I looked at the ground in the direction of Lao Zhang's finger, and was surprised to find that there was a small hole in the floor of the house at this time, very similar to the one I found in my house last night.

"When I came back from you last night, I had an extra eye and searched for it all over my house. Sure enough, this one was discovered. ”

I frowned and said, "Looks like there's more than one of this!" ”

Lao Zhang nodded and said, "Sensei went to your house, let's dig here first!" ”

So we took shovels and dug around the hole in the ground.

After digging to a depth of less than half a meter, a dense number of tree roots appeared in the soil. There are thick and thin, criss-crossed.

I glanced at Lao Zhang.

"Looks like it's all over here!" I said, feeling my scalp tingle a little, "This, is this, the man-eating tree?" ”

Lao Zhang shook his head and said, "Ordinary man-eating plants attract prey through camouflage or emitting scent. I haven't heard of anyone who has taken the initiative to hunt for food. And the man-eating tree or something eats meat, how can there be light blood-sucking? ”

Thinking that he had some truth in it, I was silent.

After a while, I said, "Shall we cut off one of these roots?" ”

Lao Zhang thought about it and nodded.

I picked up a shovel and shoveled it down hard against one of the thinner roots. With a "click", the roots of the tree broke. If you look at the cross-section, it is no different from an ordinary tree root.

"There are no tall trees in this area, which tree is such a well-developed root system...... Lao Zhang said

The next second, he slapped his head: "Yes, it's not just around here!" ”

I looked at him and asked, "What do you mean?" ”

"Think about it carefully, are there any big trees in this cursed village?"

Hearing Lao Zhang say this, I remembered that we usually don't pay attention to the green trees everywhere in this village, all of which are low shrubs, and there are no decent tall trees.

The only big tree is the mulberry tree next to the house at the end of the village!

I'm a little excited when I think of this, there is a saying that 'random flowers gradually become charming', sometimes it seems that the situation is complicated, but the truth is so simple.

"The mulberry tree!" Lao Zhang and I shouted out almost at the same time.

No wonder I had a strange feeling when I first saw the tree, but I couldn't tell what was wrong. It turned out to be unusually tall and lush, unlike any other tree in the village.

Lao Zhang nodded and said, "Let's go, go out and talk to someone!" ”

As he spoke, he walked out on his front foot. I followed him out of the house, not knowing who he was going to talk to.

The two of us walked forward slowly, when an old man walked in front of us, walking swayingly.

Lao Zhang glanced at me, stepped forward, and said to the old man with a smile: "Uncle, hello! Can I talk to you for a long time? ”

I hurriedly walked over and handed over a cigarette.

The old man took the cigarette, looked at the two of us, and said, "Oh, you guys are the ones who came to make the movie!" ”

We both nodded.

Lao Zhang said: "Uncle, can you tell us why this small village has such a strange name as 'Cursed Village'?" ”

The old man said, "Alas, this matter is a long story......

There happened to be a big rock next to it, and I helped the old man to sit down. Lao Zhang and I sat on both sides.

I lit the cigarette for the old man, thought about it, and stuffed the remaining half of the pack of cigarettes into his hand.

The old man shirked it at first, but then he couldn't stand my sincerity, so he accepted it.

"Our village used to be called Sangyuan Village. The front and back of the village are full of mulberry trees, and the big guys rely on the mulberry trees, and they don't have to worry about food and clothing......"

The old man said that more than 20 years ago, in early summer, it was time to produce mulberries, but the mulberry trees in the village looked depressed and listless, and the mulberry yield was seriously reduced.

Before people could figure out what was going on, in the fall, as soon as the leaves fell, many trees began to peel and dry up.

The villagers thought that after winter, things would be better the next spring.

However, in the spring, when the snow melted and the people were ready to fertilize the trees, they found that all the mulberry trees in the village had died except for the one at the end of the village.

Seeing that there was no support for food, the villagers were anxious and hurriedly planted a large number of saplings in the spring season.

But strangely, all of these little mulberry trees died overnight, and there was not a single one left.

Since then, the villagers have tried to plant various trees, but all of them have failed. The originally green mountain village has become bare. There was no way, so people had to plant some low shrubs.

Not to mention, these shrubs have survived.

The mulberry garden was destroyed, and the villagers had to find another way.

Some of them went out to work in the city, and some of them started hand-weaving with the branches of shrubs, weaving baskets and hats and so on to sell them in the town, and exchanged money to supplement their families.

When the old man said this, he sighed: "This is not the end, and something more strange happened in the village later......"

He took two puffs of cigarette and said, "Later, many people in the village got sick one after another. If you say that you have a disease, it is not a disease, but it is a crooked disease. Whether it is a strong laborer or an old man's wife, they all have weak qi and are sick. ”

The old man shook his head and continued.

"When I went to the hospital in the town, the doctor said that there was nothing wrong with me except that I was a little anemic. But it's not good. ”

"Later, people said that our village did not live by planting trees and trees, and it was not prosperous to raise people, so we were cursed, so we gave it the nickname 'Cursed Village'. It came and went, and it screamed. Don't say it, because of the name, it's not uncommon for young people to come here to play. ”

Lao Zhang asked: "Mulberry trees are not alive, didn't you invite agricultural experts to take a look?" ”

"Look, the technician said that the soil, water and other things are fine, and there are no pests. People can't figure it out! ”

"Don't you think the rest of the mulberry tree is a little strange?" I asked.

The old man nodded and said, "This is another strange thing. ”

It turned out that some people thought that this only remaining mulberry tree was a bit weird.

The other mulberry trees died, but this one grew stronger and stronger. The leaves are shiny and green, and a hole in the trunk of the tree is slowly healing, getting thicker and thicker.

So someone advocated cutting it down, but the village chief disagreed, and there was a small dispute with the leader.

That night, the villager who picked the head went crazy at home, and when he saw who bit whom, he kept muttering "there are ghosts" in his mouth.

Since then, no one has dared to talk about cutting down trees.

Listening to what the old man said so much, I think this mysterious vampire tree must be hiding a big secret-

The hut where the soup was boiled was next to the tree, and the soul of the boiled head was hiding in the well. So the tree is the key intermediate link.

I vaguely feel that if the secret of this mulberry tree is revealed, maybe the secret of the entire cursed village will be solved.

Lao Zhang chatted with the old man for a while, and the old man walked away.

"It seems that those roots are undoubtedly the roots of the mulberry tree, which has been sucking the blood of the villagers for so many years. Why does it suck blood? And it wasn't discovered? I said to myself.

"Ping, do you dare to come with me to the mulberry tree tonight?" Lao Zhang looked at me and said.

"Dare, must, I'm still going to set the show!" I patted my chest, and there was a little bit of blood boiling in my heart.