Chapter 19: Fruit Ridge
After seeing the light of the village in front of me, Senior Sister Gege and I said in unison, "Drive over!" Then they all fell silent again, and Dorjee was a wooden pimple again, and then the whole car fell silent. Perhaps seeing the delicate relationship between me and Senior Sister Gege, Guan Linlin smacked her lips vigorously and broke the embarrassing situation.
Before entering the village, the car could no longer move forward, because the village was built on a hillside, and there was no road. So we abandoned the car and walked, and after all the gear on our backs, we started walking up the hill.
Since the night was too dark, we turned on a flashlight for going down to the tomb, and Dorjee walked in front of us. After about half an hour's walk, we arrived in the village. After knocking on the door of a fellow countryman, the person who opened the door came out after a while. Since it was not yet nine o'clock, the fellow did not sleep.
The villager who opened the door was about forty years old, born with big shoulders and round waist, and at this moment, because it was in the middle of summer, the heat wave swept the entire Central China region. The fellow didn't even wear a shirt. I thought it was people from the village who came to visit the door, but who knew that it was actually a group of strangers, and the villagers really didn't know what to do.
It was me, who hurriedly said, "We are passing by here in a hurry, and it is getting late. So I parked my car at the bottom of the hill and wanted to come up and spend the night. Of course, I won't treat you badly. "With that, I took out a few hundred-dollar bills from my wallet and handed them to my fellow."
The fellow was stunned for a moment, and then hurriedly pushed back. After all, the people of that era were still very simple and generous.
I didn't realize until I invited us in. This small farm yard is far from enough for our group of people to live. Immediately after, the hostess also came out. A middle-aged woman who looks more virtuous is holding a seven or eight-year-old boy.
When Guan Linlin saw that there was a child, her mother's love was overflowing, and she took out the snacks she bought when she was in a hurry the day before yesterday and stuffed them into the little boy's hands.
When the woman understood the situation, she hurriedly said, "Since you are in a hurry, you must not have eaten yet." Dad, you go to the commissary and buy some beer. Kill these two hens that don't lay eggs again! Don't let the guests come hungry.
After listening to their words, I couldn't help but feel a little moved in my heart. I didn't expect the couple to be so hospitable. For a while, I didn't know how to thank them.
Watching the two couples busy going around, but they didn't let us interfere, there was no way, it was a hot summer. So we had to take a break under the big tree outside the door.
Dorjee said innocently: "I didn't expect you Central Plains people to be as polite as our people." ”
You stupid big guy: "What nonsense? Why aren't we Central Plains people enthusiastic? Aren't these two couples from the Central Plains? Aren't they polite enough? Guan Linlin retorted.
While the two were arguing, the little boy came timidly. whispered, "My parents said, let me talk to you." ”
Senior Sister Gege, who was sitting alone under a tree, beckoned the little boy to her. Maybe it's because of Senior Sister Gege's kind face, unlike the old ghost and Dorjee. The kid was standing next to Sister Gege.
Senior Sister Gege said, "Little friend, what's your name?" ”
The boy replied, "My name is Wang Le." ”
Senior Sister Gege said again: "Then Lele, what is the name of your place?" ”
Lele said: "Our village is called Guoziling! ”
Then Senior Sister Gege asked some more inconsequential words. It wasn't long before the man came and called us to dinner.
Two large square tables were placed together in the courtyard, but they were surrounded by a group of us, and they still looked small. After a while, the man brought two bundles of beer and put them at his feet, as well as a bottle of Jianlibao that he bought for his son.
At this time, Lele's mother also began to serve dishes, all of which were home-cooked side dishes, but a large pot of stewed chicken that came out at the end was quite eye-catching.
When we were halfway through the meal, the man asked us where we were going and what we were doing. I think the man is so sincere, but I don't want to hide it from him. So he said: "Don't hide it from you, big brother, our destination this time is your Guoziling." ”
The man looked surprised, and then said, "But I really can't think of anything in our Guoziling that is worthy of so many of you running all the way over." ”
At this time, Senior Sister Gege spoke: "Brother Wang, I don't know if anything strange has happened to you recently?" ”
"Strange things? It's not a big deal, but since last year, the number of hens laying eggs in the village has been decreasing. No, what we eat is just the last laying hen in the village, and it began to lay eggs the day before yesterday and stopped laying eggs. Brother Wang said with interest.
"Did you find out what caused it?" Senior Sister Gege asked.
The man replied: "Originally, our village relied on this thousand acres of ridges, planted fruit trees, but did not worry about eating and drinking, this raising livestock and poultry, but it is the habit of rural people, this no chicken, the impact on our village people is not great, this thousand acres of ridge in the game is a lot." You can often catch pheasants and rabbits. So no one really cares. ”
From his words, I really couldn't hear anything, although it was a strange thing that this chicken didn't lay eggs, but it really wasn't enough to make people think about evil things such as demons and monsters.
Senior Sister Gege asked again: "So such a big ridge, I don't know if there are any things that can hurt people?" ”
The man took a sip of beer and said, "Thanks to the blessing of our ancestors, I have this good place." raised a hundred people in our village, as for hurting things, right? Twenty or thirty years ago, there were wolves, but now the most powerful thing is the wild boar, this thing is stupid, if you don't mess with it, it won't come down to the orchard, and it usually stays in the back ridge. ”
I asked us about the hen not laying eggs, but I always felt in my heart that the hen did not lay eggs and had some connection with the second Liu Lao and the headless female corpse.
After dinner, because there were not enough people living in the house, Brother Wang led us to several other houses to find land to live in. Walking in the village, looking at the neat courtyard, I estimated that the fruit farmers in this village must have a good harvest every year.
Senior Sister Gege, Guan Linlin and Duo Ji and I stayed at Brother Wang's house. In the hot summer, I couldn't sleep for a while, so I chatted with Brother Wang.
After talking for a while, I went straight to the point and asked, "Brother Wang, is there a person named Liu Lao Er in your village?" ”
After hearing my words, Brother Liu's face turned white. He widened his eyes and asked me, "How do you know about Liu Lao'er?" What the hell are you here for? ”
I hurriedly explained: "Brother Wang, don't worry. We didn't mean anything bad about it, but we're here to help you, you see that girl. After that, I pointed to Guan Linlin, who was having fun, and then said: "He is our police officer and the person in charge of this operation, and there are still a number of police cars parked under the mountain." Answering us. ”
I beckoned Guan Linlin to come over, and then whispered to her, "Show your police card to Brother Wang." ”
After Guan Linlin looked at me with gentle eyes, she reached into her pocket and took out her ID and handed it to Brother Wang.
After reading it, Brother Wang sighed and said: "It seems that it has done something harmful, I knew it was so, I should have driven it out of Guoziling and let it live in the bamboo forest, it was really cheap, could it be that it became fine in the bamboo forest?" "After that, Brother Wang's eyes widened and he looked at me with incredible eyes.
"Then Brother Wang, can you tell us the story of this second Wang, so that we can understand him." I said to Brother Wang.
I saw Brother Wang shouting a few times: "What kind of sin have you created!" "What a sin!"
Then Brother Wang began to say, "This Liu Er, it's not a human, it's a big mouse!" Although he can speak human words with a human torso, he has a two-meter-long tail and a rat face! Well, it all started 25 years ago."
What is this Liu Laoer? What is his connection to the headless female corpse? Will I be able to uncover the secret and find out who is behind the scenes, but if this mastermind is not Liu Lao Er and not human? What secrets will it bring that cannot be told?
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