Chapter Twenty-Eight: The Way Home
There are always a lot of strange things in the deep mountains and old forests, and the people who live there have formed a unique set of rules. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info
Biling Yehugou is not a deep mountain old forest, but the traffic is inconvenient, the residents are scarce, Lao Jia guards this mountain forest life alone, for the "snowman running all over the mountain" I am still the first time I have heard, the old Taoist priest on the side of the tricky interjection: "Is the snowman a sperm?" Besides, it's just you, are you playing with these snowmen by yourself? ”
Lao Jia hurriedly shook his head, looked at the old Taoist, and then showed suspicious eyes and asked, "This old brother is not an ordinary person?" What do you call it? ”
The old Taoist priest responded lightly: "My brother is just a day away, here are a few peace charms, which can bless you safely!" ”
Lao Jia took the talisman, hid it closely, took out a bottle of black porcelain bottle of wine, and invited us to drink together, "It's cold this day, drink some wine to warm up!" ”
I also took a bowl of wine and tasted it, it was very spicy. But my stomach was already rumbling, and I wanted to have something to eat.
The old Taoist priest said, "Brother Jia, how can we drink it?" ”
Lao Jia understood, and hurriedly took out bacon and pickles from the cage drawer, and served us a bowl of chicken soup.
"There is no shortage of vegetables and game here, but it is difficult to get water, I can't use the aging snow water, when it doesn't snow, I use a donkey to go to the spring twenty miles away to camel water!"
We were eating, Lao Ding led Brother Zhenmin back, and when he saw that there was wine and meat, he unceremoniously pulled the wooden pier and sat down to eat.
There is a telephone line here, which is used for emergency contact, and there is no electricity, but Lao Jia has an old-fashioned radio, and after turning it on, the noise of the second cheer is very strong.
The house was simple, half kitchen, half bedroom, and a wolfskin mattress on the earthen kang.
After we had eaten and drunk enough, Lao Ding said goodbye to him, and Lao Jia was a little reluctant and led the black dog to send us away.
Back in the pickup truck, Lao Ding started the car and started the return journey, and the old Taoist priest asked: "What did this Lao Jia do before?" I don't think he's a farmer, let alone a hunter! ”
Lao Ding replied while driving: "My brother's eyes are very poisonous!" This Lao Jia used to be a soldier, fought in India, came down from the Laoshan front, and went to Maling Prison to work as a prison guard after demobilization. ”
When we returned to the country road under the Hongtu Ridge, it was already afternoon, and the ponies were screaming hungry in the van.
Brother Zhenmin hurriedly took out the hare meat he brought back from Lao Jia to satisfy his hunger.
Lao Ding said to me, "Hang your van behind my car, and I'll take you back to town." ”
I got busy, went to the toolbox of the pickup truck, took out the chains, hung them up, and sat down in the pickup truck.
Brother Zhenmin got into Lao Ding's car, the car started, the van followed behind the pickup truck, and returned to Huimeng Town.
The pony just gobbled up rabbit meat and let me take the steering wheel, I had never driven a car before, but I had to bite the bullet.
The old Taoist priest muttered to himself in the back seat: "This old Jia is by no means an idle person, his donkey must be a black donkey, he is not only guarding the mountains and forests of Yehugou, but also guarding the ancient tomb of Yehugou." ”
I grabbed the steering wheel and asked, "What does Lao Jia mean when he says that snowmen run all over the mountain?" ”
The old Taoist priest asked rhetorically, "What do you think?" ”
Pony wonders, "Could it be someone pretending, it's too easy to pretend to be a snowman!" ”
The old Taoist priest whispered to us: "That's not a snowman, but a ghost, we came to the road and met a ghost under the ghost emperor to collect debts, in fact, they are paper people, but a layer of snow fell on their bodies, and they were mistaken for snowmen." ”
"What the hell?" My pony and I were a little confused.
The old Taoist priest explained: "Human beings are composed of soul and body, but what about ghosts? ”
I didn't answer, the pony was still gobbling up, but he choked on the food so quickly that the old Taoist priest hurriedly took out his "stuffy donkey" and handed it to the pony.
