Chapter 12: Patrol the Mountains Together

Pei An pulled the peppercorns and walked vigorously to the bottom of the valley.

He knew that there was clay on the other side of the stream at the bottom of the valley, and the little carriage that the pepper burned for him last time, the little friends in the village saw it, and how envious he was, and he wanted to burn more of these gadgets and make another show.

Huajiao knew Pei An's thoughts, and readily agreed: "Brother An, let's not burn here this time, dig some mud and go back to burn, just enough to roast the fire." ”

It's freezing cold, and she doesn't want to build that open-air kiln here again.

Small mud toys are better to cook than mud pots, so you don't have to worry about it.

"I listen to my third sister-in-law." Pei An jumped three feet high, stepped forward to pull Pei Ze's hand again, and begged, "Third brother, let's go down together!" ”

Pei Ze was walking back and forth in the forest with his hands behind his back, and when he saw Pei An calling him, he frowned and said, "Go down, I'll wait for you here, go and come back quickly." ”

"Third sister-in-law, let's go down!" Pei An grabbed the hand of the pepper, and the two helped each other down to the bottom of the valley, there was not much clay by the stream, most of the pepper was dug last time, and there was still a little bit left, the two bent over and looked for clay everywhere.

"Third brother, aren't we here to catch wild boars?" Pei Ying stood on the stone, looked at Hua Jiao and Pei An who were talking and laughing, and muttered, "They know that playing with mud and cold weather, I don't want to go down." ”

Pei Ze didn't squeak, still walking back and forth in all directions.

Everything is still familiar.

After more than eight years, he is finally back, and fortunately, he can still come back......

There is not much clay by the stream.

Huajiao and Pei An dug up two mud blocks the size of steamed buns, and climbed up, Pei An was very happy, and said to Pei Ze excitedly: "Third brother, my third sister-in-law said, you can also write and draw on it, it looks even better than last time." ”

Pei Ze bowed slightly.

Turn around and walk forward.

Pei Ying glanced at Pei An, carried the hem of her clothes and followed Pei Ze inside, and after a while, Pei Ying was shocked to find that she had deviated from the mountain road, and hurriedly shouted to Pei Ze: "Third brother, there is Tiger Roaring Gang over there, it has been haunted for the past two years, but I don't dare to go." ”

Tiger Roaring Gang has many pine trees, although it is halfway up the mountain, not very far from the village, but no one dares to go.

Many people say that there is a ghost market in Huxiaogang at night, and it is often brightly lit, which scares people to death.

"When did it start being haunted?" Pei Ze's footsteps didn't stop, Pei Ying hurriedly followed, and said urgently: "That's it, it's the second year that you left, and now the people in the village don't dare to go during the day, you know, there was a mass grave ...... before."

"It's okay, I'll go over and take a look." Pei Ze walked in briskly and walked a few steps, "If you are afraid, go back!" ”

Pei Ying turned around and left.

She didn't dare go.

"Third sister-in-law, let's go and have a look!" Pei An shook the hand of the pepper and whispered, "Uncle said that there are many fruit trees near Huxiaogang, and that time he and his two brothers at home picked up a lot of wild pears, but they were sweet, maybe the wild boar will also go over to eat." ”

Pei An is young in the end.

Not knowing the ferocity of the wild boar, he thought that he could easily catch the wild boar when he saw it.

"Okay, then let's go over and have a look." Sichuan pepper is also full of curiosity, the mountains here are a mountain and a mountain, she walked around the slopes near the mountain road, but she has never been here, let alone heard of any tiger roaring gang, besides, as long as there is good food, the haunting can be ignored.

The further you go in, the higher the trees.

It was the wax moon, the grass and trees withered, but a lot of pine and cypress trees were still lush, pavilions and pavilions, the sun was mostly blocked, the forest was gloomy, the dead branches and fallen leaves under the feet stepped on it and made a creaking sound, the wind swirled and whimpered from the treetops, Pei An pursed his lips, and subconsciously grabbed the hand of the pepper, but when he saw the burly and tall figure of Pei Ze walking in front, he still mustered up the courage to follow step by step, and the sweet taste of wild pears finally defeated his fear of this forest.

Sichuan pepper does not have these concerns.

She pulled Pei An to follow Pei Ze calmly, crossed a narrow ravine, climbed up the Tiger Roaring Gang, and looked at the terrain and vegetation here while walking, here is separated from the mountain path by a small ravine, covered by the bushes on the side of the road, no wonder she didn't see it before, Xu is because there are few people in the village who come over, there are a lot of dead trees and fallen leaves, there is no human destruction, everything is very primitive.

