The child asked the foxes about it before he found out what was going on.

It turned out that Xiaobai broke into the territory of another group of foxes while hunting for food, so he was punished by other foxes and forced to eat the rhizome of a plant.

After eating these rhizomes, the fox's red pupils will disappear for a while, of course, during this time, the fox will not be able to see anything, and can only rely on smell and hearing.

This is also the reason why Xiaobai didn't recognize it, and the house they came to tonight was the child's house - although it had been here many times before, but this time it couldn't recognize it because it couldn't see it.

After listening to the fox's words, the child's heart couldn't help but move - since eating the rhizome of this plant can make the red pupils disappear, can he also try it?

So the boy begged the foxes to get him some of these rhizomes. This request was too easy for the foxes, and they readily agreed.

Although the chickens were not stolen, and the children did not let the foxes run away in vain, he quietly took four or five pheasants from his father from the house and distributed them to the foxes, which made the foxes even more grateful and respectful to the children.

The next night, the two foxes came to the child's house again and brought the rhizomes of the plant with them.

At first, the child was going to eat this rhizome raw, like those foxes, but after washing it, he took a bite and found it bitter and astringent, and it was difficult to swallow, so he decided to cook it in water before eating. Sure enough, when it was cooked, it tasted much better.

After eating it, I didn't expect the effect to be amazing.

Just after eating for about half an hour, the child was by the water tank, opened his eyelids and looked carefully, and found that the red pupil was almost completely gone, if according to the usual law, because these days, it is the day when the moon is relatively round, the red pupil should be more obvious. And because of eating this rhizome, the red pupils disappear, how can this not make children happy? In this way, the child feels that he has finally become a normal person.

This kind of rhizome is really the hope of life for children. Since taking this rhizome, he is also willing to come into contact with other children. In addition, the foxes will send that rhizome every month, when the red pupil is about to appear, so that the child can take it in time, so the child's red pupil, with the help of this rhizome, never appears again.

The young hunter couple was amazed and delighted when they heard the child say this—they were amazed that their own child had such ability, and that, in spite of his young age, he was so clever and scheming; The joy is that the abnormality in his son's eyes, Tong Guò took this plant rhizome, although it was not completely cured, but it was basically solved.

After listening to his son's story, the young hunter never caught foxes again.

The child's family, the days are calm and warm, in their spare time, the young hunter often chats with the old man Jiang, the two fry a few plates of game, drink some soju, they are considered to be forgetful friends, nothing to talk about, of course, about the child's secrets, the young hunter did not hide, but also told the old man Jiang, the old man Jiang comforted him and said, this is all fate, although the child's eyes are a little abnormal, but so smart and obedient, there will be a future in the future.

But what I didn't expect was that when the child was ten years old, a monstrous disaster fell from the sky.

It was the winter of one year, and it was very cold, and it snowed heavily for a whole day during the day, and it stopped in the evening, because it was a heavy snowy day, and the young hunter did not go up the mountain to hunt again, and it was rare to have a leisurely time.

The family of three gathered around the stove, Xiaocui made a sumptuous meal, and prepared a pot of soju for her husband, and the young hunter was also very interested, telling his son about all kinds of interesting experiences when he hunted, and the child listened to it with relish, and laughed a few times from time to time, or asked a few curious questions.

Xiao Cui sat next to her, watching the father and son chatting with happiness on her face.

And this scene is forever engraved in the child's memory, he will never forget it for the rest of his life, many years later, the child still remembers it clearly, and when he talks about it with Old Man Jiang, he can't help but cry sadly.

Because after that day, in the child's life, there will never be a scene like that again.

That night was very cold, before going to bed, Xiaocui also intimately covered her son with a new quilt, and the child also slept very warmly and fragrantly, but the next day after waking up, the child was surprised to find that his parents were gone, and there were still stains of blood on the kang.

The child immediately had an ominous premonition, and while crying, he casually put a few clothes on his body, and first ran to the neighbor Jiang's old man's house panting. When the old man Jiang heard this, he was also surprised, holding a shovel in his hand, he first came to the young hunter's house, hurriedly took a look, and then hurriedly found some young people in the village, two of whom were hunters, and everyone gathered together to find the young hunter couple.

But the scene alone puzzled these people - looking at the puddle of blood in the bed, everyone guessed that the young hunter couple had most likely been eaten by wild beasts.

But if it's eaten by wild beasts, then at least some flesh and bones should be left. And in the house, not even the fingernails of the two people remained, except for the bloodstains, it can be said that they disappeared without a trace.

