Although human beings eat meat, their nature is good, while demons eat wood, but their nature is evil.
'The difference between humans and monsters' has always been a cliché story, about how ferocious the monsters that harm people are, and how difficult it is for people to avoid being harmed by monsters, because each work is different, and naturally this work is no exception. So.
It’s up to me to lead you readers into the world of humans and monsters in this work.
Question: What is a demon?
Answer: Those who harm others are called monsters, which are different from those who harm people.
A stupid flying bird stood on a high hill, looking down at the scenery below. There was a vast expanse of dense forest, as lush as a green ocean. Whenever the wind passed through the dense forest, the leaves would rustle.
I saw a flying snake walking quickly among the trees. Its green skin provided a good protective color, which is very useful whether it is to raid prey or avoid natural enemies. But the stupid flying bird is not stupid at all.
, the wide-open eyes caught the traces of the prey in just a moment, so it flapped its wings and swooped down from the high hill, diving directly into the forest. The flying snake also noticed the figure of its natural enemy, and accelerated away into the distance.
, like an arrow leaving the string. The pursuer behind him also increased the amplitude of his wings. Every time he flapped his wings, it would move more than seventeen or eighty feet. In this way, the flying snake and the flying bird began a chase in the forest.
, the vast forest sea is like a natural maze. The two of them traveled hundreds of miles in pursuit, until they reached the edge of the dense forest. We could gradually hear the voices of people talking. When the picture was close enough, we
It seems that we can see some human-like creature standing there, but we are not sure whether it is a human, and we cannot hear clearly or understand what they are saying, just when we are trying to further close the distance.
, but they suddenly disappeared, and what caught our eyes was an untimely and dilapidated desert. In this desert, there were only a few pitiful human residences, and more were ruins caused by unknown reasons.
As dusk approached, an old man in his seventies appeared on the screen sitting on the ground, polishing stones with a hammer and a file to repair his courtyard wall. Not far away, there were also people who looked like villagers.
What are you busy with? It’s just that there are too few people here. It’s as if this is a newly discovered wasteland (it was originally a wasteland that no one inhabited, but it is now being developed for people, and it may become land suitable for people to settle in the future)
Similarly, judging from the landform here, if it is really a wasteland, it would be really good. The dense forest is on the side and you can cut down the wood to build houses. Not far away, there is a wide river that can be used for drinking. Looking into the distance
, there is a wilderness. Although it is now overgrown with weeds, it definitely has the qualifications to become fertile soil. It can be said that this is a very suitable place for people to live, but why has no one come to open up the wasteland until now? The situation may not be what we think.
It's too similar, because the ruins here are enough to prove that people once lived here, and there should be a lot of them.
While the old man was polishing the stone, a child's voice suddenly came from not far away.
Xiaolingzi: "Grandpa, grandpa, where are you?"
A little girl about eight or nine years old suddenly ran over, but obviously the little girl was not familiar with the environment here, so she kept looking around. At this time, the grandfather heard a familiar voice and put down
He picked up the tool in his hand and looked for the source of the sound. Not far away, there was a little girl of eight or nine years old. She looked a little dull, with a rough hairband and a single horn braid. She was wearing a gray and white coarse cloth long-sleeved shirt.
A pair of gray and white coarse cloth trousers, which are typical rural wear of Cangluo Country. The children are still young anyway, so it doesn’t matter what they wear. Even if they are old clothes that the neighbor boys wore when they were young, even if they are patched now, it will not affect their enjoyment at all.
The joy that children of this age should have, the little girl was wearing a pair of soft mud straw sandals. Although the grandfather was a bit old, fortunately he was not deaf or blind. After a short look, he recognized that the person who came was not someone else.
She is her own granddaughter.
Grandpa: "Niwa'er (Xiao Lingzi's nickname), here, grandpa is here."
Xiaolingzi: "Grandpa, grandpa."
Xiao Lingzi also heard her grandfather's voice, but because she couldn't find the direction for a while, she froze in place and scratched her head. After the grandfather waved vigorously, Xiao Lingzi rushed over, and the grandfather also squatted down and grabbed the little girl.
