Chapter 802 - The Old Man
I was not greedy or take advantage of it during my work period, and I finally had a beginning and an end until my clean retirement.
I never thought that Lin Lao would be wrongly accused of a mere snake scale. Is it so rare?
Old Chen said angrily: "What are you nervous? You won't be greedy for you."
Li Bai had no choice but to shrugge.
"Strange, there are really no mosquitoes!"
After sitting at the folding table next to the tent for a while, the old village chief also noticed something strange.
There are many mosquitoes in the mountains, so it is definitely not just a talk, otherwise he would not send mosquito coils with kindness.
Especially after the sun sets, the large and small mosquitoes flying out of the corners rushed towards people, hoping to suck them to fill their stomachs and make them round. No matter how much the plasma that was photographed will explode and turn into a small amount of blood mud.
But until now, it is empty all over, not to mention a mosquito, and not even the shadow of a small flying insect.
The old village chief would never believe that the mosquitoes in and outside the village are on holiday and are not around.
A slight click.
The tops of the four lamp poles distributed around the tent automatically lit up and it was dark!
This customized lamp pole not only comes with a large capacity battery, but also has functions such as timing, gear adjustment, light and dark sensing switch, sound control switch and infrared sensing switch. After all, it is a custom product, and you get what you pay for. It is not bad for the functional modules. It is entrusted to the manufacturer to make it together, with a quantity of 5,000 in case of emergency needs.
Whether in the wild or in the cave, there are places where these lamp poles are used, which can not only be used for lighting, but also used as early warning mechanisms.
high tech?
Although living in the mountains, it does not mean being isolated from the world. When the lamp pole lights up, the old village chief immediately thought of science and technology.
The snake scales in the other party said that Bucong was something that could effectively repel mosquitoes. Even if it was not a black technology, it would definitely be a rare high-tech product on the market. Now it seems that the effect is really good. You can't see the mosquitoes approaching when you sit here.
"Come on, eat vegetables! This dried plum vegetable is so delicious, and the pork belly is also good."
Old Chen was very satisfied with the three bowls of dishes brought by the old village chief. They were all sincere farmers and local pork. They smelled it so fragrant, which made people enjoy their appetite.
"Everyone is alive!"
Li Bai untied the remaining grass carp and crucian carp that were crispy inside and outside on the grill, and sat at the table himself, pulled open the beer, and didn't use a paper cup, so he raised it up and said, "Two old men, one."
Anyway, if you don’t drive tonight, it doesn’t matter if you drink.
"Touch it!"
Old Chen raised his cup and followed Li Bai and the old village chief to touch each other.
The two old men just took a little bit of it, and couldn't just gulp like Li Bai.
"Young man, don't you get any white ones? I've been hiding it for a long time."
The old village chief recommended the Wuliangye he brought. When he was young, he ran a supply and marketing cooperative in the village. The old version of Feitian Wuliangye was saved at that time. It took forty or fifty years to be released. One day, it would be a good mood, and it would be quite pleasant to have a little bit of it.
"It's still a good time to beer."
Li Bai shook his head.
The weather is so hot that the carbon dioxide contained in beer can be walked in the stomach, burping happily, and taking away the heat in your body, which is very enjoyable.
The grilled fish is quite heated, fragrant and crispy. Even the fish bones and bones are crispy. If you bite it, your mouth will be filled with oil. If your teeth are better, you can swallow it with meat and thorns.
The three of them ate more than a dozen fish and even killed most of the other dishes on the table.
The main force is still Li Bai. The two old men add one, but he can eat it alone. Computer::/
Regarding the legend of the "haunted house" in Tiankeng Village, the old village chief is like a slippery loach, denying it from beginning to end, or pretending to be stupid in a vague way.
Old Chen tried it several times, but it was still fruitless.
I cleaned up the leftovers, disposable paper cups, paper bowls and bamboo chopsticks, sorted them into different bags, and threw them into the trash cans placed in the village, and then cleaned up the work after the meal.
The old men and women left behind in the village had long passed the age of curiosity. Except for the old village chief who came with wine and food, there was no one else who watched the fun.
If some houses weren't on the lights and people were shaking, it would probably make people think that there would be no one in the entire village except this village elder, and just thinking about it would make people panic.
