Chapter 3: The Night (1)
Winter fog enters the village, a great omen.
If it is light, it will be extinct, and if it is serious, it will destroy the village!
Qinghe Village has been a taboo passed down by word of mouth for generations.
Tonight, silently, came.
Gollum ......
Swallowing his saliva, the little swelling sensation that Jiang Wuye had just risen gradually faded.
Click-and-click-
"Who...... Huh, village chief?"
Suddenly, footsteps resumed.
Jiang Wuye was about to scold Courage, but when he saw through the crack in the fence a familiar figure carrying a lantern in the darkness outside the courtyard, he held back his words.
His eyes rolled slightly, thinking of the abnormal behavior of the village chief today, Jiang Wuye's body was hidden behind the peach tree, and he stood quietly in the dark.
Tuk Tuk Tuk β
There was a steady knock on the door.
"Xiaoye, did you sleep?"
The village chief carried a lantern, his slightly old face was obscure, and he stood in front of the courtyard gate and asked loudly.
There was no echo.
Jiang Wuye kicked the trembling earth dog under the tree.
"Wang-"
The earth dog got up, as if he understood Jiang Wuye's meaning, and barked directly outside the courtyard.
This dog thing is a bit spiritual.
Jiang Wuye was slightly surprised, but he didn't pay attention to it, and his attention was always focused on the outside of the hospital.
"Ahemβ"
Brief coughing sounds.
"Alas, what a good man...... Bitter baby. β
With a sigh of sighing, the lantern light came back on in the darkness, stopped in front of another house not far away, and knocked on the door.
Jiang Wuye listened intently.
Squeak β
The courtyard door opened.
"Village...... Village Chief, Fog into the Village ......"
A trembling voice, dazed and afraid.
"Close the door, no matter what you hear at night, don't care, let alone look at ......"
"This ...... There are so many things happening today, how can I sleep, as soon as I close my eyes, I will be the big strong brother and them, and Brother Shui and his wife, plus this bad omen, I ......"
"Alas, you are relieved. Qinghe Village's life shouldn't be so short...... I really can't, I'll beg for it again, even if it's ......"
The conversation stopped abruptly.
The night became dead again and silent.
Squeak β
The door was closing, and the footsteps faded away.
ta?
Who is it?
In the courtyard, Jiang Wuye walked out from behind the tree, looking at the small and dim light in the darkness, and the first thing that came to mind was the fox statue he saw today.
Fox fairy?
Received by the incense of the world, blessed by the water and soil?
Does the statue alone have the power to deter the existence of the fog?
Wrong!
If so, how could it allow those things to mess up?
Moreover, with the attitude of the village chief who is afraid of him......
The more Jiang Wuye thought about it, the more questions he had, and he felt like he had fallen into a quagmire, struggling a little bit, and sinking deeper.
Call......
The biting cold wind blowing from nowhere made Jiang Wuye shiver and come back to his senses.
Never mind.
Whether it's a fox fairy or a mountain god, it's far from what I can provoke now, so let's hold on first.
Shaking his head, Jiang Wuye no longer thought about those things that were beyond his ability, and looked at the fog that was getting thicker and thicker, he turned around and walked into the kitchen and took out a pig-killing knife.
After finding a little touch, he went back to the house and put the knife under the pillow, and without taking off his shoes, he lay down on the bed and slept with his clothes.
The night is getting deeper.
In the cold darkness, the fog became thicker and thicker, gradually flooding the entire Qinghe Village.
The nightingales, insects, and the occasional barking of dogs have all disappeared, and the village of more than 200 households is like a dead land, and it is terrifyingly quiet.
Bang bang bang β
At some point, there was a quick and brief knock on the door.
"Who?!"
In the dark, Jiang Wuye, who had always been half-asleep and half-awake, suddenly opened his eyes and sat up, took out a pig-killing knife from under the pillow, stared at the door, and asked in a deep voice.
One minute......
Two minutes......
In the deathly silence, only Jiang Wuye's heavy breathing, and the violent knock on the door just now, seemed to be an auditory hallucination.
Squeak β
When I opened the door, the bitter cold of the winter night surged all over my body.
