A widow's knock at the door
Hidden away from the hustle and bustle of the mountains, there is an ancient and quiet village. At the end of the village, there is a dilapidated thatched hut, which is the home of the widow Li Xiulan. Since the death of her husband, Li Xiulan has lived alone, relying on planting a few acres of thin fields and helping from neighbors.
Li Xiulan is a gentle and strong woman, when her husband was alive, the two respected each other like guests, and although they were not rich, they were also happy. However, her husband died in an accident, leaving her alone to face the hardships of life.
Soon after her husband's death, Li Xiulan began to hear strange knocks on the door every night. The sound was faint at first, as if it were coming from a distance, but as time went on, the knocks became clearer and more frequent. In the dead of night, the sound of "dong dong dong" sounded on time, making Li Xiulan unable to sleep peacefully.
At first, Li Xiulan thought it was the sound of the wind blowing the doors and windows, or the prank of the naughty children in the village. However, when she looked closely at the doors and windows, she found that everything was intact and that the children in the village had already fallen asleep. This made her feel a trace of inexplicable fear.
In order to figure out the source of this knocking sound, Li Xiulan decided to put a mouse trap at the door. She thought to herself that if something was knocking on the door, the rat trap should be able to catch it. So, she found a sturdy rat trap, carefully placed it at the door, and went back to sleep.
This night, Li Xiulan tossed and turned, unable to sleep. She kept an eye on the movement outside the door, lest she miss a sound. However, she didn't hear anything unusual until dawn.
The next morning, Li Xiulan got up early and couldn't wait to open the door to check the situation of the mouse trap. However, when she saw the scene at the door, she couldn't help but stand on the spot, dumbfounded.
The rat trap was empty, not holding anything. But strangely, there is a clear series of footprints on the ground at the door, which stretches all the way to the depths of the village. Those footprints looked like human footprints, but they were much smaller than ordinary people's footprints, as if they were the footprints of a child.
Li Xiulan was shocked, could it be that this knock on the door was really made by a certain child? However, there are no such children in the village! And, why did these footprints appear at her door?
Li Xiulan decided to follow the footprints to find clues. She followed the footprints all the way, through the center of the village, to the hill behind the village. At the foot of the back mountain, she found a long-abandoned land temple. The temple was in a dilapidated state, with crumbling roof tiles and crumbling doors and windows.
However, just as Li Xiulan was about to leave, she suddenly heard a faint cry. The voice was as thin as a gossamer, but it was clearly audible. She followed the sound and found that the cry was coming from the corner of the Temple of the Land.
Li Xiulan bravely walked into the Land Temple, only to see a little boy in ragged clothes lying in the corner. The boy looked to be only seven or eight years old, his face was as pale as paper, his eyes were closed, and he was obviously sick.
Li Xiulan's heart softened, and she hurriedly stepped forward to pick up the boy. She noticed that the boy's body was hot and hot, apparently with a fever. She was secretly glad in her heart, fortunately she had found him, otherwise such a young child would have died long ago if she lay here for a day and a night.
Li Xiulan took the boy back to her home and used her own local methods to treat him. She boiled a bowl of ginger soup for the boy to drink, and wiped his body with a wet towel to cool down. Under her careful care, the boy's condition gradually improved.
When the boy woke up, he told Li Xiulan that his name was Xiao Ming and that he was an orphan from a nearby village. Because he missed his deceased parents, he often came to the back mountain to cry. That night, he inadvertently walked to Li Xiulan's door, and he didn't dare to knock because he was afraid, so he had to linger at the door. Unexpectedly, his footsteps alarmed Li Xiulan.
After listening to Xiao Ming's story, Li Xiulan had mixed feelings in her heart. She didn't expect the knock on the door that she had been afraid of turned out to be from a homeless child. She decides to take in Xiao Ming and let him live here.
However, with the arrival of Xiao Ming, Li Xiulan found that things were not so simple. In the dead of night, the strange knock still rings on time. Moreover, as Xiao Ming's condition improves, his behavior becomes more and more eccentric......
(The story is not over, so stay tuned for the second half.) With the arrival of Xiao Ming, Li Xiulan's life began to change subtly. Although Xiao Ming is young, he is sensible early, and always silently helps Li Xiulan do what he can. His arrival made Li Xiulan feel the warmth and excitement that she had not seen for a long time, but at the same time, it also brought more mysteries.
Xiao Ming seems to be particularly interested in the back mountain, and often runs to the back mountain to play alone, and it is half a day to play. Whenever Li Xiulan asked him what was interesting in the back mountain, he always smiled mysteriously and refused to say more. Moreover, in the dead of night, Xiao Ming always goes to bed early, as if he is ignorant of the strange knocking sound.
