1. Past life - strange monkey

A long time ago, humans and animals could talk, live together in mountains and forests, and eat whole grains.

Both are multiplying and surging. Gradually, food is eating less and less, and bloody conflicts often break out over food.

At that time, there was a hunter's family in Pengtan Mountain, and the members of the family were a mature couple and a pair of children.

Hunters are farmers who grow crops for a living. As food becomes harder to find, hungry male and female owners make crossbows to hunt animals, drink their blood, and eat their meat after picking wild fruits from nearby mountains.

Compared to human intelligence, animals still relied on brute force to survive, and they were always at a disadvantage in confrontation. In the mixed revenge, there was a strange monkey that had the most acute conflict with the hunters, and several of her cubs were eaten by the hunter couple.

The Monkey's ability was limited, so he could only watch the child being hunted and cry silently. But he kept thinking of revenge: "I don't believe it, you can never leave to protect your children for the rest of your life!"

Soon, the strange monkey waited for an opportunity.

That day, the hunters couple was going on a long trip. Among the two children, the male was 9 years old and the female was only 6 years old.

Before going to bed the night before, the couple told their son, "Father and mother are going on a long trip tomorrow. If your siblings are afraid at home, go and ask grandma to accompany you."

The boy thought to himself, "I have a crossbow in my hand, so I can protect my sister." He agreed happily. Besides, their grandmother's house is six miles away, and it doesn't take long to go back and forth.

Unexpectedly, these words were heard by the strange monkey lurking on the branches next to the house, and she danced with joy.

After his parents left, his brother took out the crossbow and wiped it again, sharpening the big knife. He hid his weapon behind the door and said to himself, "As long as anyone dares to break in, I will kill him (her)!"

During the day, her sister didn't cry, but her brother fed her and made her giggle.

But in the evening, my sister began to cry for her mother. This is the first time my mother has gone away, and the young sister still sleeps in her mother's arms at night.

It was getting late, his sister kept crying, and his brother was impatient. He locked his sister at home and went to invite his grandmother with a crossbow.

Before going out, his brother told his sister: "Except for me, no matter who tells you to open the door, don't answer, let alone open the door! If someone barges in, you should shoot him (her) with a crossbow!"

The younger sister listened to her brother's words and hid honestly under the bed, not daring to let out the atmosphere.

The strange monkey heard the conversation between the siblings, and she witnessed the power of the bow and crossbow hunting. She dared not rashly break into the hunter's house, so she came up with a plan – to dress up as the children's grandmother in the middle of the night.

When the boy arrived near his grandmother's house, the sky was already out of sight. And Grandma seemed to have a clue and was already waiting outside the door. As soon as the boy explained his purpose, Grandma set off happily.

The monkey was shorter than an adult, but it was similar to a hunched grandmother. In addition, it was getting late, so the boy easily took the monkey home as his grandmother.

There was no moon along the way, and the boy and his grandmother rushed one after the other.

When the boy wanted to hold his grandmother's hand and say he wanted to show her the way, she said, "I can see the way, don't turn around, be careful."

After entering the house, the boy wanted to light the turpentine, but his grandmother stopped him again: "Don't light the lights! I just had an eye disease, I'm afraid of light and light!"

The boy took a flat stool and asked his grandmother to sit down. As soon as she sat down, she jumped up: "My butt is sore, bring Shi Chung me to sit."

The boy was very obedient. After serving his grandmother well, he took out his sleeping sister from under the bed in the dark.

He wanted to wake her up for dinner, but grandma stopped him again: "It's dark, go to sleep, my parents will come back after dawn."

The boy hugged his sister and went to bed with his grandmother. Grandma slept outside, sister slept in the middle, and the boy slept inside.

The night gets darker, and the drowsiness is getting deeper.

The boy soon fell asleep, and his grandmother also snored, and his sister occasionally said a few words: "Auntie, Auntie..."

I don't know how long he slept, but the boy's hand suddenly touched something wet and woke up.