He volunteered to throw away the garbage, and by the way, Old Chen, who had been walking around nearby for a while, sat back on the folding stool, pointed to the ground under his feet, and said, "The haunted house should be here, I can be sure."
The two mature guys looked at each other at the dinner table. Although there was no solid information, they could still vaguely guess some.
Ignoring it is an attitude, and taking the initiative to test it is another attitude. Before Lao Chen retired, he was a clerk of the Organization Department of Huxi City. Although he was not very strong, he had no shortage of vision.
“Yes, it’s nearby.”
Li Bai has been observing his face and has drawn some clues through professional analysis, which is the same as Lao Chen's judgment.
"I just don't know which one it is."
Old Chen looked around unwillingly, trying to find the existence of the "haunted house".
If you can find and crack it, this trip will be worth it-
After nightfall, there were only a few solar street lights in the village glowing, and the power was not high, so they could only illuminate the seven or eight square meters below, barely taking into account several major intersections.
In addition, there are only seven or eight yards with lights on, while the others are dark and more than two-thirds of them, which looks like they are all haunted houses.
Near the village, one in the east and one in the west, there are many completely abandoned old houses, which is even more suspicious.
"I'll know after staying overnight. It's a haunted house, it's going to be haunted."
Li Bai shrugged his shoulders, and four lamp poles lit up, illuminating the area where the tent was located.
The light pole was on, but no flying insect came to me. In fact, those little things that were ignorant of life and death fell all over the ground as soon as they approached fifty meters and could not fly again.
However, the lights still attracted various flying insects. It seemed like it was raining insects fifty meters away, and it also attracted some insectivorous creatures to come over, enjoying the flying food.
A Pure Land within a radius of 100 meters, and a hell out of 100 meters.
There were some wild beasts roaring on the distant mountain at some point, rising and falling from far to the near, like ghosts crying and howling.
“This place…”
Listening to the sound outside the village, Old Chen couldn't help but feel goose bumps coming out from behind his neck. Why is it like staying in the village like staying in the wilderness? Wild animals are too active.
Because Tiankeng Village has been lacking in popularity for a long time, nature has begun to regain its territory again. The range of activities of wild beasts has unceremoniously covered the entire village. Sometimes you can even see wild boars, rabbits, pheasants and other birds and beasts rush into the village, swaying across the village, or swallowing crops unscrupulously. Sometimes you will unfortunately fall into the trap and become the extra meal for the elderly in the village the next day.
So at night, the remaining elderly people would not leave the house and close the gate of the courtyard and the house to avoid ferocious beasts entering.
Li Bai said indifferently: "It's okay, don't throw that snake scale, wild beasts won't get close to you."
He doesn't care, he just adds dishes any time he comes.
But Old Chen was counting on the snake scales of the Qingyao Demon Girl as a talisman!
As for mosquito removal, it is just a little effect.
"Is it so magical? I don't know if it's reliable!"
Old Chen felt a little chilled inexplicably.
"Just like the smell of wild animals, snake scales can release pheromones, allowing other organisms to detect danger and dare not get close to them."
Li Bai talked nonsense about science, but the principles were actually similar. The so-called "pheromones" were just demonic energy remaining on the scales.
"Then this snake must be very powerful, right?"
Old Chen took out the green scales and looked at them carefully again.
I don’t know what kind of snake it is, but it can actually draw territory for itself like a lion and a tiger.
"That's amazing, I've let me stew it."
Li Bai expressed his disdain, eating and sleeping, and stewing witches at work. This is his daily life.
"Rare protected animals, did you eat them like this?"
Old Chen expressed doubts.
Such scales are hard to come by, and he really couldn't believe that Li Bai was willing to stew it directly.
"It's not on the list of protected animals, and it's not illegal to stew it."
Li Bai said that stewing witches is not illegal. Looking at every Chinese law, no relevant legal provisions can be found.
If there is no law, where did the illegal come from?
In other words, there is nothing prohibited by the law, just do it with confidence.
On the folding table was a pot of hot tea, two glass cups, a few small snacks, melon seeds and pistachios, etc. The old and the young were not in a hurry to return to the tent to rest, and under the light, there was a word that was swaying, waiting for the haunted nearby.
Chapter completed!