The woman in white bowed her head and looked like a lady, even though she was not good-looking. It's just that Mr. Shi was a little confused when he saw the woman.
"My family doesn't have enough food to eat by myself! I won't sell it!" Mr. Shi refused tentatively. Seeing that her husband was like this, the woman had to beg her hard and said: "I know that my husband's family has a small population and rich food. I don't ask you for nothing. I will buy it with money!" After saying that, she took out a cloth bag with some food in it. Let the old man inspect the broken pieces of silver. At this time, the old man felt that this woman was weird. She looked ugly and was so shameless. So the old man didn't even look at it, and said in a more serious tone: "If you don't want to sell it, you won't sell it. Don't be verbose!"
The woman looked disappointed and said, "My father-in-law is the leading figure in this village. If you refuse to sell me, other villagers will follow suit. The little girl's family will starve to death if they can't make it through the winter. Please take care of me." You are so big, just save my family!" He knelt down and kowtowed.
The old man really couldn't tell what kind of medicine this woman was selling in her gourd, and he was already worried. At this time, the old man was also exhausted by the woman, so he simply waved his hand and said: "Yes, yes, buy it elsewhere!" Seeing that the old man was really unwilling to be accommodating, the woman stood up slowly, turned around and walked out, whispering in her mouth. He muttered: "My husband is so ignorant. If you don't sell it to me, you may not be able to keep it. You won't be able to sell it to me, but you'll still have to pay for it!"
When Shi Laozhang heard this, he immediately became angry and asked loudly: "What did you say?!" The woman did not dare to answer, and ran out of the yard in a hurry.
This incident has long been noticed by the neighbor. When the woman in white came to the neighbor's house and knocked on the door, she naturally said the same thing. The neighbors had all heard what Mr. Shi said, so it was the same. To put it briefly, after searching the whole village, no one was willing to sell it, so the woman had no choice but to leave in frustration.
In fact, the mountains here cannot be irrigated and rely on the sky for food. There are often times when there is no harvest for consecutive years, and the mountains are closed and there is nowhere to buy it. The food stored in the people's homes must be enough for more than three years before they can feel relieved. Otherwise, they may face the risk of discontinuation, so every family refuses to sell.
In the middle of the night, Mr. Shi at the entrance of the village heard a "dong-dong" knock on the door. The old man opened the door, only to find that there was no one outside. The father-in-law thought that someone's child was naughty, so he cursed, "Whose child is disgusting!" Then he closed the door and went back to the house to sleep.
Unexpectedly, the next day, Mr. Shi found that all his food was missing! Not only that, even the stored game was lost! Mr. Shi was so angry that he cursed loudly. When the villagers heard the news, they rushed over and asked what happened. When the father-in-law told everyone about the missing food, everyone said it must have been the strange woman who did it. She must have stepped on the dishes during the day! The old man thought it made sense. Fortunately, Mr. Shi was somewhat popular in the village, so someone sent him some food rations to maintain his livelihood for the time being.
However this is not over yet. A few days later, another door was knocked on in the middle of the night. No one could be found when the door was opened, and all food and game were missing. This time the whole village was panicked and came to Mr. Shi to discuss how to solve the current crisis.
Everyone came up with their own ideas, and one young man said: "I know there are three masters outside the mountain. I saw them doing it in a mountain village last time. It should be near a mountain temple on the way into the mountain. Why don't we all pool our money to invite those three?" A mage!" Someone suggested, "Now the mountain is blocked by heavy snow, and the road is difficult to travel. It takes several days to go out of the mountain. I'm afraid it will be in danger if I go out to look for the person!" Mr. Shi thought for a while, patted his thigh and said, "It is also dangerous. We have to go! According to this method, the whole village may not be able to save food this winter. By then, everyone will have no food to eat."
Finally, the village selected a few young adults, brought enough dry food and fire starters, and took two animals to go out into the mountains to invite them.
A few days later, three people came to the village, claiming to be invited to catch monsters. The villagers asked them: "Where are those people who went to invite you?" The three people replied: "They are slow in walking. We were afraid that the monster would harm the villagers again during this period, so we came first." The so-called three mages are all aged Not big. One is a brave warrior, a scholar with a sword on his back, and a dwarf. It can be said that he is ambitious but not young.
