"The big family's house is a single-family three-story building. When we came to visit during the day, we discovered that there was a very big black dog in the yard, and it was not on a leash. If you can get such a dog, you will at least be able to get it. Three ordinary native dogs.”
Li Laodan coughed twice, with a difficult look on his face: "We climbed over the wall and went in, then threw the puppy in, and the power of the puppy shocked the big dog inside. But who would have thought that, A little girl walked out of the small building, not too old, about twelve or thirteen years old. She was holding a kerosene lamp to illuminate the road. She suddenly saw the two of us stealing dogs. She was very courageous. She yelled and used stones to Hit us."
"I was scared at the time, so I hit the little girl with the stick in my hand. The iron stick was pointed and immediately scratched the girl's face. Her face immediately started to bleed and she fell to the ground. We were both frightened. I thought I was going to kill someone, so I climbed over the wall and ran away, and I didn’t want the big black dog anymore.”
"But the girl screamed so loud just now that she had already woken up the surrounding villagers. She was trying to block us while she was trying to catch the guy. We both tried our best to escape and survived. I still have the scars on my legs from that time. The scars that come down.”
There was a trace of remorse in Li Laodan's eyes, and he sighed and continued: "That time we passed by, although the magical puppy was still with us, we were already afraid and didn't have the guts to steal the dog again. Later, with the capital from stealing dogs, the two of us went to work as hawkers in the town, selling some small commodities to support our family."
"That magical dog also stayed with us. There were so many dogs in the whole village. He was like a local emperor, and other dogs were afraid of him. But just when we thought this incident was over, more than ten years later, Later, we set up a stall and met a female customer with a scar on her face. She came to our stall to buy a hat. When I saw this woman’s face, I was frightened because she looked so much like the three-story The daughter of Xiaolou’s family.”
"I told the old woman that we should go home for a while, but the old woman didn't listen. She said she couldn't waste time making money, so the stall continued to open. And it happened to be that the stall wasn't busy at that time, so the two of us took turns guarding it. . Unexpectedly, one day when I was hoeing at home, I heard someone calling me, saying that my wife had been beaten in the town. I rushed to the town in a panic and saw her lying on the ground vomiting blood. I asked Then I realized that it was a strong man who beat me, and the girl with scars on her face was standing next to her."
Li Laodan sighed and patted his thigh: "I admit it, people are doing it, God is watching, tit for tat."
After listening to Li Laodan’s story, I also understood the origin of the corpse-eating dog, and then asked him: “Did her strange disease start from that time?”
Mr. Li nodded.
"Later, I asked around and finally got a prescription from a barefoot doctor. I went up the mountain every three days to collect medicine. It is because of this medicinal soup that my husband is alive today."
After listening to the story, Liu Ruxiang couldn't help but become interested in the middle-aged man with his head lowered. She took off the cloth strips from the eyes of the old woman on the bed and asked her: "I don't remember where there is a lower head master around here. Do you still remember that?" What does the person look like?”
The old woman couldn't remember anything. She only remembered that the man was strong, wearing a set of black coarse cloth clothes, and walking like a tiger.
Liu Ruxiang thought about it and couldn't remember it.
I had an idea and said, "We can contact some people in the city later and ask, maybe we can find it."
Liu Ruxiang shook his head: "It's meaningless anymore. This lowered head is completely rooted in the person's body. Even if he comes here himself, it can't be cured."
A trace of melancholy appeared on the faces of the old couple.
"We are all people who bury our necks in loess, so I won't bother Master Liu. To be honest, the reward for you is my coffin book. When my wife leaves later, I will follow him. There is nothing better. If two people share a pair of longevity materials, they can save one pair."
After Li Laodan finished telling the story, he slowly sat on the bed, breathing heavily.
From this point of view, the purpose of our trip has been achieved, at least the head drop in his wife's body has been removed.
Liu Ruxiang packed up the magic weapons and various materials for setting up the magic field, then turned to Li Laodan and said: "Old man, now that we have done what we should do, please tell us how to find the evil dog."
Li Laodan did not hide anything and said: "Of course the dog can be found. At that time, after my wife collapsed on the bed, no one went to get food for the dog. Sometimes the dog also ate the first meal but not the next one. Plus we Without control, the dog ran away into the mountains."
Li Laodan changed the subject: "But the doghouse is not far from here, on the mountain to the east of our town. It is a branch of Longming Mountain. Every time I go up the mountain to collect medicine, the dog will follow me far behind the woods. , I feel confident, just because of this dog, I am not afraid of the monsters in the mountains."
