Volume 3 Rural Legends (45)
"So, didn't anyone come back?" asked Li Minghao after listening to the old village chief's words. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info
"Except for you, no one has come back, and that Xiao He hasn't come back either. The village chief took a puff on his cigarette pouch and said leisurely.
"That's bothering, I'm going to trouble you again if I have something!" Meng Li'er didn't talk nonsense, stood up and walked out of the courtyard.
"Hey, Qi'er!"
No matter how long they have known each other, Li Minghao still finds it difficult to accept Meng Lier's too direct and neat problem.
"Village chief, we are in a hurry to find someone, let's go first!" After Li Minghao hurriedly said goodbye, he stood up and went to chase Meng Li'er.
Duan Qingqing also said goodbye and chased the two out.
The time was around eight o'clock in the morning, and the summer sun had begun to poison, and villagers could occasionally be seen gathering under the trees on the roadside to chat about the sky and talk about things that Meng Li'er didn't understand or were not interested in.
Meng Li'er walked out of the courtyard of the village chief's house, stopped, and began to look around, she was a little dazed, her goal now was to go to the old doctor's house, it was said that there should be nothing worth her doubting, however, Meng Li'er had a hunch, even if she went to the old doctor, she couldn't find He Huan's whereabouts.
"Qi'er!"
Li Minghao also came out of the courtyard at this time, his steps were too fast, he didn't expect Meng Yi'er to stop abruptly and almost hit her.
"Why don't you leave, go to the old god doctor's house?" Li Minghao walked around to Meng Qi'er, looking at her frowning, not knowing what she was thinking.
Duan Qingqing also came out of the courtyard and saw the two stop, she stood a little farther away, deliberately keeping a distance from Meng Yi'er.
"Qingqing. Meng Qi'er called the name she didn't want to call at all.
"Huh?" Duan Qingqing was startled and raised her head as she pretended to look at the scenery casually.
Meng Qi'er turned around and walked up to her and asked, "Dao Chief, is it true that his spiritual power and spirit compass don't work?"
Duan Qingqing thought about it for a while before she nodded and said, "Yes, it's what I told you before." ”
"Also, this village, there is a so-called enchantment?" Meng Yi'er asked.
"Hmm. ”
"I have a hunch that Xiao Harmony is not with the old doctor, and the old doctor can't figure out where he is. Meng Li'er paused, looked at a few villagers not far away, and said in a low voice: "This village is very strange, and that old doctor is not necessarily reliable, I have a hunch that Xiao Harmonic may go up the mountain!"
"Up the mountain?" Li Minghao and Duan Qingqing couldn't understand Meng Qi'er's speculation.
Meng Li'er said solemnly: "Yes, he went up the mountain, if he didn't go up the mountain, based on the situation when he went to the east, he went to the old doctor, but you didn't see Xiao Harmonic there, right?"
"I ...... I didn't go in at the time, but Xiao Harmonic shouldn't be there. Duan Qingqing also had a hunch that He Huan didn't go to the old divine doctor, after all, not long after He Huan left, they followed, and he didn't see He Huan along the way, he was indeed very likely to turn around and go to the mountain.
"Well, I suggest that we go to the mountains first, and then go to the old doctor last. Meng Yi'er said firmly.
"But...... Why are you so sure?What if Xiao Harmony didn't go to the mountain?" Duan Qingqing retorted.
"Then you can do whatever you want. Meng Yi'er didn't care what others thought, so she left a sentence and went to the villagers to inquire about the nearby geographical environment.
Li Minghao looked at Meng Qing'er's back, then at Duan Qingqing's slightly embarrassed face, shrugged his shoulders helplessly, and asked, "Then Qingqing, do you want to go up the mountain with us?"
"So, you also have to go up the mountain to find Xiao Harmony?" Duan Qingqing originally thought that Li Minghao would be on her side.
"I don't know, but I trust Qi'er's judgment. Li Minghao blinked, under the golden sunlight, his eyes reflected the golden color of the sun, charming and warm.
"Then you go. Duan Qingqing was upset, she hated the feeling of being excluded.
"Well, then you better go to the old doctor, and when we find Xiao Harmony, we will go there to meet. Li Minghao nodded and went to find Meng Yi'er.
Duan Qingqing paced alone, walking east along this dirt road to the home of the legendary old divine doctor.
