"But why didn't we meet a snake all the way?" Maureen asked.

"The snakes in Snake Mountain are concentrated in the depths of Snake Mountain, and they generally don't come down the mountain." Uncle Chen glanced at Mo Lin and said, "What, you still want to meet them?" ”

"No, no, no, I don't want to run into them, I'm just curious." Mo Lin said with a smile.

"Young man, don't be so curious about everything, curiosity kills people. Don't come to this place in Snake Mountain. ”

Mo Lin nodded and continued to ask, "Uncle Chen, is there no one in the depths of Snake Mountain?" ”

"Isn't this nonsense, there are so many snakes in the depths of Snake Mountain, don't say it, it's still a place where the snake god stays, who dares to set foot there." Uncle Chen glanced at Mo Lin.

"The snake god?"

Merlin finally heard an important clue and hurriedly asked, "What is the snake god?" ”

"Serpent God? What a snake god. Uncle Chen didn't know what was going on, and suddenly became nervous, and denied it: "I...... I just made a mistake and said the wrong thing! ”

Subsequently, no matter how Mo Lin asked, Uncle Chen just stopped talking about Snake Mountain, and talked about some topics.

When they arrived at the bottom of the mountain, Mo Lin and Chen Bo parted ways to say goodbye, and after sending Chen Bo away, Mo Lin's face became solemn, he really didn't expect the situation in Snake Mountain to be so complicated, and the snake god that Chen Bo said was definitely not a slip of the tongue, which can also explain why hundreds of thousands of snakes are entrenched in the depths of Snake Mountain.

Merlin guessed that it must be the ghost of this so-called snake god.

"Whew, it seems that we are relatively lucky, although we encountered some unclean things, but we did not encounter poisonous snakes." Ye Xiaoyue said with relief: "What I have been most afraid of since I was a child is snakes. ”

Bai Hongyi scratched his head and echoed: "I'm also afraid of snakes, whether they are poisonous or not." ”

"Cut, snake, what's there to be afraid of." "Ghosts are much more terrifying than snakes, and I'd rather catch snakes than deal with those evil spirits." ”

"Then we have to go into the mountains tomorrow to find the village?" Bai Hongyi asked.

Morin nodded and said, "The village must be found, but I basically know the location of the village now, and it should be a lot easier for us tomorrow." ”

......

At night, in a villa community in the north of Yaozhou City, Ding Fanglan was lying on the Simmons bed at home, still playing with the ruby she picked up in the morning, and the more she looked at it, the more she liked it.

She turned on the lamp next to her and put the ruby under the lamp to observe it carefully, she didn't know how many times she had observed it this way over the day, but she didn't feel tired of it at all.

At this time, Ding Fanglan suddenly discovered a strange thing, this ruby seemed to be inlaid with something, like a living fossil.

During the day, she didn't find such a thing in the sun, Ding Fanglan looked carefully under the light for a while, and then found that there was a small snake embedded in it, this little snake was very small, and the color of the body was red, which was no different from the color of rubies, so it was difficult to be noticed.

"Fang Lan, the toilet is out of paper, help me get a roll."

Hearing Bai Baocheng's voice, Ding Fanglan put down the ruby and shouted, "Okay, it's here." ”

Afterwards, Ding Fanglan didn't care about the little snake in the ruby, and Bai Baocheng and Bai Baocheng rested early.

One o'clock in the morning.

Bai Baocheng and Ding Fanglan had already fallen asleep.

No one noticed that the ruby that Ding Fanglan placed on the bedside table was faintly emitting a faint red light at this time, and the hidden little snake inside became clearly visible.

Gradually, the little snake curled up together stretched out its body in the ruby, and then made an attack form common to snakes, staring at the sleeping Ding Fanglan.

Immediately, the faint red light of the ruby suddenly became dazzling, and in just an instant, the little snake in the ruby flew out and burrowed into Ding Fanglan's stomach.

Without the little snake, the ruby became dull and dull, without the slightest hint of its former brilliance.

However, what happened just now, Ding Fanglan didn't feel anything, and was still asleep.

......

Early the next morning, Bai Baocheng arrived early

When he got up, he woke up and saw that his wife Ding Fanglan was still asleep, and he didn't prepare breakfast in the kitchen as usual, he didn't think much about it, maybe it was too late to play with the ruby yesterday.

So, as a husband, he went to the kitchen to prepare breakfast, in the past days, most of the time Ding Fanglan prepared breakfast in the morning, he had long wanted to prepare breakfast for his wife, but unfortunately he had no chance.

After a while, breakfast was ready, Bai Baocheng came to the bedside, pushed Ding Fanglan, who was asleep, and said softly: "Fanglan, it's time to get up." ”

screamed several times in a row, Ding Fanglan didn't wake up, still closed her eyes tightly, Bai Baocheng looked at Ding Fanglan's miserable white face and felt that something was wrong, and pushed her twice, but there was still no response, he hurriedly touched her snort.

In an instant, Bai Baocheng's fingers retracted as if he had been electrocuted, and he looked at his wife who had been dead for a long time in disbelief.