He reached out to touch it again and found that his sister was missing, but he came across a pool of sticky liquid.

The boy put his finger in front of his nose and smelled the smell of blood.

"Why is my sister missing? Isn't grandma human?" The boy thought of this, and his scalp went numb. It turned out that the sticky thing was his sister's intestines.

"Grandma! I can't find my sister!" The boy screamed deliberately.

Grandma is snoring. She just ate her sister, her belly is round and comfortable, and she is having a sweet dream.

"My sister is gone, grandma!" the boy shouted again.

At this time, the half-asleep grandmother spoke: "Chew grandson, sweet. After eating my sister and eating my brother, chew your hands first."

The boy was terrified when he heard that, but he held back his cries and forced himself to calm down and find a way to escape.

"Grandma, I want to pee."

"Come back and sleep well after peeing."

The boy got out of bed, quickly found a bamboo tube, put urine in the bamboo tube, and then quickly climbed to the second floor, just below the stove.

When Grandma woke up, she was hungry again. She waited and waited for the boy to go to bed, so she got up to look for him.

She called a few times, but the boy didn't respond. So she tried to light the fire so she could find the boy.

Every time she tried to light the stove, the boy poured a little urine on it.

"Crack! Crack!" Grandma's voice came from downstairs.

"Whoosh! Whoosh!" The sound of the boy splashing urine came from upstairs.

Just as the fire was about to start, it was extinguished. After repeating this three times, grandma gritted her teeth and said, "Good grandson, good grandson, when I find you, I will tear you apart, eat your flesh, and eat your bones!"

Only then did the boy realize that he had not invited his grandmother, but a strange monkey that could eat people.

Seeing that the urine in the bamboo tube was about to run out, the boy was in a hurry and used all his strength to throw the bamboo tube from the second floor.

"Bang!" The sudden loud noise scared the monkey half to death.

Shocked, she searched the room for hiding places, and finally found a bamboo box in her bedroom. She opened the box, got in, and pulled the lid.

The boy jumped downstairs and quickly locked the box.

Next, the boy lit a large pot of boiling hot water, and then carried the boiling water over the bamboo box.

The strange monkey was doused in hot water, making waves of screams, and sweetly begging the boy for mercy.

When the boy thought of the tragic situation of his sister being killed by a strange monkey, he was willing to stop and continued to pour hot water.

At first, the strange monkey was still fluttering and screaming, but gradually there was no movement.

Before he died, the Monkey threw a vicious incantation: "I am at odds with people, I will eat people when I am born, and I will eat people when I die! If you sprinkle my ashes on the ground, I will become a flea; if you sprinkle them on the water, I will become a leech; if you sprinkle them on the grass, I will become a mosquito..."

When his parents came home, the boy cried and told them what had happened at home. They heard the wailing.

His father was even more furious. He took the box outside and burned it.

Suddenly, a black wind blew from the depths of the forest, and the burnt boxes fluttered in the wind, flying all over the sky. Some of the boxes of ash fell to the ground and turned into fleas, some fell into the pond and turned into leeches, and some fell into the grass and turned into mosquitoes.

One of the mosquitoes became a living organism and took on human form.

2. This life - Ah Wen

At some point, there was a woman named Ah Wen in Taipingdu, who was handsome and loved by everyone.

The fly in the ointment is that Ah Wen can only dress up and refuses to go to work in the field.

Because of being lazy, Ah Wen is notorious, and no one dares to marry him in his late thirties.

At that time, there was a man named A Tong in Taipingdu, who lived by fishing. A Tong was loyal and honest, but his family was poor, and he was nearly forty years old and still had no significant other.

"Could it be that I will break the incense in my life?" Ah Tong was worried and said to himself, "As of now, as long as it is a woman, I am willing to marry it home."

Ah Tong meditated for a few days, ignoring the advice of his neighbors, he came to propose marriage to Ah Wen.

"As long as the woman looks good, I will do the work of plowing the fields and finding food and clothing, as long as she can carry on the family for me." Ah Tong thought.

