Chapter 13: There are eyes in the hole
"Hey! Your donkey legs, don't want them? ”
I shouted at the old horse, this donkey leg he usually treats as a baby, but today he forgot about it in a hurry.
"Uh-oh."
The old horse patted his head, ran over and picked up the donkey's legs, which had been put for so many days, and they had long been stinky, and it was really hard for him to think about them every day.
The little girl looked at us with a puzzled expression, she didn't say anything, and we hurried down the mountain as if we were catching a plane.
I obviously feel that the spirit of the old horse today is not very good, usually he walks forward, but today he is listless and follows me, maybe yesterday was really tired.
I felt a little sorry for him in my heart, and I said that I would go again tomorrow, but I still mentioned today.
The sky was getting darker and darker, the clouds were rolling, and I was afraid that the heavy rain would not fall until tomorrow, and my heart was full of worry, and I didn't even feel tired.
The old horse remained silent behind me, and I looked back at him, only to see that he was expressionless, and he did not raise his eyes to look at me, and I knew that he must be angry in his heart.
If we can really take out that piece of jade, I will give him 180,000 yuan to help him settle down and start a business, I thought silently to myself.
When we reached the top of the mountain, it was already dark, and I looked at my watch before half past six, which is usually bright, but the weather is too bad today.
We went straight to where we had been yesterday, and it was much more comfortable to walk at the top of the hill than below, and it took us only twenty minutes to get there, and I glanced down the valley, and it was here.
I took off the rope hanging from my backpack, it was much thinner than I expected, no thicker than my fingers, and despite the seller's repeated assurances that it would definitely hold two people, I didn't dare to joke with my own life, so I fastened the two strands together.
The old horse was beside me to help me hold the rope firmly to the rock, and I glanced at him, but he still didn't say anything, but his eyes were full of concentration.
This large bundle of mountaineering rope was heavier than all the contents of the bag combined, and now that I took it off, I immediately felt a lot lighter on my back, and I pulled the rope, and it was very strong.
I took out a bag of compressed biscuits and handed it to the old horse, and I took out a bag and began to nibble on it, and we both gulped down without saying a word.
After eating and drinking, I grabbed the rope, turned my body towards the rock, and as soon as I withdrew the soles of my feet, I slid down the cliff, and when I looked up, I saw the old horse following behind, and also slid down.
The trees behind me once again blocked my view, and I stood firmly on the mud at the bottom of the valley, which was different with professional equipment.
I unbuckled the rope and watched as the old horse came down little by little and landed smoothly.
The cave was all around us, half obscured by weeds, and it was dark and silent inside.
I suddenly felt a little breathless, looking at this dark and secluded cave entrance, I only felt panicked, people have an instinctive fear of the dark, not to mention that I already knew that it was very dangerous inside.
The old horse looked at me with a stiff expression on his face, and I knew he must be scared.
"Old Ma, I'm satisfied that you can accompany me here, if you are afraid that you really don't have to go in, I can do it myself."
I don't know what kind of mood I was in when I said this, I only knew that my voice trembled at the end, and I would die if I died, but I was really afraid that something would happen to the old horse.
The old horse looked at me and smiled: "I'm not afraid." ”
I knew he was comforting me, and as I crouched down and burrowed into the hole, I said, "If we can get out safely, I will definitely marry you a daughter-in-law." ”
The old horse did not speak, and I heard him sigh softly and climbed in after me.
It was dark and cold in the hole, and I felt the cold hairs all around me stand up in an instant, this squatting position was uncomfortable, but the limited space didn't allow me to find a better position.
A very strong musty smell crept into my nostrils, and there was an inexplicable smell of fishiness, and I regretted that I didn't wear a gas mask outside.
We had moved away from the cave entrance into the mountains, and it was pitch black in front of us, and the echo of our breathing was unusually loud.
My courage was draining fast, and it was too dark ahead.
"Old Ma, give me the flashlight in my bag." I couldn't turn around, so I had to ask the old horse to help.
The old horse replied and began to rummage through my backpack, but at that moment, I suddenly saw a pair of eyes appear in the darkness ahead.
"Ahh
I screamed, and without thinking about it, I shrank back, and hit the back with a "bang", and then I heard the old horse's "ouch", which was not light, and the old horse's nose was probably flattened.
I stared at the eyes in front of me, and felt my hair stand on end, these eyes were very similar to what I had seen in the graveyard that night, but they were definitely several times more terrifying than then, you must know that it was in the open air then, and now it is in a dark and long thief hole!
What does it mean to have a pair of eyes in the thief's hole?
