As usual, the eldest son walked in front with a few dogs, and the father and the second son walked with the rest of the dogs and the little wolf, separated by two feet from each other, with steel drills, killing knives and axes in their hands, ready to deal with the dangers that might occur in the plantain forest.

After walking for a long time, the eldest son found that there was a large mound of earth in front of them blocking their way, and the surrounding plantain forest was more dense, and it was impossible to walk through it unless the plantain was cut down one by one, but how could there be so much time now.

There was no way, only to walk forward tentatively, and when he walked up to a mound more than a zhang high, he originally thought that there would be a flat ground in front of him, but he saw that there was a mound of earth in front of him, and there were only seven or eight of them that could be seen.

When the father and second son came here, they also wondered why so many mounds suddenly appeared.

But the eldest son had already gone down to the bottom of the mound, and looked around it, and on the left hand side of the mound he found a hole, which was clearly illuminated by the dazzling sunlight, and was a large pile of unknown things, and the door was a layer of lime.

The father lit the torch in his hand, the eldest son dug open the lime layer with his hoe, and the second son removed the red stone that was pressed against the pile with his hands, and found that it was a pile of black stones—there were black stones under the sky!

The second son muttered to himself as he moved the stone.

When my father heard this, he smiled and said, "The place where we spent the night tonight is here, and here it is, and this is a lump of coal, which can be used as firewood." ”

When the children heard this, their hearts immediately relaxed. After that, everyone put down their things, cleared everything that was blocked in the hole, and made room for everyone to rest, and lit the coals. Ignite a fire.

At this time, everyone saw the situation of the cave wall clearly, it turned out that this was a whole stone carved out of the fort, and I don't know what the ancients used it for, only the door to enter, there is no other exit.

The wall of the cave was poked with a steel drill, and it bounced back hard. A white dot immediately appeared on the wall, and it reverberated like a golden stone, crisp and pleasant, and it was very pleasant.

The father arranged a division of labor for everyone, the second son took four dogs and four wolf cubs to take care of things and fires in the cave, and he and the eldest son took four dogs out to find water.

As soon as he walked out of the cave, he turned around and called his second son, saying that it was better to go out together. Just leave four dogs to guard the cave.

The search for water went well, and not far in front of the mound they found a small spring emerging from under a plantain tree.

In order to facilitate the use of bamboo tubes to draw water, the eldest son used a hoe to dig a puddle in front of the spring water and make a well.

Now there is muddy water in the well, which is relatively muddy and the water is not deep. They decided to come back later, and now go hunting and find something to eat.

Let the four dogs and the four wolf cubs go hunting. They took the remaining four dogs to find something to eat.

Around the mound, they found some ripe plantains one after another, and found a few sheep melons that had cracked their openings, and they could smell the strong aroma of the meat from afar, which made the children's mouths water.

Under a banana tree, my father took out a few watermelon seeds from his pocket and buried them in the soil, hoping that it would take root and grow here.

When doing this. My father didn't know for what purpose, but he felt that he should plant a few here.

Further on, they found a small stream, which was babbling and flowing slowly. It's like life has slowed down. When you get there, you immediately feel like you are an old friend who has been lost for many years.

In the clear water, they found a lot of thumb-sized snails, which was a good thing.

Enough to eat tonight—and my father called everyone back to the cave under the mound.

The hunting dog and the wolf cub did not return until it was nearly dark, and they caught two bobcats and a fox.

After putting down the things, several dogs bit their father's trouser leg and pulled it out, meaning that there was something in front of them, and after everyone followed, they found that there was a nest of bird eggs, which looked a bit like ostrich eggs from the head, each with the size of a bowl.

They didn't take them all, but they took five or six, and there were still twenty or so in the nest, which should not be visible if you didn't look closely.

After doing this, they returned to the cave with the ostrich eggs, and the stars were already lit up, and the coal fire in the cave was also burning vigorously, and the whole cave was red, and they burned a coal fire at the entrance of the cave to prevent the "guests" who suddenly came in at night.

The bobcat and the fox meat were all eaten by the dogs and the wolf, and the three cubs only ate two ostrich eggs, and left three for breakfast tomorrow.

There are too many plantains outside the cave to count, they wanted to eat all the plantains they picked back, and pick them again tomorrow morning, but after eating half of them, they couldn't eat them, and the father ate one of the sheep's melons, and the rest were all eaten by the eldest son and the second son.

