Chapter 17: The Rabbit, the Fox, and the Uncle Beauty
The next day, a lot of rumors began to circulate in the village:
"Hey, have you heard? Someone saw He Mu, the boy of the He family, and Lin Xiaohan, the little girl of the Lin family, pulling and pulling on the street in the town. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć ļ½ļ½ļ½ļ½ā
"It's really unethical!"
"Who's to say it isn't. I heard that the two were divorced by the Tang family because of their personal relationship. Unexpectedly, Lin Xiaohan hit a rake, saying that it was because Tang Yun fell in love with Miss Gao in the town. ā
"Oops, that's unkind. I usually look at that girl as a good person, but I didn't expect her to be this kind of person, I really saw the wrong person. Stay away from their homes in the future. ā
"Exactly. Having said that, I didn't expect He Mu's kid to be silent, his family was poor, and he had such a means to hook up with other girls. Lin Xiaohan is in our village, and his appearance is first-class......"
All kinds of rumors intensified, and some people even described the scene of the elopement of the two in a vivid way, and verified them one by one with many details they usually saw. In short, the two became extremely morally corrupt people and were spurned by the whole village.
And the parties still don't know anything. In the Lin family, Lin Jincai went to the town to work during the day and returned home very late. Chen sews quilts for the children at home and makes new cotton clothes. The beginning of summer, Xiaohan and the spring equinox get together to read and write whenever they are free. After the New Year, I am ready to send the brothers to study in the school, and lay a good foundation first, so as not to keep up. Besides, Xiao Han herself has to practice calligraphy, and she is not as good as Lixia in this regard. He Mu also came over to study as soon as he had time, he didn't want to even be unable to compare with the spring equinox, so he would be farther away from Xiaohan. Besides, I can occasionally hear Xiao Han sigh and say something interesting. So he ignored Lixia's disapproving gaze and came uninvited every time. Xiao Han is also deeply satisfied with his studious attitude, because she is also a good teacher.
After resting at home for two more days, Xiao Han proposed to go up the mountain to have a look, and after coming to this world, she hadn't been there yet, so curiously. The vernal equinox will also follow.
After breakfast, Xiao Han and the others put straw sandals on the outside of the cloth shoes, tied the trouser legs, and Chen carefully took a headscarf to wrap Xiao Han, and the few people set off.
Crossing the quiet flowing river, Xiao Han and his party walked towards the mountain, the mountain road was winding, but it was not very difficult to walk, and it was obvious that it was due to the frequent walking of the villagers. It is late winter in season, although the mountain is slightly depressed, and there is no longer the lush scene of summer, but Donglang Town is located in the south, the climate is warm and humid, so at this moment the mountain is yellow, red and green, and the scenery is very beautiful.
Going up to the woods in the middle of the mountain, Lixia and He Mu first checked a few traps they had dug before, but unfortunately they were not lucky in the past few days, and there was nothing in them. Everyone was a little depressed, especially Xiaohan was particularly disappointed. Lixia hurriedly quipped: "It seems that the rabbit heard the words of the spring equinox that day, and knew that he was coming today, so he avoided it." Everyone laughed, and the dull atmosphere dissipated a little.
Xiao Han carefully examined the legendary trap: it was a large pit about one meter high and about fifty centimeters in diameter, the bottom of the pit was uneven, the pit was covered with thin branches, then covered with leaves, and finally sprinkled with some dirt, making it almost like the ground.
"Why don't you get some spiky bamboo sticks or stakes underneath or something?" Xiao Han remembered what he knew in his previous life.
"We can only catch stupid rabbits in simple traps, and the rabbits can't get out if they fall in, so there's no need to get those. Besides, I'm afraid that someone will step on the trap by mistake and fall down and hurt someone. Lixia explained.
"Did anyone fall into it?" Xiao Han asked curiously.
"Probably not, most people who go up the mountain know how to identify traps, and if you look at what we dug, you can see at a glance that it is different from the real ground. Rixia replied.
"Oh, that's right. By the way, the pheasant you had to come back last time was shot with a slingshot, do you usually use a slingshot?
He Mu on the side finally seized the opportunity to interject: "People in the village generally use slingshots, and our people here don't know how to make bows and arrows. I heard that there are hunters in some deep mountains, and they use bows and arrows to hunt, and they can hit foxes, wild boars and other wild animals, and experienced old hunters may even be able to hit tigers. I saw people in the town selling tiger skins for ten taels of silver. He looked envious.
Xiao Han calculated in his heart, one tael of silver is about equivalent to about three hundred yuan in the previous life, and ten taels of silver is equivalent to about three thousand yuan, ancient things are really cheap.
"Wow, that's so much. How many catties of spicy cabbage do you have to sell to earn it? The spring equinox's eyes widened, and the innocent words made the three of them laugh "poof".
