"Okay, old lady, don't worry, the old village chief will be fine."
"Yes." The old lady said nothing more and left in a hurry, quickly disappearing from sight.
Lin Rou'er and Ouyang Chen turned around at the same time and looked at the bamboo house in front of them. Except for the lack of the blue and white flame mark, its size was similar to the village chief's house.
Along the way, Lin Rouer also discovered that the bamboo houses here are different in size. It seems that if the family is a so-called cadre in the village, the house will be bigger, or if the family is richer, the same is true.
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I just don’t know if the people on this island have ever gone out, or they have always lived in this mountain and have never known the world outside the mountain. Should we say that they sit in a well and look at the sky, or are they trying to avoid the disasters of war?
Ouyang Chen didn't say anything more. He pushed open the bamboo door and raised his voice: "Is there anyone there?"
The blue cloth door curtain upstairs moved slightly, and a woman about thirty years old with a scarf on her head came out, smiled and went downstairs, looking at Ouyang Chen intently and said: "This guy is from the mountain.
Well, I saw you when you first landed on the island."
"Exactly, I wonder what I call my sister-in-law?" Ouyang Chen responded with a decent smile.
"Just call me Sister-in-law A-Xia. You are here to see A-Xia. What a coincidence. He went to the back mountain and said he was going to help the old village chief find Atong. Alas, speaking of the old village chief, he was really pitiful.
He only had such a son, and he still had a son in his old age. Unexpectedly, the child ran to the back mountain on his own a few days ago, saying that he wanted to find the legendary black panther and bring it back, so that he could become his own son.
The village chief wants to take the whole village to leave the island and go out to make a living. Many people advised him not to do it, but he refused to listen and ran away to the back mountain alone."
Auntie Axia was a talkative person. Standing at the door, she told Ouyang Chen and Lin Rouer about the old village head's family.
Now, I know everything even if I don’t want to know.
"You don't know, the village sent many people to look for Atong in the back mountain, but they couldn't find Atong. We suspect that he is in danger. We think there are black panthers in the back mountain from time to time, but not everyone can find him.
The one he caught, the Palace Master, went down the mountain, tamed one, and was regarded as a god by the villagers. But that person was a highly skilled martial artist. Although we, the people of Lanyan Village, also practice martial arts, how can we compare with the Palace Master?
Once you go, don't even think about catching the black panther, as it might even cost you your own life."
This sister-in-law Axia really talked a lot. After she finished speaking, Ouyang Chen cupped her hands and said: "We are here just on the order of the palace master. If we can't see the village chief Axia, we can't turn around. Why don't we turn around?"
My sister-in-law can give us some direction so that we can go find the village chief Axia and ask him to go up the mountain with us to discuss the matter."
"Do you really want to go? There are not only black panthers in the back mountains, but also black pythons that often appear. They are big enough to swallow a cow. Last year, Ah Jing's cow ran into the back mountains.
I suspect he was eaten by the big black python."
As soon as Mrs. Axia heard that the two of them were going to the back mountain, she quickly advised them.
"Didn't you say that Village Chief Axia also went there? He's not afraid, and neither are we." Ouyang Chen said.
"Asia carries enough realgar powder with him, and the snake will hide when it sees him. I heard that it is the best for repelling venomous insects, snakes and ants."