The inhuman old woman wearing glasses once again accidentally revealed her pure black eyes, glanced at us, and spoke thoughtfully.
"There are many strange things in this world that you haven't seen yet, maybe even I haven't seen them. After all, you are still very young, and you are not like me in my seventies or eighties. Maybe there will be something in this hole. Something terrible is coming out, it’s really scary.”
"Auntie, stop being so secretive. If you want to speak, speak quickly!" Li Huhu's hot temper came to the fore.
Xu Fengli said: "Okay, okay, let me tell you a story! I was still young at that time, and it has been decades, but I still remember it fresh!"
As he spoke, he began to talk, "At that time, I was still very young, and a long..."
Xu Fengli said while recalling that past event.
As Xu Fengli said, she was still young at the time and did not live in the city, but lived in a very backward rural area. Because it was the 1960s, China was still very poor, so the living conditions were very difficult. There were many children in the family, and there were so many mouths to eat, so the children often fought over eating. However, there were things that were better than now. After all, there was no family planning in those days, and there was no encouragement or reluctance to have children like today. There are only a lot of children in the countryside, and they all like to run outside their homes. The streets and alleys of the entire village are full of children, and it is really lively indescribably.
Especially when Xu Fengli was on her way to and from school, when she came home from school in the evening, these country children would swarm away and become unattended children. Some of them walked on the country roads to pick wild fruits to eat, some went into the river to catch fish, and some of them played rubber band jumping with a rubber band. Because they were poor, the things they could play with were limited. Naturally, there are some naughty children who rely on themselves to be arrogant, and they inevitably bully some children from honest families.
However, Xu Fengli's popularity is pretty good, and she gets along well with her classmates, especially some of her friends who are too close to each other. Because their homes are very close, they often spend time together when going to and from school. How can children today have this kind of experience? They are all picked up and dropped off by car. Apart from exchanging a few words with classmates and friends when they go to school, they have almost nothing to say.
One day, Xu Fengli went home as usual with a few of her classmates who were close to her. The three people she was close to were two girls and one boy, all of whom were her neighbors. The two girls are Zhou Jing and Dong Yanfang, and the boy is Xu Fang, nicknamed Xu Rourou.
When they go home, they always have to turn from the main road into a small alley, and then walk through this long alley. There are some dilapidated brick houses on both sides of this narrow and long alley. Several families once lived here, but it is said that the feng shui here is not good. Those who had just moved here and lived there soon moved away and the place became deserted.
This alley is very deserted. Unlike the main road outside where people come and go, there are usually few people coming to this alley, especially at night. Rumor has it that the feng shui here is not good. You can always see things you shouldn't see at night, and you can also hear miserable sounds. Therefore, no one dares to come here at night, even bold men.
Xu Fengli has walked this familiar road countless times, and she also knows that the sky gets dark very quickly every autumn and winter. After school, they all hurried home. There was no lighting equipment in this long alley. The three of them were as brave as a fight. Xu Fengli and the others met to go home together to embolden each other, and they understood each other tacitly.
I often walk by the river without getting my shoes wet. Finally, they met a strange man on their way home.
As usual, when they were going home through this alley, they happened to meet a strange person.
When they got closer, they realized that they were facing an old man with a stooped back and a shabby old man. He also used a cane and walked with a limp and trembling. Slowly, like a snail crawling. To describe the old man's face as pale would not be an exaggeration at all, and it was extremely gloomy, and he spoke in the same tone. His face was covered with wrinkles and his eyes were narrowed into slits.
I thought to myself: "This old man has become like this. He has suffered a lot while living. If nothing else, his eyes are like slits. It's hard to say whether he can see or not! If he lives like this, it would be better to die."
Of course, if such a strange old man suddenly appeared, others would certainly discuss him. These people will also discuss, who is this old guy?
For many days in a row, every time they passed by here, they would meet this old guy. Each time they would meet each other and then go their separate ways.
Until one day later, the boy nicknamed Xu Rourou saw that the old guy looked strange, and couldn't help but become curious. Especially his hump-like back. Out of curiosity, I asked the old man with wrinkled skin all over his body. Ask the old man where he comes from? If you don't live near here.
But the old man with a stooped back didn't say anything and kept walking ahead. Xu Fang, this naughty kid, got angry and asked questions for a long time, and even touched the hunchbacked old man's arched back. Although the old man never answered, Xu Fang playfully joked with the three girls who were traveling with him and took pleasure in fooling the old man.
If it were now, if the old man was fooled like this, he would probably get so angry that he would hit him with a cane.
But the hunchbacked old man didn't get angry. He remained silent and just walked forward, as if he couldn't hear him. It's normal to be slow with old age, especially for such an old man.
Later, Xu Fang went too far and even wanted to snatch the crutch from the old man's hand. Although Xu Fengli and others who were traveling with him advised him not to do so, Xu Fang refused to listen and still reached out to grab the crutch from the old man's hand.
Xu Fang originally thought that the old man was a slow old man who couldn't fight back or scolded him, but he was about to take away the old man's crutches with a smile. Xu Fang suddenly shouted, why is this crutch so heavy? When he looked closely, he saw that the crutch was no longer a crutch, but a trident. The old man was also angry. He suddenly lifted up the heavy trident and hit Xu Fang on the calf. This time he was caught off guard. Xu Fang, who was hit on the calf, screamed, covered his leg and retreated to his companion.
However, the old man who hit the person suddenly opened his eyes, with slit-like vertical pupils, and a piece of his face fell off...
This frightened Xu Fengli and the others. The old man who had difficulty opening his eyes suddenly widened his eyes angrily, and lost a chunk of his face, as if he was just a normal person. Still walking forward, it was only then that he noticed that everything he walked through was wet.
At this time, Xu Fengli and others were scared and took several steps back. Xu Fang felt excruciating pain in his calf every step he took. It was obvious that the blow the old man had just hit Xu Fang was very heavy.
What is incredible is that this grown-up old man seems to be buried in the loess and dying, but he still has such great strength. He could wield a pure iron trident and beat a strong boy into a cripple...
Later, for several days in a row, they could still see the old man when they returned home. Because of the previous experience, they did not dare to provoke the old man again. From beginning to end, the old man didn't care about them, he didn't even have an expression on his face, he just walked his own way, disappearing deep into the jungle every time.
As always, they went to school and home in the alley. You can still see the hunchbacked old man in this alley every day. He still ignores the people passing by and walks very slowly, which makes people anxious.
Not long after, the vengeful Xu Fang was thinking about the old man who injured him again, and claimed to take revenge on the old man who injured him.
In fact, in my opinion, Xu Fang is a purebred guy who needs to be dealt with. For a person like him, the old saying is suitable, that is, don't go to bed for three days.
But in the final analysis, I am still very interested in the hunchbacked old man Xu Fengli talked about.
