Urban Oddities: Strange Tales of Mountain Villages

Chapter 1 Mountain Village

There was still the last pack of Oreos left on the shelf. Lin Yang was about to reach out, but the other hand was faster than him, and swept the Oreos into the shopping cart.

Luo Yi was not satisfied with getting Oreo, and his claws extended to Qu Duoduo.

Lin Yang looked at the other party. In his impression, Luo Yi seldom spoke and always walked alone.In the open class, everyone rushed to the back, but Luo Xueba sat in the front row generously.Once Lin Yang was late, the back row was full, and sat next to Luo Yi under the teacher's hand.During class, Lin Yang secretly played games, and Luo Yi took notes.Lin Yang played games during recess, and Luo Yi watched him play.Lin Yang was discouraged after losing several games in a row, so he asked Luo Yi to borrow his notes to copy.Lin Yang copied the notes, and Luo Yi played for him. After copying the notes, it was time for class. Luo Yi returned the phone, and the golden light of the winning reward on the full screen blinded Lin Yang.

"Lin Yang, are you ready? It's time to pay!" Huang Dafa greeted.

"Here we come!" Lin Yang pushed the cart, and when he looked back, Luo Yi had already gone far.

Huang Dafa lives up to his name. He comes from a wealthy family and has no worries about food and clothing.Huang Dafa is used to spending money and likes to entertain guests. This time he even chartered a car and invited a few friends to visit Daling Mountain.

Daling Mountain is located in a remote place with beautiful mountains and rivers, and recently there have been rumors of zombies being found.

The post was quickly deleted, but even so, Huang Dafa saw it.

He made an appointment with a few friends, saying that they would go to Daling Mountain to explore and find zombies together.Zombies are seen a lot in movies and games, but in reality, where are there any zombies?

From Lin Yang's point of view, Huang Dafa just wanted to go on vacation with his girlfriend Wang Jingxiang.

Since we are going to a remote mountainous area, there are a lot of things to prepare. Torches, food, and mineral water are easy to buy, but windproof tents are not readily available and must be ordered online.

Huang Dafa reckoned that he was going to camp in the mountains, and he planned to bring the family's big wolfdog there too, but fortunately Wang Jingxiang stopped him, saying that there were several big men in the team, what kind of big wolfdog did he need to bring?

Two days later, the tent arrived and everything was finally ready.Early in the morning, a chartered car with a small team of six drove onto the expressway to Daling Mountain.

Lin Yang knew everyone who went there.

Knowing is knowing, but not familiar.

Jin Minxian is Wang Jingxiang's best friend, and Pu Junying is Huang Dafa's best friend.The man and the woman are both tall and bachelors, and they are a perfect match when they stand together.

Yuelao intends to lead the red line, but unfortunately, none of them have taken a fancy to each other.

Lin Yang sat in the back row playing games.

Luo Yi sat next to him and read a book.

When Huang Dafa mysteriously said that he invited a buddy who is a top student, Lin Yang only thought of Luo Yi.

Unsurprisingly, it was him.

Luo Yi didn't talk much. After saying hello, he sat down, and when he was seated, he took out a book and read it.

Lin Yang played games while Luo Yi read books.

An hour later, Lin Yang, who had lost everything, handed over his mobile phone. Luo Yi only played for a while, and returned the mobile phone with a screen full of winning rewards.

Lin Yang gave up on himself: "You play, I'll help you read."

Luo Yi: "My book, you can't understand it."

Lin Yang: "..."

The car set off in the morning and finally arrived at Daling Mountain at sunset.

There is a bus station at the foot of Daling Mountain, and the foot of the mountain is open to cars, but there is no car in the mountain.To enter the mountain, you have to walk after getting off the car.

Dalingshan once planned to develop tourism, but unfortunately the development cost was too high, so it never developed.

Fortunately, the road into the mountain is not difficult, and some slopes have stairs.There are street lights on a section of the road at the foot of the mountain. As we enter the mountain, the lights are gone, and the sun is setting. The surroundings are dark, so we can only move forward with a flashlight.

The ground is full of fallen leaves, damp and wet.At night, there was fog in the mountains, and Huang Dafa, who was walking in the front, reminded: "Pay attention to your steps, don't get lost!"

Wang Jingxiang just laughed at him: "Such a way, it's not easy to get lost!"

Huang Dafa laughed loudly: "Just one way, maybe the zombies will go this way too!"

Just after finishing speaking, the bushes brushed suddenly, and Huang Dafa quickly shone the flashlight over. Through the light, they saw the bushes shaking, as if some monster was really coming here.

Pu Junying was startled, and the bag in her hand fell to the ground with a clatter.

Lin Yang also became nervous. It is not afraid that a living person will appear in this barren mountain, but it is afraid that it will not be a human being.In the narrow mountain road, Heideng blindly encounters unknown things, and it is a lie to say that he is not afraid.The flashlights all shone in that direction, but Luo Yi shone the flashlight in another direction.

Huang Dafa immediately came back to his senses: "Where did you go?!"

Luo Yi didn't say a word, he picked up the stone and threw it over, the bushes suddenly moved again with a clatter.

