Chapter 1726 Fear of the Unknown

Guizhou Province.

Guizhou Province has been mountainous since ancient times, known as "eight mountains, one river and one field".

A long time ago, this place was called Nanban.

Most of the tales of witchcraft and witches in the novel come from the generation of Guizhou Province.

In Guizhou Province, although there are no world-famous famous mountains, there are countless deep mountains and old forests in Guizhou Province.

Even though the reform and opening up has seen a large number of mountain people move out of the deep mountains, there are still a large number of mountain people gathered in the deep mountains and old forests, self-sufficient and isolated from the world.

...

Stone Ridge.

This is the self-proclaimed name of the local mountain people. The source of the name is simple, because it is the largest mountain in the area, and there are many stones on the mountain.

Shitou Ridge is located in the Miaoling Mountains, where Miao and Han people live together, and it is difficult to tell whether the local people are purely Han or Miao.

Over the years in Shitou Ridge, under the impetus of policies, groups of mountain people who rely on the mountain to live on the mountain have gradually migrated out of the mountain.

Even if they have not migrated out, except for those mountain people deep in the deep mountains and old forests, ordinary mountain people are gradually moving out.

Perhaps within a few years, these mountain people who have lived in the deep mountains for generations will fully integrate into this new era.

end of May.

June is about to enter, and the weather in many areas is already extremely hot at this time, and summer is about to officially arrive.

But here in Guizhou Province, the weather is pleasant, as if it is still in spring.

Not only the climate, Guizhou Province has many mountains and trees, the progress of industrialization is not much, and the air is extremely fresh.

The closer to the mountains, the fresher the air.

On both sides of the winding road, there are green trees, and the rolling road is dotted in the green like ribbons.

In Pingchuan, in Shanghai stock market, in Beijing...

Over the years, Li Dong has been to many places, big cities, small cities, and foreign cities.

The deepest memory for Li Dong is the high-rise buildings,

and a somewhat pale sky.

In Guizhou Province, blue sky and white clouds can be seen everywhere.

On both sides of the road, there are rolling hills of various kinds.

Such scenes can actually be seen in Jiangbei, but they are generally confined to a corner.

In Guizhou Province, this is the norm.

Of course, for the local ruling officials, perhaps they hope that these beautiful mountains and rivers can be turned into factories, which can make the air in Guizhou province a little bit muddied, and they can see chimneys soaring into the sky.

Li Dong was thinking wildly in his mind, looking out of the car window a little distracted.

Since he put down his company affairs, Li Dong didn't stay at home for long, he put on his backpack and started his own journey of travel.

All the way from Jiangbei to Guizhou Province, spanning thousands of miles, at the end of May, Li Dong arrived in Shitou Ridge.

Just when Li Dong was distracted, the vehicle slowly stopped beside the road, and Tan Yong said softly: "Mr. Li, we have arrived at the intersection."

Not far in front of the vehicle, there was a fork beside the road. A sign was inserted at the fork. Under the wind and rain, the writing on the sign was no longer legible.

However, if you look closely, you can still see the words "Shitong Village" written on it.

In Guizhou Province, there are many villages with "zhai" in their names, most of which are located in the mountains, and only where there are mountains can there be a village.

Li Dong, who was distracted, heard Tan Yong's words, came back to his senses, and let out a light breath.

Stop and go along the way, and finally arrived at the place.

Over the years, Li Dong has seldom been afraid of anyone, whether it is the second generation or the feudal officials, sometimes there is awe, but fear does not exist.

But after all these years, Li Dong is still afraid sometimes.

For example, the neat old man.

Li Dong is not too bad to his relatives, of course, the premise is that he is satisfied.

Whether it was Li Qing or Cao Feng, even if these people were not rich, Li Dong didn't really care about them, and they lived a good life.

For today's Li Dong, it can be said that one person has achieved Taoism and ascended to heaven.

