Chapter 517
: The Story at the Corner
Chapter 517: The Story at the Corner
Early in the morning, Mu Xueli drove a carriage to find Wang An. After Wang An had breakfast, Wang An and Mu Xueli drove to Wang Li's house.
When going to pick up Wang Li, Wang An also told Wang Daliang and his wife about the gold panning.
When the couple heard this, they just nodded without expressing any opinions or views.
It has to be said that the couple has great trust in their nephew Wang An.
So, when Wang An said he wanted to buy an Oroqen horse, the couple did not hesitate at all and turned around to get money for their son.
However, Wang An stopped the couple. Of course, the reason was the same as yesterday: the money from the sale of fur and bear bile had not been divided yet.
After talking about gold panning, Wang An and his two companions smoked a cigarette and drank a cup of tea at Wang Li's house before driving away in the carriage.
On the way, the three of them were bragging and chatting, talking and laughing, and they were so happy and joyful.
Whether you are driving a cart or a sled, there is no need to hold the reins all the time when there is no cargo on the cart.
You just need to tie the reins to the front crossbeam or the base of the shaft, and the horse or mule will walk along the road by itself and generally will not run around.
In this way, the driver can free his hands and smoke, or even play cards with people on the bus without any delay.
Just as they were approaching the bend, the horses pulling the shaft and the harness suddenly pricked up their ears, quickened their speed, and then broke into a run as fast as if they had grown fur.
However, the sudden movement of the two horses caught Wang An and his two companions off guard. They were thrown backwards and almost shot out from behind the car.
Wang An and Wang Li were afraid that the shaft would sink, so they sat further back. Each of them managed to steady themselves by grabbing the two ears at the back of the car.
Wang An, who had calmed down, immediately said:
"What kind of beast is this? Is his eyeballs distorted? Why is he so hairy?"
Wang Li also touched his sore head and said:
"Yeah, that's so weird, oh my god, I'm dying of shock."
When Mu Xueli's horse leaped out and his body leaned back, he casually grabbed the lid of the carriage above the wheel and thus stabilized his body.
After hearing what Wang An and the others said, Mu Xueli was also very puzzled and said:
"These two horses are usually very nice, not eye-catching, and are quite honest. What happened to them today?"
In fact, whether it is a horse or a mule, there is a phenomenon of eye deviation.
The so-called "eye deviation" literally means seeing something wrongly.
However, mules and horses have narrowed eyes and are easily frightened. When they are frightened, they will only do one thing, and that is to run around with their hair standing on end.
Sometimes, people would see a red cloth strip hung between the eyebrows of the mules and horses pulling carts.
Or a small bell would be tied under the collar on the mule or horse's neck, which would make a "ding-dong" sound from time to time.
These things are actually not just decorations, but are also used to prevent mules and horses from getting stray eyes.
As soon as Mu Xueli finished speaking, Wang An subconsciously looked towards the woods around the bend.
Since the mules and horses were not blinded but suddenly became furious, there was only one explanation: the mules and horses heard some sound that humans could not hear.
However, the bend was full of bushes, and it was barely possible to see from the inside out, but from the outside in, you couldn't see anything at all. After a while, the two horses finally stabilized under the help of Mu Xueli's shouting and continuous pulling of the reins.
Until then, Mu Xueli muttered:
"It's fucking weird. It's this elbow bend. Every time I pass by it, I get tangled up. One time, I saw a bunch of yellow-skinned guys there. They stood there like humans, lined up and stared at me. That guy was so scared that I just opened fire with my box gun. I'm so awesome. You said I'm usually a good shooter, but I didn't hit any of them that time."
After Mu Xueli finished speaking, he looked extremely regretful, as if it was quite abnormal that he failed to hit the yellow-skinned man with his gun.
To be honest, Mu Xueli is very good at telling stories, and he can make it sound like he is telling a story.
So when these words came out of Mu Xueli's mouth, Wang An and Wang Li, the brothers, subconsciously imagined the scene at that time in their minds.
Wang An found that Mu Xueli didn't seem to be joking, so he frowned and asked:
"Xue Li, is what you just said true?"
Wang An asked this question because Mu Xueli always likes to exaggerate when telling stories.
Mu Xueli didn't expect Wang An to chime in, and was stunned by the question. However, Wang An's expression made Mu Xueli dare not lie, so he smiled dryly and said:
"In fact, there are only about six or seven, seven or eight. Anyway, less than ten. I feel that they should be from the same nest."
Wang An didn't reply, but his brows furrowed even more tightly.
After Mu Xueli finished speaking, Wang Li said thoughtfully:
"I remember when I was a kid, I heard someone say that there was a circle of graves to the north, just like the graves we dug when we went into the mountains. Later, the Japanese dug up the circle of graves."
Wang An had never heard of this statement. When he was listening attentively, Mu Xueli interrupted:
"Well, later the Japanese filled up the grave for convenience. Later, it was said that whenever the Japanese drove through that grave, the fire would break out, and whenever the Japanese drove through that grave, the fur would explode."
Having said that, Mu Xueli subconsciously looked at his two horses, and then said with a question mark on his face:
"That's not right. We didn't walk on top of the grave. Why is the horse so angry? Besides, nothing happened every time."
Wang An didn't want to study the matter of Ma's hair getting mad, but wanted to know what happened afterwards, so when he saw Mu Xueli suddenly change the subject, he said unhappily:
"Are you sick? Tell me what happened next?"
Upon hearing this, Mu Xueli immediately ran back from the path he had taken and continued:
"It is said that some of the Japanese soldiers didn't believe in evil, so they started throwing bombs at it, and then they blew the place upside down. It looked like it had been chewed by a dog."
After Wang An finished listening to this, he was thinking about those suspenseful things about gods and ghosts. Mu Xueli continued to talk, but in a teasing tone, saying:
"It's pretty awesome, those idiots threw a lot of bombs, and you tell me what happened, hahaha. It didn't work, hahaha."
Mu Xueli actually laughed as she spoke, but Wang An's expression froze.
The main thing was that Wang An bought a lot of firecrackers at the beginning, and then set them off randomly at the corner, with the sounds of "ping ping" and "bang bang".
(End of this chapter)