"Old horse, hurry up and go! There are eyes in front! ”
My voice was completely out of tune, and the echo sounded particularly eerie, and I tried to move back, but the old horse blocked the back road, and I squeezed as hard as I could, trying to stay away from those eyes.
"What, what eyes?"
The old horse's voice didn't hear much panic, and he didn't back down at all, but just stuffed something for me from the side.
I could tell that it was a wolf-eye flashlight I bought, and the electrodes were bright enough to turn on it for a moment.
"Don't be afraid, this thief hole is cool, maybe something is used as a nest, shine a flashlight on it!"
The voice of the old horse came, I felt that I had confidence again, and suddenly the evil was born to the side of the guts, if it was really a living creature in front of it, it had been in this dark hole for so long, as long as I turned on the flashlight, I would definitely be able to blind it!
At that moment, I didn't even think about what I would do if it wasn't a living thing, as if the old horse said it was alive, and it was alive.
I turned on the flashlight with a "snap", and the thing in front of me immediately let out a scream, the sound was extremely sharp, like a blade slashing through the glass, and I couldn't tell what animal it was.
The eyes disappeared in an instant, and the whole cave became extremely bright, and I only saw a black shadow flashing, and it disappeared in an instant.
I gasped for air, and then I felt scared, probably if I turned on the flashlight a few seconds later, it would have pounced and tore my face.
I don't feel like I have the courage to move forward anymore, and the old horse usually comforts me, but now he doesn't, and he must be disappointed in me.
I have made up my mind, I have already reached this point, and it is too late to regret it, this is the path I chose, even if I can't go to the end, I have to go.
I took a deep breath and moved forward again, but the flashlight never turned off again, and I didn't have the courage to stay in the darkness anymore.
This road is not far, but it has been crawling for a long time under my intentional or unintentional friction, and little by little I approach the place where the eyes appeared, and my heart beats like a drum.
The cave was at the end of the tunnel, and the left side was pitch black with a corner, and I couldn't have predicted if something would suddenly jump out of the left to attack me when I climbed there, so I stopped.
"Old horse, shovel the sappers to me......"
I said tremblingly, feeling the old horse undo my backpack strap behind me, and here he couldn't do it, very slowly.
I don't know how long I waited, but I felt that my hands, feet, and neck were sore, and the old horse finally stuffed the pile of parts to me from the side.
If it was too long to assemble them all, I handed the two pieces back, and packed the rest together, a shovel on one side and a dagger on the other, and if that thing attacked me, I could make it suffer anyway.
I held a sapper shovel in my left hand and a flashlight in my right hand, and I moved as fast as a snail.
When the corner finally arrived, I quickly poked my flashlight to the left, and if there was an ambush, let it take a beating*.
There was nothing on the left, however, and I cautiously poked my head out, only to see a narrow passage, which I had probably been frightened by and had gone into the innermost part.
I slowly shifted my body to the corner, and the old horse followed closely behind, and I felt like I was soaked in sweat, as if I had taken a bath.
The air was still cold, but it was muddy, and I felt like I was breathing harder, and it was much narrower than before, and I could no longer move forward in a squatting position, so I had to kneel instead.
If I were attacked at this time, I wouldn't be able to defend myself well, but it wasn't a problem, and I felt like I might suffocate here first.
We're so white/idiots, we didn't even think about the air at all, even if the hole led to the outside, we would have to suffocate to death if we blocked the hole like this.
In fact, I was too worried, this lack of oxygen could not even reach the level of dizziness, but I was anxious and afraid, and I felt this way when I was restless.
"Let's take a break." The old horse's voice came, still unhurried.
I would love to lie down on my side, but it would be too dangerous, and if I was on my knees like this, it would be more tiring to stop than to move forward.
"No need."
I've already opened up in my heart, I'm really fed up with this hole if I die early and overlive early.
When I thought about it, my speed was a few points faster than before, but the flashlight and sapper shoveled into a big burden, and my fists hit the ground, and the pressure was painful.
The passage was really long, and I could clearly feel the slope going all the way down as we reached the heart of the mountain.
I struggled to move, feeling uncomfortable, as if we were crawling in the esophagus of a giant beast, little by little entering its stomach.
This oppressive claustrophobic environment literally drove me crazy, and I couldn't help but think of the classic scene in "The Shawshank Redemption", which is not so exaggerated, but not much worse.
I don't know how long I climbed, at first I could still complain, but now I don't want to say anything, and just when I desperately thought I would never climb to the end, the passage suddenly came to an end.
I was caught off guard by this end, only to see that in front of me was a pothole of clay, which had obviously only been dug here.