Urban Oddities: Strange Tales of Mountain Villages

Chapter 7 Hidden Disaster

Yang Chunhua called the doctor. The doctor said that hiccups can be stopped by just taking a deep breath. As for other cases, she needs to go to the hospital for a comprehensive examination.

Yang Chunhua put down the phone, hesitating in her heart.Daling Mountain is located in a remote place, and it is not easy to go out of the mountain once.What's more, after leaving the mountain, I still have to walk a long way to reach the hospital in the town.

Go in the morning and return at night.

What about the guests?Abandon the guests and take the children to the hospital by yourself?Or find someone to help look at the store?

With mixed thoughts, Yang Chunhua coaxed Liu Qi to take medicine, and after taking the medicine, she checked the temperature, but the temperature was still high.Yang Chunhua asked her if she felt uncomfortable. Liu Qi said that she was hungry. Yang Chunhua was angry and funny: "It's not good to eat, but now I know I'm hungry? Can I make you some fried rice?"

Liu Qi shook her head, Yang Chunhua asked her what she wanted to eat, Liu Qi lowered her head and said nothing.Yang Chunhua told her to look up her eyes, Liu Qi fled into the room and got under the bed.

"Heh, heh..." Liu Qi hiccupped again, which sounded like a frog.Yang Chunhua sat by the bed, patted her daughter through the quilt and said, "Hey, where is the little frog?"

Liu Qi hid under the blanket and ignored her.Yang Chunhua told her to take a deep breath, which can stop hiccups.After a few minutes, Liu Qi stopped hiccupping, and the doctor's method really worked.Yang Chunhua warmed up the porridge and put it on the table, and asked her to come out to eat, but Liu Qi still refused to come out under the covers.Yang Chunhua had no choice but to tell her to tell her if she felt uncomfortable.

Huang Dafa's room——

In the first few rounds, the two girls played together, until early in the morning, the two girls went back to their room to sleep, and Huang Dafa and the others were left to play while drinking beer, until 03:30 in the morning, Lin Yang rubbed his eyes and felt that the room The lights are particularly glaring.In fact, it's not that the lights are dazzling, but that it's too dark outside—the darkness gets thicker in the middle of the night.There were cats fighting outside, vaguely mixed with the crowing of hens, and dogs barking again after a while, and all the sounds disappeared after a few minutes, and the cats and dogs went to nowhere.After playing a round, Lin Yang got up to look for water, but the thermos was empty, so Lin Yang said he would go downstairs to boil water for everyone to make tea.Huang Dafa ordered peanuts, Pu Junying asked Lin Yang to bring the white rice cakes in the refrigerator with a microwave.

Lin Yang walked out of the room and closed the door.Standing in the corridor, Lin Yang felt that the lights were so dim and dim, as if there was something strange hidden in the darkness.Lin Yang panicked and strode deliberately. The sound of resounding footsteps startled him, so he had to stand on tiptoe and walk gently.He walked all the way down the stairs to the kitchen.He walked carefully, trying not to make a sound.In the village in the city where he lives, people often go berserk in the middle of the night, and there are even unqualified people who deliberately stomp their footsteps so loudly that they can be heard from far away.Compared with the city, the mountain village is still comfortable - the air is good, the food is good, and more importantly, it is not noisy at night.

When Lin Yang went down to the first floor, he suddenly heard a rustling sound, like a mouse eating something.All the food is put in the refrigerator, but a Chinese cabbage is placed in the basket. Could it be that the mouse is eating the cabbage?

Lin Yang walked cautiously to the kitchen, where there was a faint light—it was the light from the refrigerator door being opened.

Can the mouse still open the refrigerator? ? ?

Lin Yang stopped in his tracks.He remembered that the corridor lights were next to the stairs, so it would be better to turn on the corridor lights.Thinking of this, Lin Yang turned around and walked towards the stairs.At this moment, there was a slight noise from the kitchen, and Lin Yang noticed that the dim light behind him disappeared, and the corridor was plunged into darkness.

The fridge light was off, which only meant one problem - the fridge door was closed.

Will the mouse turn off the refrigerator? ? ?

No, not rats! ! !

