However, it is said that in the early years, people from neighboring towns fled here because of famine. They did not disturb the villagers of Shengjia Village, but chose to go hunting in the back mountains.

There is such a large area in the back mountain, I heard that there are wild bears in the depths, although the danger is a little more dangerous, but those who are hungry and afraid would rather be killed by the bear than eat a bite of meat.

So they went hunting in the back mountains.

But in the end, bad luck befell them. I don't know if it was too much movement caused by too many people, or because there were too many prey hunted that made the "old fairy" dislike, so in the end they were all punished.

"What punishment?!" Sheng Qingqing asked anxiously.

The word "punishment" can never represent a good thing. Sheng Qingqing's bold guess, those people will not disappear like Niu Yu in the end, right?

Fourth Uncle Sheng shook his head slightly, "It's not a big deal, the old fairy seems to know that those people are just forced to be helpless, so in the end they just trapped them in the mountains, and finally the people of our village went to look for them, and they were found." ”

Just trapped?

Sheng Qingqing breathed a sigh of relief.

It seems that it is the same as what happened to Niu Yu in the past few days, no wonder whether it is Fourth Uncle Sheng or Second Uncle Niu and his wife, they don't seem to be in a hurry.

"In the past two days, the people from our village have gone to the back mountain to confirm, and the kid from the Niu family is indeed in the back mountain, and he should be able to find it if he looks for it tonight."

Referring to the words of Aunt Niu saying that she was going out tonight, Sheng Qingqing became even more clear. It seems that Second Uncle Niu and Second Aunt Niu are also going to go together tonight.

"Wait." Sheng Qingqing suddenly became a little puzzled, "Why don't you go during the day?" ”

I couldn't see anything on the big night. In those days, there were no flashlights and searchlights, and the only ones that could be used for illumination at night were torches and candles. Candles are more expensive, so if you want a group of people to go to the mountains and forests, you can only use torches to light the way. As Uncle Sheng said, there should not be too many people looking for it, so as not to disturb the "immortals". And the torches in the hands of just a few people are definitely not enough in the dark mountains and forests.

So why not go during the day?

The last time she went to the back mountain with Sheng Zhizhi, it was near noon, although the winter sun was not too violent, but it did not affect the normal vision.

"Girl, you're still young, I don't know the inside story." Fourth Uncle Sheng said with a smile: "Although the people in our village can go to the back mountains to search and hunt, they can't move too much every time, and if they are looking for people, it is best to do it at night." Only at night do the gods of the mountains not pay much attention to us. ”

Speaking of this, he paused for a moment, and seemed a little puzzled, "Every night, the gods in the mountains seem to go out. ”

As to whether it was to go out in search of something to eat, or if there was another reason, they did not know.

The melons and fruits enshrined in the left and right villages, each time the "old fairy" only takes a little bit.

Sheng Qingqing also shook her head. She is considered to have seen a lot today, and she actually knows so many secret things, and it seems that the ordinary Shengjia Village really has the existence of "old immortals". She didn't lie in Cheng's house last time, but she had the confidence to speak in front of Cheng Qinghe next time.

After giving a rough idea of what happened, Uncle Sheng didn't plan to sit longer.

Seeing that it was getting dark again, they were going to assemble and prepare to enter the mountain at night.

So after Uncle Sheng drank another cup of tea, he planned to leave.

Sheng Qingqing, as a junior, wanted to give him away. Seeing that Uncle Sheng likes to drink tea, he also wrapped a little tea and gave it to him.

Fourth Uncle Sheng is really good to her. Although what she said today is something that people in Shengjia Village will know in the future, her Sheng Qingqing's parents are dead, and after two years, she may have to marry out of the village. Fourth Uncle Sheng was able to risk the leakage of secrets in the village and inform her of this, obviously trusting and loving her very much.

Sheng Qingqing accepted this feeling. In her lifetime, if there is no accident, she will never tell the "old fairy" about it.

Not long after sending Sheng Fourth Uncle away, Sheng Zhizhi ran out with the little civet cat in her arms.

"Sister, what did you say!" The little girl was very curious.

Sheng Qingqing was cleaning up the dishes and chopsticks on the stone table, and when she heard this, she knocked lightly on the door of her little brain, and said with a smile: "No matter what it is, it's not for you as a child to know." ”

Sheng Zhizhi immediately pouted unconvinced, "Sister, aren't you also a child!" Why didn't you tell me! If Siming was here, you'd tell him! ”

No matter whose younger siblings it is, no matter how good the relationship is on weekdays, there will always be times of competition. The same is true of the Sheng family, most of the time Sheng Siming will be very old and let his second sister, of course, there are also a small part of the time Sheng Zhizhi thinks that she is letting Sheng Siming.

Anyway, no matter what Sheng Qingqing and Sheng Siming think, Sheng Zhizhi herself felt that in this family, she was the most unfavored little pitiful.

Weak, pitiful, and helpless.

Of course, it is also very delicious.

