Yinsi guest

The young lady who followed was fiddled with the pile of things with branches. In the eyes of the child, these jewels were just shiny things.

Each of the two younger brothers picked up a few round dark green beads, and excitedly played marbles on the ground on the hillside.I glanced at it, and it should be a large string of high-quality jadeite beads scattered and dropped, but they were being played with as glass marbles. If an expert in ancient jade wares came now, I would probably be beating my chest.

"Jackie Chan, Chenghu, don't run away!"

The young lady shouted, and the two little guys chased down the mountain following the rolling of the glass marbles. The two were very happy playing and playing.

An old man raised his head: "Boss of the Ruan family, don't panic, let them go, this road is in front of us, we can't go anywhere."

The little girl is completely dependent on me now, and she cast a questioning look at me. I smiled and nodded, and she felt relieved. I turned my head and saw that two little boys were already resting on a relatively flat rock by the side of the mountain road. up.

I picked out those finger bones one by one, and those old people had already taken out all the gold, silver and pearl shells in the pit. As expected, the weasel didn't lie to me, it really filled a basket full, and I really liked the group of people who came here. .

I re-buried those finger bones in the hole in the weasel's den.In front of everyone, he picked up a basket full of gold, silver and jewelry, greeted the group of people, and went down the mountain with the young lady.Those old people packed up their tools and followed closely down the mountain.

The two boys put the beads into their pockets together, sniffed their noses, and ran around me one after the other. They walked quite fast on a mountain road of more than ten miles.

When I entered the house of the third sibling, I immediately turned around and called all the old people in.

According to the rules, they came to help this time. After seeing so many valuable things, they naturally want to share a piece of the pie. That's why I asked them to come.

Everyone found a place to sit in the yard, and the old people smoked earthen cigarettes. I put the basket in front of everyone, and everyone looked at each other, wondering what kind of medicine I was selling in my gourd.

But after my observation, the few old people who came to help here are not bad-hearted. The children of the Ruan family came with tools as soon as they greeted them. Obviously, they didn't think about getting any treasures, but out of concern.

Although they were happy to see the jewels along the way, there was not much greed in their eyes. I deliberately didn't mention these jewels, gold and silver on the mountain road for more than ten miles, and no one came to ask. It shows that they have no covetous heart.

I cleared my throat: "Elders, thank you for your help today. These things are not mine, they are all hidden by the monster that the boss of the Ruan family killed. I don't want anything, as long as you promise me one condition, these things You take it and divide it."

Those old people obviously didn't expect that I would distribute these precious things to them, and they were stunned for a while.

"What request do you have, tell me!" an old man said, and the other old people looked at him, he should be a highly respected one at ordinary times.

I pulled the three children of the Ruan family: "These things are also because of the third sister and brother of the Ruan family. They are still young and their parents are not around. It is a disaster to keep these things around them. As long as you promise me to take good care of them The three of them, how about taking any of these jewels at will, and exchanging the rest for money for the children of this village to go to school?"

The old man pondered for a while: "Don't worry about this, I am the village head of this village, and I usually change the food for these children. Their parents also asked me to take care of them before going out, and these months have not been short Their food. But I can't help with other things. No one in this village is rich!"

I saw their attires, and they were indeed not much better, and I felt calm: "Well! I understand, the children are still young, and they have to keep up with the food. I believe you, you can choose jewelry as you like, each has his own destiny, and the rest Let the village chief keep the ones that are left, and find a trustworthy person to go to the city to exchange them for money, buy more clothes, and distribute them to all the children in the village, even those who are still wearing single clothes in winter.”

The village head discussed it with some old people, and then said: "We have also discussed with the old bones. We will not move any jewelry, and keep all of it for the children. If it is exchanged for money, we will leave it all to the children." The children in this village go to school. We are all old, and we don’t plan anything, just expect the children to have enough food and clothing, to be successful, and to walk out of this mountain in the future.”

I nodded, thinking that I was right, so I asked the boss of the Ruan family to find a cloth bag and put all the jewelry and gold bars in it. Seeing a beautiful cicada-shaped jade pendant, I pulled it out and hung it on Ruan Hanyue's neck Go up, and then hand the package to the village chief.

Ruan Hanyue happily ran back to the house, but the village chief looked at me in disbelief: "Don't you want some?"

I shook my head: "I have a lot of money, so I will leave these things to you!"

Those old people gave me a thumbs up, and the village head even took my hand and kept asking me to go to his house for a drink at night.Those old people were also very excited, and they agreed to slaughter pigs to improve their food, so they hit it off and held a banquet at the village head's house tonight, and I must attend.

