Chapter Sixty-Eight: The Disappearing Mountain Gu Seedling
The worm threw the crushed little black dot into my hand, smiled, and said I haven't seen it? Then you can take a look at it more, in fact, I don't know either.
She said so, but her expression seemed very determined.
I took the little black dot, and saw that this thing was only the size of a sesame seed, and it was sticky on one side, and after it was crushed, it revealed the fine structure inside, and if I didn't look closely, I really couldn't see what it was, but I hadn't seen American movies, and I didn't need to know it, I knew that this delicate and small thing should have the function of a bug, or a locator.
I remembered that when Leader Yu said goodbye to me, he patted his shoulder lightly.
Other than that, I can't think of anyone else who could put this thing on my collar so quietly.
What did he do this for?
Could it be that all the things he said to me were lying to me? My cousin Lu Zuo doesn't actually have anything?
No, no, Lu Zuo had an accident, that's for sure, the reason why he installed this thing on my body is probably because he wants to find my cousin Lu Zuo through me, right?
But why does he think I'll be in touch with my cousin Lu Zuo?
Could it be that he specifically told me the news and asked me to help him find my master?
He didn't come to my master to help, but to arrest him?
Could it be that my cousin Lu Zuo really did that hurtful thing?
There were countless questions in my mind for a moment, and I felt that my braincase was almost about to explode, and at this time, my shoulder was gently patted again, and I almost subconsciously jumped away, only then did I see that the person was a worm, she glared at me, and said What are you doing in a daze?
I shook my head bitterly and said no, I was a little confused.
She smiled and said that if you feel that your heart is in turmoil, you will go to a fight, and if you forget about your life, you will have nothing to worry about.
Is she urging me to challenge all the 36 mountains of Miao Jiang and fulfill my promise to her?
It's just that now my cousin Lu Zuo has fallen into such a dangerous situation, how can I challenge everywhere and do such a famous thing?
I tried to tell her about the decision I made last night, but I couldn't open my mouth.
I could feel what the worms were expecting of me, and the more I did, the more I could feel the weight of the pressure on my shoulders that prevented me from opening my mouth.
Just hesitated like this, and I was taken by Worm and Miao Nu Niannian all the way to a village halfway behind the Sipai Mountain.
Different from the Miao village I saw before, the village here has no wall, the stilted buildings are scattered everywhere on the mountain, and the large terraced fields are layered on top of each other, and when the sun shines, it seems that countless white ribbons have appeared on the side of the mountain.
Beauty!
We came to a threshing floor in front of the stockade, and there was no one to stop us, the villagers were busy in the fields, there were a few old men chatting under the old locust tree by the threshing floor, a bare-bottomed child was running around chasing a tattered football, and a young girl with glasses and a ponytail was talking to some women washing clothes by the well.
This village is almost indistinguishable from the countless villages on the border of southern Yunnan.
Is this my third stop?
I glanced at the worm, she motioned for me to go and ask someone, I couldn't help it, I came to the big locust tree, and said to the old man who was holding a dry tobacco stick and swallowing clouds and spitting fog: "Here are the four rows of mountain Gu seedlings?" ”
The two old men under the tree were a little deaf and couldn't understand what I was saying.
I asked again, and another old man shook his fan and asked me, saying "Hou Shengzi, what do you ask for this, we are here in the second brigade of Dog Belt Village."
Dog Belt Village?
Some of my second monks were confused, a little anxious, and said uncle, let me ask you, is there any goddess or other people in the village, what about Elder Fang?
The old man laughed and said What old Fang, now is a new society, if you want to find an official, go to the captain of the brigade, or go to the village over there and find the secretary of the village committee; As for the goddess, there were a few in the early years, and when they were three and five anti, they were all knocked down, where is this thing......
Yes?
Oh my God, what's going on?
I was full of paste, turned around to look for worms, and said Sister, didn't you say last night that you were going to enter this village to explore the way, are you looking for the wrong place, people here, it's not called a mountain Gu Miao at all, right?
Worm didn't speak, and Miao Nu Niannian said speechlessly: "Do you really think that Sister Worm is here to explore the way in this broken village, she is going to help you wipe your ass, okay?" ”
Wipe your ass?
Could it be that she went to find trouble with that leader Yu yesterday?
No wonder she didn't come until this morning, and she felt quite tired, and when she came back she found the little black dot hidden in my collar.
