As soon as we saw the fat man's mother, we were startled, and when we sat down in the house, before the first peanut cigarette was lit, the fat man's father lifted the curtain from the back room and walked out.

The fat man still smiled and made an introduction, and then we looked at each other, and I went, his father was even thinner than his mother. How to describe it? I watched the fat man stand with his dad as if the fat man was standing with his own thighs. The kind of gap between the two people, whether it is appearance or temperament, is unacceptable to us.

The fat man's father was polite to us, mainly because he didn't count the fat man in person, and we quickly saw the main purpose of his appearance, one is to take the things we are carrying, and the other is to tell the fat man that the village should dig a well and let the fat man prepare the money.

The fat man nodded vigorously, his father mentioned a few more words, and then went into the house with his things.

Qin Feng couldn't help it, and he didn't care if Uncle Cao would hear it in the house, so he opened his mouth and said, "Dead fatty, what are your parents doing, if you don't treat you like this, we can just leave, who can stand this." ”

"Eh, the fat man didn't say anything, let's forget it." When I was drunk, the fat man told me several times, and I didn't expect that the people in this village would treat the fat man as a family member so much.

The fat man sighed and lit a cigarette, "You just don't see anything, and slowly get used to it." Let's sit in the house for a while, and I'll go see if my second uncle is at home. ”

After saying that, the fat man walked out of the house in a gloomy manner. I sat there and looked around, and Peanut sat quietly. Qin Feng was not pacing back and forth in the living room. This is usually a very stable person, but I don't know what's wrong with Lu Dao today. I thought about it and felt that Qin Feng should be feeling worthless for the fat man.

"Alright. No matter how good things are in other people's homes, there is no way to talk about the relationship, let's leave early after finishing things. I said.

Qin Feng finally stopped, "Anyway, I don't think it's worth it to be so tired and tired outside." ”

"Oh, okay, okay" I smiled and asked Qin Feng to stop talking, so as not to hear Uncle Cao in the house. But at this moment, I saw something printed on the earthen wall behind Qin Feng. That's a seal, because the mud wall itself is very dilapidated, if you don't look closely. It's really not easy to see. I looked at it carefully for a while, and I couldn't help but feel a little familiar.

That's a "Cao" character, but it's a little different. This is the word used by the fat man when he made a mark in the Phantom Snow Forbidden City before. The fat man said that it was their family crest, and Peanut looked at it with special concern for a while.

When I found the word on the wall, I was quickly on some table, stool, and beam around me. I found a lot of such "Cao" characters one after another.

"Peanuts. Do you think there's anything special about those words? I pointed to Peanut.

This time Peanut didn't look at it as carefully as last time, "It should be what the fat man said, nothing special." ”

As soon as Peanut finished speaking, someone at the door said: "Who said that there is nothing special, you foreigners, where will you know about our Cao family." ”

We turned our heads and saw a middle-aged man, swarthy, walking in from outside the door. It's quite strong, but I don't know what this person has just done. The hair was all white ash.

I nodded at him, "I'm sorry, we're friends with Cao Jin, you are"

The middle-aged man looked at us, then sat down on a chair in the room, looking very bullish and smacking at us.

"Brother, did what we just say wrong and made you unhappy? If so, then I'll apologize to you. I smiled and stepped forward.

"Apologize, hum, I didn't have two cigarettes when I met my mother, what kind of courtesy." The middle-aged man turned his head very dissatisfied.

I almost didn't laugh out loud. "Hehe, yes, yes, it's our rudeness." After saying that, I hurriedly handed the cigarette to the middle-aged man.

"Yuxi, it seems that they are all rich people, why, do you do that kind of business?"

My heart says that you speak like this? A few of us came from afar, although we came to ask you for help, but as the saying goes, we are also guests, we have been here for so long, we haven't drunk a bowl of water, and we have been told that we don't understand etiquette. Now that Lao Tzu has done everything, this person is still thorny when he speaks.

I didn't answer, just smiled awkwardly.

"If you are a thief, you will be a thief, what is there to admit." The middle-aged man straightened up and shouted loudly, "There are still people in our ancestors who have been bandits."

Listening to his boastful talk there, I felt that this person actually had no malicious intentions, but he didn't speak very well, looking at him like that, he should be a relative of the fat man, and it is estimated that the fat man was also a little affected by this person.

This person has been there all the time, and several times I saw Qin Feng's face turn red, and I almost rushed up to beat him. I was about to open my mouth to change the topic, when suddenly Peanut, who had been silent next to me, said, "You just said that the word on the wall is very special, what is it for?" What's so special? ”

The middle-aged man was stunned for a moment, but he didn't answer. So I quickly plugged the cigarette again.

