Time passed slowly, and Xiaoya kept being held by Teacher Liu. She pulled her clothes and said to Teacher Liu: "Teacher Liu, it's so itchy!"
Only then did Teacher Liu realize that the mud on Xiaoya's body was almost dry, and he quickly helped Xiaoya take off her clothes. A little girl of this age could not even talk about the so-called development, and Teacher Liu could not have any strange thoughts.
I helped Xiaoya rub all the mud off her body, and then rubbed the wrinkled clothes vigorously for a while to remove all the mud particles, and then put them back on Xiaoya's body.
"Why haven't they come back yet?" It was now close to noon, and a bad shadow flashed through Teacher Liu's heart. In this rural area where you can basically see the surroundings at a glance, it is impossible for all the more than 20 people to disappear at once.
, then there is only one possibility, that is, they really went to that village.
"No, I have to go and have a look." Teacher Liu made up his mind and said to Xiaoya: "Xiaoya, let's go find our classmates and teachers together, okay?"
"Okay, okay!" Xiaoya said with a smile.
Teacher Liu thought for a while and hung the jade pendant around Xiaoya's neck, saying: "Don't lose this jade pendant, it can protect you!"
"Really?" Xiaoya couldn't put it down and played with the jade pendant, and said, "Teacher Liu, is this for me?"
Teacher Liu smiled awkwardly and said: "Well... I'm borrowing Xiaoya for fun for the time being. This was given to me by Teacher Liu's grandfather, and I can't give it to anyone else! Otherwise, my grandfather will come to see you at night!"
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"No way! It's so scary! Can Xiaoya not have it?" Xiaoya was so frightened that she burst into tears.
Teacher Liu smiled bitterly and said: "No, no, as long as it is returned to the teacher before evening!"
"Yes! Xiaoya must return it to the teacher!" Xiaoya said solemnly.
"Xiaoya is so good!" Teacher Liu touched Xiaoya's two pigtails and took Xiaoya towards the village.
This village is slightly different from most rural areas. The entire village is built around a mountain. However, most of the houses on the mountainside are very old. You can even see some wooden houses. On the top of the mountain, there are
It is a vaguely visible lighthouse, but if you look closely, you will find that the lighthouse is also dilapidated, as if half of it has collapsed.
The only signs of modernization were the small roads in the village and the two dilapidated street lamps on the roadside. Teacher Liu looked at these street lamps and found that even the light bulbs were missing. This means that there are basically no traces of modernization in the village.
, let alone electricity, there are no electricity towers within a dozen miles around here.
At the foot of the mountain is a large area of houses. Most of these brick and tile houses are in dilapidated condition, but you can finally see people here. When approaching the first house, Teacher Liu saw two people standing at the door of the house.
There were two old men with gray hair lying on the bamboo chairs, who seemed to be basking in the sun.
"Old man? Did you see a group of students and a few teachers?" Teacher Liu took Xiaoya's hand and came to the two old men and asked very politely.
The two old men who were sunbathing seemed to have heard Teacher Liu's voice. They raised their eyelids at the same time and stared at Teacher Liu with cloudy eyes without saying a word or answering Teacher Liu's words.
Teacher Liu frowned and asked again: "Old man? Did anyone come to your place just now?"
The two old men still didn't speak, they just kept looking at Teacher Liu. Teacher Liu was a little frightened by the gazes of the two old men. After asking again to no avail, he had no choice but to leave and take Xiaoya to the village.
entrance.
These houses surrounding the foot of the mountain were gathered together, and two paths separated them into three areas. However, most of these houses were the same, and there was nothing strange about them. However, Teacher Liu felt more and more uneasy. He felt that
This village is very strange.
Standing at the fork in the road, Teacher Liu couldn't help but look at a wooden sign at the intersection, which read: "Chenjiacun" in three big characters.
"Chenjia Village? Isn't this called Niujiao Village?" Teacher Liu was stunned, but the teacher who suggested coming here seemed to be named Chen.
"No, there are so many people, and the village is not big. How could they disappear completely?" Teacher Liu suddenly didn't dare to move forward.
"Teacher Liu...I'm afraid..." While Teacher Liu was confused, Xiaoya suddenly grabbed Teacher Liu's trouser legs and whispered.
Teacher Liu patted Xiaoya's whip and said with a smile: "What's wrong? What's there to be afraid of?"
"They..." Xiaoya leaned her face on Teacher Liu's trouser leg and carefully pointed her finger to the side.
Following Xiaoya's fingers, Teacher Liu's smile slowly solidified. When he got closer, he discovered that there were several bamboo chairs at the door of the houses in these villages, and on each bamboo chair lay a person.
Old people, most of these old people are very old, and the clothes they wear are also shabby, but this is not what scares Xiaoya, but all the old people have opened their eyes, staring at them like the old people whom Teacher Liu asked before.
With Teacher Liu.
A drop of cold sweat slowly slipped from his forehead. Teacher Liu regretted coming into this place. He subconsciously wanted to take Xiaoya and walk behind him. But when he turned around, he happened to see a farmer holding a hoe coming from outside.
Come in.
The farmer was stunned when he saw Teacher Liu and Xiaoya, and said, "Who are you?"
"Well, hello, have you seen a group of children and a few teachers? I was with them, and we got separated. I thought they would be here, but I didn't see them." Teacher Liu walked over quickly.