A few hours ago, He Huan did not find the whereabouts of Meng Li'er and Li Minghao in the middle of the mountainside, but when he turned around, he saw the terrifying scene of Youshui Village, he ran into the bushes in a panic, wanted to go down the mountain but got lost, and the soles of his feet slipped and fell.
As the sky grew brighter, He Huo rubbed his head on the stone and woke up leisurely.
"Ah......h
"It's dawn......" He Huan lay on the ground, muttering to himself, he didn't get up in a hurry, his head was really confused, and he needed to rest for a while.
What happened last night?
He Huan closed his eyes again, he felt that there were a lot of things buzzing in his head, but he couldn't remember the details inside, he only remembered that it seemed that he had gone up the mountain to find Meng Qi'er and Li Minghao, and he didn't remember the rest at all.
He Hui opened his eyes and looked at the surrounding environment, he seemed to be in a big pit, surrounded by half-dry and half-wet mud, in these mud, there were some old tree roots coiled vertically and horizontally, and there was withered yellow grass in the middle, this pit was not very deep, only about three or four meters.
"So...... Did I fall?" He Harmony had a splitting headache, struggled to get up from the ground, sat in the dirt pit, touched his back, and fortunately, the backpack was still there.
"Gurgling ......" tossed in the middle of the night, He Huan's stomach was really hungry, he looked at the surrounding environment, swallowed saliva, and decided to fill his stomach first, otherwise he wouldn't even have the strength to climb this shallow pit.
He Hui took out a pack of compressed biscuits from his bag, felt that there was no taste in his mouth and didn't want to eat this tasteless food, stuffed it back again, and continued to rummage, water, flashlight, medicine bag, raincoat (not the kind of small raincoat you think), change of clothes......
There is nothing left to eat other than these miscellaneous must-haves.
He Hui hatefully sorted out the things that were turned out, and stuffed them back as they were. Only then did I remember that before I entered the village last night, I had eaten almost everything I could eat, and in the end, I still estimated this mountain village too well, so I still brought less food.
Forget it, it's better to talk than nothing, it's better to eat compressed biscuits than to be hungry, I knew it was so, I should have eaten more at the old village chief's house last night, and ate his two-day amount in one meal.
He Hui thought indignantly and tore open the packaging of the compressed biscuits.
After filling his stomach, He Huan and other strengths recovered a little bit, and then he tentatively stood up, moved his muscles and bones, and felt that his body was not injured, he was relieved, and began to study where it would be easier to climb up. After all, it's not Superman, the kind of plot that jumps to a wall three or four meters high at once only belongs to the movie and a small number of cows, He Huan is an ordinary person, without the help of external forces, he wants to climb up.
"Hey!" He Hui found a suitable place, Zhong Erdi shouted, it was a boost to himself, he rubbed his hands, grabbed an old tree root, pulled hard, it was still strong, he took two steps back, supported himself on the dirt slope with his feet, and began to climb up.
The soil in this pit is half dry and half wet, neither slippery nor soft, He Harmony climbed two steps, feeling a little difficult, but in order to get out, he gritted his teeth, endured and endured, and finally saw the top of the pit.
As long as he goes up a little bit more, and kicks three or four more steps on his feet, he can get out of this pit, and success is close at hand!
"Little Harmony, are you there?
In the distance, a familiar shout came, and that voice was the long-awaited Meng Yi'er of He Huan!
He Huan was startled at first, and then responded excitedly and loudly: "I'm here! I'm here! I'm here...... Ouch!"
He Hui used his life to interpret what is called happiness and sorrow, after he heard Meng Li'er's shout, he quickened the pace of his feet, but he was not careful, stepped on a sharp stone, a stinging pain came from the soles of his feet, his feet loosened, and his two feet slid down the soil slope.
He Huo no longer had the strength to shout, his hands still grasping the roots of the tree, his legs kicking wildly on the dirt slope, trying to find a place to stay. However, with his weak stature and weak muscles, he soon lost his strength, and as soon as his hands were loosened, he fell to the ground with a "poof".
If you just fall, it doesn't matter if you are three or four meters high, the bottom of the pit is mud, which has more or less shock-absorbing effects, and at most it hurts a little bit and is a little ugly.
But unfortunately, there were just a few palm-sized stones in the place where He Harmony fell, and a small pile of them were placed on top of each other, and a few of them were pointed, and this pile of stones was the pile that He Harmony slid down from the middle of the mountainside and hit his head.
