1986: Old Stories in Northeast China

"Dad, when will you come to the mountain to look for the big tiger? I haven't made any friends yet."

On the way home, Doudou still felt very sorry.

"It depends on luck."

Chen Tiezhu didn't know what to say. His daughter was really brave, and he was really timid.

He was a little shaky when he walked after meeting her twice today.

Ms. Leopard and Tiger Mother were not at the same level at all. Even though Ms. Leopard was very powerful, the sense of oppression she brought was much less than that of Tiger Mother.

"Dad, bring some meat next time. Let's stew it and let the big tiger taste it." Doudou continued.

"Well, wait for the next time, we will bring a piece of steamed meat." Chen Tiezhu said casually.

Doudou's little look suddenly opened up. After all, there was hope.

For her, although she met the little squirrel and the big tiger today, she didn't make any friends, which was empty.

In fact, I have seen little squirrels jumping on trees before, but I didn't pay much attention to them because they were far away.

The father and daughter walked around like this. After returning to the village, Chen Tiezhu did not go home directly, but came to Erye's house.

"What's wrong? Why are you still listless?" Erye asked curiously.

"Erye, do you know anything else about our Erdaoling?" Chen Tiezhu asked.

"What else do you know? What happened again?" Erye also frowned.

"Well..., I took Doudou up there to play for a while today, and then I took a walk around the spring." Chen Tiezhu said.

"Hahahaha, I knew you were a troublesome kid. But wild animals often go there to drink water. I saw them from a distance a few years ago." Erye was happy.

"Second Grandpa, Doudou wants to make friends with the big tiger, and it doesn't want to be friends with Doudou." Doudou, who was playing with the big yellow tail on the side, said hurriedly.

"What? Met a tiger again?" Erye was not calm anymore.

Even though Chen Tiezhu and Doudou were both safe and sound, he was still frightened.

"I have some fate with this tiger, but the root of this is also me." Chen Tiezhu said.

"Someone hired people to look for the jujube tree struck by lightning on our mountain, and I also met it. And that place is also the tiger's territory. When we went down the mountain to the spring, the tiger also rushed over to drink water."

"But it should be full today, and it is not very interested in people. By the way, the person I met today should also be a martial artist."

"When he attacks, he basically hits the face, aiming at the eyes and throat. Then his fingers will be put together, like a big rooster pecking at people."

"He is really a martial artist, it should be Mantis Fist. There was an old brother in the third platoon of our company who practiced this, but he never came down from the battlefield." Erye sighed.

"I haven't heard of anyone practicing this here. I guess they came from somewhere else. Can we still defend that jujube tree?"

Chen Tiezhu gave a thumbs up, "As expected of Second Master, you asked the key to the problem directly. I think it should be nothing, after all, the tiger has marked it there."

"So, I also have a new idea. No matter who wants to go up the mountain, let them go. We have already put up a sign on the side to remind them, and that's it."

"As the old saying goes, life and death are determined by fate, and wealth and honor are in the hands of God. The back mountain is inherently evil, and those who dare to go up will naturally give their lives to the back mountain, which is not something that ordinary people like us can interfere with."

Listening to his words, Second Master frowned, "Will it be against the harmony of nature if we do this? What if someone is really taken away by wild animals?"

"Second Master, this is fate, I really can't control it." Chen Tiezhu said with a smile.

"We take the status of the headman very seriously, but in the eyes of many people, it is nothing. You reminded him, but he thought you were cutting off his financial resources."

"I have done my best, and that's it. If you care too much, it will only cause more trouble. Think about it, isn't that the truth?"

"But what I want to talk about today is not this matter, but that there should have been people living in Erdaoling before our people came here."

"That's impossible. Although I didn't come back early, I talked to the elders in the village at that time. It's impossible." Erye shook his head.

"Erye, how big is the spring in your impression?" Chen Tiezhu asked with a smile.

"Not very big, and the water is not very strong. In fact, it's not much different now than before. The river next to our village used to be like this." Erye said with certainty.

"Erye, you should still rememberThere must be a puddle in front of the spring, right?" Chen Tiezhu asked.

Er Ye nodded, he remembered this.

"Er Ye, I used a branch to dig around the edge and cleaned up the leaves on top and the weeds on the edge." Chen Tiezhu said.

"The original spring was many times more powerful than it is now, and there should be a pool over there. After removing the soil, there are traces of water marks."

"And in the circle outside, where the soil is covered, I opened less than one meter, and there are artificial steps below."

"Think about it, there are no temples or Taoist temples on Erdaoling, so who would go there to dig this thing? I guess that a long time ago, someone lived on the mountain or under the mountain."

"But I am very puzzled, why don't everyone have relevant memories. If he lived in our village, would we have dug out some pots and jars when we dug the foundation of our village? ”

“Anyway, I also think it’s weird. That period of history is completely blank. Is it because the gap was too long?”

Er Ye looked at him with a wry smile, picked up the pipe beside him, and pressed the tobacco into it little by little.

After pressing it, Doudou, who had been waiting early, quickly lit a match.

Er Ye leaned over and took two deep puffs. The tobacco in the pipe was lit, and then he exhaled a puff of smoke.

“You’re making me tremble with fear now.” Er Ye spoke.

“But don’t tell anyone outside. This thing sounds very evil. If you have any concerns, wait until the first day of the new year to pay respect to the mountain properly.”

“Worship the mountain? "

Chen Tiezhu asked in confusion.

At this time, the little confused boy jumped from the ground to the edge of the kang, and wanted to lie down on the kang as usual, but was picked up by Chen Tiezhu.

"Second Master, those people today said that our little confused boy was a little evil. Is it because of the guardian gods like Hu Huangbai Liuhui?"

The second master looked at him with a smile, and took another puff of the pipe, "You only know one thing, but not the other."

Chen Tiezhu was dumbfounded. Did the little confused boy really have some extraordinary qualities?