strayed into fairy mountain

Chapter 1 [Night Watchman]

Uncle Zhang is 35 years old and still looks good.

Unfortunately, he is a fool.

Although he is a fool, he is hardworking and willing to work, and he can even start a small business, setting up a small tea stand next to the official road.

Fast-forward more than ten years, and he was able to support himself. This story spread all over the country, and even the county town called it an anecdote.

Since it is a fool to set up a stall, it will inevitably arouse people's sympathy, so people often come here to drink a bowl of tea to take care of the business.

However, Uncle Zhang has not been out of the stall for three days.

For three days, no one was seen.

……

When Zhang Jingxu woke up, he found himself lying on a big rock.

Surrounded by dense mist and shadows of mountains in the distance, there is actually a giant city floating in the sky, with as many as twelve palaces.

"I am, transmigrated?"

Looking around, this seems to be a fairy mountain.

vast.

Great shore.

ethereal.

ethereal.

Immortal lights linger everywhere, and within each ball of fairy light is a treasure.

bell!
tower!
tripod!
flag!
All the treasures were as big as mountains, and Zhang Jingxu couldn't breathe under the majestic pressure.

Can't get close!

Can't get it!

This was an idea that appeared in Zhang Jingxu's mind instantly.

He is not capable enough to use the fairy treasure.

But when he watched and sighed, there was a faint yellow glow on his body, which was so faint that Zhang Jingxu couldn't detect it at all.

However, when this faint yellow glow flickered, a treasure as big as a mountain in the distance suddenly moved.

It seems to be destined!

……

……

Uncle Zhang didn't see anyone for three days, and the village couldn't help worrying.

The folks in the village are very kind.

Worried that something would happen to the silly uncle, several warm-hearted guys hurried to the door, wanting to see if Uncle Zhang fell ill at home.

The strange thing is that no matter how hard you knock on the door, it won't open.

This situation made everyone even more worried, and a few guys were going to smash the door forcibly.

But the next moment, the boys gave up their thoughts.

Just because a group of naughty dolls climbed up the wall first, and sat on the wall of the courtyard and began to yell: "We saw the silly uncle, he is fine, he is stretching himself in the courtyard..."

Stretching in the yard?

That should be fine indeed!

The young men felt relieved and threw away the stones that smashed the door one after another. They said happily, "It's fine, it's fine, it's a good thing we haven't started smashing the door, otherwise we will be scolded by the old people..."

"For example, Fourth Grandpa will definitely scold you like this: Your Uncle Zhang is pitiful, but the brats went to smash his door. Do you have a conscience? Did you let the dog eat it?"

Thinking of the nagging of the elders in the village, the scalps of a few young guys suddenly tingled. Although they did this out of enthusiasm, they definitely did not prevent the elders from reprimanding them.

……

Now that the silly uncle is fine, the boys don't worry anymore, the poor in the countryside don't support idlers, and they all have to go back to work.

But the group of little dolls who climbed the wall stayed.

The country children, mischievous and clever, climbed the courtyard wall and slid down. In just a blink of an eye, seven or eight children all jumped into the yard.

Shouting 'Uncle, Uncle', all the chirping crowd surrounded him.

Obviously, although Uncle Zhang is a silly uncle, he is very popular among the children, otherwise the dolls would not be so friendly and run towards him like a joy.

However, the next moment, the group of children seemed to be inexplicably frightened, and they all backed away in an instant.

The reason is that the uncle is smiling at them.

It's not surprising to laugh, uncle often laughs foolishly.

The point is, the uncle doesn't just smile at them...

"Hello, children!"

Wow.

A little girl cried in fright.

Although the other little dolls didn't cry, they all had panic on their faces.

Did the silly uncle speak?

Silly uncle, he actually spoke!
……

Zhang Jingxu stood opposite the children, keeping his arms open in a welcoming posture. According to his expectation, some children should throw themselves into his arms to have fun.

Then he can take advantage of the situation, insinuating words from the children, so as to understand his 'identity', so as to integrate into the world as soon as possible.

This is the best of the countless plans he has planned since he traveled for three days.

Unfortunately, embarrassing!

The expected situation didn't happen. The children didn't throw themselves into his arms to have fun. Instead, they all seemed to be frightened, and they all backed away with a whimper.

There was even a little girl who cried out in fright.

