It was a sunny morning, and a large group of children were playing happily in the empty field at the head of the village, and cheers and laughter were heard. I don't know when it started, there was suddenly a new partner at the back of the team, and everyone was very surprised by this stranger dressed nondescriptly.

I don't know how old he is, but I saw that he had a childish face, and his figure was not much taller among these teenage children, his body was slightly fat, and his face was full of smiles. The sparse white hair on the top of his head, tied with a faded red head rope, swayed between walks.

This strange stranger, accompanied by the children's "Eagle Chicken" game team, was actually having a lot of fun and looking very devoted. As soon as everyone dodged the chase of the "eagle" in front, he couldn't help but jump in the back, giving people a feeling of madness.

The rules of the game are very simple, except for the "eagle", all the people in the scene follow behind the "old hen", pulling each other on the back of the gowns of the team members in front of them, forming a long line. As long as the person pretending to be an "eagle" can avoid the cover of the opposite "old hen" and catch the team member who has fallen behind the "old hen", he will win a point.

Because this new partner often makes trouble at the back of the team, swinging back and forth too fast, he always accidentally drags a few children behind him, causing the opposite 'eagle' to frequently succeed. The leader of the "old hen" was furious and refused to admit defeat to the child who was dressed as an "eagle" on the other side, blaming the strange partner for all the reasons for his failure.

After arguing, the two sides finally reached a consensus and unanimously decided to pull out this uninvited guest and let him act as an "eagle" as a punishment. Unexpectedly, this peculiar new partner, in the face of this rather challenging role, said yes, as if he had picked up a big bargain, and immediately entered the role.

After the game began, it was normal, but because the "old hen" on the opposite side was well covered, the "eagle" repeatedly failed to succeed, which couldn't help but cause bursts of laughter from the children on the opposite side. Unexpectedly, this laughter actually stimulated the "eagle" to be furious, and he got carried away for a while, and the children around the scene ran wildly.

The speed of his running is eye-catching, and in the eyes of the children at the scene, he left a vague figure and head portrait in a circle. This monster-like "eagle" suddenly appeared in front of everyone, and the children were stunned, and they didn't know what to do for a while.

At the same time, the leading child who was called the "old hen" was dizzy for a while, and then spun around, and the team behind him fell to the ground.

The children had never seen such a scene before, and they were immediately frightened by the ghostly figure of the strange man, and they had no mind to play. When the strange man saw this scene, he immediately stopped, looked at the little friend who fell to the ground, and laughed. At this moment, I don't know which child in the crowd suddenly shouted:

"He must have been an old monster!"

This shout immediately stunned the children at the scene, and all eyes were on the strange man, and they were all suspicious. Legend has it that the demons are supposed to come out at night, and now that the sun is high, it seems a little impossible. However, after the strange man heard this, his expression suddenly looked like two people, and he involuntarily let out an angry roar:

"Who's the old youkai?"

This roar was like a thunderbolt in mid-air, buzzing in everyone's ears, and it didn't seem like a human voice could make it, which really scared this group of children. All the children were like a hornet's nest that had been stabbed by a rod, and immediately scattered and fled, and the cries and shouts immediately became one.

After a while, only the leading child pretending to be an "old hen" was left on the scene, staring at the strange man in a daze. The strange person felt strange for the only child left at the scene, and he didn't expect that his momentary forgetfulness would cause this situation, and his expression couldn't help but be a little apologetic.

At this time, he suddenly became interested in the child in front of him, lest he scare him away again, so he deliberately cleared his throat while slowly leaning over, and then asked the child in a soft voice:

"Kid, why don't you run?"

"Why should I run, if you're really a youkai, how can I outrun you?"

The child was a boy, about ten years of age, with dark skin, bright eyes, and a slightly thin body. At this time, he looked directly at the strange partner opposite, and he didn't have a little fear.

"Aren't you afraid that I'm really an old monster?"

"What does it matter if you are a monster or not, if you really eat people, there are more fat people in our partners than me, why did you choose me?"

"I have passed by the old man nearly 100 times on similar occasions...... You're the strangest kid I've ever met. The weirdo sighed involuntarily.

"You shouldn't be a child in your hair, but why are you dressed like that?" the child asked, surprised.

"Show you, boy, how old should I be?"

"If you are a child...... the child said categorically, after a moment's silence, "there must be fourteen or fifteen years old." If you say you're an old man, your hair is white, but you don't see half of your beard at your mouth...... Although it looks a little weird, he is probably between fifty or sixty years old. ”

"Bah, bah, bah...... Who is a child, who is only fifty or sixty years old, you kid has long eyes and panting, or is it used for lighting, and it is better to speak clearly after speaking...... It is now the second year of Yongzheng in the Qing Dynasty, and Lao Tzu was born in the first year of Yingzong in the Ming Dynasty.

"What does this have to do with whether I know how to count or not, and what is the first year of Yingzong...... It's just inexplicable! I only know from Mr. Private School that it used to be the Kangxi period, and now it is the second year of Yongzheng in the Qing Dynasty.

"Okay...... You little baby doesn't know the history, my old man can't do it, now my old man might as well calculate it for you," the strange man said this, wrenching his fingers, and after muttering for a while, he said, "It should be two hundred and twenty-six years!"

"Bah, bah, bah...... Not only do you behave strangely, but you are even more unreliable in your speech, everyone thinks you are a monster, but I know that you are a liar. I don't bother to pay attention to such people, I won't play with you, I'm going home. The corners of the child's mouth twitched, and the disdain in his expression suddenly jumped between his eyebrows, and he turned around and left.

Unexpectedly, the other party was so violent when he heard this, his body did not shake, and he had already blocked in front of the young man like a ghost. When the young man's forehead almost touched the other party's nose, he involuntarily took a step back, then looked at the other party in a daze, and said:

"In this way, you really have a bit of a demonic spirit...... No wonder no one dares to play with you!"

"I'm, I'm...... How can I prove that my old man is a normal old man?"

At this moment, there was a sudden sound of horses' hooves in the distance, which immediately attracted the attention of the two people at the scene......