Urban Oddities: Strange Tales of Mountain Villages

Chapter 6 Contagion

A black cat slipped into Uncle Liu's house.

It frequents and knows where to get into the house and where to find dried fish.Uncle Liu found it several times, but it had a strong figure, and he didn't know where to escape in a blink of an eye.

Uncle Liu and his wife are old, but they didn't catch it once when they saw it.

Uncle Liu would always steal two or three dried fish once he dried them.Uncle Liu was very distressed, and discussed with his wife about getting a bear trap—"Catch that wild cat and kill it!"

Later, at some point, Uncle Liu disappeared.

It would be better if Uncle Liu was gone. The black cat swaggered down the stairs, all the way to the kitchen, jumped on the stove, found the dried fish, and ate it happily.When the third piece was eaten, there was a thud from upstairs, as if something heavy fell to the ground.The black cat looked back, but there was no one outside the kitchen door. It raised its ears to listen carefully, and heard a faint rustling sound. It didn't know what was ringing.

It doesn't seem to be the sound of footsteps... The black cat calmed down and continued to eat dried fish.

rustling... rustling... rustling...

The black cat ignored it.

Swish... Swish... Squeak... Squeak...

The black cat took another look outside the door.

Goo... Goo...

It seems to be getting closer.

cluck... cluck...

It sounded like a frog croaking.

"Meow!" The black cat yelled in protest. It stared outside the door and saw two bright spots of light appearing in the darkness.

what is that?It jumped off the stove and yelled at the thing again: "Meow!"

The spot of light suddenly moved, and a stench rushed towards him!The black cat was startled, and immediately kicked up the wall, and rushed to the window sill after a few ups and downs, only to find that the window was locked!

Run to the door, the door is locked!

It kicked and rushed far away, unexpectedly, the fat figure flashed, the old woman was faster than it, and rushed in front of it in the blink of an eye!

The hair on the black cat's whole body exploded, it jumped to the ground and rushed towards the stairs, turned the corner, and caught a glimpse of two light spots behind it out of the corner of its eye - those were the old woman's eyes!

The black cat was terrified, and jumped up high with all its strength. At this moment, a terrible pain came from its hind legs!

"Meow——!!!" The black cat reacted extremely quickly, and immediately withdrew its hind legs from her mouth.

Falling to the ground, the black cat limped and slowed down.The old woman who tasted the blood chased after her like a hungry wolf. The black cat ran to the corner of the wall, ducked down, escaped from the narrow hole in the wall, ran for a long distance without looking back, and finally jumped to the tree.

No one followed, and the tree was safe.

It breathed a sigh of relief, and checked its injuries—fortunately, it was just a broken skin and a few scratches.It licked the wound, as if to lick away the stench of the old woman.

The bleeding stopped, and the wound was a little itchy. It kicked its legs, lay on the tree and yawned. Strangely, it felt so hot, as if soaked in hot water.It recalled the feeling when its owner gave it a bath when it was a child, how happy it was at that time...

The black cat shook its head, unable to exert all its strength.The wound was numb and seemed to feel no pain.Maybe the wound will heal tomorrow?The black cat lay on the branch and fell asleep drowsily.I don't know how long it took, it woke up from sleep.

The sky is bright, the night is over, and the dawn is coming.

Ah...so hungry...

I really want to eat meat...

The black cat jumped down the tree and heard itself making a strange sound——

"Meow...meow...hehe..."

the top of the mountain—

The partners waited eagerly to watch the sunrise.

Lin Yang yawned continuously and dozed off beside the big tree. Suddenly, a strange voice sounded in his ears——

"Cuckoo..."

"Ah!!!" Lin Yang's scalp exploded.

The partners were startled, Huang Dafa rushed up to see, it turned out to be a toad.

"Cluck...cluck!" Toad glanced at Lin Yang, and jumped into the grass.

Huang Dafa said helplessly: "Young master, it's just a toad. Can it eat you?"

Lin Yang wiped his face: "Hmm... oh, toad... hehe..."

As the sun rose slowly, Lin Yang yawned and didn't care to appreciate it.Wang Jingxiang joked: "What did Luo Yi do to you last night?"

Huang Dafa laughed and said, "Why did you go to Luo Yi's place? You are lenient when you confess, and strict when you resist!"

Lin Yang said casually: "What else can I do, why don't I go play games with him!"

"Oh!" Huang Da sent a letter, "Why haven't I seen you come to my place to play games?"

"Okay, I'll go to your place tonight!"

"Haha, Junying, Luo Yi, come and play cards together! There are so many people, order two more bottles of beer!"

"Wow!" Park Junying agreed.

Luo Yi also has no objection.

Wang Jingxiang said: "Okay, if you have a brother, you don't need a girlfriend?"

Huang Dafa ran the train with his mouth full: "The so-called brothers are like siblings, women...uh..."

