Chapter 2: The Wedding & Lone Wolf Legend

  In the early morning, a thin fog enveloped the entire mountain village. In the fog, trees and houses were vaguely visible. Occasionally, the barking of two dogs and the crowing of chickens wove together, and at this time, these were usually the only sounds that could be heard.

  But this day was different, as soon as the sky brightened up, a joyful drumming sound could be heard, followed by a team of people wearing red festive costumes, making their way from the east end to the west end of the village. The one walking in front was a tall and sturdy man, around twenty years old, riding an old horse, wearing a big red festive costume, with a big red flower on his head, beaming with joy.

  This horse can't be considered a tall and majestic one, but in this small mountain village, it's absolutely unique, so along the way, it attracted all the villagers to come forward and surround it, and the road of less than two miles took half an hour to walk.

  The little scamp was still sitting on the small stool wearing his split pants, but today he had moved the stool to outside the door. Behind him was a tightly closed gate. He sat there with a sly grin on his face, watching as people walked by blowing and beating something.

  "Halt!"

  At a shrill shout, the wedding procession came to a halt. The matchmaker, dressed in her finery and waving a fan, walked over with a smile.

  "Hey, isn't this Old Zhou's Fourth? What are you doing sitting here today, learning to block the door like others? Come on, Seventh Aunt has some candy here, hurry up and go eat it over there!" As she spoke, she somehow produced three or four pieces of candy from who-knows-where and stuffed them into Dog Egg's hand. On the other side, she grabbed Dog Egg's sleeve and tried to pull him off the stool, not wanting him to block the way.

  "What a great thing! Where's the red envelope?"

  The dog egg child shouted, raised his hand, and the candy in his hand flew out. One of them hit Qiupo's forehead.

  "My sister said, if you don't give me enough red envelopes, I won't let you leave!"

  The crowd around burst into laughter, and Wang Tianlei, who was riding a horse, also laughed and jumped off the horse. He walked to Dog Egg's face, pulled out a red envelope from his pocket, and stuffed it into Dog Egg's hand.

  The dog egg son got up, feeling quite heavy, opened it to take a look, and there were also three or four copper plates, immediately stood up with satisfaction, picked up his own small stool, sat down on one side, watching the groom start calling the door.

  Blocking the door is just a show, in mountain villages, three or four copper plates are already not a small amount, let alone he appears to be a three or four-year-old child on the surface but has a twenty or thirty-year-old man inside, if this continues, he will feel embarrassed himself, he didn't mean to make things difficult for others.

  It was the three dogs hiding behind the door who made a big fuss, blocking the way for more than half an hour before the people escorting the bride were allowed to enter.

  What follows is simple, everything goes through the motions.

  Although Dog Egg came from another world and had never seen an ancient wedding, it was clear that the weddings he could see in this small mountain village were not like those he saw in his previous life's TV dramas. Everything was very simple, except for making a fuss about welcoming the bride and then making a fuss about the bridal chamber. Apparently, there was nothing to do with Dog Egg.

  He is now most looking forward to that meal.

  From birth until now, except for every year's Chinese New Year, he really hasn't had a good meal.

  In fact, nowadays everyone's savings are very thin, being able to find such an opportunity to make some money is also a good thing.

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  The wedding was very lively, and all the villagers who could come did, each bringing their families, apparently with the same intention as Dog Egg.

  The meal hasn't been served yet, but the tea has already been prepared, along with sunflower seeds and peanuts. The villagers all sit at a table together, chatting, joking, telling stories, scolding their grandsons, beating their sons, doing all sorts of things, each one beaming with joy, as if they were in their own homes welcoming a new daughter-in-law. The atmosphere is filled with celebration, until a shrill cry comes from outside the door.

  A very loud shriek, this is not a cry of excitement, but a cry of terror.

  As soon as Dog Egg heard this voice, his heart jumped to his throat. Why? Because he could tell that it was the voice of his sister, Zhou Hua.