Jiang Wuye sighed, looked around, and the darkness was full of misty fog, and there was no other abnormality.
Submit.
Two undried bloody footprints in front of the door.
the young girl!
Jiang Wuye's face became gloomy, the hand holding the pig-killing knife became more and more forceful, his fierce gaze swept around again, and he gritted his teeth and scolded: "Play this game with Lao Tzu, okay!
The sound of footsteps before, the knock on the door now, leaves bloody footprints.
Jiang Wuye didn't know where he was, what was he targeting!
Bang!
Closing the door, Jiang Wuye didn't have the heart to sleep, holding a pig-killing knife, sitting on the bed with a gloomy face, waiting quietly.
He knew that things were far from over.
Time passes slowly in waiting.
I don't know if after an hour or two hours, Jiang Wuye's eyelids began to have a tendency to fight, but there was still no abnormal situation again.
Squeaky ......
Suddenly, the rat-like rustling sound was mixed with the occasional swallowing sound in the room separated by a wall.
The room belonged to Jiang Wuye's predecessor father.
Boom!
The wooden wall cracked violently, and countless debris flew everywhere!
The bear-like Jiang Wuye broke through the wall, holding a pig-killing knife, and his scarlet eyes quickly scanned the entire room.
His eyesight is now surprisingly good, and he can see his surroundings blurbly, even in the dark.
"Get out, I know it's you!"
A glance around was fruitless.
Ranting and questioning, there is no answer.
A feeling of being toyed with and clapped was spontaneous.
This then translates into unspeakable anger!
Bang bang bang β
The tables, chairs, benches and even the beds in the room were all damaged, and they were violently smashed by Jiang Wuye, thrown and shattered.
"You're very homesick, you miss Lao Tzu very much, right? Okay, Lao Tzu has dismantled it all for you, and if you provoke it, you will burn it again! I see where you go?! If you are dead and want to come back to harm Lao Tzu, it is really innocent ......to die."
While smashing, Jiang Wuye spat fragrant mouth, and all kinds of foul language kept greeting, anyway, it was not his own father, and he wanted to harm him, he didn't have the slightest taboo at all.
"Xiaoye, Dad is so cold and hungry, give Dad ......"
"You eat, go you!!"
Brush Brush Brush β
Outside the door, a low, hoarse voice just sounded.
Jiang Wuye's pig-killing knife came out of his hand, tore through the air, directly cut through the door panel, and flew into the darkness.
Boom!
The next moment, Jiang Wuye, like a crazy bison, directly smashed the two thick wooden doors to pieces, and rushed into the courtyard, just skimming a vague figure in the fog out of the corner of his eye, and turned into the path to the peach orchard behind the house.
Jiang Wuye was about to pursue, but he stopped suddenly, staring at the half-cut earth dog hanging from the old peach tree with hemp rope and bloody tears in his eyes, and felt that his heart was poked hard.
This dog......
For eight years, he accompanied Jiang Dazhuang to drive over the mountains, across the river, and chased the rabbits and pheasants.
When I was old, I couldn't run anymore, and every day I would lie under the tree, looking out of the fence, waiting for the familiar figure to appear.
Rub your trouser legs, scream a few times, put your head up and enjoy the stroke, and so on.
Tonight, the long-awaited 'man' finally returned......
Silently stepped forward and put down this ordinary gray-yellow earth dog, Jiang Wuye wiped the blood and tears from the corners of its eyes, and his voice was a little choked: "You dead dog, didn't you bark like crazy when you saw me? Why didn't you bark just now...... You scream twice, and I hear you. β
Call...... Call......
Get up and let out a few breaths.
Jiang Wuye still felt depressed in his heart.
Fuck it!
The dogs are all slaughtered, and they can still let their sons go.
Finding the pig-killing knife nailed to the ground, his eyes were red, and he strode directly into the path leading to the peach orchard.
Now, he just wants to hack that bastard to death!
"Jiang Dazhuang! You bastard, you're dead, you have to lie down when you're dead! What are you doing when you come back? What are you doing!?
The strange thing is that the entire Qinghe Village is still lifeless, there is no panic dog barking, and no one comes out of the house to check.
Only the drifting fog seems to divide the houses into worlds.