I originally wanted to have a random lunch at the Ruan's house before setting off, but seeing the two boys from the Ruan's family licking their lips longingly, it was obvious that they had been longing for pork for a long time, so in order not to spoil their interest, I simply agreed.

"what!"

At this moment, Ruan Hanyue suddenly exclaimed, and I rushed into the room immediately, but I didn't find anything unusual.

"Hanyue, what's wrong?" I asked with concern.

She pointed at the table, her face full of panic: "The weasel's skin is gone!"

An ominous premonition came to my mind, I rushed out of the house to the place where the weasel's body was buried before, the hole had been dug up, the body was gone, and there were messy footprints everywhere on the wet soil, going all the way back The mountain stretches away.

Seeing that my expression was wrong, the village chief immediately asked, "Could it be that someone came here and took away the leather after seeing its high quality?"

I shook my head: "It is possible to take away the skin, but why did we even dig up the weasel corpse we buried and take it away? And look at the footprints on the ground, are they human?"

The village head squatted down to take a look, his face changed instantly, and he stammered: "This, this, these are the footprints of wolves. Each one is as big as a palm. How big is this wolf? Don't you want to be like a little wolf?" Like a calf? This time it's bad."

I was taken aback: "Why does such a big wolf steal the weasel's flesh?"

The village chief murmured: "The area around us is full of mountains that are inaccessible. There are many wild animals and creatures in the mountains, but the most violent ones are wild wolves. There are probably hundreds of wild wolves in the rolling mountains. Let's go up the mountains to cut firewood. Herbs often come across here and there, but they never hurt us."

I knew he still had secrets, so I immediately asked, "Is there something else?"

The village head nodded: "It's just that when the mountains are covered by heavy snow, the wild wolves are so hungry that they will rush into the village to attack pigs and sheep, but they never hurt people."

I was surprised: "Why don't they hurt people?"

The village chief leaned close to my ear and whispered: "It is said that among these wolves there is a white-haired wolf king who is two or three times the size of ordinary wild wolves. Everyone says that he has spirituality, and his descendants are not allowed to harm humans." , As for whether it is true or not, who knows? It’s just that every time the wolves enter the village, they can hear a particularly loud voice howling on the top of the mountain, which seems to be directing. According to my estimation, the legend of the wolf king Ten out of ten it is true!"

I stared at the footprints on the ground, my heart became colder and colder, and I said coldly: "If there really is a wolf king, then it must be the one who stole the weasel's skin and flesh."

The village chief's feet softened, and he said in fear: "I'm afraid this house can't be lived in. You and the three children of the Ruan family will come to my house to sleep tonight. It must be because it stole the weasel's body because it is a friend." , if you come to avenge it, the matter will be serious!"

I nodded: "That's fine, anyway, there's nothing to clean up here, everyone hurry up!"

The village head spoke softly: "There are only 32 old people and [-] children left in the village. After killing two pigs, I will simply set up a running water mat in the village ancestral hall tonight, and invite everyone to eat. The ancestral hall is the wall of the village. The tallest and strongest house has only one gate to enter and exit. Inside is a large yard, where everyone can gather together. If something happens, once the gate is closed, everything will be safe.”

I looked at the footprints extending to the back mountain. I don't know if it was a psychological effect. I seemed to hear a desolate wolf howling in my ears. It was so sad that it seemed very sad.

Turning around, I found that the village head was also listening intently, and immediately knew that this was not a hallucination. The two exchanged glances, knowing that something was wrong, and immediately split up and took action.

The village head shouted to the old men: "Brothers, everyone, hurry back and take your family to the ancestral hall. The gates of the yard are locked, and you have all the earthen guns and hunting knives with you. You may need to use them tonight! "

Those old men were also shrewd people, and immediately knew that the matter was serious, one of them asked, "Did you kill this monster and cause trouble?"

The village chief stared at him: "What are you afraid of? One of the three children of the Ruan family can be killed. Are we no better than them? Cowardly, hurry home and ask your family to cook some wine and vegetables and take them to the ancestral hall. Butcher the pig, let everyone eat the flowing water banquet!"

The words of the village chief also aroused the blood of those old people, and they all went all out, clamoring to go home to kill chickens and ducks, and fight the monster with enough food and drink.The village chief grabbed them: "Don't yell, what are you fighting with monsters? Didn't you hear that the wolves howling in the mountains are particularly dense? Tonight I am worried that wolves will enter the village. When you go back, don't talk nonsense, just talk about the village. The boss invites you to a feast, so that women and children don't panic, you understand?"

Those old people nodded and hurried away.The village chief and I didn't dare to delay, and we walked towards the village with a little boy in our arms. Ruan Hanyue, as an elder sister, would naturally not leave her younger brother, and followed us with all her feet.