Chapter Twenty-Seven: The Forest of Mist
And a horse-drawn carriage that suddenly arrived attracted their attention, and they all got up and surrounded the carriage, who the hell was here, and it was very popular with the refugees. The mother next to me couldn't stand up because it was inconvenient to hold the baby, so I pulled her by the hand.
"Sister-in-law, who is in this carriage?"
"The young grandmother of the Liu family is very kind-hearted, and we have stayed here these days because of her help. ”
Sure enough, the woman I remember lifted the curtain of the carriage and slowly got down the carriage, and she also looked around, and saw us, and there was a flash of difference in her eyes.
But soon disappeared, she smiled and told the groom to carry down the steamed buns and rice on the cart, not only that, but there was a bucket of porridge, and the carriage also brought dishes and chopsticks by the way, when they first came here, they really had nothing, so I heard the woman just now say that they have been living on her help these days.
It's strange why she was so low-key, and even put things in the carriage she was sitting in, there were too many doubts about it.
Watching her personally distribute steamed buns, the refugees squatted next to them happily and devoured what they were doing.
"Slow down, slow down, I'll bring more this time, and I won't be too late. ”
If it weren't for the fact that she looked exactly like Jiu Niang, I wouldn't have any doubts about her, and I would be very pleased to see this kind of behavior of ordinary people.
I crossed my hands as she finally finished handing things out, and I walked over to her, but she didn't look at me, not even curious about my presence.
"Miss Huo, hello. ”
"If I'm not mistaken, you two showed up at this restaurant yesterday at Dancing on the Pot. ”
I have to say that her temper is really soft and hard, and she was amiable just now, but now she is expressionless.
"Well, yes, that's right, we had dinner at that restaurant last night. ”
"If the girl is looking for something about me, I might as well tell me about it, and if I can lend a hand, I will not shirk it. ”
"Oh, how do you know I'm looking for you? I'm fine, but I'm curious about one thing, and that's -- you actually -- look exactly like a friend I know, you say. ”
Because of the proximity of the two people, the distance between the two people was short, and at this moment I saw her pupils shrink suddenly, and the whole person was shocked, and then she grabbed my hand and asked very anxiously:
"Where did you meet her? Is she okay now?Ahhhh ”
"Lost, are you sure?"
"I'm sure that back then, our Huo family had infighting because of the division of the family, because my sister and I were twin sisters, so my uncle and they always thought that the decline of the family was caused by the birth of the two of us, but the decline of the family was already doomed. At that time, my father couldn't bear to pass down the embroidery village from generation to generation by them in this way, so he proposed to divide the family, but my uncle they had no talent, only knew the expenses, their expenses were all dependent on my father to be abundant, that time my father regardless of the opposition of the family elders, had to divide the family, as a result of my uncle they thought that all this was the bad luck that I and my sister bringed, hundreds of years have never had that big conflict, my sister and I were taken away by them, then my father only found me, my sister has been missing since then, so many years, my sister has been my father's heart obsession, they are noisy in my ear every day that my sister cast the wrong fetus, I was born to suffer like this, my mother's eyes are about to cry blind, I have spent a lot of money to inquire over the years, but all of them have died of illness. ”
Her words knocked into my heart from my ears, it turned out that Jiu Niang's family had been thinking about her all along, and it was okay.
"Miss Huo, I'm sorry, in fact, I only have one side for Jiu Niang, she is now the proprietress of a tavern in a small alley in Heshun Town, Jiu Niang is one of the few beautiful women I have ever seen, just like Miss Huo, you are beautiful and kind-hearted. ”
She staggered back a little, when did I hold her, she didn't fall down, seeing that her face was also very pale, she couldn't stop trembling, and tears filled her eyes, and the next second she would burst out.
"Heshun Town? is the town where monsters just made a mess? These refugees all escaped from Heshun Town, my sister, then my sister, will she also be more auspicious?"
It turned out that she was worried about this, if Jiu Niang knew that she had such a sister, she would be very happy.
"No, we only met yesterday, and the monster chaos was the night before, so she's safe and sound now. ”
"Thank you, girl, you haven't asked the girl's name yet?"
"Oh, my name is Chu Yu, that's my sister, it's not early, we still have to hurry, I hope you will reunite as soon as possible and say goodbye. ”
If we hadn't turned around, if we hadn't met the refugees she had helped, then how could I have known that Jiu Niang was not separated from them because of her father's abandonment, and after I understood the reason, I felt that some things were not exactly what I imagined.
