Some villagers actually suggested beating these four "monkey spirits" to death to see if they would reveal their true colors after death. If they didn't beat them to death and let the tigers return to the mountains, they might harm future generations. Fortunately, these four Jews didn't understand.

Otherwise, they might be so scared that they would collapse to the ground. But they seemed to feel something was not good from the villagers' attitude towards them, so they hurriedly explained loudly. Although they could speak a few words of "mandarin" in China at that time, even if they said,

These villagers may not understand it either.

When people are anxious, they tend to speak their mother tongue.

The shouts of these four Jews failed to have any positive effect. On the contrary, some clever villagers said: "Oh, this monkey has become a spirit, and even its screams are different."

But the next words of the old patriarch immediately killed a Jew - the old patriarch said: "I have heard people say that all birds and beasts that are cultivated to become spirits start with Qi training. They collect the sun and the moon.

The air of heaven and earth can transform into human form, so if you want them to show their original shape, you don't have to kill them. You just need to sink them into the water to isolate them from the air of heaven and earth, and they will return to their original shape."

In the old rural areas, the patriarch is the most prestigious and authoritative. They are the backbone and arbiter of the villagers. They are all highly respected and have a strong voice among the villagers. Since the old patriarch has said this, what are you waiting for?

Who among the villagers doesn't want to see these "monkey spirits" come alive in front of them? It will be the most wonderful experience in their lives. Neither their ancestors nor their descendants will be blessed.

Seeing this scene, the villagers became excited as if on stimulants.

A few strong young men found a stone and tied it to one of the Jews, and then dragged the four Jews towards the river. The four Jews seemed to have a premonition of what was about to happen, so they struggled and shouted,

His voice was so hoarse that he couldn't make a sound, but the villagers were indifferent. To them, these four were just monkeys turned into goblins.

The Jew with stones tied to his body was trembling with fear and begging with tears before being pushed into the river. However, the villagers just found it more and more strange and amusing - this monkey spirit imitated a human being.

It really looks like it, much more similar than when I was led by the monkey charmer in the village in the past.

In this way, the poor Jew was pushed into the river with a big stone tied to his body, and then quickly sank into the water. In the clear river water, people on the shore could clearly see him paddled and pedaling in the water.

As he struggled, strings of bubbles kept rising from the water. After a while, he gradually calmed down.

The crowd was extremely quiet. People were watching attentively the changes in the "goblin" in the water. Everyone was eager for this human-like "monkey spirit" to quickly reveal its true form.

After waiting for a full hour, when the patriarch asked someone to pull the "monkey spirit" out of the water, his body was still the same as before entering the water. He had not turned into a monkey, but he was still alive before being pushed down.

When I fished it out, it seemed to be dead.

There was a burst of whispers in the crowd. The old patriarch's face turned a little pale, and he quickly asked someone to put the body into the water again. He said that maybe there was not enough time. The other four Jews no longer cried and struggled.

, just sitting on the ground with a blank expression, in a daze.

After waiting for about an hour, when he fished it out, it was still in "human form" and had not turned into a monkey. At this time, fine beads of sweat oozed from the forehead of the old patriarch. He waved his hand dejectedly and asked someone to remove the body.

He pulled them out and buried them. After thinking for a long time, he decided to send someone to take the remaining three to the county government office.

Once sent to the county, of course the truth came out. That night, the old patriarch took a rope and hung himself from the beam. When my cousin told me about this, I didn't feel funny in my heart, I just felt very sad.

It’s not a taste, it seems that ignorance can really kill people!

Later, when Sister Li and I were reading the county annals, we also found this story told by my cousin. However, there was another story about Jews in the county annals that my cousin did not tell. After reading it, Sister Li and I certainly understood the story.

Why didn't my uncle tell it? Because this other story about the Jews is indeed very "yellow".

But what Sister Li and I can't figure out is, as the official county annals, why should we record such an outrageous and absurd thing that doesn't seem to have happened in real life?

This is what happened.

It is said that some Jews once settled in our county, and their number was very large at one time. These Jews became a scene in our county. Of course, there are some interesting things about them. One of them is this:

A Jew went to stay in a hotel in the county. This Jew could already speak our local dialect, and he spoke it quite well, so there was no problem in communicating.

In the courtyard of the shop, he saw a donkey raised by the shopkeeper, so he said to the shopkeeper jokingly: "I can make your donkey laugh. Do you believe it?"