Coincidentally, He Huan's head hit the pile of stones again. He rolled his eyes and passed out again.
"Little Harmony!"
"Little Harmony!"
Meng Meng'er and Li Minghao staggered and shouted He Harmoni's voice, and suddenly Meng Meng'er stopped.
"Mouse, did you hear any movement just now?" Meng Yi'er glanced around, but found nothing.
"Is it a bird?" Li Minghao also looked around.
"Oh, it should be a bird's call, if it's a little harmony, I won't just say yes. Meng Yi'er said firmly.
"Well, it's a bird's call. Li Minghao also nodded and said, "Qi'er, do you want to go back and take a rest?" After looking for so long, you should be very tired, right?"
In the face of Li Minghao's thoughtfulness, Meng Li'er was very moved, but she still shook her head and said, "No, let's find Xiao Harmony as soon as possible, it seems that he is not on this mountain, let's go down the mountain." ”
"Well, then you pay attention to your body, don't hold on if you can't stand it, we must not be tired of one more person because of looking for someone, it will be too worthless!" Li Minghao was also worried about He Huan, but he couldn't bear to see Meng Li'er tossing himself like this, if He Huan came back at this time and saw Meng Meng'er so haggard, he would definitely blame him for not taking care of her.
With that, the two of them took a step forward and walked in the direction of the lower mountain.
At the same time, Duan Qingqing had already arrived at the old divine doctor's house, and had been sitting outside the courtyard for a long time, knowing that she was really thirsty, hungry and had nowhere to go, so she knocked on the old divine doctor's door.
"Come in!"
The old divine doctor had already finished telling the Taoist chief all the things that had happened in Youshui Village over the years, and the Taoist chief was sitting on the bench in a daze, sighing.
Duan Qingqing came in from outside the door tremblingly, and the Taoist raised his head slowly, seeing that Duan Qingqing's eyes had changed.
"Mother-in-law, Dao Chief, I'm here. Duan Qingqing lowered her head, not daring to speak loudly, how could she be a little girl here to speak loudly.
"Hmph, mother-in-law?" The old doctor trembled with anger, glared at Duan Qingqing angrily, and scolded, "Do you still have me as a mother-in-law in your eyes?"
"I ......" Duan Qingqing blushed and buried her head lower.
"Forget it, old sister, it's no fun to talk about it at this time, it's better!" the Taoist chief reassured.
The old divine doctor stopped talking, shook his head and turned his face, unwilling to look at Duan Qingqing again.
"Qingqing, has anyone found it?" When the Dao Leader spoke to Duan Qingqing again, he was no longer as polite as before, and now that he knew the truth of all this, he naturally let it go.
Duan Qingqing shook her head and said, "Dao Chief, I found Meng Li'er and Li Minghao, but they didn't want to come back with me, so they went up the mountain to find Xiao Harmony by themselves." ”
"Did you go up the mountain?" asked the old doctor in astonishment.
"Probably. Duan Qingqing wasn't very sure, after all, going to the mountain to find it was just Meng Qi'er and Li Minghao's speculation and wishful thinking, and no one knew where He Huan had gone.
"Old sister, don't worry about this, with Xiao Harmoni's spiritual power, I can't see anything......"
Before the Dao Chief's words were finished, the old divine doctor said, "Nonsense! Wouldn't it be troublesome if you see it?"
The Taoist quickly shut up.
Duan Qingqing couldn't understand what the two of them were saying, she was worried about He Huan's life and death, and the others didn't matter at all, she opened her mouth pitifully and begged: "Mother-in-law, it's me who was wrong, I was wrong before...... You...... Can you help the little ......?"
"Alas......" The old doctor looked at the courtyard outside the door, sighed and said, "You're right...... It's me who is wrong, I've always been wrong......"
"What?" Duan Qingqing was surprised and said, "Mother-in-law, you said that you were wrong before, so ......"
Duan Qingqing didn't say any more, her mood was as turbulent as the sea, if, if the old doctor was wrong before, then Duan Qingqing would also ......
Duan Qingqing choked back tears, she no longer dared to think about the past, the absurd and hateful things in the past.
The old doctor's eyes were gloomy, her gaze at the courtyard seemed to be desperate, she slowly stood up, paced to the main entrance of the hall, looked at the dazzling sunlight, and said slowly: "All these things must be said from before you came and after you left......
Duan Qingqing's eyes widened and she looked at the old divine doctor incredulously......