Chapter 100: Going around in circles
Qingyu was frightened by the old man's sudden change of face, but in the next second, the old man seemed to notice what he had just done, something was wrong, and immediately changed his face and said, "Scare you, little friend." I've been here for two years now, so I'm pretty familiar with this forest. ”
Qingyu smiled bitterly and continued to walk forward with his head down.
I don't know how many turns and turns, and finally came to a wooden house, saying that it is not a house, at best it is just a shed to shelter from the wind and rain.
She pointed to the dilapidated house and said, "Do you usually live here?" Won't it fall when it's windy and rainy? ”
The old man smiled, ignored her question, and made a gesture to her, inviting her to sit in the room.
She was still worried about the safety of the house, and she didn't forget to shake the door with her hand to see if it was strong enough before entering.
When she entered the door, she found that the scene inside the house was completely different, it was a stark contrast, and the furnishings inside could be said to be small and complete.
The herring fish couldn't help but let out an exclamation, "Your house is too powerful, it's actually made of rattan." ”
As she spoke, she knocked on the bamboo-made wall, which was like a giant braid, covered with all sorts of fluffy grass, and completely impermeable.
The old man watched her stroll around the house, went to the stove and gave her a glass of water, brought it to the herring and said, "Drink some water, this water can be drunk." ”
Qingyu took the water and didn't drink it immediately, she was worried, after all, a stranger suddenly appeared, not afraid of ten thousand, just in case, she pretended to appreciate the furnishings in his room, and put the cup aside.
The old man also saw the idea of the herring fish, sitting on the rattan chair and leaning on the back of the chair, swaying back and forth, this is his territory, he is absolutely assured.
After almost understanding the environment of the whole house, the herring stared at the last corner.
A black strip of cotton cloth, covered with what seemed to be a cage-shaped object, she knew that it must be the old man's secret, and she succeeded in uncovering the black cloth while he was turning his head over.
Listening to the old man behind him laughing so freely, she knew that he was laughing at her.
She looked at the cage woven with bamboo strips, there was no gap, she couldn't see what was inside, but she faintly heard the sound coming from inside, and she listened carefully.
Frightened and almost sitting on the ground, she asked the old man in horror, "Is there a snake here?" ”
"Hahaha, the little girl's family is not small in curiosity. Do you want to see it, open it up and show you? ”
Watching the old man walk to the back of the door, he picked up a bamboo strip about one meter long, put his hands behind him, and walked over proudly.
Seeing this, Qingyu hurriedly made way for the old man and took a few steps back.
The old man deliberately sold Guan Zi and said, "I'm a baby, I'm only allowed to look, not touch, or tease." ”
The herring fish is surprisingly timid, knowing that there seems to be a snake inside, she is so frightened that she doesn't dare to look at it, she hides her face with her sleeve, how dare she tease!
The old man took a step back in a pretended posture, took out the one-meter-long bamboo strip behind him, and gently picked it at the door of the cage, and the herring fish was so frightened that he immediately covered his eyes.
Before she could see it, she was already frightened, and the old man was amusing himself with the goods in the cage, and the herring was watching him amusement behind the old man's back, and he didn't dare to stick his head out to look at it.
The old man also felt strange, turned around and saw that the herring fish was so frightened that his legs were trembling, and he couldn't help laughing and said, "Don't be afraid, come and take a look, it's not in vain." ”
Qingyu was moved by the old man's words, gently took her sleeve away, she looked at it, and immediately ran to the yard and vomited.
The old man looked at the herring and reacted so much, standing at the door and looking up to the sky and smiling.
The herring couldn't believe that the small cage was filled with snakes and spiders, and some animals she didn't know, she squatted on the ground, and couldn't calm down for a long time, although she just glanced at it, but her mind was already full of that picture.
She vomited so much that her face turned pale, turned her head to look at the old man leaning on the door frame, and asked weakly, "Why is there so many animals in that cage, they are not eaten by each other, and they are crushed to death layer by layer." ”
"That's wrong, you just saw the tip of the iceberg, there is a big room under my cage, the reason why you saw the door of the cage just now, stuffed with live creatures, is nothing more than that they saw me open the cage, and they are all vying to greet you." The old man proudly played with his works, without taking care of the feelings of the herring fish at all.
Qingyu squatted at first, and then simply sat on the ground, regardless of the identity of the princess, how comfortable the sitting posture is.
It took a long time for her to calm down, her mind full of doubts, and she tried to understand the world of the strange man in front of her.
The old man looked at the herring, looking powerless, and he had no defense, he had lived alone for too long, and he completely forgot how to get along with others, so he chatted with the herring with his own temperament.
The biggest puzzle in Qingyu's heart was the usefulness of these living creatures, and she boldly asked, "Do you raise these animals to accompany you?" ”
"Those guys, I got them from that Peach Blossom Pool." The old man replied immediately.
Qingyu frowned, she remembered that when she was in the Peach Blossom Lake just now, the old man told her that every grass and tree around the Peach Blossom Lake had become highly poisonous, and she had just taken a closer look at it.
She suddenly felt a panic in her chest, followed by a tumbling stomach that churned like a sea.
The old man looked at her vomiting and diarrhea, and laughed heartlessly, as if he knew what she was vomiting for, and said, "You just touched them so closely, it should be fine, they are used by me to make medicine." ”
Qingyu wiped the corners of his mouth with his sleeve and asked in a low voice, "Do you want to fight poison with poison?" ”
The old man nodded, and took out a pill from his arms, whether it was a small earthy yellow pill, or if it fell to the ground, it would definitely be impossible to tell the difference.
The herring looked at the medicine and asked with some confusion, "Is this smelted from animal ******?" I've seen it in books before that there is this ancient method of medicine. ”
The old man showed the pill for a while, put it back and said, "What I said is very true, I am the poison of this pool of water, and the antidote must be extracted from the living creatures here. ”
Qingyu suddenly turned her mind and thought of a way, the corner of her mouth flashed up, and said, "It seems that your method is not very effective, otherwise you would have been out of this forest by now." ”
A trace of embarrassment flashed on the old man's face, and then he turned the conversation around and said, "If you want to go out, you have to do something for me, otherwise you can stay here and stay with me." ”
Qingyu was startled by these words, and quickly said, "Don't you want to detoxify?" I know a person who knows everything about the strange poisons in the world, and there is no poison that he can't solve, if you help me find my friend, he will definitely be able to help you. ”
The old man smiled bitterly, as if helpless, and like a sneer, raised his hand and said, "Don't dream, this forest is so big that you can't imagine it, don't say I'm alone, I just have a doppelganger technique, and there are ten or eight people who are also hanging." ”
Her face immediately changed, and the last bit of hope in her heart was dashed, and she lowered her head and drew circles on the ground.
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