Chapter 42: A Noisy Night
The moon is in the sky, the clouds are thin and the stars are sparse. Although he has never been bitten by any mosquitoes and poisonous insects, Luo Yun still transplanted some chime incense and nightshade and a mint plant around the shack, which is beautiful and smells good, isn't it?
The white ape was originally built as a simple pergola, which is quite in line with the architectural characteristics of natural charm. Later, after Luo Yun wanted to live here, he asked Daddy Zhang's family to renovate this place. Now the hut is closed and at least sheltered from the wind and rain. However, for more than half a year, Luo Yun has been busy with all kinds of things in the village, so he has not calmed down to decorate this hut used for seclusion. So there is no furniture in this shack of less than 20 square meters, except for a chaise longue and a low table.
The ground is very flat with nanmu planks, and Luo Yun wants to get a carpet to spread it, but unfortunately there is not. It is estimated that the legendary Persian carpets can only be found in big cities such as Chang'an and Luoyang. Without a soft carpet, you can only spread bamboo mats. I moved a set of futon from home, and it was still very comfortable to live here in the hot summer.
But there is no stove here, so there is no way to cook and eat. Luo Yun didn't plan to build another kitchen, and it was not far from the front and back of the mountain. The meal still needs to be eaten at home, so as not to make Aunt Mei sad. But there was no food in the house, but there was wine. It's just that if it weren't for the faint fragrance wafting through the room, anyone would have thought that the one-meter-high barrel in the corner was just a wooden stake.
Although the night in the forest was still quiet on the surface, Luo Yun, who was lying on Xiao You's body with a wine gourd, felt that the noise in front of and behind the mountain seemed to be as noisy as his ears, and he couldn't sleep. After Datang woke up, because of the lack of entertainment affairs such as TV and computer, Luo Yun slowly adapted to the habit of going to bed early at night. It's been a long time since I've stayed up late, but tonight it's been so noisy, and the mental excitement hasn't completely faded, and I've survived sleepiness, and I feel a little tired but I can't sleep at this time.
The wooden door of the shack opened with a 'squeak', and a dark shadow shining in the silver moonlight stepped into the house.
Luo Yun glanced sideways, but he was not too surprised that someone had broken in. Xiao Yu didn't react, he knew that it wasn't a dangerous creature. "Zhenyue, why are you here, huh? How does it smell of blood? Luo Yun propped himself up and looked at Zhenyue in the moonlight, could it be that he was injured in some way?
I didn't want Xiao You, but I took the opportunity to get up and walked over to Zhenyue. The light was too dim for Luo Yun to see clearly, he didn't have the night vision of a feline, so he had to fumble around the table next to him for a fire break. After a while, the firelight flickered, and Luo Yun lit the brazier, and then looked at Zhenyue again. When he saw Xiao You, he licked Zhen Yue's cheek affectionately, then lowered his head and bit the pheasant that had been dripping with blood, and couldn't help laughing and scolding: "I actually asked Zhen Yue to find food for you, you are really about to become a lazy cat." When you're full, remember to get the floor clean! Xiao Youyou accompanies him every day, so that he almost forgets the tiger's normal work and rest habits. Felines are nocturnal, and this time is exactly when Zhenyue goes out to hunt.
Suddenly, the ground shook slightly, although the tremor was so short that it almost made people think it was an illusion, but seeing Xiao You and Zhen Yue raise their heads and look out of the window at the same time, Luo Yun would not think that it was just his eyes shaking just now. "It's been a lively night." Luo Yun muttered, stood up and put on his shoes and walked out of the room, the strange thing was that Xiao You and Zhenyue didn't have any intention of following. Luo Yun glanced at Xiao You, who lowered his head and ate again, in surprise, turned the shack and stood outside the window to look out of the woods. Although the moon shadow in the forest was mottled, it was basically pitch black and he couldn't see anything, but Luo Yun was sure that there must be something there, squinted his eyes and carefully patrolled it, and finally recognized a vague outline from the dark shadow, and when he recognized the familiar huge size, Luo Yun couldn't help but be surprised: "Why are you here!?" ”
In front of the mountain and behind the mountain. Far away? Not far away, actually. The gang of 'grain thieves' climbed to the grass pavilion on the top of the mountain in less than an hour without being familiar with the mountain road and not daring to light torches and carrying a bag of grain each. Of course, this is thanks to that 'guide' of theirs.
"Along ...... Follow the path and descend the mountain...... You can ...... Can I get to ...... It's in the mountains...... Let me go. Woo woo ...... "The girl's poignant voice when she cries when she is wronged makes people stand on end in this dark and quiet mountain. However, the dozen or so big men around are obviously bold and don't care about these.
