In the morning, the dew into the mountain is heavy, the air is filled with a moist breath, the soil on the ground is soft, and the mud is stepped on, Zhou Qiao has long been accustomed to this kind of mountain road, and he has not sweated for a long time without taking a breath, on the other hand, Yang Qian looks full of energy and energy on weekdays, and he is full of energy, and he walked more than 20 miles of mountain roads without thinking, and he is so tired that he is panting and sweating profusely, it is better to walk in front of the old man Lin!

"Yang Qian, what's the matter with you? Renlin, the old man is over eighty years old and hasn't gasped yet? Zhou Qiao asked teasingly.

Yang Qian smiled bitterly: "Brother Zhou, you also know that the old man is used to walking mountain roads all year round, unlike people who stay in the city and usually go out of the bed and fall into the bed for a while, how can they adapt to this kind of mountain road."

Hearing what he said interestingly, Zhou Qiao couldn't help laughing: "Uncle Lin, let's rest first, rest and rest"

Uncle Lin, who was walking in front, stopped when he heard that we were going to take a break, took a cigarette pouch and lit it and smoked it......

Yang Qian thanked him gratefully, and hurriedly ran to the side to find water to drink.

In the distance, a crow quacked and flew by on the branch of a towering ancient tree, which was particularly harsh and creepy in this silent forest.

As soon as Yang Qian sat on the stone, suddenly a black thing fell from the tree and landed on top of his head and was still moving, Yang Gan's three souls frightened the seven spirits, and he didn't dare to move, and even stopped breathing

Zhou Qiao fixed his eyes, a small snake with an oval head with a pitch-black head curled up on Yang Gan's head, making a "hissing" sound, and was spitting out a letter and looking at them with a cold gaze, Zhou Qiao knew that this was a highly poisonous snake, and his eyes signaled Yang Gan not to move,

said that it was too late, and then it was too fast, and I saw Uncle Lin who was smoking next to him waving his hand

, a slender bamboo skewer shot towards the black snake above Yang Gan's head

With a "bang" sound, the head of the black snake was pierced by that force, and the black snake was directly nailed to the trunk behind Yang Gan.

Yang Qian suddenly collapsed to the ground, his facial muscles twitched, and he shouted and kicked at the black snake that was nailed behind him, and muttered: "Let you scare Lao Tzu... Kick you to death...... Kick you to death"

"Uncle Lin, your hand is really powerful!" Uncle Seven gave a thumbs up and praised.

Old Man Lin smiled and said: "It's just a small skill of carving insects, this is one of the life-saving skills that every mountain release person must know!" Walking in the mountains and encountering snakes, insects, rats and ants are commonplace."

"No wonder Uncle Lin is so experienced!" Yang Qian said convincingly.

"Haha, this young man is very good at sycophants, the old man likes it." Old Man Lin laughed.

Zhou Qiao said, "If you don't take off the straw hat with itchy hands, it will be so embarrassing, the realgar powder in your bag can only make the surrounding snakes dare not approach, and it is useless to fall off the top of the tree."

Hearing this, Yang Gan immediately smiled and explained: "Hehe, I've learned a lesson this time!" Brother Zhou, don't be angry, don't be angry......"

Zhou Qiao shook his head helplessly.

Uncle Lin said again: "Okay! Let's keep going, it's not even a tenth of a year! ”

Everyone got up one after another and set off again, after what happened just now, this time Yang Qian was more cautious and observed the surroundings every few steps, for fear that something would accidentally fall down, and the hat would not dare to take it off again.

From morning to dark, the surrounding plants were almost overwhelmed, and there was no one except for the traces of wild beasts, and before I knew it, the sun was gradually setting, and night began to fall, and the surroundings became dark and dark.

Uncle Lin looked up at the sky: "It may be raining tonight"

"Then hurry up and find a place to hide from the rain!" Zhou Qiao proposed.

"Okay," Uncle Lin replied.

Yang Gan's eyes were sharp and found that there was a cave on the hillside not far away, which was very shallow, a few zhang wide, and barely stuffed a few people, Zhou Qiao and Yang Qian went to pick up some dry firewood and came back, and the seventh uncle picked up a few large leaves and hay and spread them on the ground, and lit the dry firewood he picked up.

"Oh, I'm freezing to death, I've never been so guilty in my life," Yang Qian rubbed his arms and wailed

After the fire was burning, Uncle Seven took out the prepared dry food and handed it to Zhou Qiao and Uncle Lin.