The shopkeeper just curled his lips and smiled. He felt that the Jew was just teasing him, so he didn't take it seriously and continued to do his work.

What people didn't expect was that the Jew didn't seem to be joking, but seemed to be serious. He walked up to the shopkeeper, took out a silver coin from his arms and said, "I can make a bet with you. If I can't use it,

Your donkey laughs, this ingot of silver is yours, if I can, you have to give me the same amount of silver, do you dare?".

The shopkeeper then looked up at the Jew seriously and said with a smile: "You are not serious, are you?"

The Jew said with a serious face: "Of course I am serious, don't you dare?"

At this time, the shop owner also became interested. He quickly called other people in the courtyard to come over and testify, because he felt that he would definitely win - make the donkey laugh? How is this possible? How can an animal understand human speech? Besides, this

Donkeys are relatively stupid among animals. Don't people often say they are as stupid as a donkey? They are not as smart as dogs.

The shopkeeper felt that the Jew must have taken the wrong medicine. In order to prevent him from going back on his word, of course he called a few more people to testify, lest he deny it when he lost.

When the people who gathered around heard what happened, they all felt that the Jew was both funny and ridiculous. Some people shouted, "Shopkeeper, after you win this foreign devil's money, you will treat everyone to a drink."

.Others also echoed: "Yes, yes, shopkeeper, we can't testify for you in vain."

Under everyone's shouting, the shop owner also became excited and responded loudly and proudly: "No problem, as long as I defeat this foreign devil, this ingot of silver will be used to entertain everyone."

The shopkeeper's promise drew cheers from everyone. The Jew's expression was always very calm, as if no one else was around. The shopkeeper asked someone to bring the donkey over, and then handed it over to the Jew. The Jew grabbed the reins with one hand and stroked it gently and affectionately with the other.

Donkey. After a while, he signaled everyone to be quiet with his hands. It seemed that he was going to make the donkey laugh.

There are so many people in the yard, but no one has ever seen a donkey smile. What does a donkey laugh like? Most people probably can't even imagine it.

In fact, few people really expected to see the donkey smile, and most of them just wanted to see how the Jew would be embarrassed. But when they saw the Jew looking so serious, they couldn't help but slowly put away their smiles, held their breath, and said seriously

It seemed that the crowd that was noisy just now suddenly became quiet.

Under the gaze of so many pairs of eyes, the Jew remained calm. He leaned slightly and whispered a few words in the donkey's ear that no one could understand. A miracle happened, an expression he had never seen before.

, magically appeared on the donkey's face - the corners of its mouth were raised, its teeth were exposed, and its eyes were narrowed. The expression was very similar to a human smile. Then with that "smile", it also raised its head slightly

, this is also what many people do unconsciously when they laugh.

Everyone was stunned for a moment. Regardless of whether it was the donkey smiling or not, they had never thought that the donkey would make that kind of expression. In the average person's impression, animals have no expressions or emotions. Aren't they all like that?

!Unexpectedly, this vivid expression change was seen on a donkey’s face for the first time, and people were amazed.

When the Jew announced that he had won the bet, the shopkeeper did not accept it sincerely, but raised an objection: "You can't count this. This is a donkey's smile. It just gnashed its teeth. Usually I

When you hit it hard with a whip, it will also have this expression. Do you think it is right?"

We are all fellow villagers. We can’t look down at each other, and we can’t look at outsiders. Moreover, this outsider is still far away and we don’t know where he came from. So the crowd rang out in support of the shop owner: “Yes, it doesn’t count, what about this?”

It can be considered a donkey's smile, but it's just a grin, it doesn't count, it doesn't count."

The Jew remained calm and did not show the slightest anger or frustration because of the shop owner's remorse or the crowd's booing. He still said to everyone extremely calmly: "Okay, then it won't count this time, but not only do I

It can make a donkey laugh, and it can also make a donkey cry. I wonder if the shopkeeper still dares to continue betting with me."

When the crowd of onlookers heard this, they thought, what? This foreign devil can make a donkey cry? So they became even more curious and excited. Although everyone was speaking harshly just now, everyone knew in their hearts that this foreign devil was indeed unusual.

This time the Jew led the donkey to a wall. He let the donkey's butt stand facing the wall. He faced the donkey and turned his back to everyone. Then he made a surprising move. He put himself

He untied his belt, took out his man's belongings from his pants, and let the donkey take a look.

Something unexpected happened - after looking at what the Jew said, the donkey's face turned full of sadness, and then big tears rolled down from his eyes.
Chapter completed!