I searched around the peaks and finally found a dozen wild poppies and thistles, and then hurried back.

I first mashed the two herbs with stones, squeezed out the juice and gave the little mushroom some to drink, and prepared to apply the rest to her wounds.

When I touched the wound of the little mushroom, the pain made her body jerk violently, but it didn't take long for her to fall asleep, I lit a fire, put the dagger on the fire and roasted it, and then said to the little mushroom: "Little mushroom, I want to take out the bullet from your body, it may hurt a little, you have to endure it." ”

The little mushroom mumbled in response, and I held her wound and dug into it. I knew I had to move fast, or it would only make the little mushroom more painful.

The little mushroom screamed, and was about to struggle, but I yelled, "Don't move." "My dagger had touched the bullet, and I quickly ripped it out, and with a bang, the bullet fell on the stone, and blood gushed out, and the little mushroom fainted in pain.

I quickly applied the herbs to her wound, then untied the bandage from my head to help her wrap the wound, and then I let out a long breath.

I've been hunting in the wilderness for many years, and I can say that I can handle this wound very well, but today I am dealing with a gunshot wound, and I am somewhat unsure.

I held the little mushroom and exposed her wound to the sun, and the ultraviolet light could help her disinfect and sterilize her so that she would not get infected.

As time passed, the snakes gradually receded, and the terrifying rustling sound was gone.

Until evening, no one came up the mountain again, and the little mushroom was right, I am afraid that those GIs would never think of this terrible place for the rest of their lives.

I stood on the top of the mountain and looked, the troops below the mountain had been completely withdrawn, no one wanted to stay in this place, in their eyes this place would become a forbidden area for life, no one would be able to survive here.

I carried the little mushroom into the cave, but she was not out of danger, so I decided to let her recuperate in the cave.

She also took advantage of the evening to shoot down two birds with a slingshot, preparing to roast some more meat for the little mushroom, she urgently needed nutrition.

In the evening, the little mushroom launched a high fever, in a coma, sometimes she called her mother, sometimes called Brother Worm, and sometimes recited scriptures that I didn't understand, I vaguely listened to a few words, as if to say, "The north and south of Fuyiluo are separated by thousands of miles, and there is still a difference between cold and summer, and the situation is in the countries of the island!" The clock soup of its place is complete, so the people have no clothes to prepare, and they are comfortable and comfortable, and the universe is reincarnated. It is advisable to drink without choice, the nest is not easy, and it is similar to the ancient heaven. ”

I was worried about the little mushroom's injury, and I didn't have the heart to think about what it meant, so I ran to the small waterhole at the bottom of the cliff to soak my clothes, and then wiped her forehead, neck, and palms to help her cool down physically, and so on until dawn, I leaned on the stone next to the little mushroom and slept for a while.

When I woke up, Little Mushroom was blinking at me, and I said happily, "Little Mushroom, you're finally out of danger." ”

Little Mushroom's face was ugly and her body was very weak, but she still smiled and said, "Brother Bug, I'm not dead!" ”

I said distressedly: "If you don't die, you won't die, and you can't die, we swore that we would become an old man and an old woman and play together." ”

Little Mushroom finally smiled.

"You wait, I'll roast you meat to eat." After I finished speaking, I rekindled the fire, and then fed the little mushrooms one bite at a time, and the little mushrooms ate very well, and I could see that she rarely ate these foods on weekdays, so she ate very well, and fell asleep after eating.

In this way, we spent another day and a night in the mountains, and the little mushroom's injury finally stabilized.

I picked up the little mushroom on my back to send her home, and her eyes were still looking at her basket of mushrooms, which had rotted after all this time. Little Mushroom was a little distressed and shed tears, this basket of mushrooms was only worth two pennies, but for her it was all her income in the past few days, without which she might be hungry.

I comforted her not to be sad, and when she was well, I accompanied her up the mountain to help her collect more mushrooms.

Because I had to hold her, I couldn't carry the basket with me, so I had to stay on the mountain temporarily, but it was her whistle, which I lovingly helped her pick up, which was the only relic left to her by her mother, and it was also her tool to repel snakes.

The little mushroom's body is very light, and it doesn't have much weight on her back, I estimate that her body is only about sixty pounds, and I really can't imagine how such a thin body can carry such a heavy back basket.