Reiko was held in her arms, and at this time the parents who were following the child also came over.
Ling’s father: “Dad, I’ve found you. It’s really hard to find the place where you live.”
Grandpa: "You live so far away, why did you think of running over here?"
Ling’s mother: “Dad, after three years of separation, Ling’s father and I couldn’t worry about you, so we brought Lingzi over to see you.”
Xiao Lingzi: "Grandpa, why do you want to live so far away alone? It would be great to live with your parents."
Grandpa: "Niwa'er, grandpa is getting old and always thinks about fallen leaves returning to their roots."
Xiao Lingzi: "What does it mean for fallen leaves to return to their roots?"
Grandpa: "Haha, fallen leaves return to their roots. That is to say, for example, the sun, no matter how high it rises, will eventually return to the sea. This is the return of fallen leaves to their roots."
In this way, the family of four returned to the earthen house that the grandfather had renovated. Ling's father and Ling's mother knew that this place was far away from the market and it would be difficult to buy anything, so they had already bought some rice, flour, grains, oils, and meat on the way here. That's it.
Ling's mother began to work in the kitchen, while the old man and Ling's father were chatting about the current situation together. It had been more than three years since they had seen each other. Three years ago, the old man insisted on coming back here, just because he was in
Born and raised here, although things here are no longer the same as before, the homesickness still makes the grandfather come back here. In the words of the grandfather, "This is my home, and I will die in the future."
, I want to be buried here." As a son, Ling's father couldn't resist the old grandfather, so he had to let him come back here. However, Ling's father's family still lived in a small fishing village thousands of miles away, and soon dinner was ready.
The family sat around the dining table again after three years, chatting happily while eating. Xiao Lingzi is a child after all. She is a little curious and a little afraid of this strange environment. Even though she is eating here, she can't stand it.
She kept looking out the window. The night in early spring was still a little cool, and she could even hear the chirping of autumn insects. At this time, Xiao Lingzi really wanted to run out and play, but there were few people here, and
There are even fewer children of similar age. In addition, Ling's mother told Xiao Lingzi, "This place is very remote, don't go far, be careful of being picked up by wild wolves." Such words to scare children are very difficult for Xiao Lingzi.
It didn't work, so I had to eat obediently. After dinner, Ling's father immediately felt sleepy. In addition, he had been tired from traveling all day, so he planned to rest early. Ling's mother was also a little tired, so the couple talked to her father.
After saying a few words, he went back to the side room to rest. Only the grandfather and grandson were left in the main room. It was really difficult for the old and the young to have anything to discuss, so the grandfather and grandson could only come to the yard.
Sitting on a chair in a daze, it was past seven in the afternoon. The sky was gray with no starlight. The crescent moon hanging in the sky did not shine much, and when the breeze blew past the two of them, they could feel a chill.
Suddenly Xiao Lingzi spoke.
Xiaolingzi: "Grandpa, tell me a story."
Grandpa: "Haha, what story do you want to hear?"
Xiaolingzi: "I don't know either..."
Grandpa: "Then let me tell you a story about the tortoise and the hare."
Xiao Lingzi: "I don't want to listen to the tortoise and the hare race."
Grandpa: "If you don't want to listen to the tortoise and the hare... what about the story about the boy who cried wolf?"
Xiaolingzi: "I don't want to hear the cry of wolf either!"
Grandpa: “But Grandpa knows very few stories, what should I do?”
Xiaolingzi: "Grandpa, I have something to ask you."
Grandpa: "Okay, you can ask."
Xiaolingzi: "Grandpa, do you think there are really monsters in this world?"
Grandpa: "Huh? Niwa'er, why do you ask this suddenly?"
Xiao Lingzi: "I heard from my father that my grandpa fought monsters when he was young!"
Grandpa: "Don't listen to your father's nonsense. Grandpa has no ability to fight monsters."
Xiao Lingzi: "Is that daddy lying?"
