Chapter 10: The Forest of Emerald Dew
At the time of the winter solstice, the snow drifts in the mountains, and without the obstruction of the city, there are sometimes strong winds blowing in this quiet nameless village. The wind www.biquge.info the snow in the sky, condensed from the air, like a white python that chooses people to devour, turning this bleak river and mountain into a place of endless life.
There is one exception.
"Yan Ye, let's go to that forest today, okay?" A little girl in a cotton jacket squatted awkwardly next to a boy and said awkwardly.
"My father and mother won't let me go, and the village chief has also strictly ordered me not to go there." The boy was wearing a scarf, his little face was red from the cold, he stretched out a pair of small hands in front of his mouth, and kept hazing, "We have committed a big taboo yesterday......"
"It's okay!" The little girl tugged down the mink hat on her head, and wanted to put her whole face in it, and said in a thief's voice, "We will only rest there for a while, as we did yesterday, and then come back, shall we?" ”
The child has a stubborn heart and cannot be deceived. Hearing this, the boy thought for a moment, then smiled and nodded, "Okay then! ”
The two children found a vacancy and slipped out of the village, frolicking a series of small footprints on the snow-white earth, and then ran towards a verdant forest.
The forest was extremely transparent, as if it was not rendered by winter, in an empty and white frost and snow mountain, a verdant square inch of land opened, and from the sky overlooked, I saw two small figures holding hands, stepping out of the snow A series of footprints, running into the verdant forest.
"Haha, it's so warm here!" As soon as the boy entered the forest, he felt a wave of warmth. Then he took off his hat and coat, and fell on the grass with only the lining, and narrowed his eyes in comfort.
"This is our secret base, don't tell anyone." The girl blinked wide-eyed and said beside him.
"Okay..."The little boy closed his eyes and smiled, as if he had seen a warm spring day and ten thousand flowers in full bloom.
"We... Check it out? After a while, the girl took off her hat and little padded jacket and asked quietly.
"Whew..."
It was the boy's subtle snoring that answered her......
The little girl stomped her feet a little angrily, and no longer cared about him, but turned her head to look around, and yesterday she had gone here and slept, and when she opened her eyes again it was dusk, so that the villagers would not find out, so she went back to the village. If you come back today, you will have to walk a few more steps into the depths.
Rustling
The little cotton shoes pushed aside the lush grass, and the girl walked step by step, towards the center of the forest......
After passing through many trees, a towering giant tree appeared in front of the little girl's eyes. Flowers bloomed around the tree, and the bare trunk was covered with fine moss, and a few brightly colored mushrooms grew in the soft soil beneath the tree.
A faint green light poured down from the top of her head, and the little girl looked up, but found that the giant tree had died, and on the dry branches, there were countless dewdrop-like emerald droplets, which were transparent and turquoise, exuding a ghostly light, and looking from afar, it was as if a dense leaf was still hanging on the tree.
"What kind of ...... is this" The girl's big eyes reflected the giant tree that exuded vitality, and the large transparent emerald color on the canopy of the tree was already full of her eyes at this moment, "It's so beautiful..."
When Yan Ye opened his eyes again, he found that it was past noon.
"Huh?" Rubbing his worried eyes, Yan Ye looked around, only to see that the surroundings were empty, and there was no little girl in sight.
"Ludi... Lu Di? ”
Yan Ye suppressed his voice and shouted softly, and quickly covered his mouth, there are quite a lot of wild wolves around, and the adults said that if they shout too loudly, they are afraid that they will attract wolves.
However, there was no response in the empty forest, it was so empty that not even a wolf howl sounded.
"Is she upset to see that I am asleep?" Yan Ye scratched his head, picked up the clothes on the grass and put them on.
"Let's go back to the village and look for her first..."Yan Ye thought for a moment, and then trotted out of the forest. Before leaving, his eyes glanced at the dark depths of the forest with some strange eyes, under the cover of the dense canopy of trees, the depths of the forest were like a bloody mouth, devouring all the creatures that entered it.
After a stirring spirit, Yan Ye didn't dare to look at the forest anymore, and ran towards the village without looking back.
"Uncle Li, did you see Lu Di?" Yan Ye gasped and ran back to the village, and asked everyone he met.
But everyone's answer was unexpectedly unanimous, and they had never seen it before.
Yan Ye's heart became more and more uneasy, and the people in the village also saw that he had something on his mind, and under everyone's repeated questioning, Yan Ye finally cried and told the whole story.
After hearing this, the villagers all shook their heads and sighed, and they all spoke of reproach, Yan Ye stood in the middle of the road with his head down, pursed his mouth, and almost cried.
"Xiao Yezi, I don't blame you for this matter, you can stay in the village with peace of mind, I'll go find her."
Just as Yan Ye blamed himself, a middle-aged man full of stubble pushed through the crowd, held a wood-splitting knife in his hand, led a training wolf, and squatted in front of Yan Ye.
"When I passed by your house just now, I saw your mother steaming steamed buns, so fragrant, go eat them." The middle-aged man smiled and touched Yan Ye's head, as if he wanted to reassure him, and his calloused palm contained extremely gentle strength.
"Uncle... I'm sorry......" Yan Ye was relieved by the middle-aged man's words, and the big stone in his heart fell to the ground, and his nose was sour and he cried.
"It's okay, tomorrow, Uncle will give you a lively Ludi." The middle-aged man winked at Yan Ye easily. Then he got up and walked towards the entrance of the village.
"Lubai, you're crazy! That realm is occupied by mountain ghosts, whoever dares to go, you don't want to die! A villager grabbed the middle-aged man and prevented him from leaving the village.
Lu Bai raised his head, and the warm smile on his face was gone. He turned his back to Yan Ye, and when he spoke, his face had become extremely hideous, "If that mountain ghost dares to eat my daughter, I will kill it and sacrifice to the spirit!" ”
With that, Lu Bai broke free of the man's hands, pulled the chain of the wolf under his feet, held the firewood knife, and strode out of the village.
"Ugh..."
The people in the village looked at Lu Bai's back, and then looked at Yan Ye who was walking towards home, and they all sighed in their hearts.
Ye did not return home directly, but went around in a circle, climbed over a low wall and climbed to the mountainside outside the village, looking at the figure from a distance was already extremely subtle. With a roll of his eyes, he quietly ran down the hillside.