Three days later, Jiaojiao and I came to a Miao village near the Xijiang River in Guizhou, and the people here called this village "Po Village". Because the mountain road is too difficult to walk, most of the way I go up the mountain is climbed by Jiaojiao on my back. On the way, he also spent two nights in the mountains, one in a cave and one on a boat on the water.

We rented the boat to the locals, and when I woke up, my duffel bag was turned over and my money and phone were stolen. On the wrecked ship, I was depressed. If it weren't for Jiaojiao, I would really be desperate. Fortunately, although Jiaojiao is a worm, it is very good at swimming. Then he jumped into the water, pushed the boat forward, and finally arrived at the trestle bridge of Pozhai.

After seeing the stone monument on the bank of the wooden trestle bridge, engraved with two "Po Zhai" seal characters, I cried with excitement!

"Jiaojiao, we're finally here!" I said excitedly to the Jiaojiao in the water.

Jiaojiao couldn't laugh, so she pushed the boat to the trestle with a stiff face and let me go ashore before she climbed up.

As soon as she climbed up, the water on her body fell to the ground of the trestle, but she didn't care at all. I glanced at her puppet and found that the skin of her puppet was wrinkled, and I couldn't help asking, "Jiaojiao, don't you hurt?" ”

Subconsciously took out a tissue from her pocket to wipe the water stains on her face, she still looked at me with a straight gaze and an expression, "The puppet body doesn't hurt." ”

"What about you?" I'm curious if the bugs feel pain.

"I don't know what pain is." She replied mechanically.

I reminded her, "It's the last time you put your tentacles into my stomach, and then your tentacles were bitten halfway, and you retracted." How did you feel when you were bitten? ”

She stared at me for a long time, but didn't speak.

"Hey, me too, you're just a worm." How is it possible to know what it feels like?

I didn't want to delay any longer, so I grabbed my duffel bag and walked to the shore.

At this time, the sky was getting dark, and the bloody remnant sun sprinkled on the hillside, shrouding several small wooden buildings on stilts halfway up the mountain, with an eerie and bloody sense of horror.

I squeezed the handle of the bag tightly, and my heart felt indescribably heavy. This is where I will live for many months in the future, and this is where my future child will be born. I hope that these months will be safe and sound, and I also hope that Fan Shou can get out of danger.

"Madam, the mountain road is not easy to walk, do you need me to carry you?" Jiaojiao didn't know when she came over, and with her voice, there was also the sound of her feet stepping on water in her shoes.

I thought about putting down my bag and commanded her, "Sit down." ”

Almost without hesitation, she sat on the road covered with loess, her pants stained with yellow plaster.

I squatted down, took off the water-filled Martin boots for her, drained the water inside, and twisted them again before she put them on.

"This mountain is not high, the road is not difficult to walk, so I don't need you to carry it." She had been swimming in the water for so long before, she should have been tired. How can I bear to let it tire out any longer?

Although she is just a worm, without feelings and feelings, but I am a human being, through the past few days of getting along, I have developed feelings for her, and I am reluctant to let her suffer.

Jiaojiao got up, then stomped his feet, "There is no sound of water." ”

"Pour the water, but there will be no sound of water! Although you have lived for a hundred years, there are some things that you don't seem to understand very well, and in the future, if you encounter any questions you don't understand, come and ask me. I said seriously.

Jiaojiao looked at me for a long time, making me uncomfortable, and she said, "You are different from my previous master." ”

"Of course it's different, we're not alone!" This bug is so simple.

I reached out and stroked her wet hair, then grabbed my bag and headed up the hill.

By the time we reached the entrance of the stockade, it was already getting dark. In fact, the entrance to the stockade is just paved with stone steps.

When I walked to the door of the first stilted building, there happened to be a family sitting at a long table at the door. They are very traditional, they eat with banana leaves, and on everyone's table, there is a small hole dug in the middle of the bamboo, and there is just a spoon in the small hole, and I saw a toothless old daddy scooping the worms inside with a spoon. Needless to say, that bug is a bamboo maggot.

If I used to see it, I would have been sick to my stomach, but now, when I see them eating, my stomach growls with hunger, and I want to go over and take a bite......

When they saw me and Jiaojiao walking and looking at them, they looked at each other and said something in the local dialect, and the old father pointed at me.

Seeing this, I hurriedly walked over to say hello, "Hello folks, may I ask, do you know where Daddy Long lives?" ”

Grandpa said that his comrades-in-arms were called Dragon Daddy in the stockade. In fact, he is the Miao soldier who helped them fight in the past.

When the family heard my words, they all stopped their movements almost at the same time, and looked at me one by one with strange eyes.

Don't they know?

"It's Daddy Long, probably eighty or ninety years old!" I asked again.

