Somewhere in Wushan

Wu Haoxue walked slowly on the rugged mountain road.

At this time, it was extremely hot outside the mountain.

But in the mountains, under the mist, on the side of the cliff.

The mountain breeze is blowing, which is a bit cool.

The mountain road was slippery, so Wu Haoxue's progress was quite slow.

He is over seventy years old, at an age where half of his body has been buried.

As early as the year before last, his worried children took him to live in a building at the foot of the mountain.

But Wu is eager to learn and is worried about his ancestral home in the mountains.

Every once in a while, I still climb up to check.

The children are worried, but because of work, it is difficult to accompany them, and there is nothing they can do to stop them.

I had no choice but to entrust my nephew Wu Leihao, who had recently returned from vacation, to take care of me.

However, they obviously overestimated their nephew's physical strength.

"Grandpa, let's take it easy first..."

Wu Leihao gasped and shouted from behind.

He grew up in the city and didn't like sports very much.

Climbing such a steep hill suddenly was naturally a bit overwhelming.

Wu Haoxue made fun of his grandson's physical strength, and then led him to find a slightly flat rock to sit down.

Then he took out a dry cigarette and smoked it.

"At that time, your grandmother and I carried oily rice and went up the mountain from here."

Wu Haoxue pointed to the mountain road hidden in the clouds and mist, and somewhat recalled the past.

Wu Leihao looked at the steep cliffs under the whistling peaks and felt horrified.

There are no roads at all in some places, just some steep rocks.

Building roads will cause too much damage to the environment.

If this were not the case, a cement road would have been built here long ago.

Fortunately, now, most of the people in the mountains have moved.

Wait a few years, and it will be a hundred years since Wu Hao learned from this generation.

It is estimated that not many people went up.

Wu Leihao thought this was a good thing, as this place was too dangerous.

I don’t know how the ancestors back then thought of settling in a place like this.

But speaking of ancestors, Wu Leihao was a little interested in the past stories about Wu Jin that his grandfather once told.

Old people always know some strange country stories that they heard from nowhere.

There is no "gathering of stories" anywhere, and every time I hear stories that I have never heard before.

It's like, before Wu Leihao's generation was born, strange things were everywhere.

The reason why Wu Leihao was interested in this was because in the story his grandfather told, there was a girl who was wearing exotic and dewy clothes and was a charmer.

Who doesn’t like fair and tender little girls? (tremor)

Occasionally, Wu Leihao also imagined that some Miao girl fell in love with him and secretly violated the team training to give him a love charm or something.

Now that I think about it, I really dared to think about it at that time...

Sure enough, there was nothing wrong with sitting there, and grandpa told Wu Leihao some past stories about witchcraft that were both true and false.

He said that in the early years, there were witches here.

The environment was very chaotic at that time, and when people from their village went outside, no one provoked them.

It’s not that you’re going all over the place, at least you can sit down and talk to you.

Later, after the founding of the People's Republic of China, there was no need for witchcraft.

Those original "witches" have also switched to other professions.

"Then do they really know how to cast poison?"

Wu Leihao asked curiously.

"I'm not happy now."

"The police station wants to talk to them."

Wu Haoxue licked the cigarette with his tongue to make it firmer.

Then he took another sip and said slowly.

Wu Leihao:......

Grandpa's stories are always full of mysterious elements and closely integrated with reality.

While it makes people feel speechless, it also makes sense.

If I go out to tell books, it will definitely be a hit.

And just when Wu Leihao had had enough rest, the two of them were about to continue walking up the mountain.

Suddenly, I saw a green snake scurrying down the mountain like it was desperate for its life.

When he saw the two of them, he didn't wait.

He climbed directly into the woods on the cliff next to him and disappeared in a puff of smoke.

Wu Haoxue was stunned for a moment and didn't take it seriously.

He just muttered that the snake was probably a rat that had eaten poison, and continued to climb up.

Then, after turning a corner, they saw the real "big army".

That was a sight Wu Leihao had never seen before:

Common and extremely rare centipedes and many strange insects snaked down the mountain wall.

There were even rats running around in groups.

Even if there is a snake next to him, he doesn't care.

The snake ignored them and just scurried down the mountain.

"Grandpa, I'm afraid there's going to be an earthquake!"

Wu Leihao shouted in panic.

Such a scene instantly reminded him of the earthquake science popularization he had seen.

Even if it's not an earthquake, it's probably not a good thing.

Wu was eager to learn but stopped. He fumbled in his pocket for a long time and took out his reading glasses.

Then he put it on tremblingly, raised his head and began to carefully look at the gradually thickening fog on the mountain.

For a moment, Wu Leihao saw an unprecedented strange expression on his grandfather's face.

He saw solemnity and surprise, as well as many emotions that he couldn't describe.

I just feel that my grandpa has become very strange at this moment.

"It's not an earthquake..."

After a long time, Wu Haoxue spoke in a low voice.

Wu Leihao found that his grandfather's voice became extremely hoarse, and his face became tangled and struggling:

"Go back! I am also a witch. He is not allowed to hurt me."

Grandpa suddenly grabbed Wu Leihao's hand. His strength was so strong that Wu Leihao felt a little painful.

Then, he let go of his hand and ran straight up the mountain.

"Grandpa!"

This stunned Wu Leihao. He gritted his teeth on the spot and ran after him.

Can you go back with confidence?

If something really happened, not to mention his uncle or his aunt, he would never be able to sleep peacefully in his life.

Along the way, the fog became thicker.

Wu Leihao endured his nausea and crushed countless bugs to death.

He felt that this was compared to the scene when caterpillars were infested when he was a child, and they were all over the ground. In the end, the government filmed the scene where helicopters came to spray pesticides.
To be continued...