Chapter 39: The Purple Gourd (I)

The autumn when the flowers and trees are withering, there is no vitality in spring, excitement in summer, silence in winter, and some are just gloomy.

The bleak sky, the bleak earth, the bleak mountains.

The ground was covered with yellow leaves, and when you stepped on it, you could hear a rustling sound. In this silent and uninhabited mountain forest, this sound sounds creepy.

When he arrived at the mountain, Cai Hongming took a firewood knife from the wooden house, carried a faded white rucksack and walked into the woods on the fallen leaves, and the scorpion whose shell had transformed into a crystal color was placed on his shoulder. This guy is lying there with his tail upright, and his eyes are looking around, which makes people feel like a satellite pot searching for a signal, which is very funny.

The Qi Lianyu he saw before was still behind the sweet potato field, that is, in the depths of the remaining veins of this Qilian Mountain, so he had to go inside.

Yesterday's weather forecast said that there was cold air coming, and it is estimated that the first snow of the year will fall after a while. It's going to be colder when it's snowing, his barbecue stand is going to close, and he's going home. In this place, if it weren't for the heating at home, he really couldn't stand it.

It's nothing cold in winter, and when the snow melts after winter and the weather is dry for a while, then the sandstorm comes, and that's really deadly.

The yellow sand flying in the sky, there is no human figure within fifty meters, and the sand and dust burrows into your mouth and lungs with your breath, making you almost suffocate. It's a feeling that no one would ever think to experience.

One year he spent the winter here, and it was cold in winter, but he didn't dare to resemble the scene in spring. In those months, he stayed at home almost every day, afraid to go out, and sat on his buttocks until he was about to grow hair. He hasn't been here in the winter since.

The weather became colder, and the creatures in the forest gradually hibernated, and along the way, Cai Hongming didn't even see a fly.

The further you go, the denser the woods become, and this side is far away from the place where there are people, and few people visit. So even if it's not within the protected area, the ecology is good.

Suddenly, the sharp-eyed Cai Hongming saw a few mountain pears growing sparsely on a hillside in the distance, and some ripe pears were hanging on the trees. He hurriedly ran over. This is a wild variety, sweet and juicy, and although it is a little small, it is much tastier than what is sold in the market.

Cai Hongming climbed the tree to pick pears with great interest, and when he got on the tree, the pears that looked yellow, orange and orange in the distance had either been pecked by birds or eaten by insects, and few were in good condition.

But talking is better than nothing, so he picked some good ones and ate them. It is said that birds eat the sweetest things, and it is true. This pear is sweet to the heart and lungs, and it tastes refreshing all over the body.

Speaking of which, there are a lot of wild fruits on this mountain, including small nuts and hazelnuts, and bitter and sour wild apples. The wild apples are hard to eat, and the best way to do this is to make preserved fruit or jam or use it to make apple cider vinegar. But making apple cider vinegar is very laborious, and he is too lazy to do it; And making jam and preserved fruit wastes sugar, so it is better to buy it on the market and eat it cost-effectively.

After a little further walking, he came to the foot of a high mountain.

The mountains stand majestically, and at the foot is a seasonal river channel that is rushed out by the torrent, and there is a pile of round and flat stones in the river, and it is here that he is now Qilianyu.

So, he searched for it in the river.

After looking for a while, he didn't see the Qi Lianyu he was looking for, he couldn't help but wonder, remembering that it was obviously this position. It's just that when it's the rainy season here, the rain on the mountain flows down and merges into a flash flood, and it will be washed away by the current, so he re-estimated the location and looked for it.

After searching for a while, he still couldn't find it, but he was so tired that he found a place to rest.

The woods are undoubtedly the most beautiful time of the year, and the colorful foliage of the trees lining the river line the valley is a dazzling sight to behold.

The beautiful scenery should not be missed, Cai Hongming looked up. Suddenly, he saw that under the high mountain cliff opposite, there was a handful of verdant. Now that the temperature has dropped, the grass and trees are haggard and withered, and they have become pale and white, and I didn't expect anything to grow so green. Cai Hongming felt very incredible, so he stood up and walked over there, wanting to see what it was, which could maintain its color in this cold weather.

It is said to be opposite, but in fact there is a distance, because there is a U-shaped river channel between the two mountains.

After walking for a while, when he came to the place, Cai Hongming appeared, and the handful of green turned out to be the leaves on a wild gourd, and there were several purple gourds hanging on the wild gourd.

He had seen green gourds, white gourds, and yellow gourds, but he had never seen purple gourds, and he felt interesting, so he reached out and touched the gourd.

At this time, the mutation protruded, and a black shadow suddenly shot out from the wild gourd vines, and Cai Hongming subconsciously flashed to the side. The black shadow fell to the ground, and Cai Hongming looked at it, and it turned out to be a plateau pit viper. Next Olympics, why does this thing come out of hibernation without hibernation on such a cold day?

This kind of snake is also called the seven-step snake, which means that it falls after being bitten seven steps, and it is a very poisonous plateau snake.

The seven-step snake fell to the ground, its body lying on the ground was slightly cocked, the corners of its mouth were spitting, and its indifferent eyes were staring at Cai Hongming tightly.

Cai Hongming secretly swallowed his saliva, only a firewood knife in his hand, too short for fear of not being able to cut the snake. He didn't dare to catch this poisonous snake with his hands, if he was bitten, it would be over. I looked left and right, wondering if I was going to the woods in front of me to cut a stick and come over and end up with this guy.

At this moment, the crystal scorpion that had been lying quietly on his shoulder moved,

The crystal scorpion flew down from him and crawled towards the seven-step snake.

When the seven-step snake saw the crystal scorpion that had grown to ten centimeters now, it immediately became vigilant and kept spitting out letters to warn it to leave.

The crystal scorpion ignored the warning of the seven-step snake and continued to crawl forward. The seven-step snake stared at it tightly, and suddenly, its body moved, and it suddenly opened its bloody mouth and bit the crystal scorpion. Not to be outdone, the crystal scorpion suddenly climbed a few steps to the side, and the tail needle that had been cocked moved and stabbed forward, just on the head of the seven-step snake. The sturdy head was pierced in an instant, and he couldn't die anymore.

stabbed the seven-step snake to death, and the crystal scorpion dragged its corpse to Cai Hongming, shaking its tail needle to ask for credit.

Cai Hongming didn't expect the crystal scorpion to be so sharp, it was almost blind. It seems that you have to take it with you when you go into the forest in the future, and it is simply a great weapon for preventing insects and snakes. Fortunately, this guy has regarded him as the master after a period of getting along, otherwise he would have to be careful whether this guy would give himself a shot when he sleeps.

After touching the head of the crystal scorpion and comforting it, Cai Hongming went to cut a branch and checked the wild gourd to see if there were any snakes and cats in the leaves.

The crystal scorpion looked at him, and then dragged the seven-step snake to eat in the sea next to him.

Cai Hongming has been feeding it the insects he bought from the pet market, but he didn't expect it to eat snakes, and the taste is really heavy.

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