"After death, the body decays into the earth, and the soul dissipates without a trace, but there are always exceptions, some people think that after death, the soul will go to heaven or to the earth. But there is a process, the soul has no substance, but sometimes it needs to be manifested, and it has to be done with the help of something without a soul, such as a paper figure. ”
The old Taoist priest also took a sip of wine and continued to explain: "Paper figures have no soul, and they often appear on the grave, and they are possessed by ghosts, and these ghosts also like to attach themselves to them. ”
"What about last night?" I asked the old Taoist priest again.
Pony gasped and asked, "yes, how are we going to pay our debts?" ”
The old Taoist priest said in a low voice: "Xiaoma, you don't have an excavator, you will follow me in the future, as long as you listen to me in everything, I will pay this debt for you!" Xiao Yuan, you think about it, and if you think about it, go to Yiyang Huaguo Mountain to find me! ”
"What are you going to do?" Pony asked.
The old Taoist priest was a little angry and scolded coldly: "What are you doing with so much?" You just follow me in the future, you can do whatever I tell you to do, it's better than you stay as a ghost slave, you know! ”
The pony hurriedly bowed his head and said yes.
I hurriedly said, "I don't want you to pay my debts for me, we'd better not see each other again in the future, and you and Xiaoma don't come to my place or hospital to look for me in the future, let alone my house." ”
The old Taoist priest asked rhetorically: "Are you going to unload the mill and kill the donkey or cross the river and tear down the bridge?" ”
The pickup truck in front of me suddenly stopped, I didn't have time to hit the brakes, and I hit the back of the pickup truck all of a sudden, but fortunately the van was very slow, and I was safe.
The pony immediately opened the door and went down to check, and Brother Zhenmin and Lao Ding also got out of the car and came over to explain to us: "There was a car accident in front, and a small truck went directly into the ditch. ”
I hurriedly looked to the bottom of the ditch next to the mountain road, and sure enough, a pickup truck had fallen inside. Out of professional habits, I immediately rushed to the bottom of the ditch, and on the slope of the ditch I saw the snowman who had been knocked apart, and the snowman's round head, and a pair of strange big eyes.
The mountain road here is more than ten meters deep from the bottom of the ditch, the pickup truck rolled over a few times, lying at the bottom of the ditch with its stomach facing the sky, the cab has been deformed, and a driver in a gray leather jacket is bleeding from his head and is unconscious.
I smashed the remaining glass with my elbow to check on the driver's injuries, touched the arteries in his neck, and his pulse, the doors on both sides of the truck could not be opened, fortunately the truck driver's legs were not stuck, I reached under his armpits with both hands and dragged him out of the car.
Brother Zhenmin and the old Taoist priest also followed and helped me save people together.
The driver was laid flat on the snow at the bottom of the ditch, and I began to look for his wound, and the scalp was cut by broken glass, and the bleeding did not stop, so I hurriedly took out the needle and stopped the bleeding with acupuncture points.
The old Taoist priest took out a talisman, burned it, and sprinkled the paper ashes on the wound, and I hurriedly warned: "You can't do this, the wound will be infected!" ”
"There are no bacteria on this paper ash, and even if there is, it will be burned to death, how can it be infected!" The old Taoist priest argued.
I ignored him anymore and asked Brother Zhenmin, "What about Lao Ding and Pony?" ”
Brother Zhenmin replied: "Lao Ding drove to the town to call for help, and the pony stayed to watch the car." Do we lift the patient to the top first, you are the emergency doctor, save him first! ”
The old Taoist priest stared at the driver, his eyes full of murderous intent.
I hurriedly warned him: "This person is still alive, if the treatment is delayed, I will be fully responsible, the state stipulates that it is a crime not to save him when he dies!" ”
Brother Zhenmin also echoed: "Lao Ding knows that we came down to save people, and we can't fool him!" ”
I pressed an alcohol cotton pad against the wound on the patient's scalp to stop the bleeding and then look for other wounds.
The old Taoist priest said meaningfully: "If the ambulance arrives now, you can still save him, otherwise you still want to save him with your set of needles?" It's simply not possible! ”