Chapter 6 Mountain Village
The huge ruins have cooled, and the surrounding temperature has blended with the mountains, making it unusually cold. Liu Qiu* galloped in the direction of the entrance of the cave with his upper body, and did not pay attention when fighting with the wolf demon, obviously there was a cold north wind on his side, and his body seemed to be shrouded in a white mist without feeling cold at all, Liu Qiu was also surprised in his heart. I think it is the benefit of taking the pill myself, and this white mist must be the cloud around the dantian!
When he first came to the ruins, the muddy and difficult road was Liu Qiu's bitter master. Now the muddy road, without the temperature of the ruins, has already frozen stiff under the cold wind in the early morning, and Liu Qiu is not yesterday's Liu Qiu, with the moonlight, the wind under his feet, like a leopard walking through the night.
In less than an hour, the boy appeared at the entrance of the cave, and his cotton clothes had already been frozen and stiff. Liu Qiu was not in a hurry, facing the white belly of the fish in the east, he first took off the cloth bag on his back, shook his hands and put the cotton clothes covered with hoarfrost on his body.
Leaning over to open the cloth bag, there were only two things in the package, a jeweled gourd and a short iron spear. Liu Qiu thought to himself that the reason why the wolf demon had been guarding himself and wanted to kill himself before must have been because when he dodged for the first time, the cloth bag hanging on his chest at that time revealed the gourd, which caused the wolf demon to defend it.
"This gourd must be well preserved, so as not to bring innocent misfortune to yourself!" Liu Qiu said in his heart.
After that, he gently placed the gourd in the depths of the cloth bag, wrapped it firmly and hung it on his chest, and then got up, holding the iron gun in his left hand, and groped his way to the depths of the cave.
Although the cave was pitch black, fortunately, the road surface was flat, and Liu Qiu had another experience, and the journey was smooth, and he crossed to the other side of the cave in less than half an hour.
The morning sun crept over the treetops, quietly casting spots of light in the dense forest. The mountains and forests were still silent, except for the occasional snow from the trunks of trees, and the sound of falling to the ground.
The big tree that hid the deer was very distinctive, and Liu Qiu quickly found it. Seeing that the weeds on the tree hole were still there, the corners of Liu Qiu's mouth rose slightly, showing a happy smile, pulling the weeds with his hands, and taking out the sika deer with one hand, the sika deer in the cold canyon had already been frozen stiff, carrying the sika deer, holding the iron gun in one hand, and after a little discrimination, Liu Qiu stepped on the snow and galloped towards the corner of the forest.
Over several snow-capped mountains, at the foot of the mountain in a flat canyon, there is a village, after three poles of sunrise more than ten houses rise from the chimneys of the cooking smoke, and the white mist that has just faded into one, it seems particularly peaceful. In the winter countryside, but there is nothing to do, the villagers have eaten coarse tea and light meals early, and most of them gather in a sunny place. The men smacked the dry tobacco they had grown in their mouths, boasted to each other about the taste of their own cigarettes, and occasionally choked on them, and they always had a cough for a long time. The women, on the other hand, were much more noisy and opened their voices to talk about the anecdotes of the village. Not far away, a group of children, holding their hands red from the cold, crawled up and down a pile of firewood, smiling happily.
Liu Qiu, who was far away, saw all this, and he also laughed heartily. Crossing a small road on the outskirts of the village, Liu Qiu appeared in this noisy place with a deer, and the children were the first to find out, and they were busy running while shouting, "Brother Qiu is back, the deer on your back is so big!" Where did it come from? Did you kill it? Can you let me touch it...... "The children always have a lot of questions, but Liu Qiu is not annoyed, squatting down to let the children touch the sika deer, touching the heads of the children one by one, and answering questions for them one by one with a smile!
The noise of the children soon attracted the adults.
"Little Horseman, I went into the mountain yesterday, why did I only come back today? Your third uncle was just about to pack up his things and go into the mountain to look for you!" spoke a middle-aged woman with a smile on her face and yellowed skin.
Liu Qiu raised his head and bared his teeth and said with a smile, "Let the third uncle, the third aunt is worried, I forgot the time to chase this deer yesterday, so I found a cave in the mountains to survive for one night." ”
Liu Qiu did not tell the truth about yesterday, because he was afraid that people would talk too much, and the countrymen had no scheming, in case he missed the story and was heard by outsiders, it would cause him to be annoyed! The middle-aged woman didn't continue to ask, but said with concern, "Next time you go out of the mountain, try to call your third uncle, and take care of each other, there may be something wrong in the mountain." Liu Qiu responded, and then someone in the crowd exclaimed, "Brother Qiu has also grown up, and he can hunt such a big deer." Liu Qiu's face turned red and said, "There, it's just luck!" Everyone laughed when they saw this.
Pointing to the deer on his shoulder, Liu Qiu said, "Let's go home and get a basin, come to my house to get some venison, and I'll go home now and separate the venison." ”
Everyone happily answered and went home. There is a good custom in the village, whoever hunts good prey is the whole village old and young to share the food, so everyone is not polite, the villagers support each other, help each other also makes the village very harmonious.
After going home, soon several villagers came, to help Liu Qiu peel and cut meat together, and after a while, the deer was divided into more than ten pieces, Liu Qiu gave it to everyone, and some Liu Qiu, who did not come to the door, personally sent it over, and it was close to noon after the busy work. Liu Qiu looked at his hungry stomach, and couldn't help but speed up his pace to rush home, and was about to cook and eat by himself, when he heard a voice outside the door,
Bang bang bang!!
"Is Xiao Qiu at home?" asked a middle-aged man's voice.
"I'm here, third uncle, I'll open the door for you. Liu Qiu responded as he reached out to open the door.
Outside the door was a dark-skinned, burly man, carrying a bowl of fragrant venison, Liu Qiu said embarrassedly, "Third uncle, don't bother, I'm making it myself!" The dark-skinned man said, "Hurry up and eat, your third aunt makes it much better than your two meals." Liu Qiu pursed his lips and touched his head, and no longer hesitated to pick up the rice bowl and devoured it.
This dark-skinned man is Liu Qiu's neighbor, since the death of the village chief, he has been taking care of Liu Qiu, and the people in the village call him Hei Laosan, Liu Qiu will affectionately call him "Third Uncle" since he was a child.
Hei Laosan smiled heartily when he saw that Liu Qiu was eating, and then told him not to go into the mountains alone, and left.
After eating and drinking, Liu Qiu also began to be drowsy, and soon fell asleep on the bed.