The old man sighed when he entered the house.

Bell looked around, and there were quite a few people in the room.

Several of the younger children gathered around the bell, staring at the bell with big eyes, so that the bell did not know what the children wanted to do.

Then the old man coughed, and the children dispersed, and then poked their heads out from behind the adults and looked at them in surprise.

Only then did the old man say to Bell and Quan Xiaobai: "A few of them are still young, and they haven't been here for a long time, don't be surprised." ”

"It's okay old man." The bell replied to the old man, and then smiled at the children.

Only then did the old man ask, "Child, are you two here?" ”

Bell thought about it, Qixing is not a person now, it can only be regarded as a soul, and it is inconvenient for him to come out when others are there, so he nodded: "Yes, grandpa, we are here to buy bamboo shoots." ”

The old man shook his head: "Child, you are late, there is nothing left now, even we ourselves are dying of hunger." ”

"Grandpa, what's going on? Could it be that all the bamboos in Qiuzhu Town are gone? Bell asked, puzzled.

The old man shook his head: "Alas, the bamboo is all there, it's just ......"

With a heavy sigh, the old man talked about the strange things that happened a few days ago.

Originally, this hill bamboo town has been calm, the townspeople get up early every day to cut bamboo, dig bamboo shoots, and then come back to split bamboo, cook bamboo strips, and weave various bamboo products, and some of the fresh bamboo shoots here are taken out to sell, and some are eaten by themselves, and the excess is split and pickled. Therefore, the men, women and children of Qiuzhu Town are all very familiar with this bamboo.

Just one day some time ago, suddenly a burst of smoke blew through, and the townspeople who went up the mountain to dig bamboo shoots and cut bamboo in the morning were all blown out of the bamboo forest.

After that, the families could no longer go up the mountain, and even if someone secretly went up the mountain, it would be scraped off. And even if you are lucky enough not to be scraped off, you will lose something the next day if you dig up a bamboo shoot or cut a bamboo shoot.

Two of them lost their children on one occasion and searched for a day but could not find them. Later, the child came back crying in the middle of the night, saying that he had been blown into the bamboo forest by a gust of wind. Originally, the townspeople of Qiuzhu Town could come out of the bamboo forest with their eyes closed, but the fog was clear, so that the child was frightened and touched for a long time before he came out.

Because each family was worried about their families, they finally closed the shop and stopped going up the mountain, and those who were able to go to Linzhen to work, but those who were not able could only grow something enough to eat by themselves, so the current Qiuzhu Town is so deserted.

The bell frowned and listened to the old man's story, thinking in his heart, this should be a demon, but what kind of demon it is unknown, listen to this meaning, this demon is not to harm people's lives, but why not let people go up the mountain?

Just as he was thinking about it, he heard the old man continue: "Child, there are monsters here, you two better leave quickly, go to other bamboo woodlands to have a look, we really can't sell you anything here." ”

The bell rolled his eyes: "Grandpa, that's not good, I was indicated to come here to buy bamboo shoots this time." So, I'll go up the mountain and see, what kind of monster is it? If you can get rid of this monster, will you be able to sell me bamboo shoots? ”

"Child, I can't help it, there are monsters on this mountain!" The old man was so frightened that he hurriedly said.

"Grandpa, don't worry, if I catch this monster, can you sell me bamboo shoots?"

The old man first looked at the bell suspiciously, and saw that the bell was not afraid at all, so he said: "If you can really help us with this, let alone buy it, we can give you a car each." ”

"Okay, then we'll settle it, I'll help you get rid of the demons, and then you'll send me more!" The bell said to the old man with a smile, and the smile also infected the old man's family. Seeing that the bell was so confident, the old man's family looked at each other and nodded.

Because the bell came a little late, and now at this time to go up the mountain, and then into the forest area, the sky will be dark, and it is not conducive to doing anything, so the old man arranged for the bell and Quan Xiaobai to live in a side room.

But now because he couldn't do business for a long time, and there wasn't much to eat at home, the old man boiled a big pot of porridge and took out some pickled dried bamboo shoots. The bell turned out the dry food that Qu Youyou brought to them, and distributed some to the old man's family, and then ate some porridge and dried bamboo shoots, and then went to sleep.

Early the next morning, the bell set off with Quan Xiaobai, and the old man told him again and again, but the bell didn't go to his heart.

Soon entered the mountain, and sure enough, as the old man described, the wind swept people out, and the bell raised his breath and made a "thousand catties" to himself and Quan Xiaobai, and then stood firmly.

It's just that this trick can only last for a short period of time, and the bell and Quan Xiaobai have to find a leeward place to perform after walking for a while, but fortunately, the monster who doesn't know what is is almost used up, and the wind has not been blown for a long time, and the bell and Quan Xiaobai have accelerated to run deep into the bamboo forest.

When entering the bamboo forest, Quan Xiaobai suddenly paused: "Sister Bell, this monster is very close to us, I can smell a demonic breath." ”

"Really? Great, can you know what kind of demon it is? The bell patted Quan Xiaobai and asked.

Quan Xiaobai shook his head: "No, we demons can generally only judge whether a person is a demon or a ghost, but we can't judge what the body is." ”

"That's okay, we'll find out. Lead the way. The bell urged Quan Xiaobai, and one person and one demon quickened their pace and ran towards a position.

When he got there, the bell found that it was on the sunny side of the hillside, and there seemed to be a cave hidden under a forest leaf. Quan Xiaobai stopped in front of the cave, pointed to the bell, and said in a low voice, "Sister bell, this is it." ”

The bell looked closer into the cave, and it was pitch black.

"How do we get it out?" While the bell was talking to himself, his eyes looked at Quan Xiaobai: "Why don't you go down and have a look?" ”

Quan Xiaobai's face complained: "Sister Bell, you see that this hole is so small, I am so big, how can I get in." ”

"Aren't you transfiguring? If you can get bigger, you can definitely get smaller. ”

"Sister Bell, don't let me go down, this cave looks very dirty." Quan Xiaobai didn't expect the bell to remember his transformation technique, so he had to beg at this time.

As a person and a demon were talking, smoke suddenly came out of the cave, and a sharp and thin voice came out: "Which one is deadly, and you dare to say that my cave is dirty?" ”

Bell Yixi: Hey, I was worried that I couldn't catch it, it actually came out on its own. He smiled and said, "You're good to come." ”

When the smoke cleared, the bell was trying to see what kind of monster it was, and then he met a pair of small round eyes.

WWW I am the dividing line of the fifth year of junior high WWW

Everyone's fifth day is good, everyone's Valentine's Day is happy, today there is a lover's Xiaoxiao out to join in the fun. When shopping, Xiaoxiao found one thing, now there are more and more flowers being sold, but fewer and fewer people are buying flowers, but the gold shop is full.