Grandpa: "It's not a lie. Your father remembered it wrong. It wasn't your grandfather who fought monsters. It was your father's grandfather who fought monsters, that is, grandpa's father."
Xiao Lingzi: "Hey! Are there really monsters?"
Grandpa: "Yes."
Xiao Lingzi: "Then why haven't I seen it?"
Grandpa: "There are not many monsters now, so naturally they are not easy to see."
Xiao Lingzi: "Grandpa, have you seen monsters?"
Grandpa: "Of course I have."
Xiaolingzi: "Really? When?"
Grandpa: "When grandpa was a child, he often saw monsters."
Xiao Lingzi: "We often see monsters? So, don't monsters eat people?"
Grandpa: "They don't all eat people, but they can harm people!"
As soon as Xiao Lingzi heard this, she immediately became interested and hurriedly asked her grandfather about everything about monsters. Seeing that her granddaughter was so curious, the grandfather began to tell her what he had experienced when he was a child.
The screen flashed and time returned to fifty-five years ago, when the grandfather was still a child of fifteen or sixteen years old.
At that time, my grandfather was still a cowherd boy (Niuwa for short). At that time, Niuwa lived with his parents in Xiawa Village, which is where the grandfather lives now. Xiawa Village is a small village with a population of only 500 households.
The adults in the village are mainly engaged in farming and logging, and children as old as eight or nine can already help the family herd cattle and sheep. Unless they are children from better families, they will go to the village school to study and read. Niuwa, because of his poor family background,
Okay, so until I was fifteen or sixteen years old, I was still helping the family herd the cows. But at that time, there were still most children who were not studying, so no one thought there was anything wrong with it. And the kids of the same age who were helping the family herd the cows and sheep, even more
It was a very happy time to take this opportunity to play together, and it was precisely because of this free childhood that Bullfrog was able to get to know the children of the same age from the demon clan.
That's right! Less than two kilometers away from Xiawa Village, there is a 100-meter-high hill. Because of its moderate slope and the vastness of the mountain, private houses were built along the slope. But that house and ours
Although the houses are similar in height to ours, the roofs are round and flat. There are more or less earthen jars placed on them. At the same time, a pole or three poles are inserted into the roof of each house.
There is a blue flag over a foot high, and the flag is embroidered with characters that we cannot read. There are about a hundred and ten such houses, and people from the demon tribe live there, ever since Niu Wa had memories.
, I know where the demon people live. I once asked my parents out of curiosity, "When did those demon clan start to be our neighbors." But the answer I got was "They don't know either.",
Maybe we have been neighbors with the demon tribe for hundreds of years. Just because of the language barrier, there is almost no contact between the two sides. It feels like we treat each other as wild animals that cannot communicate. About the appearance of the demon tribe.
, this is recorded in the book.
The body shape of the demon people is similar to that of humans. They are basically more than five feet tall. They also have a head, two shoulders and complete limbs. The skin of the demon people is slightly gray, and their appearance is easier to identify when compared with humans.
, the face shape and expression of the demon race may be like a fox, or a raccoon, or a wolf. Their eyes are yellow-brown with cracked markings like broken porcelain. They have no ears, but have short and blunt ears on both sides of their heads.
Horns, but people outside said that these horns may be their ears. The men of the demon clan do not tie their hair in buns, but use iron hoops to tie their ponytails. The horns are hidden in their hair. From a distance, they look like
Ordinary people without ears.
The following are rumors to be confirmed.
It is said that they are much more agile than ordinary people, and their strength is three to five times stronger than ordinary people. They are also very long-lived. It is said that the life span of the demon tribe is over a hundred years old. In addition, it is also said that they can see things at night, and they
Their bodies have an automatic repair ability that is unmatched by ordinary people. Even if they are severely cut or stabbed by a sharp object and suffer a state of blood loss, their wounds will quickly stop the blood loss and heal. Also, they do not eat grains and meat, but only
Wild fruits and water will survive.
I remember that Niuwa was herding cows in the mountains at that time.
