Chapter 114
The gray sky was about to press down on the ground, and tiny snowflakes fell on the boy's plaid coat.
The whole world was left with only the black and green of the boy's plaid coat. The branches of the trees seemed to be painted with a layer of white paint, and footprints were engraved in the vast snow.
The boy blew a breath on his hands, trying to make his hands warmer.
He had dark red hair and red eyes, a scar on his left forehead, and the sun wheel earrings swayed in the wind and snow.
The boy looked up at the snow-covered sky and encouraged himself: "Tanjiro, you must work hard to sell all the charcoal, and make sure everyone can eat well in the New Year!"
"Come on!"
Tanjiro lifted the backpack that was about to slide down, and couldn't help but speed up his pace down the mountain.
The charcoal in the backpack kept shaking, but it would not spill out of the backpack anyway.
The town at the foot of the mountain was only half an hour away from Tanjiro's home. The moment Tanjiro stepped into the town, there were voices of thanks one after another.
"Tanjiro, give me some charcoal, thank you for helping me pull the window paper yesterday!" An uncle wearing a headscarf poked his head out of the window.
"Tanjiro, give me some charcoal too, thank you for helping me find the cat!"
"Tanjiro, do you want to come to my house and sit down!"
"Let's go to my house!"
"Tanjiro!"
Looking at everyone's enthusiasm, Tanjiro bowed repeatedly to express his gratitude. He smiled, as bright as the sun, enough to melt the ice and snow around him.
"Thank you for your care!"
After delivering the charcoal, Tanjiro continued to move forward along the path of the town.
Suddenly, a boy with a bruised face and a swollen nose rushed out of a house nearby, holding a piece of white cloth in his hand.
The boy cried pitifully: "Ah! Tanjiro, please save the child, I told you I didn't break it!"
"Wuwuwuwu!"
Before the boy could speak, a woman came out with a rolling pin, shouting: "You kid, it's useless even if Tanjiro pleads for you!"
The boy hurriedly hid behind Tanjiro and shouted: "Tanjiro, I really didn't break the plate, you have to believe me!"
Tanjiro gently sniffed, and a smell that others couldn't smell entered his nose.
Tanjiro nodded with satisfaction, because the boy didn't lie, and the plate was definitely not broken by him.
Tanjiro has a unique and sharp sense of smell. He can distinguish people's emotions and people and ghosts through smell. This is a very practical ability.
For example, he can smell whether others are lying or not just by smelling.
Tanjiro hurriedly stopped the woman in front of him and said sincerely: "Auntie, it's really not this young man, you have to believe me!"
Seeing Tanjiro trying to stop her, the woman had to put down the rolling pin in her hand, because the boy's honesty and kindness were recognized by everyone in the town.
Tanjiro took the white cloth with a pile of red fragments in it. He put the fragments against his nose and a smell that did not belong to humans came in.
Tanjiro suddenly realized and said with a smile: "Auntie, it was the cat that broke it, not your son!"
"It turned out to be a cat, I made a mistake!" The woman said a little embarrassedly.
The boy clenched his fist and said aggrievedly and angrily: "I said it, it's not me, woo woo woo!"
The woman grabbed the boy's ears and taught him a lesson: "Are you naughty enough?"
"Mom, mom, I'm wrong, it was all my fault before!"
The boy covered his ears and admitted his mistakes. After all, he did spend some money.
Seeing the loving mother and filial son, Tanjiro smiled happily.
After a while, the boy ran out with the money. Without saying a word, he hugged Tanjiro in his arms.
The boy was very grateful and said with tears and snot: "Tanjiro, you are simply an angel. Thank you so much, otherwise I would have been beaten today!"
Tanjiro patted the boy's head gently, just like an older brother. He said a little embarrassedly: "It's not that exaggerated, hahaha!"
The boy's family generously bought Tanjiro a lot of charcoal.
The snow was still falling, but the night was deep, and the cold moonlight became even colder through the reflection of the snow.
But the cold snow could not invade Tanjiro's heart. He smiled and patted the backpack, saying: "Great, the charcoal is finally sold out, and I also bought food for everyone!"
"I'm really happy today!"
When walking into the entrance of the mountain, a very serious old man's voice sounded.
"Hey! Tanjiro!"
"It's too late, there will be ghosts, come to my house to stay for one night, and go back early tomorrow!"
Tanjiro turned his head politely and greeted with a smile: "Grandpa Sanlang, my nose"The child is very smart, it's okay!"
Since his wife died, Saburo has lived alone at the entrance of the mountain, and always takes in people who want to enter the mountain at night.
"No, no!"
Saburo opened the door and pulled Tanjiro in.
"Huh?!"
"Grandpa Saburo, I'm really fine!" Tanjiro explained.
Before Tanjiro could react, the food and tea had been placed in front of him. Looking at Grandpa Saburo's fierce eyes, Tanjiro had to eat obediently.
"I'm starting!"
Halfway through the meal, Tanjiro suddenly asked: "Grandpa Saburo, what are ghosts?"
Saburo took out a new set of bedding from the cabinet and slowly said: "It is said that there will be man-eating evil ghosts every night. They are cursed humans and monsters!"
"Will they enter the house? "Tanjiro said with a curious look.
He remembered that when he was very young, his grandmother also told such a story, and now Grandpa Saburo told it again.
But if there are ghosts, he has never seen them, but from the smell of Grandpa Saburo, it can be concluded that he is not lying.
Maybe ghosts really exist. I hope everyone will never meet such monsters in their lifetime.
Grandpa Saburo replied while making the bed: "Of course ghosts will enter the house, that's why there are ghost hunters!"
Tanjiro's eyes were shining, full of admiration, and he said: "The ghost hunters are really amazing. They fight ghosts at night to protect everyone!"
Grandpa Saburo covered Tanjiro with a quilt and got up and walked towards the light switch.
"They are indeed a group of great people!"
"But we just need to do our best. I'm going to turn off the lights and go to bed! "
The bright lights disappeared, leaving only endless darkness. The dark clouds swallowed the moon, and the world seemed to have lost its light.
Woo woo woo~
The wind and snow kept hitting the wooden house at the foot of the mountain. The night was deep again, and it was time for ghosts to appear again.
Those bloodthirsty monsters, those monsters that cannot see the sun.
At midnight, Tanjiro woke up suddenly, his forehead covered with sweat.
