Chapter Twenty-Eight, The Strangeness of the Forest
Looking at the sky, the sky has slowly darkened, and the forest outside Qi Village has slowly turned dark green. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info
Sun Qi's sickly white face had a ghostly smile that became even more weird, and then turned serious, and then said slowly,
"We will go to some deep places to collect medicine, so I said that there is this thing......"
Sun Qi recalled thoughtfully, and his thoughts went back to when he was only a teenager.
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When the moon is in the sky, the moonlight is sprinkled like hoarfrost on the forest, and at this moment the momentum between the mountains is like a rainbow, like a warrior wearing silver armor.
Deep in the depths, towering trees cover the mountains, hiding all the hills and basins, and the forest is pitch black.
The sound of insects chirping one after another responded crisply in the forest, and it was extremely strange under the dark forest at this moment.
There were two dark shadows in the weirdness, groping around, holding an oil lamp in their hands, shuttling inside.
"Dad, the child really can't walk."
The voice was the voice of a teenager, and his complaint could be known from the tone, after all, it was really dangerous to walk in the forest at night, and after a day of marching, the boy was also tired, and this boy was Sun Qi when he was a child.
"Qi'er, hold on a little longer, the geographical location here is a bit low, it is a place where birds of prey are haunted, wait for us to go to a high place, and then rest."
It was Sun Yuan who answered Sun Qi, Sun Yuan's body was still very strong at this time, and he was carrying a basket on his back, and he couldn't see what was inside under the moonlight, because the moon couldn't penetrate the lush leaves, and he could guess how many points were herbs.
"But Qi'er really can't walk, I don't care!"
Sun Qi said in a childish voice, and there was a coquettish meaning, Sun Yuan stopped, looked in this direction of Sun Qi, only saw Sun Qi's small figure, and couldn't see Sun Qi's appearance clearly, but from the words, he naturally knew that Sun Qi's expression was already a little sulky.
"Qi'er, otherwise, I'll carry you on my back, and we'll find a place to rest after this section."
Sun Qi muttered before saying,
"Okay!"
Sun Yuan went to Sun Qi, Sun Qi carried the herbs on his back, and the two fathers and sons continued this dark night journey.
The moonlight is very large, there is a saying in the yin and yang, the moon is too yin, and the fullest moon is the peak of the yin, although the surrounding insects are very cheerful, but the air seems to reveal a trace of coolness.
Sun Yuan finally found a place, the geographical location here is high, although it is said that it is quite steep, but if there is really any beast in this place, it is indeed the best place to detect and take countermeasures.
Sun Yuan simply set up a place to sleep, and said that Sun Qi put it down, Sun Qi was already a little sleepy at the moment, and when Sun Yuan put him down, he rubbed his eyes, and there was a look that he would fall asleep as soon as he fell.
Although there are four distinct seasons here, the summer sun makes the air around it much warmer.
The same is true at night, but there is a natural coolness in the forest, and the forest is the perfect place to cool off.
Although the temperature drops a little at night, you can still avoid a blanket and you won't catch a cold.
After Sun Yuan put Sun Qi down, he sprinkled this thing around.
Sun Qi yawned, and then asked,
"Dad, what are you doing?"
Sun Yuan didn't look back, but said as he spoke,
"Sprinkle realgar, realgar has the effect of repelling insects and snakes, and we are safer when sprinkled around."
Sun Yuan was running around the forest as a scene, and naturally he already had some insights into these.
Because of the summer, there is a high chance of snakes in the forest, and there are thousands of poisonous snakes in the huge forest, and you can't be careless.
There is a tradition in ancient times, during the Dragon Boat Festival, eat eggs, garlic, and realgar wine in the morning, and then go to the green to play, which is to drink realgar wine is to drive snakes.
The Dragon Boat Festival is in summer, when snakes are active, so drinking realgar wine is that snakes will hide away when they smell the smell, so that people can play around unscrupulously and find wild fruits to eat.
"Wait a little bit before you go to sleep!"
Sun Qi blinked his eyes, and then said,
"Got it!"
Sun Yuan sprinkled a circle around them before coming back and rubbing the male yellow left and right on Sun Qi's body.
From time to time, Sun Yuan also lay down, and at this moment Sun Qi still didn't sleep, and said in his mouth,
"Dad, you said this tree is blocking the moon!"
Sun Yuan's face was calm, he was also quite tired, and said slowly,
"yes, this forest is like an enchantment, blocking all the moonlight."
"Do you say the moon is big now, or the moon is big in the Mid-Autumn Festival?"
"I think it's pretty much the same"
“……”
After a while, Sun Yuan was a little confused, and at this moment, Sun Qi inexplicably felt that his head was very clear.
He heard Sun Yuan snoring from time to time, so he didn't plan to speak.
At this moment, there was silence all around, and even the sound of insects was gone.
Sun Qi blinked, thinking that it was because of the male yellow, so the insects around him ran away, but it was not too quiet.
Even at this moment, Sun Qi could hear the sound of his own breathing and heartbeat, as well as Sun Yuan's snoring, so clear, Sun Qi had never felt that his thinking and hearing before were as sensitive as they are now.
"Bang, bang, bang......"
The sound of drumming gently came into Sun Qi's ears, Sun Qi opened his eyes, and when he heard the sound again, Sun Qi shook his head, thinking that he was thinking nonsense.
When people are too sensitive, they will have some hallucinations, just like watching a ghost movie, always feeling that there are people upstairs or under the bed watching you, and the slightest sound will be cranky for a long time.
That's how Sun Qi thinks of himself, he thinks that he is overly nervous, so he closes his eyes again and breathes evenly to comfort himself.
"Bang ......"
Sun Qi opened his eyes again alertly, this time he was sure that he had really heard it, because he was still comforting himself in his heart when the sound did not reach his ears.
This movement is not a psychological factor, but there is real movement outside.
In the middle of the night, it can be said that there are no people in the wide forest except for Sun Qi and Sun Yuan, where does the sound of the drum come from.
Sun Qi carefully pricked up his ears and listened, the sound of "bang bang bang" was still the same, and it was not chaotic and regular, just like the drumming of the ancient war to boost morale.
At this moment, Sun Qi didn't know what that kind of drum sound was for, he pushed Sun Yuan carefully, afraid that if the movement was bigger, something would run out of the outside that he didn't recognize.
Sun Yuan was already asleep at this time, and he didn't notice Sun Qi's movements, Sun Qi saw this, so he had to lean over Sun Yuan's ear and whisper,
"Daddy, Daddy,......"
Pushing and screaming, Sun Yuan finally woke up, and said in a sleepy voice,
"What's wrong, Qi'er?"
Sun Qi whispered,
"Dad, you hear a voice."
Sun Yuan didn't open his eyes, but continued,
"That's the sound of insects, it's nothing, hurry up and sleep, and I'll have to hurry back to Qi Village when I get up tomorrow."
Sun Qi whispered,
"Dad, it's not the sound of insects, it's the sound of drumming."
Sun Yuan still didn't open his eyes,
"Qi'er, you heard it wrong, where did the drumming sound come from in the deep mountains, and you can't see half of the ghost."
Speaking of ghosts, Sun Qi shuddered, and Sun Yuan also bounced up like a ghost.
In the dark night, Sun Yuan's expression was unusually ugly.