XIII. Old Forest Farm
As the fat man woke up, Wang Lei slowly opened his eyes, he didn't have the same fierce reaction as the fat man, licked his lips and asked, "What's wrong with us." ”
Next, I told the fat man about the situation I encountered, and after I finished speaking, the fat man was surprised: "I originally only knew that there was a fish called Ran Yiyu, which can cure nightmares, but I didn't expect that the waters where it is located can also make people magical." ”
"But it's a nightmare!" The fat man twisted his head, "It's a terrible experience to have another painful experience." ”
"Actually, I'm really curious about what you've been through, because I've heard you threatened to find some kind of hell to live in, and you've said you're going to kill them."
"Hehe, in business, naturally there are some personal grievances, but don't you think I'm good now!" The fat man picked up his backpack and spun around in place twice.
"It is estimated that the price of pork has risen." Wang Lei grinned. Diverting from our topic, he asked, "Is that wild man from before gone?" ”
"Yes! As soon as he said that the wild man, the fat man's expression immediately became solemn, after all, this is a wise creature, if you are entangled, you will probably not die. ”
"He's dead, and he seems to have drunk water and sunk to the bottom of the pool." I told them what I had seen, and they wondered how it could be so deep because I thought the same thing.
Thinking of this, Wang Lei suddenly said: "Then will there be any secrets in this pool?" He squeezed his eyes at me as he spoke, and I immediately understood, the same as my thoughts! Why is this pool known and searched, could it be that it really leads to the underground?
I sighed and looked at the black, "It's not our business anymore, it's not getting early, I don't want to be an early bug again." ”
"I don't want to have nightmares either." The fat man picked up something on the ground, looked at the map, and left.
The forest has become a world of green light in the afternoon, the powerful sun through the green leaves of the whole area reflected the whole area green, but the good times did not last long and gradually the sky began to drizzle, but fortunately our bodies were wet, and we were not afraid of a little rain, but God knows what the fat man of the dog said was in love, and he pulled away his old cow and sang in a high voice, we covered our ears and listened to the fat man's song, and finally walked out of this damn place. In front of me is a high ground, and below the high ground is a river, there is not much water in the river, crystal clear, in the past is a piece of people, houses and wooden piles abound.
"It's finally here." Wang Lei seemed to be relieved, but at this time he didn't forget to pat the fat man, "Alas, don't sing the dead fat man, it's time to get there." ”
"Hmm." The fat man closed his eyes and felt that "this is an artist's paradise." ”
"Go to your uncle's paradise, I don't know if there are many artists here, but I can guarantee that if you continue to sing like this, we will sleep in tents again at night."
From a mountain road in the highlands, we meander down to the side of the river, the ditch between the mountains is scattered with falling rocks of different shapes, a few are polished into an oval shape by the impact of the river, some are like a stone umbrella in the water, the bottom of the stone and the water are covered with green moss, some small fish swim around the stones, the water does not seem to be high, but the flow is a little fast, the turbulent water rushes through the small raised stones in the river and splashes milky white water, the sound of the water, plus the slight moisture after the rain, There was an indescribable refreshment in the face.
When I got to the middle of the river, I took off my shoes and tried to test the depth, but it wasn't too deep, and I rolled up my trouser legs just enough to dip the water on top of my knees. Walking across the river, my clothes were almost half wet with moisture, I walked into a bush, threw away my shoes, sat down, and wailed, "I'm dizzy, I'm so tired!" ”
"It's good to come over, let's find a place to take a shower later!" Wang Lei also shouted with a bitter face, you must know that the feeling of being soaked and the soles of their shoes soaked in water and walking for several hours are going crazy.
"I'm sorry, there's no place to take a bath, it's just water from the mountains."
"What?" When I heard this, my face instantly fell.
"It's true." The fat man also looked at me helplessly: "The drinking water here is all from the mountain and the water pipe, and the next is ah!" ”
"And how do I take a shower?" Wang Lei said suddenly.