Lin Yang turned around abruptly, and saw two light spots lit up in the darkness...

in the room--

Huang Dafa, Pu Junying, and Luo Yi were chatting when they suddenly heard footsteps coming from far and near. It seemed that someone was running towards the room. After a few seconds, there was a loud bang on the door panel. Huang Dafa opened the door first, and Lin Yang looked at him fell in.Huang Dafa quickly helped him up: "Brother, you..."

"Close the door!" Lin Yang yelled.

"Ah? Is there anything outside?" Huang Dafa was about to poke his head out to have a look.Luo Yi rushed forward, grabbed Huang Dafa with one hand, supported Lin Yang with the other, and kicked the door shut with one leg.

Pu Junying stood up: "Lin Yang, what are you doing?!"

Lin Yang's face was livid, trembling and speechless.There was still half a bottle of beer left on the table, Huang Dafa hurriedly handed it to him, Lin Yang gulped it up, put the bottle down, and gasped for breath.

Huang Dafa's eyes widened: "Lin Yang, what's wrong with you? Did you see a ghost?"

Pu Junying was also frightened by Lin Yang's appearance, and no one spoke for a while.Suddenly there was a "click" on the door, and the three of them shook at the same time.

Luo Yi locked the horizontal slot, pulled the bench and sat down.No one spoke, and after a few minutes, there was a burst of rock music in Huang Dafa's pocket.Huang Dafa was startled, hurriedly took out his mobile phone from his pocket, the mobile phone buzzed with music, and the caller ID was Wang Jingxiang.It turned out that Wang Jingxiang was woken up, and Xingshi came to ask the crime.Huang Dafa faltered and said that the buddies were drinking too much and were playing, but when they didn't pay attention, there was a big commotion.

Wang Jingxiang couldn't sleep, and said she wanted to play in his room, Huang Dafa agreed without hesitation, but Lin Yang suddenly jumped up and snatched the phone: "No!"

"Huh? Why not?"

"Uh, because...there are, there are dogs..."

Wang Jingxiang chuckled: "Good Lin Yang, don't be serious when you lie, the gate of the yard is locked, where did the dog come from?"

Huang Dafa wanted to return the phone, and said to Wang Jingxiang with a playful smile: "Ah, I forgot to tell you, Lin Yang said he was going to make tea, but he vomited all over the place when he went out, and the things haven't been packed yet, why don't you come and fix them?"

"Bah! No way!" Wang Jingxiang hung up directly.

Huang Dafa said to Lin Yang: "Don't worry, she probably won't come out before dawn."

Lin Yang breathed a sigh of relief: "You still have a way."

"Hehehe, of course!" Huang Dafa handed Lin Yang a cigarette, lit him up, and picked one up himself, "I was drunk and threw up all over the place a while ago, and she drove me out to sleep outside that day One night, she hasn't said a word to me for a week... She's a bit of a clean freak, and she hates those dirty things, hehehe...I usually don't dare to drink too much!"

Huang Dafa picked up the beer bottle and weighed it: "Well, this one is good."

"Dafa! Where are you going?!" When Lin Yang came back to his senses, Huang Dafa had already come to the door.

"I want to see what it is!" Huang Dafa unlocked the door and opened the door.

Lin Yang flinched in fear, and after such a delay, Huang Dafa had already rushed out.

"Dafa!" Lin Yang was afraid that something might happen, so he picked up the bench and ran out, chasing Huang Dafa all the way to the kitchen.

The light was on in the kitchen, and Huang Dafa went around aggressively holding the beer bottle. He searched everywhere, but found nothing. He threw the beer bottle on the table, wondering: "Lin Yang, what did you see?"

Lin Yang scratched his head: "Two light spots..."

"what?"

"It's just... the eyes of animals can glow!" Lin Yang ran to the kitchen door and gestured, "It's here!"

"Ah? Hahahahahaha!" Huang Dafa couldn't help laughing, "Oh brother, you don't think wild cats are monsters, do you?"

Luo Yi and Pu Junying also came, followed them to search around the kitchen, and then ran to the yard to search.Huang Dafa said that if it’s a wild cat, it’s fine, but if it’s a monster, you will have to dig three feet to dig it out. Maybe it will become popular overnight when it is made into a video!

