Chapter 60 Summoning the Dragon(1/2)
Late at night, I carried the small mushrooms to the shack. They had turned into a pile of ashes, and there were still a few wisps of smoke coming out from three or two places, filling the air with a faint smell of burning.
The little mushroom said to me in a low voice: "Brother Chongzhi, my mother built this shack alone. Although it is simple, it is my paradise. My mother picked up many small stones for me to play with, and even put them in the yard.
I set up a shelf inside and made a swing for me. When I was a child, I often played on the swing. No matter how late my mother came home, I would pester her and ask her to accompany me on the swing and push me to the highest point.
, my mother picked up several bottles with different amounts of water in them. When I hit it with a small bamboo stick, it would make different sounds. It sounded so good. My mother said that this kind of music is called piano. You think it’s funny or not? It’s made of glass bottles.
How can my piano be called a piano, but it is my best toy..."
Xiao Mushroom whispered while shedding tears, "In order to live in the village, my mother wanted to cure the eye diseases of the old people in the village. She also ran to the mountain to find the dragon. She knelt down and prayed to the dragon for the heart of the dragon.
She cried and cut out the dragon's heart and gave it to the villagers. Every night, some men from the village would come over drunkenly and drag my mother into the shack. As I grew older, those men started targeting me again.
, but my mother strongly opposed it. At this time, she was like a thorn, covered with thorns, protecting me. Later, she simply sent me to the mountains before dawn every day, and told me not to come back until late. But my mother still
I was exhausted. From then on, I wandered in the mountains all day long, and only dared to sneak home late at night when people were quiet."
At this time, I thought of the cave on the top of the mountain. It was very clean inside and covered with thick firewood on the ground. It must be the place where the little mushroom often sleeps. This girl lives in fear every day and protects herself all the time, but even though she escaped
The men in the village did not escape the horse's face and the pig's head. If I hadn't taken action in time, she might not have been able to escape the humiliating fate.
"The reason why I secretly went home was because I felt my mother's scent here, but now I don't even have the chance to sneak home." Xiao Mushroom shed tears again.
There was the sound of footsteps in the distance, and a drunken man walked over with heavy steps.
I hurriedly carried the little mushroom on my back and hid behind a stone from a distance, peeking secretly. The man staggered to the ruins, burping from wine, and said, "I really drank too much today. I forgot what I had just done during the day."
This shack is burned down, it belongs to his grandmother, why didn’t that little girl come back? If she comes back, I will definitely take off her clothes and have a great time!"
I heard that this person was the weasel who talked about benevolence and justice during the day. After this bastard drank the yellow soup, he ran here without knowing it. It seemed that he usually ran here.
Little Mushroom trembled all over, "He's here again. He came often when my mother was here. After my mother died, he still ran here and even touched me. One night, I was sleeping in the shack and he was naked.
He ran in on his butt and pushed me to the ground. I was so scared that I grabbed a handful of ashes and threw it into his eyes. He screamed in pain and I had the chance to run away. From there, I never dared to sleep in the house again.
I’m in a shack. Every time I come back, I only stay there secretly for a short while and then quickly sneak away..."
I watched the weasel gnashing his teeth, pulled out the dagger and said, "Little Mushroom, I'll kill this guy for you."
Xiao Mushroom was startled at first, then shook his head and said with tears: "Forget it, he can still bring a few pancakes to my mother and me every time he comes. It's also because of him that we don't have to eat when food is in short supply."
Starved to death."
I felt annoyed and let out a long breath, "Xiao Mushroom, I won't kill him, but I have to let him have some memory. As a brother, I have to vent my anger on my sister."
As I said that, I pulled out the slingshot, shook my hand, and a marble shot out with my anger.
In the past, whether I was shooting cats, dogs, or those Japanese samurai, I had controlled my energy. After all, my mood was not as bad as it is now. This time, I didn't hold back at all.
The marble hit the weasel on the head, and "dang" made a crisp sound.
The weasel screamed and squatted on the ground holding its head.
I whistled at him from a distance, and the weasel jumped up, pointed in our direction from a distance and cursed: "Who the hell, hit me. I'll kill you."
