Paper Maker

Chapter 92 Strange things in the village (2)

The villagers said: "Recently, the farmland in our village has been wrecked. The villagers have suffered a lot, but they can't find out what they are eating, so they are quite troubled."

Hearing this, I almost fell to the ground without standing still, which was really shocking.I thought I had encountered some kind of evil spirit, or someone was killed in the village, but when I came to my door early in the morning, it turned out that the farmland in the village had been trampled by something, so I should go to the hunter, come to me What is the use of this paper maker?

Immediately I was dumbfounded, and I said: "Brothers, look at this matter... How could I help you? Humans simply have more than enough heart but not enough energy!"

Unexpectedly, the other party shook his head violently and said: "No, sir, don't worry, if it is really a wild boar, we will not come to you. The main reason is that the crops are not spoiled by ordinary wild animals."

Upon hearing this, I was even more surprised, thinking that if it wasn't a beast, what could it be?So I didn't reply, waiting for them to continue talking, I want to see how weird they want to say about this matter.

At this time, in order to make me believe them, the villagers explained in more detail.They said that they are villagers in the ancient village, who have been farmers for generations, and each household lives on a few acres of Susukida.Therefore, the few mu of farmland in the family is their family ration for a year.

But this year, they encountered trouble, because now it is almost the golden autumn of the lunar calendar in August, and the crops in the field are about to ripen. However, the rice in the field was suddenly trampled by something.

A large area was spoiled in one night, whether it was millet or soybeans, wherever it was trampled, there were no grains left.For several days in a row, many villagers' farmlands were not spared.

Now everyone is in a hurry. After a year of hard work, they are about to reap the rewards. How could they bear to let it be ruined like this?At first, they suspected that their cattle and sheep hadn't been driven back home and had come to eat the crops.But after inquiring everywhere, no one's cattle and sheep were still outside at night, and they were all locked in the cattle and sheep pen before dark.

It went on like this for several days, and the nearby farmland was destroyed wantonly, and the villagers couldn't bear the loss, and they couldn't find out what they were eating, which was quite troubled.As a result, the villagers whose farmland has not been ruined began to worry that their own crops will be like this one night, while the villagers whose crops have been ruined grin their teeth in hatred and insist on tangling out the thing that harmed the crops. .

In this way, they started to run together into the farmland at night, preparing to capture alive the beast that ran out every night to damage the farmland.

At this time, the villagers suspected that wild boars were the ones that destroyed the millet, because they lived in the village in the mountains. In the past, wild boars would come out of the mountains and harm the crops, but they would not make trouble in previous years. so fierce.

But what everyone didn't expect was that they waited in the farmland for several nights, but they didn't see the thing, but the crops were being eaten all the time.Because if the villagers guard at the east end of the village, the millet at the west end of the village will be eaten; if they guard at the west end of the village, the millet at the east end of the village will be eaten.But if they were scattered, they were worried that one person would not be able to fight the beast.

In the end, everyone also understood that the beast must be able to detect them from a distance, so it is useless for everyone to guard together.The villagers had no choice but to decide to separate and guard their own farmland.

Just last night, the old man Wang from the village ran to his field alone, guarding his millet and soybeans with a flashlight.In the middle of the night, the old man Wang suddenly saw animals wriggling in the bean field, and the noise was loud. It was already midnight, and although he held a flashlight in his hand, his vision was still poor, so he couldn't see anything in the farmland.

However, old man Wang was very angry. Although he couldn't see what the other party was, he knew that the wild beast that had been harming the crops must have come from the field.So he slowly groped over, and in order not to scare the beast away, he even turned off the flashlight. When he got close, he picked up the hoe and hoeed hard, cursing, stealing my soybeans, I will kill you!But when the old man Wang raised his hoe high, he became dizzy for an instant, his hands were sore and his legs were numb, and he collapsed to the ground. After waking up for a while, it was already dawn, and he saw that his own soybeans had been eaten after he fainted last night. up.

Old man Wang exclaimed that he was unlucky, and returned home sadly.His wife asked him what was the matter, and he told the truth, saying that the thing that ate the crops could use magic spells, and he didn't even hit it.

As soon as the word spread, some villagers in the village responded that they also encountered such a thing last night.It turned out that old man Wang was not the only one who had this kind of experience last night. There were four or five villagers who suddenly fainted in the farmland like him.