"Let's keep walking and see if we can meet a rabbit or pheasant or something, and then Rixia and I hit it with a slingshot. He Mu proposed, he saw Xiao Han's disappointed appearance just now, he felt very uncomfortable, and he held his breath, he was going to hunt a game for Xiao Han today.
But I don't know why, today's luck is very bad, I walked for a long time, and I didn't even see the shadow of the rabbit, and everyone was very depressed. Lixia saw that it was almost noon, and Xiao Han and the spring equinox were tired, so he proposed to sit down and eat something, rest for a while and then leave.
Xiao Han opened his backpack, spread a piece of cloth he had brought from home on the grass, and beckoned them to sit down.
"The girl is careful, like we usually sit on the stone or grass at will, in the wild, where can we take care of the clean. He Mu said with a smile.
Xiao Han blushed a little, can she say that she has a slight cleanliness habit? That is a habit brought by the previous life, and it seems that she will have to follow the local customs in the future.
Seeing this, Lixia glared at He Mu: "Do you think everyone is as sloppy as you?" He Mu saw Xiao Han's appearance, and was also shocked that he had said the wrong thing, and quickly closed his mouth.
The three of them sat down to eat cold rice balls brought from home and drank boiling water in bamboo tubes. The rice balls are made by Xiaohan in the morning, kneaded into balls, and dried small fish and dried shrimp are placed in the middle, and wrapped in lettuce leaves on the outside. Eating rice balls with spicy cabbage shreds, although it was cold, it still felt very fragrant. Fortunately, my father bought some rice last night, otherwise I wouldn't have to eat it today, Xiao Han thought to himself, there were too many things to buy that day, and he forgot such an important thing.
After eating and drinking for a while, and resting for a while, the four of them continued to walk forward. Maybe the bad luck is gone, and the good luck comes, and just after walking for a while, the equinox walking on the left side shouted: "There are rabbits." ā
"Where?" Lixia and He Mu hurriedly pulled up their slingshots and looked around.
"There!" the three of them looked at the equinox's fingers, and sure enough, a snow-white rabbit jumped and ran away.
"It's all your shouting and scaring the rabbit away. Lixia complained, knowing that the spring equinox was wrong, and scratched his head in annoyance. Xiao Han didn't squeak, because she knew that if she changed herself, she was afraid that she would shout even louder.
He Mu didn't say a word and chased after him. Seeing this, the three of Lixia also hurriedly followed.
After running for about ten meters, there was no trace of the rabbit. The four of them looked around, their eyes were sharp, and they saw the grass moving in the distance, so they hurriedly lowered their voices and said, "There, the grass there is moving." ā
He Mu and Lixia hurriedly tightened their slingshots and tiptoed forward, while Xiao Han and Quan Equinox stood there holding their breath.
Closer, closer, and when there were still three meters away, He Mu and Lixia glanced at each other, and shot out stones at the same time, only to hear a "poof" sound, as if they had hit an object.
"Hit!" The spring equinox clapped his hands and cheered, Xiao Han was also very happy, and was about to run forward. Suddenly, something sprang up in the grass, jumped forward, and ran away. Xiao Han only saw a fiery red shadow, and she rubbed her eyes in disbelief.
"It's a fox, and it's a fire fox. Lixia, who had always been calm, also exclaimed, this was really an unexpected harvest, and several people chased forward excitedly. He Mu took the lead, Lixia followed, Xiao Han ran the slowest and had to stop and wait for her at the spring equinox.
"Sister, hurry up, the fox should run away later. The spring equinox is urging, Xiao Han is panting, she can't get used to running on mountain roads.
Lixia heard it and hurriedly shouted: "Spring equinox, you and Xiao Han will follow slowly behind, let's go chase the fox first." With that, he ran a few steps, turned around the bushes, and was out of sight. The spring equinox couldn't, so he had to pull Xiao Han to walk hurriedly behind.
The further you go, the deeper it becomes, with dense grass and tall trees. The surroundings were very quiet, only a few birds chirping in the forest were heard occasionally, and Lixia was not seen. Xiao Han was a little scared in her heart, she took the hand of the spring equinox and said, "Spring equinox, let's not go, wait here for my brother and them to come back." ā
Spring Equinox also played a little drum in his heart, but he wanted to see with his own eyes how his brothers beat foxes. He looked at his sister's frightened look, patted his little chest and said very manly: "Sister, don't be afraid, I will protect you." And standing here, I'm afraid that my brother won't find us, so it's better to go ahead and meet them. Xiao Han thought about it and made sense, so he had to continue walking forward with the spring equinox.