After saying that, he ran over here. If he ran away with his head in his arms, at least he could avoid more physical pain. Now he has come to the door. This is also my intention.
The little mushroom was very scared and said in a trembling voice: "Brother Chongzi, he found us."
I smiled and said, "It's okay, I can still deal with a weasel."
Swish, swish, three beads fired in succession, hitting the weasel on the head.
The weasel howled continuously from its throat and spread far away, which was extremely harsh in this dark night.
He finally understood that the attacker was not a naughty child, but a sharpshooter.
The weasel jumped behind a stone to avoid the attack. He poked his head out secretly, "Who are you? Why are you attacking me?"
I shouted: "You know the dirty things you have done yourself. As for who I am, I can only tell you that I am a murderer."
After saying that, another marble was shot out, and it happened to hit the little bit of his head that was sticking out. The weasel screamed again, retracted its head like a turtle, and refused to come out again.
"Sir, please forgive me! I know I was wrong!" This guy who was usually arrogant in front of the poor finally showed his true colors.
I jumped onto a rock, and happened to be able to see the weasel's feet, so I was served with another marble. The marble hit his ankle hard, and the weasel hugged its feet and screamed, and its screams were broken.
But his struggle caused him to expose more parts of his body, and I fired a series of marbles, hitting his head, shoulders and butt one by one.
"Stop fighting, it hurts me so much. I beg you." After saying that, the weasel knelt on the ground and kowtowed repeatedly.
I said to him in a deep voice: "Weasel, listen, there once lived a kind-hearted mother here. They lived a life of being dependent on others, and were very friendly to everyone here. They kindly brought snake gall to you.
, but you are more ruthless and poisonous than snakes. Not only did you take advantage of them, but you also burned down their house, and even clamored to burn her daughter to death. But they still begged for you, and you usually brought
That pancake saved you, even though you brought the pancake with no good intentions. The lesson I will teach you today is to tell you the principles of life. Everyone is born equal. If you do something like lard that deceives your heart again,
, I will skin you personally."
The weasel kowtowed repeatedly, "I know, I won't dare to do it again, I won't do it again."
I said: "Get out!" When he heard me letting him go, he ran away, faster than a rabbit.
The little mushroom looked at the weasel's embarrassed appearance and finally smiled with tears in his eyes.
I carried Little Mushroom on my back and looked at the ruins that had been reduced to ashes. I turned back to Little Mushroom and said, "Let's go, I will take you home!"
I carried the little mushroom on my back and walked towards the town of Wenzhe. I couldn't run to the road and catch a camel cart, because the assassination of Hamid would cause a series of reactions. He had already sent troops to the mountains to encircle and suppress me. If he didn't catch me, he would definitely
He became angry and continued the search.
I decided to go to places that are less visited by people. I am not afraid of encountering wild animals on the road, but I am afraid of encountering people.
I would be very happy when meeting wild beasts, we need their meat; but when meeting people, I would have no way to explain our origins to them.
Little Mushroom lay on my back, "Brother Bug, you shouldn't have provoked that weasel just now."
I smiled disdainfully, "So what if I provoke him? Didn't you see it? Didn't you see his embarrassed look?"
"What if he finds someone to chase us?"
After listening to Xiao Mushroom's words, I thought for a moment, "No way, does he still dare to gather people to catch us?"
Xiao Mushroom put his face on my shoulder, "I hope not."
I carried Little Mushroom on my back and walked for seven or eight miles. The night was already very deep and we all needed a rest. Little Mushroom said to me, "What a coincidence, I know there is a cave nearby. Let's go there and stay one night."
Her casual words made me feel sad. This little girl is afraid of going home and spends the night in these deserted caves every day. The more familiar she is with this area, it shows how pitiful she is on weekdays.
I forced a smile and said, "Little Mushroom, Brother Chongzi claims to be the best hunter in the wilderness, but I didn't expect that he is not as familiar with geography as you are. It seems that I will have to settle for second place in the future."
Mushroom became happy and said, "Brother Chongzi, are you kidding me? I'm just familiar with this area, I don't know about other places."
