Chapter 25: The Old Drunkard
After saying this, he looked at me.
The voice was a little cold.
"Let's go."
"Stay any longer, but no one will save you."
I frowned slightly and asked, "Are you the one who picked me up as the old smoker said?" ”
He shook his head, "What old smoker?" ”
"I know an old smoker, old man, but the guys here call me an old drunkard."
I was a little disappointed.
Looks like he shouldn't.
At this time, the old drunkard spoke again: "I don't know how many years no one has come to this Fengling Village, and the last time I came was also from your Niang'er Village." ”
"If I hadn't heard you say it was from Niang'er Village." Speaking of this, he suddenly laughed, "Even if you die here today, I won't care about you." ”
My eyelids jumped slightly, "Is it so scary?" ”
He didn't answer me again, and his pace quickened a little.
Obviously he is seventy or eighty years old, but he walks very steadily, if he is not slightly hunched back, he looks like a middle-aged man from behind.
I hesitated for a moment but followed.
The blind old man didn't mean to let me into the house, and although this drunken old man looked weird, I didn't have a choice, and even if something happened, I had to fill my stomach first.
Fengling Village is not big, and it is even smaller than Niang'er Village.
It wasn't long before I followed him to a dilapidated room with a candle lit, and when the candle flame flickered, the black and white coffin inside was clearly reflected.
There was no bed in the room, except for the coffin, there was only a table and two chairs, which looked very simple and terrible, even more numbing than the coffin placed at the door of every house outside.
The old drunkard came into the house and motioned for me to sit down, then took a stack of peanuts out of nowhere and put it on the table.
I haven't eaten for a day.
When I sat on the iron lump with Liu Shan, although Liu Shan gave me something to eat in the middle, I didn't eat it because the iron lump was uncomfortable.
So when I saw peanuts, I immediately couldn't care so much, and I grabbed a handful and was about to throw it in my mouth, but the old drunkard suddenly slapped my hand, so scared that I almost didn't grasp the peanuts steadily.
Then I saw the old drunkard come out with two glasses and a bottle of wine, and after pouring me a glass, he said, "What is the strength of eating these peanuts without wine?" ”
I watched him finish the wine in his cup in one gulp, and I understood why he was called an old drunkard.
I was going to say no, because I didn't drink, and the old madman did drink some once in a while he was still around, but he never let me touch it.
So I didn't have much interest in alcohol.
It's just that the old drunkard kept staring at me after drinking a glass, and I saw that I had goosebumps all over my body, so I had no choice but to take a sip of the wine glass.
After taking a bite, I suddenly felt like my whole body was burning, and the cold that made me uncomfortable suddenly dissipated, making me feel very comfortable.
Only then did the old drunkard say with satisfaction: "In this Fengling Village, it's not okay not to drink." ”
"Wine strengthens people's courage, and when they are bold, they will have enough yang energy."
"Otherwise, I don't know how I'll die then."
I'm a little confused.
He asked, "Will there still be dead people in Fengling Village now?" ”
"I don't think there's anyone in the village, right?"
The old drunkard's eyes flashed with a touch of loneliness and said, "It's no one who is scolded." ”
"Everything that has been able to walk all these years is gone."
"There are only twenty or thirty people in the village now."
"...... like us who still have it"
The old drunkard glanced at the black and white coffin, "It's just because the older generation owes something, and when it's over, it's time to leave." ”
"Okay, don't talk about this." The old drunkard waved his hand, then looked at me and asked, "You don't stay in Niang'er Village, what are you doing here?" ”
I thought for a moment and said, "I'm looking for something." ”
The old drunkard was a little surprised, "What can I find in this spirit village except for a coffin?" ”
I hesitated for a moment and said, "I want to find a coffin called the Zhen Ling Coffin." ”
"You know ......"
"Get out!" Before I could finish my sentence, the old drunkard's face suddenly turned cold, and then he pulled me up from his chair and pushed me out.
"There is no Zhenling coffin here, get out of here!"
I'm a little confused.
But the old drunkard looked very scary, as if I hadn't gone and would have eaten me alive.
I had no choice but to let him pull and push me outside.
The next moment the door shut.
I can almost tell from the old drunkard's reaction to the coffin that the old drunkard seems to be very scared, otherwise he would not have reacted so much.
This made me a little speechless.
I finally found a place to stay, but now it's gone.
Fortunately, after that sip of wine, my body was always warm, even if I was driven out of the house by the old drunkard, the abnormal cold did not appear again.
I looked around blankly, thought about it for a while, and decided to look elsewhere.
It's just that what makes me a little strange is that the old drunkard said that there are still twenty or thirty people in Fengling Village, but even if the sky has darkened, when I look around, I can only see five rooms, including the old drunkard's room, flickering candles.
Nothing else, let alone candles, there was not a single flame of fire.
I had no choice but to continue looking for one of the households.
Strangely, this time it didn't go as smoothly as before.
I was obviously looking for the direction of the fire, but for some reason I always felt like I was going farther and farther, until I couldn't see the old drunkard's home, and I still didn't really find the location of the fire.
It was as if the entire Fengling Village had suddenly become much larger.
My heart sank.
I've seen a lot of weirdness in Niang'er Village.
Could this be the weirdness of Fengling Village?
I had some scalp tingling for a while.
Thinking about it, or regretting the old drunkard's home.
But what made me even more depressed was that even though I walked back, I still didn't return to the door of the old tavern after walking for a long time, but the firelight seemed to be close at hand.
I was completely panicked, and a strong sense of unease arose in my heart.
Under this uneasiness, I only felt colder and colder, my hands and feet were frozen a little stiff, my vision gradually became blurred, and my body suddenly had a strange sense of frustration.
I could only curl up on the ground, using the clothes on my body to relieve the cold, but it didn't have any effect, and not only that, but the feeling of being in the air became more and more obvious.
It was like something was disappearing from my body.
It makes me a little desperate.
I didn't know what to do, so I looked around blankly.
It was at this moment that I saw a figure.
He walked slowly towards me.
"Boom!"
There was a sound of gold and iron clashing.
My body shook involuntarily, and when I came back to my senses, he was already in front of me.
"You're the kid from Niang'er Village?"