Zhang Jingxu could clearly see that there was panic on every child's face.

He felt a 'thump' in his heart.

"What's wrong?"

"Why are the kids like this all of a sudden?"

"When they jumped into the yard just now, they obviously ran over happily."

"It's not difficult to infer from this situation that 'I' should be very popular among the children. But why, the children suddenly became frightened?"

Zhang Jingxu couldn't figure it out.

He could only bite the bullet and try again.

Keep smiling on your face.The tone became more and more gentle.

"Hello, children!"

As a result, there was a sound of wow, and another child started to cry in fright.

Zhang Jingxu stood on the spot dumbfounded.

……

It wasn't until a little guy with a tiger's head and a tiger's brain opened his mouth that things finally turned around.

"Big...big...uncle..."

This tiger-headed little guy should be the most courageous of the children. He was trembling when he first spoke, but soon became smoother.

"Uncle, how come you can talk all of a sudden?"

"Haven't you become stupid?"

"Fourth grandpa and the others said, you have always been stupid."

"We played with you since childhood, you have always been stupid."

Zhang Jingxu finally understood why the children suddenly panicked.

It turned out that the person he possessed with his soul was born to be a fool.

Fortunately, the first contact was with a group of children. If you contact the adults in the village first, this matter will not be fooled.

……

Fortunately, it's a child, so it's easier to coax than an adult!
So Zhang Jingxu continued to smile, but deliberately added some mystery to his tone:
"Uncle, I don't know why I'm not stupid all of a sudden. Maybe, maybe, it's because, ahem... I fell three days ago and hit my head hard on the ground."

"After hitting the head, it buzzed for three days!"

"And then, suddenly, I got smarter."

While making up lies, Zhang Jingxu observed the expressions of the children.

The ancient times are really simple!

Five or six-year-old dolls are really easy to deceive!

I saw these little guys were full of surprise, as if they had heard the most amazing thing in the world, and even one of the dolls was full of longing, braving his nose and bubbled excitedly: "Can you become smart by hitting your head on the ground? Then I will hit it too." ..."

The action was so crisp and fast that Zhang Jingxu had no time to stop it.

With a puff, he fell to the ground.

There was a muffled 'dong', and the head hit the ground heavily.

The next moment, the baby's eyes were blurred, his mouth was slanted and his eyes were full of tears, and he hummed twice, extremely wronged: "Uncle, my brain hurts."

Can it be pain free?
Hit so hard!
This baby is so anxious to become smart, it seems that his brain is really a bit stupid.

Zhang Jingxu blamed himself and wanted to laugh, and hurried forward to pick up the doll.

First, I checked and found that it was just a bump on my forehead, so I felt relieved, and couldn't laugh or cry: "Uncle, I am smart because I am stupid, but you are not stupid, so it is useless to bump!"

The little baby grinned, as if he was happy because of the words 'you are not stupid', but the pain on his forehead made him teary.

Seeing that the child was not dizzy, Zhang Jingxu let go and slowly put him on the ground, turned around and went back to the room, found a cloth, soaked it in cold water in the water tank, took out the room and put it on the child's forehead.

Seeing that he was so gentle, the other children gradually let go of the fear in their hearts, and slowly gathered around him again, watching Zhang Jingxu curiously.

As long as you are gentle enough to treat children, it is always easy to get along with each other.

So for the next whole day, the small courtyard kept laughing and laughing.

Amidst the children's chirping, scrambling to answer and expressing their joy, Zhang Jingxu grasped bit by bit, the first half of his "fool uncle" life.

"I know, I know this question..."

"I know too, uncle, I know too..."

"I speak first, I speak first!"

"Uncle, you came to our village 15 years ago, and the fourth grandpa said that you came here in exile."

"When you come here, you will be stupid, and you will only laugh when anyone asks you something."

"The people in the village saw that you were pitiful, so they took you in in the village. The Fourth Grandpa made a special trip to the yamen to get you a household registration as a refugee."

"The house was built for you by the village, and the courtyard was built by my father and Niu Niu's father."

"Fourth grandfather said, Uncle, you are a soulless person, born to be a night watchman, so the village can't let you sleep in the open..."

"It is our village's responsibility to build you a residence."

"Fourth grandpa is also a night watchman. He guards the village in the second half of the night. Uncle, you haven't grown old yet, so the first half of the night belongs to you..."