However, the knock on the door did not disappear with Xiao Ming's arrival. Instead, as time went on, the sound became more and more eerie and more frequent. Sometimes it sounds like someone whispering, and sometimes it sounds like weeping. Li Xiulan began to wonder if there was some secret hidden behind the knock on the door.
One night, Li Xiulan lay in bed tossing and turning, unable to sleep. She listened to the strange knock on the door, and an inexplicable fear welled up in her heart. She decided to go out and check again to see if she could find the source of the sound.
She quietly opened the door and cautiously walked out of the room. She followed the source of the sound and came to the foot of the back mountain. However, when she walked to the Land Temple, she found that it was empty, only a gust of wind blew and rustled.
Li Xiulan wondered in her heart, could it be that she heard it wrong? She was about to turn to leave, when she suddenly heard a faint cry. The voice came from the Land Temple! She walked in with courage, only to see Xiao Ming kneeling in front of the statue of the land lord, crying in a low voice.
Li Xiulan was shocked, and hurriedly stepped forward to hug Xiao Ming. She asked Xiao Ming why he was crying here, but Xiao Ming just hugged her tightly and refused to speak. She felt Xiao Ming's body tremble, obviously afraid of something.
Li Xiulan was even more puzzled in her heart. She decided to stay with Xiao Ming for the night to see if she could find the truth about the knock on the door. She sat in the Land Temple with Xiao Ming and lit a candle to try to dispel the darkness and cold around her.
Late at night, the knock on the door rang again. The voice was clearer and more eerie than before. Li Xiulan felt her heart beat faster, but she still tried to stay calm. She listened carefully to the direction and rhythm of the voice, trying to find some clues.
Suddenly, she noticed that the voice seemed to be coming from behind the idol of the Earth Lord! She was overjoyed, and hurriedly walked behind the statue with Xiao Ming to check. However, when they walked behind the idol, they saw a scene that shocked them-
I saw that on the wall behind the statue, a black hole appeared! The black hole is bottomless, as if connected to another world. And that weird knock came from the black hole!
Li Xiulan and Xiao Ming were stunned by this scene. They looked at each other, not knowing what to do. At that moment, the knock sounded again, as if urging them to leave quickly.
Li Xiulan's heart tightened, and she felt as if she was involved in a huge conspiracy. She decides to leave the place with Xiao Ming to find the answer to the truth.
However, when they were about to leave, they found that the black hole had begun to expand slowly! A powerful suction force came from the black hole, sucking them tightly. They struggled to escape, but the suction grew stronger, immobilizing them.
Just as they were about to be sucked into the black hole, a golden light suddenly shot down from the sky and hit the black hole. The black hole began to shrink slowly under the golden light, and finally disappeared without a trace. And Li Xiulan and Xiao Ming also regained their freedom.
They looked up and saw the figure of an immortal in the sky. The immortal smiled and said to them, "You have passed the test, and now you can leave." With that, he vanished into a golden light.
Li Xiulan and Xiao Ming looked at each other, not knowing what had just happened. But what they knew was that the eerie knock on the door would never come again. They returned home and lived a peaceful and secure life.
However, regarding the appearance of the black hole and the immortal, Li Xiulan's heart was always full of doubts. She didn't know what secrets were hidden behind the black hole, and she didn't know who the immortal was. But what she does know is that it all has to do with her husband -
Before her husband died, he had a strange dream to Li Xiulan. In a dream, he came to a mysterious place and met an immortal. The immortal told him a secret and gave him a mysterious charm. He said that by attaching a charm to the door, he would prevent the intrusion of evil things.
However, her husband did not tell Li Xiulan what the secret was, nor did he give her the charm. He just said that the time had not yet come, and that he would naturally tell her when the time came. Now that I think about it, that weird knock on the door and the appearance of the black hole may have something to do with that secret.
Li Xiulan decided to continue investigating the truth of this secret. She believes that as long as she persists, she will find the answer. And Xiao Ming also decided to help her find clues to the truth together. They began to run around for information, collect clues, and analyze the situation...... In the process, they not only encountered many difficulties and challenges, but also discovered many unexpected things......
However, no matter how big the difficulties and challenges were, Li Xiulan and Xiao Ming never gave up. They firmly believe that as long as they have love, faith, and courage in their hearts, nothing can stop them from moving forward.
As the investigation deepened, Li Xiulan and Xiao Ming gradually discovered that there was an ancient legend circulating in this village. Legend has it that there is a mysterious tomb hidden in the back mountain, and the treasure left by an immortal is buried in the ancient tomb. But the tomb is also guarded by evil creatures, and only the truly brave can pass the test and obtain the treasure.