Niuwa was walking along the mountain road at the top of the mountain, and Niuwa was walking leisurely behind him. Suddenly Niuwa found three or five sheep grazing in the distance, and Niuwa ran over happily, because the sheep were herding there.
The doll is one of his little friends, Sheepwa. Sheepwa is a female doll, and she is quite cute. Mainly because she is kind-hearted. She knows that Cowwa is greedy, so she often steals some cakes from home and gives them to Cowwa.
They are similar in age, but people of that era were relatively late-maturing. Even though the Cow Boy and the Sheep Boy actually had a crush on each other, the two children never noticed it. At that time, they just took advantage of the opportunity to graze.
We always like to laugh and have fun together.
Cowboy: "Sheepboy, have you brought me anything delicious today?"
Sheep Boy: "Here is a earth cake, do you want it?"
As he spoke, he took out a piece of khaki cake the size of an adult's palm from his pocket.
Niu Wa: "Yes."
Sheep Baby: "Here you go."
With that said, he handed it to Niu Wa.
Niu Wa took the earth cake, glanced at Sheep Child, broke the cake in half, kept half in his hand, and handed half to Sheep Child. The two children each took half of the earth cake and sat on the ground.
They ate happily. While the two of them were eating earthen cakes, Niu Wa heard the cry of a cow. The sound had a kind of hostility. Niu Wa hurriedly got up to check the situation, but she didn't want to see someone less than fifty meters away from her.
There stood a child about the same height as himself. Niu Wa walked over curiously, and Yang Wa also followed. Ten meters away, Niu Wa stopped. The child opposite was not a human but a monster.
, this is the first time that Niu Wa has seen the appearance of the demon clan so clearly. The demon child has a fox face. Judging from the outline of the face, it may be a male doll. He is wearing a green top.
and turquoise knee-length shorts. There were no patches on the clothes. They looked quite new and nice. Niu Wa looked at her clothes again and saw that they had been patched with many patches. Niu Wa suddenly blushed and laughed in embarrassment.
The demon kid opposite saw Niu Wa smile, and he laughed too. This was probably the first time in their lives that the two of them had seen someone different from themselves. Sheep Wa stood behind Niu Wa with some restraint.
Holding the corner of Niu Wa's clothes, he only exposed half of his face and looked at the opposite side. Although the language barrier between the demon clan and ours was different, Niu Wa still thought of using games to communicate feelings. Niu Wa used the small phone she carried with her.
Sandbag played a game of throwing sandbags with each other. In the afternoon, the three children were giggling while playing, but they had a lot of fun. Even when they got tired of throwing sandbags, they sat together and talked and gestured with their hands to try to persuade each other.
Understanding the content of what they said, the three children reluctantly separated before dark. Before leaving, Niuwa and the demon child exchanged the clothes they were wearing with each other, and both wanted to get different styles of clothes.
He jumped up and down with joy while wearing the clothes. The kind eyes of the monster child that night were forever engraved in Niuwa's heart. Niuwa was very happy to get to know the monster child, not only because he could get new clothes, but more importantly
It is the yearning for that mystery in my heart.
At this time, the old man picked up the water bowl next to him and took a sip of boiled water.
Xiao Lingzi: "Grandpa, you are so awesome, you have actually become friends with a child from the demon clan!"
Grandpa: "Haha, we were not friends at that time, but we became friends later!"
Xiao Lingzi: "Later?"
Grandpa: "Well, yes, later on, that demon kid saved my life!"
Xiaolingzi: "Ah? What's going on?"
The old man put down the water bowl in his hand, and his memories once again dragged him back to that era.
I remember that after that day, Niu Wa often waited for the arrival of the demon children at the place where they met. Although they couldn't communicate due to the language barrier, the two children were still happy to play together. Niu Wa did not expect this fateful encounter.
, actually allowed both people to escape a disaster.
I remember one morning Niuwa and Sheepwa were grazing on the top of the mountain. The two of them were walking and chatting. Suddenly three or four people ran across from the opposite side. Niuwa took a closer look and saw that they were all boys of sixteen or seventeen years old. The one leading them was a famous man.
