Chapter 22: The True Face of the Forest God
As a husband and wife in a mountain village, Huo Xiaolu's parents fully interpreted the essence of simplicity and kindness. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 Info Facing the classmates brought home by the two sons, the two expressed great kindness and welcome, not only very enthusiastically entertaining them with the best things in the house, Huo Xiaolu's mother was also very affectionate and very amiable. Yi Ran just felt very kind, but Huo Xiaolu knew that his mother had misunderstood, and his eyes were obviously looking at his daughter-in-law, but he didn't say it, after all, he actually wanted something to develop and happen.
Everything in the mountain village is new to Yi Ran, who grew up in a world of steel and concrete, and unleashed her curiosity in real nature. Although it was winter now, it did not affect Yi Ran's enthusiasm, braving the whirring cold wind, wrapped in a cotton coat made by Huo Xiaolu's mother, and Yi Ran with Huo Xiaolu and the Yin Lord to the mountains and forests behind.
The leaves of the mountain forest in the back mountain have long since fallen off, and the ground is covered with several layers of thick fallen leaves, and I still feel soft when I walk at the foot of the forest. In fact, there was nothing left in the woods, only trees that did not look much different, and bare branches that looked a little hideous, and the occasional frightened hare in the forest was the only thing that looked alive. Although it looks monotonous, the enthusiasm of the easy dye has not faded much, and she can see something that surprises her in every corner of the mountain forest. She crouched on the ground and picked up the fallen leaves on the ground to uncover the secrets between the stacks of fallen leaves, and then she ran to the other side with joy and shouting to carefully observe the unique bark texture of a tree. Huo Xiaolu and the Yin Lord watched from the sidelines, quietly watching the girl show her most innocent side.
Huo Xiaolu suddenly remembered something, and asked the Yin Master, "By the way, are you going to meet Granny Lin and the ancestors this time?" They should be more than welcome to you. ”
The Yin Lord smiled and said, "Don't worry, now I'm going to meet a friend." ”
"What friend?" Huo Xiaolu was puzzled, he didn't know what else the Yin Lord knew here.
"That's me."
An old voice sounded behind the two of them, and Huo Xiaolu turned around to see that it was an old man in a white robe, standing there looking at them with a smile.
Huo Xiaolu didn't know where he was, but the Yin Lord turned around and clasped his hands into fists and saluted: "Senior Lin Shen, my father greets you." ”
This old man is the god of the forest? Huo Xiaolu couldn't imagine that in his imagination, Lin Shen should be the kind of middle-aged image full of fairy spirit, not an old age like now.
No matter what he thought in his heart, after all, there was no doubt about the identity of the other party's Lin Shen. Lin Shen nodded kindly and said: "I was fortunate to see Ling Zun's heroic appearance in the Western Regions back then, and I was deeply impressed and unforgettable, and now that I see Yin Gongzi, I can vaguely see the shadow of Ling Zun's points back then, and it seems that there is a successor to the Impermanent Yin family." ”
The yin lord bowed slightly: "The seniors praised it, I haven't seen him for so long, and my father is also very concerned about my seniors, and I hope that my seniors can go to get together with my father if I have the opportunity." ”
"Definitely, definitely."
After finishing speaking, Lin Shen faced Huo Xiaolu: "Doll, come here." ”
Huo Xiaolu was actually a little timid in his heart, after all, this was a legend that had been circulated in the village since he was a child, and now he appeared in front of him alive, he was inevitably a little apprehensive.
Fortunately, Lin Shen didn't make a very serious appearance, just like an ordinary elder and said to Huo Xiaolu: "Doll, you are the unlucky boy Huo Xiaolu of the Huo family, right?" ”
Hearing this, Huo Xiaolu was a little embarrassed, so he could only nod and reply, "Yes." ”
"You told you all about the specific things, right?"
Huo Xiaolu nodded again.
Lin Shen straightened his waist, seemed to take a long breath, and slowly said to the junior in front of him: "Doll, in fact, you don't know, there are some things that we can't control, everything we do now is for our own bloodline descendants to survive, whether it is your Huojia Village's bloodline, or my Lin Shen's." ”
Huo Xiaolu was a little puzzled, but he still nodded and waited for Lin Shen to continue to say something.
But Lin Shen didn't pay attention to him anymore, nor did he talk to the Yin Lord anymore, but turned around and walked into the forest, and disappeared into the vast forest sea in a blink of an eye.
Huo Xiaolu came back to his senses, turned around and asked the Yin Lord, "How did you and Lin Shen meet?" ”
"I have an old relationship with my father." The Yin Lord just said this, and there was no specific explanation, so there was no movement anymore.
Yi Ran was busy exploring the things she was interested in, but she didn't notice that Lin Shen had come and gone, and after a long while, she turned around and said to the two: "Let's go back, it's not early today." ”
Huo Xiaolu and Yin Zhu nodded, and walked towards their home together as they jumped and jumped like rabbits.
