A river that runs through several mountain ranges,. The mountains are vertical and horizontal, high and low, continuous, and there is a canyon in the mountains. The canyon is rarely passable. At the bottom of the valley, on the edge of the river, there lived two men, a middle-aged man, about forty years old, and his son, only thirteen years old. The two of them lived in the mountains and had no contact with the outside world. He lived by hunting and fishing all day long, and his life was extremely stable.

The boy didn't play with him on weekdays, so he just had fun by himself. often caught a monkey to play with him, and when he had enough, he released it. One day, the boy saw a snow-white monkey, very petite and cute, and he was playful, and thought, "If you catch him and play with me, wouldn't it be beautiful." So he lowered his pace and quietly groped his way closer to the snow monkey. The snow monkey didn't seem to see him, but was still picking wild fruits, and the young man was overjoyed, and when he touched it less than a few feet behind the snow monkey, he thought, "You can't run away now." He pounced and reached out to hug the snow monkey as if he were in his arms. In the past, the monkeys in the mountains were all carried into his arms after his pounce. But this time he pounced. The snow monkey is very clever, and his hands are not yet secure. The snow monkey jumped upwards and escaped from his embrace.

As soon as the young man's hands fell into the air, he pounced and fell to the ground, like a vicious dog pounced on food, and really ate a mouthful of mud. The boy then got up, not angry, and grinned, "It's fun." It's fun, I'm going to have a good time with you today, and I have to catch you. The snow monkey grinned at him, chirped crookedly, stretched out a finger, and shaved his face, as if he was provoking the boy. The young man said: "Okay, today you are in the heavens and into the earth, and I will chase you too." "Hold your feet. Ran towards the snow monkeys.

The snow monkey turned and jumped up the tree. A few jumps have reached a distance of several feet. The boy shouted, "Don't run, monkey! "Ran quickly. The snow monkey is extremely fast. In the blink of an eye, it rushed out dozens of feet. Originally, at the speed of a teenager, he couldn't catch up with him. But the snow monkey deliberately played with him, ran for a while, and stopped. When the boy got closer, he continued to run away. After running for about a mile, the boy was already panting and sweating profusely. He lowered his head and gasped twice, and when he looked up again to look for the snow monkey, the snow monkey was long gone. The young man was in a hurry and shouted, "Monkey monkey." Come out quickly. Where have you been? As he walked, he kept his eyes on the trees.

Suddenly, something was mixed under his feet, and with an "ah" sound, he threw himself to the ground. When he looked back, he was so frightened that he couldn't speak. I saw a clay figure lying on the ground, covered in mud. I can't even see what it looks like. The clay figure fell to the ground, moved slightly, and grinned, revealing snow-white teeth, as if to say something. He didn't come out again, just hissed, and his right hand slowly stretched out and grabbed the boy.

The boy's face turned pale with fright. He shouted, "Hell!" and he didn't know where he got the strength to get up, and he ran desperately towards his home. There are no ghosts in this world. The boy also heard his father tell him on weekdays that the one with the blue face and fangs was a ghost. So as soon as he saw the clay figurine. I thought of ghosts.

The boy screamed all the way into the house, and his father was a tall man. While he was cooking, he saw the young man running into the house, looking panicked, and asked eagerly, "Stinky boy, what's wrong?" The young man was panting and frightened, and heard his father ask, if he didn't hear it. After a long while, he said in a slur manner: "There are 、、、 、、、 ghosts." ”

Dahan said: "Stinky boy, nonsense, where did the ghost come from in broad daylight?" The young man said: "Yes、、、 it's true." I didn't talk nonsense, but I 、、、、 in the woods in front of me, with green fangs, reaching out to grab me, and opening my mouth wide to eat me. Dahan was shocked in his heart, and saw that his son didn't seem to be panicking. He grabbed a woodcutter, took a homemade bow and arrow, and put it on his back. said: "Where is it? Take Lao Tzu to see if there is really a ghost." ”

The young man was a little scared and said, "It's better for Daddy to go by himself, I'm afraid." The big man glared and said, "My son is here, what are you afraid of, manly man, are you all afraid? Walk, lead the way. The boy had to bite the bullet and walk in front timidly. When he walked not far away, he did not dare to go any further, pointed to the place where the clay figure was lying, and said, "It's there, you can go by yourself." ”

The big man snorted: "Look at your appearance." I'll just wait here, I'll take a look, and if there's anything, I'll scream. Although he said this, he was still a little scared in his heart. Stick the chai knife into your belt, take off the bow and pull it up, and walk forward cautiously. The young man said, "Daddy, be careful." The big man nodded, signaling, knowing. Walk slowly forward. Keep your eyes straight ahead, as long as there is any movement. The arrows in your hand should be shot with your hands.

