Chapter 17: Crocodile Lake
As for the news that the mute hunter promised to accompany us, the fat man may have reminded us somewhat because of his own experience, and let us beware of the mute hunter, and it is not ordinary people who can live here for a long time.
After checking some of the supplies that we had brought with us, there was no problem, and while it was still early in the morning, except for Wei Hua, who had not come with us for a long time, a group of eight of us began to follow the map drawn on the ground and began to move towards the top of Wuling.
Perhaps because of the dense trees and many strange insects in Wuling itself, out of caution, we did not walk very fast, and the destination of today's trip was the first small red flag of the nearest route, and then there were two small red flags.
At this time, it was about a thousand meters away from the starting point, and the time had already flickered to noon. The sun was shining high, and it was warm all around.
"I said, that guy told us to wait here, where did he run alone" The fat man found a tree, sat on the ground, and a trace of sweat flowed from his face from time to time, and when he spoke, he did not forget to pick up the fan and fan it against his face.
Everyone heard a trace of dissatisfaction in the fat man's words, but the mute hunter has lived here for decades, and for us newcomers, there is no choice at the moment, and if we are not careful, we may go astray, and the dumb hunter has no obvious traces of harm to us at the moment, and forbearance is the best policy.
I silently calculated the distance we had traveled, and I couldn't help but think that the place marked by the first little red flag should have arrived, right?
Seeing that no one replied to his words, the fat man stood up with his waist bent, staggered to the side, and when he saw our gaze, he smiled and said, "Convenient, convenient."
said it was convenient, but the fat man's behavior betrayed him. The fat man was carrying a backpack, and he didn't even take off the fork he was carrying, and walked straight forward, and after about half an hour, Zhang Yu walked towards me and said in a low voice: "Xiao Ke, the fat man has been out for a while, you and I have followed to take a look."
After a brief explanation with everyone, Zhang Yu and I walked in the direction where the fat man walked. Before he had gone far, he heard a loud laugh in front of him, and who else could there be but the fat man. I saw that not far from us there was a small lake, which looked like it had been dug out by hand in the past. The fat man jumped into the lake at some point, and at this moment, he was happily humming a song he didn't understand in the lake. On the corresponding shore, there was a bonfire, and there was still a trace of the fire, and there was still half a roasted rabbit meat on the branches.
This fat man will really enjoy it, and let us all be terrified of it. When the fat man in the center of the lake saw the two of us on the shore, he immediately smiled and shouted: "Little brother, Xiao Ke, come down and wash!" It's really not very comfortable."
I smiled and waved my hand, and before I could speak, Zhang Yu, who was leaning on my side, suddenly changed his face, and shouted: "Come back quickly", pointing behind the fat man with his right hand.
Following the direction pointed by Zhang Yu, I saw that the white lake surface became a little dim, and ripples rippled on the entire lake, as if something was swimming towards the fat man.
The fat man, who heard the sound, glanced back sharply, as if he was frightened, and the whole person swam quickly towards our shore, and the strange thing that followed closely behind him gradually entered my considerable field of vision. I couldn't help but take a sharp breath, there were quite a few crocodiles in the lake, each of them no less than us.
Seeing that the fat man was about to rush ashore, he was less than fifty meters away from us, and at this speed, the crocodiles that followed the fat man closely would not be able to catch up. And it was at this time that the unexpected happened.
The fat man, who swam like the wind, didn't know what the reason was, his whole body suddenly froze in place, unable to move, and shouted in his mouth: "Come and help, there seems to be something else under the water, my foot is tripped."
After hearing the sound, Zhang Yu immediately turned to me and said, "I'll go down first, you can help when you see the opportunity."
As soon as the words fell, Zhang Yu jumped into the lake and swam straight towards the fat man. When he was near, he turned over into the water and got in, and after a while, a clump of water vines suddenly appeared in his hand.
