Chapter 3: The Mysterious Valley

The cheering children ran to the pond in the mountains, throwing down the clothes they took off while running, the sound of splashing in the water, and the ducklings playing in the water. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 infoXiao Mingjie, who was standing high on the boulder, jumped into the deep water in the air, and after a long, long time, his cute head appeared in the center of the waterhole, waving to Xiao Haodong and Xiao Shaoyun.

Xiao Hongzhu actually took off her clothes, followed Xiao Haodong and Xiao Shaoyun, and played in the shallow water, they didn't have the ability to swim in the water, so they could only play with the water on the shore. Only Xiaomei squatted on the shore, she was afraid of the water, she didn't dare to swim, standing on the shore, watching the little friends duckling, swimming around in the water.

The sound of a dog barking came from the upper reaches of the river, and the children all knew that Xie Hong's father must have hit a big prey again today; a week ago, the wild boar that Xie Hong's father had hit had long teeth, and it was scary to look at. Xie Hong's father was a well-known sharpshooter and a very capable hunter.

Xie Hong's father came out of the deep valley, walked to the river, looked at the few little dolls in the water, and felt comfortable. Although Mingjie always bullied Xie Hong to fight, the adults didn't care about the affairs between the children, and asked with a smile: "Xiaojie, I saw your trap in the mountains, and I caught a rabbit, so I've had enough fun and go and take a look, don't run away." ”

Xiao Mingjie in the water heard Xie Hong's father's words, and only responded with a good response, but he was not in a hurry to get his prey, and continued to play with his partner. Xie Hong's father likes Mingjie's child very much, at a young age, not only can catch fish with his bare hands, but also can set a trap to catch hares and badgers in the mountains, but unfortunately the little guy is not his own child, he is extremely stubborn, otherwise he can teach him his hunting skills.

When he heard that he had caught a rabbit, Xiao Haitao, who was playing with mud by the water, yelled at Mingjie, urging Mingjie to go ashore and catch the hare. Several times, because Mingjie was playful, he let go of the rabbit and made Xiao Haitao cry for a day. Every time he catches a rabbit, Xiao Haitao can have an excuse to go to Mingjie's house to eat a full meal, and the white rice rabbit meat is greedy, and he can't help but swallow his saliva.

A group of children, looking at Xie Hong's father carrying a mountain deer away, were envious, how good it is to have such a capable father, he can have a lot of money, not only can he have meat to eat, but he can also buy a lot of candy and delicacies from the outside market.

Xiao Shaoyun looked at Xie Hong's father's back in a daze, and asked cautiously: "Look at what it is, it seems that a figure is following Xie Hong's father!"

Xiao Hongzhu smiled, shook Shaoyun's shoulder and said: "Xiaoyun, you are talking nonsense again, can you be normal, don't be like your grandmother, the chatter is very scary, I don't dare to go to your house to play." ”

Xiao Shaoyun got angry, pushed away Xiao Hongzhu's hand and said, "Who rarely wants you to come to my house." ”

Mingjie jumped up from the water, pointed to the water in horror and said, "What's in the water, slippery and slippery around my feet, don't let me come up." ”

Xiao Hongzhu changed the topic and said: "You deserve it, whoever made you greedy for fun, you must have encountered a water snake." ”

Ming Jie suddenly yelled and shouted, "I may have run into a water ghost and want to catch me as a substitute ghost?"

Xiaomei next to her looked at Mingjie and cried, Mingjie talked nonsense, Xiaomei was the least timid, and she was scared to cry. Xiao Hongzhu and Xiao Shaoyun, the two children, take the most care of Xiaomei, and stare at Mingjie angrily.

Mingjie laughed, waved his hand again and again, and said, "I lied to you!"

Xiao Hongzhu pointed at Mingjie and shouted, "Death Mingjie you ........" ”

Ming Jie laughed, beckoned and said, "Who will follow me to Meiling Mountain and catch the little rabbit in our trap?"

Xiao Haitao is the happiest, the two little girls don't have to go with them, Haodong and Jianmin also actively participated, but Shaoyun, the sun is westerly, dare not go to the valley behind Meiling Mountain, the valley is in the evening, the cold wind gusts, the fog is filled, especially the Broken Soul Valley under the mountain, every evening, after the wind passes through the pine forest, faintly hear the sound of ghosts crying, Shaoyun's grandmother does not let Shaoyun go to the valley to play.

Pulling Shao Yun, Ming Jie instigated and said: "I'm afraid of a ghost, it's been lively there these days, I heard that someone went into the mountains to dig treasures, maybe we can go and pick up a big bargain! Pick up a golden lump and go home, enough for Xie Hong's father to shoot a hundred wild deer." ”

Xiao Hongzhu smiled and said: "Mingjie, you will only make money whimsically all day long, and the ghost believes that you can pick up the treasure, beware of bumping into ghosts." ”

Mingjie waved his hand and said with a smile: "I'm not afraid of ghosts, I'm the little ancestor of ghosts." ”

After saying this, the wind blew, Mingjie looked up at the sky, looked down at the shadow of the clouds removed from the mountains, bit his fingers, scratched his head and couldn't figure it out, under the clouds, the fluttering figures, the little boy running with the mountain stream, faintly like a group of broken kites fluttering and flying.

Shao Yun was stunned, pointed to the little boy and figure under the shadow of the cloud and asked, "What is that?"