Ah Wen, who was waiting in her boudoir, often felt sorry for herself. When she saw Ah Tong come to propose marriage, her chin was so surprised that she was about to drop. All this time, Ah Tong had never entered his eyes. But after calming down, she thought: "Anyway, no one has proposed marriage for so many years. It seems that it is a natural love, so let's make do with it."

Ah Tong carried the beauty back rashly and was overjoyed. It's just that there is an extra mouth to eat at home, and he has to get up early and go fishing in the water every day.

A Wen was like a vase, sitting at home all day, doing nothing, looking around, looking around, and a day passed by. She didn't even cook or cook, and even handed the laundry and quilt to A Tong.

"I also recognize such a daughter-in-law." Ah Tong's life was harder than before, but he had no regrets.

In the blink of an eye, A Tong and A Wen have been together for three years, but they have never had children.

That year, the river of Taipingdu had just been dredged, the river was wider than before, and the merchants who came and went were more frequent than before. The merchants carried white money in exchange for the specialties of this side.

The great change brought convenience to life, and it also worried Ah Tong. In his opinion, a woman can run away at any time without children. A beautiful woman like Ah Wen can get married when she turns around, while an old bachelor like himself can get married again.

Just when Ah Tong was uneasy, Ah Wen suddenly fell seriously ill and fell unconscious in bed.

Ah Tong invited a local doctor for consultation. After taking their pulse, all the local doctors shook their heads and said, "I have never seen this disease before, so hurry up and prepare for your funeral."

Ah Tong had no choice but to look at the warlocks.

Once upon a time, there was a warlock who rescued a rich man's daughter who had lost her breath in Taipingdu after going ashore, and received a hundred yuan reward.

It was said that after the sorcerer checked the girl's pulse, he took out a silver needle from the cloth bag he was carrying and stabbed the girl's head three times. In less than half an hour, the girl woke up.

"My surroundings were filled with darkness just now, but suddenly there seemed to be countless ants crawling and gnawing all over my body, and I woke up." The girl quietly recalled to her relatives.

People called Hua Tuo warlock alive. Afterwards, he opened a clinic at Taiping Ferry.

Seeing that his beautiful wife, Ah Wen, was dying, Ah Tong decided to smash the pot and sell iron to the warlock for help.

The warlock came to Ah Tong's house, looked at Ah Wen's face, frowned, and said, "Do you really want to save her?"

Ah Tong nodded and said she was his hope for the rest of his life.

The warlock said, "I can save her, but she may not still belong to you. In addition, she may harm others, you have to think carefully."

Ah Tong was simple and dull. He did not understand the meaning of these words and only asked the warlock to save Ah Wen.

The warlock sighed, pulled out a silver needle, and stabbed Ah Wen three times on the top of his head.

Half an hour later, Ah Wen woke up.

Before leaving, the warlock called Ah Tong over and said, "Remember, your wife is suffering from heart disease, and she is not satisfied with the current living situation, so she is sick. If you want to have her forever, you must always wear this silver needle as a hairpin for her. As long as the silver needle falls, she will die."

Ah Tong nodded again and again and sent the warlock away.

There was one thing that Ah Tong couldn't understand. Before the warlock used a silver needle to cure Ah Wen, he first used the needle to prick out two drops of blood from Ah Tong's thumb, and then pointed the needle at Ah Wen's head.

After Ah Wen recovered from her illness, she still wore red and green, wandering around all day long. Ah Tong didn't say anything, he only asked her to wear the silver needle hairpin at all times.

That day, Ah Wenlang went to Taiping Ferry and saw a wealthy merchant.

When faced with the stunning Ah Wen four eyes, the rich businessperson couldn't help but shake his heart.

After a while of flirting, Ah Wen was quickly sucked by the rich merchant. She was too lazy to go home to pack her luggage, and immediately sailed away with the rich merchant.

Ah Tong returned from fishing in the evening and pushed open the door to see his wife. Only then did he hear from his neighbors that Ah Wen had eloped with someone.

