Chapter 68: Spending the Night in the Valley
"Team leader, you're awake!"
"I'll just say that the team leader is blessed with a great life, and it's absolutely fine!"
Five or six sturdy lads parted from the bushes and approached.
The leader was the tall and burly mountain leopard, and when they saw Zhang Xuebing, they were all smiling, and they were happier than marrying a daughter-in-law.
Zhang Xuebing frowned, "What about the hemp pole?" ”
Lao Xiucai explained that there were more than ten people in total, in addition to the little brothers who were ma, there were also leopards and monkeys who were the most loyal to Zhang Xuebing.
In order to search for Zhang Erdou's whereabouts, they divided into two routes.
The hemp stalks go downstream, and they go upstream.
The mountain leopard briefly said what he saw.
The entire valley is not large, in his words, the size of a few hundred acres.
The valley is mostly flat except for mountain streams, and the direction they go is surrounded by mountains, and they have to climb cliffs to get in and out.
The mountain stream in front of you runs through the valley from west to east, and its source is several waterfalls on the cliffs.
The perennial rapids wash out several deep pools at the valley floor, and the overflowing water of the pools converges into mountain streams.
They searched around, and there was nothing eye-catching except for some animals and plants, as well as weathered white bones.
"Let's all go and rest, the meal is almost ready!"
At this moment, it is already dark, and it is very difficult to climb back, and Zhang Xuebing has to find Zhang Erdou's whereabouts, otherwise it will be difficult to sleep.
So I decided to spend the night in the valley tonight, and as for tomorrow, no matter whether I can find Zhang Erdou or not, I will go back to the village.
It's already early August, and a heavy rainstorm is coming, and if you are trapped in this valley during the heavy rain, you will have to go to see the Dragon King.
The aroma of rice porridge mixed with a hint of fishy fish spreads across the valley floor.
The little girl stood next to the bonfire, blew the water vapor gently, and turned around and shouted in a crisp voice like a yellow bird - it's time to eat!
After a tiring day, people smelled the aroma of food, and couldn't help it anymore, so they gathered around, squatting around the campfire with their share of fish porridge and dry food.
Other people's porridge only contains rice and fish soup, while Zhang Xuebing's bowl is full of raw, tender and smooth fish fillets.
In order to let him recover as soon as possible, the little girl deliberately gave him all the fish fillets.
Zhang Xuebing unceremoniously buried his head in eating.
He will never engage in the set of vain heads, the more he pays, the more he deserves, and the absolute average is the biggest unfairness.
The villagers also take this for granted, and the group leader will naturally eat more if he is injured, and no one will have any opinions.
Just as everyone was enjoying the rare dinner, a shout of a broken gong sounded in the distance, "Ha, it's so fragrant, you eat it first!" ”
With the shouting, a chaotic footstep sounded from the side of the mountain stream, followed by five or six hairy boys, appearing in the field of vision.
It's the hemp pole that they're back, these are Zhang Xuebing's hardcore little brothers!
"Let's go eat, it's hot in the pot!" Zhang Xuebing raised his head and looked at them unscathed, and his heart was completely put into his stomach.
The half-grown boys were also hungry, and they greeted the boss one after another, picked up their share of food, and sat around him to eat.
The delicious fish meat with the fragrant rice porridge is very delicious, Zhang Xuebing eats it very sweet, and after a while, a large bowl of fish porridge is all in his stomach.
Suddenly I felt comfortable all over my body, and even those pains seemed to disappear.
He looked at how much everyone had eaten, and then asked the hemp stick, "Did you find anything over there?" ”
He put the empty bowl at his feet, pointed to the mountain stream and said, "We reached the end of the valley, and the mountain stream flowed into a cave over there, and it should have flowed outside, but the way out of the valley was not found, but a corpse was found!" ”
Zhang Xuebing stood up with a loud voice, "Where is the body?" ”
"I'm afraid you'll be disgusting, so I'll drag you to the edge of the mountain stream!" Ma Pole smiled innocently.
"Take me to see it!"
