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Chapter 130 Young

In the early morning of the next day, Jin Suoyang and the secretary were still drinking tea and having breakfast alone in the small tea room under the guest house. The magistrate Shi, who seemed excited and hadn't slept all night, hurriedly led his people to the door.

The gong team, the firecracker team, the technicians and a few accompanying officials of the county government are all necessary when going up the mountain to see the road, but behind the crowd is a rough and ugly old man who is trembling when he walks. This makes people feel a little bit unbearable.

Seeing this, County Magistrate Shi only exchanged a few words with the old man wrapped in a big padded jacket in his local dialect, then bent over to pass some good cigarettes, and saw that the stupid old man got the cigarettes After just smiling and nodding, he rubbed his hands and turned his head to explain to Jin Suoyang who showed doubts,

"Just kidding, this old man's surname is Shi, he is my former family in the same village, and he has some problems with his brain since he was a child, so he doesn't have a son and a half to take care of him at this age... A few years ago, he lived alone in the mountains The one who visits the temple now lives in a nursing home in the county after moving down... Let him go up with us this trip. , you have to spend some extra money to let this stupid old man help you lead the way..."

"...He can't even recognize people at all, how can he help the previous tourists lead the way?"

"Hey, I can recognize him clearly, don't look at him now, there are so many people coming and going in Dongshan County every year, he can recognize every face clearly, and he is good at sign language. The wild monkeys communicate in sign language, and they can also distinguish different bird calls from far away places. He knows exactly which way to go around Chishui Longwang Lake seven or eight times, and if there is something wrong on the road later. , he can give us an early warning, and there is a local saying that he knows... ahem, something in the mountains..."

"What... in the mountains?"

"...Yes, but these are what the old people said, and we don't know whether it is true or not. We heard that about five or sixty years ago, there was a strange child in Dongshan County whose head would become deformed at night. Later, After being driven to the mountain by the villagers, he married a hen in the cave and paid homage. Afterwards, there was a hilltop in Dongshan that was occupied by the hen couple. Outsiders had to be careful when they went there at night... ..."

"..."

"But I don't know why, for so many years, only Old Man Shi was able to bring people in very smoothly, so everyone said that Old Man Shi was naturally stupid, courageous, and not afraid of ghosts and gods. One theory is that the old man Shi and the hen's husband's family are actually cousins ​​who are closely related. When they were young, they secretly sent rice, flour, grain and oil to his cousin who was driven to the mountain, so all the ghosts in the mountain watched In the face of his cousin, he doesn't even eat him..."

The words of County Magistrate Shi made Jin Suoyang inexplicably silent for a while, but thinking that the particulars of this place were indeed different from other places, he still frowned and nodded thoughtfully.

But when he lowered his head and subconsciously took a look at the old man who was squatting at the door, shaking his head and laughing foolishly, Jin Suoyang, who was slightly taken aback, saw that the messy-haired old man had nothing but the smelly old man. Cotton jacket, torn cotton trousers, and a pair of cotton shoes that are obviously new, but the workmanship seems to be quite delicate.

These cotton shoes look like someone specially made them for the old man. Although there are a few ugly and dirty mud spots on the soles, it can be seen that the silly old man who has been running around the county town and the mountains all day is already Do your best to make the shoes look less scruffy and dirty.

But as County Magistrate Shi said before, he has not had a son or a daughter around him for so many years, so this pair of cotton shoes that don't know who made them in what year and month has become a little thought-provoking.

And he seemed to have noticed that Jin Suoyang was staring at his baby cotton shoes, and the old man who stared nervously shrank towards the door while covering his shoe uppers timidly, and spoke in a dialect mixed with broken Mandarin. Flat mouth muttered in a low voice,

"Look, what are you looking at... madman, idiot, staring at other people's stinky feet all the time... I don't know how to blush and be ashamed..."

"..."

Although he is not a local, Jin Suoyang still vaguely understands a few harsh and rough words, but he is not ashamed to be scolded by an old man with mental problems for some reason, so he naturally couldn't hold back his face coldly. Pursing his lips, he frightened the county magistrate next to him out of his wits, and then hurried out to round up the situation and gave him a wry smile to make amends,

"You...don't bother with an old lunatic, he doesn't have a brain at all, he just talks nonsense all day long... I think, I think we should go up the mountain early to check the situation... The gravel road ahead is not heavy enough, You can't take a car, you can only take a donkey cart, and it will take a while for us to go up..."

