Urban Oddities: Strange Tales of Mountain Villages

Chapter 2 Villagers

A few dishes of stir fry, a bowl of egg noodles for each person, and Huang Dafa ordered a few more bottles of beer.

Lin Yang seldom drinks alcohol, and he gets a little drunk after a few drinks.Yang Chunhua was making tea in the kitchen, and Liu Qi came out with pickles.

Pu Junying sat on the side and said hello: "Hey, little sister!"

Huang Dafa joked: "Little sister, come drink with brothers and sisters?"

As soon as Liu Qi put the pickles on the table, he ran away without saying hello.

Wang Jingxiang smiled and said: "Dafa, you scared people away!"

Huang Dafa chuckled.

Yang Chunhua made noodles for Liu Qi, and Liu Qi sat in the kitchen to eat.Yang Chunhua came out of the hall with tea, Huang Dafa asked her, "Does the proprietress have any wine?"

"Yes!"

"A few more bottles!"

"Okay!" Yang Chunhua went to the warehouse to get the wine, and Huang Dafa poured the remaining half bottle to Lin Yang.

Lin Yang took a sip and couldn't drink anymore, so he handed the cup to Luo Yi casually.

Luo Yi was punching Pu Junying, took Lin Yang's cup and drank it for him.Lin Yang picked up the empty cup and put it in his pocket, and was about to go upstairs in a daze, but Luo Yi dragged him back: "Where is your phone."

Lin Yang: "Oh right..."

Lin Yang put his mobile phone in his pocket, said goodbye to his friends, and walked up the stairs alone.

There was a rustling sound in the kitchen, Lin Yang glanced inside when passing by, it turned out that Liu Qi was emptying the noodles into the trash can.Yang Chunhua said that her daughter had a cold and was not active.

Cold patients also have a poor appetite, Lin Yang saw the bowl of noodles, and poured it all down.

Lin Yang returned to the room, closed the door and lay down on the bed.When he was in a daze, Lin Yang suddenly remembered that the door was not locked.

The doors of the rooms in the farmhouse are all ordinary wooden doors, and only a horizontal anti-theft lock is added to the door.

Forget it... Lin Yang thought, people who live here are people he knows, it doesn't matter if they are locked or not!

Lin Yang fell asleep, and after an unknown amount of time, Lin Yang was awakened by a gust of wind.Night Breeze entered the room through the window that could not be closed tightly. Lin Yang tried a few times and still could not close the window, so he simply got up, finished his hands, and washed his face with cold water.

Still dizzy, Lin Yang leaned against the window and lit a cigarette.

The night in the mountains is dark and quiet, the wind is blowing, the leaves are rustling, listen carefully, it seems that you can still hear a faint clucking sound, which seems to be a chicken crowing.

Lin Yang was fascinated by the moths fluttering around the dim street lamps, and when he came back to his senses, the smoke had already burned out.

Lighting another one, pushing the window open, Lin Yang smoked heavily with the night wind blowing.

In the darkness where the street lights couldn't reach, something seemed to be moving. Lin Yang stared in that direction, and saw a fat figure walking unsteadily into the light.

The man seemed to be drunk, walking crookedly, and the distance was too far, Lin Yang couldn't tell whether it was a man or a woman, but he could only tell that the man was holding a chicken in his hand.

After smoking, Lin Yang wanted to drink water, but picked up the thermos and found that the water was already cold.Lin Yang poured out the water and went downstairs with the thermos.He remembered that there was an electric kettle in the kitchen, and he wanted to boil some hot water for drinking.

Yang Chunhua felt that she was getting older and her memory was getting worse.She searched the kitchen, but the bacon was gone, and the braised fish was nowhere to be found.

Fortunately, the bacon may have been taken away by wild cats.There are often wild cats in the village who come to steal leftovers.

But what about braised fish?

The cat can't lift the lid of the pot and steal the fish by itself, can it?

Did someone eat it?

But if the fish is not cooked, who will eat it?

And it was eaten clean, not even a single fishbone was left...

She couldn't figure it out, tossed and turned and couldn't fall asleep, finally fell asleep, Liu Qi pushed her: "Mommy, I want to drink water."

Yang Chunhua was confused: "The water is on the table."

There is a thermos bottle on the table, and Yang Chunhua has prepared half a bottle of water.If you have a fever and a cold, of course you should drink plenty of water.

Yang Chunhua closed her eyes and fell asleep in a daze.

The thermos is on the table.

There are cups next to the bottle.

Liu Qi poured a glass, finished drinking, and poured another glass.

After a few glasses, there was no water in the bottle.

Liu Qi walked out of the room, intending to go to the kitchen to boil some water.

The lights were on in the kitchen, the electric kettle was steaming, and Lin Yangshou waited beside him.

With the sound of footsteps, Lin Yang turned his head and saw Jin Minxian rubbing his forehead and walking into the kitchen.

From a distance, Lin Yang could smell the alcohol on Jin Minxian's body.

Jin Minxian asked, "Is there any water?"

Lin Yang said: "Yes, it is burning."

"Oh." Jin Minxian leaned against the door with her arms folded.

