Seeing that it was almost four o'clock, the last group of tourists had already entered the mountain, and there would be no more tourists entering the mountain at this point in the usual way, a sanitation worker in a scenic spot took a broom and dustpan and slowly walked up to the flat ground on the top of the mountain, and saw that the stall owner selling tea eggs was cleaning up things, and looked at the clean ground, and said with a smile: "Xiaoyi, you helped the old man clean the ground again, good boy, why did you suffer here, the wind and the sun are blowing." ”

The young man put down what he was doing, straightened up and said with a smile: "Uncle Fang, the kid is young, this little thing is not a problem, I am doing well now, how can I call it a crime, it's not early, you should go down the mountain early, this will definitely not be a matter of people going up the mountain again." ”

The two girls left the army, there were talking and laughing, swaying and walking back, the day in the mountains passed quickly, more than four o'clock was less than half of the light, and even the presence of the sun was not felt, the two of them walked more and more panicked, at this moment there was no trace of tourists on the path down the mountain, the mountains and forests on both sides rustled under the wind, and the ridge of no one seemed more and more gloomy at the moment, the two girls couldn't help but speed up their pace, hoping to go down the mountain as soon as possible.

The original plan of their team was to go down the mountain at three o'clock, and then go back to the city, about three hours, and it was not too late to arrive in the city at about six o'clock.

"I knew I had followed them up the mountain, but there was still a long way to go," the short girl grumbled, muttering.

"It's too late to say anything now, so let's leave while it's still dark. The tall girl echoed, and after speaking, she reached out and grabbed the short girl, and the two held hands and carefully went down the steps, and it took more than ten minutes to go up, but I didn't expect to go down the mountain more slowly. I don't know how long I walked, but I finally saw the end of the stairs, as if there was still the sound of people talking.

Hearing someone's voice, the two girls suddenly perked up and walked quickly towards the end of the stairs.

"I was scared to pee just now, and there was no one. ”

"Stop talking nonsense, let's go!"

The two walked down briskly, and came to the flat ground just now, still what was just now, two benches, a small stall, now there is an old man with a broom, the stall owner is already closing the stall, and the old man is talking and laughing, the old man saw the two coming down from the steps, and asked in surprise: "Why do you two little girls go back, haven't you crossed Niubi Mountain?"

"It's too dangerous, we don't dare to cross it, so we think about going back the same way. ”

The stall owner also turned around at this time and stared at the two of them curiously for a long time, "It takes at least two hours to go down the mountain to the gate here, are you sure you can go down before dark?"

"I'm looking up, ...... above the moon" An abrupt song scared the two girls, the old man smiled and took out an old man machine from his pocket, answered a call, although he did not turn on the amplification, but the sound of the phone could be heard every eight hundred miles, the wife called the old man down the mountain to eat, the old man hung up the phone, smiled and said hello to the three of them and turned around and went down the mountain.

Looking at the dashing figure of the old man, the two girls were a little confused, it took two hours to get to the gate of the scenic spot, and when they came, they didn't feel that the time was too fast, and now they think about it for two hours and they can't keep up with the big army, and they stand in place for a while and don't know what to do.

When the stall owner saw the sad expressions of the two people, he knew that he must be worried that he would not be able to keep up with the large army, so he immediately said: "I know that there is a small road that can save a lot of time." ”

Yes?

The first reaction of the two girls was not excitement, but took two steps back, and looked at the young stall owner with a wary face.

When the stall owner saw the expressions of the two, he immediately sensed the other party's emotions, and then kept silent.

......

The scene was very embarrassing for a while, and after a while, the short girl seemed to have made up her mind, glanced at her partner next to her, the two exchanged glances, and asked the stall owner, "How to go that way?"

"You go down this road for a few minutes, and after you see the big turtle on the side of the road, go to the right, there is a mountain road, which is often walked by the villagers here, although it is not a cement road, but it is also very easy to walk, and you can go directly to the square at the gate along the way. The stall owner said to the two in detail.

"That'...... Will there be snakes on the road?" the tall girl asked cautiously.

"Probably not, I haven't heard of snakes on the mountain recently," the stall owner scratched his hair, a little uncertain said, as if remembering something, the young stall owner walked to his stall, groped in a small bag for a while, and happily took out two small cloth bags, "Fortunately, I have a few," and then reached out and handed it to the two girls and said, "Put it on your body, you can repel mosquitoes." ”

The two girls took a closer look, it turned out to be two small cloth bags, dark gray, half the size of a palm, tied with two thin straps to seal the mouth, the two took it from the stall owner's hand, touched it with their hands, round and slippery, I don't know what it is.

The two of them were very confused, and did not know what this bag was for, and were about to ask, when the young stall owner leaned down, and with a strong force, he carried a pair of burdens on his shoulders, one end was the stove and pot, and the other was the table, chair and box, which looked very heavy.

"Alright, I'm going down the mountain too, so be careful, bye-bye. Although the stall owner was a little thin, he had a lot of strength, holding the flat pole in his left hand, and waving his right hand at the two of them, and walked steadily towards the forest path on the side, which was the path leading to the nearby village, and after a while, he lost the trace of the stall owner.