"Fang Lan!"

Bai Baocheng came back to his senses and hugged his wife's corpse and cried.

......

Chengbei Resort.

Mo Lin and Ye Xiaoyue were already waiting for Bai Hongyi at the agreed place, but they didn't know why he didn't come for a long time.

"What's the matter, Brother Yi is not the kind of person who loves to be late and miss appointments." Ye Xiaoyue frowned and said.

Just as he was about to call him, Bai Hongyi's call came. Ye Xiaoyue hurriedly answered the phone and said, "Brother Yi, we have arrived, why haven't you come yet?" ”

"I'm sorry, I can't go, today my second mother died suddenly due to illness, I only found out in the morning, I suddenly forgot to tell you, I am on the way to the hospital now, I will trouble you today." Bai Hongyi apologized on the other side of the phone.

"Well, then you can hurry over and have a look, don't worry about us." Ye Xiaoyue said.

Hanging up the phone, Ye Xiaoyue told Mo Lin that Bai Hongyi couldn't come.

"In that case," said Morin, "let's go quickly, and find the village today anyway, and find out all this." ”

After saying that, the two stepped into the Snake Mountain again, but this time they did not go further into the depths of the Snake Mountain, but kept circling at the foot of the Snake Mountain, Mo Lin believed that since no one had set foot in the depths of the Snake Mountain, then the village must be at the foot of the Snake Mountain.

After walking four or five kilometers, Mo Lin finally found human footprints on the ground, and then followed the vine and followed the road, and after a while, he walked out of the mountain forest and saw the village not far away.

This village is very backward, the gate at the entrance of the village is still wooden, and it is full of holes, at first glance it is the kind of wooden door that has fallen into disrepair, it is estimated that an ordinary person can kick the door through it.

At a glance, most of the houses in the village are mud houses, and only a few are wooden houses, but even if they are wooden, wood is not particularly good material.

Looking at the appearance of this village, not to mention the TV and refrigerator, it is estimated that there is no electricity.

Just as Mo Lin and Ye Xiaoyue were about to go inside, a familiar voice suddenly came from behind: "Mo Lin, is it you?" ”

Mo Lin was familiar with this voice, and when he looked back, it turned out to be his roommate Zhou Qiang in the dormitory when he was in Dongcheng Middle School.

"Hadron, why are you here?" Maureen greeted him with a smile.

Zhou Qiang was carrying a bundle of firewood, obviously he had just returned from chopping firewood, and his body was also dirty, and at first glance, he was an authentic farmer's son, but he looked like this, but he was the first in the grade of Dongcheng Middle School and Han Lu's biggest opponent.

Zhou Qiang saw that it was indeed Mo Lin, and said with a smile: "My family lives here, of course it's here, but why did you come here." ”

"My friend has something going on, so I'm here to find out what's going on."

As the saying goes, acquaintances are easy to do. Before, Mo Lin was still thinking about what kind of identity to enter this village, after all, people in rural villages are very xenophobic, and it is very likely that he will be kicked out if he rushes in, which is good, and he doesn't have to worry about how to get in when he meets Zhou Qiang.

Zhou Qiang took Mo Lin and Ye Xiaoyue into the village, and the janitor at the gate of the village saw Zhou Qiang coming back, and greeted him with a smile: "Ah Qiang, I'm back." These two are ......"

Zhou Qiang replied politely: "Uncle Chai, this is my school."

Two of my classmates came to play with me. ”

"Oh, your classmates in school, they must also be intellectuals, okay, Ah Qiang should treat your classmates well." Chai Bo said with a smile.

Bidding farewell to Chai Bo, Mo Lin and the others walked into this village, as Mo Lin guessed, this village has no electricity at all, and has been living the life of the ancient people who work at sunrise and rest at sunset.

Zhou Qiang's home is not an earthen house, but it is also in disrepair, the wood of the gate is full of black spots and moth-holes, he opened the door, Mo Lin and Ye Xiaoyue walked in, and what caught their eyes was a more dilapidated picture.

The yard is full of sundries of different sizes, in front of which is the house where Zhou Qiang lives, and the visual measurement is only twenty square meters, the black spots and worm holes on the house are better than those on the gate, and a piece of land is circled in the lower right corner of the house, which is planted with a little vegetables, and all other things are debris and tattered.

Not to mention Ye Xiaoyue in this picture, even Mo Lin is incredible.

Ye Xiaoyue naturally doesn't need to say much, he is a child of a rich family, he has seen this kind of backward and poor family, as for Mo Lin, although he used to often go to the bamboo forest village where his grandfather was located, he had never seen such a backward and poor family.

"Haha, this is my family, isn't it particularly poor." Zhou Qiang smiled bitterly, he could already see one or two from Mo Lin and Ye Xiaoyue's expressions.

Mo Lin thought about it, but still said truthfully: "It's a little backward, no wonder you never tell us about your family." ”

At this time, a man on crutches walked out of the room, his face was with the vicissitudes and wrinkles left by the years, Zhou Qiang saw him and hurriedly shouted: "Dad, why did you come out, you are not in good health, go back and lie down." ”