The howling mountain wind was accompanied by flakes of snowflakes, and the sky was still clear in the afternoon, but in the night there was a heavy snow of goose feathers. Zhang Laohan is from the mountains, fiddling with the fire and drinking soju and said: "I'm afraid that this snow can't stop for a while, and the most afraid is to catch up with the blizzard, we can't get out now, we can't get in, if it goes down for a week, I'm afraid we will have to be trapped here for a week." ”

"Walk in the snow?" The fat man said: "I see that the snow is not big, and it will take two more days to get there, and the delay is a day, so I want to go back early and prepare to make rice cakes." ”

"I can't go," Zhang Laohan said: "The snow in this mountain has no direction as soon as it is big, and if you step on the air up and down, you will even give an account for your life." The old man's days are numbered, but you can't be affected. ”

"Then it's going to be the New Year, why don't we stay until the New Year?" The fat man felt that this old man Zhang was talking so strangely, it was snowy, and they used to run all over the mountains in winter, and the snow here was drizzle compared to the northeast. "Zha Ye, don't let the second child keep vigil tonight, today he is the worst, let him rest more."

"Well," Cha Wenbin got up, Ye Qiu had already fallen asleep near the fire, the night was cold, so cold that he curled up a little, this person only wears a single gown all year round, he has never seen him shout cold, and he doesn't know what is wrong today, he actually hugged his body with his hands.

Cha Wenbin took a robe from the package and gently covered his body, Ye Qiu squirmed slightly, like a child and fell asleep again, it seems that he is really choking today.

It's still a shift system, the fat man Cha Wenbin and the elder, the first shift is the fat man, in fact, you don't have to worry about this season, just take care of the fire. The beasts in the mountains rarely come out at night in the harsh winter, the temperature is too low, and most of their prey will hide in the depths of their nests, but they will only have some activity when the weather is sunny and the temperature is good.

"I heard that there are savages in Shennongjia?" The fat man was bored and chatted with Zhang Laohan, the saying about the wild man in Shennongjia has existed since ancient times, and in modern times, there are traces of wild people found here and often reported in the newspapers.

"Maybe there is, maybe not, who knows." Zhang Laohan said: "I have been a forest ranger here for 30 years, but I haven't seen any wild people anyway, most of them are for tourism to deceive some eyeballs." However, this place is not inhabited by eighty percent, and we usually patrol the mountains within a few kilometers of each other, and I have heard the news of a black fur haunting the village on the radio, so I think it is a joke. ”

"No," the fat man said a little disappointed, "I still want to get one back, how nice it is to hug a little savage to play, such as this hole in the back, when I came, I felt that if there were savages, this place must be their nest." ”

Cha Wenbin casually glanced at the cave behind him, there seemed to be an aura emanating from the deep and tortuous depths, and he tightened the clothes on his body and leaned against Ye Qiu's body. It's really safe to snuggle up together on nights like this.

Everything was normal in the first half of the night, and the kung fu of more than ten o'clock Zhang Laohan finally ended in a boring topic, and the fat man was alone and carelessly fiddling with the fire. In fact, it's not that he hasn't thought about his future, the top number is to buy a piece of land near Cha Wenbin's house and build a house, and then find a woman with a big ass to give birth to a son and a daughter. Jiu'er? The fat man knows his identity very well, he doesn't want to get involved in gratuitous right and wrong, he has been tossing since he was a teenager, he is not old, but he has experienced much more than ordinary people, and he can return to a peaceful life, which is also a kind of beauty. He was already fantasizing about his daughter riding on his neck and his son running in front of him with a dog on a leash, and he laughed dryly when he thought about it.

This laugh doesn't matter, the fat man vaguely heard a dry laugh coming from inside, in the middle of the night, the laughter was very chicken thief, like someone pinching his throat with his hand and still laughing there. He immediately looked around, and the breathing of several people was very regular, and he had never heard the sound before, the flames were blown by the wind and "Ula Ula" flickered, and a faint electric current began to come from the fat man's legs, which is only when people feel fear.

Convinced that he had heard correctly, he stood up and copied a wooden stick beside him, the sole of his shoe rubbing against the sand and gravel made a "swish" sound, and he slowly stepped over the sleeping crowd, only to hear a "poof" sound coming from behind. As soon as he turned around, there was a spark running out of the fire, and a stone fell from it, and it happened to hit the fire.

After a moment's hesitation, he was ready to go back and set up the fire first, and for the next two hours, everything was so unharmed.