Lighting another cigarette, the middle-aged man spoke again. "This word is pronounced 'Cao', but this word cannot be found in Chinese characters, this is a son invented by one of our ancestors of the Cao family, just like Wu Zetian invented a 'Cao' character is the same, well, the ancestor said, as long as this word is kept, eh, our Cao family will prosper one day."

I waited for the man to continue, but then, the middle-aged man stopped talking.

"Ah, it's over, it's over?" I asked, glaring at him.

The middle-aged man gave me a blank look, "Otherwise, what else do you want." ”

"Didn't he say that the word had any special purpose?" Peanut asked.

The middle-aged man sneered, "If that old ancestor said it, would we still have to squat here and wait for Ah Jin to raise it alone?" ”

Hearing this, I found that the person in front of me still had a good impression of the fat man in his heart. At least mentioning the fat man is not a face of annoyance.

"Brother, what kind of relatives are you fat?" Qin Feng asked.

"His second uncle." The middle-aged man replied without raising his head.

"Ah, the fat man said the terrible man. Just, just you? Qin Feng exclaimed.

At this time, I was the most surprised person in my heart. What, this is the fat man who came to pick me up, ah pick up the fingers. Damn, I look at him like those masons, and when he explains what he wants, is he going to mix some cement first. Find some glue to stir it, stir it, and then glue my five fingers directly?

In an instant, I felt like I had been pitted by the fat man.

Just as he was about to ask something, Peanut spoke again. "You Cao family. Are they really all trapped here? ”

As soon as Peanut finished asking, the fat man's second uncle's expression changed, a little depressed, and even a little gloomy. "Ah Jin must have told you a lot."

Peanut nodded.

The second uncle of the Cao family sighed: "The word you used is really appropriate." That's right. Our Cao family is trapped here. Hey, you are all people who have seen the world, and you know how fast the society is developing now, but if you look at our Caojia Village, where it looks like a rural village in the 21st century, the whole village is no different from before the liberation, and it is not far from our capital. But inside and out, up and down, it is so poor that it clangs. ”

The fat man told us this. I couldn't help but ask, "But can't you really go outside and work hard?" "I thought to myself that if a family of sixty or seventy people goes outside, even if they go out to work, there will always be a few who will be promising.

"I can't, and I don't dare." The second uncle of the Cao family said. "Except for Ah Jin, we people have to die as much as we go out."

"What? Die? I was stunned.

At this moment, the fat man came back from outside, his expression was quite depressed, but when he saw his second uncle, he immediately laughed.

"Second uncle, why don't you take a nap at home, you came to my house, I knew that I wouldn't run in vain." As he spoke, the fat man took out a few packets of China from his pocket and handed them to his second uncle.

The second uncle of the Cao family was also not polite, and put all the cigarettes in his hands. At this time, the fat man quickly stuffed a wad of banknotes into the second uncle's pocket. The second uncle of the Cao family was a little surprised, and just wanted to say something, but the fat man hurriedly gave him a look.

"Dad, let's go to the second uncle's house first." The fat man shouted at the back room, and then beckoned us to go outside. "Let my mother cook dinner, and I'll give the money."

Hearing the three words of the fat man, Qin Feng and I were really tearful in our hearts, and said in our hearts, brother, your life is also miserable. When we went out, we saw a few people, but all of them were fat people greeting them, and the others ignored them.

The house of the second uncle of the Cao family is quite magnificent in the village, but there is actually nothing in the house.

As soon as he sat down, before the fat man could speak, the second uncle of the Cao family took out the pile of banknotes and slapped them on the table, and then slid in front of the fat man.

"Huh"

"Don't say anything." The second uncle of the Cao family glared at the fat man, "I know that you have something to ask me, but I definitely won't agree to you, you die of this heart." ”

I don't know what Lu Dao is for, but when I heard our second uncle say this, my heart was steady.

"Second uncle, listen to me first" The fat man stuffed the money again.

"I know what you want to say." As he spoke, the second uncle of the Cao family pushed those front back, "You will not bring these people here to ask people to travel, let's see if your Cao family is eligible to apply for national poverty funding." Then, the second uncle of the Cao family pointed to my left hand with his chin, "You want me to take over for him, I don't have a chance." ”

We were all shocked, and we really didn't expect that he would have seen our intentions a long time ago.

At this time, Qin Feng stood up, and also took out a wad of banknotes and put it on the table, "Brother, if you really have a way to catch my master's fingers, you can take this money first, and you can open your mouth as much as you want." ”

The second uncle of the Cao family glanced at Qin Feng, and then squinted at me. "I'm not very old, but I've become a master."

