The stall owner is from this village, not to mention in recent days, even since his grandfather's generation, he has never heard of any fierce beasts near Taiheng Mountain, all as if the old man was using a tiger to coax this child, and helped with a smile:

"That big worm is fierce! Pick a baby like you to eat, you can eat more than a dozen in one bite, and you won't even vomit the bones! ”

Hearing the honest noodle stall uncle in the past also say this, the bear child suddenly didn't dare to make any more trouble, and after trembling and handing the bowl to the stall owner, he fled and seemed to sit back on the wooden bench, next to his own adult.

"I don't ...... If you don't go up the mountain, I'll never run out to play again, don't let the big worms come. ”

The child was anxious, threw himself into the old man's arms, and began to chatter:

"Father, insects are toothless, you said that if the big insect swallows me in one bite and doesn't spit out the bones, then won't I still have to be locked up in its black belly in the middle of winter? How scary is that? You're going to come and save me when the time comes!! ”

After hearing this, except for the burly man, everyone else was amused by this fairy tale and laughed out loud.

The scholar, who was eating and eating, smiled happily and explained casually:

"The big worm is not the small worm you said, the big worm is not a worm, it is a tiger, it is the king of beasts, its mouth is full of sharp teeth, and it can chew your bones into powder without force!"

"How can a big insect not be a worm, this is really strange, and the tiger can still have a flower name, called the big worm? Then you say, do the little insects on the ground also have aliases, then I will call them little tigers in the future! ”

The child is also smart, sitting in the arms of adults, but not as scared as before, his mouth hurriedly asked the scholar, his hand on the right arm of his grandfather who was drinking a bowl of water, poked out a small head, turned his head to look at him, and the two chatted in the air.

Seeing that this child was smart and innocent, the scholar was also interested, and told him the origin of the big worm:

"Everything that is alive under this world can be called worms. Caterpillars, beetles, scale insects, feather insects...... This tiger is the most powerful and ferocious of all beasts! It can really be described as the biggest of the insects, the chief of all beasts, the king of mountains and forests, and the mighty insect! ”

"I haven't heard of any of the insects you are talking about, birds are birds, and fish are fishes, why did they all become worms? According to you, people are also alive, could it be that I have become a worm too? ”

"Yes, yes, you and I are both worms!"

"I'm a worm, and the tiger is also a worm, hahahaha, have I and the tiger become relatives of our family? If you tell the tiger about this, it won't eat us. ”

He was amused by the scholar, and immediately laughed in his grandfather's arms, forgetting all the previous fears and horrors.

The sun is gradually rising, and the stall owner is not busy at this time, on the way to bring hot soup to Wang Lin, he teased the baby again by the way, deliberately put on a straight face, and said gloomily:

"Maybe it's because everyone is afraid of it, worried that the tiger is screaming, so they attracted it, so they only dared to call it a big worm, and didn't dare to call it by its real name. Baby, you have to be careful, you can't shout like this in the future, otherwise you will really be taken away, and the gods on the mountain will not be able to save you. ”

Frightened like this, the bear child's face instantly turned pale again, and he didn't dare to ask anymore, for fear that he would really be able to call the tiger over as he spoke.

Does he know that the tiger is powerful, there is a pair of tiger head shoes at home, saying that his mother made them for him when he was a child, and he is not afraid of sneakiness when he wears tiger head shoes.

Even the ghost he is most afraid of on weekdays will be too frightened to show up, how terrible is the tiger on this mountain?

The child didn't even dare to think about it, so he quickly closed his eyes and lay in his grandfather's arms, and there was no more trouble.

It stands to reason that if you coax the child to this extent, it's okay, and you can go to some serious things with peace of mind.

But for some reason, the old man frowned, and after drinking the hot soup, he lifted the grandson in his arms, pressed him on the wooden bench and sat down, and said something to him solemnly.

Solemnly warned again and again, you must stay away from the mountain, and you must not run over to play.

Everyone was surprised, and they didn't know what the old man was going to do.

Wang Lin also turned his head to look at the old man with everyone, and there was really no tiger, the words of the stall owner and the scholar just now were completely enough.

If he continues to deceive, this kid will be scared to tears.

The strong man who was immersed in eating noodles finally raised his head at this time, looked at the old man with a sad face, shrunk his neck, tightened his originally thick and loud voice, and said in a cautious whisper:

"I also heard that yesterday when I went to find the hunter in the next village to go up the mountain together, the hunter refused to go up the mountain with me, and said that he saw the footprints of big insects in the mountain, so I didn't go these days."

The big man shrank his head, and after whispering to everyone a few times, he quickly lowered his head, hugged the sea bowl, and drank it in a big gulp.

After drinking a few mouthfuls of lard sauce soup, the man finally gained some courage, picked up his original majestic and heroic appearance, let go of his throat again, and shouted loudly:

"It's not for sure, maybe the Orion is wrong, it's just footprints, I can't count them, he used to make these things before, and he was always suspicious."

The stronger the man became, he slapped the table and got up and walked out, and after three laughs, he shouted loudly:

"We have a fairy family on Taiheng Mountain, and there has been no murder in more than a hundred years, old ...... The big worm is something that no one has ever seen, how can he recognize it? If he wants to have this ability, he still needs to use it in that Zhangjia Village? ”

Only then did Wang Lin understand that there were really tigers in the vicinity, and the old man was not playing a drama of coaxing children.

The stall owner was stunned and accepted thirty copper coins, and did not ask the big man to ask for the two pennies that were missing, and cleaned up the stall with a sad face, thinking to himself in the bottom of his heart:

"It's better to come out of the stall later these days, forget about making less money, don't rush so early...... Wait for more pedestrians on the road to go out of the village later, in case of accidents, you can have a response. ”

Not only was the child so frightened by the tiger that he couldn't speak, but even the strong man, the stall owner, and the scholar could only pretend to be calm on their faces, but their hearts trembled, and they didn't dare to say anything more.

The scholar was still sitting quietly and eating just now, but at the moment he couldn't stay any longer, so he hurriedly paid, didn't dare to delay any longer, and hurriedly got on the road, wanting to rush to Jinyang City before it got dark today.

Looking at this group of people who were joking about tigers just now, but now they are all scattered, Wang Lin felt extremely strange in his heart.

The serious officials who rode horses before came to sue that there were bandits and thieves who were running around and doing evil, but none of them were moved, as if they were all bold and not afraid of swords.

Now it was only a matter of hearing a timid idler, uttering hearsay gossip and speculations that even he himself did not quite believe, and he was all terrified, as if he were facing a great enemy.

This is really strange, everyone in the world knows that harsh government is fiercer than a tiger, but this only Schrödinger's tiger can still be fiercer than bandits?

Wang Lin walked towards the outside of the stall, and found that the stall owner had been frightened, and circled back and forth around the pots and pans, tables, chairs and benches, and hurriedly cleaned up the stall, wanting to hurry back to the village.

Wang Lin shouted twice at the stall owner, and then asked about the bandits that the officials had said before.

He barely managed to squeeze out a smile and pretended to explain easily.