My heart warmed and I asked her how it was, how did things go?
The worm shook his head and said that the man's skills are very strong, really strong, I didn't fight him, and after a confrontation, he left, there should be no malice.
I sighed and said What should I do now, this is not a mountain Gu seedling, should we find another one?
As we were talking, the ponytailed woman who was at the well just now walked up to us and greeted us, "Hey, are you from outside, what do you call it?" ”
I didn't expect her to come over to greet us, and I was stunned for a moment before I said, "Hello, who are you?" ”
The ponytail woman introduced herself, saying that my name is Dong Zao, I am a college student volunteer from Chuncheng, and now I am a teacher in the village of Goudai Village, and there are a few students here who have dropped out of school and refuse to study, so I came to persuade their parents. It's been a long time since I've seen anyone outside, and when I see you, I can't help but come over and say hello.
Volunteer?
Looking at the girl's youthful and enthusiastic face before meeting, I couldn't help but be in awe.
All the way I came, I could see that many mountain villages in southern Yunnan are barren land, people are ignorant, and the level of education is generally low.
In the face of such a person, I didn't have too much defense, and said to her: "We are lovers of Miao customs and culture, and I heard that there was once a very famous mountain Gu Miao in this area, so I wanted to come and take a look." My surname is Lu, the second in the family, you can call me Lu Er, this is a worm, this is Nian Nian......"
After I finished my brief introduction, Dong Zao, a woman with a ponytail, greeted them: "Niannian, wow, worm, you look so beautiful, your skin is so white, and you are so tall, are you a model?" ”
Her smile infected all of us, and the worm was not as hostile as she was to Leader Yu, but smiled and said yes, no.
Dong Zao warmly invited us to the village primary school as a guest, I asked her if the matter was done, she shook her head a little frustratedly, said no, they refused to let the children come to school, said that the family is too busy, need to help with pigweed, herding cattle and bring younger brothers and sisters, children, know a few words, just do arithmetic, what's the use of learning so much?
Hearing this, I couldn't help but sigh, saying that they had been in this mountain all their lives and had never been to the outside world, so they didn't understand the importance of knowledge.
Dong Zao nodded very approvingly, saying yes, knowledge can change fate, otherwise, they will only be poor from generation to generation.
After consulting the insects, we followed Dong Zao to the village school in Goujiao Village.
It was located in a mountain nest on the other side of the mountain, and it took about half an hour to walk, there were almost 100 households here, and the village primary school was the best building, a two-story brick house, because it was a Saturday, the school was not in class, so Dong had already invited us to the office to sit down.
There are two private teachers in this village, one is the principal, the other is a mathematics teacher, and the rest of the teachers are made up of volunteers.
Hearing that a guest was coming, the other four volunteers came over, three men and one woman, plus Dong Zao, exactly five people, all of whom were college students from various universities in southern Yunnan.
The young people were bored in such a big mountain, and they were in a panic, but after they came, they were very lively, and they began to talk about the topic of Miao culture.
They told me that if they were interested in witch culture, it would be nonsense to tell me responsibly.
They also believed in this before, and at that time, they fell in love with Tianya when they had nothing to do, and they watched some ghost stories, and they thought that they were everywhere, but they came here to volunteer, and for several months, they didn't see anything, only poverty and ignorance everywhere.
A boy also told me that he saw a child with a high fever, so he went to the goddess and got some incense ashes, and he died of eating.
So, these things are all deceptive.
Some of the insects are not adapted to such an environment, so they leave under the pretext of leaving for an excuse.
She was beautiful, and as soon as she came, she was stared at by the male volunteers, and when she spoke, someone immediately said that they wanted to take her to visit the neighborhood, but the worm refused and left alone, while I continued the topic just now, saying where did I find the goddess?
The boy told me that there were more than a dozen families at the bottom of the Feiyun Stream behind the Sipai Mountain, and that they were not very willing to interact with the outside world because of the difficult mountain roads.
Dong Zao remembered it, nodded and said yes, I heard Principal Ma say that the children of Feiyunjian are very fond of fighting and are very fierce, but they have dropped out of school in the past two years, and they don't know what they are doing.
My eyes lit up, and I glanced at the Miao girl next to me.
She nodded.
The disappearing mountain Gu seedlings should be in the Feiyun Stream behind the four rows of mountains, right?