The monster was not found, but a few wild cats were seen.

At around five o'clock in the morning, the sky began to light up, and Luo Yi went into the kitchen to make breakfast.Lin Yang sat on the small bench without saying a word, and only after a while did he say, "It's not a cat."

Luo Yi opened the refrigerator to get the ingredients, and hummed casually.

"That thing can open the refrigerator. When I went down to the first floor, I saw the light in the kitchen to open the refrigerator door!" Lin Yang shivered and put on a cigarette. He couldn't light the lighter for a long time. Luo Yi struck a match and lit it for him. .Lin Yang took a deep breath, coughed repeatedly, tears came out.Luo Yi said don't smoke if you don't know how to do it.Lin Yang said he could suck, but he just choked on the saliva.

After smoking and putting out the cigarette, Lin Yang continued, "About half a person's height."

"The position of the light spot?"

"Ah."

"Did you see the outline?"

"No, it was too dark to see anything."

"Where's the refrigerator light?"

"It was closed by that thing... At that time, I was going to go to the stairs to turn on the corridor light, and just as I turned around, I heard the sound of the refrigerator door closing..." Lin Yang wiped his face, "I saw two light spots when I turned around... At that time, that thing was on my door. behind……"

Luo Yi took out the pumpkin from the refrigerator, and opened the freezer again: "Why don't you rush up and give that thing a fist?"

"Master Luo Yi, don't make fun of me. My legs went limp at that time." Lin Yang picked up his trouser legs, exposing his bruised knees, "I even fell when I went upstairs."

"What do you think that is?"

"I don't know...it feels like...like...the old lady of Uncle Liu's family."

"Where do you think Uncle Liu went?"

"It must have been eaten by the old woman!"

"is it possible?"

"..." Lin Yang lowered his head and stopped talking.

Luo Yi suddenly said: "It's gone."

Lin Yang: "...what?"

Luo Yi pointed to the empty space in the freezer: "The frozen pork liver that was placed here is gone."

The sun was shining brightly, the sky was blue and the clouds were white.

Huang Dafa didn't feel sleepy, and led the team to play in the mountains.Lin Yang said that the pain in his knee was gone, so he hung a hammock between two trees, saying that he was sleeping here and calling him for lunch.Huang Dafa didn't force it, left him a bottle of toilet water, and said he would come back to find him at noon.The friends went into the mountain, and Lin Yang lay in the hammock alone.There are many mosquitoes in the mountains, and Lin Yang was bitten out of several bags after applying toilet water.When I was in a daze, I heard someone talking. It turned out that the big yellow dog was disturbing the people, chasing the cat and scaring the children. The villagers planned to kill the big yellow dog and make a dog meat stew.

Lin Yang slept in the hammock and dreamed that the big yellow dog was killed and stewed into a big pot of dog meat.They ate dog meat for dinner, Lin Yang looked at the big chunks of meat and couldn't eat any more. Suddenly he felt something licking his hand, and looked down at a translucent big yellow dog wagging its tail at him, as if saying goodbye, Lin Yang even touched it, and then the big yellow dog disappeared in the blink of an eye.Lin Yang's nose was sore and he almost shed tears, the furry feeling seemed to stay by his hand...

Lin Yang woke up, and there was a furry feeling on his hand. Looking down, the big yellow dog was sniffing his hand!

"Hey! Why are you here?" Lin Yang scratched its chin.

The big yellow dog grinned and shook his ears.Lin Yang said: "They want to eat you, you have to be careful!"

The big yellow dog tilted his head, wondering if he understood.

Lin Yang patted the big yellow dog, lay down and dozed off again, woke up at noon, Lin Yang looked around, and the big yellow dog was gone.He was in a daze, unable to tell whether the big yellow dog had really been here, as if he had a dream.

In the afternoon, Huang Dafa said he was going to the climbing cave, and asked Lin Yang if he would go.Lin Yang resolutely refused, his knees were still bruised, and he said that he was wandering around alone.