Although Mr. Lin is old, he has a bold and talkative personality, and he can always benefit a lot from talking to him. While eating steamed buns, Zhou Qiao listened to Mr. Lin talk about their experience of picking ginseng in the mountains all their lives.

"By the way, Uncle Lin, you said that there are a lot of medicinal herbs in this area, right?" Zhou Qiao asked.

"Well, a lot of people say that," Uncle Lin nodded affirmatively.

Zhou Qiao swallowed the steamed bun in his mouth and asked again: "Then have you picked a hundred years of ginseng?"

"No, a hundred years of ginseng can be met but not sought!" Uncle Lin sighed regretfully.

After a while, it began to rain heavily, and the sound of the rain seemed to be the cry of God, which was especially permeable in the forest.

"I don't know if Linfeng is still alive, and there is no trace of him along the way?" Uncle Seven said worriedly.

Old Man Lin comforted: "Seven babies, don't worry! The young man is auspicious, he will turn evil into good fortune"

"Well, I hope so" Uncle Seven nodded.

"Huh" Zhou Qiao suddenly exclaimed in surprise.

Uncle Seven asked, "What's wrong Xiao Zhou?"

Zhou Qiao didn't say anything, took a straw hat and put it on his head, quickly got into the grass below, and after a while, he came back with a hare

"Rabbit, haha, you're in for a treat!"

Yang Qian's eyes lit up and he jumped up excitedly.

"Little brother, it's amazing, you can still catch prey when it's raining," Old Man Lin said happily.

Zhou Qiao smiled indifferently: "I just saw movement in the grass, and when I ran down to take a look, I found that it was a rabbit, so I caught it and ate it."

Zhou Qiao removed the rabbit hair, skinned it, cleaned it, and roasted it on the fire, and after a while, there was a burst of fragrance;

Zhou Qiao tore the roasted rabbit leg into slices of meat and distributed them to Yang Gan, Seventh Uncle and Old Man Lin.

A group of people ate delicious game around the fire, and the bonfire lit up the tired faces of the crowd and brightened their smiles.

In the evening, when everyone was ready to rest, Zhou Qiao suggested that he and Uncle Seven take turns to be on duty at night, after all, the mountains are not as good as the villages, and once they fall asleep, they are very likely to encounter fierce beasts.

"Alright! Then it's hard Xiao Zhou and Qiwazi you, the two of you take turns keeping vigil" Old Man Lin nodded in agreement.

"Then Uncle Seven, you are keeping watch in the first half of the night, and in the second half of the night, you are waking me up." Zhou Qiao thought for a while and added.

"No problem!" The seventh uncle answered heartily.

The night is getting deeper and deeper, Yang Qian and Old Man Lin are already very tired after staying up all day, and they fall asleep, Zhou Qiao lies on the grass and closes his eyes to recuperate, and gradually falls asleep, and changes shifts with Uncle Seven in the middle of the night.

At about three o'clock in the morning, the rain had stopped, and Zhou Qiao planned to go for convenience, so he walked to a bush not far away and found a palm-sized open space to solve it, and was about to walk back

With a keen ear, he immediately caught the slightest movement coming from outside the grass.

"Who"

Out of the grass came a weasel standing on two legs in a small coat and hat, and he spoke

"Young man, do you think I look like a human?"

Zhou Qiao immediately reacted that this was a weasel "begging for sealing"

It is rumored that a person walking in the wilderness came across a well-cultivated weasel, and when he saw a person, he suddenly stood upright, and then he might wear a straw hat on his head, and if he was spiritually high, he would hear the weasel ask, "Do you see me like a human?" ”

If this person says that he looks like a human, then the weasel will succeed in asking for the seal, and the cultivation will reach a higher level, and his skills will also be greatly increased; If the answer is not human, or scolding there, sorry, the weasel will lose decades of Taoism, and the weasel is a very vengeful animal, and the consequences of provoking them are very serious.

Zhou Qiao naturally knew what to say, he pretended to be puzzled, "You are human"

The weasel immediately fell into a mysterious state, his appearance seemed to be sluggish, and the special aura in the air converged on his body, and the power on the weasel rose rapidly, and then slowly descended.

After a quarter of an hour, the change faded away

The weasel learned the appearance of a human and hugged his fist to Zhou Qiao, then bent down and bowed and thanked: "The old man is here, thank you Mr. Xiao for the seal, if you need help in the future, you can silently recite it three times in your heart", please Huang Xian appeared, "The old man will go to help you." After saying that, he turned around and went into the grass and disappeared!