Thousand Knots: Chapter 71: The Legend of the Serpent King
There was a thick layer of snow on the ground, and Xiao Duxue was busy playing in the snow, very happy. The team leader led people to extinguish the fire, and checked back and forth several times before being reassured.
As far as the eye can see, the forest is layered on top of each other. Red, green, purple, yellow...... The leaves of the trees rustle in the wind and snow. The snowflakes danced in a bewitching dance, landing on the treetops and stacking up in clusters of white clumps. A bird with a long feather hovered low in the air, then plunged headlong into the jungle and disappeared without a trace, leaving only a clear whistling echo in the valley.
The mountain I saw last night was covered in snow, shrouded in a white cloud of cold mist, and its height was undetectable. After a closer look, I realized that the team leader was right, the mountain was indeed this mountain, but there were multiple gentle slopes in the middle, and it was easy to see another mountain when the light was unclear.
"If we look at this whole mountain as a polygon, isn't the side we climb on one of the hypotenuses?" The senior brother of the mathematics department said, "I thought we were going straight to the Yellow Dragon, but it turned out to be a curve to save the country." ”
It was another round of heated discussion and emotional expression.
Xiao Duxue did not participate, squatting in the pit to dig out stones. Fu Xuefeng helped to put up the beautiful and characteristic stones.
The wind gradually stopped, but the snow fell heavier and heavier. The water and food were so cold and hard that they couldn't be swallowed at all. The taste of hunger and cold is really unpleasant. The team leader suggested going down the mountain and going to the school food group for a full meal. No one had any objections. Before Xiao Duxue could finish picking up the stones, someone had already climbed into the hole of the vine.
You can't find the way you came, and the environment here and there, which is not very different from the other place, makes it impossible to find it. Everyone had to reopen the road as they walked, and the speed was naturally much slower. By noon, he hadn't reached a third of the way, but he was getting more and more wrong, and he had completely deviated from his previous route.
The team leader ran out of ideas, and everyone had nothing to do.
Fu Xuefeng said thoughtlessly: "Don't turn around." Down. ”
Xiao Duxue pondered for a moment and said with a smile: "Yes! Let's stop looking for our way around, just keep going down, and we always reach the bottom of the mountain. There are people at the foot of the mountain, and where there are people, you can ask for help. ”
Seeing hope, everyone came to the spirit again, talked and laughed and embarked on a journey. About an hour later, I really saw a family.
Xiao Duxue remembered the gun pointed at the center of her eyebrows and stopped.
The team leader urged: "Go fast, go fast...... Bodhisattva blessed, saved! Let's go ask for directions. ”
It was a three-room, two-storey wooden building, with air-dried mountain fruits hanging from the railing on the railing, and a middle-aged uncle wearing a felt hat and a pipe was helping them turn over.
After the team leader asked for directions, he beckoned happily: "We all came in, and the uncle let us eat before leaving." ”
The others all entered the courtyard happily, but Xiao Duxue did not move. Fu Xuefeng held her hand and said softly, "Don't be afraid." There I am. His hands were so warm, so warm that Xiao Duxue couldn't help but grab them and cover them on her face: "My face is stiff." ”
Fu Xuefeng held her face, as careful as holding a rare treasure. He looked at her frozen white skin, and lowered his eyelids silently, hiding the restless feelings in his heart.
The team leader shouted, "Twilight, why are you still standing?" This is our Tibetan family, we are relatives, don't worry. ”
Thankfully, fortunately! Xiao Duxue breathed a sigh of relief.
A fire had been set up in the yard, and Uncle Pipe was constantly adding firewood. Seeing that someone came in again, he hurriedly greeted in stiff Chinese: "Come here and roast, don't freeze." ”
Xiao Duxue hurriedly thanked him, and pulled Fu Xuefeng to stand tall
Next to my sister.
The boy chatted with Uncle Pipe in Tibetan. Xiao Duxue could only understand simple words, probably talking about the climate in the mountains, this year's harvest, and the homely routines of eating, drinking, and Lazar.
When the fire was burning, Uncle Pipe went about his work.
Xiao Duxue followed, pointed to the golden dried fruits and asked, "Uncle, what is this?" It looks delicious. ”
"This one is a persimmon, and that white one is a dried apple, both of which have been dried." Uncle Pipe pulled a persimmon and said, "You taste it." "The persimmon is covered with white icing, the skin is strong, and the inside is sweet and sandy, and it melts in your mouth.
"It's delicious! How is this done? ”
Uncle Pipe didn't hide his secrets, and told the truth about his unique secrets: "That's why some persimmons taste sweet and delicious, while others are jerky and hard to swallow." ”
Xiao Duxue was very impressed, and asked again: "What about this apple?" ”
"This is slightly different from persimmons, the key is in the choice of ingredients. I can't ask for it if it's too raw, it's not sweet enough when it comes out, and it has an astringent taste. It is not good to be overcooked, the discount is large, the sales are poor, and the shriveled ones are like chewing wax. It is best to have the kind of juicy, fast-ripe and half-red. When cutting, it should not be too thin, but slightly thicker. "Uncle Pipe is interested, and even the yak jerky is taught.
After chatting about food, the two talked about the herbs and folk customs in the mountains. At the end of the conversation, Uncle Pipe was gone, and he completely treated Xiao Duxue as his own.
