Chapter 17: Déjà vu
The fat man thinks my statement is very mysterious, but he also admits that this is the only possibility that the event is reasonable. He was originally an activist of the Sheephorn Mountain tour, so as soon as I said that I was going, I naturally agreed.
Next, we discussed a few specific matters. Because this time it's a tour, I didn't bring any equipment, so it's a bit tricky, and if I encounter something that needs to be done like opening a coffin and digging a grave, I can only stare at it.
The place is remote, and it is impossible to buy ready-made equipment in this kind of place, the fat man said, some things are not necessary, we can buy some substitutes, although it will not be so good to use, but this time it is close to the village, and the requirements for quality are not too high.
He's talking about survival supplies in the wild, and the hunters have their own set of things, and they certainly don't need us to carry solid fuel and smokeless stoves on our backs, but after seeing the fierceness of wild beasts, I think we still need to prepare some weapons.
Called Agui to discuss these things with him, Agui himself hunted, and there were three shotguns, all of which had been modified and did not know the name of the old gun. The three guns are of different ages, the oldest one was taken out of the chicken shed by Agui, although the barrel of the gun is okay, but the chamber of the gun is completely rusty, no one dares to use it, and there is nowhere to find gunpowder. The other two are bullet-fighting, and it can be seen that they are left over from the war years.
A few years ago, guns were banned, but the people here all made a living from hunting, and of course the guys who ate refused to hand it over, and the head also knew the situation, so he turned a blind eye, but now the bullets are not easy to get, and Agui said that the village cadres have to go to the county to approve it before they can buy it.
Agui's own hunting is already an amateur activity, so there is not much ammunition at home, the fat man checked the two guns, and said: "Agui's one is absolutely fine, the other one has been useless for too long, but the gun is well maintained, and you have to shoot it to know if it can be used." ”
We bought 50 rounds of ammunition from a few neighbors next door to Agui at a high price of 50 yuan a round, and I knew that the brass cylindrical bullets were handmade in a small workshop, and this thing cost 50 yuan a little fucking distressing to me. The fat man said don't be so small-bellied, fifty yuan may save your life, it's definitely worth it.
We wrote a note for other things, asking him to go to the township to see if there was a substitute, and if there is no rope for climbing the mountain, use the hemp rope in the well, and if there is no high-power flashlight, take a few flashlights and tie them up, and use a sickle if there is no dagger.
Ah Gui suggested to us that now there is a lot of rain, and there are many mosquitoes and poisonous ants in the mountains, especially by the lake, mosquitoes are as big as wasps, so we should bring mosquito coils and mosquito nets, and throw mosquito coils in the bonfire, otherwise we will definitely not be able to bear it in the city. I said in my heart that there is a stuffy oil bottle, so there is no need to worry about this.
After the arrangements were made, Ah Gui said that those things would take a day or two to prepare, and the hunters had not come back anyway, so he was ready to set off again.
During this period, the fat man said that he could find a way to use the sulfuric acid he brought back to see what was wrapped in the iron block, which required jīng fine cāo to do, and to choose a better site.
I thought of Panma's narrative and felt that it was inappropriate, that there was a smell emanating from the iron block, and that the smell gradually faded over time, indicating that there was a volatile substance in it, and the devil knows if this substance would be harmful to the human body. I don't think it's time to dissolve this thing, so when I get there, I find some clues and then judge whether it's more reliable to take this risk.
The fat man's curiosity burned him too much, but what I said was absolutely reasonable, and the stuffy oil bottle agreed with me, and he had no choice but to give up thinking that it might affect other people.
The next time the fat man was full of interest, first, his ancient tomb said that he was convinced, and second, he had not hunted for a long time, and his hands were itching so badly, that he had been nagging us about his previous hunting, despite the fact that his face was swollen as if he had been kicked by a horse. I couldn't sleep either, but my mind was thinking about the things by the lake, and the stuffy oil bottle didn't speak, and I saw that he kept looking at the building next to Agui, looking at the window.
I remembered that I had seen a shadow in that building the night before, but now it was pitch black in that window, and I didn't see anything, and Gui's son didn't seem to be very willing to see people, and lived in seclusion. I wondered if there was some kind of illness, so I had to stay home. This is often the case in the countryside.
After a night of sleepless and a day of intense mental activity, soon I couldn't hear what the fat man was saying, and the stuffy oil bottle leaned there and dozed off. It was much cooler outside here than inside the house, and there was not a single bug around the stuffy oil bottle, so we just lay down and fell asleep, and woke up at noon the next day.
On this day, we were prepared separately, but on the third day, we were properly prepared, and Agui took us off.
What made me depressed was that I didn't see the legendary guide, and it was Agui himself and Yun Cai who set off together.
I asked what's going on, didn't you say you haven't been there, Agui? Why did you take us yourself?
