Urban Oddities: Strange Tales of Mountain Villages

Chapter 20 Mother

Pu Junying exuded a pungent smell all over his body, Lin Yang tried his best to hold his breath, he planned to break away when he was going downhill, but unexpectedly Pu Junying leaned into his ear and said something, good brother or something, Lin Yang Yang didn't hear it clearly, the smell of Pu Junying's mouth rushed straight to his forehead, Lin Yang's breath was suffocated, his eyes went dark, and he didn't know anything.When he opened his eyes again, he smelled that smell again, it was too offensive, it must not be disinfectant.Lin Yang felt uncomfortable all over, and struggled to raise his head to see that he was lying at the door of the farmhouse, with the candle still burning and inserted in the flower pot.Pu Junying twitched all over, and tremblingly took an injection and injected it on his arm, and when there was half a tube of medicine left, he put on the needle cover and put it away.He closed his eyes and gasped for a few moments before finally calming down.

"Formalin, I added a little tranquilizer." Pu Junying smiled at Lin Yang, "You don't need to touch your arm, I didn't give you an injection... Ordinary people can't stand this kind of medicine when injected."

The main component of formalin is formaldehyde, which has a pungent smell and is toxic.This substance can prevent microorganisms from multiplying... It is mainly used in medicine to embalm corpses, but Park Junying injected formalin into his body.No wonder he exudes a pungent smell all over his body, it turned out to be formalin!

"You, you beat yourself with this kind of thing!" Lin Yang inhaled formalin as soon as he spoke, and suddenly became dizzy and unable to exert energy.The smell couldn't go away, and he felt that even if he didn't get an injection, he would be poisoned just by smelling the smell.Lin Yang used his arms to prop himself up and rubbed back, and fell to the ground with a "plop" not too far away.Pu Junying carried him back again, put him next to the flower pot, and said that there are villagers all around him, if he runs around, be careful that he will die.Lin Yang coughed and had a terrible headache, saying that the smell on Pu Junying's body was too pungent, which made him feel very uncomfortable.Park Junying said that special circumstances should of course be treated specially. Only formalin can effectively suppress the virus and allow him to temporarily return to normal.

But the formalin he brought was almost used up. Pu Junying didn't expect to use it up so quickly. He was running out of time and had to find a way to kill the virus as soon as possible.

Two figures came running from a distance, Luo Yi rushed ahead, Huang Dafa was panting behind for a long distance, shouting while running: "Luo Yi! Fire! Bring fire!!!"

Before the villagers rushed up, Luo Yi had already climbed over the wall and jumped over.Huang Dafa quickened his pace, and the candle went out as soon as he was fast, Huang Dafa quickly took out the lighter and lit it.He had a candle to defend himself and was not afraid of the villagers, but Luo Yi was empty-handed, and was almost bitten several times. Fortunately, Luo Yi was clever, and he managed to escape many villagers by climbing over the wall and digging into the alley.Huang Dafa was thirsty and hungry, he couldn't run anymore.There was a woman laughing on the side of the road, Huang Dafa looked up and saw that it was Ah Hui's daughter-in-law sitting on the balcony on the second floor, laughing madly for some reason.Huang Dafa also saw the child behind her, the child was particularly vicious after mutation.Strangely, Ahui's daughter-in-law did not appear to be injured, perhaps the child did not attack his mother.Huang Dafa went far away and went into the alley, there were a few muffled sounds behind him, Huang Dafa looked back, and the few villagers following him were gone, only the child of Ahui's family was lying on the wall with a severed arm in his mouth.Huang Dafa was covered in cold sweat at that time, grabbed the candle and rushed out of the alley while crawling.He was a few minutes behind Luo Yi, and when he arrived at the farmhouse, he heard Luo Yi say to Pu Junying: "Remember what you said."

Park Joon Young said, "I keep my word."

When Lin Yang was dizzy, he felt that Pu Junying let go of his hand, and someone put him gently on the ground.The ground was damp and wet, and the accumulated water flowed into his neck, which was very uncomfortable, but he really didn't have the strength to get up.The shoulder and arm caught by Pu Junying were in hot pain. He tried to move his fingers, and heard Luo Yi say: "Wait here, don't run around."

Lin Yang opened his eyes and saw the flower pot, the candle on the flower pot was almost burned out.He turned his head sideways and saw Luo Yi and Huang Dafa rushing into the farmhouse one after the other.Park Junying stood guard outside, he seemed a little irritable, scratching his arms and neck. "Hehehehehehe..." Pu Junying's eyeballs began to roll uncontrollably again, his gaze swept around, and then fixed on Lin Yang.That look was not the Park Junying he was familiar with.Lin Yang was startled, it's too bad, the effect of the medicine has worn off! "Junying! Junying!" Lin Yang yelled, "Hurry up and take the medicine!!!"

