Early the next morning, Ms. Xue returned to the city with a large number of things, and the two children were left in the village.

"I'm going up the mountain later, why don't you two go and see it together?" ”

"I'm going, I'm going, what's in my uncle's mountain?"

"Pheasants, hares and stuff. But the other day someone said that there was a wild boar inside, so I went to set up a trap, and it would be a big bonus in case I ran into it. ”

"Will my uncle still set traps?

"Uncle taught me. "I will, and Mai Mai will worship me.

"Okay, let's go up the hill together. ”

Uncle knows the mountains well, and he can tell the name of every place, and Mai Dong forgets his tiredness when he listens to it. The mountains are cool, and Mai Dong and Du Heng don't feel hot in the forest in long clothes and trousers.

The wind rustles through the leaves. Long before going up the mountain, my grandmother gave two herbal sachets to prevent mosquito bites.

"It's really two little lucky stars, and there is prey as soon as they come. Mai Dong and Du Heng leaned over excitedly when they heard this. There were two pheasants trapped in the small trap, with brightly colored coats, probably hungry, wilting and squatting at the bottom of the pit.

Pheasant, Mai Dong hasn't eaten it yet.

"There's a mountain grape in there. Du Heng said suddenly. Mai Dong looked over, a large tree of green grape leaves mixed with plump purple grapes, smelling the sweet fragrance of grapes and feeling drooling.

Mai Dong asked Du Heng to carry a small basket and pick grapes by himself, while his uncle walked around and didn't know what to see. Mai Dong picked a small basket of grapes, and his uncle had already dug a small pit.

"Is this a trap?"

"I just looked, there are wild boar footprints nearby, try your luck. ”

"To trap the wild boar, this pit has to be dug very deep, right?"

"Not only do you have to dig a deep pit, but you also have to put traps in it, and the wild boar has a very strong ability to jump, and it is generally impossible to control it. You play around, that herb pack has the effect of repelling snakes, as long as you don't go far, there will be no danger. There are still some small mushrooms in the forest, so find some to stew pheasants in the evening. ”

Mai Dong and Du Heng nodded and went to the side to look for mushrooms. Du Heng once again showed the attributes of a genius child, accurately judging each type from a large number of mushrooms that look very similar, whether it can be eaten or not.

Mai Dong: I don't know why I feel like my little friend is stupid.

Du Heng: Mai Mai looked at me with adoring eyes again, so happy!

Uncle made a trap for a whole afternoon, buried the trap in the pit, on the trap, with dry branches and leaves finely and densely covered, if you don't look closely, you can't see at all, there is a trap there.

After the trap was made, the uncle nailed a small yellow sign to the pine tree next to him, looked at Mai Dong's puzzled eyes and explained: "This is my self-made sign, and the people in the village who are familiar with it know it, and everyone will know that there is a trap when they see it, and they will take the initiative to avoid it." ”

"What if someone else in the village accidentally falls?"

"There was a meeting just two days ago, which showed that there were wild boars in the mountains, and I usually don't go to the mountains except for me. ”

"That's good, if someone is hurt, it must be very painful. ”

A few people talked and laughed and went down the mountain, and in the evening the uncle quickly processed the pheasant, fresh mushrooms, wood simmered slowly, and the fragrance drifted far away.

The second day coincided with the market, most of the families in the village went to the street, Mai Dong was reluctant to move, and Du Heng naturally accompanied her at home. After breakfast, idle and bored, Mai Dong took Du Heng to the field to pick lotus seeds.

The fresh lotus seeds are crisp and sweet, and Mai Dong can eat a lot of them alone. Du Heng saw that she liked to eat, so he picked a lot of them and gave them to her. Mai Dong ate it by himself and peeled it for Du Heng, but the little boy was beautiful, and Mai Dong has been getting better and better recently.

After picking a large pile of wheat and taking a large lotus leaf, he was about to pack up all the lotus seeds and take them away, when he squatted down, he inadvertently saw that on the edge of the pond opposite, a man was putting the little girl into a sack. The little girl must have been stunned, and she didn't resist at all. Du Heng obviously saw it too, and was about to shout, but Mai Dong covered his mouth: "Listen to me Du Heng, our strength is too small, and shouting it now will definitely end up the same as that child." I'm now trying to lure that guy to that trap yesterday......"

"I'm going, it's not safe for Mai Dong to go!" Du Heng obviously realized the danger and said in a low voice.

"But no one in the village knew me, so it would be useless for me to run back. Du Heng believes in me, I will be careful and wait for you to save me. Wait here for a while, and then you run out when I lure people away. ”

Mai Dong said that he didn't give Du Heng a chance to react, and ran out with lotus seeds.

Du Heng hid behind the lotus leaf, so anxious that he shed tears, Mai Dong ......

As soon as Mai Dong ran out, he really attracted the man's attention.

"What are you doing, kid?" could the kid have seen something? He looked around vigilantly, or he didn't do it at all.

Mai Dong handed over the lotus seeds in his hand: "Uncle, I'm picking lotus seeds, do you want to eat them?" Mai Dong was startled when he saw the man head-on, he had a long scar on his face, coupled with a deep hooked nose, which made his whole face eerie. Mai Dong didn't dare to show a scared expression, and forced a sweet smile.