"It's okay, don't be afraid." Luo Yi seemed to know the escape route of the thing, followed by the flashlight, and threw another stone.A small black shadow jumped out of the bushes, circled far behind the big tree, and fled in a panic.

Huang Dafa: "What is that?"

Luo Yi: "It's just a small animal."

A few birds flew out of the forest, and only black shadows were seen in the mist.

Pu Junying was very frightened and urged Dafa to leave quickly.

Huang Dafa panicked, they were used to brightly lit rooms with walls, windows, and doors, so they were safe.Unlike the dark mountains, the surrounding trees are dense, and the place where the flashlight can't shine seems to be hiding something.

Huang Dafa hesitated: "How about finding a place to camp?"

Wang Jingxiang was surprised: "Here?!"

Huang Dafa: "Not here! I mean find a shelter from the wind... such as a cave or something, it's so late..."

"It's too dark out there!"

"We brought lights!"

Wang Jingxiang stomped her feet: "Go further!"

Huang Dafa looked at Luo Yi.

Luo Yi said: "Go on."

Huang Dafa had no choice but to greet: "Follow up, hurry up!"

Wang Jingxiang hurriedly followed her boyfriend with a big bag in one hand, and Jin Minxian said, "Jingxiang, give me the mineral water."

Wang Jingxiang thought she was thirsty, so she handed the bag over.

Jin Minxian didn't drink.

Jin Minxian helped Wang Jingxiang carry the bag, and Wang Jingxiang had one hand free.

"Take your big hair!" Jin Minxian reminded.

Only then did Wang Jingxiang react.

Everyone couldn't help laughing.

Along the path, winding around the mountain, we advanced for about an hour, and when we turned the corner, our sight suddenly opened up.

There are lights! ! !

The lights on in the mountain nest gave them the illusion of returning to the world.

The village was close in front of my eyes, and I walked for more than an hour to reach the entrance of the village.

Although the small mountain village has inconvenient transportation, it is not backward.Cement houses, solar energy, water storage tanks, and anti-theft nets are all available.There are still a few farmhouses in the village, perhaps due to the lack of tourists, only one is still open.

"Wow! It smells so good!" Lin Yang sniffed, and was the first to enter the farmhouse, "It looks like braised fish!"

Luo Yi suddenly caught up with him and pressed Lin Yang's shoulder: "Wait a minute."

There was a bell on the front desk by the door, Luo Yi raised his hand and pressed it.

Yang Chunhua lifted the lid of the pot, and the smell of braised fish came over her face.

Yang Chunhua pricked it with chopsticks, but the fish was not cooked yet, so she had to continue cooking.

"Qiqi, we can eat soon!" Yang Chunhua put the lid on the pot, turned around, but Liu Qi was not in the seat.

"Qiqi?" Yang Chunhua looked out, "Qiqi?"

Just then, a voice came—

Ding Dong!Ding Dong!

The bell rang!

Are there any guests?

Yang Chunhua had no choice but to turn off the fire, and wiped her hands with her apron: "Come on, come on!"

Yang Chunhua came out of the kitchen and found Liu Qi sneaking by the door and looking out.

There are occasional visitors to the farmhouse, usually Liu Qi jumps up and down, helping her mother serve tea and water, and clean the house.

Liu Qi seems to have changed since he had a fever and a cold.

She stared at the hall motionlessly through the gaps in the branches and leaves of the Lucky Kumquat.

Like a poisonous snake watching its prey.

Yang Chunhua shuddered and called softly, "Qiqi, what are you doing?"

Liu Qi said softly: "Mummy..."

Yang Chunhua coaxed: "Go to the kitchen and help Mommy pick some vegetables."

Liu Qi then left and went to the kitchen.

Although the farmhouse is not as luxurious as the hotel, it is small and well-equipped.The farmhouse is simply furnished and kept very clean.

The proprietress's surname is Yang, and her name is Yang Chunhua.There are no other staff in the farmhouse, and she is the one who entertains the guests and cooks.

Yang Chunhua's husband went to other places to work, then got married and never came back.Yang Chunhua lives alone with her daughter. The farmhouse is not only her source of life, but also her home.

Yang Chunhua didn't expect to have guests tonight, so she didn't prepare any meals, she said she would cook noodles and then stir-fry a few small stir-fries for everyone to eat.

The house is on the second floor, and every small room is neatly tidied up.Yang Chunhua led them to choose a room, and Lin Yang took a fancy to the first room, which was located next to the stairs for convenience.

"I'll just live in this room!" Lin Yang put down his luggage, opened the window, and the unique fresh air of the mountains greeted him.

The window was opened a little too wide, and when it was closed, Lin Yang found that the window was stuck and could not be closed.

"Miss Boss, is there organic oil?" Out of the corner of Lin Yang's eyes, he saw someone standing outside the door.

"Boss lady?" Lin Yang buried his head in the window and asked again, "Is there organic oil?"

Looking back, the door was empty.

Strange, what about people...

"Boss lady?" Lin Yang poked his head out and shouted again.

Yang Chunhua was helping two girls with their luggage, when she heard the sound, she walked out of the room and answered.

