As he spoke, the old cat took out the can from his backpack and beckoned to the others to join them for dinner.

The gnats and mosquitoes dug a pit in the clearing, cleared the dry branches around the pit, and stored firewood in the pit to light a fire.

The food prepared by Li Huaishan and I was all kinds of plastic decorations, ready to eat out of the bag, but I saw that they all brought rice bowls, instant noodles and other things, and they would put the metal rice bowl on the fire, add water to it, and wait for the water to boil before they could put instant noodles.

When the mosquito saw me and Li Huaishan sitting by the fire and nibbling on compressed biscuits, he asked us if we forgot to bring the jar, and Li Huaishan said to him with a smile, not that I forgot to bring it, but deliberately did not bring it, because the place we went to before, most of the time there was no condition to make a fire, and we could only eat cold food.

The mosquito asked Li Huaishan what kind of place we had been to before, and why we couldn't make a fire.

Li Huaishan, this guy has never spoken well except when he fooled people, and I was very worried that he would reveal all the things about the two of us going to the grave.

Li Huaishan also realized that he had said the wrong thing, and his face sank, but fortunately, he reacted quickly and responded: "We are at sea most of the time, the humidity is heavy, especially when the waves are strong, we can't make a fire at all." ”

The mosquito was a little curious: "When you go to sea, don't you have a kitchen on the ship?" ”

Li Huaishan said: "There are small gas pipes and alcohol stoves on the ship, but they dare not use them when the waves are strong, because the ship is unstable and afraid of fire." ”

That's it, he finally covered it up, and I was a little relieved, but I still gave Li Huaishan a reproachful look, Li Huaishan scratched his scalp and smiled at me with a look of shame.

When everyone started eating, Mia and Xiao Jiu took out the game console from the mine's backpack, and they didn't seem to have much interest in instant noodles, so they put the steaming rice bowl aside and played a game together.

When these two girls opened their backpacks, I took a cursory glance and found that in addition to three or four different handheld products, there were kites, video recorders and other things in the mine's backpack.

I brought so many useless household items, and the luggage was not heavy.

While I was frowning at the mine's backpack, the old cat also followed my eyes and glanced into the backpack, and his brow furrowed into a very narrow "Chuan" character.

Everyone knew why the mine had to bring two inexperienced girls with him, so the old cat didn't say anything.

However, this calm is only temporary, and if something goes wrong on this trip, everyone will take their anger out on the mine and the two girls he brought.

Seeing that everyone was almost finished eating, the old cat stood up, opened his voice and shouted to the people gathered in front of the fire: "Let's go out to camp this time, it's still the old rule, no one can leave the team without permission, especially tonight, what is the situation in the forest, none of us can say, I don't want anyone to leave the forest farm with me on my back, and I don't want anyone to have such thoughts." If you want to play, if you want to visit, when you come back from the deserted village, I will give you time. ”

As soon as the old cat finished speaking, the grasshopper smiled and said: "It's this set of Chen sesame rotten grains again, everyone is a veteran, no need to be reminded, absolutely no one will leave the team, you can rest assured." ”

From the time the old cat spoke, Mia and Xiao Jiu's faces were not very good-looking, and they should know who the old cat was talking about.

Seeing that the two girls were unhappy, Lei also followed behind the grasshopper and said: "In the cold winter, the snakes are hibernating, we are not far from the village, what danger can there be?" ”

The old cat who got it this time couldn't get off the stage, anyway, the mine was his gold owner after all, and now that the gold owner had spoken, he couldn't go back, so he just stood there, and the atmosphere became a little embarrassing for a while.

I was also afraid that the mines would disrupt the old cat's rules, so I said to him in a Chongqing accent: "It's true that snakes are hibernating, but there are not only snakes but also wolves in such forests." Catching up with the cold winter wax moon, it is just the time when the wild wolves are the hungriest. ”

Probably because he didn't want to lose face in front of the two girls, he asked me: "There will be wolves so close to the village, so it scares people." ”

I said, "If you look at the factories around you, no one has ever been here if they have failed like this." Where there is no one, there may be wolves, and it has nothing to do with being close to the village and far from the village. ”

Mia craned her neck at me and timidly asked, "Are there really wolves in the forest?" ”

I smiled and said, "I don't know if there is anything here, the village where I lived when I was a child is close to the mountains, and there are wolves on the mountains, and many people have seen them." But don't be afraid, as long as everyone gathers and lights a fire, the wolves will not dare to come. ”

Hearing me say this, Mia's face only improved a little, and Xiao Jiu still looked a little scared.

