When the people of Qingniu Village knew that something big had happened, they hurriedly picked up the guy and followed the peasant woman to the tea shed.
When they arrived, they saw a hairy monster lying in a pool of blood, with long nails, an ape body and a human face, which was very scary.
"Xixi."
"Mom and dad,...wuwuwu."
Li Jun returned the girl doll to the An family.
The An family all knelt on the ground, bang dong dong, and kowtowed desperately: "Master Immortal, I can't repay you for your great kindness. If the Immortal Master hadn't taken action today, Xixi would have been killed by the savage grandma."
"Grandma Savage?"
Li Jun pointed at the long-haired monster corpse strangely. Do you know it?
"We don't know each other!"
The person who spoke was the head of the An family, his name was An Dawang, and he was wearing a white coarse shorts with a black hat on top.
His skin is rough, his face is old, and his hair is a lot whiter. In fact, An Dawang is not very old, he is just a farm boy who works hard and looks old.
An Dawang stood up with a respectful face. He told Li Jun that the Savage Grandma was a rural legend spread in their Huzhou territory.
Legend has it that there are savages living in the 800-mile sacred mountain. The savages like to eat children, so they often pretend to be the children's grandmothers and steal the children to eat.
The villagers don't know whether the legend is true or false, but according to ancient legends, Huzhou people often use this legend to scare disobedient babies.
An Dawang looked at the monster in the pool of blood and felt horrified. He said in fear: "I didn't expect that the rural legend turned out to be true. There really is a savage grandma."
now.
Only the people around him dared to come around, looking at the monster with fear and curiosity.
"I thought there was something wrong with this grandma before, but I didn't expect that she was really not a human being, phew~"
"The magic power of the immortal master is boundless. Fortunately, the girl met the immortal master. The immortal master is so young. I wonder if he has ever gotten married!" Some people praised Li Jun and even enthusiastically wanted to act as a matchmaker for Li Jun.
"I clearly remember that Grandma Xixi died a long time ago, but why didn't I remember it for a moment?"
The tea shed owner's face turned pale. Only then did he finally realize that he remembered that when Grandma Xixi passed away, he had gone to a banquet.
"I'm confused!"
"No, you are not confused, it's the ghosts that cover your eyes, and what you see is not the truth." Li Jun said quietly.
The onlookers nodded one after another, with wonder, praise, envy, fear, and fear in their eyes.
Next to the official road, a beautiful middle-aged face appeared in a carriage, full of seriousness. She stared at Li Jun for a long time.
Finally made up my mind.
He whispered a few words to the black-faced man who was waiting next to him. The black-faced man was a little embarrassed: "Madam, I just offended that immortal master. Now I ask him to come over and ward off evil spirits. I'm afraid he won't be willing."
Besides, we also have many famous Yin-Yang masters in Yishui County. Ask Granny Mi, there are also experts in the Demon Suppression Division, so there is really no need to risk inviting wild immortal masters whose paths are unknown."
The woman thought for a moment.
Nod.
"It makes sense, but you still need to pay more attention to this person, maybe he will be needed in the future."
After the woman finished speaking, she lowered the curtain, the coachman shouted, and the carriage started, leaving the black-faced man alone to inquire about Li Jun's information.
Li Jun exchanged a few words with everyone, and then, with the support of the villagers of Qingniu Village, he returned to Zu's courtyard. The body of the savage grandma naturally entered the dog's belly.
The villagers were enthusiastic and surrounded Li Jun. The small courtyard was full of people, which made Li Jun quite uncomfortable. He had liked purity since he was a child and was not very adaptable to the lively environment.
It was An Dawang who saw Li Jun's character and persuaded the villagers to go home.
After the villagers left, An Dawang's family sent many things to Li Jun to express their gratitude, including wild products, mountain fungus, rice, and a piece of wild boar meat with skin.
Qingniu Village is not considered wealthy, but it is self-sufficient, and there is a small forest behind the village for hunting, so life here is relatively easy.
Li Jun also discovered that the people in Qingniu Village were living a good life. At least they had enough to eat and occasionally could eat meat.
Of course, this is good only in relative terms. The people here are still poor. The so-called food they eat is nothing more than vegetable rice and steamed buns.
Eating meat is also a treat only during the New Year and festivals. Wild animals hunted in the mountains are generally not eaten, and the money is kept and sold to buy daily necessities such as oil, salt, needlework and thread.
Salt is extremely expensive, equivalent to several times the price of meat. The common people cannot afford it, but they have to eat it. If people who work don't eat salt, their health will collapse.
The days are still tight.
But it is much better than places like Anping and Jiuyuan, at least there are no hungry people all over the place.
They are both a land of plenty, but the lives of the people are so different that Li Jun once thought he had entered a fantasy world again.
Li Jun accepted all kinds of wild goods, took out a pair of silver bracelets from the wooden basin and handed them to An Dawang: "Take these bracelets, I, Li Jun, bought them."
"How can this be so embarrassing? The immortal master slayed demons for us and saved our little girl's life. It's just a mountain product that's worthless, so how can we ask for your things?"
An Dawang looked at the silver bracelet in front of him. It was so heavy that it could be worn as jewelry or broken into pieces and used as silver. He was really greedy.
He turned his head away from looking at the silver bracelet.
Li Jun smiled faintly and put the silver bracelet directly into An Dawang's hand: "I'm a bachelor. I have a lot of these things in my hands, and it's easier to make money than you. Brother An, you'd better take it, and...
Don’t call me Immortal Master anymore, just call me little brother.”
"Little, little brother." An Dawang finally clenched the silver bracelet in frustration. This wealth was too tempting for him to refuse.
An Dawang stuffed the silver bracelet in his arms cautiously, thinking how happy his mother-in-law would be when she saw it later.
Li Jun asked An Dawang about the local situation again, and An Dawang informed them everything.
Li Jun finally figured it out. It turned out that the fields in Qingniu Village, including the forest, were private property of the Wu family. The widow of the Wu family headed the family, known as Mrs. Wu.
Mrs. Wu was kind-hearted. Not only did she charge less rent, but she also exempted her from rent during times of famine. During the holidays, she would also give some things to the tenants.
Therefore, the life of the people in Qingniu Village is not bad.
An Dawang also told some legends about the savage grandma. It is said that one year, the adults of a family went out and only two little children were left in the house.
The savage grandma pretended to be the baby's real grandma and ate her younger brother while she was sleeping in the middle of the night. When her sister touched the bones of his fingers, she was shocked to realize that the grandma was fake.
Then he used a strategy to kill the savage grandma.
Li Jun fell into deep thought.
Before he traveled through time, he liked to study the folk customs of various places. He knew that some things were definitely not groundless and there must be some reason.
Is there any connection between the savage grandma from the old legend in Qingniu Village and the hairy monster he killed today?
Why does this monster only pretend to be grandma?
…
At the edge of Shenling Mountain, at the border with the grove of Qingniu Village, it was quiet at night, the moon was cold, the mountain breeze was blowing, and the leaves were rustling.
A new tomb stands quietly.
A long-haired beast crawled over, stood like a human, and giggled strangely.
Then, it digs up the new grave, opens the coffin, pulls out a fresh corpse, click click click...