Wang Jingxiang tugged at his ear: "Alright you big hair, keep talking, why don't you?"

Huang Dafa grinned: "Queen, spare me!"

Everyone was amused by them, and Lin Yang also smiled, but he was thinking about how to speak—they had only been here for a few days, and there were still many places in the mountains that they hadn't visited.Eat well in the mountains, live comfortably, and play in the woods.However, Lin Yang couldn't forget the weird incident at Uncle Liu's house, maybe he should find an opportunity to chat with Huang Dafa alone, and find a reason for them to leave earlier.

Lin Zi had a lot of cockroaches, croaking and croaking, and Lin Yang's brows would twitch every time he croaked.After playing in the mountains until evening, when everyone returned to the village, a little toad passed by clucking, Lin Yang suddenly said: "Let's go another way!"

Huang Dafa pointed at the little toad who was going away, stared wide-eyed and said, "Oh, my young master, you are really afraid of these things, aren't you?"

Lin Yang bit the bullet and said, "Yes, I'm afraid!"

Huang Dafa didn't know whether to laugh or cry: "I'm afraid, you just drove away a toad when you were picking mushrooms!"

Luo Yi said: "Let's take a detour."

"It's a long way to go around the road!"

"Not very far."

"Have you walked by?"

"Ah."

"When did you leave? Hehehe, maybe you went there when you were dating Lin Yang?"

Lin Yang sweated a lot, thinking that it's not a date!

Jin Minxian suddenly pointed to Uncle Liu's house and asked, "Is there a problem there?"

Luo Yi said, "No."

"Then why can't you go?"

She asked this question cleverly. There is no road construction ahead and no traps. If you can't go, then there must be something wrong with the house on the roadside.

Luo Yi glanced at her and said, "There are dogs ahead."

Wang Jingxiang was scared when she heard the dog, but Jin Minxian had no choice but to follow her friends to avoid Uncle Liu's house.

When we walked halfway, we met a villager with a broom, and he exclaimed angrily, "Where did you go?!"

Huang Dafa was chatting and laughing with everyone, when he was suddenly stopped by the villager.

The villager asked: "Hey, young boy, are you from the city? Do you need to be vaccinated if you were bitten by a cat?"

Huang Dafa scratched his head: "Huh? I don't know..."

"Cat...shouldn't it be used?" Lin Yang couldn't say for sure.

Pu Junying happened to be studying medicine. He said he wanted to see the wound, and the villager rushed to the house to pick up a little boy.The boy was crying non-stop, and his mother took his little hand: "I'm biting my finger, I just took iodine."

The husband said angrily, "Iodine is good for nothing!"

Pu Junying said: "The wound is quite deep, and the bleeding has not stopped, so hurry up and bandage it up and take it to the hospital!"

The wife wondered: "What kind of vaccine is given? Is the rabies vaccine effective for cats?"

Pu Junying said: "What kind of medicine to use, wait for the doctor to decide."

"Hey! Go right away!" The husband hurriedly handed the child to his wife.

The wife hugged the child: "Ah Hui, it's so late, the hospital has already closed get off work!"

The husband named Ah Hui was furious: "What are you talking about?!"

"I, I..." The wife had no idea, tears were rolling in her eyes.

Ah Hui scolded again: "What did you do when I told you to take care of the child?!"

"I, I looked at him, it's all because the black cat was too fast..."

"Look at your fart! You know how to talk on the phone all day long!"

Pu Junying was quarreled by them: "Okay, okay, the hospital is open at night, hurry up and make an appointment to see!"

After a while, Ah Hui rode his motorcycle and took his wife and children to the town.

On the edge of the village, Dasha was waving a thick wooden stick to chase a cat.The black cat dodged left and right, got hit on the head with a "bang", fell down on the spot, Dasha raised the stick and continued to hit, Wang Jingxiang yelled: "Stop!"

Huang Dafa rushed forward and slammed Dasha away.The black cat struggled to run towards the woods, and blinked into the bushes.

"Hey hey!" Dasha smirked looking at the direction in which the black cat was running away.

"You idiot..." Huang Dafa punched Dasha hard.

Afraid of accidents, Wang Jingxiang quickly stopped him: "Don't cause trouble, let's go!"

Huang Dafa took a few steps and looked back, Dasha was still giggling.Wang Jingxiang said: "Don't look! Watch out for him to beat you!"

As soon as the words fell, Dasha picked up a big branch and ran over.If a fool goes crazy, it will kill someone, Huang Dafa didn't want to pester him, and shouted: "Run!" He took Wang Jingxiang and ran first, Jin Minxian was led by Wang Jingxiang and ran away, Pu Junying saw that the situation was wrong, followed them for a while also escaped.

Lin Yang was a step too late and was stopped by Dasha.Dasha smirked and waved the branch towards him.Luo Yi stepped forward, stretched out his hand, and coaxed softly: "Dasha, give me the branch quickly."