When they came back to their senses, their hands trembled. Among them, the old father glared at me, stretched out his hand and waved his hand in the local dialect, as if to let me go.

But I wasn't sure he was driving me away, so I quickly asked, "Do you know?" I'm looking for him! ”

"Girl, get out of here quickly. We don't have any dragon dads here! A middle-aged man during the meal said to me in half-baked Mandarin.

The tone is very unfriendly.

"How is that possible? My grandfather said that Daddy Long lived in Pozhai. Did he pass away? "I don't believe it, it's finally here, how can I say I'm leaving?

As soon as I said the word death, the family was like a ghost, and they didn't even dare to take their jobs, so they hurriedly ran into the house.

"Old Daddy...... "I didn't stop shouting.

When they entered the house, they slammed the door shut.

Seeing this, I had no choice but to continue walking towards the village. My heart is also full of doubts, where does this dragon father live? Are you alive or not? Why did the family react so much when they talked about him?

Later, Jiaojiao and I passed by a few families and asked them where the dragon father lived, but unexpectedly, they all reacted the same as the first family in the village, either driving us away, or slamming the door shut, ignoring us.

I'm completely puzzled now, what happened to the people in this village? How can you avoid this dragon daddy like this?

This village is not big, less than twenty households in total, I knocked on the door door from door to door, and I didn't get the residence of Daddy Long's family, could it be that Daddy Long really died?

After knocking on the door of the last house, it was already dark, and there was no electricity in this village, so as soon as it was dark, it was dark all around, and there were all kinds of strange screams in the mountains, and the people were panicked.

"Jiaojiao, I think we may not be able to find Daddy Long." We came to the threshing floor in the middle of the stockade, and after sitting on the stone mill, I said helplessly to Jiaojiao.

If it weren't for the Jiaojiao by my side, I would have really collapsed.

The money and mobile phone were stolen, and there was no way to call grandpa, and there was no money to leave......

"But the old man said that it was here, and besides, I also smelled the smell of Gu worms." Jiaojiao said.

"The smell of Gu worms?" When I heard this, my eyes lit up, "Then can you know where it came from?" ”

Although Grandpa didn't say whether Daddy Long would raise Gu, he said that he had an understanding of Gu fetus, since he knew Gu fetus, then he knew Gu art more or less, and if he knew Gu art, he would definitely raise Gu art!

As long as he raises Gu and Jiaojiao looks for the taste of Gu worms, he will definitely be able to find him!

Jiaojiao said in the dark: "I know." ”

As he spoke, his hand seemed to point to the top of the mountain, "There!" ”

She followed us as she pointed to the top of the mountain, squeaking in the sky, flapping her wings and flying over my shoulders, squeaking and screaming at me for blood. Jiaojiao may have thought it was noisy, reached out and pinched it, and warned it: "Don't quarrel, my wife has nothing to eat now, what are you calling!" ”

As soon as she said this, she really didn't dare to scream. I found out that Squeak is very afraid of Jiaojiao.

But I'm very embarrassed at this time, if the smell of Gu worms wafts from the top of the mountain, then it means that I want to climb the mountain!

I'm pregnant with a baby, crawling and crawling, what if I fall?

"Jiaojiao, you climb up to take a look first, and if you find Daddy Long, bring him to pick me up." I commanded Jiaojiao.

Jiaojiao said: "Mr. said, don't let me leave you more than thirty steps." ”

"How do you have to be brainless? Isn't there no way? Besides, with Squeak with me, it's no big deal. I said urgently.

Jiaojiao didn't listen to persuasion, "Madam, I can carry you up the mountain......"

"But at night, you can't see."

"I can find my way with my tentacles." She said.

Does she still have this function?

I suddenly remembered that Squeak can breathe fire, and I can use Squeak as a lamp!

With that in mind, I agreed to her proposal. Otherwise, it's not a problem to stay here at night.

Then Jiaojiao carried me up the mountain, squeaking in front of me and breathing fire to lead the way. It took a lot of effort for us to reach the top of the mountain. I saw a small stone house on the top of the mountain, and the roof was not covered with tiles, but with thatch. Squeak around the house and breathe fire in the air twice, giving me a rough idea of the shape and structure of the house. To be honest, if this is Daddy Long's residence, I really don't have to suffer a little......

"Is anyone there?"

I didn't see any lights in the house, so I wasn't sure if there was anyone inside, so I shouted.

"Don't move, ma'am!" At this moment, Jiaojiao suddenly grabbed my hand and prevented me from approaching the house.

After she shouted, I heard the sound of Suo Suo beneath my feet, like a ...... It's like the sound of bugs tumbling, and the soles of my feet feel squirming!

"Ah...... What is it? I hurriedly looked down at my feet.

It was pitch black, and nothing could be seen.

"It is the larva of the amulet beetle......"