After a while, Zhang Xuebing and Ma Pole returned from the side of the mountain stream, and he shook his head helplessly at Lao Xiucai and said.
"It's not Erdou, it's his accomplice surnamed Jiang!"
Lao Xiucai frowned, "Have you searched all the hemp poles?" ”
"It's only a big place, we've been looking for so long, and there are no other figures at all, but there are a lot of old bones to find!"
Will this Zhang Erdou really not be able to fly? Zhang Xuebing's brows furrowed into a Sichuan character, he was worried that this haunting Zhang Erdou might jump out of somewhere and make a surprise attack.
"Let's ponder, Erdou, this kid is probably swept into that hole along the mountain stream!"
Zhang Xuebing secretly comforted himself that some mountains in this area are calcareous, and under the impact of the water, many karst caves and dark rivers will be formed.
Such an ending can be regarded as the end of the grudge between him and the village chief's family.
"Give a signal to the people above, let's spend the night here today and go tomorrow morning!"
In this deep mountain, maybe there are some poisonous snakes and beasts, Zhang Xuebing looked around and added.
"Prepare more dead branches, build three bonfires, let's rest in the bonfire circle, and divide three teams of people to take turns to watch the night at night, everyone must be very careful!"
No one wants to spend the night in this deep valley, but climbing at night is dangerous.
Everyone had no objection to Zhang Xuebing's decision, and immediately went their separate ways and prepared separately.
Fortunately, the valley was full of dead trees and branches, and soon several large piles of firewood were collected, and it was enough to burn them overnight.
Zhang Xuebing and Lao Xiucai chose a flat place, instructed everyone to sprinkle some grass and wood ashes from the previous bonfire on the ground to repel insects, and raised three bonfires from the outermost three directions.
In addition to Zhang Xuebing's old talent and little girl, the remaining ten or so people were divided into three groups and were on duty at night to prevent emergencies.
The bonfires were blazing, the mountain breeze was blowing, and the flames were blown by the night wind, like fiery snakes twisting and waving wantonly.
The light of the fire extinguished, dispelling the darkness and revealing all around.
Originally, when they were in the village, since there was no entertainment, most people should have slept at this time.
But now in this barren mountain and deep valley, everyone is in a circle, constantly talking and laughing, listening to Zhang Xuebing talk about those urban legends that he saw on the Internet in the later world.
Even Lao Xiucai was not sleepy, and he listened carefully with his ears.
Zhang Xuebing, who was immortal in the catastrophe, also came to the end, and specially picked out those terrifying and terrifying talks, which scared everyone into gasping and screaming, and the more they listened, the more addicted they became.
The little girl leaned close to Zhang Xuebing, and whenever she talked about something scary, she grabbed his big hand tightly, as if this was the only way not to be afraid.
"Okay, Mr. Storyteller, you haven't been injured yet, rest early, we have to climb up tomorrow!" Lao Xiucai couldn't bear that Zhang Xuebing was too tired, so he stopped this story meeting.
Everyone had no choice but to disperse, and each returned to the arranged place to fold his clothes and lie down, and the night guard also carried a temporary stick to guard around.
The little girl and Zhang Xuebing were back to back, lying on a clean stone, and the story just now made her nervous and didn't want to sleep.
Quietly poked Zhang Xuebing with her fingers, and the little girl said as thin as a gnat, "Where do you look at those things, it's really scary, hey, you said that there won't really be ghosts in this world!" ”
Zhang Xuebing chuckled, slowly turned around and faced her face to face, "You are cowardly, where did the ghost come from in the world, why don't I sleep with you in my arms?" ”
The little girl was willing in her heart, but she couldn't wipe off her face, "Don't, so many people, show to death!" ”
How could Zhang Xuebing let go of such a good opportunity, reached out and hugged Xiaoman's waist, and said softly in her ear, "They can't see this side, good, pillowed my arm......"
The little girl sighed and leaned tightly into his arms, "You can tell another story!" ”
Just as Zhang Xuebing was about to speak, a villager on duty at night suddenly burst out, "Who! ”