dorsal light brown to reddish-brown, with two rows of dark brown round spots, left and right staggered or juxtaposed, the central round spots are light in color, often open on the outside in the shape of a horse's cry, and there is a reddish-brown ridge on the back; There is a colored eyebrow line behind the eyes, the upper edge of which is inlaid with yellowish-white borders; The posterior segment of the tail is yellowish-white, but the tip of the tail is often black.

"White-browed snake." The old man said with an ugly face.

I thought it was the old man who was frightened by the poisonous snake, so I stepped up and said, "It's okay, this poisonous snake is not terrible, I'll just kill it." ”

"Nope." Just as I was about to make a move, the old boss suddenly stopped me and said solemnly: "Qin Ling, have you forgotten what I told you just now?" You can't say something unlucky. ”

I realized that I said the word death, which is the biggest taboo when putting the mountain, but the words have been spoken, I can only smile apologetically, the snake in front of me always calls him the white-eyed snake, in fact, it is a white-eyed pit viper, mainly distributed in the northeast Changbai Mountain, the speed of action is not fast, for me is not a threat at all.

Just when I was about to drive the white-browed pit viper away, the old man walked up in one step, and the crutch in his hand was pressed on the head of the white-browed pit viper, and the head of the snake was pressed into the dirt.

The bones of the snake are long, as long as the tail is flicked, it will fall apart, the white-browed pit viper was thrown a few times and could not move, hanging on the old leader's hand, only the forked snake head is constantly spitting out, the teeth are sharp and flashing with cold light, it looks terrible.

I didn't expect Sun Xiang to catch snakes so well, this action is smooth and fast, it seems that there is no shortage of snakes, but think about it, this old head is mixed in the mountains all the year round, and I don't know how many poisonous snakes I see, if I don't have two times, I guess I would have died in the mountains long ago.

At this time, I saw Sun Xiang grab the snake a few times and twist the snake body into a button, and then tied the snake body with soft branches, like a bundle of thick rope, but the snake head and fangs that kept spitting out made people look even more weird.

"You take it, and you have to take it with you before you go down the mountain." Sun Xiang took the white-eyed pit viper and handed it to Liu Qianying, which frightened Liu Qianying, her face was pale and waved her hand again and again, she brought a poisonous snake with a girl by her side, it was terrifying enough to think about it.

"What does that mean, old man?"

"The rules of putting the mountain, you can't talk easily when you press the mountain, let alone shout indiscriminately, if you shout it, you have to take it, because this is what you want from the mountain god, and if you don't take the mountain god, you won't give anything." The old boss's face was serious, as if he was talking about something very important.

It turned out to be a mountain rule, and the old boss looked at me a little unhappy, so he could only explain this mountain rule to me.

There are rules to speak when pressing the mountain, you can't talk nonsense, you can't say unlucky words, you just said to me that the word dead is taboo, and the number four can't be said because of the same sound as death, you can't talk casually when you press the mountain to find the treasure, you can't talk nonsense when you find things, you have to shout "mallet" after finding the treasure, "the mallet is the name of the ginseng people who put the mountain, and when you find the ginseng, you shout the mallet, and the jargon is called 'shouting mountain'.

Legend has it that ginseng is spiritual, and when it is found, it is possible to pour seedlings or escape so that people can't find it, and the mallet is the meaning of drinking when the head stick, which can make ginseng frightened and dare not move, which is also the biggest role of shouting mountains.

After shouting the mountain, everyone will rush over and shout "Hurry up." "Kuaidang means to celebrate, and at the same time, it also has the meaning of scaring the ginseng and telling the ginseng that it has been surrounded by people.

And just now Liu Qianying shouted that there is a snake, which is already a shouting mountain in the rules of the mountain releaser, the snake is not ginseng, so no one will pick up the mountain, but since the mountain is shouted, you have to take the things, because the most important rule of the mountain release person is that you can only take it and not put it.

Eating is called taking rice, being able to take a house is called taking a house, smoking is called taking a fire, cooking is called serving a pot, and even digging ginseng is called lifting ginseng, which means taking something from the mountain, if you put it down and don't take it, then the mountain will not give you anything.

Speaking of this, I also understood, looking at Liu Qianying a little helplessly, I didn't expect Liu Qianying to accidentally break the rules of shouting mountains, this snake seems to have to be held, I smiled bitterly and took the snake over, "Liu Qianying, a girl must be afraid of snakes, or I'll hold it for him." ”

The old boss Sun Xiang looked at Liu Qianying, his eyes flashed with contradictions, but in the end he sighed and nodded at me.

"No," just as the old man was about to hand over the white-browed pit viper to me, a voice suddenly came from behind, and a young man about twenty years old walked up with a rope stick, and said in a cold voice full of anger on his face: "Grandpa, didn't you say it a long time ago? The rules of the mountain release people cannot be broken. ”

"Cao He, don't be unreasonable, you can't let a girl hold a poisonous snake, right?" Sun Xiang's face was a little gloomy, because everyone could hear that this Cao He's sneering tone was clearly aimed at the old leader, which was definitely a crime in the team that put the mountain.

"Why not? Since it is a rule, it should be followed. Cao He snorted coldly, just glanced at Liu Qianying casually, and there was no sympathy or compromise in his eyes.

I was a little angry in my heart, this Cao He asked Liu Qianying to hold a poisonous snake for a girl, and he really said, "Cao He, I will hold this snake for her,

I don't think it's a rule-breaking. ”

"It's not your outsider's right to talk here," Cao He replied to me coldly, "Whoever shouts the mountain will hold it, this is a rule, everyone has to abide by it, grandpa, don't you say?" ”

I can hear it, this Cao He's purpose doesn't seem to be me and Liu Qianying, but with Sun Xiang, but Sun Xiang looks very kind this way, and he also has a high authority in Liuxiu Village, everyone supports him very much, otherwise he wouldn't be the old leader, but why is this Cao He so hostile to Sun Xiang.

"Cao He, don't go too far." Sun Xiang, as an old leader, was already a little angry when he was squeezed by a junior like this, and his face was a little red.

"Haha, excessive? Grandpa, last time my brother found a blind bear in the mountain, and he was afraid that something would happen to everyone and shouted out, but what did you do? Cao He's face suddenly became hideous, "You actually said that I was shouting at the mountain, and asked him to bring the blind bear back." ”

When I heard Cao He's words, my heart trembled, and I found that the bear shouted out and had to take it back, wouldn't that be a dead end?

At this time, I heard Cao He roar in a low voice: "My brother heard that you were going to drive the bear down the mountain, but he never came back, never came back, this is the rule you said." ”

I finally know why Cao He cares so much about this snake, it turns out that there is such a thing in it, his brother died on the rules of shouting mountains, how can he compromise with a bad breath in his heart.

But at this time, a surprise voice was suddenly heard in the distance: "Mallet." ”