"Everyone knows that the second half of the night is dangerous, but the first half of the night is easy. Fourth Grandpa is an old man, so he is on duty for the second half of the night. He is not willing to let uncle you guard the second half of the night."

"Uncle, you will not go to guard the dangerous second half of the night until you are old."

"During the day, uncle, you set up a stall to sell tea, and when the farming is busy, you know how to plow the fields."

"Uncle, you haven't sold your stall for three days!"

……

The children scrambled for answers, allowing Zhang Jingxu to grasp the situation of the predecessor.

He is a fool.

I don't know where I came to this village 15 years ago.

The villagers took pity on him and took him in to settle down.

Because he was born stupid, he was designated as a night watchman.

The so-called night watchman seems to be a custom here. Zhang Jingxu asked the children specifically, but it is not really necessary to keep watch at night.

It's just in name, symbolic.

Similar to the meaning of nominal appointment.

But there is something strange.

It is obviously a symbolic name, but it has to be clearly divided.

For example, the old fourth grandfather is the night watchman in the second half of the night, while he, a fool who is not yet old, belongs to the night watchman in the first half of the night.

The first half of the night and the second half of the night are very carefully divided, as if very solemn.

But the children made it very clear that the night watchman does not go on patrol without sleeping at night, everything is just a symbol, it seems that the night watchman is just a title.

Since it is just a title, why is it clearly divided?

This is the only answer that Zhang Jingxu failed to get from the children.

……

Uncle Zhang was no longer stupid suddenly, and this incident caused quite a stir in the village.

Every household was surprised, and came to inquire one after another. They had to see for themselves whether what the children said was true or not.

After meeting, sure enough, I am not stupid anymore.

And Zhang Jingxu naturally had a set of rhetoric to deal with the inquiries from the villagers.

He was already a demented person before, and he could presume that he didn't know everything. No matter how anyone asked, he could only answer with a sentence of 'hit his head three days ago'.

It hit my head, and I suddenly became no longer stupid. Although this is surprising, it is only surprising.

After all, the ordinary people are not well-informed, and they all feel that the rhetoric of hitting their heads is reliable.

He didn't question it, but was happy that Zhang Jingxu was no longer a fool.The villagers are honest and kind, and they left after satisfying their curiosity.

After a whole day of bustling and bustling, Zhang Jingxu finally found peace.

But before he could enjoy the peace, someone came to the door suddenly in the night.

The fourth grandpa in the village!

……

Grandpa Fourth was blind and had a cane.

He is very old and has a strong twilight.

Only when he speaks, he is still coherent.

"In your current situation, you are no longer a soulless person. It stands to reason that you should not be allowed to keep watch."

"However, my age is really too old, and my fate has basically come to an end. If I rely on my own fate, I'm afraid I won't be able to keep our village alive all night."

"A situation like mine, which is old and dying, is actually very common in various villages and places, and there are ways to solve it, and the solution is very simple."

"In the first half of the night, add a person with five disadvantages and three deficiencies, just help share a little bit. For example, you have been helping me share the burden before."

"However, you no longer lose your soul now."

"It also means that you are no longer five disadvantages and three deficiencies."

"It's a pity that the old man got the news too late, and he didn't have time to find other hard-fated people to replace the first half of the night you were on duty."

After fourth grandfather finished speaking, he was silent for a long time.

It wasn't until Zhang Jingxu couldn't bear it anymore that Grandpa Fourth finally spoke again slowly.

"Boy, can you hold on again tonight? In the first half of the night, still watch."

These words made Zhang Jingxu full of confusion, and couldn't help asking curiously: "But I heard from the children that night watchmen don't really need to watch the night, it's just a symbol, it's like giving a name for nothing."

The fourth grandfather sighed tremblingly, and said in a desolate tone: "The children are too young to let them live in fear. Even most of the adults in the village don't know this secret."

"Actually, they sleep peacefully at night, and we sacrifice our lives every night."

Zhang Jingxu's heart skipped a beat.

In exchange for life?
What do you mean?
When it comes to his wealth and life, he is very flustered.

But when he saw the sadness on Fourth Grandpa's face, he blurted out for some reason:
"In the first half of the night tonight, it's still mine."

　The new book is back, and I will write a dream fairy tale for you.

　
(End of this chapter)