"What are you talking about?" Sheng Qingqing couldn't help but knock on the little girl's forehead again, she treated the younger siblings in the family absolutely equally, "Even if Siming is here, I won't tell him anything." Let no child know about this today. The reason why the fourth uncle told me was because I was the only one in our family who could be the pillar of our family now. ”

Both parents are dead, and the ancestors are still alive now, and the only one who can be regarded as relying on is the old pious woman of the Li family. But if they really choose to rely on the Li family, Sheng Qingqing feels that it is better for the three of them to stay at home and wait for death.

Sheng Siming is a man, but he is only six years old this year, even if he has a calm personality, he still can't come out to settle down. Now at home, Sheng Qingqing can be the head of the family.

As it turned out, she did a good job as well. The life of the Sheng family in the past two months has improved visibly with the naked eye, and a pair of younger siblings are now white and fat.

It is estimated that Fourth Uncle Sheng also has this idea, so he will make an exception to inform Sheng Qingqing of this matter.

"When you grow up, you'll know."

Sheng Qingqing said perfunctorily.

Her remark was, of course, uncertain.

Although Sheng Zhizhi's surname is Sheng, only the people of Shengjia Village can know about the "old fairy". When Sheng Zhizhi grows up, she doesn't know if she will marry in another village.

Thinking of her baby sister who didn't know what kind of "wolf" she would take away in the future, Sheng Qingqing couldn't help but sigh.

Sheng Zhizhi was still very curious, and couldn't help but twist and said: "Sister, just tell me, just a little bit, I will never say anything outside!" ”

What an honor it would be for a child to have a secret that no other child knows!

Sheng Qingqing saw through her trick at a glance, "Okay, don't be coquettish." There's no way I'm going to tell you! ”

"Go wash up early, let's not go out tonight, the village is expected to be chaotic."

When Sheng Zhizhi saw her sister like this, she knew that she would never be able to ask, so she could only wash up with a disgusted look.

At this time, it is not too late, and it is getting darker and later when it comes in, and if it is changed to the cold winter season, the sky must be completely dark, but at this time the sky is still a little bright.

Fortunately, the two sisters rest relatively early on weekdays, and at this time they wash up and prepare for bed, but there is nothing uncomfortable.

Sheng Zhizhi honestly washed herself, and then climbed to the inside of the bamboo bed. Sheng Qingqing went to lock the door of the main house, made sure it was secure, and climbed into bed together.

There were no candles lit in the house, and silver-white moonlight spilled into the room from the outside, illuminating a small space inside. The little tanuki lay on the side of the bed and yawned lazily.

"Sister, I can't sleep." Sheng Zhizhi blinked his big eyes.

Children are always energetic, especially those who are as lively as Sheng Zhizhi, and they don't like to sleep. In the past, even if she played outside all day, after Sheng Zhizhi came back, she could fall asleep very late, not to mention that she was confined to her home all day and did not do any strenuous exercise.

She couldn't be more energetic now.

Sheng Qingqing was also very helpless, because she couldn't sleep a little. Because she didn't sleep all night last night, she and Sheng Zhizhi slept together during the day today, and naturally couldn't sleep at this time.

"Then sister will tell you a story, right?"

Sheng Zhizhi immediately became happy, "Okay, okay, I still want to listen to stories like the Iron Shoe Thief!" ”

This is easy, after all, the hero in the Iron Shoe Thief has a whole set of stories, and if you talk about it in detail, you can say it for more than ten days without repetition.

Fortunately, Sheng Qingqing probably remembers the plot quite clearly, and there are always some small details that she forgets, and she can make up for it herself.

So Sheng Zhizhi listened to it fascinated......

Almost two hours later, Sheng Qingqing finished telling both stories, but Sheng Zhizhi still didn't feel sleepy at all, and looked very excited. Seeing Sheng Qingqing stop, he kept urging.

"What about the back, sister, what's in the back?!"

Sheng Qingqing sighed deeply, feeling that her idea of telling a story to coax the child to sleep was really wrong.

"Hurry up and go to bed, and we'll talk about the rest tomorrow!"

Sheng Zhizhi immediately stopped talking, and pretended to cry: "No, no, no, sister, you don't bring this, don't talk about it halfway, I want to know what's going on next!" I can't sleep even more! ”

Sheng Qingqing: "......"

Of course she knew that she had the experience of staying up late to read novels before, knowing that the story was hanging in front of her, but she couldn't know the pain of the ending.

But now the night was completely deep, and the wailing of wild beasts could be heard faintly from a distance outside.

I don't know why, Sheng Qingqing felt that if she didn't sleep again, she was afraid that something bad would happen.

"Good Zhizhi, go to bed early, tomorrow sister will tell you two, no, three stories!"

Sheng Zhizhi muttered and reluctantly closed her eyes.

Sheng Qingqing breathed a sigh of relief.

As long as you are willing to close your eyes, in a quiet environment, you can slowly fall asleep. Children are energetic, but because they don't think too much, it's easier for them to fall asleep.