The silly son of a landowner, he is very strong because of the good food he eats. He is wearing a fine cloth jacket, and he looks like a rich man at first glance. He is followed by three followers, wearing ordinary coarse cloth clothes. Niu Wa knows that this guy likes to find
It was troublesome, so I pulled the sheep baby to stand on the dirt road and gave way to the aisle. When they passed by, who would have thought that this landlord's son would see the clothes the cow baby was wearing when passing by them.
, evil thoughts suddenly appeared, and the landlord's son and his party suddenly stopped.
Landowner’s son: “What do you do?”
Niuwa: "The one who herds the cows."
Landowner’s son: “Who asked you to herd cattle?”
Niu Wa: "My dad."
Landowner's son: "Then did your father tell you that you can't graze cattle here?"
Niu Wa: "I never said that."
Landowner's son: "Haha, then you still dare to graze cattle here?"
Niuwa: "I have been herding cattle here."
Landowner's son: "What? You are so brave! Do you know whose territory this is?"
Niu Wa: “I don’t know.”
Landowner's son: "Humph! Then let me tell you, this is my family's territory. How dare you graze cattle on my property and eat the grass growing on my property? What do you think you should do?"
Niu Wa: "Why do you say this is your family's territory!"
Landowner's son: "How dare you ask me why? I tell you, this mountain belongs to my family!"
Niu Wa: "You are talking nonsense, I don't believe it."
When the landlord's son saw that he couldn't frighten the other party, he hurriedly thought of another bad idea.
Landowner's son: "If you don't believe it, go home and ask."
Niu Wa: "Okay, then I'll go home and ask."
Niuwa, who didn't know the situation, thought it would be better to go home and ask, so he took the sheep's hand and wanted to drive the cattle and sheep back. Unexpectedly, the landlord's son suddenly stood in front of Niuwa.
Landowner's son: "You can leave, but she and the cattle and sheep must stay!"
Niu Wa: "Why?"
Landowner's son: "How dare you ask me why? What if you run away? Isn't all my grass eaten by you in vain?"
Niu Wa turned around and looked at Sheep Wat behind her, and saw a look of fear on her face, as if she was afraid of these strange boys. Niu Wa knew that she couldn't leave her alone.
Niuwa: "No! I want to take away my friends and the cattle and sheep."
Landowner's son: "You are so brave, how dare you disobey me! Look at me, guy."
As he spoke, he punched Niuwa directly in the face. The thin Niuwa was knocked to the ground. Yangwa quickly went over to help Niuwa up, and glared at the landlord's son who was beating him and shouted.
Sheep Boy: "Why do you hit people?"
Landowner's son: "Haha, just because my family is rich, I can beat whoever I want. If you don't want him to be beaten, you have to play with me, otherwise I will make him look good today."
Although the sheep baby is fourteen years old, she is not polite because she does not study. In addition, the elders in the family have a free-range way of raising children, so the sheep baby does not understand that she should avoid men at this age. She also does not know what dangers come from men.
, and the silly son of a landlord, although he did not do well in school, he read some messy picture books (a book with large pictures on a single page and text below the pictures) very seriously.
.In addition, he was in puberty and was exposed to some bad things at home. At this time, the landlord's son had already learned to be a ruffian.
Yangwa thought that Niuwa's home was not far away anyway, so he asked Niuwa to go back and ask if it was okay for him to wait for him here. Although Niuwa still didn't understand what an ignorant girl would face if she stayed among a group of bad boys.
It was dangerous, but seeing the evil smile on the landowner's son's face, Niu Wa instinctively felt that he couldn't do this.
Cowboy: "Sheepboy, don't listen to him. I won't leave you here alone no matter what you say today."
Landowner’s son: “I see you’re looking for a beating!”
As he spoke, the landlord's son rushed over again, and kicked the fallen Niu Wa on the side of his chest. Niu Wa endured the pain, hugged the landlord's son's feet, and violently kicked him with the momentum of rolling to the side.