The fat man, who was no longer restrained, immediately became active, smiled at Zhang Yu, and swam towards the shore quickly, leaving Zhang Yu behind at once.
A large group of crocodiles are rushing in, and at this rate, Zhang Yu and the fat man will be in danger. "What should I do?" Thinking of this, I began to become a little impatient, my eyes swept around, and I accidentally aimed at the rabbit meat leaning against the shore, and a flash of inspiration occurred in my mind, maybe it could do a job.
I ran under the shelf one by one, blowing vigorously at the dying bonfire, and at the same time, I didn't forget to add firewood to it. The fire gradually became stronger, and a trace of essential oil began to flow from the rabbit's skin, and the tangy fragrance began to overflow.
The fat man, who was almost out of breath who was chased by the crocodile, saw my behavior like this, and immediately shouted anxiously: "Xiao Ke." At this time, how can you still think of roast rabbits, fat master and me, and the little brother are about to be swallowed by crocodiles, how can you have a chance to eat rabbit meat".
I thought to myself that the rabbit meat was not for you, but to lure the crocodiles. Seeing that it was almost time, I took off my coat, wrapped it in the palm of my hand, and then picked up one end of the wooden rack with rabbit meat, ran towards the side where Zhang Yu and the fat man came ashore, and then shook out towards the lake.
The reaction was beyond my expectations, and the crocodiles that followed the fat man changed their course and swarmed for the rabbit meat in the lake. Taking advantage of this gap, the fat man and Zhang Yu finally arrived safely. The fat man looked back at the crocodile, grabbed my hand, and hurriedly thanked: "Xiao Ke, I want to thank you this time." You also know that the fat man wants to save money to marry a daughter-in-law, even if the material reward is forgotten, the spiritual reward is a lot, you see ......", the fat man who was talking was just halfway through his words, and suddenly he was stunned, and his eyes looked directly behind me. Zhang Yu picked up the fat man's backpack and clothes on the ground and shouted, "Run."
I ran behind Zhang Yu and the fat man, and did not forget to pass my eyes behind me, only to see that at some point, a large number of crocodiles suddenly appeared behind us, compared with the crocodiles in the water, this group on land is much larger, it is very likely that other places, just now inadvertently attracted by the aroma.
There were twenty or thirty crocodiles following behind, and their speed was not slower than ours at all, and there was a possibility of catching up with us. If it goes on like this, it is not an option. Along the way back, we saw that the crowd flashing in front of us was suddenly Li Yu and them, and the mute hunter who had disappeared for a while was also among them. When the mute hunter saw the crocodile, he seemed very calm, took the reed flute girded around his waist in his hand, and began to blow.
The sound of the reed flute was like a magic sound, and the menacing crocodiles left in the distance like obedient children, and the three of us looked at each other and thought in our hearts, "These crocodiles can't be raised by mute hunters!" Or else he would be so obedient."
Finally, there is no danger. The dumb hunter didn't explain to us what he had done before, but after a little observation, he saw that in the basket behind him, there were many more green leaves, five-leafed, each of which was the size of a finger. The mute hunter who put away his reed flute beckoned to us and motioned for us to hurry and not stop here. We had not gone far behind the mute hunter when we saw a school of crocodiles, all lying flat in a hollow, lazily basking in the sun. The mute hunter made a silent gesture at us, and then walked in the lead, increasing in speed.
I walked for more than an hour, and I was somewhat exhausted. The dumb hunter waved his hand at us, signaling that we could stop and rest, and the fat man, who was already tired, instantly lay flat on the ground, shouting: "I'm tired of the fat man", and then turned his body sideways, and handed his eyes to me, the smile on his face made my heart hairy, "Xiao Ke, I just said that I wanted to give you a spiritual reward, you look ......at it", the fat man said and got up and walked straight towards me.
As soon as I saw this situation, I thought of the fat man's previous behavior, maybe the fat man would do something amazing, so I waved my hand busily, "Forget it, forget it" and hurriedly ran to the side.
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