Even for those older generations in Chenjiawan, Li Dong has provided a lot of financial support over the years, including his children's tuition fees, etc., Li Dong has also subsidized them.

Strictly speaking, these people are not Li Dong's close relatives.

But his grandmother's family is definitely considered close relatives.

But over the years, Li Dong has seldom had contact with his grandmother. It was this old man who made him a little scared at the beginning.

Li Dong still can't forget what the old man said to him the first day they met.

"Have you been okay in your previous life?"

Just this one sentence made Li Dong feel terrified. Since then, he stayed away from this old man and dared not contact him again.

When you feel that it is the biggest secret in life, no one knows it, only God knows you, and suddenly someone says, I know everything about you, that feeling is more terrifying than Guoben.

The old man is a bit chattery, and often speaks words that others cannot understand.

For others, it is forgotten.

But for Li Dong, those words made him not very willing to contact this old man even until now.

With Li Dong's status and wealth today, he can take the old man to live with him and enjoy his old age in peace.

But Li Dong didn't, and of course, the old man didn't want to either.

Whether he is unwilling or willing, in fact, even if the old man is willing, Li Dong may not necessarily get along with the other party, and it is more likely to leave it to his parents, no matter how much money they pay.

Filial piety, Li Dong thinks he does not lack.

For an ordinary old lady, even if Li Dong and his grandmother haven't seen each other for many years and they don't have a deep relationship, she will do all the filial piety that should be done.

However, Li Dong subconsciously resisted this nagging old lady.

This fear even lasted for many years.

So in these years, Li Dong has never been to Guizhou Province, even if there is a plan in the far side of Guizhou Province.

Li Dong has inspected many places, Southwest China, Northern China, East China, North China, Central China...

He has been to most of these places.

Even Sichuan and Sichuan, which were extremely dangerous during the earthquake, he went there without being too scared.

But in Qian Province, he didn't come once.

He subconsciously wanted to stay away from that old man. Every year during the holidays, even if Li Dong was not busy, at most he would let Cao Feng and the others rush back with large and small gifts, but he was unwilling to come.

Cao Feng and the others didn't think much about it, because Li Dong was very busy, and it was normal that he couldn't leave.

For a while, Cao Fang wanted Li Dong to come to Guizhou Province to have a look and return home with wealth, and Cao Fang also had this wish.

Her Cao Fang's son has a great future. Let those relatives and friends who haven't seen him for many years know that his son has a great future. This is a very simple idea of ​​the previous generation.

However, Li Dong has been busy all the time, and he didn't take the initiative to mention this matter. Cao Fang said once, what Li Dong meant was that it's fine to pick them up, and it's convenient to send a team to pick them up at the door.

The son said so, and Cao Fang didn't insist.

In the past few years, several of Li Dong's uncles, including the elderly aunt, also came to Pingchuan when Li Dong got married last time.

Only that old man has never been to Pingchuan since he left Pingchuan last time.

Cao Fang visited Guizhou Province several times, and persuaded the old man to go to Pingchuan to enjoy the blessings, but the old man was unwilling, and finally let it go.

After a few years, Li Dong finally made up his mind to come to his mother's hometown to see the old man, and hoped that the old man could help him solve his doubts.

Over the past few years, Li Dong has gradually figured it out.

The old man may not really know anything, strange people and strange things, anecdotes and gossip, Li Dong has also paid attention to them in recent years.

In the past, he really thought about whether there were some mysterious forces in this society that he didn't know about, just like the novels said?

However, under Li Dong's huge financial resources, many anecdotes and gossips, strange people and strange things that have been circulated are all jokes behind the scenes.

Li Dong didn't give up, and felt that he might be ignorant, or it was difficult to get in touch with this field.

So, Li Dong couldn't help asking Du Anmin once.

As a result, Lao Du looked at him with an expression of looking at an idiot. Probably at that time, Lao Du thought that he was really an idiot, and he even believed these things!

As for the dragon group that Li Dong asked about, Lao Du almost choked to death with his saliva!

