Urban Oddities: Strange Tales of Mountain Villages

Chapter 4 Missing

In the early morning, the lights are on in the kitchen, and the clay pot is gurgling and fragrant.Lin Yang originally thought that he got up early, but he didn't expect someone to wake up earlier than him.

Half a chicken had already been thrown into the clay pot. Luo Yi was digging ginger, and said to Lin Yang without raising his head, "Go and chop the onions."

Lin Yang yawned all over the place, cut the green onion and sat watching Luo Yi knead the dough.It turned out that Luo Yi was making pancakes, and he kept them in order by himself. The pancakes mixed with eggs and green onions were fried until golden. Luo Yi picked up a small piece and handed it to a greedy cat who was drooling.A certain greedy cat ate it and praised Luo Yi's craftsmanship. Whoever marries him in the future will be a blessing.Luo Yi didn't respond, and the corners of his mouth didn't turn up.Hey, the flattery patted the horse's leg, Lin Yang touched his nose, and looked up to see the pancake that was handed to his lips.

At this time, the porridge was ready, and Lin Yang scooped out a bowl and sat on the bench.

Luo Yi put the baked pancakes one by one on the plate, Lin Yang looked at his back, and finally asked, "Is that chicken all boiled?"

"Ah."

"Is it still whole?"

Luo Yi was a little speechless: "You can't finish half a chicken?"

"No piece missing?"

"No. The half chicken is fine in the refrigerator, and the bag is not broken." Luo Yi said, "Did you find a wild cat?"

"No……"

"Oh, so why are you asking this?"

"It's nothing, there are many wild cats in the mountains, so it's not bad to pay attention!" Lin Yang thought that he had no proof, so it was better not to say too much.

After breakfast was served, everyone went downstairs one after another. Yang Chunhua scooped up a bowl of white porridge and said to leave it to Qiqi.Luo Yi took off his apron and said, "Miss Boss, we won't be back at noon, so please take a look at the soup."

Yang Chunhua responded again and again: "No problem! Are you going to play in the mountains?"

"Yes."

"Go to the back of the village. From there, you can go into the mountain and go to a flower field. The scenery is pretty good!"

Huang Dafa was looking for a fun place. Hearing what the proprietress said, he immediately decided to go to the flower field.

After breakfast, Lin Yang packed the remaining pancakes. When Lin Yang was filling the thermos cup, he saw Liu Qi standing at the stairs. mum……"

The sound sounded like a mosquito. Yang Chunhua was tidying up in the hall. Lin Yang was about to shout for help, but Yang Chunhua heard it, and immediately put down her work and responded, "Qiqi!"

"Mommy...I'm hungry..."

"Qiqi is good, go back to your room, Mommy will give you porridge later." Yang Chunhua picked up Liu Qi, and turned to see Lin Yang holding the porridge.

Lin Yang said: "I'll send it up for you."

"Oh, thank you so much!" Yang Chunhua was very grateful, and carried her daughter upstairs, Lin Yang was about to follow, when suddenly, a hand behind him pressed his shoulder.

Pu Junying said in a low voice: "You don't want to die?"

Lin Yang said, "It's okay."

"Lin Yang, I'm really not joking, that little girl really has a problem, you have to be careful!"

"It's okay, if the little girl cannibalizes, her mother must be the first to get hurt! Look, the proprietress is still fine, how can the little girl be cannibalistic?"

Pu Junying couldn't refute, watching Lin Yang go up the stairs.Pu Junying hesitated to catch up a few steps, and finally stopped halfway.

Lin Yang came to Yang Chunhua's room with the porridge. Yang Chunhua was coaxing Liu Qi to take the medicine. Although Liu Qi didn't like it, he still took it obediently.Liu Qi is very normal, how does he look like a monster eating raw meat?

It was Pu Junying who was afraid of Liu Qi, and it was Pu Junying who said she ate raw meat. From the beginning to the end, only Pu Junying was nervous. I don't know if it was his delusion or a nightmare.Lin Yang put the porridge on the table and left.

Today's weather is good, Huang Dafa brought out his precious camera, and took pictures with the camera all the way.

Not far away, a young man knocked on the iron door: "Uncle Liu, Uncle Liu, are there any fish today?"

No one should.

The young man looked into the courtyard and muttered, "Strange, aren't you at home?"

Uncle Liu's yard is planted with flowers and plants, and the scenery is not bad.Huang Dafa raised his camera and pressed the shutter on Uncle Liu's yard.

The young man knocked a few more times and left disappointed.When Lin Yang passed by, he took a look into the yard. The lights in the house were not turned on, and it was so dark that he couldn't see clearly.

"Hey, this yard is very beautiful!" Huang Dafa walked around to the wall and took a few more pictures.