"What does it matter? No matter where you go, as long as you blow a whistle, you will see thousands of snakes, wolves, insects, tigers, leopards, monsters and ghosts wherever you go. Don't you be scared to death? Seriously, you have
Give me some time to teach you. If you have nothing to do, we two brothers can take these big and small treasures to bite people together."
Xiao Mushroom said: "I can teach you, but I guess you won't be able to learn it. Mom said that only people from the Wick tribe know how to drive away snakes, and only women from the Wick tribe can do it. Brother Chongzi, if you want to learn it,
To get rid of snakes, be a woman first."
I also laughed loudly, "I don't want to be a woman even if I want to. If I become a woman like this, I'm afraid I won't be able to get married for the rest of my life."
The little mushroom giggled.
While I was talking, I walked into the cave with the little mushroom on my back, took out the flint and lit some hay, lighting up the entire cave. This cave is smaller than the one on the top of the mountain. It can't even be called a cave, it can only be regarded as a few big rocks.
gap.
I put the little mushroom on the hay and said to the little mushroom: "Little mushroom, tell me about the snake repelling technique. I have to study this skill carefully."
Xiao Mushroom thought for a while and said to me: "My mother said that before the Weike tribe was exterminated, all the tribesmen took turns blowing whistles, but no snakes were driven away. Old Wick told all the tribesmen with tears in his eyes, that year
The snake-repelling skills taught to us by the prophet have been completely lost in our generation. We should find the prophet in the future and return this whistle. That night, all the tribesmen felt very uncomfortable. My mother was a little girl at the time, and she thought the whistle was very special.
It was fun, so she quietly stole it out, ran outside to find a remote hill and blew it. She didn’t expect that the whistle could produce such a beautiful sound, and she was intoxicated by this wonderful music. After a while, she heard
Hearing the rustling sound, she looked up and saw countless snakes circling and intertwining around her. She was very frightened, turned around and ran away. As a result, she knocked down a person, it was Old Wick. Old Wick took her mother
Holding him in his arms, laughing loudly, he knelt down to the north and said that with the blessing of the prophet, the art of expelling snakes has not been lost, and the dragon can continue to protect the Weike tribe. Then he said to his mother, this whistle will be given to you in the future, but it will only be used as a last resort.
You can't summon the dragon at will. Mom was very happy. When the two of them were about to go back to the tribe, there were fireworks in the sky. Old Wick shouted that something was wrong, saying that the outsiders there were going to blow up the habitat of our tribe and he wanted to go back.
Take a look. Then let my mother take the whistle and run away from it. No matter what, she can't throw away the whistle, because this whistle is the treasure given to us by the prophet back then. She also told her to take it with her when she meets the descendants of the prophet in the future.
He went to the Holy Land and then ran back to the tribe, but he never came back. Later, my mother let those people arrest him, and then my mother gave me the whistle before she died."
I heard what Xiao Mushroom said. I believe in that history, but only the women of the Weike tribe can blow the whistle to drive away snakes. I don’t think so. “You said that only women can understand this snake-driving skill, but I don’t really believe it. I think
There's something wrong with your whistle."
Seeing that I still didn't believe that only women from the Wake tribe could repel snakes, Xiao Mushroom helplessly shook his head and smiled, "Brother Chongzi, you really won't look back until you hit the wall. Here you go, give it a try."
Xiao Mushroom handed me the whistle, and I picked it up and started playing like Xiao Mushroom. What a joke, I can also play a piece of my father's erhu and play a few tunes on the flute. How can a little whistle faze me?
I picked up the whistle and took a closer look. It was a small whistle that was polished black all over. I don’t know what kind of stone it was made of. The whistle was very small, only as big as a thumb. I saw a dragon-shaped pattern carved on it. Although it was
It has been polished to the point where the pattern is almost invisible, but the beauty of the carving can still be seen.
There seemed to be writing on the other side of the whistle. I held it in front of the fire and looked at it carefully. I saw four seal characters engraved on it. I only recognized the second and fourth characters. The second character was engraved on it.
It is the word "big", which is very simple. The fourth word is the word "gift". Although this word is difficult to identify, because my father has many calligraphy, paintings or seals given to him by his friends, he often writes something like "so and so"
The word "gift" means that someone gave it to his father, so I can recognize this word.
To be continued...