Chapter 519: The Story of the Bend

Early in the morning, Mu Xueli drove the carriage to find Wang An. After Wang An finished breakfast, Wang An and Mu Xueli drove the carriage to Wang Li's house.

When picking up Wang Li, Wang An also told the Wang Daliang couple about the gold panning.

Upon hearing this, the couple just nodded and didn't express any opinion or view.

It must be said that the couple's trust in their nephew Wang An was quite significant.

Therefore, when Wang An said he wanted to buy Oroqen horses, the couple didn't hesitate at all and turned to get money for their son.

However, Wang An stopped the couple; of course, the reason was the same as yesterday: the money from the furs and bear gallbladders hadn't been divided yet.

After finishing talking about the gold panning, smoking a cigarette at Wang Li's house, and drinking a bowl of tea, the three of them drove the carriage away.

On the road, the three of them were bragging and chatting, laughing and having a happy time.

Whether driving a carriage or a sled, when there is no cargo on the vehicle, there is no need to hold the reins all the time.

One only needs to tie the reins to the front crossbeam or the root of the carriage shaft; the horse or mule will walk along the road by itself, and generally, they won't run around blindly.

And in this way, the driver can free their hands; whether smoking or playing cards with people on the carriage, nothing is delayed.

Only when approaching the bend, I saw the horse driving the shaft and the horse pulling the side suddenly prick up their ears, speed up, and then, as if they had gone crazy, flew off.

But the sudden movement of these two horses caused the three of them, without any preparation, to lean backward, almost shooting out from the back of the carriage.

Wang An and Wang Li, because they were afraid the shaft would be heavy, sat relatively far back, and each barely managed to grab the two ears at the back of the carriage, which stabilized their bodies.

Wang An, who had stabilized, immediately said:

"What kind of beast is this? Is it seeing things? Why did it go crazy?"

Wang Li also touched his bumped head and said: "Yeah, why did it go crazy just like that? Oh my grass, it bumped me to death."

Mu Xueli, when the horse shot out and his body leaned back, casually swiped and grabbed the carriage cover above the wheel, which stabilized his body.

After hearing Wang An and his companion's words, Mu Xueli was also very puzzled and said: "These two horses are usually quite good, and they don't see things wrong. They are genuinely quite honest. What's wrong with them today?"

Actually, whether it's a horse or a mule, the phenomenon of seeing things wrong exists.

And the so-called seeing things wrong is literally the meaning: misreading something.

However, when mules and horses see things wrong, they are easily frightened, and when mules and horses are frightened, they only do one thing: explode and run blindly.

Usually, people sometimes see a strip of red cloth hanging on the forehead of a mule or horse pulling a carriage.

Or a small bell tied under the harness on the mule or horse's neck, which occasionally makes a "ding-ding-dang-dang" sound.

These things are actually not just decorations, but to prevent mules and horses from seeing things wrong.

Just after Mu Xueli finished speaking, Wang An subconsciously looked towards the woods at the bend.

Because if the mules and horses didn't see things wrong but suddenly exploded, there was only one explanation: the mules and horses heard a sound that humans couldn't hear.

Unfortunately, the bend was full of bushes; looking out from inside was barely okay, but looking in from outside, one couldn't see anything at all. After a while, the two horses, under Mu Xueli's shouting and continuous pulling of the reins, finally stabilized.

And it was only then that Mu Xueli muttered: "It's also damn weird. Every time I pass this elbow bend, I feel my hair standing on end. One time I even saw a huge pile of yellow weasels here. One by one, they stood there just like people, lining up and staring at me with wide eyes. That scared me so much that I took my box cannon and started firing, but it was also awesome. You say my marksmanship is usually quite good, but that time I just couldn't hit a single one."

After Mu Xueli finished speaking, he also showed a very regretful look, as if his failure to hit the yellow weasels was an extremely abnormal thing.

To be honest, Mu Xueli was very good at telling stories, and he could make things sound like he was telling a storytelling performance.

So these words coming out of Mu Xueli's mouth instantly made Wang An and Wang Li imagine the scene at that time in their minds.

Wang An discovered that Mu Xueli didn't seem to be joking, so he frowned and asked:

"Xueli, what you just said, is it all true?"

Because Mu Xueli always liked to exaggerate when telling things, Wang An asked this.

And Mu Xueli didn't expect Wang An to answer, and was stunned for a moment, but Wang An's expression made Mu Xueli not dare to lie, so he laughed dryly and said: "Actually, it was about six or seven, seven or eight. Anyway, it didn't reach ten. I feel they should be a nest."

Wang An didn't answer, but his brow furrowed even tighter.

After Mu Xueli finished speaking, Wang Li followed with a thoughtful expression:

"I just remember when I was young, I don't know who I heard it from, that north of that bend, it was originally a graveyard, just like the grave we dug when we went into the mountains that time, and then that graveyard was dug up by the little devils (Japanese)."

Wang An hadn't heard of this saying, and just as he was listening carefully, Mu Xueli interrupted:

"Yeah, later, for the sake of convenience, the little devils filled in the grave pits. Even later, it is said that as long as the little devils' cars passed there, they would inevitably stall, and horses passing there would inevitably explode."

Speaking to this point, Mu Xueli subconsciously looked at his two horses, and then said with a face full of question marks:

"That's not right. We didn't walk over the grave pits, so why did the horses still explode? Besides, nothing happened every other time."

Wang An didn't want to study the matter of horses exploding, but wanted to know what happened later, so seeing Mu Xueli suddenly change the subject and run off-track, he said unhappily:

"Are you sick? Hurry up and say what happened later!"

Mu Xueli, upon hearing this, immediately ran back from the off-track path and continued:

"It is said that among those little devils, some who didn't believe in evil started throwing bombs there, and then they blew that place into a mess, making it look like it was gnawed by dogs."

After Wang An finished listening to these, just as he was pondering those mysterious and ghostly things, Mu Xueli continued to speak, but changed to a teasing tone, saying:

"It's awesome to say, that bunch of idiots threw no shortage of bombs, and then you say, hahaha... it didn't damn work, hahaha..."

As Mu Xueli spoke, he actually laughed, but Wang An's expression stiffened.

It was mainly because Wang An had originally bought a large pile of firecrackers and set them off "ping-pong" at that bend.

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