"……Um."

Although his face was still a little unhappy, Jin Suoyang, who was expressionless, stared at the old man who was huddled by the door and remained silent for a while, and finally took the overcoat he put aside, put it on and walked quickly. up the guest house.

The secretary and county magistrate Shi also heaved a sigh of relief when they saw this, and after looking at each other in shock, they asked people to take the silly old man first, and then followed him out of the guest house.

Because of this unpleasant little episode, the nervous county magistrate followed the silly old man every step of the way, for fear that he would suddenly say something inexplicable and make Jin Suoyang angry again. up.

But in the whole team, the old man himself is the oldest, and because everyone in their line of work needs his help to lead the way, so in the end he could only squeeze into a donkey cart with the county magistrate of Jinsuo Yangshi superior.

However, before getting into the donkey cart, County Magistrate Shi actually took the initiative to ask for Jin Suoyang's opinion, but Jin Suoyang, a young man with good hands and feet, obviously wouldn't hold grudges against an old man who is not clear-headed. You're welcome.

So after simply expressing that he had no opinion on going up the mountain with the same car, he watched the old man come up with other people, and took the initiative to move the seat slowly to the side.

However, there is always a gap between the ideal and the reality, because that stupid old man didn't know that it was the wrong connection, but he seemed unfriendly to him, an outsider.

And clearly felt the dirty and stinky old man squatting down next to Jin Suoyang with a stupid expression on his face, and at the moment when he lowered his head and grabbed his crotch wretchedly, the white-haired young man with a tense face The icy-cold coldness exuded made the magistrate Shi tremble unconsciously, coughed in embarrassment, then forced himself to stare at the silly old man fiercely and yelled,

"It's a lot of age and you can't catch it with your hands and feet! It's a joke to let others see it! Put your hands away... Uh, young master, I'm sorry, I made you laugh again, I made you laugh again..."

"..."

The words of County Magistrate Shi made Jin Suoyang, who was already frowning irritably, not know what to say for a while, but then he did intentionally or unintentionally avoid any further incidents with that strange old man. More opportunities for direct communication.

And the silly old man, who was obviously enjoying himself, didn't care whether he was rejected by the noble young master from the city, he just sat in front of the donkey cart crazily, and made a fool of himself with the county magistrate next to him. Two cigarettes, and after reaching out to snatch the cigarettes, he lowered his head and giggled a few times. These expensive cigarettes, which are not usually seen at all, were packed into a tattered cigarette case.

"Old man, don't you know how to smoke? Why have you been asking others for cigarettes for so many years?"

It seemed that he thought his habit of collecting cigarettes all the time was weird, the county magistrate Shi who was sitting next to the donkey cart asked him curiously when he was bored, and the dumb old man grinned when he heard the words, and then Staring at the cigarette box in his hand with joy in broken Mandarin, he said,

"Save cigarettes for rice, and send them to my brother and sister-in-law to go up the mountain ~ hehe~"

"Tsk tsk, this is starting to talk nonsense again. You are already your age. How old should your brother and sister-in-law be this year... And you really have a brother and sister-in-law..."

"Yes, yes, the sister-in-law that my brother secretly married in Thirty Nights~ in the cave~ I worshiped quietly~ I saw it~ my sister-in-law is virtuous, she knows how to wear shoe soles~ she can make comfortable cotton shoes~ah~ It’s just bad luck~ Well-intentioned wolves miss me—”

"Jackals? How is it possible? Where do jackals come from in our perennially humid mountains?"

"Huh, not only there, there are several more, covered in human skin, they look like dogs, there are one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight... Oh, there is another one in my stomach..."

"What a lunatic haha... Don't talk nonsense, show us the way, and I'll give you two good cigarettes after you take care of it, okay?"

"Okay, okay, okay..."

The old man's illogical and crazy words didn't attract the attention of anyone around him at first, but he felt that his weird eyes seemed to be staring at him all the time, and he kept shaking his dirty fingers in his direction from time to time Shaking fingers, Jin Suoyang, who frowned and said nothing, still had a strange feeling in his heart.

But the county magistrate Shi who was talking to him in dialect all around seemed to be used to the old man's incoherent way of speaking, not only just caring about laughing, but also didn't take what he said Something happened, and the old man, whose face was flushed red by the cold weather in the mountains, also patted the floor of the donkey cart and laughed loudly.