"Hehehehehehehe..." Pu Junying took two steps towards him, then stopped suddenly, Lin Yang felt that Pu Junying's consciousness had returned for a short moment. "In your pocket! Get the medicine quickly!!!" Lin Yang reminded.

As if waking up from a dream, Pu Junying took out the injection and pricked it into his arm. When there was only half a tube left, Pu Junying put the injection away.He gasped and said, "Time is getting shorter and shorter..."

Lin Yang was really afraid that he would lose control, so he said, "Don't stay, hit them all!"

Pu Junying didn't say a word, but smiled sinisterly.Lin Yang suddenly realized that the remaining half of the potion was for catching Liu Qi!

There was a bang bang bang bang bang bang sound in the farmhouse, and then Lin Yang heard the sound of footsteps, and a faint light suddenly lit up in the dim hall.Pu Junying rushed into the farmhouse. Ten minutes later, Luo Yi stumbled out of the gate, grabbed the candle in the flower pot with one hand, and supported Lin Yang with the other. "Dafa, go!" Luo Yi shouted behind him.Lin Yang gritted his teeth and tried to keep up with Luo Yi's footsteps, but he felt dizzy when he moved a little bit. It might be because he was hungry or smoked with formalin. Lin Yang couldn't exert himself.Seeing that something was wrong, Luo Yi handed the candle to Lin Yang, bent down and carried Lin Yang on his back. "Hold on to me!" Luo Yi said.Lin Yang held the candle in one hand, and hugged Luo Yi tightly with the other. He suddenly felt a little wet in his palm, and when he lifted it up, he found that it was stained with blood.Luo Yi had several wounds on his body, but he said it was all right, it wasn't bitten, it was just scratched by a branch when he went down the mountain.

"Hey, wait for me!" Huang Dafa's voice came from behind.Lin Yang looked back and couldn't laugh or cry—Huang Dafa was carrying luggage bags on his back and on his chest.He couldn't take the big ones, but he took out all the satchels and backpacks.It turned out that the sound of smashing things was made by breaking the door of the room. I really don't know what kind of muscle Huang Dafa got, and let Liu Qi not catch him and ran to carry the luggage.

Luo Yi was also shocked: "Where's the candle?!"

"There is a little left, don't want it, I can't take it anymore!" Huang Dafa was shocked when he saw the candle in Lin Yang's hand, "Is there a little left?!"

The candle was about to burn out, and Luo Yi couldn't make a detour.He couldn't run fast with Lin Yang on his back, if the candle burned out, they would all die.Huang Dafa said: "Go straight, don't take a detour, it's too late!"

After running not far, Luo Yi stopped, and Huang Dafa also stopped - the child of Ahui's family crawled out of the corner covered in blood.Luo Yi and Huang Dafa turned around and ran around the broken wall to the outside of the village.There was still a little light left in the candle, Luo Yi asked Huang Dafa to see if there was anything that could be burned in the luggage, Huang Dafa rummaged around and only found a pack of Vida napkins.Luo Yi asked: "Where are the clothes?" Huang Dafa said that the clothes were all in the suitcase, and they were not important, so he didn't take them.He opened Wang Jingxiang's satchel, and threw out liquid foundation, lipstick and moisturizing water. After throwing away more than a dozen small bottles, he found a velvet shawl.He burned it with a lighter and burned a big hole in the shawl before it lit up with sparks.Huang Dafa simply threw all the big and small bags on the ground and rummaged through them one by one. He caught a glimpse of a figure out of the corner of his eye. When Huang Dafa looked up, it turned out to be Dasha's old mother.The old mother sensed that something was wrong in the village, and saw three young men in a state of distress as soon as she went out. "What are you doing?" the old mother asked. "There was a fight?"

There was still a fire in the house, and Dasha's mother and son didn't go out on rainy days, they were warming up at home, and the fire was still on when they were sleeping.Dasha’s family is poor and poor, but there is a lot of firewood, and a fire must be lit on rainy days, otherwise the house is damp, and the firewood and food are prone to mold.The house was on fire all the time, no wonder no villagers hurt them.Huang Dafa immediately said: "Grandma, give us some firewood!"

The firewood in Dasha's house is dry and flammable, and it will light up quickly when it is put on the candle.Along with the firewood, there was also a bottle of ointment. The old mother said that she made the hemostatic medicine herself and gave it to them.Huang Dafa asked about Dasha, and the old mother said that Dasha went to chop firewood and collect vegetables by the way.She looked in the direction of the village and asked them if something happened in the village and why it was so quiet today.During the rainstorm, the noise of the wind and rain covered all the sounds. When the rainstorm stopped, she found that the aunt who was usually loud had disappeared, the naughty child had disappeared, and the villagers who were supposed to go to the fields had disappeared.She didn't hear the villagers talking, nor did she hear the chirping of insects and birds... The village was unbelievably quiet.

Everyone in the village has turned into zombies - no one will believe this.Huang Dafa faltered and said that the village was dangerous, and told the old mother and Dasha to leave quickly.