"Simple." The fat man suddenly smiled at me and said with an evil expression, "Old place." As he spoke, he kicked Wang Lei down.
"Poof" Actually, I knew that the fat man didn't have a good attitude towards Wang Lei, and God knew that he would kick Wang Lei, who had just climbed up from the river, down again at this time.
Then we swaggered away, according to the fat man's theory of people who don't appreciate his art, basically this is the end, but fortunately our speed is not fast, all the way to inquire about the accommodation, and finally settled in a single old man's house, this person is the keeper of the forest, mainly responsible for some order maintenance, and the cleaning of the mountain road, the salary is not low, things are boring is basically the life that all otaku yearn for. His surname is Xia Mingtian, a nice name for Summer, but this fucking premise is a formula that can only be equal when used on a girl's body!
After talking in detail for a while, we agreed on the price, and Wang Lei hurriedly came over, and I was surprised when I saw him.
"That's right!" He looked at me and replied with a relaxed expression.
"I'll go, this is a shameless prelude!" I wondered to myself.
Then the summer helped me 3 people arrange accommodation, his house is a courtyard type, we lived near the edge of the highlands in order to choose a better place to see the scenery, the summer said that his courtyard house was actually originally a hotel, but the tourism industry here is not very good to go out of business, and I! With a little money on hand, I put this place down, and while sitting as a forest keeper, I earned some takeaways. We talked a lot afterwards, but since I was so tired, I put my things in the room first.
Summer took me to a room, and he also held a fat man's backpack in his hand, took me to a room, the house has a very heavy musty smell, but overall it is clean, summer said that no one has come here for a long time so it will be like this, and in fact, a house is the best, because not long ago there were people living here, I opened the window of this house, looking at the scenery outside, said that the west mountain, winter snow and evening sunshine. But at this time, I actually saw that there were some wooden piles in the dead corner of the courtyard, which seemed to be trees that had been cut down, and the summer seemed to see my doubts, and came over to me and smiled at me, saying that this place was originally a place for illegal logging, but I found out, and then laughed.
Otherwise, he would not have been able to buy such a large place.
"Pack up your things, by the way, remember not to smoke, and don't throw them outside when you're done smoking, it's dry!"
"Hey, you haven't taken Mr. Lin's things yet!"
"Double, he said he was going to sleep with you." There was a summer banter outside, leaving me in a daze.
At dinner in the evening, a few people who were resting together again, I looked at Wang Lei as if he had slept once, and his eyes were red, I couldn't help laughing when I saw it, why? Because this guy's room is next door to me, and the sound insulation of these wooden houses is not very good, 2 hours ago I could still hear the voice of this woman in his room, I immediately understood, this guy has the habit of learning island culture before going to bed!
"Laugh at what laugh." Wang Lei seemed to see my laughter, and scolded angrily, "That's my girlfriend, this is a phone video, little ** silk." ”
"No wonder you smoke because you're afraid of your girlfriend's gas leak." I was unconvinced, "Lewd man, it's good that your nickname has been stereotyped for you." ”
"What are you talking about?" The fat man walked in side by side with Summer.
"It's nothing, talk to the lewd man about something, alas where have you been."
"Shop around!" The fat man couldn't breathe when he heard the lewd man's laughter, and then stood up straight and stretched out a thumbs up to me and said, "It's very appropriate." ”
It was a very pleasant and relaxing dinner, and the atmosphere was also happy, but I didn't know that things came so quickly.
I slept alone at night, and the fat man and Xia went to Wang Lei's room, because at dinner, Xia said that a group of people had come here in this place, and they also brought some equipment. However, when we asked him about the jackal's ditch, he said with a look of sincerity, "I have experienced the soul myself."
That was more than 10 years ago, when I was still a small carpenter, and one night, a carpenter suddenly disappeared here, and we just called the police, but when the police searched for him in this forest for a long time, we just thought he was gone.