Mingjie jumped and said, "A child." ”

Shao Yun shook his head and said, "I'm not talking about children, but about those figures floating in the air, a group of white fluttering, with scattered cloaks, why are they still chained?.......!"

Mingjie interrupted Shaoyun, for fear of scaring Haodong and Jianmin, as well as the youngest Xiao Haitao.

Xiao Haodong muttered: "Xiaoyun, I heard my mother say that you were born on July 15, and that day was the day when the ghost gate was opened, so you were born with yin eyes, and when the sun sets, you can see some things that we can't see, such as ghosts." ”

Mingjie slapped his palm and said: "Nonsense, in fact, I can also see the things that Shaoyun said, white, like smoke and fog, like the shadow under our feet, you can see but can't touch it, you don't have to be afraid at all, how can ghosts be as terrible as the old people in the village say, in fact, only ghosts are really afraid of people, and people are more terrible than ghosts." ”

Xiao Haodong laughed and said: "Mingjie, did you go to Old Man Li again and listen to some messy ghost stories, be careful to grow up and become a god." ”

Mingjie pointed at Haodong and said: "Xiao Haodong, you are not qualified to say Old Man Li at all, as far as I know, except for my grandfather, no one in the village can be as well-informed as Old Man Li, and the so-called bridges you have walked on are much more than the roads you have walked, and then beware of me kicking your ass." ”

A group of children followed the valley of the river to the mouth of the valley, but in the hot season, there was a cold wind. Standing on the mountain pass, you can get a glimpse of the pearl-like lake in the mountains to the east, which is breathtakingly beautiful. The children ran wildly, jumping and shouting, and the sound of laughter echoed in the mountains. Jianmin and Haodong caught a hare from the woods, Xiao Haitao was so excited that he turned his head in the grass, but he didn't want to touch something, and when he looked at it, he was so shocked that his soul flew away.

Xiao Haitao cried, hugged Mingjie tightly, pointed to the grass and shouted: "Ghost bones, there are so terrifying ghost heads in the grass." ”

The children were frightened by Xiao Haitao, Mingjie was bold, leaned over to take a look, turned around and smiled, kicked the skull out of the grass with one kick, laughed and said: "You cowards, you are just dead heads, you have been dead for decades, what's so scary!"

The skull kicked as a ball, and Mingjie's boldness and fearlessness made several children settle down, staring at the skull in the grass for a while, and taking a deep breath. Xiao Haitao also learned to be clean, and kicked another skull down the hill with one kick, and the skull rolled off the cliff.

A stone stirred up a thousand waves, after the skull rolled down the valley, a strong wind blew on the hillside, in the secluded valley, the sound of whimpering came, frightened Mingjie hurriedly hugged the little Haitao, the whirlwind blew, the day was dim and the sand and stones walked, Mingjie saw the whirlwind, many strange figures, fluttering and swaying out of the mountain.

When the sun shines on the earth again and everything returns to normal, Mingjie greeted the children, and left the Meiling Pass in a hurry, not daring to stay, especially Shaoyun and Mingjie, the two children saw some very strange things, and they didn't dare to explain, the old people said that they would be very unlucky to see ghosts in broad daylight.

Running out of the valley, Mingjie breathed a sigh of relief, seeing the herd of mountain bison and sheep grazing leisurely, the beating heart finally settled, several lambs of Jianmin's family were busy gnawing grass, shaking their ears, enjoying it very much; Mingjie raised his head and barked at Mingjie for a long time, the sound was loud; in the spacious pasture, two horses were busy mating together, and the sound of horses' hooves fighting was heard from time to time. Such a scene made several nervous children relax.

"Haodong, your mare should be pregnant, and it won't be long before another pony will be added. ”

Xiao Haodong nodded again and again, took Mingjie's hand and said, "Let's go over and take a look, I've never seen horses mate." ”

Mingjie covered her mouth and said with a smile: "Don't make trouble, we will be embarrassed in the past, this kind of thing should not be seen." ”

A little red bead's voice came from behind him and said, "What are you two talking about?"

Mingjie stretched out her hand to pull Xiao Hongzhu's newly tied hair, raised her eyebrows and said, "What are we talking about, girls shouldn't know, you should go where it's cool and play." ”

Xiao Hongzhu waved Mingjie's hand away with a palm and shouted: "Death Mingjie, don't grab my hair." ”

Mingjie waved her paws and said: "If you don't scratch, don't scratch, your hair is dirty, I saw that Xiaomei helped you wash it, so I touched it to see if it was clean, dirty girl." ”

In this way, the children seemed to forget the vision they had just encountered, especially the boy Mingjie, who looked like nothing had happened, and after a while from the small river, caught a small snake and put it in his hand to play, so frightened that Xiaomei avoided it far away, and did not dare to approach Mingjie.

It was getting late, and the well-fed cattle and sheep gradually returned from the mountain, without the children to catch up, back to the small river bay and pond, and drank water with satisfaction, the sheep's beard fell on the water, and with the moving lips, the water lines were swirled.

Riding on the back of the ox, Mingjie waved the stick in his hand, shouted, down the hillside, the cattle and sheep by the pond moved together, did not dare to stay, crossed the small river, along the rugged mountain road in the valley, and walked out of the mountain, the little boys turned over their horses and swept up a puff of smoke and dust.