Chapter 205 Chasing After Him
Damn it, the thief the guy was worried about didn't come, but a ghost did?
"Don't worry, there are no ghosts in the world!" Lu Qingqing said.
Then she coughed loudly.
The snoring outside the door stopped.
"Brother-in-law Zhang, is that you?" Lu Qingqing called out.
Maybe Xiao Zhang came back, saw them, and so he slept outside the door!
No, no, that's impossible! Xu Rui's room is still empty!
After a brief silence, the snoring resumed!
Hey! Who are you trying to scare!
Lu Qingqing quietly got up, and the other three quickly got up as well, grabbing her arms.
"Let go, all of you! I'll catch the ghost for you!"
Lu Qingqing pried open the men's hands, took the hidden arrow and a packet of sleeping pills, and stepped barefoot onto the kang (a heated brick bed).
Outside, the clouds are thin and the moon is dim.
The snoring sound was coming from behind the door!
Lu Qingqing gripped the hidden arrow tightly and suddenly flung open the door.
"Woof!"
A dark figure leaped up, causing the iron chains to rattle.
Oh dear, you scared Erhu!
But apart from Erhu, there wasn't a soul in sight outside.
Lu Qingqing looked left, right, and up.
Erhu wandered around aimlessly for a couple of steps, then barked twice to the left, twice to the right, and twice to the sky.
Finally, look at Lu Qingqing. If it were daylight, perhaps you could see the confusion in her eyes.
Anyway, it shook its head one last time and lay down again!
This dog is really "human-like"; it doesn't bark at people who aren't family.
Lu Qingqing didn't know if it would bite if a thief came in.
Or can it distinguish between good and bad people?
Lu Qingqing took a walk around the yard in the dim moonlight, and Xiao Zhang's little dog was barking at her.
Nothing seemed amiss, but then we heard Old Man Li's dog barking.
A moment later, Old Crow Li called out from outside to inquire.
“Uncle, it’s nothing, I just got up to use the restroom!” Lu Qingqing replied.
Then they returned to the front of the house.
Li Meng lit an oil lamp inside the house, and three heads were piled up on the door, looking at Lu Qingqing.
"Go inside, don't make any noise, and turn off the lights."
Lu Qingqing took a wooden stool and placed it against the wall, sitting down and leaning against it, with one leg crossed.
She refused to believe it and wanted to see who was trying to scare her!
The night air was cool and carried a pungent, musty smell.
"Snoring...snoring...snoring..."
Lu Qingqing lowered her head, looking at Erhu, whose belly was heaving at her feet...
Wow!!!
...
The next day, Lu Qingqing and the others all got up quite late.
They would still be asleep if someone hadn't knocked on the door!
The village head came to inform us that no one had come down from the mountain yet.
"The mountain roads are difficult to travel at night, so I'll probably be back today."
Li Meng forced a smile and told Lu Qingqing to go about her business.
"Qingqing, you go ahead and get busy. Just come in the evening. I'm fine. I was just thinking of tidying up the house one last time!"
"Alright, let Qiaoxiu stay here to keep you company. She'll practice acupuncture and won't bother you."
The longer it goes on, the more ineffective the comfort becomes; Lu Qingqing can only wait with her, and that won't do any good.
So, Qiaoxiu stayed behind, while Lu Qingqing took Liu'er and went off to do her work.
Waiting is agonizing, but every minute and every second holds a glimmer of hope.
Then, watching the sunset, hope shattered.
I had a night of anxiety, tossing and turning, and nightmares.
The next day, hope was rekindled.
Three days passed quickly, and still no one came down from the mountain.
Li Meng looked even worse; she was the kind of person who couldn't recover no matter how well she was fed.
That was a form of mental torture.
Her beliefs were crumbling little by little.
Lu Qingqing was also not optimistic.
She remembered the ferocious eagle and the terrifying python.
The wild beasts that emerged when the mountain collapsed that day may not have been all of them; there are many more terrifying monsters deep in the mountains and forests.
Or a herd of animals.
They launched an attack because of human intrusion...
In the face of nature, humanity is insignificant. No matter how much experience or skill they possess, they cannot withstand the impact of absolute power.
The villagers all wore expressions of worry, and the village head was so anxious that his mouth was covered in blisters.
Now it's not just a few villagers anymore, but also the county magistrate's son and so many officials!
On the fourth day, Magistrate Xu arrived with several dozen men. They camped at the foot of the mountain but did not go up the mountain.
Lu Qingqing went over and asked why they didn't go up the mountain.
Magistrate Xu said that no signal had been received to go up the mountain, but a signal would be sent if rescue was needed.
They also cannot rashly enter the mountains and disturb the wild animals, which would cause the animals to come down the mountain and attack them.
This means they were not in danger!
The mountains and forests are too vast; they are still searching for people!
Lu Qingqing quickly went back and told Li Meng.
In just a few days, Li Meng's chin became pointed.
She told Lu Qingqing, "Some people say I'm a jinx to husbands."
"Who's talking nonsense!" Lu Qingqing shouted angrily.
Is anyone in the village still talking nonsense at a time like this? I'll tear her mouth apart!
"Sister, there were two women talking by the wall just now, but when I ran out, I didn't see them! If I find out who they were, I'll knock their teeth out!" Qiaoxiu said angrily.
"Sister Li Meng, if you hear anyone say that again, grab them and smack their mouths until they're smeared!" Lu Qingqing said.
"Fine." Li Meng's eyes were filled with ruthlessness.
Saying she's a jinx to husbands is like cursing Xiao Zhang to die, and she absolutely...won't let that go!
After listening to the dog snoring for several nights, everyone got used to it.
The fact that the two tigers are sleeping soundly proves that everything is safe.
It doesn't bark much, and even when people come during the day, it just lies there lazily, like a retired old cadre.
Lu Qingqing strongly suspected that Xiao Ge had been deceived, and that Liu Jianshan had simply sent Erhu to Xiao Zhang's house to freeload a meal!
Because it eats so much!
Is this dog really a loyal dog that can chase away wolves?
Another day has passed.
Li Meng couldn't sleep at night, so she stayed up all night until dawn.
Sometimes I would hallucinate that the door would open and Xiao Zhang would come in grinning, carrying prey of various sizes.
They said they'd use this leather to make her hand warmers, and that leather to make her a scarf.
Let's kill another tiger and lay out a chair.
"I don't want anything, I don't want anything, Zhang Lin, please come back..."
Li Meng didn't want to stay at home anymore; she wanted to go up the mountain.
"Erhu, you can chase away wolves, come with me to the mountain and have a look, okay?"
Everyone says dogs can smell things, so Li Meng took Xiao Zhang's clothes and let Erhu smell them.
"Come with me to find him."
There were voices outside again, two women, speaking in hushed tones, saying that she was a jinx to her husbands, and that even the best man could be killed by her.
Li Meng opened the door and rushed out.
"Sister Li Meng, where are you going?"
Qiaoxiu ran out and saw Li Meng and Erhu disappear around the corner. She took off chasing after them, not even having time to close the door.
I ran into Li Meng's older brother and second brother at the corner.
"Qiaoxiu, how is my sister?" The two people stopped Qiaoxiu.
Qiaoxiu took two steps back.
"Sister Li Meng ran that way, make way, I need to go find her."
"Qiaoxiu, don't rush. Let us ask you what's going on with my sister. You know, she's ignoring us..."
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