Dasha really stuffed the big branch into his hand, Lin Yang breathed a sigh of relief, unexpectedly Dasha ran home and ran out grabbing a thicker stick.Before Luo Yi could speak, Dasha took the stick and danced, and after the dance, put the stick in Lin Yang's hand.

Lin Yang was terrified, not knowing what Dasha wanted to do.

Dasha pointed at the fence and continued dancing.The old mother came out and called him: "Silly! Come back!"

Dasha stood on the spot and smiled at his mother. The old mother came slowly, touched Dasha's head, and said to them, "I'm sorry for scaring you. Dasha didn't mean any harm. Don't be afraid."

Lin Yang returned the stick, Dasha laughed and danced.The old mother smiled and said: "Take it, this is the wooden stick left over from the fence, Dasha will send you to build the fence!"

But I don't need a fence!Lin Yang was about to decline, but Luo Yi said, "Thank you, we accept."

Dasha seemed to understand, he was so happy, he laughed all the way, and followed his mother home.

Lin Yang weighed the wooden stick, wondering: "Why do you keep this thing? Is it used as firewood?"

Luo Yi said: "Keep it."

Back at the farmhouse, Lin Yang could smell the stewed meat from afar.It turned out that the neighbor sent some pig offal, and Yang Chunhua marinated it and said to serve everyone a drink.There was still a piece of pork liver left, Yang Chunhua put it in the refrigerator and prepared to eat it tomorrow.

Yang Chunhua explained that last week the butcher went back to his hometown to buy meat.She has asked a butcher to buy some pork and send it over, and it will arrive the day after tomorrow.

Everyone didn't mind. During dinner, Liu Qi pestered Yang Chunhua to say she was hungry. Yang Chunhua fed her green vegetables, but she refused to eat them. She pointed at the pigs and said she wanted to eat that.Pig offal is a dish for guests, Yang Chunhua thoughtfully took a piece and coaxed her to eat quickly.Liu Qi sat on a small bench and had no appetite for white rice.Huang Dafa said: "Miss Boss, let her eat if she wants to eat, eat more meat for nutrition! Come, come, children, come and eat together!"

Liu Qi burped as soon as he opened his mouth, but everyone didn't take it seriously, except Lin Yang frowned.

"Mommy... slightly... slightly..."

Yang Chunhua picked up her daughter and stroked her back: "Qiqi, are you feeling better?"

Liu Qi shook his head: "Hey, Mommy... Hey... Hey..."

Yang Chunhua took her to the kitchen to drink water. Liu Qi said she was hungry after drinking the water. Yang Chunhua scooped out a spoonful of pig offal and gave her bibimbap. She ate the pig offal and refused to eat the leftover rice and vegetables.

Yang Chunhua coaxed her daughter to take the medicine, and Liu Qi took the medicine and went back to the room.Lin Yang looked at the back of the little girl, and was about to follow. Pu Junying grabbed him, dragged him to a corner, and said nervously, "Lin Yang, did you see her eyeballs? Are you a little nervous?" White, not as black as before?"

Normally, Lin Yang would laugh at him for being nervous, but this time, Lin Yang also noticed the change in the little girl.Fortunately, she didn't show up much, and she always kept her head down, so everyone didn't pay attention to watch.

Lin Yang patted him with a smile: "Are you blind?"

"How could it be possible to be blind! She clearly..."

"Lighting problem, if you don't believe me, go upstairs and see for yourself?"

Of course Pu Junying didn't dare to go alone. Seeing that Lin Yang didn't believe her, she was anxious: "Lin Yang, I really didn't lie to you!"

Lin Yang had an idea: "Then why didn't you tell Huang Dafa?"

"Big hair? Hehe, he is eager to find a ghost to see him, what if he offends that girl?" Pu Junying said in a low voice, "Don't tell him, he'd better not know anything, so as not to piss him off. "

Yang Chunhua walked over with a thermos in one hand and white porridge in the other. Pu Junying pretended to leave as if nothing had happened. Lin Yang stepped forward and said, "Miss Boss, has Qiqi's fever gone?"

Yang Chunhua sighed: "It's much better, but the body temperature hasn't dropped yet."

Lin Yang stretched out his hand and said, "Let me bring it up for you."

Yang Chunhua avoided it, and said with a smile, "No need, I can do it myself."

Yang Chunhua went upstairs, Lin Yang looked at her back thoughtfully.

Yang Chunhua returned to the room, opened the door, and called out, "Qiqi?"

In the darkness, two light spots approached quickly, Liu Qi hugged Yang Chunhua: "Mommy..."

Yang Chunhua turned on the light, touched her daughter's head, and coaxed: "Mommy made you white porridge, try it!"

Liu Qi shook his head and hiccupped again.Yang Chunhua looked at her daughter's small face and decided to call the doctor.

The author has something to say: Strange, toad and toad are also shielding words. . . .