The mosquito on the side asked me, "Listen to your accent, are you a local?" ”

To be honest, my Chongqing dialect is the same as Mandarin, which is not standard, but it is more than enough to deal with the group of people in front of me, which will make me switch back to Mandarin and respond to mosquitoes: "I grew up in Chongqing when I was a child, and I know the local situation better. ”

After saying that, I turned to the mine again: "This generation of old forest people, it is safe to say that it is safe, and it is indeed dangerous to say that it is dangerous. It's all at this point, it's dark in the woods, it's better not to leave the team. ”

Mine looked at me, looked at Mia and Xiao September on the right, at this time Xiao September still looked frightened, Lei frowned, finally closed his eyes, raised his chin towards me, and realized that he was doing as I said.

The old cat finally breathed a sigh of relief, and then arranged for everyone to take turns keeping vigil.

Speaking of which, the old cat still takes good care of Mia and Xiao Jiu, and that night, the two of them are on the first shift together, after all, it is still early in sight, and it is unlikely that there will be danger at this time.

There are a total of nine people, except for Mia and Xiao Jiu, who are on duty for one shift, and the others come here in turns, one person for an hour, and eight hours before and after, which is just enough for everyone to rest.

Li Huaishan and I were on shifts at 12 o'clock and 1 a.m. respectively, and during this time period, the amplitude of changes in the Qi field of heaven and earth was relatively large, and it was the most likely to cause problems.

Fortunately, it was a safe night, and nothing abnormal happened. When I was on duty, I paid special attention to Fat Dahai's tent, he slept very deeply, and only the undulating snoring sound could be heard outside the tent, it seemed that this guy was not going to do it so early.

At five o'clock the next morning, the old cat and I woke everyone up, and everyone had a hasty meal and continued to the deserted village.

According to the old cat's plan, it will take nearly 20 hours to walk from the forest farm to the deserted village, but Li Huaishan said that at our speed, it will take 30 hours to reach the deserted village, because on the route planned by the old cat, there is a very steep mountain to pass halfway, and Mia and Xiao Jiu may not be able to climb up, and they must make a detour at that time.

Therefore, Li Huaishan suggested that it was better to avoid the steep peak and walk directly along a river ten kilometers away, although the trip would be lengthened, but it was safe.

Among all of them, only me and Lao Mao agreed with Li Huaishan's proposal, and the others all wanted to take a shortcut, and their reason was very simple, if Mia and Xiao Jiu couldn't climb the steep peak, a detour would be enough, anyway, even if they made a detour, they could reach the deserted village in twenty-two hours, which was much faster than walking along the river.

In fact, the reason why Li Huaishan suggested taking the river, in addition to because the river was safe, there was also a very important reason, that is, the west side of the steep peak is a valley with poor feng shui, if you take a detour, you must go from there, Li Huaishan is worried that when the team enters the valley, there will be problems.

I have also seen a detailed map of the mountains, and I have also noticed the valley on the west side of the steep peak, there are six high mountains standing around the valley, not to mention the low-lying terrain in the valley, and there is a large backwater pool inside, which may have dried up in the current season, but in the rainy season, the pool is full of water, and it is easy to accumulate evil energy.

From the perspective of feng shui, the pattern there is tantamount to the tiger's den in Longtan, if there is no tuyere in the valley for dredging the Qi field, as soon as this group of people enters, they will definitely be invaded by evil qi, fever and cold is a trivial matter, I am afraid that there will be evil in the valley.

But things like this don't make sense with landmines, and if I say that there are ghosts in the valley, their desire to enter the valley may be even stronger.

In order to save eight hours of travel, the mines and gnats insisted on going to the steep peak, and they were reluctant to go to the river, and the old cat did not persuade them much, but let them go.

Looking at these troublesome guys in front of me, I remembered Hu Nanqian's words again, even if the old cats escaped today's catastrophe, they would have to make up for it from somewhere else, and now it seems that this is not false at all.

There is no way, since everyone has decided to go in the direction of the steep peak, Li Huaishan and I can only follow, during which the two of us have been at the end of the team, only when the old cat can't tell the direction, Li Huaishan went to the front to point the way.

I feel that the old cat should not have thought that he would get lost in the mountains and forests, and when Li Huaishan helped him point out the direction for the third time, he had become a little anxious.

But the rest of the team seemed to be nothing, talking and laughing along the way, so relaxed that it made people feel uneasy.

After walking for more than ten hours in a row, many people began to get tired, I stood at the end of the line and looked ahead, and I saw a steep mountain like an iron cone standing in the woodland through the gap in the branches, not to mention Mia and Little September, even the grasshoppers, with their current physical strength, it is very difficult to climb up.

When I got closer, I could see from my left eye that there was a very slow flow of Qi field near the west side of the steep peak, like damp mud, hovering slowly halfway up the mountain.

At this time, Li Huaishan also came to my side and whispered to me, "The situation is not right." ”

I turned to look at him, "What's wrong?" ”

Li Huaishan pointed around: "How do I think, these trees and grasses around have become a little weak, and there seems to be a layer of water vapor hanging in the air." ”

(End of chapter)