Chapter 1170: Returning from the market, walking at night and meeting a ponytail dog
Last time we talked about how Zou Jun's two billionth ray of spiritual thought possessed a "savage couple" who had 9 children and wanted to have another baby. As a result, their lives were difficult and they had no choice but to move the family and perform entertainment to earn a living.
Just when the "poor" old man was looking forward to a bright future for his family, something unfortunate happened. Half a year later, the "rich girl" who insisted on "saving money is worse than saving people" finally gave birth smoothly and gave birth to a baby. The "dragon and phoenix twins" immediately made the "pauper" old man feel as happy as a child, jumping up and down, shouting with joy.
After venting his excitement, the "pauper" quickly set up firewood and used a stone pot to boil hot water for the children to bathe. He also asked the eldest child to go to the corner of the "warehouse" or "cave" to pick out two small dry animal skins.
Wrap up the newborn brothers and sisters. But since it is the end of summer and the beginning of summer,
In autumn, the weather is still hot, so it is not suitable to wrap animal skins. I can only get some linen cloth bought from the town and wrap it first, and then wrap it in animal skins after winter. In this way, the original "savage family" of 11 members
"New members have been added, and the family has become a family of 13, enjoying themselves happily.
After the celebration, everyone had to face reality. After all, although those two mouths are the smallest, they still need to eat. Although the food they eat is breast milk, it also indirectly stimulates the appetite of the "rich girl". It is simply wonderful, no matter what.
Be it pheasants, wild ducks, hares, turtles, tortoises, or pike, everyone is welcome, even the game "dried rat" that I thought was disgusting before.
", "dried snake meat", "dried toad", they kept stuffing them into their mouths, opening their mouths wide and then biting them hard, making a crunching sound. Of course, like wild fruits, fungi, honey
Nutritious food must first be supplied to the mother's body in order to produce enough milk to feed the two newborn little mouths. As a result, the food supply for the whole family becomes tight.
Therefore, it is logical that the oldest eldest child has to follow in the footsteps of "Old Ada". Not only must he learn to hunt in the mountains, catch fish in the rivers, catch turtles in the ravines, and dig honey out of tree holes, but he must also learn to refine the highly poisonous "
"Seal your throat when you see blood" to smear arrow clusters to hunt large beasts. Also.
That is to say, the "old bachelor" knows that his time is running out, and plans to train his "eldest son" into a qualified hunter as soon as possible so that he can provide more food and shelter for his family after he passes away, although he will not be able to hunt this year.
He turned 13, but he had to feel wronged.
Da Wa Zi grew up in the mountains and acquired a lot of martial arts, especially the light kung fu of climbing cliffs, which is even better than the "Lao Da" who is now "sunset"! In addition, the food on weekdays
Basically, they feed on wild animals, wild fruits, wild vegetables, fungi, beeswax, etc., so they have strong vitality and strong physiques. They look like a young man of fifteen or sixteen years old.
In less than a year, he had mastered the hunting skills and survival skills of his "old dad" throughout his life. Because he was young and strong, he took the initiative to expand the hunting range from a hundred miles to a radius of two hundred miles. Finally, in a short time
The problem of insufficient food sources for the whole family has been solved within the family, which proves the value of one's existence. After all, the second and third children are girls, so what to do?
To survive in the deep mountains and old forests, a hunter must have survival experience, strong physical fitness, keen reflexes, hunting skills, physical tenacity, and strong psychology. And these things seem to be too high for women, whether it is physical fitness, physical fitness, or mental toughness.
, psychological or on the spot
It is difficult for them to cope with the task of hunting large beasts alone, so they still stay in the cave to take care of their mother and younger siblings, or go out to wash clothes in the underground river near the entrance of the cave, or practice rock climbing. Of course, there are "blind people" in the underground river.
Fish" survive, you can also try fishing to satisfy your hunger.
Just when the youngest "twin" siblings turned one year old and started to crawl around and learn to walk, the "pauper" old dad decided to go to the town to pull three feet of cloth for each of the children to sew clothes.
You have to behave like a human being when you move to a town and perform as a beggar. Otherwise, if you still appear like a "primitive man", wouldn't you be no different from an animal or a beast? Of course.
, there is no need for a person like me who is nearly 70 years old and dying to go to a tailor shop to waste the few copper coins. He can just go directly to the mass grave where the dead are buried to pick up two sets of clothes of the dead to wear. On the contrary, he can
There was a lot of money left over to buy new clothes for the "thief woman" and the children, why not? So, the pauper did what he thought of, because he had never been afraid after decades of living!
Since the old "pauper" often travels between the mountains and the town, he more or less knows the approximate locations of several major tailor shops, so he goes straight there with his bag on his back and a cane as usual. After comparing shopping and bargaining,
After that, until nightfall, the old "pauper" reluctantly walked out of a small tailor shop with a simple shop.