Indeed, the sheep melon is too fragrant, not only the taste is good, the meat is soft and smooth, and after sucking it in, an indescribable delicacy goes straight to the bottom of the heart, and the delicious taste is indescribable.

The dog and the little wolf were already full, but when they saw the owner eating like this, they couldn't help licking their mouths and rolling their tongues one by one, and the children also wanted to give them a little food, but they were worried about eating bad stomachs, so they only let them lick the juice on their fingers.

After eating, the night sky outside the cave has covered the entire field of vision, the distance is aquamarine, not as dark as in the woods, there are too many stars in the sky to count, dense, just like the fireflies in the summer night even more, some stars blink and flicker, some are motionless, and some are still strikingly across the night sky, leaving a long tail and endless reverie.

The night was so charming, the children were a little intoxicated, as if they had gone back to their childhood, but they knew that it could only be a distant dream, and the strange thing was that they rarely dreamed along the way, and basically had no time to dream, just lie down, and have to get up and stand guard again before they have slept for long.

While the children were looking forward to the scenery outside the cave, the father had already spread a few large banana leaves that he had cut down on the way back to the ground, and then spread large rice and bear skins on them, and this was the place where they slept and rested tonight.

The children return their minds from the sky to reality, and there are many dangers hidden in this enchanting night.

The second son fell into the hole today and was startled, and there were several bruises on his body, and he still had a faint pain, so his father let him rest and sleep first, and he and the eldest son stood on the first shift, sat on the ground by the two fires, put the steel drill into the fire and burned it, put the killing knife and axe in a place within reach, arranged for four dogs to sleep next to the fire in the hole, and arranged for the other four dogs and four little wolves to sleep next to the fire at the entrance of the cave, so that the night guard began again.

As soon as these arrangements were made, everyone heard some sounds from outside the cave, including the crickets "chirping", the irritable sound of frogs, the "buckle buttons" of cockroaches, the sound of mice burrowing in the grass to drill over, and the footsteps of some unknown animals from time to time, and the fluttering of the wings of some birds in the air from time to time.

The eldest son involuntarily slowly reached for the killing knife next to him, and the father also raised his eyes to see the steel drill in the fire that had turned from black to red.

After a while, the father felt a little too nervous, so he chatted casually, and told the child again about the things he followed his wife and old lady out when he was a child, talked about the happy life of the whole family at that time, and talked about the days when his grandfather and mother-in-law were there.

As soon as the story was listening, I heard that some big animal outside the cave had come from the plantain forest, and the thick body made the banana tree rattle, and the big feet made the grass rumble, all the dogs and the little wolf turned over and sat up, looking at the deep night sky outside the cave in horror, and the father and the eldest son also took their own tools, and the second son, who was dreaming, also stood up in shock, squinted sleepily and looked around, and when his hand touched the cold axe handed by his father, he was completely awake.

At this time, the sound outside the cave was getting closer and closer, and everyone could see through the firelight that the huge body was a sloth bigger than a bear!

I saw that its legs were slightly bent, its two front legs stretched out like human hands, the pointed claws on its feet were one card long, and it was looking into the hole with its slender and slender head, and a thick tail was swaying from side to side behind it.

After hesitating for a moment, it turned around and walked away without lingering, and no one knew if it would come back.

Immediately afterwards, I heard the sound of fluttering wings in the air, and then I saw a giant squirrel running around in panic in front of the cave door, as if to avoid the threat in the air, and when I arrived at the cave door, I wanted to drill into the hole, but when I saw the fire at the entrance of the cave, I shrank back and got into a plantain forest in front of me.

At this moment, a big guy with a cloak jumped down from the air, pounced on the banana forest, and crushed a few banana trees with a squeak, and the giant squirrel saw that there was no place to hide, so he ventured out of the banana forest, jumped out of a foot away in two strokes, and went straight to the entrance of the hole, and jumped directly into the hole from the fire with another jump, several dogs and little wolves opened their mouths to bite, and the giant squirrel could not think of crossing the fire, and there were more dangerous animals waiting behind it. (To be continued.) )

PS: There are two more days, that is, the Chinese New Year, Yanzhu and Begonia are in Lanzhou, Northwest China, thank you for your companionship, encouragement and support, and wish you a happy New Year, all the best, a fortune and good luck!