I knew that he was making fun of me, so I quickly said, "It's okay, oh, me, my name is Yuan Jie." Second uncle, I also heard the fat man say that you have the ability, so I came to you, I know that if you don't agree, it's definitely not for money, there must be other reasons, I don't know if Lu Dao can mention something to us juniors. ”

"Don't be so affectionate with the second uncle and the second uncle, who is your uncle. But you're still full of talk. The second uncle of the Cao family glared at the fat man as he spoke, "I've been out of the road for so long, why don't I see you talking like this." Learn from others. ”

The fat man immediately looked at me with a disdainful face, "Damn, if I want to learn from him, I died in the ancient tomb the year I just went to the ground." Tsk, second uncle, you can say what you can't do. ”

The second uncle of the Cao family said: "If you put other people on you, I will definitely not meet you in person." But since you are Ah Jin's friends, I will definitely help if I can, but it is too difficult to continue the matter. I really can't do it, otherwise I can't get along with the money? ”

"But didn't you take over for the fat man before? You can catch it with all your hands, and a few fingers should be almost the same, right? Qin Feng said a little anxiously.

The second uncle of the Cao family still shook his head, "No, no, no." I advise you to go to the hospital early. Maybe there's someone there who can help you figure it out. ”

"Why do I come back to you if I want to go to the hospital, isn't it impossible to go to the hospital?" The fat man was also in a hurry.

"Isn't there something important needed to connect the muscles and bones, and now, that kind of thing is gone?" Peanut said.

The second uncle of the Cao family looked at the peanut in surprise, "What, do you know that method?" ”

Peanut smiled and shook his head, "I can't think of any other possibility." ”

"Dude. What the hell is missing? Qin Feng asked again.

"You don't care what the bad stuff is, anyway. Actually, we all have that thing, but then it's gone, and without that thing, it's a dream to use my way to connect the muscles and bones. After the second uncle of the Cao family finished speaking, he shook his head incomprehensibly.

Hearing him say this, we were even more curious. I wasn't really in such a hurry to take over, I just couldn't figure out what he was talking about.

"It's all there, but then there is no special mother, that kind of thing except for fetal hair, then only chastity is left." The fat man muttered.

The second uncle of the Cao family suddenly raised his head with a smile, "Eh, that's right, it's that single body." After finishing speaking, he still stared at me with a smile, "Master Yuan, I'm afraid you don't have that kind of thing for a long time, right?" ”

Isn't it nonsense that I said in my heart? Lao Tzu High School forgot it. "But second uncle, why do you have to be a virgin to be able to connect the severed hands and feet, what kind of method are you?"

"Do you know the black jade intermittent ointment in Jin Yong's novel?" The second uncle of the Cao family said.

"Zhilu Dao."

"In fact, my method is also very simple, that is, I use a thing to apply it to the fracture, and wrap it together with some medicinal materials in my hand, and after a period of time, the fracture will naturally close, which is not much different from when it was not broken." The second uncle of the Cao family said.

"Then what kind of medicinal herb are you talking about, can't you find it outside?" I asked.

"Hehe, I can't find it, it's a venom, a venom that can only be taken from a monster's mouth." The second uncle of the Cao family said.

"Monsters?" The fat man was stunned for a moment, "I said second uncle, why haven't you ever told me this before?" ”

The second uncle of the Cao family lit a cigarette, sighed and said, "When I was a child, I was afraid of scaring you, but later you didn't mention it, and I forgot about it." Back then, your hand was accidentally crushed by the grinding plate, so I took you to the 'Liaojia Cave', where the monster bit you and used the venom to dip your hand back. Later, when I remembered that incident, I was afraid, and thought to myself that it would not be easy for the two of us to have a life. ”

"What kind of monster is that?" Peanut asked.

"Don't mention it, anyway, if there is still a virgin body, the monster can bite one bite, otherwise, it can swallow the whole person."

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"What kind of monster is this, I heard that those things eat boys and girls, how can there be people who like to eat 'rotten eyes'." The fat man said.

"Tsk, you're a bad girl?" I immediately slapped the fat man. The so-called rotten eyes are the kind of thing that is very or something.

"Alas, anyway, as long as it's not a place, going to Liaojiadong is death." The second uncle of the Cao family said.

At this time, Qin Feng suddenly laughed. We asked him what was wrong, and Qin Feng said, "Master, don't forget what we do, will it be a monster in the cave soon?" Don't say it's taking some venom. Even if you drag him into Caojia Village, you can do it. ”

I thought about it too, so I looked at the second uncle of the Cao family.