Sichuan pepper is very excited.

She likes this kind of inaccessible woods, no one has ever been there, which means that there is a lot of firewood, wild fruits and herbs, and it is an ideal homestead, so that the haunted rumor is more violent!

After walking a few steps, Pei Ze stopped, looked at the two of them, and asked, "Aren't you afraid?" ”

Pei An shook his head.

He wants to eat wild pears.

Pei Ze looked at the peppercorns again.

Huajiao said casually: "With you, what are we afraid of?" ”

As soon as the words came out, she regretted it.

No matter how you listen to it, it's like slapping her on the back.

She swore she never meant it.

Pei Ze didn't squeak and continued to walk forward.

There are indeed a few wild pear trees on the edge of Huxiao Gang, and there are a lot of rotten fruits scattered under the trees, and a few of them on the branches that have not fallen have been frozen into black balls, and the peppercorns picked a few with their feet and gave them to Pei An: "These can be eaten, you can taste them." ”

Very natural frozen pear.

Well, these pear trees will be hers from now on.

Pei An took a bite hard, and his face wrinkled: "Third sister-in-law, this pear is frozen, and I can't bite it......"

Hua Jiao smiled: "Then I'll eat it later." ”

Pei Ze turned around and didn't know where to go.

Sichuan pepper is happy, pull Pei An to pick up chestnuts under the two chestnut trees, although the wild chestnuts are small, but they still taste very fragrant, sugar fried chestnuts, the taste is not too tempting!

The two of them picked it up vigorously.

After a while, he picked up a basket full of them, there were still a lot of them on the ground, the sun was rising higher and higher, and there was a little light in the dark pine forest, quietly in all directions, without a sound, Pei An gnawed on the frozen pear and said: "Third sister-in-law, where did my third brother go?" There won't be wild boars here, right? ”

"Don't worry, the wild boars won't come here." Hua Jiao pulled him to the edge of the hill and pointed to the waist-length valley between the two hills, "Wild boars like to move in valleys with small streams, and they won't come here because they are too close to the mountain roads." ”

She had observed that most of the wild pears that had fallen under the trees had been pecked by small birds and pheasants.

There are no traces of being arched by pigs.

And the terrain here is a little higher than the surrounding area, and it is not easy for wild boars to come up, at most occasionally passing by, but they will not forage here.

In addition to pear trees and chestnut trees, there are also wild hawthorn trees, jujube trees and mountain grapes, scattered in the pine forest, what surprises the pepper is that there is a cave in the bushes on the north slope, the entrance is very large and the edge is regular, the inside is not deep, it should be an artificially hewn and abandoned cave, Pei An stood at the entrance of the cave, curious: "Third sister-in-law, is this a wild boar cave?" ”

"No, the boar caves are hidden, they won't live here." Sichuan pepper walked around the cave twice, not bad, raise your hand to touch the top of the cave, visually can put two or three single beds, if it rains on the mountain in the future, you can also have a place to shelter from the rain.

Pei Ze appeared outside the cave coldly, picked up the bamboo basket full of chestnuts on the ground, and said expressionlessly: "Go back!" ”

"Third brother, have you found the wild boar?" Pei An raised his face and asked, Pei Ze reached out and touched his head, didn't say anything, raised his legs and walked forward, Hua Jiao led Pei An to follow him out, Pei An did not give up, and pulled the corner of Hua Jiao's clothes and asked: "Third sister-in-law, you ask my third brother, did he find a wild boar?" ”

"Probably not." Hua Jiao looked at the man walking in front of him with a bamboo basket on his back, and the corners of his mouth twitched, "I'll make sugar chestnuts to eat when I go home, it's more fragrant than wild boar!" ”

Pei An was very excited.

As soon as I got on the mountain road, I ran away.

The chestnuts in the bamboo basket were picked up too much, Pei Ze walked fast, almost every time he walked a section, he turned a few down, and the pepper had to follow behind to pick it up, and when he was about to reach the entrance of the village, Pei Zexu remembered what happened in the morning, suddenly stopped, turned his head to look at the pepper, and said lightly: "I won't marry you, you can leave at any time." ”

"Don't worry, I don't want to marry you, and there's no way I can do it if I am sold to your family." Hua Jiao secretly rejoiced in his heart, and said calmly, "I will find a way to leave your house after the New Year, but I don't want to follow Su Xian, I am just an old acquaintance with him, and I have not yet reached the level of following him." ”

Pei Ze didn't say anything, turned around and left.