Chapter 416 Hunger
Chapter 416 Hunger
Lu Chihuan was startled.
He never expected that the village chief would suddenly appear in front of him.
The village chief in front of me looked very thin.
His hair was gray, his back was somewhat hunched, the wrinkles on his face were like dry bark, and his whole body looked indescribably gloomy and haggard.
It looks like...
It's like a gloomy ghost.
When Lu Chihuan passed by the village chief's house before, he saw the old man burning incense to the statue of deity enshrined in the house. His old and haggard face was hidden in the wisps of green smoke, so it looked a little blurry.
do not know why.
Lu Chihuan suddenly got goose bumps.
So he pulled Zhou Zhi beside him and quickened his pace and walked out of the area in front of the village chief's house.
original.
The village chief seldom goes out.
Lu Chihuan felt that he would never have any chance to meet the village chief again.
The result was unexpected...
They just bumped into each other.
After adjusting his facial expression, he spoke again in a natural tone, "I plan to go up the mountain to chop some firewood. After all, rice cooked with firewood tastes better, and the rice crust at the bottom is burnt and crispy."
“I quite like eating.”
When the village chief heard this, he glanced at Lu Chihuan quietly, as if trying to determine whether what he said was true or false.
A moment later.
He just said, "It's not safe in the mountains."
"Besides, if you go up the mountain, you will disturb the gods resting there. If you need firewood, I have some at home. You can go get it."
Lu Chihuan raised his eyebrows.
"village head."
He deliberately said something to irritate the other party.
"There are no gods in this world. You must not be superstitious."
The village chief's face turned pale.
"Shut up!"
"You are speaking ill of the gods down at the foot of the mountain. Do you really want to die? If there were no gods, how could our Xing'er Village have such good weather and harvests, and how could the apricots we harvest be so big and sweet? This is all because of the gods' blessing!"
talking.
He clasped his hands together again.
He bowed to the mountain behind him several times, muttering, "Please don't blame me, Immortal."
Lu Chihuan watched this scene with great interest.
he thought.
The breaking point to leave here...
It's probably on this god.
But before he could take any action, he was thrown down the mountain by the village chief.
"Go quickly!"
"Don't come here to disturb the gods again!"
Lu Chihuan turned his back to the village chief and made an ugly face. He put his hands behind his head and walked briskly down the mountain, saying lazily:
"I see."
Weird.
He would come back to explore the back mountain at night.
He looked at——
What on earth is this god?
However, before exploring the back mountain at night, he asked a few enthusiastic aunts about the news about the gods.
Lu Chihuan is beautiful.
Her pair of black almond-shaped eyes blinked a few times with innocence when she looked at people, which made her look quite well-behaved and likable. Therefore, there was no need for him to ask any further questions, as the aunts had already told him all the relevant information like pouring beans.
"That immortal in the back mountain..."
"We don't actually know where it came from, but the village chief has always asked us to worship it."
“We were not happy about it at first.”
"But a while ago, Gouwazi suddenly fell ill. The village chief brought back a bowl of holy water from the temple where the gods were worshipped. Gouwazi drank it and recovered immediately."
"Yeah!"
"That magic water is quite effective."
"Before, my mother-in-law was so sick that she couldn't get out of bed. She was almost on her last breath. After drinking the magic water, she sat up and started to cry out for food. Now, not only can she eat, but she can even eat two or three bowls of rice in one meal."
Lu Chihuan: ...
Eat two or three bowls of rice in one meal.
Can an old man’s stomach digest it?
"And listen to what the village chief said."
Another aunt started talking again, "The good weather and good harvests in our Xing'er Village are all due to his prayers to the gods. Every month when he goes up the mountain, he prepares sacrifices for the gods and places them in front of the statues."
"Light a few more incense sticks."
"The gods will grant his wish."
After hearing this, Lu Chihuan's eyes flickered slightly, and then he asked curiously:
"Sacrifice?"
The aunt looked around a few times.
Then he lowered his voice and said to Lu Chihuan, "This is what I heard when the village chief accidentally let the cat out of the bag. You must not tell anyone."
"It is said."
"In addition to offerings such as chicken, duck, fish and meat, you also have to cut your hand and put a few drops of blood."
"In this case——"
"It shows sincerity."
Lu Chihuan sighed softly in his heart.
The more you listen.
The more I feel like he is an unruly god.
But he didn't say this out loud, instead he just smiled at the aunt.
"Don't worry, auntie."
"I will never tell anyone about this."
After chatting for a while.
Lu Chihuan finally managed to extricate himself from the teasing of the aunts.
after all.
Lu Chihuan just got married.
The aunts like to pry into what happens in bed between newlyweds or husbands, and then say some shameless words that make people blush.
He was totally overwhelmed.
At this moment.
Lu Chihuan was walking hurriedly towards home, and at this moment he saw a child sitting on the doorstep, stuffing food into his mouth eagerly.
The movements look like wolfing.