When everyone was discussing the climbing route, Lin Yang was sitting on the side applying medicine to his knees, and suddenly a person sat next to him. Lin Yang thought it was Luo Yi, and bumped him with his shoulder without raising his head: "What did you apply?" Toilet water, why does it smell like perfume?"

"It's perfume!" Jin Minxian said with a grin, propping her chin, "Oh, why are you avoiding me? Sit over here! I want to ask you something."

Lin Yang blushed: "What's the matter?"

Jin Minxian teased him: "Is little brother short of a girlfriend?"

Lin Yang turned his head silently.

Jin Minxian covered her mouth and said happily: "Oh, you are so funny...Okay, I won't tease you anymore, let me ask you, what were you running for last night?"

"Didn't you hear what Dafa said?" Lin Yang said sullenly, "I was scared by the cat."

"No, isn't it a cat?" Jin Minxian whispered, "Is it Qiqi?"

"what?"

"Didn't Yeli Jingxiang say she wanted to go over to play, but you rejected it? I was curious, so I opened the door a crack and saw Liu Qi standing in front of Huang Dafa's door."

Lin Yang's scalp tingled for a while: "How do you know it's Qiqi?"

"Stupid, there's a sensor light in the corridor."

"Oh...and then what?"

"No more." Jin Minxian took out a pack of cigarettes, "Jin Hongmei, would you like one?"

"Give me a pack."

Jin Minxian picked up one and gave the rest to Lin Yang.

The two swallowed, Jin Minxian flicked the ash and said, "I closed the door with just one glance, how can I put it... I was afraid, I felt very scared at that time..."

"Minxian! I'm leaving!" Wang Jingxiang called from a distance.

"Come on!" Jin Minxian put out his cigarette and said in a low voice, "We'll talk when we have time."

Huang Dafa led the team away, leaving Lin Yang alone.Lin Yang wandered aimlessly. Yang Chunhua said that she planned to take Qiqi to the town today, but she didn't know if she would.Lin Yang couldn't go back to the farmhouse without a key, and besides what happened at night, Lin Yang didn't dare to go back alone.Passing by Dasha's house unknowingly, Dasha made his own home into an iron wall, with guardrails round and round.At this time, Dasha was sitting in front of the door, laughing and watching the old mother chopping firewood.Lin Yang was not afraid of Dasha, and felt very safe when he saw him.Lin Yang went up to help the old man chop wood, chatting while chopping.Dasha's family grew up in the mountains for generations. Dasha's generation, after the failure of the rural tourism plan, most of the villagers moved to the city and never came back.Dasha's father was working on a construction site in the city, and was crushed to death by steel bars on the construction site. The boss only paid a few hundred yuan and was never found again.Mother and son have lived together for more than ten years, living a normal life every day. Recently, Dasha suddenly wanted to erect a fence. The old mother pointed at the fence and smiled and said how powerful his son was. The fence he erected was firm and strong.Dasha smirked and wove some straw ropes for Lin Yang.

Lin Yang stayed at Dasha's house until evening, and was sitting in front of the door studying straw ropes, when he suddenly heard yelling, a few people came running from a distance on the path, Lin Yang took a closer look, and said in surprise, "Dafa?!"

Huang Dafa led Wang Jingxiang and ran over panting, and Wang Jingxiang wiped her tears out of breath.Jin Minxian explained that they wanted to go another way, but when they came to the yard, a big yellow dog ran out diagonally. The dog barked as soon as it came out, and chased and bit them. Wang Jingxiang was terrified, and Huang Dafa had to take everyone I fled to this fork in the road.

The big yellow dog didn't chase after them, and everyone went to the farmhouse after a short rest.On the way, Luo Yi received a call, and the proprietress asked him if he had eaten the pork liver.Luo Yi said yes, and took it to the mountain to roast and eat.

Lin Yang was by Luo Yi's side at the time, listening to him lie without changing his face.

Pu Junying was checking the back of his hand, Huang Dafa said, "Are you all right?"

Pu Junying shook his hand: "I didn't bite, just scratched my teeth."

Lin Yang took a closer look and saw a shallow scratch on the back of Pu Junying's hand.

"The cat bit it." Pu Junying wiped off the blood and said, "It's okay, it's just a broken skin, just go back and get some medicine."