Ah Tong cried and rushed to the ferry, driving a fishing boat to chase down the river.

After three days and nights of sleepless pursuit, Ah Tong finally caught up with Ah Wen on the morning of the fourth day. At that time, she was standing on the bow of the rich merchant and flirting.

"Ah Wen, we have been married for three years, do we really not have any feelings for husband and wife? Why do you say leave?"

The rich merchant heard Ah Tong's words and asked Ah Wen if he knew the fisherman.

Afraid of being disliked by the rich merchants, Ah Wen shook his head and said, "I don't know this fisherman, let's set sail quickly!"

Seeing that things had come to this, Ah Tong was also disheartened. Before Ah Wen walked into the cabin, he shouted, "Ah Wen, since you and I are no longer married, please return the silver hairpin on your head to me it is my family heirloom!"

When Ah Wen heard this, he pushed the rich merchant into the cabin with one hand, and threw the hairpin at Ah Tong with the other.

Ah Tong picked up the hairpin and cried bitterly: "You still owe me two drops of blood, please bite your thumb and return it to me!"

When Ah Wen heard this, he bit his thumb impatiently. After two drops of blood seeped out, he threw it to Ah Tong fiercely: "From now on, we don't owe anyone, the two are cleared!"

After the plump and handsome Ah Wen bit his thumb, his whole body seemed to leak air, and his body slowly shrunk, and finally turned into a flower mosquito, buzzing and flying.

The rich businessperson saw that a big living person beside him disappeared in an instant, and he was so frightened that he ran away, stumbled and fell into the water, fluttered twice, and died.

And Ah Wen, who turned into a flower mosquito, rushed to Ah Tong in anger and tried to bite him.

Ah Tong dodged left and right, and even reached out and slapped.

Strangely, a flower mosquito was killed, and more flower mosquitoes were immediately conjured, and they couldn't be killed.

Ah Tong could not resist, so he jumped into the water to hide. But the mosquitoes on the river surface gathered more and more, and eventually drowned due to exhaustion.

Finally, the group of mosquitoes condensed into a big mosquito and flew away arrogantly.

3. Later generations - giant mosquitoes

Many years later, on the eve of the Qingming Festival,

When Ah Shui came to this town, the sky had turned dark.

The spring rain is continuous, the street lights are dim, and pedestrians on the road are sparse.

He found several inns, all full of people. Just as he was about to fall into despair, he saw a neon hotel sign.

He followed the signs and finally came to a hotel on the back street.

The front desk of the hotel was an old lady who was drowsy.

She didn't seem to be too excited about Ah Shui's arrival. She quietly collected the deposit and continued to watch TV.

Wet took the key and went straight to Room 312 on the third floor.

The lights in the corridor were dim, and there was a strong musty smell.

"Well, I can only live here for the next few days," Ah Shi said to himself. He was a travel friend who had been alone for many years, traveling all over the place, writing columns for a magazine to make a living.

It was quiet in the corridor, and there was a lamp stick at the end of the corridor, flashing brightly.

Ah Shui opened the door and walked into the room. The cold air surrounded him instantly.

He opened the window and saw a low hillside with lush vegetation in his eyes.

Through the light in the room, Ah Shui could see some spots behind the leaves.

Due to the thick ink in the sky, he couldn't see what those were.

In fact, those spots are soul-conjuring flags, and behind the hotel is a cemetery. During the day, the many graves are like steamed buns celebrating birthdays.

Next to a barren grave, there was a reed with a mosquito the size of a butterfly standing on its branch. He seemed excited to see the lights on in Room 312 of the hotel and kept flapping his wings.

Over the past few days, Ah Wet has been wandering around. At this time, she slumped on the bed, and tiredness came in waves.

He decided to lie down and take a rest before getting up to take a shower.

He casually turned on the TV, which was playing the TV drama "Liaozhai".

He is a fan of Liaozhai. He once went to Pu Songling's hometown to find traces of Mr. Liaozhai. He also likes to tell ghost stories, scare girls, and then laugh to show his masculinity.

