The "cart" in front of me looked like a donkey at first glance, but it was much larger than the donkey, so I was sure it was a mule.
It was looking at me with wide eyes, innocent, unaware of what was about to happen.
On the right side of the barn, there is a set of improvised saddles and a dilapidated wooden trailer.
It seems that this town is really not very advanced, because I have only seen such farm tools in small mountain villages like my hometown, even in our village, there are many families with tricycles or tractors, and only a small number of people continue to use livestock to pull carts.
Anyway, I can really drive this "car", but it is not necessary to change Wang Yingke.
I used to help my neighbor's eldest brother with an ox cart more than once, so I still remember how to get it, but I may not be very proficient.
Afraid of startling the mule, I approached it slowly from one side and tried to say hello to it, but found that the fellow was still relatively mild-mannered, so I boldly put the saddle away, put the old wooden cart on the mule's back, and fixed it.
I found that this mule not only has a good temperament, but also understands human nature, and it is quite easy to control.
After that, I walked out of the backyard with the mule, and Wang Ying also happened to come out of the house, with a confident and smug smile on her face, and a few clothes in her hands.
Wang Ying herself has changed into a very simple clothes, a dark purple coat, the style is very old, and her hair is a little messy.
She threw me a blouse and a towel for me to put on.
I quickly put on it, put the towel on my head, and tied it casually at the back of my head, and the two of us were already countrymen.
When I led the mule cart out of the alley, we both jumped into the mule cart, and the mule walked unhurriedly, and we were not in a hurry, so we swaggered and calmly "drove" the mule cart towards the place where the cart was hidden.
Just as we were about to walk out of the town, a townsman who had gotten up early slipped out of an alley, and I looked at him with my spare eyes, not daring to look directly, and Wang Ying beside me was also very nervous.
It may be that the man is far away from us, anyway, he didn't suspect us, he just muttered loudly: "Oh, the mules of the Lao Tian family get up miles earlier than people."
It seems that the family whose family we stole the car is surnamed Ota, but he didn't recognize us, which boosted my confidence.
When we got out of the town smoothly, Wang Ying said with a sense of accomplishment: "How about my disguise technique and the stolen car, it's not bad?"
I gave her a thumbs up, "It's the highest level of transfiguration." ” She laughed happily, but the smile quickly faded, "However, I know this method can be easily exposed, so we need to get the girl's body to the Old Grudge Lake as soon as possible." ” I nodded, gave a command to the mule, flicked the whip, and the mule quickened its pace.
When we met Xiaoxue, it was already dawn, Wang Ying handed Xiaoxue the prepared clothes and asked her to put them on her body casually, and we put the body on the mule cart again, and walked in the direction of the old resentment lake.
On the way, I asked Wang Ying if she went into the house to steal clothes and was not discovered, and what if the people of Lao Tian's family woke up and found that the mule cart was lost Wang Ying told me that she had heard from her aunt that the family was notoriously lazy, and that she had to sleep until almost 12 noon every day before getting up, wake up and eat something, and rest until 2 or 3 o'clock in the afternoon before going to work in the fields, and then doing farm work for two hours, and coming back early from work.
Wang Ying also said that the family is very poor, living on a little relief money, and they are not afraid of thieves, and they sleep more calmly than others, even if it is an earthquake or a big flood, it is estimated that they can't wake up this lazy family.
When they wake up, they won't find that they have lost a few clothes, and even if they do, they won't care much, this is such a "calm" family, so when Wang Ying thinks of this Lao Tian family, she feels that it is very suitable.
As for the mule cart, it was often requisitioned, so the mule was also accustomed to all kinds of strange masters, and it had a gentle temperament, and had no other shortcomings except that it moved slowly and followed its master.
Generally, after being requisitioned, the people who borrowed the mule cart will consciously feed the mule, because they all know that the old Tian family will not remember to feed it, and the people who borrow the cart know that in order to borrow it a few more times in the future, it is still necessary to take good care of the mule.
Therefore, even if the Lao Tian family found that the mule cart was missing, they would not be surprised.
I said to Wang Ying with a little reproach, since it is so simple, it would be good to tell us no earlier, but I was still worried for a long time.
"If you're not sure about something, I'll tell you, because we'll have to discuss it together.
So don't worry, I won't make a blind claim," she assured seriously, making Xiaoxue and I very helpless.
When they reached the Old Grievance Lake, the mule's footsteps became heavier and heavier.
I suspected that we were all sitting in the car and putting too much burden on the mule, so I got out of the car and followed, and then Xiaoxue and Wang Ying followed, but the mule's footsteps were getting heavier and heavier, and when we were about to go into the woods, the mule simply couldn't leave.
Its belly was round, it was certainly not hungry, maybe it was too far away and tired, so we waited for it to rest, and at this time the sky was very overcast, and the wind was blowing.
I've seen the weather forecast here and it says there will be strong convective weather, but hopefully it won't rain until we're done.
After a while, I urged the mule with my whip, but it swayed back and forth from side to side after opening its hooves, and it just didn't go any further.
"I don't think it's tired."
Xiaoxue said nervously, "Animals are sometimes more spiritual than humans, and I think there is something in front of it that makes it afraid, and it doesn't dare to go over." ” I immediately became alert, thought about it and said, "It's not far anyway, or I'll tie the mule to the tree and I'll carry the corpse over."
Wang Ying and Xiaoxue nodded, helped me unload the wooden trailer together, and then tied the mule.
With the corpse on my back, Xiaoxue and Wang Ying each carrying a backpack and holding some tools, including knives for self-defense, we stepped into this strange forest again.
Wang Ying's expression became more and more solemn, and the cheerful and relaxed smile before all disappeared, and I suddenly realized that she was actually the most afraid of this place among the three of us, and the person who was the most reluctant to come here.
When we walked to the old lake, we saw the red wooden house by the lake at a glance, it has not changed at all, it is still weird.
We didn't want to stay, so we walked straight to the cemetery on the hill past the old grudge lake.
But at this time, it gradually darkened.
"It won't be so unlucky, it's going to rain again," Xiaoxue said worriedly, "Fortunately, I brought raincoats for the three of us." ” I heard a whimpering wind in the distance, as if from the depths of the woods, and from the direction of the cemetery.
The sky gradually turned yellow, and the color was still dark red, and then the wind blew so hard that we could not walk half a step, and I tried to open my eyes, and a figure loomed on the path directly in front of me.
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