  Gou Danzi and Zhou Hua have an age difference of over ten years, it can be said that from birth, he was taken care of by Zhou Hua, who raised him to the present, so he is very familiar with Zhou Hua. Zhou Hua also likes this well-behaved little brother very much, this younger brother is more obedient than that little Wang Ba Danzi, therefore, as soon as Gou Danzi heard the voice, he knew it was Zhou Hua's call.

  Zhou Hua has not yet entered the door, and is still in the sedan chair. Just now, looking at the excitement of the people around, it is clear that this sedan chair is about to enter Wang Tianlei's house.

  According to convention, at this time, the bride should not make a sound, let alone get out of the sedan chair. But suddenly making such a sharp cry, something must have happened.

  Gou Danzi didn't have time to think much, and he rushed out of Wang Tianlei's simple courtyard with several others. As soon as they went out the door, they saw the scene outside the gate, and everyone was shocked. Gou Danzi was also shocked.

  What is this thing?

  Dog? Wolf?

  I've never seen anything so big!

  The sedan chair has been scattered, fortunately, Zhou Hua is fine, only the red headscarf covering her head has fallen to the ground, and on the ground, there is a bright red bloodstain. However, among the eight sedan bearers, only one was injured, and the bloodstain on the ground was left by him. Nevertheless, he did not run away, and together with several other sedan bearers, they formed a semicircle, surrounding the culprit in the original place.

  The one surrounded, apparently unaware that he had been encircled, was standing there slowly chewing on the spoils from earlier, a large piece of skin and flesh torn off from the injured sedan carrier's left hand.

  This is a wolf, a big wolf, and in terms of shape, it's no different from the wolf that Dog Egg saw in his previous life. The only difference is that its body is bigger, with paws as large as those of a Northeastern tiger.

  He had never seen such a large wolf before.

  This wolf is covered all over with shiny black fur, but what catches the eye most is its left eye - it doesn't have a left eye. In place of the left eye is a huge scar that extends to the forehead, very striking.

  "Old Lonely Eye, Old Lonely Eye from Western Mountain has come down the mountain!"

  A scream echoed through the crowd, followed by a moment of chaos.

  The old solitary eye of Xishan!

  As soon as he heard these six words, Dog Egg's heart lifted again.

  For the people in this mountain village, Lao Du Yan of Xishan is a legend.

  The legend of the most ferocious beast in the mountains, it is said that this old one-eyed wolf was once the leader of a pack of wolves, but after losing a battle with the new wolf king, he was left blind in one eye and on the verge of death. He was abandoned by his pack and became a lone wolf, forced to fend for himself.

  Such a thing is not rare, it often happens in wolf packs. However, for some reason, two years later, the old wolf's eyes returned to the wolf pack again, and not only did he kill the wolf king who defeated him that year, but also spent five whole years biting all the wolves in the original wolf pack to death, becoming a truly lone wolf.

  Of course, this is just a legend, one that has been passed down in this mountain village for nearly a hundred years.

  As for this legend, Dog Egg is still disdainful, and two years later he returned to the wolf pack again. He spent five years killing all the wolves in the original wolf pack. How does it sound like a credible description? How do you know it's two years later? How do you know that Old Lone Eye spent five years doing this? Did the guy who left behind this legend follow Old Lone Eye for those few years?

  Besides, this legend has been circulating for a hundred years. Even if it's true, Lao Du Yan should have died long ago. After all, the lifespan of wolves is not comparable to that of humans, at most only twenty years. Now that a hundred years have passed, even the most powerful wolf would have turned into wolf bones. Could this guy have become a demon?

  It is laughable that even now, the people in the mountain village still regard Xishan as a taboo, and hunters never dare to go to Xishan, for fear of touching the taboo of this legendary lone wolf.

  Now, Gou Danzi found it laughable that he himself had just witnessed the forbidden legend of Lao Du Yan, a taboo that had been circulating in the mountain village for nearly a hundred years.