The old man was stunned: "Price? But didn't you say that Chief Xuanchen..."
The uncle interrupted him: "He is him, I am me, he likes to play with people, but I have to eat."
The old man thought for a moment, and finally nodded: "Okay! As long as you can deal with this monster, we can pool the money!"
After agreeing on the price, the uncle walked ahead somewhat smugly, and the old man led the way for them. He introduced himself as the elder of Zhangjia Village, named Zhang Fugui. Most people in this village had the same surname.
Jiang Muqi turned around and saw the villagers following closely behind.
"Tell me first, what exactly happened?"
The old man talked about the recent events. Zhang Laosi's family lived in the westernmost part of the village, which was also considered the outskirts.
The Zhang family had four sons, whose names were randomly given to them, namely Zhang Lao Da, Zhang Lao Er, Zhang Lao San, and Zhang Lao Si. Old man Zhang died early, leaving the old lady of the Zhang family to raise her sons.
The Zhang family's children are all filial and have never separated in order to take care of their mother.
But just before the New Year, Old Mrs. Zhang fell seriously ill. A month ago, perhaps she felt that her time was up, so she called her sons to give them some instructions, and died that night.
But just as her sons were keeping vigil for her, something unexpected happened.
The noise from the coffin frightened the sons and the villagers who were helping. The braver eldest son went forward to check and found that his dead mother had slowly sat up. Old Mrs. Zhang was alive again.
The funeral turned into a happy event, and the villagers who heard the news came to congratulate her, saying that the King of Hell was unwilling to take Old Lady Zhang because she was almost a hundred years old.
So the story started from that day. That night, the dogs in the village were barking wildly. Zhang Fugui came out to check, only to see his own dog curled up in the doghouse, shivering, not knowing what the dog was afraid of.
The next day, he asked around and finally heard Zhang Laoer's wife say that she woke up in the morning and found that two chickens were missing, and there was some chicken blood and chicken residue on the ground.
As the elder of Zhangjia Village, Zhang Fugui naturally had the obligation to take care of these matters. He called the hunter to check together and finally concluded that a mountain cat had entered the yard yesterday, which was why the dog was afraid to bark and had eaten two chickens.
But when he was about to leave, he discovered something strange. Zhang Lao Da came out of the small house where their mother lived with a bowl of porridge. He asked and learned that Zhang Lao Da had brought porridge to his mother early in the morning, but Old Lady Zhang was still sleeping and the porridge had not been touched until noon. He was afraid that it had gone bad, so he prepared to take it out and drink it himself.
Zhang Fugui didn't care too much about it. After all, his distant cousin was over a hundred years old, so it was normal that she couldn't eat much.
But what happened next made him think wildly.
The resurrected old lady Zhang was in better spirits than before. She went out for a walk after waking up and came back in the evening. Zhang Fugui met her several times, but sometimes she seemed not to hear him when he greeted her. Zhang Fugui shook his head.
Sometimes it's hard to live too long.
But when Old Lady Zhang turned around, he was stunned. She grinned strangely, revealing a mouthful of rotten teeth, and her eyes were staring straight at him, which made him feel creepy.
Almost all the chickens in Old Lady Zhang's house died. Even though the hunters in the village came to help, they were unable to catch the beast who stole the chickens. The next day, Zhang Fugui was awakened by the sound of hurried knocks on the door.
Only after he put on his clothes and went out did he realize that the Zhang family's little granddaughter had disappeared last night, leaving behind only one shoe with faint bloodstains on it.
So he mobilized everyone in the village to search for it, but found nothing.
After the girl disappeared, Zhangjia Village was quiet for a few days, but Mr. and Mrs. Zhang were extremely worried because they just couldn't find their child.
Zhang Fugui found this matter very strange. After thinking about it carefully, he paid attention to Old Lady Zhang again.
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