The second uncle of the Cao family snorted coldly, "I can't help myself." Do you think that after a few visits to the ancient tombs, there is no place in the world that you dare not go? Hmph, Liaojiadong was evil when there were still people living in it before, and now I advise you to die of your heart, don't fill in your life for a few fingers. ”

"Brother, let's talk about it first. Is it possible that if we get that venom, you can help my master take it up? Qin Feng asked.

"Are you really going?"

The fat man said, "It's all here, let's definitely try it." ”

The second uncle of the Cao family sighed. "Hey, kind words can't stop the damn ghost, I can't care if you want to go, but since you're so serious. Then leave the money first. When it was a deposit, I also had to prepare the medicinal herbs. ”

"That's done." Qin Feng said.

"What kind of place is Liaojiadong?" Cold, Peanut asked.

I don't know what Lu Dao is for, as soon as Peanut asked, the expressions of the fat man and his second uncle fell silent. The second uncle of the Cao family suddenly stood up: "I'll go and put the money away, so as not to find out to your father, I don't want to mention the affairs of the Liao family." Tell them about it. ”

After talking to the fat man, the second uncle of the Cao family took the money. Go to the back of the house.

Then, the fat man told us about Liaojiadong.

The mountain col where Caojia Village is located is very remote, and when their ancestors lived in, there were no people in a radius of hundreds of miles. I don't know if Lu Dao lived here for decades or hundreds of years, but the people of Caojia Village began to notice that something strange always happened in the nearby mountains. The most frightening thing is that when the Cao family was in the mountains, they always saw some little dolls with very big heads, some of them looked only seven or eight years old, and some of them were almost adults.

Those people often suddenly appeared on the hillside, and when the Cao family found them, they all stared at them motionlessly, did not speak, and did not do anything threatening to the Cao family.

Although those big-headed children did not have a real impact on the safety of Caojia Village, in fact, their appearance had already scared the Cao family. Don't say it's that kind of weird-looking child, even if a normal person is always staring at himself so elusively, that feeling is very terrifying.

And in order to please this horror, the Cao family decided to find the place where those people lived and inquire about the origin of the other party.

As a result, hundreds of people in the village did nothing all day, just looking around the surrounding mountains. After searching for nearly half a month, someone finally found the entrance to a huge cave covered with vine branches on the west side of a hillside.

The cave was surrounded by traces of human habitation, so all the Cao family members gathered outside the cave, but no one dared to really enter it. At that time, the Cao family still suspected that the mountain god lived inside, and they were afraid that they would disturb the rest of the mountain god and bring disaster to the village.

And just when the big guy hesitated, someone came out of the hole. That time frightened the Cao family, and the people who came out, regardless of men and women, had big heads, but on the heads of those adults, they were combed with braids from the Qing Dynasty, and even the clothes were from the Qing Dynasty.

The Cao family thought they had seen a ghost, but an older man among those people stood up and spoke.

He told the Cao family that they were a family surnamed Liao, and they had lived in this cave hundreds of years ago, so that everyone should not be afraid, their clansmen were not very open, but there was absolutely no malice, if the Cao family was willing, they could also enter the cave to sit, and the people of Liaojia Cave would definitely entertain them well.

Originally, things should be said to be relatively complete here, and the two families could live together in harmony, but then the people of Caojia Village discovered that this so-called family surnamed Liao really has too many creepy places.

After that time, the people of the two families often asked to go outside to talk and communicate with each other. After a long time, the wariness between each other has been eliminated a lot, many people in Caojia Village have gone to Liaojiadong to sit, and the Liao family is indeed very enthusiastic and hospitable to the people of Caojia Village.

However, at that time, no one really dared to spend the night in Liaojiadong, and they all left before the afternoon. But once, there was a person from Caojia Village, because he drank two more cups in Liaojia Cave, and stayed there at night.

Liaojiadong is very wide and long, and if you go in a short distance, you can see some houses built of wood, which are not much different from ordinary houses, but they have no foundation and are smaller. The Liao family was not in the house for dinner, but put the table in the aisle of the hole.

So, when the man looked up from the table at night, he wasn't actually in the room either.

At night, the cave seemed to be covered with a thick black fog, and a few oil lamps hung on the walls of the cave, and nothing could be illuminated at all. After the Cao family woke up, they found that there was no one on the table. He originally wanted to leave directly, but firstly, the road outside on this big night was not easy to walk, and secondly, others treated him with great hospitality, so it was a bit unreasonable to go like this. So he walked around the surrounding houses to see if anyone hadn't slept yet. (To be continued......)