Chapter 29: Ghost Walking
A bonfire is lit in the central clearing of the village, which is a ritual that only exists when there is an urgent matter or important event in the village, which means that all the people of the village come out for a meeting and something happens.
I saw a woman sitting paralyzed in the open space, the woman was in her fifties, dressed as a typical simple peasant, choking and crying, and the people around her only heard an old man in her sixties say: "I said Zarha,, don't cry, crying has an egg, my heart is tweeting when you cry." ”
When he said this, the woman cried even more sadly. The old man reluctantly turned his head to the crowd around the bonfire: "I think everyone knows what's going on, these two babies shouldn't do anything, they ran deep in the mountains and old forests, and now the baby of the Sheli Su family is back," he said and looked at Hadumin on the side, "Turga's Zarha hasn't come back yet", and then looked at the crying lady on the side, sighed and continued: "The two babies are careless, we adults have to bear it," said and paused the cane in his hand, "I am the patriarch, except for women and children, In addition, Klinzaga and Linkebu stayed behind to guard the village, and the rest of the people will all go up the mountain with me early tomorrow morning to look for Zarha! After speaking, the old village chief patted Zharha's mother with his hand, and just wanted to leave, but suddenly remembered something and turned around and continued: "The baby of the Sheli Su family said that there was a Han man who saved him, and now he fell down the mountain, and he will have to find the same tomorrow. After speaking, he glanced at the sky, the stars were like condensed ice crystals with a chill, and the old patriarch sighed: "Mother-in-law is not in the village, and there is no one to show the way, so I can only resign myself to fate!" Then he told everyone to disperse.
There was nothing to say all night, and the next day it was just dawn, and the men of every family gathered at the entrance of the village with iron picks, bows, crossbows, and dry food. The old patriarch came earlier, and was busy directing the distribution of work, when he saw Hadumin trotting all the way to him, and asked strangely, "What are you doing here?" "Grandpa, I'm going too!" Hadumin said with a resolute face, "What are you going to do, isn't it messy enough, what can you do?" Hurry home! The patriarch was angry and chased Hadumin. No, grandpa, you don't know where Brother Zharha got separated from me, where Brother Li Wenyuan fell off the cliff, I know all of this, and," said Ha Dumin lowered his head, "And they are all because of me, so they ......" Ha Dumin silently left tears, suddenly raised his head, looked at the patriarch firmly and said, "I must go!" I'm going to have to find them! The old patriarch touched Hadumin's head, looked at Hadumin's father and mother standing behind her, and said excitedly: "Okay! Worthy of my Nurhachi people! Well done! Hadumin looked at the old patriarch and nodded heavily, picked up the iron pickaxe and walked towards Changbai Mountain with everyone riding the morning sun of birth......
The snow still covers this majestic mountain range, the snow depth of the entire mountain road is unknown, a group of people walk very difficult, meet the ice to dig the road, meet the snow to set up a seat, the Changbai Mountain after this snow can be more difficult to walk than a few days ago, encounter a place where an iron pickaxe can not reach the end, can only build a mat to row over, so as to increase the force area, so as not to fall deep in the snow and not get out, go to the place where Zarha catches rabbits, Hadumin said: "Brother Zarha is here and I got separated." "There are already a few old hunters in the team who have come out to explore the terrain, but after a blizzard, the secondary forest is half covered, it is difficult to have any useful judgment, everyone continued to walk forward, to the pine forest, Ha Dumin pointed out the intersection ahead, said in what direction to see Li Wenyuan, what direction she had not been before, the old patriarch suddenly Lipton in his hand of the cane, handed over to the soldiers to divide into two ways, separate to find, Ha Dumin was assigned to the team to find Zarha, the patriarch is very prestigious in the village, no one dares to say a word, One by one, they obeyed the order and began to look separately.
What Hadumin did not walk on that day was a large area of rocky ground, large and small rocks protruding from the surface of the snow, and the thick snow did not cover them, which shows the size of the rocks. There are even some super huge rocks and poplar trees as tall and short, which shows how great the power of volcanic eruptions tens of thousands of years ago or hundreds of millions of years ago was. The surface area of the rocky terrain is unexpectedly large, and everyone can only search in three directions, and then turn back to the starting point until the cliff. When they found the right-hand side, the sun was gradually setting over the mountain, and everyone began to set up their huts in place, planning to go on the next step of exploration tomorrow morning.
The night without snow in Changbai Mountain is still beautiful, the darkness without neon makes the moonlight appear more bright, the deep light of the stars and the moon reflects the snow like a galactic brocade, but the roar of tigers and the neighing of wolves in the distance tell people the primitiveness and desolation of the place. A large bonfire was lit, and the rabbits that the hunters had hunted were sizzled by the fire, and Hadumin sat on the ground and looked at the stars, "Where are they?" She quietly prayed that the two of them could survive, Hadumin knelt on the ground reverently, crossed her hands in front of her chest, and prayed silently, for Zarha, and also for Li Wenyuan.
When Hadumin was silently reciting the blessing prayer, she suddenly felt a cool breeze blowing on her face, as if someone had passed by his side, she hurriedly opened her eyes, and saw one in the darkness ahead, no, it should be two, no, maybe more people floated over, came to her side, and passed her, these people had cold expressions, all dressed up, with feet, but they didn't need to walk, just floating. Hadumin looked stupid. I didn't think about avoiding anything, in the blink of an eye, more and more people walked past her, Ha Dumin just wanted to scream, but was hugged from behind and gagged, "Ha Dumin turned his head in fright, and saw that it was the second uncle, only to see the second uncle put up a finger and signal Ha Dumin not to speak, Hadumin thought that the second uncle would never harm him, there was definitely a reason, so he didn't say a word, until the person gradually disappeared, the second uncle took a long breath and sat on the ground, Hadumin asked the second uncle who was afraid: 'Second uncle, What are these? Why can't I speak,' I saw the iron pickaxe in the second uncle's hand fall to the ground with a clatter, and said with a solemn expression: "This, this is a hundred ghosts walking at night!" ”