Rent Affair

Chapter 15 Qingniu Mountain

The old woman next to her didn't say anything more, she turned around and drank tea.I can be sure that what happened in City N has some stake in the people in the car, and the ultimate goal of these people pretending to be a tourist group is some clues or objects left behind in the strange incident, but The old woman on the side is so vigilant, and she doesn't want to say anything more. If she arrives in N City, where can she find it?

The train passed through the plains and fields, and it took a long time to enter the city of N. The buildings in the city of N are simple and unsophisticated, and the historical charm of this city is unreservedly displayed in front of the tourists. It is a pity to look far away. Thin gray fog shrouded the towering buildings, and the sky was no longer blue like it used to be. It seemed like dark gray clouds, making people not want to stay here any longer.

Xiaoying and I got out of the station. There were crowds of people at the exit of the station, shoulder to shoulder, and it was not congested. Before we took two steps, a short man stopped us. He looked dirty, with an unshaven beard, a cigarette in his mouth, and said with a smile, "You two came to N City to see that strange thing, why don't you stay in my shop first, and it's not too late to take a rest before leaving !"

If I used to meet such a person at the station, I would probably shake my head and ignore him. I would never go with him even if he said it. After all, in a place with a huge floating population like a station, everyone would I'm not sure that this person is not a liar, but Xiaoying and I know nothing about the strange things that happened in N City at the moment. If we want to find out the news, we must find someone who knows. It can be seen that the aunt in the car doesn't want to mention it at all. Then this matter It is definitely not something that can be inquired casually.

Xiaoying and I glanced at each other, seeing her nodding slightly, I let the short man in front of me lead the way.

The short man's small hotel is not far away, just turn a corner and arrived. It is said to be a hotel, but it is actually an old residential building. The two of us led upstairs, and took a look inside. A small room was divided into several small rooms by wooden boards. There was only a dilapidated bed in the room, and there were faint yellow stains on the sheets and bedding. I found useful information from this short man. I won't come to this kind of place even if they give me free money.

The short man took out a piece of paper from his coat pocket and wrote down the amount of the deposit, and handed it to me, "One hundred and thirty a day, two hundred deposits, do you have any opinions?"

This short man probably treated us like two fat sheep and slaughtered us. Just as I was about to argue, Xiaoying grabbed my arm and said coldly, "I can give you the money, and I can give you more, but you have to tell me one thing!"

When the short man heard the word "money", his eyes lit up, he nodded repeatedly, and said in response, "If you have any questions, just ask. I know everything, and I can talk endlessly!"

"I heard on the train that something strange happened in City N a few days ago. What happened?" Xiaoying asked.

The short man frowned, clicked his lips, and looked quite embarrassed. Seeing this, Xiaoying took out the envelope that Wang Jianmin had given before leaving from his bag, and shook it in front of the short man's eyes. Needless to say, he naturally knew What does this envelope contain, "Just tell me everything you know, and it's all yours!"

The short man clenched his fists, gritted his teeth, and said to himself, "If you die, you die!"

This short man's real surname is Li, with the single word Niu. Everyone calls him a silly cow. In fact, he is not stupid. Day, living by pulling some individual passengers at the train station.

If you want to talk about why he didn't stay in the village and insisted on coming to the city to live this job as a concubine, it was all related to that strange incident.

This strange incident happened in Qingniu Village in the western part of N City. This village has a small population of more than a few hundred. The people in the village make a living by raising cattle. The cattle in the village have blue hair because of the variety of water and soil. The cattle are named "Qingniu" and the village got its name. "Qingniu Village".

On the day when the strange incident happened, Li Niu was drinking two young green cattle raised by his family at the entrance of the village. Suddenly, a thick dark cloud blocked the sun and covered the sky of the small village like a beast with a bloody mouth. The extremely majestic momentum was about to swallow this small village in an instant. The whistling wind came from the south, rolling up the fine sand and gravel on the ground, and rustling the weeds. The strong wind became stronger and stronger, blowing Scraping someone's cheeks was like a sharp knife blade, and the small cuts on Li Niu's face leaked blood, causing burning pain.

Li Niu saw that the wind was not weakening at all, so he hurriedly pulled the two green cows to hide in the dying thatched hut at the head of the village, but the two little green cows were possessed by some kind of demon, and Li Niu let Li Niu As hard as he could, the two little green cows stood still, not afraid of the sudden change of weather, so Li Niu simply tied the two little green cows to a tree beside him, and he got into the thatched grass by himself. Room.

Li Niu searched the house and found a door to block the door. He didn't know how long he had been hiding in the house, but he heard the sound of the wind outside getting weaker. He opened the door and looked outside. The dark clouds broke and the sun was hanging in the sky. , hot and dazzling, Li Niu breathed a sigh of relief, and secretly said, "This swishing cold wind makes me shiver!"

But just as he regained his composure, he was about to take his two little green oxen, but as soon as he saw the small tree snapped in half, the two little green oxen had long since disappeared. These two little green calves were sold at a good price last autumn, but when the gust of wind caused trouble, the little calf was gone, and Li Niu's wealth was all on the cow. Li Niu refused to give up, and went around the village to find the two Little green calf.