Saying goodbye to the refugees and Miss Huo, we embarked on a journey, just now I also inquired clearly, there are villages near Jiancheng, and there have been a series of strange things happening recently, since there is a place where monsters are messing around, then it is possible to fall in love, just look for it, I believe that I will always reunite with my senior brother and them.
Proportional to the accident is luck, compared to ordinary people's accidents will happen luckily, I am very different, not only not lucky, even accidents have become a commonplace in my life.
Crossing this moat, we came to a misty forest, and called the Misty Forest, there are no houses around, there are no shops in front of the village, and if you want to pass, you must pass through this forest, Jiancheng is already the southern borderland, the forest can be seen everywhere, and the continuous spring rain in March also does not stop.
I picked up some long sawgrass and made Mei Xi Ya weave a straw hat, and put it on my head, the rain could not reach my eyes, and I felt that my vision was much clearer, and Mei Xi sat on the back of the horse, and now her clothes were soaked, and her hair was wet and sticking to her cheeks. The straw hat on her head did not match her own behavior.
"How can the fog be so thick here?"
"That's the way it is in the south, ants, snakes, insects, forest fog, everywhere. ”
"The fog is thick, let's not go in, maybe there will be some evil trouble. ”
"But I didn't notice any strange smell, and this forest was probably a normal natural phenomenon. ”
So Mei Xiya's words, I successfully believed her, and went in, not to mention whether there is really any evil here, just these dense fog I feel enough, after entering, basically I can't see my fingers, I can't see the sky when I look up, the horse and the dog are walking on the ground, I hold hands with Mei Xiya, I'm afraid of getting separated.
It was surprisingly quiet, but it seemed that there was a path waiting for us to follow, and there was no obstacle at all, and soon we were deep in the forest.
There is only a thin layer of fog scattered in the depths, and there is no white fog like outside, and we can see clearly at this time that this is just an ordinary forest, but the terrain is a little strange, there is no wind, and the fog cannot be blown away, so it will be shrouded in a thick layer of white mist miasma all year round.
There is nothing unusual about these trees, but the sun and moon are not seen here all year round, the smell of decay is very strong, the ground is covered with a thick layer of rotten leaves, and there are some dead wood branches, walking on them at this time, stepping on the broken branches from time to time, and the sound of clicking and clicking can be heard. But apart from these sounds, nothing else can really be heard.
Only each other's exhalations could be heard.
"Why is it so quiet here, not even a single animal?"
At this time in the forest, the drizzle could not drench us, and the clothes were slightly dried because of the body temperature, Mei Xiya's face was still as pale as ever, and my face was a little ruddy, and I was panting badly.
"It's cold and damp here, and active things don't live in there, so there may be snakes in there, so you should pay more attention to your surroundings, especially under your feet. ”
"Uh-huh, I see. ”
The thing I was most afraid of was the snake, it was not smooth and disgusting, it was cold, and even the venom in its fangs could kill people, and when I heard her say this, my heart instantly rose to my throat, and my mouth was silently saying: I hope I don't touch them.
It's just that I didn't expect that all the way over, I didn't meet a poisonous snake, but I accidentally stepped on a dead wood branch that was hidden in the void, and all of a sudden we took people and horses, and Xiaobai happened to bypass this pit and didn't fall down.
From the moment my body was weightless, I began to scream "Ah~" until I fell to the wet bottom of the deep pit, first my butt hit the ground, Mei Xiya would fly but I was not injured, I was miserable, not only did my palm struggle to grab something in the process of falling, but now my tailbone seems to have been smashed, which is particularly painful.
"Ah, I'm going to die, it's really, I knew it and bypassed, how good it would be to follow Xiaobai. ”
"Xiaobai, get out of the way. ”
Mei Xiya's voice just sounded, I didn't have time to look at the top she pointed to, the result was Xiaobai fell from the sky, I was used as a human cushion by it, I was already sitting up straight, but now I was hit by it firmly, and now I hurt not only my hands and buttocks, but now my whole body hurts.
"Ah, go down, go down, what are you going to do when you come down, just come down, you're still smashing me? Are you worried that I won't die?
"Woo, woohoo. ”
However, this dog can't understand human speech at all, and when he sees me, he sticks it on my body, and even sticks out his tongue to lick me, ah, it's amazing. I kicked it down, and it whimpered on its injured paws.