Chapter 9 Deep Mountains and Old Forests
When everyone came to Gaoligong in Yunnan, they were already exhausted after a bumpy road.
These days are all in a hurry, except for one or two days when the transfer of accommodation, basically did not stop. First take the train, transfer to the train, and then take the bus, at the beginning I still enjoyed the scenery along the way, tasted the customs of other places, and then I lost interest in the back.
It was already dark, so everyone found a hotel to stay in and opened three double rooms. Xiao Qiantong and Wu Ying live in one room, Ma Yue, Cedar and the fat man are crowded in one room, and even people like the fat man have no spirit to eat, they don't even take a bath, and they fall asleep.
By the time we woke up the next morning, we had finally regained our spirits, and after eating something, we were walking around.
Because of the beautiful natural scenery and the fact that there are many ethnic minorities living in the local area, this Gaoligong Mountain has been developed into a tourist attraction now. At this time, it is the off-season for tourism, and there are not many people here.
Taking a few breaths of fresh air in this green mountain far away from the hustle and bustle of the world will involuntarily reduce some distracting thoughts in people's hearts, no wonder some cultivators have to live in the mountains.
The mountains here are not particularly high, but the trees are unnamed, and there are even more wonders that the trees are taller than the mountains.
A group of people took advantage of the cool air of the early morning to climb the mountain with a competition of talking and laughing. When you stand on the top of the mountain and look below, the dense forest is like the waves in the sea, the mountain fog is like auspicious clouds, the smoke is curling, and the birds are flying, which can make the hearts of mortals also give birth to a kind of ambition.
Everyone was impressed by this natural landscape, Wu Ying was the youngest, and stood on the top of the mountain and shouted loudly down with a big breath. The rest of the people also shouted a few times after her, and their hearts were very happy, but Wu Ying suddenly shouted again: "I-want-live-!" I'm going to live! She cried and cried, and the fat man went over and patted her on the back, and suddenly everyone stopped talking, and the atmosphere became dull again.
After staying here for two days, I went to almost all the minority cottages, but I didn't find the fortune teller who said that this Liwa Abu village couldn't be inquired about, and the locals said that they had never heard of such a village.
The group was a little deflated, and Kashu comforted everyone: "It's okay, don't worry, we just came, as long as we know that there is such a thing, we will always find the name of the hall." ”
When we walked around a village, it was not too early to see that it was dark, and everyone found a place to fill their stomachs. It is a tourist attraction open to the outside world, and there are many places for food and drink in the village.
Although it is a cottage, it is also a banner to let more people come to play, what age is it now, and there are not many traditional things left. Some buildings are even more nondescript, hanging some thatch on the two-storey building, looking for some ethnic minority decorations to get up, making people look at a sensational feeling.
In front of a wooden house that looked a little dilapidated, an old man of about sixty years old was adding firewood to the small stove at the door, and kept fanning the fire. Seeing that someone stopped, the old man immediately came to greet everyone, and after everyone entered the house, they sat down on the straw mound, and the old man brought tea and poured it.
Although this old man is thin, his spirit is very full, and his hands and feet are as sharp as those of a young man. I ordered a few dishes that I didn't know what they were, and everyone chatted and waited without a word.
Katsuki said that he wanted to find a place to relieve himself, and the old man pointed him to the backyard.
When I came to the back yard, there was a five or six-year-old child playing alone, holding a gadget made of blades of grass in his hand, and a pole, which would spin and fly when he rubbed his hands.
Kaki found a latrine and came out of it when he saw the child standing on top of a stone pier covered with a wooden plank, tiptoeing up to reach something. He looked up, and it turned out that the gadget had flown onto the eaves.
Kaki also thought about going over and helping the child take down the gadget, but after taking two steps, he realized that something was wrong. The plank shook and swayed, and if you looked closely, there was a stone pier below, and it was clearly a well.
At this time, the old man also came to the backyard with a basin to get something, and when he saw this scene, the basin fell to the ground with a bang, and the child was not tall, and he could not reach the little thing on tiptoe, and was jumping enough. Although he was a child, this rotten thin plank could not withstand his toss.
When the child heard the sound behind him and turned his head, it was too late, the wooden board clicked, the old man was far away, and he didn't have time to run over, but Kashu on the side reacted quickly, and at the moment the child fell, he jumped up and grabbed the child's clothes.
But the force of the fall was too great, and he pounced again, and Katsuki felt that he was going to be led into this well, and at the same time that the child had already fallen, and he was going to follow it, he closed his eyes and tried to straighten his head.
His forehead slammed into the broken wooden plank remaining along the edge of the well, and his body was stuck, and his eyes were full of gold stars and nosebleeds. Fortunately, he was conscious, his body was straight, he didn't dare to move, and his hands were clutching the child's clothes.
The old man reacted immediately and shouted to the front to call someone. Everyone was drinking tea, and when they heard the backyard throwing pots and shouting, they all felt that something was wrong, and they all stood up, and saw the old man crawling out with a rolling belt, pointing to the backyard and shouting: "Quick! Fast! ”
Later, several men rushed over and pulled Kaki and the child up. Although Katsuki was injured a little, he was finally in danger. The old man pulled the child over and slapped him a few times, and the child began to cry, and the old man drove him into the house.
When they returned to the front and sat down, everyone breathed a sigh of relief, but Kaki was still shocked, and it took a while to recover. The old man brought him a basin of water to wash his face, and brought gauze to bandage him, Kashu looked at the yellowed gauze, just had a wooden plank pad, did not directly knock on the edge of the well, just scratched a little skin, and waved his hand to say no.
The old man was very grateful to them, especially Katsuki, who almost knelt down and kowtowed to him. With this play, the old man had to invite them to a meal, cooked a table full of dishes, and took out all the old wine, and everyone couldn't refuse, so they ate with the old man and his grandson.
I heard the old man say that his son and daughter-in-law followed the people in the village to collect medicine, leaving the little grandson for him to take care of. "Oh, it's just such a baby, how can I explain it to them if something happens." As he spoke, the old man glared at his grandson who was immersed in eating, and kept calling Jiashu benefactor, who smiled and waved his hand.
The food is almost the same, the old man persuades everyone to drink, even the two women do not let go, the women in the ethnic minorities also love to drink, every time the old man persuades wine, Qiantong and Wu Ying smile bitterly at each other, they all pick up the bowl and sip it on the side of their mouths.
The old man chatted with them in non-standard Chinese, and Cedar took the opportunity to ask the old man about the village of Liwa Abu, and the old man also told them that they had not heard of this village, and everyone was disappointed again. Cedar saw that the old man was a little hesitant to answer, so he asked a few more times, saying that there was something important, and asked the old man to help him find a way to find this village.
The old man took a sip of wine and said, "Although I have not heard of this village, as soon as I hear this name, it is ours here, you outsiders don't understand, the name of a village, in what direction, what kind of clan, are all in it."
Listening to the name you mentioned, it should be in the deep mountains and old forests, some people say that there may be a village there, but no one has ever seen anyone come out. There are some things that you can't say to you outsiders, but I told you, and you must not make a noise.
A few years ago, a group of young people came here, did not listen to persuasion, had to go into the deep mountains and old forests to find some danger, but before we went deeper, we heard crying at night, and the shouts came from afar. We didn't dare to go in at night, and the next day when the people who collected the medicine went in, they found that the things of those people were still crooked, but there was not a single person, and the ground was full of blood.
Later, a few people came and didn't find anything, so no one cared. If this thing gets out, who will dare to come to us. Young people, I just don't know the severity, there, we people here don't dare to go too deep, listen to my words, you must not go in. ”