The mage carrying the sword asked Mr. Shi, "Can you take us to the scene of the theft?" The old man immediately led the three mage to the side room. The old man pointed to several large empty jars and said, "This is where the food was originally stored." I saw the mage carrying the sword take out a palm-sized gourd from his pocket and turn it around in front of the empty vat. Walking outside the house, he threw the gourd into the air, and saw a goshawk flying out of the gourd and flying into the sky instantly. He circled in the air and flew towards Beishan.
After the negative sword mage finished doing this, the three mages squatted under the wall and chatted as if nothing had happened. But I saw the short mage took out a set of magic weapons from his arms, lit them with one hand and held them in his mouth. The other two mages also followed suit, and for a while smoke was steaming under the eaves.
After a long time, there was a long cry in the air, and the goshawk flew back. The goshawk swooped down and flapped its wings several times. The negative sword mage took off the long sword on his back. The goshawk was very intelligent and landed on the scabbard of the long sword. The negative sword mage put his ear forward, and the goshawk barked a few times in the negative sword mage's ear. The mage nodded a few times as if he was listening to what the goshawk told him about what he saw and heard.
After a while, the sword-bearing mage said to Mr. Shi, "If you want to subjugate this monster, you need to make some preparations."
The old man hurriedly asked: "What are you preparing?" The master pointed to the hillside in front and said: "Build a shack under the big tree on the hillside, facing the sun. There is no wall on one side, and a fire pit is built below. Prepare some ropes and set it up. A big pot and firewood for the fire. Also prepare some bags for food." At this time, Master Yingwu squatting at the foot of the wall asked: "How many villagers are there in this village?" Mr. Shi replied: "A total of seven to eight hundred people!" Master Negijian He nodded and said: "Each villager prepares one liter of food."
The shack is built of wood and covered with reed mats, and it is ready in one day. After lighting up the fire pit, the master called Mr. Shi and several young adults to sit on the shack, waiting to catch the monster. Several empty sacks were already prepared in the shack. All the villagers are ready.
As soon as it got dark, I saw a white shadow coming slowly from a distance. A sharp-eyed villager said it was coming. The negative sword mage waved his hand and made a "silence" gesture. Then he saw the white figure walking not far away and stopped. Mr. Shi whispered: "That's her!"
When the woman in white saw the shack, she didn't move forward or make a sound, she just stood there. Everyone just watched like this, watching the woman in white standing quietly in the snow. Several villagers were all puzzled and asked why the master didn't take action
About an hour later, a dark shadow slowly came down from the mountain and ran toward the village. The negative sword mage stood up and said loudly: "Stay!"
The black figure suddenly stood still and then turned around. He is a strong man, tall and powerful. I heard the strong man asking angrily: "What are you doing?" Master Negijian stood up and said, "If you eat all their food, won't they all starve to death?" The man was still buzzing. , said: "If I don't have anything to eat, I will starve to death."
"This is not the food you grew! Why do you eat it?" Some of the villagers behind the mage retorted boldly. The man was still arguing: "If you don't die, I will die!" The short mage said: "If you die, they will live." After saying that, the three mages laughed. The man pointed with his hand: "Where are you from? Mind your own business!"
Before he finished speaking, there was a "snap" of the whip, and the warrior-like mage whipped him with a whip. The man screamed "叏儿" and raised his fist to hit him!
Before he could reach him, the mage carrying the sword flew up into the sky with a long sword on his back, and plunged the sword into the man's head, leaving only the hilt exposed on the top of his head! The man stretched his hands straight forward, fell to the ground, and instantly turned into a big pig, weighing several hundred kilograms.
The short mage jumped down and tied the pig's hind legs with a rope. The rope flew over the branches of the tree overhead, and a few young men lifted the pig up with all their strength. The short mage pulled out a sharp knife from another mage and peeled off the pig skin with a few strokes. While peeling the rice, he told Mr. Shi to go home and get the cooking utensils. He also told the villagers that anyone with a liter of rice could come and eat it.
When the villagers heard what the Master said, they all took rice to eat meat. After a while, the pockets were filled. The mage carrying the sword called to Mr. Shi and asked, "Which other family has lost food?"