Chapter 452: Veterinarian and ShroudThere are many people on the field who have not told their stories yet.
Wu Xian, Liuli, Xiong Gang, Fu Jian, and Xu Meng, so whoever wants to tell a story is entirely voluntary.
Wu Xian didn't plan to tell a story. Liuli had never spoken a word, and Fu Jian was not in the mood to tell a story now.
Xu Meng clenched his fists and hesitated.
He has stories to tell.
It was not an experience in the salt mine, but a strange thing that happened to him when he was a child in his rural hometown. That year, heavy snow blocked the mountains, and the village was cut off from the outside world. Strange deaths began to occur in the village.
Whenever someone says that they are afraid or shows fear in public, they will die in a very miserable manner the next day.
During that time, everyone in the village was scared to death, but everyone was holding on, speaking loudly on purpose, and creating an image of themselves as very brave. The whole village seemed lively, but the atmosphere was suffocating.
When the snow melted, the deaths stopped and the villagers returned to their normal state.
But only Xu Meng has maintained that state.
Because he knew that the murderous thing had not left, but was still living in the village, and took the initiative to greet Xu Meng every time...
This incident changed Xu Meng's life and earned him the nickname Xu Bold, which indirectly prompted Xu Meng to enter the salt mine cave to explore the strange sound and fall into the underground maze.
But Xu Meng didn't want to tell this story.
Because once he tells the truth, everyone will know that his boldness is all fake.
Seeing that no one moved for a long time, Xiong Gang took the initiative to walk to the big-eared statue.
"Let me do it this time."
"Let me make it clear in advance that my story happened not long ago, and I have some selfish motives in telling this story. You should be prepared that the people I drag in may be enemies."
According to Wu Xian’s previous speculation.
Everyone who enters the maze has a story, and these stories can convert evil spirits into the maze.
But Xiong Gang's situation is somewhat special.
He was pulled in by the evil spirit Xia Caoqing, who in turn was pulled in by the old man who had turned into a zombie. With two changes in between, no one could guarantee that the evil spirit that Xiong Gang pulled in would be a reformed one.
……
Xiong Gang showed a nostalgic look.
"My story begins a long time ago."
"I once said that I grew up eating at hundreds of homes, was misunderstood by the villagers and killed someone, and fell into an underground maze while escaping... These words are not false, but I omitted many details."
"When I was still an evil spirit, I once attacked a campsite. During the attack, I was moved by the sound of sermons in the flames. After I came down the mountain, I turned into a human child and tried to live in the human world."
"When I first arrived in the human world, I knew nothing. I accidentally came to 'Kaoshan Village'. The elders in the village kindly adopted me. Because I often showed some bear-like habits, the elders called me Bear Boy."
"The villagers put me in an empty house. Every day, my aunts and uncles would invite me to have dinner with them. I followed them and gradually learned how to be a good person."
"There is a veterinarian in the village named Uncle Wang. He is very capable and is the only veterinarian in several nearby villages." "Uncle Wang discovered by chance that I could easily calm down the livestock, so he took me in as an apprentice assistant. That's how I got a job and an income."
"The village is not rich and everyone is short of money, so villagers usually hire veterinarians on credit and then pay them back when they sell the livestock for the next harvest."
"As time went by, almost all the breeders in the village owed Uncle Wang a lot of money."
"But Uncle Wang rarely asks for debts. Even if the debt has been owed for a long time, as long as the family is really in trouble, Uncle Wang will not say anything. Therefore, everyone in the village says that Uncle Wang is kind."
"And everyone wanted me to apply to a veterinary school, get a certificate, and come back to take over Uncle Wang's job when he can no longer work. Unfortunately, I'm not smart, I'm too heavy-handed, and I never went to school, so the matter ended up in nothing..."
Xiong Gang raised his head slightly and looked at the stalactites above.
"In fact, I know that everyone in the village has some dirty thoughts to a greater or lesser extent."
"They often invited me to dinner because I was strong, and every time after dinner I would help with a lot of heavy work; they said Uncle Wang was kind because they wanted to flatter him and make him embarrassed to force them to pay their debts; the villagers who actively encouraged me to study veterinary medicine were also the ones who liked to buy on credit the most. They just wanted me to be like Uncle Wang and allow long-term credit after treating livestock."
"They are greedy, selfish, and like to take advantage... But that's how people are. Everyone has flaws, and no one is perfect. At least their initial rescue of me was completely selfless."
"So I like them very much. It makes me happy to be with them. If possible, I hope to live here forever."
The story up to this point is still quite heartwarming.
But judging from Xiong Gang's tone, something unexpected was about to happen.
"As time went by, I learned a lot from Uncle Wang, but I gradually discovered that Uncle Wang had a quirk, which was that he would never treat dogs."
"This made me feel very strange. Every time I asked him why, he always said with a grim face that only veterinarians in the city treated pets, and no one in the village was willing to spend money on cats and dogs."
"This reason is very strange and does not hold water at all."
"Times are changing. In recent years, many people have been raising cats and dogs as their own children. People who can treat pets are usually happy to pay. Why not do such a good business?"
"But since he didn't want to talk, I didn't force him to ask."
"Until one day, Uncle Wang died."
"Aunt Wang said that on that night, Uncle Wang received a phone call saying that someone in the village had a dying animal and asked him to go check it out. Uncle Wang hurriedly put on his clothes and took his medicine box, but he collapsed as soon as he walked out the door and never woke up again."
"Uncle Wang's death was uneventful. The barefoot doctor in the village said it was a cerebral hemorrhage. He was already old, so it wouldn't be surprising if he died at any time. It was actually a good thing that he died so easily."
"I have lived in the village for more than ten years and have attended many funerals, but only Uncle Wang's funeral was organized by me. He has no children, so I am his son. He has worked so hard for so long, and I want him to die in glory."
Speaking of which.
Xiong Gang thought of Uncle Wang again, and tears couldn't stop flowing.
As he shed tears, the black hair on his ears and chest also disappeared, which meant that at this moment his humanity completely overwhelmed his animality.
"Uncle Wang was lying in the coffin, and he looked like he was still alive. He was wearing a shiny black shroud. The fabric was very soft, like leather. This kind of high-end fabric is rare in the village. I thought the shroud was given to him by Aunt Wang, so I didn't pay much attention to it."
"But when I and others closed the coffin lid for Uncle Wang, I seemed to catch a glimpse of Uncle Wang's mouth twisted backwards, his upper and lower jaws protruding forward, his eyes wide open, and his tongue hanging out from the side..."
"Like a rabid dog!"
(End of this chapter)