He asked anxiously, feeling glad in his heart that he finally found someone who could talk to him.
The farmer frowned and said, "You got separated? No way. We rarely have outsiders come in here. Where did you come from?"
"My colleague is from your village. We are from Longshan Town Primary School. This time we organized a hike for students. My colleague said that the scenery here is good, so he suggested that we come here. My student got separated while catching frogs, so I went to find her.
When I came back, I found that they were all gone." Teacher Liu said with a bitter smile.
The farmer looked at Xiaoya and said, "Your colleague? From our village? What is his name?"
"Chen Danian." Teacher Liu said quickly.
"There is no such person, are you mistaken?" The farmer thought about it carefully and shook his head.
"What?" Teacher Liu suddenly trembled and said, "Then do you know Niujiao Village?"
"What Niujiao Village? There are no villages nearby. It's at least thirty kilometers away from the town. People in the village rarely go out, and they basically have no contact with the outside world." The farmer answered somewhat strangely.
Teacher Liu held Xiaoya's trembling hand and said quickly: "How is that possible? My colleague said..."
"However, we still welcome outsiders. If there are any, they probably went over there." The farmer pointed to the left side of the fork in the road.
"Over there? Where is that over there?" Teacher Liu asked quickly.
"It's on the opposite side of the mountain. The foot of this mountain belongs to our village. Go look for it. If it's not there, leave early. Our village doesn't have any space for you to spend the night." The farmer reminded him before carrying on.
Hoe walked towards the right fork.
"Teacher Liu..." Xiaoya grabbed Teacher Liu's hand. She found that the old people were still looking here. This time they were really scared.
Teacher Liu glanced left and right. These old people didn't even blink. They were always staring at him. It was really weird. He really wanted to leave here now, but more than a dozen students and several teachers disappeared.
, this is definitely not a trivial matter, he has to look for it no matter what.
"How about you and the teacher go find your classmates?" Teacher Liu said with a wry smile.
Xiaoya shook her head and said, "I'm afraid..."
"It's okay!" Teacher Liu picked up Xiaoya, told her to bury her head on his shoulder, and whispered: "Don't open your eyes, let's go take a look and then leave."
Xiaoya obediently lay on Teacher Liu's shoulder, but a little girl is naturally curious and imaginative. It was okay if she didn't close her eyes. As soon as she closed her eyes, she suddenly felt that there were more old people looking at her.
Suddenly I couldn't help but look through my fingers.
The old people were still lying on the bamboo chairs looking at themselves. Even the old man carrying the hoe stopped and looked at her. Xiaoya was so scared that she closed her eyes. She really didn't dare to open her eyes this time.
Open your eyes.
"It's so strange. Why do I feel so strange? I seem to have forgotten something...what exactly have I forgotten?" Teacher Liu frowned and looked at everything on the roadside as he walked.
This village was much larger than he imagined. Teacher Liu walked for seven or eight minutes and did not reach the other side of the mountain that the farmer mentioned. However, he found that as he went deeper and deeper, the houses in these villages became smaller and larger.
It is becoming more and more shabby, and the old man lying on the bamboo chair is also getting... older.
Yes, those old people gave Teacher Liu a very strange feeling. When he passed by outside, the old people he saw were just older, but the old people he saw now gave Teacher Liu the feeling that they were in their twilight years.
They were all so thin that they were reduced to skeletons, and most of the hair on their heads was almost gone. Many old people could no longer control the strength of their jaws. They basically looked here with their mouths open, and they could see everything in their mouths.
No more, only a dark patch.
Xiaoya's hold on Teacher Liu's shoulders became tighter and tighter. Teacher Liu knew that Xiaoya must have opened her eyes and looked, so she couldn't help but whisper: "Don't look! Xiaoya!"
"Yeah..." Xiaoya responded in a low voice.
"It's such a weird place... There's no way they could come here. Let's go." Teacher Liu finally lost the courage to continue walking. By this time, he had already walked within a thousand meters of the village.
But he still saw that there were fewer and fewer houses. Instead, there were more and more of them. Only then did he realize that the seemingly straight road seemed to be a little crooked. It was just because of those houses that he didn't notice it at all. He had already walked through the so-called
On the other side of the mountain, we have reached the mountainside!
"No wonder the houses here are so dilapidated, and they are all made of wood." Teacher Liu's clothes were completely soaked with sweat. He hugged Xiaoya and walked directly towards the way he came.
What Teacher Liu is most afraid of now is not the looks in the eyes of those old people, nor the disappearance of his colleagues and students, but whether he will be able to walk out of the village later. Isn't this how it is played in horror movies?
Teacher Liu, who was uneasy in his heart, did not encounter the terrible suspicion in the end. On the contrary, when he just returned to the fork in the road, he saw a group of people suddenly appeared not far away, including several lion dancers rolling up and down, and several
The shirtless man walked in the front, rolled the firecrackers he was holding on the ground, and then lit them. The sound of firecrackers was heard all of a sudden.
"Teacher Liu! Look!" Xiaoya suddenly shouted excitedly. It turned out that behind those people were her classmates and her teachers!
Teacher Liu almost cried. The few minutes of walking just made him mentally stressed and almost collapsed!
"Teacher Yang! Teacher Chen! Teacher Zhang! You are finally here!" Teacher Liu quickly hugged Xiaoya and ran towards the group of people.