I secretly thought to myself, that dog is the best at driving demons and monsters, and can control ghosts to no avail. With that dog protecting you, why would you be afraid?
Li Laodan coughed twice: "Now, this dog is of no use. I heard it can also harm people. Now it's great that Master Liu can come to the rescue. When do you plan to go up the mountain to hunt dogs? I’ll take you with me, the dog lives in a cave, and there are several cave entrances that most people can’t even see.”
Liu Ruxiang thought for a while: "It's better to choose a day than to hit the sun. It's best to start today. It's still early. We should be able to get out before the sun goes down."
I just left as I said, and I obeyed Liu Ruxiang's arrangement. Tomorrow happened to be Sunday, so even if I was late, I wouldn't delay class, and I would have time to do my homework.
Liu Ruxiang went to pack her things and told Uncle Peng, who was driving the car, to go back first and then get some dry food from the car. We also took water and two lighters and started going up the mountain to find the corpse dog.
Mr. Li is still a little reluctant to leave at home, so let us wait for him for a while.
Then I saw him fetching hot water from the kitchen, washing his wife's hair, and wiping his face, hands and feet.
After washing away the blood and soup stains, the old woman looked more energetic.
Li Laodan finally took two pancakes and then staggered out of the house with us.
His eyes were red, and big tears slid down his face.
When I looked at his appearance, I really felt the greatness of love.
How rare it is that this old man can still love his wife after taking care of his paralyzed wife for so many years.
If it were me, I would feel a little shaken when I thought about it. I hope that I will be such a person in the future.
As Li Laodan walked, he told the story of the old couple.
Seventy years ago in the countryside of Shanglin County, a young boy grew up slowly in this village.
The boy only went to elementary school, but he was not interested in school knowledge. He skipped class every day and played poker with a few playmates.
When the boy's father learned that his son had not gone to school, he would often come back and beat him. The beaten boy sobbed and walked outside the village, his father yelling behind him.
It was on that occasion that he hid behind a big haystack in the next village and fell asleep while crying.
When she woke up, a beautiful young girl appeared in front of her, much older than him, probably fourteen or fifteen years old.
The girl looked at the little boy sleeping in the haystack and asked him various questions curiously.
While answering the question, the little boy said he wanted to drink water because his mouth was dry.
The girl took the boy back home and brought boiled tea.
Under the dim kerosene lamp at night, boys and girls drank tea and chatted.
The girl had been beating pigweed all day, and her hair was wet with sweat from exhaustion. She also imitated the boy, drinking water from a big bowl.
Under the dim orange light, the girl's gentle face was deeply engraved in the boy's mind. From then on, he thought about this beautiful girl almost every day. Whenever I have time, I run over to his house to play from time to time.
But not long after, when he came back from school one day, he ran to the girl's house and couldn't find her anymore. Instead, there was a strange woman.
The boy cried and asked the girl's family, they said.
The eldest son of the family couldn't afford a wife, so he had to exchange marriages. The girl had been exchanged to someone else's house to be his wife, and the new strange woman was the wife of the girl's eldest brother.
Since then, he has been severely damaged and has stopped going to school. He works at home and murmurs the girl's name from time to time.
When Li Laodan said this, he was already crying so hard.
I rarely see old people crying, because most old people have withstood the torture and baptism of time, and their hearts are already as solid as a rock. It is unexpected for me that they can still shed tears.
Li Laodan continued: "As I got older, my family urged me to go on a blind date and get married and have a child. I was thinking about her at that time and couldn't let go. I didn't even want to marry my wife. ."
"My parents were in a stalemate and had no choice but to finally get the good news. One day I heard the news that the husband she married there was a gambler and was forced to have a family because of debts and was afraid to return home. ”
"At that time, I asked my family members to collect dozens of kilograms of grain and bring her there to replace her."
He was afraid that I didn’t know how precious those dozens of kilograms of grain were, so he told me: “In those days, people could starve to death, and people had to chew tree bark. With just a few dozen kilograms of grain, we could already eat two for two.” Months."
I was a little shocked in my heart, and at the same time I understood the tortuous emotions of this old man Li.
In this way, such an old couple is indeed very affectionate.
On the other hand, Liu Ruxiang remained unchanged and her expression was very calm.
"Okay, okay, let's go quickly, don't wait any longer, hurry up."
