Chapter 46: Finding Firewood

When he came to the mountain, Xu Fugui looked down at his feet in straw sandals, which had been frozen and bruised, and they were pitch black, and he was disgusted when he saw them.

He smiled, he was almost like this in his previous life, and even more unbearable, after all, he was still wearing a coarse cloth coat, and he was still quite warm.

However, cold hands and feet are inevitable, especially feet, which are only hot and clean after scalding their feet at night.

"Young Master, look." Lai Shun took out several small washed potatoes from his arms, and even brought a small packet of dried chili peppers from oily paper.

Xu Fugui's eyes lit up, and he picked up the firewood knife, "Let's light the fire first." ”

I found a lot of sun-dried bamboo poles nearby, cut them into a meter long and piled them together, and put the dried bamboo leaves of Nanzhu underneath and lit them with matches.

As soon as the dried bamboo leaves are ignited, they burn rapidly, and the temperature is transmitted, and the dried bamboo is also ignited.

Seeing this, Laishun put the branch he found on top of the dry bamboo.

Although the branches do not ignite easily, they burn for a longer period of time, and the ashes left behind do not dissipate quickly.

The fire grew bigger, and the crackling sound came from the fire, and Xu Fugui and Lai Shun put their hands on it and enjoyed the roasting fire.

This time is really tired and miserable, from morning to night there is almost no free time, get up before dawn to go to the county to sell, come back to cook new lo-mei, but also take care of the field.

Fortunately, there are children in the village to help with the work, and yesterday all the sweet potatoes and potatoes in the field were dug back, and there will be no work in the field after that.

At this time, it is the time when the countryside is free.

After roasting the fire for a while, Xu Fugui yawned, and the warm light of the fire actually made him sleepy a little.

"No matter, let's sleep for a while."

Xu Fugui picked up a firewood knife and chopped a bundle of hay around him and placed it next to the fire, making sure that the fire would not ignite the hay.

Then he took a few thick sticks and put them on the fire, put his hands on his chest, lay on the fire and closed his eyes, and did the same with Laishun.

The cold wind blew the earth, the birds frolicked in the mountains and forests, the firelight reflected on their faces, and in a short time, the snoring of Laishun sounded.

This night, I slept in the dark and sweet, and I hadn't slept such a comfortable nap for a long time.

If the fire hadn't gone out and the cold wind hit, he wouldn't have been able to bear to wake up.

After looking at it, this guy has rough skin and thick meat, and the fire will not affect his sleep, and the snoring sound is sky-high.

Dry bamboo and bamboo leaves are put back into the fire, a match is struck, and the fire is quickly lit, and the fire burns again, releasing a raging warmth.

Looking up at the sky, I slept this night, completely lost the concept of time, and only knew that it was not dark yet.

The potatoes that he brought with him were buried in the fire, and he picked up the firewood knife, and he walked away and began to chop wood.

All he looked for were branches the size of an adult's arm, cut them down, carried them back, and put them in the yard to dry, and when they were dried, they became firewood.

"Smack!"

The sound of the tree being cut down woke up, and he rubbed his eyes, and finally came back to his senses.

He also picked up the firewood knife, glanced at the direction of the young master's chopping wood, yawned, and chose to walk towards the mountain.

Xu Fugui glanced at it, and disappeared after a while.

There was no road in the mountains, but when there were more people walking, it naturally became a road.

It is wide and narrow for almost one person to pass, and the right side is close to the hillside, and the left side is dense with trees, and you can fall down if you are not careful.

For those in the city, these roads may tremble when they look at them, but for Laishun, who grew up in the mountains, at least he will not slow down, not to mention walking on the ground.

On the mountain of their Xu family, there are tung trees, which are very resistant to burning, and after drying, the smoke from burning is not large, which is very suitable for heating.

Half of these tung trees are wild, and half of them were cut down and replanted by the ancestors of the Xu family, and they are not usually managed much, and they are almost the same as the wild ones.

The trunk of the tree is very thick, and there are many branches that extend upwards, and a single tree can be cut back and burned for a long time.

After Laishun arrived at this forest, he spat in the palm of his hand, and when he was about to cut it, his ears suddenly moved, and his eyes looked at the place outside the boundary of the Xu family.

In that direction, there was a faint sound of a woman's crying.

Lai Shun didn't know if it was his own delusion, so he calmed down, his scalp was numb in an instant, and he held the firewood knife tightly in his hand.

"In broad daylight, won't let me touch anything unclean?"

Lai Shun spoke, couldn't help but take two steps back, and the sound of breathing couldn't help but become heavier.

Almost everywhere in their village can be associated with dirty things, and I don't know if people are too idle to make it up, or if someone has actually seen it with their own eyes.

Especially on this kind of mountain, it is said that I don't know how many people have been hanged, and their ghosts are shuttling in the mountains and forests, crying all day long.

At this moment, Lai Shun couldn't help but recall these ghost stories told by the people in the village, and his heart became more and more panicked.

But curiosity inevitably came out at the same time, making him want to go over and find out.

He rolled his eyes, turned his head and ran down the mountain, returned to the position of the fire just now, suppressed his voice and shouted, "Young master, young master, come up quickly." ”

Xu Fugui stopped his movements and looked at him expectantly, "Found a pheasant again?" ”

Lai Shun shook his head, "No, you'll know when you come up." ”

Xu Fugui put the branch in his hand on the ground, picked up the firewood knife, and walked towards him unhurriedly.

After someone accompanied him, Laishun's courage immediately came, walked in front and led the way, and came to the location of the water tung forest.

"Young master, listen, is there a woman's cry?"

After Xu Fugui came back from rebirth, his eyesight and hearing were much stronger than ordinary people, and he didn't need to say it, he heard it as soon as he came, and he heard it very clearly.

"Your mother, you called me to listen to women crying?" Xu Fugui scolded.

This kid must be afraid of meeting ghosts, so he took him along to take a look.

In broad daylight, what is a big man afraid of, and it is not a dark night.

There is a fart ghost in this world, and even if there is a ghost, there is nothing to be afraid of, and some people are more terrible than ghosts!

He lived for a hundred years in his last life, and he didn't believe that there were ghosts in this world at all, but he had seen a lot of people who were similar to evil ghosts, especially during the period when the wind was blowing, all kinds of bull-headed ghosts appeared.

Lai Shun touched his bald head, and said with a smile: "Young master, let's go, let's go and see which girl is crying, it's scary in broad daylight." ”

"Let's go, maybe it's your kid's marriage."

Xu Fugui stepped forward and ran in front of him, "Young Master, I'll go explore the way, if there is really a ghost, let him suck my yang energy, you run quickly." ”

"Cut, if there is a female ghost, our brothers will directly deal with her, let her know what is sinister in people's hearts......"