The man saw that she dared to share the food, but he must not have seen it. But this girl is well-dressed, if she can make a fortune by the way: "Uncle doesn't eat, but there is delicious food at uncle's house, do you want to go with you?"

"Uncle, I don't eat delicious food, can you take me to get the baby?" Banxia said pretending to be innocent.

Baby?

"What kind of baby, uncle's family has a better ......"

Yesterday I saw Wan Xiaohu and his father carrying a bag buried on the mountain, I am too small to dig, can my uncle take me to dig. ”

Nuggets, the man's eyes lit up at once. Wan Xiaohu's father is a miner, and the largest yard in the village is his family's. This girl shouldn't tell lies, even if it's fake, there are few people in the mountains, and it's not difficult to catch them. His eyes flashed: "Uncle will take you to dig!"

"Then Uncle will give it to me then, and I'm going to buy a lot of things. A naïve little girl made the man quickly believe her words.

"Okay, okay, I'll give you two more pieces when the time comes. Walk, walk, walk, let others find out later, and the gold will be gone. ”

Mai Dong pretended to be eager to lead the way, no one knew that she was actually scared to death.

The mountain road is not easy to walk, especially the man is carrying a person.

Mai Dong pretended to be curious: "Uncle, what do you have in your bag?" It's too tiring to carry it, why don't you put it down and take it later?"

The man shrank vigilantly, and pretended to be smiling again: "It's a piglet, and as soon as you put it down, you ran away." Let's go!"

Mai Dong didn't dare to say more, for fear of revealing his feet, and silently hoped that Du Heng would bring someone earlier.

I finally climbed the mountain, yesterday I still felt cool, but today I look dark and gloomy. Mai Dong forced himself to compose: "Uncle, it's just ahead." ”

"Okay, let's go faster. ”

Mai Dong saw the vines he had picked yesterday and the road he had walked, took a deep breath, and felt that his heart was about to jump to his throat, and he saw the small yellow sign in the distance: "Uncle, this is it! Under that tree, I marked it yesterday." ”

The man looked at it, and sure enough, he reached out and touched Mai Dong's head: "Good boy, wait for your uncle to share your gold bars." "Don't think about the gold bars, but for the sake of this girl, you can consider selling her to a good family.

"Uncle, your little piglet, let's put it here first, it's not good to carry it and get the gold bar. Mai Dong reminded at the right time.

The man pretended to suddenly realize: "Look at me, I've forgotten, then you have to help me take care of it." The man put the sack under the tree

"Okay, uncle, go get the gold. ”

The man was impatient, and walked towards the tree, one step at a time, and one step closer and closer, and was about to come to the edge of the trap, when the man suddenly stopped, and Mai Dong shook with fear, could it be that he had found something?

The man smiled kindly and said, "Little girl, that little piglet is very fierce, don't open the bag, it will bite you." ”

Mai Dong breathed a sigh of relief and nodded obediently.

The man happily took a big step forward, stepped on the air, and suddenly understood, reached out and grabbed the branch next to him, and tried to climb up, but the trap was surrounded by soft dirt, and he couldn't exert himself at all. He could only struggle with the hanging branch.

When Mai Dong saw it, he picked up the stone next to him, ran over quickly, and smashed it heavily on his hand, the man let go of his hand and fell into the bottom of the pit, and the trap caught his leg: "Ah!" The pain made him howl, startling the birds in the forest.

"Stinky girl, you dare to lie to me, wait for Lao Tzu to go out, and kill you!" the man howled in pain at the bottom of the pit.

Mai Dong didn't pay attention to him, she was frightened, and she was running fast just now, so she sat down by the trap a little out of strength.

The man fell into the bottom of the pit and did not give up, he carried the tools with him, planing and digging, and wanted to climb up, Mai Dong heard the movement, and looked at the bottom of the pit, the man's eyes were stained with blood, and he glared at her coldly, like a demon who would not come out of hell.

Mai Dong was so frightened that he ran out, and when he ran to the back, he tripped over the sack and fell to the ground. She couldn't run, and there were people waiting for her to save her.

The sack was tied tightly with rope, and Mai Dong wanted to untie it, but he couldn't. There was a rustling sound behind him, and the man seemed to be about to climb up. Mai Dong was so anxious that he shed tears. The more anxious he is, the more he can't untie the rope: "What to do, what to do?"

"Mai Mai, Mai Dong!"

Du Heng came, followed by his uncle and three men with hoes and sticks.

"Du Heng, I'm here!" Mai Dong shouted, finally here.

Du Heng ran over with someone quickly, and at this moment, the man jumped out of the trap and looked at the situation: "Stinky girl, one day, Lao Tzu will definitely kill you!" After speaking, he limped and ran away quickly.

Several people came over, and two chased after them, and the uncle and another man stayed.

The uncle patted her on the head: "The little girl is frightened." ”

Mai Dong seemed to have opened the valve and hugged Du Heng: "Du Heng, I'm afraid!"

Du Heng patted her back distressedly: "It's okay, it's okay!"

The two behind him untied the sack, but the little girl still didn't wake up. Probed his snort: "I guess I'm stunned, let's go back first." ”

Mai Dong stopped in place.

"Let's go, Mai Mai!" Du Heng tugged at her.

"I have weak legs and can't walk. ”

Uncle picked her up, "Stinky girl, I thought she was bold." ”