Li Xiulan remembered the strange dream that her husband once said, and her heart couldn't help but move. Could it be that the black hole is the entrance to the tomb? That strange knock on the door is a warning of something evil? And the spell left by that immortal is the key to protecting them from evil?
In order to verify this guess, Li Xiulan and Xiao Ming decided to go to the back mountain again. They followed the footprints they had previously found to the location of the black hole. Sure enough, there was a hidden cave there, and a faint light emanated from the depths of the hole.
Li Xiulan took a deep breath and held Xiao Ming's hand tightly. She knew that the road ahead would be full of unknowns and dangers. But she also believes that as long as they trust and support each other, nothing can stop them from moving forward.
They cautiously walked into the cave and walked along the winding passage. The stone walls on both sides of the passage are carved with various strange symbols and patterns, exuding an air of mystery. Li Xiulan felt her heart beat faster, but she still tried to stay calm and carefully observe her surroundings.
After walking for a long time, they finally came to a spacious hall. In the center of the hall there is a huge stone tablet with some ancient words engraved on it. Li Xiulan carefully scanned the words and found that they seemed to be an ancient spell. Her heart moved, could this be the clue to the treasure left by the immortal?
She and Xiao Ming began to try to follow the spell on the stone tablet. After some hard work, they finally succeeded in solving the mystery of the spell. The light in the hall suddenly brightened, and a hidden treasure slowly appeared in front of them.
The treasury is filled with gold and silver treasures and precious artifacts. Li Xiulan and Xiao Ming were stunned by the scene in front of them. They couldn't believe it was true, but the treasure in their hands proved that it was all true.
However, just as they were about to leave, a powerful evil aura suddenly came from the depths of the treasure house. When they looked back, they saw a monster with a hideous face rushing towards them. The monster was huge and powerful, and it was clearly an evil thing that guarded the treasure.
Li Xiulan and Xiao Ming were shocked, but they didn't flinch. They knew that only by defeating this monster could they leave this place safely. So they waved the tools in their hands and started a fierce battle with the monster.
After a tough battle, they finally defeated the monster. But Li Xiulan was also seriously injured, and she fell to the ground panting. Xiao Ming anxiously helped her up and asked, "Sister Xiulan, are you okay?" Li Xiulan smiled and shook her head and said, "I'm fine, Xiao Ming, you don't have to worry." ”
When they packed up their things and prepared to leave the treasury, they found that the black hole had disappeared. They didn't know how to get back to the village, so they could only grope their way forward. Luckily, they met an enthusiastic villager who brought them back to the village.
After returning to the village, Li Xiulan told the villagers about the experience. The villagers were amazed and curious and asked her about the situation in the treasury. But Li Xiulan didn't reveal much, just briefly talked about the situation of some treasures and the experience of fighting monsters.
The villagers expressed their admiration and praise for the bravery and wisdom of Li Xiulan and Xiao Ming. They have expressed the desire to learn from their spirit and bravely face the difficulties and challenges in life.
However, Li Xiulan was a little uneasy in her heart. She felt that the experience was not a simple adventure, but a deeper test. She realizes that there are many unknown secrets and dangers hidden in this village, which may be related to the death of her husband.
So she decided to continue her research into the history and legends of the village, hoping to find out the truth about her husband's death. At the same time, she also hopes to protect the village from evil and let the villagers live a peaceful and happy life.
In the days that followed, Li Xiulan and Xiao Ming began to run around collecting clues and analyzing the situation. Not only did they consult a large number of historical documents, but they also personally visited many villagers to learn about their oral history and customs.
After some hard work, they gradually discovered some important clues. It turned out that the village was once an ancient tribe where the people worshipped a powerful deity and built his tomb on the back hill as a place of worship.
However, as time passed, the tribe declined, and the tombs of the gods were forgotten. But the evil in the mausoleum has not disappeared, it has been lurking in the mausoleum, waiting for the opportunity to come to earth again.
Li Xiulan realizes that the strange knock on the door and the appearance of the black hole are evil things, trying to find an opportunity to come to the world. She decides to take action to stop the evil thing's plans and protect the peace of the village.
So she and Xiao Ming began to make a plan to deal with the evil things. They first set traps and charms around the back hill to prevent the invasion of evil creatures. Then the villagers were organized to carry out a big cleaning, cleaning up the garbage and debris in the village, and purifying the environment of the village.
After a period of preparation, they finally ushered in a decisive battle against the evil things. In a fierce battle, they succeeded in defeating the evil and sealed it in the mausoleum.