He looked as if he had been hungry for three days, and his eyes were glowing green.
That is……
Puppy boy.
After the dog swallowed the food in his hand, he started howling at the top of his lungs again.
"Hungry--"
Gouwaer's mother got a headache when she heard this.
She raised her hand and slapped the dog's back a few times, "Eat, eat, eat, all you know is to eat!"
"The starving ghost is reincarnated!"
"Didn't I just give you a steamed bun?"
"How come you finished eating so quickly? I never leave you hungry normally. Why did you suddenly become like this? I remember you weren't like this before... If you keep eating like this, sooner or later our family will be bankrupted by you..."
Gouwaer's mother couldn't help but mutter.
The puppy kept howling and still wasn't satisfied, so he bit his mother's hand.
There was a hint of satisfaction in those eyes.
It seems like...
It was like finally having food.
Seeing this, Lu Chihuan shuddered and hurried back to his home.
Puppy...
Not right.
That state is simply not like a human being.
Time passed by little by little, and the sky gradually darkened.
Lu Chihuan had a full meal.
He changed into lighter clothes, picked up the axe commonly used at home and used it as a self-defense weapon. He glanced at Zhou Zhi who was standing next to him.
The tone was quite solemn.
"let's go."
However, Zhou Zhi did not move when he heard this.
Lu Chihuan turned around.
Zhou Zhi looked at him with his arms folded. His light grey eyes were calm but with a hint of teasing in their smile. He lightly touched his lips with his fingers.
Lu Chihuan: ...
He sighed helplessly.
Then she stood on tiptoe and lightly touched Zhou Zhi's lips with her lips.
"Okay!"
"Now we can go."
He raised his red face and glared at Zhou Zhi, then said fiercely:
"Don't delay any longer."
Zhou Zhi decided to stop while he was ahead.
He became a monk together with Lu Chihuan.
Because there are basically no entertainment activities in the small mountain village, the villagers all go to bed early, and the village looks particularly quiet at this time.
Only the faint sound of insects could be heard.
Lu Chihuan's eyesight is pretty good.
In this pitch-black night, I can vaguely make out the road ahead.
He'd been there before.
So now he skillfully led Zhou Zhi towards the back mountain, but just when they had walked half the way, they heard a faint voice coming.
"Hungry……"
“I’m really hungry…”
Lu Chihuan's whole body was tense.
He frowned and looked for the source of the sound.
Zhou Zhi's big, bony hands also held Lu Chihuan's slender white fingers at the right time, as if trying to give him a little sense of security.
Don't say it.
One more person.
Lu Chihuan was indeed not so scared anymore.
soon.
He had already found the source of the sound. He saw a child squatting on the ground with his back to them. His shoulders were shaking slightly and he made a sound of biting food from his mouth, as if he was eating something.
But even so, he still kept mumbling that he was hungry.
This dress...
He had seen it during the day.
Isn't this a puppy?
Lu Chihuan immediately wanted to pretend that he didn't see it, and then quickly pulled Zhou Zhi away from this place.
however.
At this time, Gouwaer turned his head.
This look——
Lu Chihuan was scared!
There was bright red blood on Gouwaer's collar and mouth, and his dirty little hands were holding some bloody pieces of meat. When he looked at Lu Chihuan and the others, he suddenly smiled, as if he saw some delicious food.
But there was a strong appetite in his eyes.
It seems like the next moment.
They would share the food with Lu Chihuan and the others.
"…tasty……"
While saying these words intermittently, Gouwaer suddenly pounced towards them.
Lu Chihuan stretched out his foot reflexively.
He kicked the puppy over.
Uh.
Why does it feel like bullying a child?
However, Gouwaer was kicked in the abdomen, and Lu Chihuan was very strong, so now he was curled up on the ground like a shrimp.
Then he couldn't stop retching.
next moment.
He spat out a mass of writhing, spindly worms.
After being spit out, the insect twisted its body desperately, as if attracted by something, and moved desperately in the direction where Lu Chihuan and the others were.
Lu Chi spit it out happily.
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The puppy was parasitized by this bug.
Insects want nutrients to nourish themselves, so they prompt the host to eat desperately.
To feed them.
Look at how many Zerg have multiplied.
Maybe all the flesh and blood in Gouwaer's body has been eaten by them, and now Gouwaer is just a puppet controlled by the insects.
"Someone is coming!"
Zhou Zhi spoke in a calm voice.
Lu Chihuan turned his head and looked.
Then a dozen villagers came towards them in a crooked manner, their eyes flashing with greed and strong appetite, and their saliva kept flowing down.
"Hungry……"
"I'm so hungry...have a bite..."
"I want to eat……"
Lu Chihuan's scalp almost tingled.
He grabbed Zhou Zhi's hand.
Then he quickly rushed towards the back mountain. The sound sounded clear and crisp.
And a bit anxious.
"Run!"
"Hold on to me and don't let go!"
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