The stubborn old man’s real name is Zhang Chunhua, and he is one of the oldest people in Zhangjia Village.

Since he had worked outside the home when he was young and married a wife with few assets, he has always been considered a relatively wealthy family in the village.

It is said that during the heyday of the stubborn old man's family, he even hired two people to help him open up wasteland and farm. He could be said to be the "landlord" class in the village.

However, all this took a 180-degree turn after his wife passed away.

The first is the stubborn old man’s own character.

Originally withdrawn, he became even more eccentric after his wife's death, and the title "Stubborn Old Man" began to spread from that time on.

Next are the three children left behind by his wife.

For some unknown reason, his three sons were not close to him at all.

Not to mention living abroad all year round, every time I come back it’s for the stubborn old man’s various properties.

Everything from the house title deed to the smallest trivial matter was taken away, and the three brothers often got into fights and troubles over it.

However, the stubborn old man is one of those extremely traditional and conservative old people. As long as things don't get out of hand, he rarely shows it.

This also resulted in the fact that every time the three brothers finished fighting, only after the trouble was over did the people in the village know that the three brothers were back.

In fact, Pei Wende felt that if the people in the village did not help each other, no one would know if the stubborn old man died at home.

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"So are the three sons of that stubborn old man so unfilial?"

Following Butcher Zhang, Pei Wende, who knew the three brothers from the stubborn old man's family for the first time, asked.

"More unfilial than you think."

"Just when I was delivering meat to their family, the three brothers were still quarreling!"

Although the cause of this incident was the inexplicable disappearance of the poultry at home, the three brothers didn't care about that much after they came and they could quarrel about anything.

From Butcher Zhang's point of view, it was a big miracle that the stubborn old man didn't get pissed off by those three brats because of his bad temper.

"So, you didn't know how those poultry disappeared until the end?"

Butcher Zhang shook his head and said with great conviction.

"I don't know. Even the news about 'fox entering the village' was told by the old people in the village."

Unlike the northern region, there is no such thing as fox immortals or five immortals in the southern region, so Butcher Zhang has no reverence for foxes.

Of course, this may also be due to the times, or because there are relatively few foxes and weasels in the south.

All in all, if Pei Wende hadn't said that there might be monsters lurking nearby, Butcher Zhang would have just regarded this as an ordinary beast incident.

"Forget it, no matter whether it is an evil spirit or not, let's take a look first before talking about it."

As soon as Pei Wende said this, the lone wolf who had been following the two of them curled his lips without leaving a trace.

It's just that as a spiritual beast, Lone Wolf knows very well the truth that "a hard fist is the truth", so he has no choice but to be wary of possible dangers around him.

Because since entering this village, he could vaguely feel a depressive atmosphere spreading in the village.

What puzzles Lone Wolf is that the source of this depressing atmosphere does not seem to be the mandrill he met originally.

And this depressing atmosphere is not brought about by the demonic energy, or it is not entirely caused by the demonic aura. There is also a flavor that Lone Wolf can't figure out.

Lone Wolf believed that Little Green Snake, who had a more acute perception than himself, must have noticed this.

"arrive!"

Not sure what Lone Wolf was thinking, when Butcher Zhang and Pei Wende walked around a muddy dirt road, they arrived at the door of the stubborn old man's house.

This is a very large and luxurious looking yard.

At least in terms of size, the courtyard is much more luxurious than other homes in the village.

Unfortunately, due to years of disrepair, the walls of the courtyard are covered with moss and insects, giving people a dilapidated and old feel.

"Stubborn old man! Stubborn old man!"

He directly stepped forward and knocked on the dusty door, and shouted into the courtyard skillfully.

"Coming!"

Butcher Zhang didn't have to wait long before a slightly depressed old voice responded to his call.

But what Pei Wende didn't expect was that in addition to the old man's voice, there was also the noise of three men arguing with each other.

Judging from the content of the argument, it can be vaguely heard that the three men were competing for the ownership of the meat sent by Butcher Zhang.

To be more precise, the three sons of the stubborn old man were competing for the share of pork that belonged to the stubborn old man, and they were very angry about it.

"this……"

Following Pei Wende's hesitant gaze, the wooden door was slowly pushed open.

I saw an old man with a haggard face and gray hair standing behind the gate, and he always exuded a gloomy aura that could repel people thousands of miles away.

"Why are you here again?"

Ignoring Pei Wende who was walking with him, the stubborn old man just looked at Butcher Zhang silently, the displeasure in his eyes could be seen by everyone.

"Stubborn old man, you..."

Just when Butcher Zhang opened his mouth to explain something, the three brothers who were arguing in the room suddenly stopped their quarrel.

Immediately afterwards, a harsh and cold snake cry suddenly sounded.

"hiss!"

The little green snake that was originally hidden under Pei Wende's clothes jumped out with lightning speed and broke into the stubborn old man's house before anyone could react.

"Ouch!"

Although the lone wolf that followed him didn't behave as obviously as the little green snake, he also pricked up his ears and let out a warning call.

"There is indeed something evil!"

Pei Wende only had time to scream, and there was a sound of the wall collapsing in the yard.

Boom!

The next second, a huge collapse accompanied by the sound of splashing mud and water spread throughout the village.

"hiss!"

Another harsh snoring of snakes came from the courtyard, and this time Pei Wende could clearly hear the confusion and confusion in the snoring.

However, he didn't wait for him to realize what was going on.

Three bright yellow figures that were obviously not human jumped out of the collapsed wall one after another and disappeared from his sight in the blink of an eye.

"Follow up!"

Instinctively clenching his fists, Pei Wende turned around and ordered to the lone wolf behind him.

As a result, no matter how reluctant the lone wolf was, he had no choice but to keep up with Pei Wende's pace and began to run wildly on this muddy mountain path.

"Chu! Fan!"

In the end, only the confused Zhang Butcher and the angry stubborn old man were left looking at each other, and the scene fell into absolute silence for a while.
Chapter completed!