42 Bonfires
The little lamb seemed to see her unease, and added, "Don't worry, someone will come to you." You can stay in peace and my mission is here today, and I will not be responsible for the rest. ”
Then the little lamb snapped and walked away with cheerful footsteps.
He is not responsible, naturally someone is responsible.
The steady, short old man who answered the stubble before took advantage of the situation, making a gesture of please with one hand and the other behind his back, "Please!"
Hua Xiaomian was surrounded like this and brought to a small house, which looked like a small dirt bag on the outside, and it looked like it was just the size of a duty room, and it was hard to imagine what kind of scene it was.
But once you go inside, you will find that there is no cave, it is just a small place similar to a transit station.
When you walk in through the door, you will be faced by several sofas and tables, and a firepiece is placed on the side, and it looks like it is very warm.
On the side of the mantelpiece there was a large bookcase full of books, which reached up to the ceiling, and on the side of the bookcase, more exaggeratedly, there was a staircase, as if it was worried that someone would not be able to climb up and reach the books.
The old man said directly, "Little girl, you should stay here first." Then he didn't enter the door and prepared to go out, and without waiting for Hua Xiaomian to ask anything, he closed the door directly.
Hua Xiaomian had to be forced to stay in this room, first she couldn't sit still, and took out her mobile phone from her pocket, thinking that if she disappeared for so long, it should cause panic!
Look at the watch, the minute and second hands, they are still turning round and round, but the hour hand is motionless, as steady as a rock. The hour hand stayed at one o'clock in the afternoon of that day.
There was no way but to look at its surroundings, the room was luxuriously furnished, the walls were hung with satin, and the texture of the embroidery was comparable to a fine product when touched lightly, slippery, like a baby's skin.
The sofa is covered with fabric embroidered with dark gold threads, and when you sit up, you feel that all your troubles are gone, soft and elastic, as if you can sleep directly to sleep.
There is a cup of tea at just the right temperature on the coffee table, and the fragrance of the tea slowly spreads, it is jasmine tea! This is the most familiar taste of Hua Xiaomian, and I couldn't help but take two sips at the moment, the aroma is refreshing, and it directly empties the brain.
Hua Xiaomian involuntarily drank it up, and then threw herself directly into the sofa, her consciousness gradually disappeared, her whole mind was not clear, and she realized that she had fallen asleep in a groggy state.
The brain is repeatedly reminding you not to fall asleep without your body and mind being in control ...
I fell asleep awake like this, making a slight snoring sound, and occasionally rolling over.
When she had fallen asleep, the door creaked, and once again, a man entered, holding a blanket in his hand, covering her with a seemingly caring attitude, placing an incense burner on the table, lighting it, taking the tea from the table, and then vanishing.
(This is what Hua Xiaomian perceived when she was confused, whether anyone came, it is not known, and how that person disappeared, let alone know.) )
Time is always easy to slip by in sleep, and when she opens her eyes again, she is woken up by a shout, still a familiar old man, or a familiar crowd and animals, around the edge of the sofa, urging her, "It's night, the bonfire has officially begun at half past seven, and it's time for us to go." ”
Hua Xiaomian hurriedly shook her unconscious head, forcibly opened her eyes, and tried to recover.
Seeing everyone walking out, Hua Xiaomian became anxious, for fear of being left behind.
Hua Xiaomian hurriedly replied, "Okay, right away." "I jumped off the couch first, trying to keep up with everyone.
But the old man grabbed her arm and stopped her steps, "Don't follow." ”
Hua Xiaomian looked at him with a puzzled expression, waiting for his next step.
"They're coming the other way, and you can't. As if swallowing his saliva, perhaps to hide his weakness, he continued to answer, "You come with me, let's go here." ”
Then he dragged her to the bookcase.
This move made Hua Xiaomian look confused.
Under the guidance of this old man, Hua Xiaomian followed him to the side of the bookcase, the old man didn't know what he had tinkered with, the bookcase was slowly moved, behind the bookcase was a staircase, and there were some wall lamps used to put candles on the side of the stairs, the staircase was long and deep, and the light was very dim, so that you didn't know what was inside.