Lin Yang didn't know her well. He only heard that this girl was very good at drinking, and she never got drunk after a thousand glasses of wine.

The water boiled, and at this moment--

Snapped!

Lights went out.

"Huh?" Lin Yang looked up at the light, "Tripped?"

"Ha, I turned off the light, it's so dazzling." With the light outside the window, Jin Minxian handed over the cup, "Are you afraid of the dark?"

"Don't be afraid." Lin Yang poured water for her, and then for himself, the electric kettle was empty.

Lin Yang and Jin Minxian went upstairs together, the sensor light was on, and through the light, they saw Liu Qi.

Liu Qi didn't seem to wake up, he lowered his head and walked down like sleepwalking.

Lin Yang waved his hand: "Little friend, why don't you go to bed so late?"

At this time, the sensor light went out.

A hand reached out and grabbed Lin Yang's arm.

Jin Minxian dragged Lin Yang to the corner, and gently covered Lin Yang's mouth.

"Hush...don't make any noise..." Jin Minxian whispered in his ear.

Lin Yang had no choice but to swallow the words back, and Jin Minxian put down the hand covering him.

In the darkness, Lin Yang heard Liu Qi's footsteps going downstairs.

Very light, very light, like a cat walking.

Liu Qi walked down the stairs and walked in front of them.

Lin Yang only felt a gust of cold air blowing past, bringing with it a faint smell of braised fish.

Lin Yang's scalp tingled for a while. She was obviously a little girl, but that strange feeling seemed to be a dangerous poisonous snake swimming past.

Lin Yang's whole body was stiff and he didn't dare to move.Liu Qi passed them and went downstairs.The sensor light suddenly turned on, and the dim light dispelled the darkness. Lin Yang saw Liu Qi go downstairs and head towards the kitchen.

"Let's go." Jin Minxian went up the stairs.

"But she..."

"Don't worry about it."

"Okay..." Lin Yang chased after him and asked softly, "Is there something wrong?"

Jin Minxian: "What?"

Lin Yang: "That little girl!"

Jin Minxian said, "Don't wake up the sleepwalkers."

Lin Yang was surprised: "Is she sleepwalking?!"

Jin Minxian frowned: "Isn't it?"

The first room upstairs was Lin Yang's room. Lin Yang still wanted to say something, but Jin Minxian ignored him.Lin Yang stood for a while before entering the room.Jin Minxian looked back, the sensor light on the stairs was off, and the dark stairway looked like the mouth of a monster...

The next day, Lin Yang, who was hangover, had a splitting headache.

The original plan was to visit the mountains and rivers this morning, and find zombies by the way.Lin Yang couldn't get up, he lay on the bed and didn't want to move.I closed my eyes and was dizzy, and when I opened my eyes, I was dizzy again from the light outside the window.

There was a quarrel outside, and Lin Yang couldn't understand a single word of the dialect.Covering his head with a quilt, he lay down for another half an hour before getting up.

In the kitchen, Yang Chunhua was busy, while Liu Qi lowered his head to pick vegetables.

Lin Yang stood by the door, Liu Qi ignored him and handed the picked vegetables to Yang Chunhua.

Lin Yang said, "Miss Boss, what happened outside?"

Yang Chunhua made him a pot of tea and explained: "A family ran out of chickens, and it was said that Dasha stole them."

"Who is Dasha?"

"A retarded man with a beard, just ignore him when you meet him."

Dasha was mentally retarded since he was born. He couldn't speak when he was in his forties.

Recently, Dasha piled tree trunks in front of Uncle Liu's door, which looked like a fence.When Uncle Liu demolished it, Dasha started again, demolished it, and started again. Dasha didn't disturb the people or make trouble, so he liked to build a fence around Uncle Liu's house, which made Uncle Liu very annoying.

Everyone in the village hates Dasha very much, but Dasha's old mother has always protected him.

After Lin Yang had breakfast, when he went out for a stroll, the quarrel had stopped.

The air in the mountains is good, and the wind brings the fragrance of vegetation.Lin Yang wandered all the way, came to the side of the village, and saw several villagers walking out of the forest.

The villagers were carrying firewood on their shoulders and carrying rattan baskets in their hands, and the fish in the baskets were churning.

Lin Yang walked into the woods along the path, walked for about half an hour, and came to a small stream.

The creek was very turbid, and there was a layer of green oil floating on the water.There was an old man in his 60s standing in the creek with his trousers rolled up, fishing. Lin Yang asked, "Is this spilled paint?"

The old man said: "I don't know."

"Xiaoxi has always been like this?"

"It's been almost a month!"

"Fish is poisonous, so you can't eat it?"

"Hey, why can't you eat it? It's delicious!" The old man reached out and grabbed a fish, "Look at those big rivers, the pollution is even worse, and the fish, shrimp, and snails in it are still served as usual. What about the dining table...wife, where's the basket?"

A fat old woman walked out of the woods, she stretched out her hands with dumbfounded eyes.

"Where's the basket?" The old man said impatiently, "How many times have I said, it's not your hands that hold the basket!"

Then the aunt came back to her senses, picked up the basket and put the fish in it.