I came here and begged my grandpa to tell my grandma to give away all the valuable things I had, and then I changed into two sets of adult clothes and 11 sets of children's clothes. I gave the "thief woman" a set of the cheapest "cheongsam".
The eldest child is given a robe and mandarin jacket worn by men in the Qing Dynasty. The second and third children are so charming that they can wear the girl's soft skirt and robe, and the rest of the little ones are wrapped in cloth!
The sun was setting and it was about to get dark. I still had to walk seventy or eighty miles on the mountain road to get home hungry. This "pauper" old man couldn't help but feel a little guilty. After all, he was older and had less physical strength, eyesight, and energy.
It's not as good as it used to be. It would be better if the sky is clear during this walk. Otherwise, if it rains, I will probably have to walk all night to get home, and the worst thing is
What's interesting is that there is a mass grave about ten miles away from the town on the way. It is a place where the people in the town specialize in burying the dead. On weekdays, they are not even willing to set foot in this place even when they go out to collect firewood. It is said that it is often haunted.
And some people were scared to death while walking at night. The person who was scared to death was called a "ghost man", which was a "divine man" who specialized in carrying out funerals in the town to save the souls of the dead.
It happened to be another dark and windy night for a month. The 66-year-old "pauper" old Ada was walking on crutches and carrying a large leather bag filled with clothes and fabrics. He was suffering from hunger and hardship.
I was walking on the way home, thinking about what the "thief woman" and the 11 children would have for dinner, when I unknowingly came to the legendary "mass burial"
Near the "post". Suddenly a gust of wind blew, and the "old man" couldn't help but shiver, and he habitually reached out to touch the dagger at his waist. This was a melee weapon tempered with highly toxic poison. With his strong strength,
With his skill, he would be able to fight even if he met the wealthy tiger and leopard. However, through the dim moonlight, the "old man's" hazy eyes indeed noticed something strange ahead.
I saw a "figure" standing on the roadside in the middle of the night. In the moonlight, it looked like he was sitting on a chair and wearing a hat, but I couldn't see his face clearly. I didn't know which "friend" on the road.
Could it be that he wanted to block the road and rob him? So, the "pauper" old man had the courage to shout, "The king of heaven will block the tigers of the earth?" After shouting, there was no response for a minute or two, so
He yelled again, "Pagoda to suppress the river demon?" After waiting for another two or three minutes, there was still no response. He simply rolled his gray eyes and yelled again, "Chicken stewed with mushrooms?" Still no response, so I felt very worried.
He was anxious and couldn't help but cursed: "Friend, which road are you from? Have you ever heard of 'the four-legged snake' as people in the world call it? It's poisonous and you can't touch it at all!"
However, the other party still had no response, which immediately angered the "pauper" Old Ada. So he became angry, and with a flick of his feet, he hooked a fist-sized stone from the roadside. After holding it in his hand, he used all his strength to move forward several times.
It was thrown ten feet away, and after a bang, it hit the "figure"
"In response, he fell down, then let out a scream of "Ouch-Ouch" and ran away, disappearing in a flash. At this time, the "pauper" old man realized what the "figure" was.
"Friend on the road"? Just a "horse-tailed dog"!
In the eyes of the Hakkas who live in "Huguang and Sichuan", the so-called "horse-tailed dogs" here are actually "lone wolves" or "big bad wolves", which are male wolves that make a living independently after breaking away from the wolf pack. This kind of wolf likes
Haunting around mass graves, digging up dead bodies to eat, and being haunted by resentment, evil spirits, bad luck, hostility, etc. from the corpses, which will lead to mental abnormalities over time.
From a scientific point of view, it is easy to have hallucinations after being invaded by "prions" in the nervous system. Using superstitious thinking to explain it is to be "possessed by a ghost" and become a "wolf demon", so that some "spiritual intelligence" will be generated.
Learning to wear the clothes of the dead and "refining energy" is similar to embarking on the "path of cultivation", which is the "way of demons and ghosts" among "evil heretics".
Although the "wolf demon" at this time can only barely "draw Qi into the body" at most, the Qi introduced is nothing more than corpse odor, bad luck, resentment, hostility and ghostly Qi, and it cannot fully realize the "wolf ghost"
"Transformation" or "wolf demon transformation", unless you can persist in sitting cross-legged and meditating, exhaling and refining Qi.
Only those who have survived the "Thunder Tribulation of Heaven's Punishment" successfully for three years can transform into a monster with the head of a wolf and the body of a wolf. Therefore, the "ghost man" who defrauds people of money will be frightened to death by this "horse-tailed dog" pretending to be a ghost.
Not surprising, after all, the "horse-tailed dog" already belongs to the "cultivator".
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