that the finger of Er Zhuangniang who was bitten by the centipede immediately became jet black, but the toxin did not spread, but formed a black line along the blood vessels, and walked straight along the arm upward.
After about half an hour, the black line came out of the left arm and became two. It's as if the black line went up and turned around again. The black lines began to slowly point downwards and returned to the fingers, all of which were gathered on the tips of the middle fingers.
Seeing that the time had come, Chen Laogou jumped to the side of the bed and the silver needle broke the blackened finger of the second Zhuang Niang, and put a small half basin of black blood until the blood slowly turned red.
"Okay, it's okay, just get some sleep!" Chen Laogou jumped down from the side of the bed, clapped his hands, and told Erzhuang and Erzhuang's father. The disease is cured
Sure enough, Er Zhuangniang's face was obviously much better, and she stopped cursing, and fell asleep quietly. "Find a mountain early tomorrow morning to bury the bones, burn some paper and apologize." Chen Laogou analyzed that it must have been the second strong lady who trampled on the coffin lid when she was picking mushrooms, otherwise they would not retaliate.
"Keep you busy all night, you have this little thing!" Erzhuang's father took a basket of eggs and stuffed it into the pigtail's hand. But it was taken away by Chen Laogou, "It's all from the villagers, you can take it back." With that, he pulled Chen Xiaobraid and left
"Dad, you're too real! Shouldn't we be holding it? It's good to add some meat to the dinner table. Pigtails complained dissatisfied.
"And what do you want? It's like in the city! It costs thousands of colds to catch a cold," Chen Lao Dog slapped his pigtails.
The pigtail stopped making a sound, and asked again in a half-loud voice, "Dad, what do you mean by that fox drinking that you told Er Zhuang!" Old Dog Chen laughed, "That old guy drank with a fox and almost died!" When Chen Xiaobraid heard this, he hurriedly pestered Chen Laogou and asked him to tell him. Chen Laogou said, "Hurry up and go home and sleep, I'll tell you tomorrow." ”
Chen Xiaobraid responded happily, thinking that he could listen to the story tomorrow!