Lin Yang sat on the rock and watched the old man catch fish, while the aunt stood behind the old man, dumbfounded, like a wooden figure.

Lin Yang looked at it for a while, then got up and left.

Not long after he left, a villager took a basket and ran all the way: "Uncle Liu! Are there any fish? Leave one for me!"

Lin Yang strolled around, and a big yellow dog followed behind him.Lin Yang was not afraid of the dog, and even petted it.The big yellow dog sniffed Lin Yang's hand, then his leg, and followed Lin Yang all the way to the farmhouse.

Lin Yang waved at it: "Go, go!"

The big yellow dog wagged its tail.

Lin Yang walked a few steps, then pushed it away: "Go, go, don't come here!"

The big yellow dog stood where he was, watching Lin Yang enter the farmhouse.

The farmhouse is lively and lively, and everyone is drinking tea and knocking sunflower seeds around the dining table.

Huang Dafa drank a lot last night, and at this moment he was rubbing his forehead and drinking tea cup after cup.

Luo Yi is playing with his mobile phone, it's amazing, Xueba is also playing games?Lin Yang leaned over and took a look...

"Online exam questions." Luo Yi said without raising his head, "You don't understand."

Lin Yang: "..."

Liu Qi came with peanuts, and suddenly, a dog barked outside the gate, and the big yellow dog barked at the hall outside the iron gate, baring its teeth as if wishing to rush in.

Yang Chunhua was holding a shoulder pole, trying to hit it, but the big yellow dog was not afraid of her, and kept barking.Yang Chunhua knocked on the iron door with a pole, the big yellow dog was startled, and ran away with its tail between its legs...

Uncle Liu has been too upset recently, mainly because his wife has a cold and his mind is not clear.

Looking at the only small fish left in the basket, Uncle Liu was furious, cursing and jumping into the creek, and finally caught another big fish.

"I told you to keep an eye on the fish. Where did you go? Fever and burned your brain?!" Uncle Liu grabbed the basket and stuffed the fish into it himself.

The fish twitched for a moment, got out from under the basket, and fell to the ground with a "click".

It turned out that the basket was punctured!

Uncle Liu had no choice but to tie the fish with a straw rope and yell at his wife, "Let's go! Why are you in a daze?!"

The old lady followed behind him with a broken basket.

Uncle Liu: "Throw away the basket!"

The old lady just threw the basket away.

Uncle Liu is a good fisherman in the village. He goes to the stream every day to catch fish and make dried fish. When he goes to the market in the town, he brings the dried fish to sell for money.

My wife has recently become demented, always forgetful, and often loses fish, which makes Uncle Liu very angry.

What troubled Uncle Liu the most was that the big fool in the village also got nervous and built a fence around his house every day.As expected today, Dasha found wood to build a fence for him, and there were long and short wooden sticks in a mess on the ground.Uncle Liu threw a stone at him, and Dasha ran away. Uncle Liu kicked over the fence and said to his wife, "Where's the key?"

The wife slowly took out the key, trembling for a long time, but couldn't open the keyhole.Uncle Liu took the key and opened the door, and handed the fish to her: "It's time to cook, kill the fish."

The old lady carried the fish into the kitchen, and Uncle Liu cleaned the yard.

As the sun goes down, smoke rises from other people's houses, but I don't even see sparks from my own house.Realizing that something was wrong, Uncle Liu rushed into the kitchen. His wife was standing by the stove, as if thinking about how to cook.

Uncle Liu asked her to sit outside and wash rice and cook by herself.After washing the dishes and heating the pot, Uncle Liu asked, "Where's the fish?"

My wife didn't respond.

Uncle Liu walked up to her: "Hey, where's the fish? Did you kill it... What's wrong with you?"

The old lady said that her stomach hurts, and she was sweating profusely while clutching her stomach.Uncle Liu hurriedly looked for Bao Chai Pills, but it still hurt after taking it. When he touched his forehead, it was very hot, and his wife had a high fever!

"Wait for me at home!" Uncle Liu urged, "I'll find you medicine!"

The old lady suddenly grabbed his sleeve and begged, "Don't go..."

"I'll come back as soon as I go." Uncle Liu broke free and ran out of the house quickly.He rushed all the way to the farmhouse and asked Yang Chunhua for antipyretics.

Yang Chunhua gave him a box, and Uncle Liu hurried home with the medicine.The sun was setting, and the house was dark.His wife was not there, so Uncle Liu called several times before he saw his wife slowly coming out of the dark back room.

"Here comes the medicine! Take a few pills!"

"hungry……"

"What?"

"hungry……"

"Your stomach doesn't hurt anymore?"

"hungry……"

"Come here, let me touch your forehead."

The old lady stepped out of the darkness and into the light.

Uncle Liu always felt that his wife seemed weird: "Are you okay? Come on, sit down, and I'll get you a glass of water!"

Uncle Liu picked up the kettle and poured water into the cup, and kept nagging: "Drink more water when you have a cold and fever, you will get better soon!"

The old aunt stood behind him, her eyes rolling uncontrollably.

"Ah... cluck..."

"Huh? What did you say?"

Uncle Liu took the cup and turned around...