"Shut up! Don't cry, cry again, Lao Tzu will kill you now! Like every wicked man, he would have been intimidating, but if this man had been honest with his hands and feet while drinking, or the little girl in his arms would have shut up, but now she would have cried even more aggrieved.
The mountains are pitch black, and although there is a slight moonlight, only the reflective rocks can be seen. None of the people standing next to him noticed this person's indecent behavior, let alone the 'big brother' who was always watching the movements around him. But at this time, listening to the faint and resentful cry of a young girl in my ears is really annoying. "Old eight, shut up that girl!"
"Oh, I know big brother. Shut up, little girl! The eighth child squeaked casually, and then heard the muffled sound of 'woo', probably the girl's mouth was covered.
The 'big brother' stood in the grass pavilion and looked down the mountain, and the darkness was illuminated by the fire in the cottage and the valley. Seeing that there was no fire coming up the mountain, the 'eldest brother' felt a little relieved, turned around and groped a few steps along the path that the girl had pointed out earlier, bypassing the peak, and the path leading to the woods behind the mountain was faintly visible. "That's right, eight, let that girl go."
Lao Ba has not touched women for a long time, and when they groped up the mountain, they happened to be bumped into by this girl who ran out of the house in a hurry with a rag doll in her arms. Seeing that the disheveled figure of the girl in the mountain was quite standard, the eighth child was moved by lust, but it was obviously not the time at that time. So when the 'eldest brother' said that he was stunned, he suggested that the girl be arrested for guidance, and took the initiative to give up the bag of food he resisted to catch the girl. At that time, they were indeed a little confused, so the 'big brother' also approved the suggestion of the eighth. said that he was full of warm thoughts, but he didn't expect that his partner's brother had not yet filled his stomach with food, so he had bad thoughts about the girl.
"Huh? Big Brother ......"
'Big Brother' listened to the eighth child's voice and hesitated, and couldn't help frowning and asked, "What's wrong?" ”
The eighth child listened to the eldest brother's bad tone, and he was cowardly, but he even threw away the food for this woman and let him go, but he was really unwilling, but this is not a place where things can be done, and the back is the woods if they can be dragged there...... The old bass was not dead, and stammered: "Boss, this ...... Isn't it that we haven't gone out yet, who knows where this road down the mountain leads, what if this girl deceives us. Still, let's wait until we get to the bottom of the mountain and then put it down......"
The meaning of the eighth child's words was unclear, and there was a brother next to him who was familiar with his temperament, and he knew what he was thinking by glancing at the position of his hand. Some of the brothers were disdainful, some were snickering, and some were ...... Follow the thoughts.
Before the eldest brother could say anything more reprimanding, another person interjected and said: "The boss can't let it go now, if this girl runs back to report the news, we are not familiar with the road behind here, and the hunters who live in the mountains are clear." It's not a blink of an eye for them to catch up, so let's wait until they go farther before letting go. ”
Listening to two or three more people echoing, when the eldest brother secretly frowned but didn't say anything anymore. 'Running the rivers and lakes' for so many years, how can he not know what kind of virtue these 'rangers' are in private, as soon as the old baza's words came out, he guessed his thoughts, and wanted to scold him and press him down, but now so many people are coaxing, he can't say anything except scolding in his heart for 'unproductive cowards', after all, he's the 'big brother' is only temporarily elected by these people.
"Big brother! Oh no, there's a fire coming up the mountain! ”
When the eldest brother heard this, he hurried to the grass pavilion to visit, and saw that there was indeed a little fire on the mountain road and was coming up the mountain. Although there are not many people to watch, what they are most afraid of at the moment is to expose their tracks. made a decision immediately, and the eldest brother couldn't care about the girl's affairs, so he went to the back mountain as soon as he said hello.
The eighth child glanced at the frightened teary tears of the girl in his arms, and laughed lewdly, regardless of the girl's resistance, he directly resisted the girl on his shoulders with both hands, and pinched the girl's stiff buttocks obscenely. After a while, he pressed the girl under him, and eagerly ran towards the dark woods under the mountain.