The two girls stood stunned for a while, staring at the direction of the stall owner's departure with wide eyes, and didn't know what to do for a while.

"Shanshan, let's go find that path, it's not too early, the boss shouldn't lie to us, if the boss really has a bad heart, I also admit it, the boss looks more and more handsome, hehehe......"

The tall girl slapped the short girl on the back, interrupting his thoughts, "You're so sassy, I still have a stick in my bag when I'm in heat, and it's still vibrating, so I borrow your ......." ”

The joke between the two eased the previous tense atmosphere, and from time to time there were strange chirping sounds from the returning birds in the forest, and the pace of the two going down the mountain was even faster.

The big turtle is easy to find, just on the edge of a three-way intersection, it is a whole stone carving, the turtle's head is touched by the tourists to shine brightly, on the right side of the turtle, sure enough, I found a winding path, zigzag and winding into the depths of the mountain forest.

The two hesitated for a few seconds, but resolutely decided to walk in, the trees inside were more dense, overgrown with weeds, and there was a rustling sound in the forest from time to time, in the forest, the sky was even darker, and they didn't dare to stay for a moment.

"Ahh

Suddenly, the girl in front screamed, stopped her steps suddenly, and the girl in the back hit the girl in front of her at once, and the two almost fell, and after stabilizing her body, the short girl asked, "Shanshan, what's wrong?"

"Snake ...... ," the tall girl said with difficulty.

"Huh?"

The short girl in the back looked nervously forward, and sure enough, a green snake more than one meter long was entrenched on the side of the road, with a body as thick as the two of them's forearms, as if resting with their eyes closed.

"Ah......h

The girl in the back screamed, louder than the tall girl just now.

If you don't die, you won't die, the green snake woke up violently when he heard the sound, raised his head, and found the two people in front of him, his body moved, and he slid towards this side with a letter, and the green snake's slippery belly was against the grass, making a creepy rustling sound.

"Milk Yao, what should I do, what should I do......"

"I don't know......"

The two girls were crying and wanted to run, but their legs seemed to be filled with lead, and they couldn't move, and they pulled their hands together, and they could only watch the green snake slowly approach them step by step.

Seeing that the green snake had arrived in front of him, the green snake stiffened, stopped for a moment, raised his head and kept spitting out the letter in mid-air, with a trace of disgust in his vertical pupils, and then turned around and swam away quickly against the turf.

The two girls only felt that their heads were empty, the experience just now was like a roller coaster, and the excitement was not wanted, after a long time, the two of them came to their senses, and the tall girl said eagerly: "Hurry, go quickly......"

"Uh-huh, go, go. ”

I don't know where the strength came from, the two of them turned from trotting to running, and then to running wildly, not caring about anything, only hearing the sound of the wind whirring in their ears.

I don't know how long the two of them ran, just when the chests of the two were about to explode, they finally saw the end of the forest, and at this moment the street lights had been turned on in the square, and a soft light passed through the gaps in the forest, and the two girls only felt that they saw the most beautiful picture in the world, and ran out with a crying voice.

Their team had just come down from the mountain at this moment, and the team leader saw the two of them at a glance, and was stunned at first, and then shouted with joy: "Oh, it's great that you're okay, I'm only afraid after you leave, it's going to be dark soon, and I'm going to go back so far the same way, if I can't see you two later, I'll call ......the police."

The team leader, Balabala, said a lot, and finally remembered and asked, "By the way, why did you two come down so quickly?"

"Oh, we asked the owner of a stall and took a shortcut. ”

The team leader gave a thumbs up, "Awesome, hurry up and get in the car, everyone is already on the bus." “

Now that everyone has arrived, the team is ready to return, usually in the afternoon, and rarely returns at the beginning of the lanterns.

The parking lot is empty, there are few cars left, the only bus is particularly conspicuous in the square, the team leader got on the bus at the end, the mood is not bad, poked at the door after the roll call, shouted loudly: "Everyone pay attention, I announce that the first collective activity of the white-collar outdoor dating group in Los Angeles City is about to end successfully...... Let's look forward to the second reunion. ”

Everyone also cheered, some cheered, some applauded, and some even sang happily.

The two girls sat at the back, incompatible with the lively atmosphere in the carriage, especially the short girl, who was already timid, but still frightened, poured a large bottle of water to barely suppress the restless heartbeat, and said indignantly: "The man's mouth, the deceitful ghost, doesn't it say that there is no snake?"

The tall girl was more rational, "At that time, the boss didn't seem to be very sure, right?"

"It's a liar anyway, what if we get bitten by a snake, it's still such a big snake, so long......" The short girl said as she gestured with her arm.

The short girl stopped halfway through her sentence and glanced up at her best friend.

The two of them figured it out, hurriedly turned out the cloth bag, unsealed it and poured it into their hands, pouring out two black pill-like things, the size of a dragon's eye, the two of them pinched it in their hands, put it under their noses and smelled it, there was a faint smell of Chinese medicine.

"What is this?"

The tall girl looked at it over and over for a long time, and then buckled a piece and crushed it on her fingertips, and said uncertainly: "It seems to be a fragrant ......."