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Chapter 441: Measure people’s hearts
【"I am taller than you."

The sun was high in the mountains, and the sun was making people extremely hot. But when the umbrella seller heard these words, a cold sweat broke out on his forehead.

He has been wandering around the market since he was a child, and he has a good ear. When a customer wants to buy an umbrella or asks for a price, he has never missed the sound that comes out at almost the same time.

Many old customers admire him.

In other words, he won't get it wrong.

Then, there was really a sound.

However, he is also very sure——

This path has reached this point in his footsteps alone, and there is absolutely no other person.

How is this going? !
Could it be that he is really a monster? !

The umbrella seller was so frightened that he sat there and did not dare to move. After hearing the sound again, the voice came again faintly:

The umbrella seller was scared, but he didn't know whether it was the voice that calmed him or the action of pulling out his umbrella that scared him.

The umbrella seller didn't know why the snake said "Bigao" again, but it was obvious that the black snake would soon say "I want to eat you" again.

The black snake did not come after him, and the umbrella seller honestly sold out all the umbrellas. However, he heard a message saying that his mother was seriously ill and asked him to go home early.

The umbrella seller was so anxious that he was sweating profusely. When he saw the umbrella on his burden, he suddenly had an idea.

The umbrella seller carefully picked up his goods and stepped back step by step, but the black snake swayed and swam over.

"I am taller than you."

"I am taller than you."

"If I beat you, then I will eat you."

He took out an oil-paper umbrella and pointed it vertically at the dome. He also imitated the tone of the black snake and shouted loudly:

The umbrella seller was shocked and saw a thin and long shadow slowly rising on the ground in front of him.
He finally confirmed——

Seeing Black Snake stunned, the umbrella seller stopped hesitating, picked up the burden and ran away, leaving Black Snake far behind.

There are real monsters in this world!
How to do how to do? !

"I am taller than you!"

A man and a snake faced each other with four eyes, but neither party made any movement.

eat?
eat? !

The black snake, which was already half a head taller than him and was about to open its bloody mouth and come straight at him, raised its head, stared blankly at the tip of the umbrella, and tried hard to cushion it. Tail
Oh, this snake is really 'competing' with people.

The monster said he would eat himself!
The umbrella seller was at a loss, but he didn't want to wait for death. He was so frightened that he instantly jumped up from where he was sitting.

The umbrella seller watched as the black snake once again raised its body higher, with its tail almost perpendicular to the ground, and then stopped:

He turned around and saw a black snake standing half upright behind the stone where he was sitting, staring motionlessly at him.

As a last resort, the umbrella seller took a shortcut again and passed the mountain along the original path.

Sure enough, the black snake was still there, and when he passed by, he still heard a faint and kind voice:
"I am taller than you."

The umbrella seller had experience dealing with snakes last time. Just when he was about to open the umbrella, he felt water droplets dripping on the top of his head. He looked up and saw that the black snake had climbed to the top of the tree at some point and was staring at it quietly. he:
"I am taller than you."

The umbrella seller was such a bold young man. After escaping last time, he had a vague feeling about what was going on. He knew that he couldn't let the snake be really taller than him, so he started climbing the tree without saying a word. The snake didn't expect that someone would hear his voice, see him, and dare to climb the tree in front of him. He was immediately frightened, snaked down the branches, and disappeared into the mountain.

The umbrella seller who was halfway up the tree was happy when he saw this scene——

What a monster, he's just a coward who likes to compete with others and runs away if he can't compete!

The umbrella seller felt relieved, picked up his empty load, and rushed home without stopping.

When he reached the foot of the mountain, the umbrella seller saw the old man who stopped him when he entered the mountain.

When the old man heard that he had gone into the mountains to the county town and came back from the county town again, he was very surprised. He repeatedly asked the umbrella seller why he was able to get down the mountain safely and whether he met no monsters.

The salesman still had some good intentions towards the old man who had warned him, so he still took some time to come out and said:
"I met a monster, but it's not that difficult to deal with that monster."

"When I met him, he was taller than me. As long as I was slightly taller and more fierce than him, he would not dare to eat me. I think this snake is not a monster at all. If it is a monster, it can only He’s a coward, haha. What’s wrong with uncle?”

Before the salesman could finish his words, he saw the old man bursting into tears on the spot, holding his heart in his hands and repenting, and he was shocked.

The old man cried loudly and regretted:

"I went into the mountains with my wife!"

"We were collecting herbs in the mountains and sitting under the trees to enjoy the cool air. The snake would come from behind and say something like, 'It's taller than you and wants to eat you.'"

"I was scared at the time, so I just kept to myself."

The salesman understood——

Isn't this just leaving his wife and running away? !
No wonder this old man said that his wife was missing in the mountains, but he did not suspect other reasons, but insisted that there was a monster!
It’s not that this snake doesn’t eat people, it really eats people. It’s just that it can’t eat people who are taller and bolder than it is!
What kind of thing is this? !

Is it possible that even monsters in this world bully the weak and fear the strong?

The umbrella seller thought it was ridiculous and wanted to ask more questions, but he was worried about his old mother's health, so he said goodbye and left, agreeing to talk in detail next time he passed by.

The old man agreed at that time, but when he was an umbrella seller, he passed by here again half a month later.
In the old man's house, there were only broken furniture and a pool of blood.

The umbrella seller searched around, but he still didn’t know what happened——

Apparently the black snake came down the mountain and ate the old man!

The umbrella seller was shocked and walked up the old road. As expected, he met the black snake again. The black snake seemed to have a very nourishing life in the mountains and had grown a little longer.
Wait, how could he remember the two times he met the black snake before? The black snake was obviously short? !
The umbrella seller took courage and took a few steps forward to try to 'compete' with the black snake.

However, as soon as the snake saw him, it ran away.

Ran?

Ran!

The umbrella seller finally understood what happened——

That black snake is obviously a monster that can compete with humans. If it is taller than humans, the humans will die. The humans will be taller than the snakes, and the snakes will be one section shorter!
The snake is afraid of competing with him because the persimmon only picks the weak ones. The snake only wants to win, not lose!

It's really sad. There should be many people buried in this mountain.

But if the snake meets brave people who are always better than the snake, it may not be impossible to kill the snake!
From that day on, the umbrella seller stopped selling umbrellas. He took over the old man's job and lived in a house at the foot of the mountain. Whenever he met someone, he would tell them about "measuring a snake" and give him a small umbrella.
“It’s not necessarily scary to measure people, but you can win by measuring your heart.”

The umbrella giver said this to everyone. 】

Don't be afraid, don't be afraid~
The finale is coming at the end of the month! ! ! Working overtime! Thank you for seeing me all the way here! ! !