Nightcrawler: 20 Years of Peaceful Demons

Chapter 113 Strange Village

The old lady kindly invited us, so we naturally did not dare to neglect, and after thanking repeatedly, we followed into the village.

I wanted to go with Ma Yi'ao, but he seemed to be very wary of me because of my actions just now. When I got closer, he walked away, and he didn't want to get close to me at all.

The old woman saw it, and said with a smile: "He is like a child now, don't mind it, wait a couple of days, and he will be fine after calling back his soul."

I smiled bitterly and said that he was not like this before.

The old woman turned her head, glanced at Yueniang on Xiaohu's back, and asked, "What's wrong with this girl? Is she sick? We have a doctor here, who can take a look."

Xiaohu looked up and glanced at me.

Although I am not familiar with him, I can understand the meaning in his eyes, so I said: "No, she just feels a little uncomfortable, just rest for a while."

The old lady took a deep look at Yueniang and Xiaohu, said without saying anything, "Please."

I walked with her, and when I passed by those giant iron-eating beasts, I subconsciously took a look at these big guys, and found that as long as they didn't show a fierce look, they looked like the giant pandas I saw on TV on weekdays, In fact, not far behind.

It's like an enlarged version of a giant panda.

I wanted to touch the fluff of this beast, but because of the old ladies beside me, I still didn't reach out.

Going forward, I found that this village is really like the paradise described in "Peach Blossom Spring", the land is flat and the houses are like houses, there are good fields, beautiful ponds, mulberry and bamboo, and the traffic is in the fields.

The bluestone-paved road was clean and tidy, without any rubbish, not even dust.

And a few dogs wandered in front, and there were buffaloes and horses in the field, but they didn't see any animal droppings.

This field is full of green grass, and there are sweet-scented osmanthus trees planted by the roadside. The breeze blows, but there is a strange fragrance floating around. It makes people feel that this place is really beautiful and makes people linger.

There are not many people here, and there are several men working in the paddy fields, all of whom appear to be very hardworking.

They bent their backs and were busy.

A few people don't stop for a moment, just like robots, tireless.

When I entered the village, besides the vegetable fields, there were also medicinal fields in front of and behind the houses. I saw several kinds of medicinal materials at a glance.

The old lady warmly introduced to me, saying that our climate is mild, the land is fertile, and the conditions for planting medicinal materials are very good. Wait, these medicinal materials are all produced, and the quality is excellent...

Then she pointed to an old woman in her 60s and said, "Xiao Jiu'er is very good at making medicine and dispensing medicines. After a while, you girl wakes up. If you feel uncomfortable, you can find her."

The old woman called "Xiao Jiu'er" grinned at me when she heard it.

When she opened her mouth, I could see that all her teeth were black, black and yellow, and I didn't know why.

But apart from black and yellow teeth, gray hair, wrinkled face, and age spots, I don’t know why, but I can vaguely feel that her appearance should be extremely beautiful when she was young.

how to say?

I feel that she has a similar temperament to Cai Yueniang.

Such a comparison is actually very inappropriate, but I don't know why, this was my first reaction at the time.

Also intuition.

Entering the village, it is also clean and tidy, not at all messy and cramped like ordinary villages. There is a neat bluestone road lined with exquisite wooden buildings, and the air is filled with the fragrance of sweet-scented osmanthus.

All the places here are meticulously repaired and carefully crafted, which doesn't feel like a village hidden deep in the mountains.

It is like a film and television base specially built in a certain place, or a scenic spot specially planned for tourists to visit, without any fireworks.

And when I walked into the village, I hardly saw any men.

After a few iron-eating beasts entered the village, they separated, and so did the rest of the women. Except for a few older ones, all the others left separately.

The old woman said to me: "We have a guest room here, I will send you there to rest for a while, and then invite you to my place for dinner, what do you think?"

I bowed my hand and said that when you go to the countryside, do as the Romans do, it's all up to you to arrange.

The old woman smiled, and an old man walked out from a corner ahead.

The old man was about five or sixty years old, gray-haired, stooped, and carrying a pair of dung buckets. When he saw the old woman, he quickly backed away like a mouse seeing a cat.

The old woman frowned subconsciously, and then stopped him: "Ada, wait."

The old man named Ah Da put down the dung bucket, knelt down hastily, and said, Ma'am, I was wrong, I shouldn't have followed the Lord's path...

The old woman raised her eyebrows and said that you stand up, and I told you that in our village of Dagui, there is no need to come here—you can tell Wu Asan that a distinguished guest is here today, and ask him to prepare a few tables of flowing water seats , In addition, ask Yang Laoqi to bring out the good wine hidden in the cellar to entertain guests, understand?