"What's wrong in the village?" The old mother asked these words towards their backs.Huang Dafa and Luo Yi didn't look back, pretending not to hear.It's time to persuade, it's her business whether to go or not.They were already unable to protect themselves, and there was really no way to take Dasha and the old mother away.Lin Yang glanced back, the old mother stood in front of the door for a while, and then went back into the house.The dilapidated earthen house was protected by three layers of fences inside and outside. As long as there was a fire, the villagers would not dare to approach it.The old mother will find out the truth sooner or later, she may leave with Dasha, or stay in the earthen house.The old mother gave them a bundle of firewood, so they should be able to persist until they leave the mountain.Luo Yi led Huang Dafa to dodge left and right, and after a detour for more than an hour, he finally returned to He Xiangu's house.Huang Dafa was exhausted, he put the big and small bags on the ground, and was greeted with scolding by Wang Jingxiang.Huang Dafa waved his hand: "Let me rest...I'll scold you when I return to the city."

Jin Minxian dug out a pack of pineapple cakes from her bag, and found a few sticks of instant coffee.Luo Yi simply ate a few mouthfuls and then lay down. He said he wanted to sleep for a while, and asked Jin Minxian to take an inventory of things to see what was useful and what was not. They would not take the useless things. They had to reduce the burden on their luggage.Huang Dafa originally wanted to go out of the mountain immediately, but he didn't want to move when he sat down. He also lay down by the fire after eating pineapple cakes. They urgently needed sleep to recover their strength.Lin Yang was dizzy at first, but he couldn't fall asleep after drinking coffee.Yang Chunhua's cries sounded upstairs, and Wang Jingxiang and Jin Minxian hurried upstairs.Lin Yang sat for a while, feeling refreshed, fetched a basin of water for Luo Yi and Huang Dafa to wipe their bodies.The two of them were wet and dirty. Huang Dafa was fine, but Luo Yi somehow did it. His body was covered with large and small injuries, and it was stained with mud and small leaves. When Lin Yang washed the towel, the water was dyed red.Jin Minxian went downstairs and sat by the fire, took out a pack of golden red roses from her bag, threw one to Lin Yang, took a sip herself, and asked him: "What's going on with you? Fighting with Pu Junying gone?"

Lin Yang buried his head in applying hemostatic medicine to Luo Yi, and said, "You saw him too?"

"He came, said he wanted to find you, and said he wanted to come in. I told him to get out."

"Oh……"

"And not long after that, another man came and said he was Chen..."

Lin Yang's eyes lit up: "Chen Ran?"

"Yes, yes, he said he was a teacher."

"You let him in?" Lin Yang was very surprised.

Jin Minxian flicked the cigarette ash: "Fuck his shitty teacher, I'll tell him to fuck off."

Lin Yang: "..."

Jin Minxian: "What if he is also bitten? I, the gatekeeper, must take responsibility!"

Lin Yang: "Well...that's true."

There was another commotion upstairs, Jin Minxian ran upstairs, and about half an hour later, she came down with two thin blankets.Lin Yang asked her what happened to the proprietress.Jin Minxian said that the proprietress had a nightmare and that Liu Qi came to her for help.When Yang Chunhua woke up, she was anxious to save her daughter. It was clearly a dream, but the proprietress took it seriously.Jin Minxian said that the proprietress often confuses dreams and reality, confused and confused, she said to go back and cook for Liu Qi, and said that Liu Qi helped clean up the table and be good. Bloody bullied.As a mother, no matter where her daughter was being bullied, Yang Chunhua was about to run outside when she woke up, and she couldn't stop her.After finally coaxing her to drink the sleeping pills, she finally fell asleep now.

Jin Minxian covered Huang Dafa and Luo Yi with blankets, looked back at Lin Yang, and wondered, "Why are you crying?"

Lin Yang touched his face, it was true.He quickly wiped his face and eyes, but the tears couldn't be stopped.Jin Minxian threw the cigarette to him and said that she went upstairs and would come down to guard the door later.Lin Yang sat by the fire while smoking and crying, and the tears stopped when they fell.He didn't dare to tell Jin Minxian about Liu Qi. Pu Junying arrested Liu Qi for an experiment, which must not be a good experiment.It's best to keep this matter as a secret in your heart, and never let Yang Chunhua know.Lin Yang sat for a while after smoking, feeling sleepy, so he lay down by the fire.When he was in a daze, Jin Minxian woke him up and told him to go to sleep with Luo Yi. "He has a blanket, enough for you two to cover." Jin Minxian said, "You should sleep well, we have to climb the mountain tomorrow morning."

Lin Yang lay next to Luo Yi, shoulder to shoulder, the blanket was warm.Jin Minxian said: "Go to sleep, I'll watch the fire here."

Lin Yang told him to call out if something happened.He was so tired that he fell asleep soon after closing his eyes.