Looking at those eyes that were as pure as water and transparent to the extreme, I felt that my heart full of murderous intent was immediately cleansed.
He wanted to speak, but he knew that once he opened his mouth, he would no longer be theirs.
So I could only reach out, touch their heads, and then smile and nod.
"Xiaolong and Xiaohu, get out of the way. Big Brother Bird just arrived today." The middle-aged man on the side frowned and immediately scolded.
Suddenly, the two naughty kids who had been pestering Feng Qingyang jumped away, leaving only the middle-aged man and the man called Dashan.
"Little brother, you come at the right time. Tomorrow is the end of the year. If you make it safely, I will definitely treat you well." After saying this, he sighed deeply, stood up and turned into the small house in the yard. Not long after, bursts of meat aroma wafted out.
After the middle-aged man left, Li Shan came forward and sat in the seat in front of the middle-aged man. He was not as simple and innocent as the man. On the contrary, there was a hint of cunning in his eyes. He looked at Feng Qingyang who remained calm and said, "You and I are of similar age, so I will call you brother. In fact, what my father said before was an irony. Tomorrow is the end of the year, but you came at the wrong time..."
Hearing this, Feng Qingyang was moved, but he couldn't speak, so he could only look at Li Shan with a puzzled look on his face.
Sure enough, Li Shan saw through his expression at a glance. He gulped down a cup of tea and said in a deep voice, "I wonder how many people will be left in the village after tomorrow."
Then he told Feng Qingyang many stories about the past.
It turns out that this small village is called Shizhong Village, but it is unclear why it is called Shizhong Village.
The people in the village have lived here for generations, making a living by fishing and hunting animals. At that time, there were several thousand people in the village. Although there were not many people, they lived an extremely happy life.
They are simple, innocent and kind.
However, things began to change since their grandfather's generation.
At the end of that year, their village welcomed a great change. Actually, it is not the end of the year yet, but why it is called the end of the year has a story behind it.
That year, every household in the village had a bumper harvest, and their brothels stored countless wild animal meats. Everyone was smiling. For simple mortals, a bumper harvest was their happiest time.
But that all changed that year...
A group of wild beasts attacked the village on the day of their great harvest, turning the original happy event into a loss in an instant. From then on, countless wild beasts would come at this time every year.
They didn't know why this happened, and even the older generation said that years of hunting had angered the gods, so they built a mountain temple at the entrance of the village, fully believing that this would keep everything in peace.
But this was just a fantasy. In the second year, countless wild beasts still came. That year, the village that originally had thousands of people was destroyed in an instant.
The remaining people rebuilt a new village on the original site and also built a defensive wall...
As the years went by, the number of people in the village became fewer and fewer. They had thought about escaping, but they didn't know where to go. They didn't even know where they came from or why they were here.
After a long silence, Li Shan finally finished saying all this, then he got up and returned to the small house in the yard.
"New Year's Eve? Nian Beast? Beast Tide?" After Li Shan left, Feng Qingyang's eyes flashed with a brilliant light, as if he knew something.
He stood up, took a deep look at this small family and the two naughty children who were still playing in the yard, then looked at their eyes as pure as water, and was about to turn around and fly away.
But at this moment, a loud shout came from behind him. Feng Qingyang looked in the direction of the sound and saw the middle-aged man standing at the door greeting him.
"Little brother, come and eat. Let's have a good meal tonight so that we can celebrate the New Year tomorrow!"
Hearing this, Feng Qingyang had no choice but to turn around and go forward. Originally, he was planning to go to the mountain to check what was going on...
As you enter the house, you're immediately filled with a warm feeling. Although there's only a faint flickering candlelight, the atmosphere is full of homely feeling.
There was steaming food on the table, and the fragrance wafted into Feng Qingyang's nose from time to time.
It's strange to say, he is a zombie and logically does not need to eat, but he has a human soul, so he has all the seven emotions and six desires that humans have.
"Little brother, come and try my wife's cooking. Please don't mind if it's not good." As he said that, he looked at a pair of chopsticks and told everyone to start eating.
However, the two naughty kids on the side were already having a great time arguing with each other.
Seeing this, Feng Qingyang smiled in his heart, but a hint of gratitude appeared on his face. He picked up the chopsticks, picked up a piece of beast meat and put it in his mouth, chewing it carefully.
It smells very fragrant and tastes even better. I don't know what kind of beast's meat this is. It melts in your mouth, crispy on the outside and crunchy on the inside, and very tender and fresh.
Originally, he planned to just taste it briefly, but the smell of meat whetted his appetite, and he immediately started to eat without caring about his image.
Within half an hour, most of the food on the table had ended up in his mouth.
After he burped in satisfaction and put down his chopsticks, he saw the people from the Li family looking at him blankly, their eyes full of surprise.
He didn't know why, so he looked at them in confusion.
"Are you full, little brother? If it's not enough, I'll make some more." The middle-aged man's wife said, and then got up and went to the kitchen.
Seeing him like this, Feng Qingyang quickly waved his hands, pointed at his belly and nodded quickly. This look instantly made the two naughty kids beside him burst into laughter.
His heart was also warmed. If he could live a life with the one he loved, where the man farmed and the woman wove, and they could play with children in their spare time, that would be great. Even if he didn't have the strength to move mountains and fill the sea, as long as he was happy, it would be fine.
"Little brother, eat more. After tonight, I don't know if we can still have a happy meal together tomorrow night." The middle-aged man sighed deeply after saying this.
Hearing this, the originally cheerful atmosphere was instantly swept away. The two naughty kids looked at their father in confusion and asked sullenly why everyone who was so happy before suddenly became silent.
"My Li family has lived here for generations. Little brother, if you have the ability, please help me protect my wife and children."
After saying that, he suddenly stood up and was about to kneel down to Feng Qingyang. Although he was just a country bumpkin, he had been hunting for many years and had a lot of blood in his body.
When he saw Feng Qingyang for the first time, he smelled a strong smell of blood on him. Looking at his clothes and temperament, he could tell at a glance that he was not an ordinary person. That was why he invited Feng Qingyang to come so enthusiastically.
"You'll be fine!"