To achieve Lao Du's level, it can be said that he has really reached the peak of the mountain.

If there is such a thing, even if Lao Du doesn't know the details, he will always hear about it.

In fact, other than scolding an idiot, Lao Du just let Li Dongshao watch some messy things, and told his daughter by the way, let her persuade Li Dong.

Many people who achieved high positions did not believe in these when they were at the bottom, but the higher their status, the more they believed in them.

In other words, I don't believe it, but I am reluctant to let go of those positions and money, and I am willing to believe these things subjectively.

It is more difficult for gods to deceive ordinary people than to deceive these rich and powerful people.

It is true that the richer you are, the more you fear death, the more powerful you are, the more you fear death, and the rich and powerful you cherish your life.

Lao Du didn't believe this, and he didn't want Li Dong to indulge in it, so he called several times to persuade him.

At this time, Li Dong felt that he might really think too much.

He is the richest man in the world, and Lao Du is the pinnacle of power.

If even they don't know these things, then even if there are gods, it has nothing to do with them ordinary people.

Those in charge of power and wealth have never experienced this. Is the theory of gods and monsters spoken by ordinary people really credible?

Unless those people really don't live in this world, otherwise, a rich man like him, and an official like Lao Du, must know some inside stories.

So since then, Li Dong felt that his grandmother might not be as scary and mysterious as he imagined.

But after all, this incident left some shadows in his heart. After thinking about it, Li Dong felt that he still had to figure it out.

...

Various thoughts appeared in my mind.

Li Dong quickly restrained his emotions, opened the door and got out of the car, moved his body, and said, "Go, go up the mountain!"

Grandma’s family did not move to the county town not far from the foot of the mountain. Although Lao Cao’s family is not short of money now, many young people have already bought houses in the county town, but the older generation, like Li Dong’s grandmother and two uncles, live In the original mountain village.

Li Dong's uncle wanted to move to the county town, but the old man was getting old and didn't want to go there.

The two uncles are straightforward and unwilling to let my mother stay in the mountains alone, so they still live in the village halfway up the mountain.

After Li Dong finished speaking, he stepped onto the winding path ahead.

Tan Yong hurriedly followed up with gifts, followed by another seven or eight men in plain clothes.

He didn't wear a black suit, and he usually attended some important events or public occasions. Li Dongming still had many bodyguards in black suits on his face.

But in private, these people are not that serious, or if they are seen by others, they may think they are making a movie.

The path up the mountain is not too steep. Although it is not paved with concrete, it is still covered with some stones and bricks.

Under the wind and rain, these bricks and stones gradually blended with the soil, and with the bedding of fallen leaves, it is easy to walk up.

Li Dong was thinking while walking.

Tan Yong followed step by step, although he felt a little strange, the boss just looked at grandma, why did he seem a little out of his mind.

However, he is generally unwilling to get involved in this kind of family affairs, and he doesn't want to ask too much.

Everyone was silent and walked along the path all the way.

Shitou Ridge, where Shitongzhai is located, is not too high, but not too low, it has already exceeded a thousand meters.

Under the cover of the trees, the villages in the mountains are definitely not visible at the foot of the mountain.

However, the mountains at an altitude of 1,000 meters are indeed not too high. After walking for more than ten minutes, some scattered houses could be vaguely seen in front of them.

On the mountain road, some other figures also appeared at this moment.

It is not as mysterious and isolated as outsiders imagined.

The old people on the mountain road didn't pay much attention to Li Dong and his group. Over the years, backpackers and donkey friends have traveled all over the world, and people in Shitongzhai often saw those donkey friends from other places go up the mountain to enjoy the scenery.

If you are enthusiastic, when you meet, you will say hello: "If you don't go down the mountain at night, come to live in my house, there is an authentic mountain flavor!"

Of course, you have to pay.

Today's mountain people also do some farmhouse work part-time.