"Go to sleep," when Cha Wenbin patted the stunned fat man on the shoulder, the latter shivered inadvertently, he didn't know where his thoughts had drifted just now, and the cough sounded in his head from time to time.

got up and took a sip of hot water, the fat man just took two steps and stopped, Cha Wenbin asked, "What, what's wrong?" ”

"No, it's okay," the fat man said softly, "Maybe I'm confused, the firewood has been laid for you, it's cold at night, and there is wine over there for two sips." ”

When he fell asleep, the fat man's mind was still full of weird laughter, and to be honest, he had seen too many strange things over the years. If it was in the past, he wouldn't have taken it to heart at all, but tonight the fat man felt something strange in his heart, and he couldn't say it. Turning over, he saw Cha Wenbin sitting there in a daze, he thought about it and got up again and said, "Forget it, I can't sleep either, or I won't accompany you." ”

"If you can't sleep, lie down, it's good to recuperate." Cha Wenbin saw that his face was a little secretive, and he stopped talking a few times, and then withdrew the words to his mouth, so he asked, "Do you have something on your mind, and your face looks so solemn?" ”

"I," said the fat man, looking around, but finally not holding back, "do you think this place is clean?" I heard a burst of laughter just now when I was on my shift, and hours passed, and my heart was still hairy, and goosebumps rose all over my body at the thought of that voice. ”

"Where's the sound?" Today, Cha Wenbin felt restless, and he was very tired, and he was groggy when he slept there, and it stands to reason that he could feel the strangeness, but he couldn't find the source of the abnormality. It's like walking in a dense fog and knowing that the end of the fog is a dangerous existence, but you can't figure out the direction.

"Looks like it's in there." The fat man pointed to the far part of the cave and said, "I went in in the evening to check, there are some cave-ins inside, but if you climb it, you can still squeeze in one person." I always felt like there was something in there, like savages. ”

The fat man's eyes were full of unconfidence and vigilance, which was very rare in the past, and from the time I met him, he was a man who was not afraid of heaven and earth. As soon as he said this, Cha Wenbin suddenly felt that there was something strange in it, and an uneasiness began to rise in his heart, while another curiosity was driving him. In my heart, a voice kept saying to myself: Go in and have a look!

This feeling is not something he has alone, but the fat man also has it, but neither of them said it.

The fear of the unknown and the thrill of searching actually provoked the adrenaline of the two men, and Cha Wenbin actually said first: "Why don't we go in and have a look?" ”

They hit it off, and before leaving, he didn't forget to wake up the Great Elder, who had some opinions about their actions, but he still didn't say anything after all.

"Be careful, there are many beasts in the caves in the mountains."

Holding a flashlight and a long stick, the fat man shuttled through the rocks of the collapse. The large stone did not know when it began to crumble, and he carefully used a stick to pestle the top of his head in front of him, and it was fine, and there was no sign of continuing to loosen. The area of this collapse is not small, it is about ten meters, and the two of them passed through one after the other, and sure enough, the back of this area continues to be a cave.

"This hole is not small," the fat man swept with a flashlight, and from time to time there was the sound of water droppings in his ears, and there was some wet moss on the ground. "It's like the air-raid shelter in my hometown, this looks so well-proportioned, Cha Ye, let's go inside a little bit, don't go too far."

Cha Wenbin thought to himself that it was rare for this kid to say this, it seemed that he had really matured a lot recently, but before the two of them were ready to leave, there was a loud sound of "bang" behind them, and the fat man quickly pulled Cha Wenbin to run, "bang", a stone just smashed on the place where the two of them were standing, and the distance was even more messy, and I don't know what nerve was touched, the cave collapsed again.

"What's going on......" The fat man said a little overwhelmed: "Damn, this is too back, the dog actually buried us in it." "At this moment, the hole they had entered had been completely filled with stones, and from time to time small pieces of stones had tumbled down from them.

"Go back and move, they must be in a hurry!"

"No," the fat man said, "It should be caused by the cold, it's still unstable, you see the crack on the top of the head has just exploded, they know that we will definitely dig it from the outside, let's wait first." ”

Sure enough, after a while, I vaguely heard someone shouting outside, and the fat man immediately responded, but the distance was a little too far, and they couldn't hear each other. However, if there is a sound, it means that he is still alive, and the Great Elder was just adding wood when his finger was pricked by a barb, and then he heard movement from inside.

Ye Qiu put his ear to the stone and heard the fat man's shout, and he said, "If there is a voice, people are still alive, dig a way." ”

"Get out of here first," the fat man said to Cha Wenbin, "We must wait until it is stable, let's go inside and hide for a while, and then come back after a few hours." ”