After a few steps forward, I saw that there was indeed a thing lying under the forest in front of me, and I couldn't help but shout and ask, "What are you, get up for me and go away." After saying three times, the clay figure never sounded, and he didn't even move, so he couldn't help but be surprised, and he dared to get closer. The bow and arrow in his hand were always held tightly and aimed at the thing. As soon as you notice that something is wrong, you have to shoot arrows.

When he got closer, he breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, stretched out his foot and gently kicked the clay figure, and said, "Hey, who are you, what are you doing here?" But the clay figure remained motionless. He was bold, reached out to the clay man's mouth, probed his breath, and found that the clay man was still breathing, so he breathed a sigh of relief and shouted, "Stinky boy, come quickly." ”

The young man sighed from behind a tree and asked, "Daddy, what's the matter?" The big man said, "Come here, help the handle, and carry him home." The boy said, "No, it's scary." What if he eats me?" Dahan said: "Don't be afraid, this is not a ghost, it is a human, it seems to be seriously injured." Come and help me carry him home. The boy was emboldened and approached. The big man stretched out his hand to wipe the mud off the face of the clay man, revealing the true face of the clay man, who was actually a handsome young man.

Dahan said, "Look, this is not a lie to you, is it?" He handed it to the boy and said, "Take it." Then he picked the boy up, put him on his back, and walked back to the hut. , put on the bed, and then reached out to probe, only to find that the man was like a fire, and it was extremely hot. I couldn't help but cry out "ouch". The boy said, "Daddy, what's wrong with him?"

Dahan said: "He burned badly, and he had to find a way to reduce his fever." "Boy, go and bring the antipyretic medicine I picked a few days ago. The boy answered, put down his bow and arrows, turned to the stove, took the medicine and put it in the pot, added water, hung it on the fire, and boiled it. The fire that his father had made had not been extinguished, but it had saved him a lot of effort.

When the medicine was boiled, the big man had already removed the handsome young man's clothes, took hot water, moistened the water with a cloth, and cleaned the mud from the young man's body. After feeding the boy antipyretics, he took the old quilt and put it on the boy's body. After being busy for a while, both father and son were hungry. So I roasted some jerky and ate it. That night, one night, both father and son closed their eyes and rested by the stove, and got up from time to time to check on the boy's condition.

When he woke up on the second day, the boy was still not well, and the high fever still did not go away, and the young man said: "Daddy, is this big brother better?" The big man shook his head and sighed: "My medicine is an earthwork, but it is useless, it seems that you have to add good medicinal materials, boy, you take out the box under the bed." There's a box inside. The young man did as he was told, took out the box, and saw a pair of old ginseng in the box. exclaimed: "Daddy." This is your most precious mountain ginseng?"

Dahan said: "I know, it's important to save people now, you put him in the medicine pot, boil it, and give it to him." The boy reluctantly did as his father said. After giving the ginseng to the young man, after an hour, the young man's fever gradually subsided. Only then did Dahan relax his heart. Dahan is very proficient in medicine, but he still knows the medicinal effect of old ginseng. This old ginseng is an excellent tonic, with the effect of prolonging life, and it is also very effective for the high fever of teenagers. After the boy took it, his body naturally improved.

I woke up the next day. Dahan said, "Thank God, you finally woke up." The young man said, "Where am I?" and the big man said, "This is in my house." The young man said, "Your family?" and the big man said, "Yes." My home. You fainted in the woods, and it was the dog that hit you, and it was only then that carried you back. He pointed to his son

The young man's mind was in pain, he shook his head vigorously to sober himself up, and said: "Yes, I remember, I was in a drowsy state, I saw a young man, it turned out that you saved me. I can't thank you enough for the great kindness of the two. As he spoke, he was about to get out of bed, kowtowing to the two fathers and sons to thank each other. The big man hurriedly stretched out his hand to stop him, and said: "This little thing is not necessary, thank you, we also happened to catch up, you should recuperate in peace! By the way, you have been in a coma for two days, you must be hungry, I will get you some food." The boy said, "Thank you." ”

Dahan hurriedly took some dried meat, put it in an iron pot, and added some coarse grains. He added water, boiled it into porridge, and fed it to the boy. The boy was hungry for a long time, and he ate five bowls in a row before he was full, and the meat porridge was in his stomach, and his spirit was much better. Barely able to sit up. asked, "Engong, where is this?" Dahan said: "This is Tieziling outside the Guan. The young man said: "Outside the gate, so to speak, I am still outside the gate." ”

Dahan said: "Yes, this is Guanwai, what's wrong? By the way, I'm in a deep valley here, and I've never seen outsiders coming, how did you get here?" The young man thought for a while, shook his head and said, "Actually, I don't know how I got here." Dahan said: "Then what is your name, do you remember?"

The young man thought for a while and said, "I remember this, my name is Duguyun." "This young man is Duguyun who jumped off the cliff. I didn't expect it to be a catastrophe. (To be continued......)