Hearing this, Ah Da was overjoyed, and said with a smile, "Okay, okay, I'll ask them to do it."

The old woman ordered: "Tell them to hurry up, the guests are hungry after driving all day."

The old man hurriedly cupped his hands and said yes, yes, yes.

He carried the dung bucket and left happily from the side path of the house. The old lady said to us: "Our Wu Asan used to be a chef. He was born in making flowing water banquets for weddings and weddings. His skills are very good. You should have a good taste in a while." taste."

I heard it, and hurriedly bowed again, saying I'm sorry to trouble you.

The old woman pretended to be angry, saying that if you are so polite again, I will kick you out.

I just let out a long breath and said yes, yes, I'm not welcome.

Only then did the old woman smile, and she said right, you are Ma Jiuer's friends, and you are as happy as my children...

This village is not too big, and we have reached a place for us to rest while talking.

It was a house mostly made of bamboo, with a big banyan tree hanging over the ground in front of the building, and verdant phoenix bamboo beside it. Although it only had one floor, it was beautifully built, just like a TV. Same as the building above.

We walked into this bamboo house, and the outermost one is a living room, which has a complete set of tables, chairs and benches, most of which are also made of bamboo.

The old lady introduced to us, saying that there are four rooms in total, all of which have beds and bedding, and you can arrange them yourself. There is a well behind the house, but if you need hot water for washing, please let me know in advance, and I will send someone to bring it to you. .

I took a look at the surrounding environment. It was very elegant, and there were calligraphy and paintings hanging on the wall.

Those calligraphy and paintings, the handwriting is beautiful and magnificent, and the painting style is outstanding, which makes people feel like an ancient school.

I am grateful and say you are very thoughtful, thank you, thank you.

Seeing that we were very satisfied, the old lady smiled happily, and then said to Ma Yi'ao beside her, "Ma Jiu'er, you are staying with your friend for two days, come to eat later, the lady is back."

Upon hearing this, Ma Yi'ao quickly hugged her arm, and said aggrievedly: "No, ma'am, I want to go with you, I don't want to be with him."

The old woman was very strange and said why?He is your friend?
Ma Yi'ao shook his head like a rattle, and said no, he is not my friend, I don't even know him.He's a bad guy and I don't want to be with him.

The old woman was so entangled with the child-like horse, she smiled wryly at me and said, "Look at this..."

I was also helpless, and said to her: "It's okay, let him go back. When we turn back, let's discuss how to help him summon his soul."

The old woman smiled lightly and said yes.

She led the people away, and when the group of them left our sight, Chu Xiaotu, who had been silent all this time, finally couldn't bear it anymore and said, "Hou Zi, I think..."

I reached out to stop her and said in a low voice, "Stop talking."

I told Chu Xiaotu not to talk nonsense, and after Xiaohu checked the seat next to him, he put Cai Yueniang, who had been in a coma, down, then leaned down, and put his ears on the floor to listen.

After a while, he stood up, gestured "Nobody" to me, and went to another place.

After searching back and forth, Xiaohu came back to the hall and said to me: "There is no arrangement, no one should be eavesdropping."

I nodded and said yes, how much do you think what the lady said just now is true?
Xiaohu looked at me and said, what aspect are you referring to?

I said we can talk about it.

Xiaohu thought for a while, and then said: "Let me first talk about something I am sure of - first of all, 'Dagui' in Miao language means a woman, a beautiful woman, and Daigui Village, according to what you Han people say, should be called Women's Village."

Women's Village?
I pondered for a moment and asked, "What do you mean?"

Xiaohu said that what I can be sure of is that these old women should all be Luohua Cave girls who went to the mountain in the past—the legend is indeed true. In Heifenggou, there is indeed a village that specially accepts Luohua Cave girls , that is here.

I'm a little surprised, say yes?Are these people Luohuadong girls?But why they don't look like Yueniang, stupid, as if they have no soul?
Xiaohu shook his head and said that I don't know—in fact, I am also very strange, and there is one thing that makes me even more strange. Do you know what it is?

I shook my head and said that you are short of time, so don't go around the bush, just say it directly.

Xiaohu said in a low voice: "I actually know that little Jiu'er, I should say I have a memory - she is from Wangzhai, our neighboring village, and her name is Wang Cuihua. When I was only five years old, as a girl from Luohuadong, sent into the mountains."

I said oh, what's so strange about it, you were young at the time, and she didn't recognize you, isn't it normal?
Xiaohu shook his head and said with a serious face: "I mean, I almost didn't recognize her—do you know how old she was when she was sent into the mountains?"

When I heard him say this, before and after contacting him, I couldn't help but look horrified and said, "Wait, what happened seven or eight years ago?"

Xiaohu nodded and said, "She was only——17 years old."

(End of this chapter)