When approaching the end of the trail, Li Dong also saw a small supermarket by the side of the mountain road, yes, a small supermarket.

The reason why it can be seen is a supermarket, because they also have a big signboard - Shitong Supermarket.

In this split second, Li Dong's thoughts of trance and worry before suddenly dissipated more than half of them.

Sure enough, people like to scare themselves.

He has never been to Shitongzhai. Many times, when Li Dong thinks of the old man, he likes to think more.

For example, the mountain where the old man lives is mysterious and unusual, with all kinds of snakes and insects everywhere.

For example, when he went to the local area, would it attract countless people's surprised eyes, and some people would look at him with a ghostly expression.

Will someone suddenly appear in front of him with the posture of a mysterious expert, look him up for a while without saying a word, and then say "you shouldn't be here"...

Unfortunately, none of these!

At the end of the mountain road, although the small supermarket does not look like a supermarket at all, it is indeed a supermarket, or a small shop is more appropriate.

At the entrance of the supermarket, there were a few motorcycles parked, and there were a few gray-haired old men eating melon seeds and chatting. It was not much different from Li Dong's hometown.

When seeing Li Dong and the others approaching, a middle-aged woman asked in uncommon Mandarin, "Brother, do you want a tour guide?

100 yuan a day, if you want, I will help you find someone.

We can also eat here, all grown by ourselves in the mountains, all green and pollution-free.

We still have authentic Moutai here, which is not the kind sold outside, it’s not worth the money..."

The woman said these words skillfully, obviously this was not the first time she said them.

In an instant, all the mysteries, all the unknowns, and all the fears suddenly dissipated from Li Dong's heart.

It turns out that they are all ordinary people!

Just like my uncle and aunt, just like Cao Feng and Cao Yu, they are all ordinary people, simple and honest with some unique shrewdness.

Even the old man who had always terrified him, at this moment, when Li Dong recalled it, it seemed that there was no difference except for the few words that were nagging God!

Li Dong exhaled lightly, with a heavy face all the time, showing a slight smile, and asked aloud: "Sister, is Cao Yunhai's house in front?"

"Cao Yunhai..."

The middle-aged woman was stunned for a moment, and when Li Dong was about to buy something and asked again, the woman was not so snobbish, and said in a daze: "You mean the Dahai family, right?"

"His house is inside. If you go forward, the newly built two-story building in front is his house."

As the woman spoke, she glanced at Li Dong and the others again, and said suddenly: "Are you from the county? Or are you friends with Ah Feng?

Dahai’s family is amazing now, there are people coming here every day from the county, that kid Ah Feng came back this year, and even drove, I heard that he made a fortune outside..."

The woman was a little nagging, but she still enthusiastically helped Li Dong and the others show the way.

Cao Yunhai is the name of Li Dong's uncle, and his house is in the front of the village, very conspicuous.

A newly built two-story building, with a clean white exterior wall, and some wooden houses or tile houses with blue bricks and red tiles in the village, you can see the difference at a glance.

Of course, there are other small buildings in the village. There were no such small buildings in Shitong Village before, but since life got better, young people went down the mountain to make money, and some people returned from working in other places and learned to build buildings outside.

Lost some of the traditional taste, destroyed some of the beauty of the stockade, but for modern people, living a good life is the truth.

So this grandma's house, which has always been somewhat mysterious in Li Dong's imagination, is no different from those small buildings that can be seen everywhere in the countryside outside.

Li Dong laughed a little, thanked the woman for a while, and then led the people towards the small building not far away.

There are some things that you have never seen or experienced, and the unknown will scare you.

But when you experience it and see it with your own eyes, those fears dissipate in an instant.

An ordinary small village in the mountains, ordinary villagers, everything is so ordinary, the only old man who is somewhat unusual, maybe it is just that Li Dong thinks that he is a little unusual.

With this sense of relief or loss, Li Dong led people to the new building.

In front of the small building, it seems that an old man is basking in the sun at the door.