Maybe that's life.

"Little mushroom, who taught you how to drive snakes, it's very powerful."

"It was my mother, she used to take me up the mountain, and there were a lot of snakes in the mountain, so my mother whistled and called all the snakes to come and play with me. These snakes are very spiritual and don't bite me at all, but my mother was still worried that they would accidentally bite me, so she got some medicine and put it in a sachet and let me take it, and the snakes would stay away from me. ”

"You and your mom are really capable! You know, I'm scared to see you driving so many snakes here. ”

"If I blow that whistle, I can also drive snakes away."

Little Mushroom shook his head, "No, it seems that only we Wick people can repel snakes, and I heard from my mother that not all clansmen can repel snakes, and Old Wick won't." Only a few women in the Wick can do it, and sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't. ”

"And how many of your people do you have, shall I send you back to your clan?"

Little Mushroom sighed and said: "No, my mother said that back then, the Australian government regarded us as an alien to the Wick people, and surrounded us, and the snakes we drove were, they set fire to the mountain, and most of the Wick people were burned to death, and only a few people were caught by them, including my mother, and the rest of the tribesmen were captured and put in cages by them, and it didn't take long for them to die." Mom was dying, they threw her into the wild, Mom felt that her life was near, so she blew the whistle, strange to say, countless snakes crawled over, Mom cut open the gall gall of several snakes and ate them, and the disease was cured. ”

I remembered that the little mushrooms were the same, and in desperation they whistled and drove away so many snakes.

Presumably, the Wick people have a heart-to-heart connection with these snakes, and they can only drive the snakes when their lives are in danger? It's really hard to say anything about the Aboriginal people, and it is probably because of this that they are regarded as outliers by the Australian government and hunted down on a large scale.

Little Mushroom continued, "Mother is the only one left in the Wick people, and she has nowhere else to go, so she went to work in a factory, where she married her father. ”

We talked as we walked, and it took half a day to walk down the mountain.

From a distance, I saw a cloud of black smoke rising in front of me, and a small mushroom patted me on the shoulder, "Brother Bug, go and see, that's my home." "I was so anxious that tears were about to fall.

I climbed a hill and looked away, and saw a lot of people in the place where the black smoke was rising. I said to the little mushroom, "Don't worry, wait for me here, I'll go see what's going on first." ”

As he spoke, he settled the little mushroom behind a few rocks and ran towards the place where the smoke was rising.

A crowd surrounded a tent, which had been lit, and several others were filling the fire. On the way back, I heard Little Mushroom say that she and her mother lived in a tent on the edge of the village, and it was the only one.

One of the villagers complained, "I just said that we shouldn't have left that woman here in the first place, she would have brought disaster to us." ”

Another villager pointed at the villager and laughed: "I don't know who saw the woman's eyes glowing green. He also often came over to offer his courtesy. You don't know when I don't know, you are a weasel giving New Year's greetings to chickens, and you don't have any good intentions, otherwise how did you get the nickname of a weasel. ”

The villager, nicknamed the weasel, scolded, "Smith, fuck off, I'm here to take a look at this harmful goblin, don't let her hurt anyone." Didn't I remind you today when I heard those GIs say that they saw a snake girl on the mountain driving countless snakes? ”

An old man coughed, "This mother and daughter didn't harm everyone, on the contrary, they often brought some snake gall bladders to the old people in the village to eat, at least the old people in the village are bright-eyed, and now that the mother is dead, we will burn the shack of the little mushroom, which is unreasonable." ”

I thought to myself, it turned out that the little mushroom mother and daughter had also taken snake gall to help the villagers treat eye diseases. They are Wick people, snakes are their totems, and the little mushrooms often call those snakes dragons, which is extremely respectful. It seems that in order to get along with the people in the village, Little Mushroom's mother was afraid that she was going to shed tears and cut the snake to get rid of her guts.