The landlord's son immediately lost his balance and fell to the ground. Niu Wa took the opportunity to get up and directly ride on the landlord's son. He waved his two small fists and started to hit the landlord's son in the face. The landlord's son cried out "It hurts me to death" and struggled hard.
, and Niu Wa couldn't control the sturdy landlord's son because of his thin body. During the fight between the two, one of them accidentally rolled down the hillside. The landlord's son fell directly on the stone and fainted. Niu Wa accidentally fell unconscious.
Falling into the river, the sheep boy was so frightened that he cried when he saw this scene, and hurriedly rushed down to save the cow baby. However, the silly son of the landlord's family thought that both of them were dead when they saw this.
He hurriedly ran to the village to ask for help.
As the Yangwa ran down, Niuwa had been carried far away by the river. The Yangwa chased after her desperately, but she was also too thin and weak to catch up with the unconscious Niuwa. She watched helplessly as the Niuwa was swept away by the river.
Taken away, the sheep baby thought of the demon children at this time, so he ran hard to the place where they often played together. When he came here, the sheep baby began to cry out for help.
Sheep Boy: "Little monster! Little monster! Where are you? My brother Niuwa fell into the river. Please help me save him."
The sheep baby didn't even see the figure of the demon child, so he stood there crying, but the fate of people is so wonderful. It happened that the demon child felt bored and came here early, waiting for the cow baby to come and play with him.
At that time, I saw a sheep kid running towards me. Although they couldn't speak the same language, her crying expression still made the demon child realize that something was wrong! Just like that, the sheep kid took the demon child and ran to the river, pointing at the river and crying.
Let's talk.
Yangwa: "Brother Niuwa fell into the river. I saw him being washed away by the river, but I couldn't catch up with him."
Before Yangwa finished speaking, he saw that the demon child was already running fast, running along the river very fast. The speed was probably two or three times faster than the adults in the village. The demon child's head was flying.
The horn can rotate freely left and right while running. Although I don't know what the purpose of this action is, it must be very powerful. The demon child's running speed is really like a wild beast. At such a young age, his stride length is actually more than
Five feet, and the pace is very fast. When running, the ponytail that is tied up is blown up by the wind formed during running. Moreover, the physical strength of the demon child is really good. After running along the river for a quarter of an hour, the running speed is the same as the original.
There is not much difference. What is even more amazing is that the demon child seems to be able to track its prey like a wild beast, and soon catches up with Niuwa who is struggling in the river. At this time, Niuwa has woken up from a coma, but because of the strong river water,
, Niu Wa's water quality is average, so although Niu Wa tried hard to swim to the shore, he couldn't do it at all. He could only struggle in the river not to sink. When Niu Wa saw the familiar figure chasing him from the shore,
Behind the figure, as if grasping a life-saving straw, he waved his arms desperately to attract the other party's attention. Soon the demon child ran in front of Niu Wa, but did not stop, but continued to run forward.
After leaving Niu Wa nearly two hundred meters behind, he suddenly jumped into the river and swam toward the middle of the river. Here, the demon child had already calculated that Niu Wa would be rushed over, and the demon child just
Stopping like this in the river, even if the river is strong, it cannot be washed away. As expected, Niu Wa was washed over after a while. When Niu Wa saw the demon child not far away, not to mention how happy she was.
The final result was that, as the demon kid had calculated, Niu Wa was washed directly in front of him by the river water. The demon kid grabbed Niu Wa and then brought him back to the shore effortlessly. The two of them
After landing on the shore, they looked at each other and smiled. At this time, Niuwa was already close to collapse due to his desperate struggle in the water, and the demon child also consumed a lot of energy because of his eagerness to save his friend. The two of them rested on the shore.
After a while, he started to walk back. When he saw many people walking this way, the demon child was still wary of other people, so he patted Niu Wa on the shoulder, and then ran away.
After a while, his figure disappeared into the woods, and Niu Wa was brought back to the village. As for what to do with the landlord's silly son, I won't mention it. Anyway, from then on, Niu Wa and the demon child became
a true friend.
If the story ended here, it would be a comedy between humans and demons. However, it didn’t work out as everyone wished, but what happened later...