Since then, there have been no strange knocks or black holes in the village, and the villagers live a peaceful and happy life. And Li Xiulan and Xiao Ming have also become heroes in the village because of their bravery and wisdom, and will be remembered forever. The village has returned to its former tranquility, but Li Xiulan's heart has not been calm for a long time. She stood in front of her husband's grave, looking at the hazy mountains in the distance, and an indescribable thought welled up in her heart. She remembered all the things she had experienced with Xiao Ming, those thrilling adventures, those days of fighting side by side with the villagers, as if it were just yesterday.
She stroked the tombstone and silently said to her husband in her heart, "Did you see it? We succeeded, we protected the village and everything you left me. However, she still had a question in her mind, and that was the cause of her husband's death. That mystery seems to be closely connected to the ancient legend of this village.
So, Li Xiulan began a more in-depth investigation. She flipped through more ancient books and visited more elders, hoping to find clues about the cause of her husband's death. However, as her investigation deepened, she found that the mystery became more complex and more difficult to solve.
In this process, Xiao Ming has been by her side. He gave Li Xiulan support and encouragement in his own way, which made her feel extremely warm. Together, they walked through every corner of the village, exploring the forgotten history and legends together.
One day, they came to an abandoned ancient temple. This ancient temple has long been dilapidated, but Li Xiulan feels a familiar atmosphere here. She walked into the ancient temple and found some ancient statues and murals inside. The statues and murals depict a deity whose countenance bears a striking resemblance to her husband!
Li Xiulan was shocked, and she realized that this deity might have something to do with her husband's death. She scrutinized the statues and frescoes, trying to find clues. However, the statues and murals have been eroded by time, and she can only rely on her own imagination and speculation to interpret their meanings.
At this moment, Xiao Ming suddenly pointed to a detail in the mural and said, "Sister Xiulan, look here!" Li Xiulan looked in the direction Xiao Ming pointed, and saw that the deity in the mural was holding a sword in his hand, and the sword was engraved with some strange symbols. These symbols looked very familiar, and Li Xiulan suddenly realized that these symbols were exactly the same as the spell left by her husband!
Her heart moved, could it be that her husband's death had something to do with this sword? She decided to continue to investigate this clue in depth. Together with Xiao Ming, she found an elder in the village and asked about the legend of the sword. The elders told them that the sword was a relic of the gods and that it possessed great power, but it also carried a curse, and only the true brave could wield it.
Li Xiulan was even more sure of her guess in her heart, and her husband's death must be related to this sword. She decides to find out the whereabouts of the sword and solve the mystery. However, this process is not easy, and she and Xiao Ming need to face various difficulties and challenges, and may even encounter the invasion of evil again.
But they didn't back down, knowing that only by finding the sword could they uncover the truth about their husband's death and protect the village from evil. So they embarked on an even more difficult expedition.
They first came to the back mountain to look for clues to the sword. In the depths of the back mountain, they found an ancient altar hidden in the dense forest. On the altar is a rusty sword, the same one depicted in the mural!
However, as they approached the altar, they suddenly felt a powerful sense of oppression come over them, as if something was preventing them from approaching the sword. They knew that it was a curse left by the gods, and that only the truly brave could unravel it.
So they began to try to undo the curse. They consulted ancient texts, consulted the elderly, and even tried to communicate with the gods themselves. After countless attempts and failures, they finally found a way to undo the curse - to feel the will of the gods with a pure heart, and to use their courage and wisdom to defeat evil.
When they came to the altar again, they felt as if they were one with the gods. With their courage and wisdom, they succeeded in unlocking the curse and removing the sword. As they grasped the sword, they felt a powerful surge of power rush into them, as if they had become omnipotent.
However, they have not forgotten their original purpose - to uncover the truth about their husband's death and protect the village. So they returned to the village with the sword and told the villagers about their experiences. After hearing this, the villagers were shocked and admired, and they all said that they wanted to learn from their spirit and bravely face the difficulties and challenges in life.
In the end, Li Xiulan and Xiao Ming successfully uncovered the truth about their husband's death. It turned out that the husband accidentally touched the sword during an expedition and was cursed for it. In order to protect the village and his relatives, he chose to sacrifice himself and seal the evil in the mausoleum.
Li Xiulan's heart was full of grief and emotion, but at the same time, she felt extremely proud and proud. She knew that her husband was a true brave man, who protected the village with his life, and also left her with endless thoughts and memories.
So she and Xiao Ming buried her husband's body in the back mountain and erected a stone monument in front of his tomb. The stele is inscribed with the husband's name and deeds and everything they have experienced together.
Since then, there have been no strange incidents in the village, and the villagers have lived a peaceful and happy life. And Li Xiulan and Xiao Ming have also become heroes in the village because of their bravery and wisdom, and will be remembered forever.