If it were assumed that the beast had bitten the couple to death and taken them whole, it would have left blood stains along the way, especially on this snowy day.

Strangely, the blood was only found in the house, and when it came to the snow outside, there was not a drop to be seen. It would be understandable if it snowed at night and the blood was buried, but everyone knows that the snow fell during the day yesterday and stopped in the evening, and it didn't fall at all during the night. Therefore, if you do leave blood stains on the snow, you can see it clearly.

It's just weird.

What's even more strange is that if it is a beast, it is very likely to be a large beast like a tiger, and it may not be one, so that two adults can be taken away whole, so even if there is no blood on the snow, there should be tiger footprints, but strangely, there are no tiger footprints on the snow, but only a trace like a belt dragging.

What kind of beast left such strange traces?

Whatever the traces left behind, if you want to find the young hunter couple anyway, you can only follow this mysterious trace. So, a few strong men from the village, led by two experienced hunters, held hunting forks and knives and hooks in their hands, and followed the traces left on this snow field and tracked them into the mountains.

But after they had walked three or four miles into the mountains, at the mouth of a cave, the trail suddenly disappeared. Moreover, this hole is so narrow that the average adult cannot get into it even if he strips naked, let alone wears cotton clothes.

No one has ever entered this cave, but it is said that a few years ago, there were two children from the neighboring village who came to play in this area, and after seeing this hole, the two children were very curious, so they climbed in, but after entering, they never came out. Since then, no one has dared to enter the hole.

What kind of beasts or monsters are there? Nobody knows about this. But based on the marks in the snow, it can be assumed that the beast that made the young hunter and his wife disappear should have burrowed into this hole.

But what kind of beast is it?

One of the leading hunters, squatting on the snow at the entrance of the cave, had been observing the traces on the snow for a long time, and suddenly he said to himself, "Is it a python?" This mark looks like it was left by a python, but how is that possible? It's winter now, how can the python come out in winter? But what else would this trace be besides a python? ”

The other hunter also shook his head, he probably couldn't figure out what this was, but, judging from the bloodstains and other signs in the house, it could be basically determined that the young hunter couple should be very few;

Moreover, I am afraid that the corpse has also been torn apart, otherwise, if the corpse is still relatively large, such a hole will not be able to enter at all.

But people still wonder why wild beasts eat only adults, and why don't they eat children sleeping next to them? Experienced hunters know that when adults and children are together, wild beasts tend to attack children first, not only because children are weak in resistance, but also mainly because children's meat is more fragrant and delicious than adults.

In addition, the fact that the child was not awakened during the murder of the young couple indicates that the attack was very short and the movement was very small.

There are more and more mysteries surrounding this matter, which makes people puzzled.

Suddenly, a young man from the village, as if he had discovered something, cried out, "Look, there are some fine hairs on this mark."

Hearing him say this, everyone squatted next to the trace, and looked carefully, sure enough, in the snow, on this mysterious trace, there were some white hairs scattered, because the color of this hair is also white, so on the white snow, if you don't look carefully, you can't find it at all.

As soon as this hair was discovered, it made people think that what had eaten the young couple was definitely not an ordinary beast, but a monster that no one had ever seen.

The mysterious disappearance of the young couple also frightened the people of the village, and in those days, almost every house closed its doors before dark, and almost all families began to raise hunting dogs, and the villagers also widened and thickened the doors and windows, especially with wood, and the courtyard walls were also heightened, and the nearby villages followed suit.

I don't know if it's because of these measures, but since then, nothing like this has happened in the village.

But after two or three years, there was another danger in the area - people who went into the mountains to collect medicine were often eaten by pythons.

Originally, Old Man Jiang wanted to adopt the child and let the child move to their house to eat and live, but for some reason, the child was very stubborn, he insisted on not going anywhere, and still lived in the original home. Although everyone thinks this is dangerous, the child is too stubborn and he doesn't listen to what he says, and in the end everyone can only let it go.

This child, although he is just more than ten years old, but very sensible, he knows that the old man Jiang and his wife, are very old, and have no children and no daughters, in the village, life is very difficult, when his parents are alive, often help them, so that the old couple can barely live, and now if he goes to the old couple's house, it will greatly increase the burden of the two old people's life.

As a result, the child, who was just over ten years old, began to be self-reliant. He often does what he can for others in the village to get food, and the villagers take care of him when they see the child as pitiful. In this way, the child grew up slowly and hard, and finally at the age of fourteen or fifteen, he was able to go up the mountain to hunt.

But as he goes into the mountains to hunt, he discovers many shocking secrets, including the death of his parents.