The third day of the 11th lunar month is the annual harvest sacrifice day of the Qing people.

On this day, all the Qing people will prepare a very rich meal, pick the freshly ripened fruits on the trees to make fruit wine, use the newly dried glutinous rice flour to make glutinous rice cakes, and finally put a long bench at the door of the house, burn incense to worship all things in heaven and earth to tell their ancestors, praying for good weather in the coming year, abundant harvest, peace in the house, and prosperity of the people.

But this year...... Looking at the fertile fields and houses covered by the raging floods, the wind and rain are smooth? Tranquility at home?

Rome couldn't help but raise her hand and rub her temples, helpless and melancholy.

In front of the valley, the turbulent water is becoming more and more stable, and the sediment mixed with the water has either already settled to the bottom of the valley, or has been washed downstream along the current, so that at the bend, the river surface is extremely clean, like a priceless green agate.

Yet the flood waters in the valley show no signs of abating.

This directly led to the fact that the only two dozen or so people left in their clan could only be trapped in a tree house halfway up the mountainside, living a life of primitive savages in the valley hunting and picking wild fruits to satisfy their hunger.

Rome clasped his hands around his chest and clenched his fists: he was the only college student in the clan, on the day of the zombie virus outbreak, he happened to return to his hometown from school, and his roommate had stood on the dormitory balcony to take pictures of the school after the zombie virus outbreak for him.

Rome originally thought that the world outside Chunqingshan was disturbed by an unknown zombie virus, but the isolated Chunqingshan was blessed by the ancestors, and maybe he could be lucky to escape.

Who knows how fortunate it is, in the end, natural and man-made disasters cannot be avoided.

……

The little frog in his hand was heavy, and Rome couldn't help but think of the man in black who was floating on the water that day and the woman he was desperately protecting in his arms.

The two were taken back to the tree house for treatment by the Loma patriarch, and the man in black was seriously injured, just when everyone thought that he couldn't be saved at all, the man in black was weirdly hanging for a breath; As for the woman in the arms of the man in black, because the man in black helped her block most of the external impacts, the biggest wound was only a scratch on her arm, and other small wounds were dealt with quickly, and after surviving the high fever caused by the infection of the arm wound, she was in a coma for more than a week and woke up.

It's just that he doesn't know where he got his sixth sense, the woman who called herself Xiaoshu woke up and described what happened to her before - the civilians of Shihu Town, accidentally chased by monsters, and happened to encounter an earthquake, fell off the cliff, was washed into the valley by the underground water flow, and drifted along the current, and finally was lucky to be found by them and rescued ashore.

The logic of the story is perfect, but because it is too perfect, it makes him feel that he is hiding something, especially about the little python with human hands.

Thinking of the little black python, Rome couldn't help but hold his forehead and pinch his tense temples.

Since seeing the strange little python that day, the patriarch of Loma has followed the devil and insisted on bringing the little python ashore, not only affectionately calling it Xiao Hei, but even taking out valuable herbs to treat its wounds.

Originally, things had developed here, and he didn't think much about it, it was nothing more than the patriarch old man, who had always been obsessed with all kinds of rare beasts, and stumbled upon a pet that was easy to play. However, that day, the patriarch carried the snake cage to visit Xiaoshu, who had just woken up, and when she saw the little black python, the shock on her face disappeared in a flash, too quickly, as if she was not surprised by the existence of the little python.

Whereas...... The little black python that cared for everyone, including the patriarch who cared for it in the palm of his hand, had fierce eyes and grinned teeth, and when he saw Xiaoshu, his chilling miserable green pupils slowly gentle, and even wanted to rub the back of Xiaoshu's hand affectionately.

Thinking of this, Rome sighed faintly, he suspected that there must be something on the little book that attracted the little python monster, otherwise, I'm sorry, the little python's snake tail that keeps shaking around, and if it sounds twice, it will be the immediate sense of the whole big two.

……

"Romma, where is the patriarch?"

Suddenly there was a woman's inquiry behind him, and Rome turned around, and after seeing who it was, he smiled casually: "It's a small book." The patriarch went to see Xiao Hei, do you have anything to do with the patriarch? Listen to it, and I might be able to help you too. ”

Xiaoshu walked up to him and said with a light smile: "It's not a big deal, it's just that the medicinal soup in Ah Yue's house has run out, and I want to ask the patriarch for more." ”

"Is the newly prepared medicinal soup useful for Ah Yue's wound?"

Xiaoshu hummed, nodded, and said gratefully: "Now it seems that Ah Yue's body has a fairly high degree of acceptance of that medicinal soup." ”

"Oh, that's good!" Luo Ma looked at the woman in front of him who was still pale, but who could say that she could move, and she felt that she was famous: "I have the medicinal soup here, and I'll give it to you later, but you have taken care of Ah Yue for a few days without rest, right?" I don't think your face is good. ”

"It's just that I didn't sleep well last night, and when I catch up on sleep later, I'll be resurrected with full blood."

Xiaoshu was very embarrassed, raised his hand to rub his face, and the sleeves of his shirt slipped down to his elbows, revealing his smooth and white little arms, and the chain of wooden beads worn diagonally on it attracted Roma's attention - the intricate ornamentation on the wooden beads, he seemed to have seen it somewhere.