When Lin Yang saw the yard at the time, he felt that something was wrong, but he couldn't see what was wrong. Lin Yang couldn't figure it out, so he simply didn't think about it.

The mountain road is not difficult to walk, and many wild mushrooms were picked along the way. Luo Yi also found wild yam, but the yam grew deep, and several big men worked together to dig out one.There are still many green vegetables growing on the road, mixed in the weeds.Fortunately, Luo Yi knew the goods and picked them all the way, which basically solved the vegetable problem.After walking for more than two hours, Huang Dafa pointed forward: "Haha! We're here!"

Lin Yang caught up a few steps and saw that it was really a field of flowers.The flower fields are full of wild flowers of various colors, and even the wind that blows carries the faint fragrance of the flowers.

Huang Dafa cheered and went straight to the sea of ​​flowers with his precious camera, Wang Jing jumped up and down, yelling that Dafa had a camera and didn't even want his girlfriend.

Lin Yang couldn't help taking photos everywhere with his mobile phone. The scenery is so beautiful that any photo taken is like a painting.

I ate lunch in the sea of ​​flowers. The pancakes made by Luo Yi were delicious even if they were cold. Luo Yi also found dandelions and said they brought them back to dry in the sun for soup.

We played until the evening, and when the sun was about to set, everyone reluctantly left.

Back in the village, night has fallen.When passing Uncle Liu's house, Lin Yang glanced into the yard.

The house was dark and the lights were off.

Something seemed to be moving in the window, Lin Yang stopped and wanted to take a closer look, when a dog barked, and a big yellow dog rushed out from the corner.Wang Jingxiang's legs were weak at that time, and Jin Minxian immediately supported her. Huang Dafa saw that it was a dog, and picked up a broken hoe to beat it.The dog didn't know what was going on. Huang Dafa chased it, and it ran away. Huang Dafa stopped, and it stopped too.Afraid of accidents, everyone followed Huang Dafa together.Huang Dafa chased for a while, panting while holding the hoe.

The big yellow dog stood far away. When Huang Dafa raised the hoe again, the big yellow dog turned around and ran into the darkness, and disappeared in the blink of an eye.

"Mom...damn...fufu, four legs are amazing..." Huang Dafa was out of breath.

"Dafa, it's time for you to lose weight and exercise." Lin Yang thought it was funny, how could a fat man outrun a dog!

Huang Dafa repeatedly said yes, and clamored to open a fitness card when he returned to the city.

The next journey was safe and sound, approaching the farmhouse, Luo Yi suddenly said: "You guys go first."

"Take it, self-defense." Huang Dafa handed him the broken hoe, and he handed it to Lin Yang casually.

Luo Yi stood there for a while, and then walked to the corner when they were far away. Turning around the corner, the big yellow dog was squatting there.

"I thought who it was...it turned out to be you." Luo Yi touched its head.

The big yellow dog wagged its tail.

"Okay, are you following us?" Lin Yang also stroked it and tugged at its ears.The big yellow dog has a good temper and wags its tail for him to touch.

Luo Yi said: "This dog is quite spiritual."

Lin Yang really likes the big yellow dog, he asked it: "Why do you follow us?"

The big yellow dog tilted his head.

Lin Yang tapped its nose: "You still scare girls, do you think you are bad?"

The big yellow dog didn't know if he understood, but looked at Lin Yang and wagged his tail.

Luo Yi sent the big yellow dog away with a branch - when the big yellow dog came running with the branch in its mouth, the two had already returned to the farmhouse.

After hastily eating dinner, Luo Yi and the two girls were tidying wild vegetables in the kitchen; Pu Junying was cleaning the yard, holding a broom as if he wanted to escape at any time.Lin Yang stayed in the living room and organized the photos with Huang Dafa.

Huang Dafa's photography level is quite high, not only the angle is good, but the light is also good.Lin Yang looked at it with relish, and when he turned to Uncle Liu's yard, the weird feeling came again.Lin Yang couldn't see the problem, so he asked Huang Dafa to see it, and Huang Dafa couldn't see anything either.Lin Yang always felt that there was something wrong with the photo, so he ran to find Luo Yi. Luo Yi looked at it for a while, pointed to the photo and said, "Here?"

Lin Yang leaned over to take a look, and his head suddenly exploded!

He finally knew where that weird feeling was... In the photo, Uncle Liu's door was ajar!

The yard is closed, but the door of the house is open!

Through the crack of the open door, a shoe was revealed by the light!

A shoe fell into the door. However, the young man knocked on the door vigorously, but no one came out.

Lin Yang took out a photo of the evening, the sun was setting, the door was still open, and the shoes were still there.

Did Uncle Liu have an accident? !

Lin Yang found the proprietress and told her about the photos, but the proprietress was calm and said to take a look with a flashlight.At this moment, Liu Qi's voice came from upstairs: "Mummy..."