This frightened everyone. If Old Man Wang was the only one like this, maybe everyone would think that he was lying, or that he might have suddenly contracted some kind of illness, so he became dizzy and passed out.However, several villagers fainted overnight, so we had to take it seriously.Moreover, these people were all guarding the crops last night, and they all found that the millet had been eaten up the next morning.After discussing, everyone agreed that the reason why they fainted must be the thing that eats the millet. Perhaps the one who came to eat the millet was not an ordinary beast, maybe it was a spirit or a ghost.

After the villagers came to this conclusion, they all became afraid, knowing that if they continued to guard the crops like this, people might die or it might happen.However, if it is allowed to harm it like this, everyone will be unwilling and reluctant.So, in the end, everyone felt that since the thing is not a living thing, why not invite a great immortal to come and take a look?
This suggestion has been approved by everyone, but where can I find a master who can catch monsters?There are also Taoists in their village who recite scriptures and cross crossings, but their own crops have also been eaten up, so there is no way not to.

Just when everyone was having a headache because of the fact that there was nowhere to find the Great Immortal, one of the villagers happened to hear from a distant relative that there was a Great Immortal in the city called Ma Zhenren, who was said to be able to catch and subdue demons. He found a monster that could deal with it.

In this way, they ran outside my shop early this morning...

After telling the ins and outs of the whole thing, the villagers asked me anxiously: "Sir, do you think this is strange? Could it be some goblin or ghost playing tricks?"

To be honest, after listening to them explain the matter in detail, my head really got dizzy, because this matter is really too strange, it can even be said to be very weird.It stands to reason that there would be nothing but beasts who went to farmland at night to harm crops.However, if it is a beast, it won't make people dizzy, will it?Is it true that the beast has become a spirit and can make the demon magic?
I thought so in my heart, but I still wouldn't talk nonsense until I got the evidence, so I replied to the villagers: "This thing is indeed weird, but if everyone suspects that it is a spirit or a ghost, I can accompany you." You go and see what it is that harms everyone."

Everyone was very excited when they heard it, and they felt grateful for holding my hand.

On the same day, I returned to the ancient village with the villagers.The ancient village is a hundred kilometers away from the city. Although the village is open to traffic now, the road is bumpy. When I arrived at the ancient village, I almost fell apart. I didn’t know how many times I vomited along the way. up.

The ancient village is surrounded by mountains, full of endless mountains. The village is full of aborigines who have lived here for generations, with about fifty or sixty families and a population of two to three hundred.The village is not big, and the houses are sparsely populated, with one house on the east and one house on the west.

People in the mountains are enthusiastic, which is true no matter where they go.Knowing that I am the Daxian they invited to fight monsters, everyone was very warm to me, serving tea and snacks, and entertaining me with delicious food and drinks.Perhaps, in the rural areas, they still value people like Mr. and I as a distinguished guest, because people in the mountains think that Mr. must be treated well. If some neglect makes Mr. unhappy, maybe Mr. Will do something casually to harm people.Of course, on the one hand, there are too many people in the mountains who believe in ghosts and gods, which is what is called superstition today;

After arriving in the village, I asked the villagers to take me around the farmland first to see the situation.

When I came to the farmland, I found out that the villagers really didn't lie to me. I saw a large piece of farmland with such a heavy loss, as if the harvester had come, and it was eaten up in pieces.No wonder the villagers were so heartbroken, it would be the same for anyone who let this happen.

Everyone knows that there will always be water in the millet field, so if something falls into the field, it will easily leave footprints.So I went to check it out and found a lot of footprints.Those footprints are obviously left by animals. As for what kind of animal, because I am not an animal expert, I can't judge it for a while. It looks a bit like a wild boar or a tiger. In short, it is relatively large. Animal footprints, because each footprint is the size of a fist.

After inspecting the farmland, I told everyone that I couldn't find any clues during the day, so I had to wait until night to watch, hoping to find something in Jieshi.

In this way, we went back to the village, enjoying the warm hospitality of the villagers with good wine and food, just waiting for the dark to start working...

After being a VIP for a day, it soon became dark.After dinner at one of the villagers’ homes, I saw that it was getting late, so I got up and said to the villagers: “I think it’s almost time, let’s go to the field and watch it!”

(End of this chapter)