Xiaoshu looked at Luo Ma with frowning brows and a pale, and thought that he saw that she didn't listen to the dissuasion and continued to stay up late, so he hurriedly smiled and said, "Roma, why don't we go get the medicinal soup now, and then I will quickly get out of bed and rest!" ”

Rome was thinking about things to get into his mind, and after being shouted by Xiaoshu like this, he came back to his senses completely, only to see Xiaoshu looking at him cautiously, his eyes were bright, but it made the little Jiujiu in Rome's heart suddenly a little not so good.

So far, Xiaoshu doesn't seem to have done anything bad for him or his people, is it not right for him to be so suspicious of guarding against her?

Thinking of this, Rome was a little embarrassed, subconsciously raised his hand to touch the tip of his nose, and while walking in the direction of the tree house with a small book, he changed the topic and said: "Today, in the clan, Grandma Sam will take everyone to make incense beads and sew incense sachets to pray for blessings, are you willing to participate?" ”

"Beads of incense? Sewing sachets? ”

Luo Ma nodded, although the homes where the ancestors of the Qing people lived for generations were destroyed, but fortunately, there are still people in the Qing people who have survived, and some people have people's hearts, and people's hearts need sustenance, a faith that is enough to support them for the rest of their lives.

"Today is the day of our Qing harvest sacrifice, and there were originally entertainment programs such as singing mountain songs and bonfire parties, but there are fewer people, and it is not very interesting to play with mountain songs and bonfires, so this link is ....... However, this is indispensable for making incense beads and sewing sachets. When the time comes, Grandma Sam will teach everyone to pick spices from the mountains, boil fragrant cakes, tailor sachets, if you like, you can try it......"

Xiaoshu was silent, the people of the Qing tribe were hospitable, she also wanted to see the sacrifice, and what the incense beads and sachets in Rome's mouth looked like, but he hadn't woken up yet, and she didn't want to leave him for too long.

raised his eyes, but unexpectedly met Roma's concerned eyes.

Xiaoshu couldn't refuse, so he had to be grateful: "I'll wake up later, if I'm in better spirits, I'll go and see it." If you make incense beads and sew sachets, it's in Grandma Sam's treehouse, right? ”

The little book in front of him laughed, his eyebrows crooked.

Roma didn't know what was wrong with him, and his face was a little red.

He hurriedly responded, "That's right, I'll see you in the treehouse then!" ”

……

The mountain road was rugged, and the little book picked up a small flower and held it in his hand and shook it.

Seventy-one days ago, when she woke up, she was surrounded by two people.

An old man with a childish face, and the other is a young man who is leading the way at this time, Romma.

When Roma told her about the situation, she realized that more than a week had passed since the day when the eerie bright light and the sudden earthquake had cornered them and they had to fall off a cliff.

She didn't die, and Yue Yue still had a trace of breath.

She was extremely glad that at the cost of her life, a big gamble with God was won by luck.

However, when Roma helped her to the next door to visit the man who was rescued with her, her joy suddenly sank to the bottom.

The man was lying on the simple wooden bed, wrapped in white gauze, and he couldn't even see his face clearly, while the blood was still oozing out of the layers of gauze, bloodstained and shocking, she approached the man who seemed to be wrapped in a mummy, and looked at him, trembling uncontrollably.

If it weren't for Roma to say, it would be the man who was rescued with her, she wouldn't recognize it at all, the cold and indifferent but chic and wanton man, who is as steady as Mount Tai every time, and the man who carries life and death for her again and again will be the lifeless one in front of her, the 'corpse'.

She still remembers that her lips were bitten and bloodied, and she clenched her fists and tried to stand up, but she knelt on the ground with a soft foot, feeling helpless.

……

"By the way, the fifteenth of this month is coming again, do you still need to treat Ah Yue alone?"

Rome asked suddenly, and Xiao Shu took the flower's hand and hummed softly, which was an answer.

……

In the days that followed, Roma slowly told her that after rescuing them, the patriarch had given them the same herbs, but there were two very different reactions: on her body, the herbs seemed to be accelerated to evaporate; Yue Yue is different, any herb on his body, not to mention useless, will be black and rotten.

And after that, in the half month after she woke up, the high fever caused by the soaking and inflammation of the wound could not go away, and her breathing became weaker and weaker. Just when she was at a loss, on the fifteenth of the month, Yue Yue's body was extremely low and frozen like ice cubes like the previous two encounters.

Because of the experience of the first two times, she just tried to cut her palms and bleed, but after feeding Yue Yue and drinking the blood, his body not only slowly warmed up, but even his breathing became calm and stable.

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"Your family's ancestral secret recipe is really powerful, Ah Yue's serious injury can be cured!"

When Rama said this, he brought some temptation, and in the middle of each month, Xiaoshu would not let anyone near the man in black on the grounds that the ancestral secret method could not be observed by outsiders, and took care of him alone.

Xiaoshu followed behind Roma, following in the footsteps, laughing, and said with a light smile: "My grandfather is a doctor, and he always likes to study something that he doesn't have." ”

She didn't dare to let others know that Yue Yue's body temperature was abnormal, otherwise, the more she was afraid that she would really be buried by Rome and the others as dead.

……

The two walked back to the kitchen to get the medicinal soup, Tan Shurun said goodbye to Rome and went back to the room, but when they entered the door, what they saw was ......