At this moment, a short old woman carried a rattan basket for pigweed in her arm, and a long, curled snake in the other!

The snake was pinched by the old woman's hands, and only two pieces of its head were left wide open, as if struggling in pain.

"You, who are you!"

Hu Doudou asked in surprise, carefully pushing the old woman away until she was five or six meters away.

"Who are you?"

The old woman also asked curiously.

Hu Doudou has a shy personality, but at this moment, he can't care so much, so he blurted out:

"I, I'm Hu Doudou!"

He wished that everyone knew him now, so that he could help him out of danger.

"Who are you?" The old woman repeated as if she didn't hear clearly, "Who did you just say you were?" Whose child are you? ”

Hu Doudou spoke loudly again.

At this time, the old woman had basically guessed that he was her little grandson Doudou.

Because not long ago, Hu Doudou's mother brought some money to Hu Doudou's grandmother (in order to let Hu Doudou stay at his grandmother's house smoothly), and a black and white photo was attached.

The photo was taken of Hu Doudou on his seventh birthday, when he stood next to a small wooden horse with a toy monkey in his hand, dressed in a gray tunic and smiling innocently at the camera — perhaps because of his first photo.

His curious eyes were about to pop out of their sockets. The dimples on his face were noticeable, and his hair was messy like a bird's nest.

The old woman stared at it for a moment.

I saw the dirty gray tunic that the little boy was wearing, I saw his long hair covering his scalp in a mess, and the small dimples that faintly appeared on his face for a moment.

So soon she had a cordial feeling for him.

"I'm your grandmother!"

The old woman said unhurriedly, and at the same time, a kind smile appeared on her face.

"You're my grandmother?"

Hu Doudou was a little surprised.

Now he's starting to feel less nervous.

As he came, he saw the snake—perhaps the snake, which had been seized by the gray-haired old woman in front of him, who looked immobile, but who had a lot of strength.

Second, he had now finally seen a man in the deserted woods, and now this man was still his relative, nay, a relative of flesh and blood.

"Yes, I'm your grandmother." The old woman still said unhurriedly.

"So, why are you here?"

Hu Doudou asked innocently.

"Why am I here?" The old woman smiled slowly and said, "Well, I'm here because I know you're coming here today, so I'll wait for you here in advance." No, I just happened to be waiting for you here. ”

The old woman said that she wanted to get closer to Hu Doudou little by little, but she gave up, because she felt that it was not the right time.

Hu Doudou listened to what the old woman said and was curious.

Then he hurriedly asked, "Then how did you know I was going to come here?" ”

Hu Doudou knew in his heart that if he hadn't been angry at that time, he wouldn't have had to run so far.

Besides, even if he had to run so far, he would not choose to go to a deep ditch that he was not familiar with, not to mention that the vegetation here was so lush, and the small animals were running around unconsciously, and there was no figure around.

As soon as Hu Doudou's voice fell, the old woman quickly picked up the conversation and replied:

"Me! Of course I know, your mother told me just before you arrived, and she said she was going to send you to our house today. ”

When Hu Doudou heard this, he felt that it was no problem, but after thinking about it carefully, he felt that something didn't seem reasonable.

What makes it unreasonable?

Hu Doudou has no way of knowing.

"So, you're my grandmother?"

Hu Doudou said a little unaccustomedly, and suddenly, his face turned red.

"Yes! I'm your grandmother! ”

The old woman said that it was time, so she took the initiative to stagger towards Hu Doudou.

However, as soon as he took a step, Hu Doudou was so frightened that he took a big step back.

"Well, don't be afraid, don't be afraid," the old woman stopped, and then, with a wave of her hand, the snake that had been struggling in her hand for a long time flew out of the air, and the snake's body hit the wild rose grass peeking out of the edge of the cliff like a whip, and in the distance, only a loud 'snap' was heard, and in an instant, the snake disappeared without a trace.

At the moment when the old woman waved her hand to throw away the snake, Hu Doudou gasped in fright, thinking that the old woman was going to throw the snake at her.

"Ugh!"

Hu Doudou was incredulous at the old woman's approach.

"You, why did you let that snake go?"

The old woman smiled, and then, in the dialect of Zhaojiazhuang, said, "I am 'releasing life'." ”

Hu Doudou didn't understand.

"What is 'release'?"

"Release, in fact, means to love small animals," the old woman patiently explained, "for example, the little ants running on the ground, the little insects flying in the sky, they are all small beings like people." ”

"Oh!"

"Let them live, it's equivalent to doing a good deed and cultivating a blessing for yourself, uh, you may not understand it if I say too much, your baby is still not sensible......"

At this time, Hu Doudou's attention was no longer on the old woman.

In an instant, with his right hand, he gritted his teeth, pulled out a thorn from his left hand, put it in his mouth, chewed it a few times, and then took it out again, put it on his finger and bounced it out of the grass.

At this time, the old woman looked at Hu Doudou fixedly with her presbyopia, and was very satisfied with the thin and thin little boy in front of her, with a slightly naïve personality.

Through a few words of dialogue, she felt that this little boy was much better than her own He He and Miao Miao, at least she felt that he was very brave, and he could also climb trees, and she felt that the children who could climb trees were amazing.

As for He He, he is now more than six years old, but he is still like a two- or three-year-old milk doll, only crying and crying at every turn, as if he has not been weaned.

Miao Miao, although she is the same age as Hu Doudou, she is a girl no matter what.

"Then, Doudou!"

When the old woman wanted to ask Hu Doudou why she came to this place alone, she was so excited that she forgot about it, and she didn't know what she wanted to say just now.

Immediately, Hu Doudou's curiosity came up again:

"Hey, that, you, you just threw the snake down the ditch, won't it die? I mean, snakes don't get thrown to their deaths? ”

Before asking this, Hu Doudou suddenly remembered the tragic experience when he had relied on the 'Shang Fang Sword' made of the wooden stick he used to pound the bird's nest and practiced the 'Dugu Nine Sword' on the corn stalks in his yard.

When the old woman heard this, she couldn't help but laugh, "The snake will not be killed by falling to death, the snake will fly in the air, just like the wings of a bird, and the snake has scales on its body, and the scales will spread out like wings in the air, and then it will slowly fall to the ground." ”

When Hu Doudou heard it, he thought it was amazing.

Then I couldn't help but think: Why don't I know this kind of knowledge?

Well, I'm sure I don't know, my mom usually doesn't bother to care about me.

As for my dad, he couldn't come back to the house once for a busy day.

So, who else will tell me?

At this time, Hu Doudou faintly felt that this old woman was very interesting, and at the same time, he also had a little affection for her.

At this time, Hu Doudou's two arms and the thorns on his hands began to ache faintly, so he didn't ask any more questions, but just looked fixedly at the so-called 'grandmother' in front of him.