Ah Shui was so sleepy that after glancing at the TV, she fell into a deep sleep unknowingly.

By the time he woke up, it was already past 10:30 PM.

The TV made a rattling sound, and the screen was full of bean-sized flower dots.

"What's going on? This hotel sucks and the TV is so awesome!" he said, turning off the TV angrily.

It was too late, and it was raining again. Ah Zi didn't want to go out to report the situation to the front desk. Besides, the front desk was an old lady, not a beautiful woman.

Ah Shui felt a little hungry, so she took out two packs of instant noodles and biscuits from her travel bag for dinner.

After filling her stomach and taking a shower, it was past midnight, but Ah Shui was completely sleepy.

He turned on the TV again, but still couldn't receive the program. He reached out and slapped it twice to no avail.

Ah Shi decided to shake WeChat and chat with people nearby to pass the long cold and rainy night.

Over the past few years, half of his WeChat friends have met through WeChat.

He even had an affair with some of the girls and recorded a lot of romantic accounts.

To this end, some friends scared Ah Shi: "Ah Shi, you walk too much at night, be careful to meet ghosts!"

Ah Shui had a bad smile on her face: "If you die under a peony flower, you will be merry as a ghost."

After all, this is a closed town. Ah Shi shook WeChat a few times, and the person closest to him was five or six kilometers away.

Perhaps the cold rain has long trapped people in their dreams, and perhaps people in small towns are not enthusiastic about WeChat.

Ah Shi was very discouraged. Just as he was about to go offline, a woman suddenly added him as a friend.

Ah Shi was happy and decided to use his usual trick to strike up a conversation.

Ah Shui: "Beautiful woman, why haven't you slept yet?"

The other party: "It's early, it's very lively outside."

Ah Shui: "It's lively? There are not many people in the whole town!"

The other party: "Nonsense, I have a lot of feasting here, and there is a lot of noise."

Ah Shui: "No way? Are you far from Hotel XX?"

The other party: "It's not far, why are you also a tenant of XX Hotel?"

Ah Shui: "Well, room 312."

The other party: "Nice to meet you, I'm at the same hotel as you."

Ah Shui: "What a coincidence? Which room are you in?"

The other party: "319."

Ah Shui: "The night is long, why don't I go and find you?"

The other party: "Okay, I'll wait for you, come over..."

A wet heart burst of ecstasy, thinking that there was another affair. He quickly opened the door and strolled around the corridor.

But even with his eyes wide open, he couldn't find Room 319.

He asked the other party: "Room 319? XX Hotel doesn't have this room on the 3rd floor?"

The other party: "Hehe, you can't see me..." Then he went offline.

Ah Zi thought: What a strange person, what a joke in the middle of the night? After that, he also lay down and slept.

That night, Ah Shui could not sleep soundly and was always in a half-awake state.

In his ears, there was always a woman's voice vaguely teasing, and he couldn't hear exactly what she was saying.

For a while, he felt a person lying on his stomach, and he could barely breathe.

He struggled hard, but he couldn't move his hands and feet at all, like a zombie.

Shocked, surprised, and afraid, wet sweated profusely.

It was not until the rooster crowed three rounds that he fell asleep in a daze for a while.

Ah Shui woke up the next day, it was past 12 o'clock.

He went downstairs for lunch, and when he passed the front desk, he asked, "Who else lives on the third floor?"

"3rd floor? Guest? You were the only guest in the whole hotel last night!" The receptionist shrugged his head and replied weakly.

"What?"  Ah Shui thought she was joking, smiled and went to eat.

Ah Shui returned to her room and opened the window.

This time, he saw it clearly - there were many graves on display on the hillside outside the window.

The wet scalp went numb and she trembled. She quickly packed her things.

Before checking out, Ah Shui caught a glimpse of a huge mosquito standing on the glass window, which seemed to be staring at him, shaking its wings constantly. I don't know when and how it got in.

Filled with anger, Ah Shi picked up the broom, slapped the mosquito to death, and then fled the town.