About half an hour ago, at the entrance of the ancestral hall of Lijiazhai, the women and children in the village were gathering here one after another. Cheng Mu has been accompanying his mother as a guest at Li Huan's house that night. Li Huan's daughter-in-law, Wang Ling'er, finally got pregnant after so many years, and she was a little more nervous than ordinary women. Among them, Aunt Mei, who used to be 'seen in the world', is obviously more important. In addition, the relationship is very good on weekdays, and Wang Ling'er cares more about her aunt's opinion. That's why Li Kun deliberately ran to report to Aunt Mei, and Aunt Mei was dragged by Wang Ling'er, who had just become a pregnant woman and was a little panicked, until the evening. After Luo Yun went to visit this sister-in-law, she left Cheng Mu to accompany Li Huan, who was still in an excited state, because she still had something to do, and waited for Aunt Mei to go home together. But I didn't want to, I encountered a warning that hadn't sounded for so many years.
Back then, when Li Jiazhai was inseparable, Li Jian and Cheng Mu were still young, but Aunt Mei had really experienced it. When the gong first sounded, she was also stunned for a while, after all, she hadn't heard it for many years. Then he commanded everyone to get together, and arranged for Cheng Mu to go out to see the situation, Li Jian just knew that he was going to be a father, and when he was nervous about his daughter-in-law, he actually moved out with spears, bows and arrows. He with a spear in one hand and a bow in the other, stood guard at the door like a door god.
Soon, the situation was clarified. didn't receive the order, and Aunt Mei didn't immediately let everyone leave to join the pregnant woman. Although it is not yet the time to poop in the big belly, the mountain road is difficult to walk at night, and the nimble man will inevitably stumble. It's so messy outside, if you accidentally let someone crash and fall......
So it wasn't until Li Zhencai brought someone to pick it up that everyone supported Wang Ling'er and went out. As soon as she arrived at the ancestral hall and saw the two old men in charge, Aunt Mei immediately inquired about Luo Yun's whereabouts. As soon as Aunt Mei asked, the two old men found that Luo Yun was gone, and they seemed to have just let go of Luo Yun's hand. Everyone shouted around with torches and disappeared, but Cheng Mu understood Luo Yun and asked Li Zhencai to learn that Xiao You was not with Luo Yun tonight, so he guessed that Luo Yun must have gone to the back mountain to find Xiao You. comforted his anxious mother, Cheng Mu begged for a torch and said to find Luoyun in the back mountain.
Everyone didn't expect the bandits to sneak up on the mountain, thinking that Cheng Mu guessed correctly, and the old man felt that it was dark and he didn't feel at ease to let Li Kun go with Cheng Mu, so he put his heart down for the time being. Focus on searching for bandits who have not yet found their traces, and start arranging for people to search the mountains after dawn.
The bright moon gradually fell, and a few stars shone through the faint clouds. Next to the shack in the still water pool, there stood a huge figure like a house, and Luo Yun leaned against the shadows, feeling that the last bit of panic in his heart had disappeared. Rubbing the things between his fingers, the ripples of the heart lake that had been disturbing for months calmed down again: "So, it won't be long before the famine will be completely over?" ”
Without answering, Luo Yun looked up slightly, and saw that the shadow of the moonlight shook slightly. Luo Yun didn't doubt it, but he felt a little incredible, or he couldn't believe it. Just like when the ancestor pointed to the newborn golden haired ape and told him that the heavens and the earth would be plagued by it. One night, the patriarch, who had disappeared for several months, suddenly appeared, showed him such a handful of golden retrievers, and then told him that the famine was coming to an end. It felt like it was unreal, but his life was like a dream from the beginning, and he was used to it.
When he first saw that there was a pinch of golden retriever in his hand, Luo Yun blinked his eyes and thought for a long time before he reacted that this should be Yonghe's hair, although the idea of the ancestor killing Yonghe flashed, but then Luo Yun shook his head and abandoned this possibility. If the disaster could be stopped by killing Yonghe, that golden retriever monkey would definitely not survive now. It can only be said that there are some allusions that Luo Yun doesn't know, after all, even if Yonghe can bring disaster, there must be an end to the disaster, and it is impossible to continue endlessly. Anyway, that's good news, isn't it. Luo Yun opened his hand and blew out a breath to send away the handful of golden retrievers who had brought good news. I stretched and felt a little sleepy. It's been a long time since I've slept in the crook of the ancestor's arm, and I'm really nostalgic.
However, this noisy night will not end, and the morning sun will not rise, and Luo Yun is destined to not be able to sleep. No, he had just found a familiar position to lie down and close his eyes. Not far away, several birds suddenly flew in the woods, and the chirping sounded, and the tired birds were even more alarmed. Suddenly, a flock of birds hovered over the branches and refused to disperse. The sound of birdsong, flapping wings, the clashing of branches and leaves, the sound is in your ears. Luo Yun raised his head irritably and opened his eyes to look over: Where did you come from, idiot, you went into the forest to make such a loud noise, you should be the emperor hunting! I don't let people sleep!