As soon as Li Niu walked out of the village, he ran into his neighbor Wang Tiezhu head-on. This Wang Tiezhu was usually extremely tired and lazy to eat. He relied on his father's strong body to take care of him, otherwise he would have starved to death.

Li Niu saw that the sun was coming out from the west today, how could Wang Tiezhu come out?Li Niu asked curiously, "Brother Tie Zhu, what are you doing here?"

Wang Tiezhu sighed and replied, "It's really bad luck, my father was blown down by the wind and couldn't get up on the kang, and the little green cows raised by my family also went crazy and ran out. I don't know Where did you go!" Wang Tiezhu complained, looked up at the scorching sun above his head, gasped heavily, wiped the sweat from his head, and complained, "I'm a person who has never done hard work, where can I go?" I can bear this pain!"

Hearing this, Li Niu felt weird. His two little green calves were tied to a tree. The tree broke and the cow ran away. Li also ran out, but he couldn't figure it out.

While muttering to himself, Li Niu heard someone calling him behind him, he came back to his senses and turned to look, and saw that the person who came was his uncle, who was considered a big family in Qingniu Village, quite famous, the family He raised dozens of cows, and purposely built a cattle farm on the open space next to the village. He didn't communicate with the villagers on weekdays, but he saw his uncle running to the entrance of the village, and he thought about going with the green cow. The matter was related, and he opened his mouth and asked, "Uncle, did the Qingniu of Ye's family also escape?"

When his uncle heard this, his expression froze, "Isn't my family's cow lost?"

"That's right, Tie Zhu's cow also rushed out of the pen like crazy, and my two little calves also disappeared!"

His uncle was also puzzled. His cattle farm specially installed a big iron gate. The steel bars on the iron gate were as thick as a thumb, but how could it be blown down by the strong wind?While the three were talking, all the cattle-raising villagers in Qingniu Village gathered at the entrance of the village, saying that their cattle seemed to be suffering from mad cow disease, and when they saw the wind, they rushed out of the circle and disappeared in the blink of an eye.

The whole village of Qingniu Village relies on raising cattle for a living. Now that the cattle are lost, they must be found, otherwise they will not be able to solve the problem in the future. After discussion among the villagers, each household produced a young and strong uncle who followed Li Niu. Go to the mountain outside the village to find out if all the cows have gone there. Li Niu's uncle didn't say much, and he suffered the most losses among this group of people. The cow was retrieved, and the villagers walked towards the mountain in the north of the village without saying much.

The mountain in the north of the village is just a small hill, bare, and has no name. People in the village often come here to herd cattle. People simply call this small hill "Cow-herding Hill" in order to keep their mouths open. A group of people in Li Under the leadership of Niu's uncle, he arrived at the cattle herding hill, but there was not a single green cow on the bare hill except for a few glaring and lonely withered grasses. Gossip said that if the cattle are gone, they will have to sell their iron in the days to come.

While the villagers were complaining, a child climbed to the top of the cattle grazing hill and shouted, "There's a hole here!"

As soon as these words came out, the blazing light of hope was ignited in everyone's eyes, and they hurriedly ran towards the top of the cattle grazing hill. When they arrived at the cattle grazing hill, they saw a sight a few meters away on the ground not far away. The wide cave is particularly conspicuous in this bare mountain. This cave seems to have appeared only after the gust of wind raged. The villagers had never seen it before, so they couldn't help but murmur in their hearts. No one dared to step forward.

Since Li Niu's uncle brought the villagers out to look for cattle, he naturally had to set an example. Besides, his family suffered the most. He coughed, cleared his throat, and said, "The cattle in the village probably fell into this hole. Let's all go down together, don't worry about his ghosts, seeing so many of us, he should be scared to pee his pants, right?"

Most of the group were young people of the junior generation. Seeing that Li Niu's uncle had opened his mouth, he couldn't hold back his face, so he responded and walked towards the cave.

Approaching the cave and looking inside, the cave was pitch black and one could not see to the bottom. Li Niu's uncle picked up a piece of gravel and threw it in, but after throwing it in for a long time, there was no sound of the stone hitting the ground or hitting other stones. For a moment, everyone present gasped.

Wang Tiezhu was terrified, with a look of panic on his face, he hesitated, "Why is this hole so deep! The cow fell into it...then there is still life? If you want to look for it, you will go down. I won't look for it. If I don't find it, it won't be worth it if I lose my little life!" He said, turning around and heading back to the village.

After what Wang Tiezhu said, the accompanying people also whispered and talked, saying that the wind was weird, and the cave was even weirder. If the cow is lost, it will be lost. Don’t risk your life, how can you live? Villagers in twos and threes went back and forth.

The rest of the people are big cattle farmers in the village, or they live on the green cattle. They wanted to go down to the cave to have a look, but there was no one to take the lead, so they had to stay and see what Li Niu's uncle would do. .

Li Niu's uncle moved towards the entrance of the cave, and looked in with his head. The endless darkness suddenly made him feel fear that enveloped his soul, and he couldn't help shivering. Seeing that there were only two or three village bachelors left, the people around rolled their eyes, took out cigarettes from their pockets, handed them up, and said with a smile, "I know you haven't asked for a wife, and life is not easy. Uncle find the cow, and I will help each of you talk about a woman!"

(End of this chapter)