When he got home, it was already dark, and Huo Xiaolu's mother had already prepared a meal and was waiting for the three playful children to come back. Huo Xiaolu's father was called to help with the work, and he shouldn't be able to come back tonight, and the male host was not there and the two guests let go a little. I have to say that Huo Xiaolu's mother's food is really unspeakable, and the heat of more than 20 years is not comparable to the craftsmanship of some restaurants and restaurants in the city. Yi Ran almost ate his ladylike image was gone, so he finally held it, and the Yin Lord also ate two more bowls of rice. The two of them were not stingy with their praise words, praised Huo Mu with a happy smile, and vigorously put vegetables into the bowls of the two. And Huo Xiaolu could only look at the warm atmosphere in front of him, holding his rice bowl and eating rice one bite at a time, feeling so desolate.
After a hearty dinner, Yi Ran and the Yin Lord helped pack up their things and felt that there was nothing to do. Yi Ran proposed to go to the back of the mountain forest to play, obviously, she wanted to try the feeling of spending the night in the mountain forest. Huo Xiaolu didn't object, although it was winter and the weather was very cold at night, but if you brought some equipment, there should be no problem.
So the group took cotton clothes and quilts and began to march towards the mountains and forests behind. They shuttled through the mountains and forests, and walked for a long time, Huo Xiaolu felt that he was almost out of the range of the mountains and forests, so he stopped. The three of them cleaned up a clearing, picked up some littered leaves that could be found everywhere, and built a rising bonfire. The three of them formed a circle, covered the quilt they had brought, and began to chat comfortably.
Far away from the hustle and bustle of the city, and without electronic products around them, several people have almost returned to the most essential state of human beings, chatting about everything about themselves without any obstacles, and there is no barrier between their hearts. Later, the three of them didn't know what they were talking about, only that when the stars above their heads were shining in the forest, several of them fell asleep one after another.
This is always the safest place in Huo Xiaolu's heart, every time he goes home, he is willing to come here in addition to being willing to stay at home. Not to mention that Yi Ran has slept like a lazy pig here without any defense, and even the Yin Lord, who is usually the most alert, has slept peacefully. It was surrounded by a familiar and unfamiliar dense forest, and the occasional sound of unknown small animals passing by, some of them were so peaceful. At this moment, all three of them have become children, defenseless.
When Huo Xiaolu woke up from his sleep by rubbing his sleepy eyes, he found that Yin Lord and Yi Ran had already woken up, and they seemed to be looking at something with interest. It was the darkest time before dawn, and if it weren't for the faint red glow of the fire, there would be no clear view of the surroundings. He leaned over to take a look, and it was a scene he was familiar with: a route outlined by dew meandered from under his feet and stretched into the distance, Huo Xiaolu knew that this was the route drawn by Lin Shen to go home.
The three of them packed up their things and started walking back, and on the way Yi Dye and the Yin Lord were laughing, as if there was something interesting. Huo Xiaolu was curious, and leaned over to ask what was the matter.
The two of them didn't intend to hide it from him, and Yi Ran explained the matter very simply. It turned out that when the dew appeared in the morning, the Yin Lord saw the true body of the forest god, and never expected that it was a fat rabbit, and the hair on his body was as white as snow, just like the robe on his body. And that line of dew is the footprints left by the forest god.
"Rabbit?" Huo Xiaolu's expression really couldn't be described as surprised. He didn't know what his expression was right now. In a short period of time, he not only saw Lin Shen, who the people in the village had never seen in his life, but also knew the incredible true body of Lin Shen. Well, he could only convince himself to accept this fact with a sentence that the world is so big that there is nothing strange.
When the group walked out of the mountains and forests at dawn, just like last time, it was the time when the cooking smoke was curling in the village, and after a night, the three of them were hungry, and they almost asked about the smell of Huo Xiaolu's mother's food. The three men quickened their pace and ran into the village as fast as they could.
As soon as they entered the door, it was not surprising that Huo's mother had already prepared a meal and was waiting for the three children to come back, and as soon as they came home and entered the door, the three of them washed their hands and began to move a little impatiently.
The meal in the morning is relatively simple, the farmer's breakfast is porridge and vegetables, but a few people still eat sweet, without him, after all, this is a rare green food, and it is indeed different from those pesticide greenhouses.
Yi Ran even joked that if she was allowed to live here, she would live at least ten more years.
Not long after the meal, Huo Xiaolu's house welcomed a special guest.
Just as they were chatting after eating, Huo Xiaolu heard a knock on the door, opened the door and looked, to his surprise, it was Granny Lin.
"Granny Lin, come on, come on. Come in, you're a rarity. Huo Xiaolu smiled and welcomed Granny Lin in, jokingly.
Granny Lin's expression was a little serious, and after she came in, she didn't look at the others, but directly faced the Yin Lord and said, "Sir, there is something I need your help with." ”