"I really admire Twilight for being able to talk to anyone." The tall senior sister said, "Why don't I have this ability?" ”
"It's not something that anyone can have." Cangyang said, "As for the few books we read, we can't talk to others for a few words, and we are timid." It's good that we read seriously one day a week, like Twilight, she is a race against time to read, and she spends all year in books. ”
Fu Xuefeng said with a dark face: "Don't say it." ”
Everyone didn't understand what he meant, and they all looked at Cangyang.
Cang Yang thought for a moment and said, "You don't like us talking about Twilight?" ”
Fu Xuefeng's face was as pale as iron.
Cangyang hurriedly said: "Let's just don't say it, don't be angry." ”
Fu Xuefeng threw the branch into the fire and went to find Xiao Duxue.
Cangyang sighed: "This guy! I almost got angry again. ”
The team leader asked in a low voice, "Is his brain so bad?" ”
"I don't know what to do! The last time I was messing around with Twilight, I knocked her head a few times, and I was almost thrown from the stairs by this guy. If Twilight hadn't threatened that if he pushed me downstairs, she would have jumped off the stairs, and I would have whimpered. ”
"Wow!" Everyone said in unison, "What a bad brain!" ”
"Don't joke with Twilight when he's in the future. She was tired enough, and she had to keep an eye on him from time to time, so that he would not get into trouble. ”
"Twilight Snow is not easy! I had only heard that her family was in a difficult situation, but I didn't expect that there would be such troubles. ”
Just as he was talking energetically, there was a sound of calling for dinner. The boy ran away from the fire as fast as he could, and there was no Sven at all who read. The girls are more reserved.
Uncle Pipe said, "You go too." It's cold, and it's uncomfortable to eat when the meal is cold. ”
"Aren't you going to eat?" Xiao Duxue asked, "Do you want to eat more?" ”
"We just ate it." Uncle Pipe said this and accompanied her into the house.
Two side by side
The table was full of meals: a large pot of potato stewed beef, a large pot of bacon stewed cabbage, a large pot of pork belly stewed vermicelli, a large pot of fried vegetables, two large plates of spicy yak meat, two large plates of smoked pheasant, a large pot of butter tea, countless steamed buns, and a pot of rice.
Everyone didn't care about being polite, and they ate happily.
Xiao Duxue only filled half a bowl of rice and ate a few green vegetables slowly. Uncle Pipe scooped a spoonful full of beef, and put some bacon and smoked pheasant into her bowl before stopping: "Eat more meat, girls have to be chubby to be liked." Look at your body and bones, you have caught up with Lin Daiyu. ”
Xiao Duxue smiled: "Uncle has seen Lin Daiyu? ”
"Yes. That's pretty much what you're like. Uncle Pipe took a puff of cigarette and filled a bowl of butter tea: "This is made by my wife, absolutely authentic." You taste it. ”
Cangyang said, "Uncle, Twilight Snow can't get used to this taste. Don't give it to her. ”
Uncle Pipe's words were serious: "This butter tea is a good thing, it can quench hunger and satisfy hunger and warm the body, and drinking it often can also strengthen the body." Whether you like it or not, as long as it's good for your health, you have to eat as much as you want. ”
Xiao Duxue hurriedly put down the dishes and chopsticks, and took the butter tea with both hands: "Uncle is right, as long as it is good for the body, you should taste it." She held her breath, swallowed most of the bowl with nausea, and said with a smile, "The taste of this butter tea is extremely fragrant, and there is no fishy smell yet." Sure enough, good craftsmanship! ”
Uncle Pipe smiled: "That's it." My wife's craftsmanship in making oil tea is a must! He smoked and chatted with everyone. Chatting and chatting, we talked about yesterday's distress. Xiao Duxue wanted to divert the topic, but the fast-talking boy had already explained the matter vividly, and finally said, "I really admire Twilight!" The color does not change from beginning to end. ”
Xiao Duxue replied nonchalantly: "I pretended." ”
"Pretended? That's going to have to be able to hold on. I don't even have the courage to pretend. ”
Xiao Duxue said again: "Otherwise, what should I do?" ”
Uncle Pipe knocked his pipe on the sole of his shoe: "We have lived here for generations, and we have never heard of a snake king." I'm afraid Twilight is wrong? ”
Xiao Duxue nodded straightly: "It's still an old uncle." There is no snake king, I lied to them with nonsense. ”
"We have all seen the serpent with our own eyes, and it is the king."
"If you don't want to read more, you won't be deceived by me if you read more. The serpent was not a king, but a poisonous serpent called the cockscomb. Because of its poisonous and aggressive nature, many snakes are afraid of it and are willing to listen to it. After a long time, the snakes have assumed that it is king. ”
"Then why are you still respectful, a snake king?"
"The cockscomb snake has an unknown characteristic, that is, it is very human. It's always a good thing to say something nice to it and make it happy. As the saying goes: thousands of wears, but sycophants don't wear. Then again, it can afford to rule such a large herd of snakes and call it king. ”
"Really?" Cangyang was curious again, "Then are there many such cockscomb snakes?" ”
"There are fewer big ones, and small ones are very common, so they are not a rare species. However, if you want to catch it and sell it for money, I advise you to dispel it as soon as possible. The cockscomb is a fox among snakes, and it is extremely cunning. Those who wanted to arrest him were all ...... later" Xiao Duxue rolled Qing Lingling's eyes, and stopped talking.
"What's wrong?"
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