Aguidao This hunter entered the mountain, I don't know if he encountered any obstacles, several teams have not returned, no one else has been, the person he can find is his daughter Yuncai, Yuncai has been there with his grandfather several times before, and knows how to go. He took us with him, Gayun to see the way, and the dogs, so it shouldn't be a big problem. Otherwise, we don't understand the language, and I'm afraid there will be trouble.
I said in my heart that it was too bad, it seems that my bid was too high, and Agui was reluctant to let others make this money. The fat man immediately said no, let's go to do something, it's not a joke to take a little girl, if you get hurt by something, you don't feel sorry for you, you don't feel sorry for you, I'm sorry for you.
Agui said that it was okay, the little girl here was also five or six years old when she touched the gun, in the mountains, she is more useful than us, and she is in this mountain? He's all familiar with it, don't worry.
As he spoke, the clouds came out of the house, and when I looked at the fat man, our eyes were straight. I saw that Yun Cai had completely changed into a person, dressed in a Yao hunting suit, with a hunting knife across his waist, and a small short shotgun on his back. The Yao girl was in good shape, and as soon as she wore this dress, the lines of her calves and body stretched out, which was really good-looking. With a playful expression in his heroic posture, with the irresistible taste of being seventeen or eighteen years old, he conquered the fat man at once.
She walked up to us, stared at us as if she was challenged, and said, "Bosses, don't you look down on people?" ”
"No, no! Not at all! The fat man immediately said, "Big sister, don't get me wrong, your fat brother and I are mainly afraid of your hard work, in fact, in our hearts, you are definitely the best candidate." ”
I immediately frowned, kicked the fat man, and scolded in a low voice: "Why did you change the hexagram so quickly, what's the matter, at your age, you still want the old cow to eat tender grass?" ”
"What's wrong with my age, fat man, I call it a person to the prime of life, a strong cow, not an old cow." He said in a low voice, "You let Panzi find a mother-in-law, why can't you tolerate me?" ”
I don't know if he is really moved or just wants to eat some tofu, to him Miao Yao's family, the female family is powerful, you are careful that people are really moved to tie you up under the Gu, then you have to plant a field in someone's house for a lifetime, if you change your mind and run away, a Gu will pierce your heart, and all the gods will be fed Gu worms.
The fat man is obviously well-informed, and he doesn't think so, saying that the peony flower is dead, and it is also romantic to be a ghost, and it is best that the beauties of the whole Yao village will fall under him, so he will stay here as the village head.
In the laughter, I had no choice but to accept the status quo, looking at the bearing of the clouds, I felt that what Agui said was right, and this time it is estimated that there will not be much danger.
The only thing I cared about was that when we were packing things, the fat man always teased the clouds and made them laugh. But I could see that from time to time the clouds were secretly looking at the stuffy bottle, and they looked very carefully, always turning their eyes back at once when they looked at them, but in those clear eyes I could see something.
We set off according to the original route we had taken to find Daddy Panma, and I already knew a little bit about this route, and the journey was much easier than when I searched for Daddy Panma later. The fat man was simply fascinated, and he circled around the clouds, and almost lay down to ride her as a horse, and the clouds were indeed cute and bouncing.
She asked us what the hell we were doing, it was definitely not a tour guide, how could a tour guide come to such a place, the fat man pretended to be mysterious, saying that we were big people with secret missions, and if she would kiss him, he would tell her secretly.
I'm really afraid that Yun Cai kissed him, it would be too wasteful, but fortunately, Yun Cai still has aesthetic ability, and he is resolutely inappropriate. However, the stuffy oil bottle was not infected by our atmosphere, his face has not changed at all, and in the relaxed atmosphere, only he is still immersed in the yīn clouds.
Later that day, we arrived at the ancient burial mound in the mountain pass, and we went deep into it for a kilometer or two to rest, and continued after dawn, walking in the mountains for two days before we came to the lake.
I saw the lake from afar on the ridge, probably because of the rainstorm, and it was bigger than I thought. Sure enough, as Panma said, all around is full of stones, and the lake is surrounded by reckless mountains, tall and steep peaks are continuous, and the mountains are huge and into the clouds, not at all like hills, but completely sinister mountains and rivers. The plants in the mountains are very thick, and even the cliffs between the mountains are dark green, and the 100,000 mountains really live up to their name. I couldn't help but rejoice that this place was not far from the village, and further in, the hinterland of the deep mountains was probably even more treacherous than Tamutuo.
After passing a mountain road that was completely covered with vegetation and invisible, we came to the beach of the lake, and there was no sign of the people who had been stationed there in the past. The water of the lake is very clear, reflecting the clouds in the sky quite beautifully, shake off the package, we go to the lake to wash our faces, the water is cold, indicating that the bottom of the lake leads to an underground river, and the cold lake water in the dog days makes people feel refreshed.
After washing my face, I looked up and saw the lake reflecting the sky and the surrounding mountains, and suddenly I realized that this place was familiar. I glanced at it, and the stuffy oil bottle next to me was also puzzled.