"The window may be rusted." Yang Chunhua said, "There is a utility room next door to you. If you need anything, go and look for it?"

Lin Yang wondered, "Why is the utility room here?"

Yang Chunhua smiled and said, "Your room was originally a double room, but it was separated later. There is no window in the utility room, only on the side where you live."

I searched the utility room and found no oil.

When closing the door, Lin Yang found that the door lock of the utility room was also broken, so he could only cover the door.

Just hide it, anyway, there is nothing valuable in the utility room.

Lin Yang packed his luggage, took a shower, and left the room smelling good.

Yang Chunhua hadn't gone downstairs yet, she was still helping the two girls pack their luggage.

Huang Dafa was wide and fat, and lying on the bed took up more than half of the floor space. No wonder Wang Jingxiang couldn't fit in, and she didn't want to live alone, so she found a girlfriend to share the room.

Huang Dafa was lying on the bed with his legs crossed, playing with his mobile phone, happy and at ease, and said to call him for dinner.

Luo Yi's room was tidy and clean, and he was sitting by the bed reading a book.

Lin Yang turned around, there was only one staircase in the farmhouse, and he would pass through his door when entering and exiting.Lin Yang closed the door and went downstairs to the kitchen.

On the kitchen table was a bag of green vegetables, a bag of snow peas, a bag of noodles, a few pieces of ginger, a handful of green onions... Lin Yang found a circle of white rope on the ground, which felt oily to the touch. It should be a cotton rope for bacon.

Lin Yang threw away the rope and lifted the lid of the pot, leaving some soup in the pot.

There were two stools next to the table. Lin Yang sat down, poured out the green vegetables, and picked off the old leaves one by one. He picked them quickly with quick hands and feet, washed the green vegetables in a dustpan, and went to pick the snow peas after washing the vegetables.Snow peas are more troublesome. If you pinch the head, you have to tear the thin stems on the edge of the pods.

Footsteps sounded behind him, boom boom, it was Huang Dafa.

"Big hair!" Lin Yang shouted.

Huang Dafa's voice sounded from upstairs: "What are you doing?"

Dong dong dong, footsteps came downstairs, Huang Dafa's head was dripping with water, and he was wiping his head with the towel hanging on his shoulder: "Did you call me?"

"Are you washing your hair?"

"Just finished washing, do you have a hairdryer?"

"Yes, it's in the blue bag, go find it yourself!"

"Okay!" Huang Dafa went upstairs again.

There is no carpet in the farmhouse, and the sound of footsteps is particularly obvious.Lin Yang heard Huang Dafa enter the room, found the hairdryer and came out again, closing the door with a bang.

Lin Yang shouted: "Dafa, be gentle, don't break my door!"

Huang Dafa's resonant voice came: "Hahahaha I know!"

Lin Yang continued to pick beans. Picking beans is a patient job. You have to pinch the heads one by one and tear the thin stems of the pods.The bag slid sideways, and a few beans fell to the ground. Lin Yang sat on a chair and bent over to pick them up.

The floor was tidy and the floor tiles were clean and bright.

Lin Yang stopped picking up beans.

Lin Yang stared at the floor.

He saw a shadow.

The light cast a shadow obliquely into the kitchen!

Someone is standing outside the door? ! ! !

"Who?" Lin Yang turned around.

The figure of the little girl passed by.

Is it the boss's daughter?

Lin Yang chased him out, he wanted to make sure.It's okay if it's a little girl, but if it's a thief, it will be troublesome.

In the hall, the gate has been locked, and the white fluorescent lamp is shining on the empty dining table.

The farmhouse is small, and the dining table in the hall is for entertaining guests.

The little girl was sitting on a stool, turning the glass turntable on the dining table.

so far so good……

Lin Yang breathed a sigh of relief.

"Hi, kid, how are you?" Lin Yang greeted her.

Liu Qi ignored him and just played around with the turntable.

Maybe it's because I'm afraid of life?

Lin Yang was bored and was about to go back to the kitchen when he suddenly smelled a faint smell on the tip of his nose.

The smell of braised fish.

Liu Qi was playing with the turntable, and his soup-stained fingers left oil marks on the glass turntable.

Yang Chunhua came down from upstairs: "Qiqi! Where did she go?"

"It's in the living room!" Lin Yang followed into the kitchen.

There were still a few snow peas, Lin Yang sat down and continued to pinch.

Yang Chunhua was dizzy in a hurry, but fortunately, Lin Yang was there to help.Yang Chunhua felt sorry, thinking about cutting bacon for them to eat with noodles.

She looked for the cabinet, looked through the refrigerator, but couldn't find it.

Yang Chunhua remembered that half of the bacon was eaten, and the remaining half was tied with cotton thread.She couldn't remember whether it was in the refrigerator or in the bag. It was strange, why couldn't it be found?

Forget it, let's eat sausage!

Yang Chunhua opened the sausage packaging bag, Lin Yang said: "Madam, the beans are ready."

Yang Chunhua: "Okay! Bean pods are perfect for making sausages!"

Yang Chunhua lifted the lid of the pot, and there was only soup left in the pot.

It seems that something is missing...

By the way, where is the fish?