But the surprise is that their dog has been barking since the first day he disappeared, and it has been barking all night and night for a few days! At first, we thought it was hungry, so we gave him some meat to eat, who knew that this dog didn't look at what we gave at all, or barked like that, we also saw that the dog was usually good and couldn't bear to kill it, in a person who saw it for a few days without eating or drinking, only skin and bones remained, and it seemed that he wouldn't live for a few days, so we let him roar like this, hehe, what sound did we have here at night? This little bit of movement still doesn't bother us.
Gradually, I found out that the dog had been barking at one place. It's the mountain on the other side, do you know what's in the ravine of that mountain? It was the jackal ditch that was said to be miraculous, and then after 2 days it changed again, slowly, from the river to the wooden pile where we stacked timber, on the last day, I went up the mountain and passed by their door, and saw that the corners of the dog's mouth were bleeding, and the bones of the whole body were clearly seen. Tsk, that's scary. Like, yes. Suddenly he didn't speak?
"River?"
"Don't you know? The original access road of Jackal Gully has been blocked by the mountain, and the only road left is a small river. ”
"And what's the matter with that dog?"
Summer coughed a few times and said, "The older generation said that dogs can see things that people can't see, and the dog barks at different places every day, but people point out that it is the direction where the carpenter is missing, and the old people say." He paused, "The old people said he was back, from where it died." ”
When I came back in the evening, I suddenly did not hear the dog barking, and I immediately thought that it was dead, but when I went over and looked, I saw it lying obediently at the door of its house, and there was a lamp on in the carpenter's house.
I thought to myself, this is weird, could it be that carpenter came back? Or a thief? I looked at it, and suddenly through the window I saw a man with a candle in his hand rummaging around the house, and I didn't think much about it at the time, I picked up an axe and ran, but before I could approach the house, the light went out, and a white shadow flew in front of me, and then the quiet dog barked again, not to mention how loud it was, like a little tiger roaring, this time at their house, and then it broke free from the chains that bound it and ran into the mountains.
When I followed it to the mountain, it was getting dark, and I vaguely saw a person lying in the river below the mountain by means of a flashlight, and that river was the only way to the jackal ditch, and the only way for the evil spirits in it to come out, which was the soul path. So I didn't care about the dog and hurried back to call for someone, only to find out that it was a man who had died a long time ago, and his whole body was rotten like a man who had been dead for decades, but we could still tell from the collar around his neck that he was the missing carpenter. Because we know that his silver collar is from childhood to adulthood, but as you get older, this thing is like locking up your neck.
"By the way, you also worked as a lumberjack?"
"That's right!" That's where I first worked.
"So?"
"That's right, it's where you live, Mr. Lin, and that house is the most haunted house in recent years." Summer said.
But when the fat man heard this, he went berserk, probably frightened by the little mouse before, and nervously, "Then you still let me live." ”
"Didn't you hear that there were ghosts here?"
"What the hell do you think we look like ghost catchers? A little ** silk wearing a mask, a lewd man who looks scared to death, what the hell do you look like. The fat man was furious.
His voice was so loud that it went straight through the plank, and I was so sleepy that I knocked on the plank and shouted, "Do you want anyone to sleep?" ”
"Okay, okay!" Summer said, "I'm sorry, I'll change your room tomorrow, but you really look like those people when you come!" I want this house by name. ”
"Those people? Who? ”
"I don't remember much, these people are very public-faced, but they brought 2 tents and 2 dogs, and they stayed with me for one night and left." Summer said. "But I remember that dog very clearly, probably a native dog in the countryside, but the dog's skin is hard like iron, and it feels extremely bad to the touch, and there are iron pieces on the soles of his feet, and he is clucking when he walks, and he can't run, hehe, what people are doing now is becoming more and more incomprehensible."
Sole! Got an iron stamp? A dog? Taming beasts? I immediately sat up from the bed, and my mind seemed to return to the situation in the Miao village that day, the cave under the big tree, the burial ditch, and the mark of Henan's "Absolute Stream".
Things just came so suddenly, and the clues, which were not worth mentioning, were like a fuse, exploding in front of you, and all the puzzles were clear.
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