The old man led her on, lighting a candle with one hand, and at this time she already had a feeling of entering a cult, which was really weird and exciting.
As the old man walked, he introduced, "Little girl, don't be afraid, this tunnel was built a long time ago, and this candle was also left at that time, although now we can completely take a flashlight or something, but for the sake of safety, we will still light some candles every time we come in." Got it?"
The old man turned his head and smiled at her as he spoke, under the background of the candlelight, the wrinkled wrinkles, as if the gap had increased, the cloudy eyes flashed with the brilliance of the candle flame, and the shadows hit the face, it seemed that this smile was really scary, if you can't imagine it, just think about the feeling of watching a ghost movie!
Hua Xiaomian couldn't help but tremble a little, shivered, stiffened her face, and forcibly squeezed out a smile, "Okay, I understand, you can continue." ”
Hua Xiaomian was praying frantically in her heart, this stinky old man, don't turn your head again, it's almost scared to death. With this sudden twist of the head, no one can stand it. I beg you, hurry up and walk this dark road!
As she continued to walk down, she vaguely saw a painting carved on the wall, the meaning of which she couldn't understand in a hurry, and the light was dim enough, and she was a little nervous and had no time to take care of anything else.
There was a gust of wind in the tunnel, although Hua Xiaomian knew in her heart that it might just be the wind through the hall, or to avoid the air circulation caused by the inability to breathe, but she still couldn't help but shudder in her heart.
Walking through this kind of tunnel is like navigating a haunted house, but this feeling quickly disappears, and it is more like a cave deep underground, reminiscent of the existence of underground people.
Under the old man's explanation, the journey did not seem to be so difficult, everything here seemed to be carefully calculated, and when you walked to the bottom, through a small door, you entered a particularly large hall, which seemed to have built an underground city.
I wonder if this underground city of theirs is modeled after the Atlantean civilization, or if it is Atlantis at all?
This place can be described as a city, only to see a large square, in the middle of the square has been set up in the shape of a bonfire, around the place planted with torches, to bring infinite brilliance to the dark underground city.
Looking around, there were many people dressed up, even the small animals were also happy, and the surrounding plants kept twisting their bodies, as if to express their joy.
Under the leadership of the old man, Hua Xiaomian quickly walked to the middle of the field, and the two sat down.
(Even though the place was too noisy to hear what they were saying, it was hard to know.) Then the old man disappeared for a while, but soon came back, and when he asked him, he only said that he had gone to report that the new man had arrived. )
In a blink of an eye, the bonfire party began, and the people here became the protagonists of the party, first there was a host, walked over to light the fire, and then announced today's newcomers, everyone cheered a few times to the flowers to show welcome, and then they began to sing and dance, like elves in the night, beating, and the moon also borrowed the light of the sun to illuminate such a shining stage.
People held hands and jumped around the bonfire, suddenly there were a few loud noises in the distance, fireworks exploded in the air, countless small animals not far away came to the carnival scene with fireflies, even the lonely sky was illuminated by this light, the bonfire party fell into a carnival, and there was a sea of fire everywhere.
All the people jumped around the campfire, their eyes flushed with red, and their ears rang with cheerful singing.
But it gradually became different, and the group gradually became crazy, and at first they just danced around the campfire, and then they began to fight, and the quarrels were bloody, and everything was like the demon had just woken up, and it was glad that you were caught off guard.
Hua Xiaomian looked at the people around her strangely, but she didn't know that her eyes had begun to slowly turn red, and then she lost all her memories of this bonfire meeting.
I only knew that I seemed to be out of my body again, and I saw a strange scene.
My soul seems to have come to the music spring, I have been here during the day, this waterfall spring was originally very noisy, but now it is a clear and shallow lakeside, completely different from the noise during the day, it is now quiet as if it is not living water, at this moment, the moon quietly poked its head, under the moonlight, a girl who looked like a flower smiled and slept was kneeling on the stone by the lake and took out a book from the black box, completely unaware that a small black flower at her feet was slowly blooming.
When she was about to open it, suddenly the book emitted a light, and the girl subconsciously covered it with her hand, and then the book turned into a beam of light and quickly drilled into her head.