The others didn't react, or just grimaced and nodded.

Either like Wang Yu, Lu Ziyi and Nangong Lingxi nodded indifferently.

And the old man's family had bright eyes, and they felt that their hearts at the moment were even more excited than fearful.

The white-haired old man looked at the white-bearded old man and asked, "Brother, does what you say count?" But don't, we went into a house and were kicked out again. ”

The white-bearded old man nodded and said, "Don't worry, I am the head of this village, and what I say must count." Of course, you'll have to pick a house that no one cooks! ”

"If someone lives in the house, and you still want to live in it, then I don't care if someone kicks it out!"

The white-bearded old man made a small joke, which made the white-haired old man smile, and at the same time, he was also relieved.

After making a little joke, the white-bearded old man said to the person next to him, "Go and open the door." ”

The young man to his left immediately walked forward quickly, and then pushed the unlocked wooden door open with both hands.

The moment the wooden door was pushed open, a pungent cloud of dust was immediately stirred up.

A few people by the door frowned and retreated, fanning them with their hands, especially the scholar, who was eager to retreat ten meters away.

"Ahem!" The white-bearded old man was also choked on the dust, and explained embarrassedly: "This house has not been lived in for a long time, and it is normal to be a little gray." There are not many big houses in the village, and if you come here with so many people at once, this house can be lived. ”

"Yes, it's okay, old brother. The house is already very good, we have never lived in such a nice house in the country. The white-haired old man played a round game, relieving the embarrassment of the village chief.

Wang Yu didn't bother to listen to the politeness of the two of them, so he walked into the house by himself.

As far as the eye can see, there are some tables, chairs and benches, as well as a large bunk.

It's just that these things are covered with dust, and there are cobwebs stuck to some places, and spiders are still crawling on them.

Wang Yu turned his head again and looked around.

There is nothing unusual about the brick walls around, but the paper windows on the brick walls are a little strange.

It is said to be a paper window, but it is actually a wood-framed window, but the inside is pasted with paper, and the window is still equipped with a window lattice.

Ancient windows are not the same as modern windows.

Modern windows are made of glass, while in ancient times paper was used.

Of course, the paper used to paste windows in ancient times was not ordinary paper.

They are all used, a type of bastic paper that has been specially processed.

This kind of paper has good toughness, is very strong, and is not easy to damage.

Bast paper appeared in the Tang Dynasty, and the production process of this paper is more complex than ordinary paper.

After this bast paper is made, it will be soaked in oil to increase the light transmittance of the paper, and the toughness of the paper can be further increased.

However, no matter how resilient it is, it is still a piece of paper, and if it encounters heavy storms and rainy weather, it will still be damaged.

To solve this problem, the ancients invented window lattices.

The window lattice is the large and small borders on the window, sometimes it is a square lattice, sometimes it is a delicate pattern.

These window mullions are not only used to decorate windows, but also to protect the paper.

These squares are inconspicuous, but they can divide the paper into large and small squares, which makes the force area of the paper more uniform.

The denser the division of the window lattice, the more uniform the force area of the window, and at the same time, it can also disperse the damage caused by wind and rain to the window.

After the appearance of window lattices, the life of papier-mâché windows was greatly increased.

However, unlike ordinary papier-mâché windows, the windows in this house, in addition to the window frames, window paper and window mullions, are also nailed with two wooden planks, crossed and nailed.

On the walls all around, all the windows are like this, without exception.

Seeing Wang Yu's attention on these windows, the white-bearded old man said to him, "These windows were deliberately nailed up by us. ”

"It's not just the windows of this house, it's the windows of all the houses in the village, we nailed them. I'm afraid that someone will open these windows, and then it will cause a tragedy. ”

"Old man! You've been talking about danger since the beginning, and now you're talking about it. What is the danger and what kind of tragedy will it cause? Don't sell it anymore, say it quickly! "The second brother of the strong man has always been short-tempered, and now he can't help it.

The old man stretched out his right hand, pressed it down, and said in a flat tone: "I can't remember what year it began, and our village seemed to have suffered a curse and suffered a great disaster!" ”

"First of all, in the woods around the village, there was a lot of dense fog for some reason. These dense fogs, both day and night, are in the woods and do not dissipate. ”

"Once, in order to find out these things, the village sent a lot of people to go into the fog to find out, but these people are gone."

"No, it's gone, and it's not accurate. They'll come back, but at night, and they'll be man-eating monsters! ”

"Cannibalistic ???" Several people said the word in unison, their tones full of horror.

There is a road that can't be walked out, it's weird enough, scary enough, and there are even man-eating monsters, which is too outrageous, right?

Even the old man's family, who was still happy just now, are now looking like ashes.

The white-bearded old man listened to their words, looked at their expressions, sighed in his heart, nodded, and affirmed: "Yes, not only can we not get out of our village, but at night, we will face man-eating monsters!" ”

"But don't worry, just pay attention to a few things, and you will be able to spend the night in peace. According to our experience over the years, there is nothing to do during the day, and only at night, there will be man-eating monsters. ”

"So, as long as you take it seriously and follow our precautions to spend the evening, then there is no big problem."

"You see, we people, who have been in the village for so many years, are still alive and well! You don't have to worry too much. ”

A few people looked at the white-bearded old man, and thought of the road at the entrance of the village before, there were so many people, they could all live well, why couldn't they themselves?

Thinking of this, several people breathed a sigh of relief.

The anxious second brother looked at the old man and asked eagerly, "Old man, what should you pay attention to?" Tell us about it! ”

The white-bearded old man nodded, then nodded under the threshold with his cane, and said, "Housheng, you cut this place apart." ”

The second brother of the strong man looked at the white-bearded old man, looked down at his crutches, and then turned his head to look at his eldest brother.

Seeing that the eldest brother bowed his head, he squatted down and dug up where the old man Bai Xue's crutches pointed.

The floor inside the house is not paved with bricks or stones, but only earthy ground that can be dug with a mobile phone.

After a while, the hand of the second brother of the strong man who was digging the soil paused, and took out a fragment of loess from the soil.

The fragment was about the size of a third of a hand's hand, and it was not covered with dirt, revealing a bright yellow, and even a little reflective in the sun's rays.

The white-bearded old man took this piece from the hands of the second brother of the strong man, held it up, and then shook it in front of everyone, and said, "Everyone, this piece is the key to being able to resist those man-eating monsters at night!" ”

"As long as you bury this piece under the threshold, and then lock all the doors and windows in the house, those man-eating monsters won't be able to enter!"

"So, every time before the sun sets, be sure to check if there is this piece under the threshold of your house! If not, find a room with no one and dig up the debris! And bury yourself under the threshold of your own house! ”

"Also, with this piece of debris, those man-eating monsters can't get in, but that doesn't mean that you are not in danger. They will try to trick you into opening the door or the window in all sorts of ways. ”

"As soon as the door or window is opened, the debris loses its protective effect, and the monsters can rush in!"

"There have been several times when adults have stood guard at the door and have not let the monster in. But the children of the family were instigated by the monsters outside, and they instigated them to open the window, causing a tragedy! ”

"So, in order to prevent this from happening again, we have sealed the windows of all the houses in the village!"

"In summary, you need to keep two things in mind. First, before the sun sets, check if there is any debris under the door frame? ”

"The second point, as soon as Yang sets, until the next day, before the sun comes out, whoever is at your door, whatever he says, don't let him in, don't even open the door!"

"The best thing to do is to go to bed as soon as the sun sets, and sleep until dawn, nothing happens!"