Besides, He Mu and Lixia chased for a long distance, but they never saw the shadow of the fox again. The two stopped, seeing that Xiao Han and the spring equinox behind them did not follow, worried that they were in danger, the two hurriedly turned around and went back. After walking more than ten meters away, I suddenly heard a scream from the right, and the voice was frightened and panicked.
"It's Xiao Han's voice! What's wrong?" The two of them were shocked, and regretted in their hearts, they shouldn't have left the two children behind in order to chase the fox, what should they do in case of danger. They seem to have forgotten that they are only fifteen-year-olds.
The two of them ran quickly in the direction of the sound. As he ran, he shouted: "Xiaohan, vernal equinox, where are you?"
"Where...... Where's ......" the voice echoed in the mountains and forests, startling a flock of birds. After a while, Xiao Han's voice came: "Brother, we are here, come over quickly." Listening to the voice, there didn't seem to be much of an abnormality, and the two of them let go of their hanging hearts a little. Calling their names, he ran along with their answers. After running through a pine forest and around a few bushes, I ran for more than ten minutes, only to see a valley suddenly open up in front of me.
The valley is full of pear trees, and it is the season when the pear blossoms are in full bloom, and the sweet aroma is everywhere. The white pear blossoms are like white butterflies fluttering on the branches, and there is a layer of white petals quietly laid on the ground, and the afternoon sun spills on the branches, leaving fine shadows. Spring Equinox and Xiao Han were standing under a pear tree, and when they saw them coming, Xiao Han happily raised a big smile and dazzled He Mu's eyes.
"Brother, you finally found it, scared us to death. Xiao Han and the spring equinox ran over and complained.
"What happened, I heard your scream. Lixia hurriedly asked.
"Ah, look there. Xiao Han pointed behind him, and the two looked fixedly, only to see a man in black covered in blood lying there under a pear tree in the middle of the woods. He Mu and Lixia glanced at each other, and told Xiao Han and Chun Equinox to stand there and not move, and the two walked forward cautiously.
After a while, Lixia beckoned Xiao Han and them over: "Don't be afraid, he's not dead, he's unconscious." Xiao Han stepped forward and looked carefully: the man in black was about thirty years old, about the same age as his father. The thick black sword eyebrows flew into the sideburns, the narrow eyes were closed, the bridge of the nose was high, the facial lines were hard, and the lips looked pale due to excessive blood loss. It's a beautiful uncle, Xiao Han praised in his heart.
Just now she and the spring equinox discovered this pear forest, fascinated by the beautiful scenery here, and were watching, but suddenly found this man in black, covered in blood lying where he was motionless, I don't know if he was dead or alive, and there was a blood trail extending on the ground. The two were so frightened that they ran away screaming. Fortunately, Lixia and the others spoke out in time and kept shouting their names, so the two of them were a little relieved.
"He had lost so much blood that he had to be bandaged and drugged. Otherwise, sooner or later the blood will run out and be busy. Lixia frowned and said.
"But we don't have medicine, how can we save it. And I don't know if he's a good guy or a bad guy, if it's a bad guy, it won't be bad if you save him, and it may also bring us danger. He Mu objected, and Lixia hesitated when he heard this.
Could such a handsome uncle be a bad person? Xiao Han thought to himself, and said weakly: "I see that he has good facial features and a righteous face, not like a bad person. ā
"People can't be good-looking, although some people look like dogs, they are very bad in their bones, just like Tang Yun. He Mu retorted uncharacteristically.
Xiao Han also felt that it made sense when he heard it: save it, I'm afraid it's a story of "The Farmer and the Snake", but if you don't save it, I can't bear it when I see him die. Besides, in fact, she has some secret little excitement in her heart: chasing rabbits, chasing foxes, chasing foxes, chasing a beautiful uncle. Mom, what a miraculous event this is! Could it be that there is a providence in the dark to let her beautiful save the hero?
Look at the wound on this uncle's body, it should be a sword wound, and look at the direction of the bloodstain, he escaped from the side of the mountain, bleeding too much and fainting here.
Xiao Han immediately launched a series of conjectures in his mind: the chivalrous and beautiful uncle drew a knife to help because of the injustice on the road, thus offending the underworld forces, encountering a vendetta in the rivers and lakes, desperately killing the last enemy with injuries, and finally fainting here...... Or after a famous family, he was framed and beheaded all over the house. He escaped alone, was chased by officers and soldiers, jumped off the cliff, and the officers and soldiers thought he was dead and gave up the pursuit. He dragged his badly injured body and crawled with him, and when he got here, he finally fainted......
At this moment, the legendary swords and swords of the rivers and lakes and the bloody wind of the court came to his face, making Xiao Han's heart tremble. Everyone has a chivalrous dream in their hearts, and Xiao Han, who loved to read martial arts novels in his previous life, is naturally no exception. Now that a beautiful and dangerous choice is in front of her, should she follow her inner impulses?