Medicine King Chapter 25 - Scattered Mountains and Forests
The next morning, it was just dawn, and Wang Jin was sleeping in a daze. Last night, Wang made him fish soup, croquettes, and rice, all of which were still on the table. He made a whole mess, hiding under the covers and didn't want to move. Suddenly, the door was pushed open, and Uncle walked in.
Uncle didn't speak, came to Wang Jin's bed, and lifted Wang Jin's quilt as soon as he could. Shout: Get up, follow me. Wang Jin was originally warm and alive in the quilt, but as soon as the quilt left his body, the whole person trembled, as if he had been splashed with cold water. If it weren't for the fact that my uncle respected him when he was a child, he would have opened his mouth to scold people a long time ago.
Uncle Yi urged Wang Jin to hurry up, and then instructed Wang Jin to pack up his things. Wang Jin wondered, did he want to go up the mountain to hunt? His body is so weak and his mood is so bad, how can he be in that mood, but Uncle doesn't pay attention to these at all.
Boss Wang Jin reluctantly packed his backpack, picked up the Rambo jungle saber, and wanted to tie the scabbard to his leg. Uncle snatched it away, pulled out the knife and looked at it, but threw it on the table and said: It's useless. Then he reached over, took Wang Jin's backpack, and walked out of Wang Jin's room.
When he came to the courtyard, Wang Jin saw that there were still 3 people sitting in the courtyard at this time. They are all the elderly people in their own villages, and the oldest ones are in their seventies. Wang Jin went up to greet his uncles one by one, and saw that each of them had a white towel tied to his head and a big bamboo basket beside him.
When the uncle went to the backyard, he didn't know what to do, and when he came back, he actually caught a white pig. He grabbed a piece of skin on the back of the white pig's neck with his hand, and the white pig's four paws scratched in the air, but he didn't look panicked. Uncle ignored Wang Jin, just took the white pig to a few old people to see, I don't know what they said. Then they put the white pig in a bamboo basket and lifted it. Calling Wang Jin over means letting Wang Jin carry his back on his back. Wang Jin looked into the basket and saw a white pig, its paws firmly grasping the bottom of the basket and not moving. Uncle told Wang Jin very proudly: This guy is earthy. Don't look at it on the ground, the sky is not afraid of the earth. Half a meter off the ground, it's obedient. Wang Jin suddenly realized that this guy has a "fear of heights".
Wang Jin followed his uncle's instructions, threw the backpack into the basket, and reflexively carried the bamboo basket. Wang walked out of the house and took a bag of dry food such as baba, Wang Jin didn't look at it carefully, and handed it to his uncle. At this time, Wang Jin completely woke up from his sleep and looked up at the sky. At this time, the sky is clear and it is a good day.
Uncle said to everyone: Old brothers, let's go back. Several old people got up and picked up the bamboo basket on their backs, and said in unison: "I want it!" After speaking, he walked out of the courtyard of Wang Jin's house. At the gate of the courtyard, the three hunting dogs of the uncle's family saw their master come out, and they also got up and followed. Xiaobai saw his partners again at this time, and happily waged his tail to greet them. The group took four hounds and headed west to the mountains.
Wang Jin didn't even have a chance to ask where he was going, and when he looked back at his mother, his mother had already entered the yard. Wang Jinxin said: My mother has never been so cruel to herself. So, I felt that Uncle and they must have discussed something in advance. Shouldn't it be to take yourself to find some ancient tombs, can there be any "buckets" in this Medicine King Valley? It's ridiculous to think about it.
Along the way, I didn't expect these old people to be really fast. Wang Jin is in his twenties, and he can't catch up with these old guys when he walks up the mountain road. From time to time, he was pulled down and told to stop and wait for him. Moreover, several old people didn't talk to themselves, but they got up and left when they saw Wang Jin coming up, and they didn't even have time to rest Wang Jin. Xiaobai's tired tongue sticks out his tongue. So, Wang Jin's ruthlessness that refused to admit defeat came up again, and he said in his heart: I want to see how long you old guys can hold on. Let's compare the strength of our feet, and there will always be a time for you to obey me.
Seeing that he had entered the deep mountains to the west of the village, the road had almost come to an end. But everyone led Wang Jin all the way south. Look at this meaning, this is to bypass the South Mountain, go straight to the deep mountains and old forests.
Wang Jin has a general understanding of the surrounding geography, and all the way to the south, it is full of primeval forests with mountains and mountains. Hundreds of miles of old forests used to be Guizhou Province. Wang Jin didn't know where everyone was going, so he had to follow behind with difficulty. At first, I wanted to compare my foot strength with everyone, but by noon, I couldn't estimate how far I had walked.
You know, the road in the mountains, high and low, is much farther than the actual distance. Don't look at standing on this mountain, looking at the opposite mountain not far away, and when you reach the foot of the opposite mountain, it may have been half a day. Looking at the mountain and running a dead horse, you will know that this is true when you actually climb back to the mountain.
Although Wang Jin said that he was born and raised in the "Medicine King Valley" since he was a child, he could see it every day when he opened his eyes, but he never went up to the highest place. Several old people did not mean to go up the mountain, but stuck to the west of Nanshan, and went to a mountain farther south, which was called "Xianren Peak". Wang Jin knew that if the old man went there, he would definitely not be able to come back one day. I think I'm going to spend the night outside. I was a little worried when I thought that I was out for the night, and the clothes were not thick enough and the things I didn't have all the things I could bring. It's past noon, and it's about two o'clock in the afternoon, and these old guys haven't stopped yet.
In the end, Wang Jin really couldn't walk, so he sat on the stone on the side of the road. As soon as I sat down, I remembered the bamboo basket behind me. As soon as the basket hits the ground, the white pig has to come out of it. Fortunately, Wang Jin reacted quickly, so he hung the basket on a thick tree trunk. Then, look into the basket. The white pig's two red eyes were looking at him, but he didn't react abnormally.
Wang Jin wanted to sit down and look at the stone, but suddenly his heart moved. Don't have a snake under this stone! So he rubbed the stone with his foot, but did not move. It seems that there can't be a cave at this time, and it's ridiculous to think about it, when did I become a frightened bird, why was my guts so small.
When he sat down and was panting, he saw his uncle's dog come back from a distance, running to his side and wagging his tail to look at him. Sure enough, Uncle also returned. came to Wang Jin's side and asked: Why did you stop? Seeing that Wang Jin was really tired, his tone was a little more easy-going: hold on any longer, and rest not far ahead.
It is said that it is not far, but in fact it is far away. Wang Jin got up and followed his uncle forward, but he couldn't see an old man. Keep asking how far away is my uncle? Uncle, this Lord who doesn't know how to feel distressed, just that sentence: Not far, not far. In this way, after five or six times in a row, he finally came to a waterhole in the valley, and Wang Jin saw that several old people had put down the bamboo baskets and rested there.