Uncle Neng and Mr. Li returned quickly with Mr. Li. The first thing Li Sanye did when he arrived in the village was to check the bodies of the dead people.
Because the village was sealed and the funeral team could not enter, the four corpses could not be buried and had to be parked in the brigade (village committee)
Mr. Li Sanye lifted up the white cloths on several people one by one and looked at them one by one. When he saw the miserable condition of Wang Hongbo's family, he couldn't bear it in his eyes.
"It was indeed a mandrill!"
Li Sanye smoked a cigarette, and the village chief immediately took out a match to light it.
"Third Master, can you get rid of me?"
"As the saying goes, it's better to encounter tigers and leopards than mandrills. Horses and monkeys are not something ordinary people can succumb to. What's more, the death conditions here are miserable. They are obviously retaliated!"
Mr. Li San's eyes flashed, and he stared straight at the village chief. The village chief felt guilty when he looked at him, and subconsciously took a few steps back and hid behind my master before speaking in a sullen voice.
"Third Master, we went up to the mountains to hunt monkeys a few years ago, but we have never encountered a giant monkey!"
At that time, every household was too poor to open the door. Someone heard that wealthy families liked to eat monkey brains, so they invited the villagers to go to the mountains to hunt monkeys. However, there were almost no monkeys in the mountains in the north.
A few people searched for a day and a night in the mountains before finally finding a nest of monkeys. Because they didn't know that monkey brains need to be eaten raw, they immediately shot several monkeys to death with old foreign cannons. As a result, they didn't sell them at all when they brought them to the city, so they had to eat them again. Carry it back to the village and share it.
"Besides, my second son and the eldest daughter didn't go with them, and they didn't eat monkey meat. How come they were harmed first?"
"That's not the case. Horses and monkeys are very vindictive, but they will not kill innocent people indiscriminately. Evil spirits must be punished by God. You must have done something to make them commit crimes regardless of their souls!"
Mr. Li Sanye looked around at the villagers around him. They all looked at each other with confusion on their faces. This was the only thing about enmity with monkeys. Those who actually ate monkey meat were not in trouble and were dead. They are all beyond the reach of eight poles.
Widow Liu held the little daughter of the old Zhao family and rocked her to sleep, with a disdainful smile on her lips. Strangely enough, Uncle Zhao came back and didn't want to take the little girl back. The village chief's wife was aside. He hugged Yaya and looked downcast without even looking at the little girl.
I couldn't help but leaned over and took a look.
"Aunt Liu, the baby seems to have gained weight!"
The little girl who was shriveled and thin a few days ago now has a round face, and her little mouth curls up from time to time when she sleeps, as if she has had a sweet dream.
Widow Liu freed her hand and touched my head, telling me not to run around.
"I'm afraid this thing will cause trouble again, but I don't know who it will harm next!"
Mr. Li San felt that the matter was difficult. After all, we were in the open and Mahou was in the dark. We wanted to deal with it, but we didn't know about its grudges with the village.
"The ones who are having trouble now are the village chief's family and Lao Zhao's family. How about we set a trap for them?"
My grandfather thought for a while and then reminded Mr. Li San.
Next, the men in the village divided into two groups. Under the leadership of my father and Mr. Li San, they went to the two courtyards to start working. The remaining women and children crowded into my house.
For a while, my house was more lively than the Chinese New Year. A few friends gathered together and chatted. They were children after all. They quickly put aside their fears and played together in full swing.
The trap was quickly set up, and no one had any trouble that night, but everyone was not relaxed. If the big monkey was not eliminated, they might die at any time.
For several days, there has been no incident in the village. It is not a problem for so many people to crowd in my house for a long time. I can only take my children home. Now, no matter day or night, every door is locked, the doors and windows are closed, and even the doors are closed. I broke the quilt and made curtains to hang on the window.
"Third Master, you've worked hard these days, I'd like to toast you!"
The third master patrolled with the men in the village every night. Although nothing happened, he was worried because he didn't want to live in the village chief's house, so my master let him rest at my house.
"Brother Chen, just call me Lao San. You two are welcome!"
Mr. Li San and I seemed to have met each other very late. We chatted about all over the world, national affairs, and secret past events from various places. I sat on the edge of the Kang and listened with great interest.
"Third Grandpa, are the big horse monkey and the mountain monkey the same family?"
Children don't hide things. I heard the village chief say that some villagers had caught monkeys before, but Mr. Li said it wasn't because of this, and finally asked the question in his heart.
"Haha, of course they are not the same family. The Malaysian monkey is the most powerful of all monkeys!"
"Then is it here to avenge someone?" I remembered the first time the village chief heard me say that he saw the big horse monkey, he said it was impossible. He must have thought that the big horse monkey was here to avenge that nest. The mountain monkey takes revenge.
Li Sanye was so happy that he held me on his lap and asked me if I wanted to hear the story of the big horse monkey.
Holding back the fear in my heart, I nodded. I guess what Mr. Li San said must be better than what my grandma said. After all, my grandma only said two words back and forth, "Go to sleep. If you don't sleep, the monkey will come to catch you!"