Yang Chunhua stopped and hesitated.Lin Yang took the flashlight and said, "I'll go."

"Bring a shoulder pole, be careful of the dog!" Yang Chunhua warned, "Uncle Liu, call me anytime anything happens!"

Lin Yang nodded and said, "Okay, I'll go and have a look and I'll be back."

The shoulder pole was placed in the corner, Lin Yang picked it up and walked outside.Park Joon Young wants to go too, but get out, there are dogs outside; stay here, there are scary little girls in the house.Pu Junying thought over and over again, and felt that a place with a large number of people was safer, so she stayed in the yard and continued to sweep the floor.

The villagers seldom went out after nightfall, they stayed in the house to watch TV, Lin Yang listened to various TV broadcasts along the way, and came to Uncle Liu's residence.

The yard was still dark, Lin Yang knocked on the iron gate, but there was no response.The doorbell was already broken, and it didn't ring when I pressed it.Lin Yang stood on the mound of dirt, scratching at the fence and looking into the yard.

"Uncle Liu!" Lin Yang called into the yard, "Uncle Liu! Uncle Liu!"

Not far away, a family opened the door and said, "Don't shout, Lao Liu hasn't been out all day, so he shouldn't be at home!"

Lin Yang didn't dare to talk about the shoes, but said, "But his door is still open, so he should be at home."

A tall old man walked out of that family. He walked up the mound and looked into the yard. Lin Yang pointed to the door of the house to show him. ...Young man, go in and see if a stray cat has entered?"

Lin Yang said: "It's not good to go in... Are there any police in the village?"

The old man smiled and said, "Little fool, there is no way there is a policeman in the village! Last time Lao Liu left the door open, and a wild cat came in to steal fish, so we went in and closed it for him!"

Lin Yang originally wanted to call the police, but since there was no police, there was nothing he could do, so he had to do it himself.

Lin Yang rubbed his hands, stepped onto the mound of dirt, and used his strength to push up and climb over the wall.

There is nothing to step on in the fence, so it is easy to turn in, but difficult to turn out.

When Lin Yang landed, he felt an inexplicable chill running up his spine.

"Young man, did you bring a flashlight? Can you see clearly?" the old man asked, leaning on the fence.

"Bring it." Lin Yang fumbled in his pocket and found the phone.

There was still one charge left in the phone, so Lin Yang put away the phone and turned on the flashlight.

The moment the flashlight turned on, Lin Yang felt a line of sight!

That line of sight came from Uncle Liu's house!

Someone in the house watching him? !

Is it Uncle Liu?Or Uncle Liu's wife?

"Hello, Uncle Liu?" Lin Yang called towards the room.

"Young man, have you seen Old Liu?"

"No wow!"

"Young man, go and have a look. Old Liu never stays home at night. If he is home, why doesn't he turn on the light? Did he fall or something happened?" The old man became worried.

Lin Yang was also worried that Uncle Liu had fallen. It would be great if he found out that something was wrong earlier, maybe he could find some villagers to help during the day.

Lin Yang glanced back, the old man was still leaning on the wall to watch, he was accompanied by someone, Lin Yang was full of confidence, if he found that Uncle Liu had fallen, someone could help him.

Lin Yang came to the door of the house, the flashlight shone on the shoes on the ground, he pushed the door open a little, and whispered: "Uncle Liu?"

The expected Uncle Liu was not lying on the ground, there was only one shoe on the ground.

"Uncle Liu?" Lin Yang touched the wall, pressed the switch, and the light turned on.

The hall was empty, no one was there.

There were red-brown drag marks on the ground, and there was a strange smell in the air, like the smell of dead rats.

"Young man! Go to the kitchen to see if there are any stray cats! By the way, close the window for Old Liu!" the old man reminded.

Lin Yang walked deep into the house, and suddenly, something rolled out of the room on the left.Lin Yang was startled, and when he took a closer look, it turned out to be a water glass!

Is it the wind?Or is there someone inside?

The door of the room was ajar, and the lights were not on.

Is Uncle Liu in there?

"Uncle Liu?" Lin Yang called again.

This time, he heard a strange sound.

"Cluck...cluck..."

what?

"Ah... cluck..."

"Uncle Liu, is that you?"

Intuition told Lin Yang that there was something in the room on the left.The light switch was inside the door, but Lin Yang dared not reach out to enter the door.

The smell of dead mice came again.

"Chuck... cluck..."

It stinks, what the hell is dead?Is it really a mouse?

"Chuck... cluck..."

The sound came from the room, Lin Yang couldn't tell what it was, it sounded like the cry of a frog.

No, not a frog!

It's something else! ! !

Alarm bells rang in Lin Yang's heart.

At this moment, there was a "dong" sound from inside the door, and with the sound of crawling, the face of an old woman appeared in the crack of the door...