The weasel scolded: "Lao Chuncun, you are purely confused when you say this, there are so many sharp-nosed snakes on the mountain, who will dare to go up the mountain in the future, adults dare not cut wood, children dare not pick mushrooms, small mushrooms cut off half of our village's financial route, do you know?" ”

Lao Bang Village obviously didn't dare to provoke the weasel, and Nuno muttered, "Then let the little mushroom go, she's still a child." ”

The weasel took a bundle of firewood and grass and pushed it into the fire, "Let it go?" You put it lightly, isn't it a scourge for her to run elsewhere? You won't be unaware of the truth of the tiger's return to the mountain, right? Have you ever thought about it, wherever she goes, she will take those snakes with her, and how many people will suffer everywhere she goes. There is a saying, yes, it is called great benevolence, I propose to burn this little bastard, not because I am ruthless, but for the good of more people. ”

The weasel cleared his throat, "The villagers have heard clearly, today we are not only going to burn this snake nest, but also the snake girl." Only in this way can adults go up the mountain to cut wood, and children can go up to the mountain to pick mushrooms, not only for our village, but also for the whole of Australia, for the happiness and tranquility of more people. This is great benevolence, but also great righteousness. We in Australia are a democratic society, and today we might as well vote by a show of hands in favor of burning that snake girl. ”

There were more than 100 people in the venue, and more than 70 people raised their hands, and those who had received the blessings of the little mushroom mother and daughter, you look at me, I look at you, and slowly raised their hands. In the face of the so-called benevolence and righteousness of the weasel, these people still chose to go with the flow after all.

I can't help but feel sad for the little mushroom mother and daughter, who have tried to stay in the village, but when it comes to the critical moment, no one wants to take them in.

Looking at these people who are full of benevolence and righteousness, I feel extremely disgusted.

I quietly left the crowd and returned to Little Mushroom.

Little Mushroom asked me anxiously: "Brother Bug, what's wrong, is it my home that is on fire!" ”

I nodded silently, and the little mushroom's tears fell instantly, and she struggled to get up, "I'm going home, I'm going to see." ”

I hugged her, "Little mushroom, you can't go back." ”

The little mushroom cried and said: "Brother Bug, take me back quickly, go and put out the fire, all my things are in that shack, I saw it, so many villagers are surrounding there, are they also fighting the fire, hurry up and put out the fire, the shack can still be saved." ”

I feel deeply sorry for the little mushroom, this kind girl speculated about these villagers with a kind heart, but she didn't know that those villagers gathered in front of the shack not to put out the fire, but to set it on fire, and if the little mushroom went back at this moment, they would be burned to death.

"The fire is so big that it's useless to put it out." I sighed.

"Then I'm going to go back and have a look, Brother Bug, I've saved you, take me back to see." That's my home! ”

I definitely can't take her back, after hesitating for a moment, I still decided to tell Little Mushroom the truth, "Little Mushroom, the fire was set by those people, you can't go back now, I overheard it just now, they also plan to burn you to death." ”

Little Mushroom seemed to hear a thunderclap, and froze instantly, she looked at me stunned, and muttered to herself, "Why, why is this, is it because I am from the Wick clan?" What did I do wrong to do this to us? ”

As she spoke, the little mushroom's eyes gradually became cold, she groped around with her left hand, and finally took out the whistle from her pocket, I was startled, does the little mushroom want to drive snakes again, if thousands of snakes pour into the village, the whole village will not escape for life.

I grabbed Little Mushroom's hand, "Little Mushroom, don't do that."

Little Mushroom said calmly: "In order for my mother and I to live in the village, my mother tried everything to please them, and even cut dragon hearts for them to eat and treat their eye diseases, but what? They still burned my shack and burned me to death. When everything is dirty, only one destruction can purify the whole world. ”

The Wick people regard snakes as sacred relics, often calling them dragons, and snake gall is called dragon hearts by them.

I grabbed Little Mushroom's hand, "Little Mushroom, what you lost is just a shack, you didn't lose your home, a place with a family is home, you forget, we are married, I am your brother, my home is your home, brother will take you home." Obedient, we will not die with these people. ”

Little Mushroom looked at me and suddenly burst out crying.

I know that she needs to vent her emotions now, otherwise she will go crazy if she holds it in her heart.

I just hugged her and didn't say anything more.

After a long time, Little Mushroom finally stopped crying, and I stood up and said, "Little Mushroom, let's go, brother will take you home." ”

Little Mushroom said, "Brother Bug, let's stay for another night, and we'll go and have a look at it secretly at night." Even though the shack had burned down, I wanted to see it. ”

I nodded silently.