And Jin Suoyang, who was watching this funny and noisy scene, but didn't understand a word, didn't take the initiative to say anything next.

He just frowned and forcibly suppressed some doubts in his heart, and relatively carefully avoided any more contact with this strange old man, and put his mobile phone, the Huwei that he always carried with him, and the The amulet of the Fan family that he was told by his mother to carry since he was born was quietly put in his pocket.

He didn't notice that when he put Huwei and Fan Jiafu together, a faint golden light flashed between his palms, but after finishing all this, he finally explained to the secretary who was left alone in the guest house Jin Suoyang, who had a part of the itinerary, formally entered Dongshan, which was surrounded by clouds and mist all day long, with County Mayor Shi and his party, and planned to conduct a preliminary inspection of the investment inspection plan left by his mother.

He didn't know that with his departure, he would start a wonderful journey in this mysterious and unpredictable mountain that he would never forget, and even completely change his destiny. Nothing is known of what is about to happen.

……

At 13:00, Jin Suoyang and Shi County Magistrate and their party did not return.

At 17:00, Jin Suoyang and Shi County Magistrate and their party did not return.

At 20:00, the secretary realized that the situation might be wrong and rushed to the county government and the police station to report the situation of the day

At 21:30, a number of local police officers and forest rangers found the skinned and disemboweled donkey and the unconscious Magistrate Shi and others halfway up the mountain.

At 23:00, Jin Suoyang himself completely disappeared in the mountains.

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Xinyou year, Xinchou month, Renzi day, one of the traditional festivals of the Han nationality.

The screen of the broken mobile phone that fell under the rock of the chicken coop was flickering faintly. A pair of bloody hands with mud in the nails were trembling as they tried to touch the mobile phone, but the screen just flickered a few times and then flickered across the screen. A piece of information content, and finally black screen.

On the steep slope in the distance, there were faint voices of children playing and laughing, but it seemed to be far away from him, until the consciousness of the owner of the hand disappeared completely, and the crimson moon that illuminated half of the mountain above his head completely rose stand up.

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Hey, Yangyang, where are you now?You haven't seen anyone for three or four days, so you should call me back.

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Can you stop being the same as you were when you were a child, when you meet someone you don’t want to talk to, just find a place where no one is around and don’t contact anyone, now the house is messed up by you, you should send me a text message anyway ah ah.

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All right, all right, I know you don't like anyone interfering with you except your dead mother, including your cousin and me, but I still have to say these words... Chen Jiaxiang and Xu Wenhui both knelt down that night Crying and bowing your head in front of the second uncle to admit your mistake, you can just let them go, okay?

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The second uncle already said last night that they must have done something wrong this time. Xu Wenhui's parents shouldn't have gotten involved with Chen Jiaxiang on the premise that they had an agreement with your mother, and neither should Chen Jiaxiang. I just want to fight with you for the sake of a woman, but you have never had any interest in Xu Wenhui since you were a child, let alone hands, and you have never even touched your hair. Now you can get away with her smoothly Are you still not satisfied with clearing the ties and teaching a lesson to Chen Jiaxiang, whom you have always hated?You can't just kill your own family like this, can you?

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I beg you, don't make it difficult for everyone this time... Hurry up and come back to City Y, it will be the Spring Festival of the Year of the Dog in a few days, and it's not safe to be out alone in the last few days of your natal year, you Just come back first, let's have a good time together, and don't make things too ugly, okay...

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Suoyang, to be honest, you may not like to hear me say this kind of thing... But you were born luckier than all of us. Grandpa likes you and thinks highly of you. You are indeed the most outstanding and most popular in our family. The junior he trusts, so since childhood, the other children in the family including me, Chen Jiaxiang and Jiajia have never dared to mess with you, and at the same time envied you in their hearts...

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You have been disrespectful since you were a child, and no one in your family is in your eyes except your mother... Of course, including me, but, but now you have offended everyone in the family so ruthlessly, you Do you really think that you can live your whole life without relying on others at all, just rejecting everyone's trust?You have to be forgiving and forgiving, if one day you are in trouble, or you need someone to really help you, but you have no one to rely on, then what should you do——

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The author has something to say:

Xinyou Year: 2041, Chen Ruqin entered Dongshan with a child in 2019, and the last time my uncle died was 2017