Strangely enough, after leaving the village, there was no trace of snakes around me anymore.
Time flies and I have graduated from college.
Because I majored in photography, I found an internship at a magazine after graduation.
Unexpectedly, on the first day of my internship, my boss arranged for me to go to a remote village called Snake Village with several old colleagues to shoot material about the "Snake Marriage".
When I heard about snakes, I felt a little scared, saying that I was a little afraid of snakes, so I didn't want to go.
The supervisor in charge of me at the time was a spinster in her thirties who was still unmarried. She had a bad temper and was extremely harsh on her subordinates. She was nicknamed the "Tigress".
The tigress immediately reprimanded me, and even said that I was a newcomer and was showing off, and that I really didn’t know how to be generous.
I had no choice but to bite the bullet.
After arriving at Snake Village, I discovered that this place is an extremely backward and remote mountainous area.
Waterway transportation is extremely inconvenient, and the signal is also extremely poor.
Needless to say, the conditions were difficult, but the good thing is that we only stayed here for a day or two before we could go back.
As soon as I entered the village, I realized something was wrong.
I don't know why, but I always feel like there is a pair of eyes staring at me coldly from behind, which gives me a creepy feeling.
But every time I looked back, I saw nothing.
I began to feel a little uneasy in my heart, as if something was about to happen.
The magazine rented out a local house for us as a place to stay. The yard here is very large and spacious.
But behind the yard is a dense bamboo forest. The bamboos grow directly higher than the roof. They are densely packed and look a little scary.
As soon as I walked into the yard and subconsciously looked at the airtight bamboo forest, I couldn't help but shudder in my heart.
Why does this place feel so inexplicably familiar, as if I have been here before?
But I'm pretty sure I've never been here.
"Yiyi, what are you doing so stupidly? Why don't you move everything in quickly?" the tigress beside her roared.
"Oh, okay."
I quickly withdrew my gaze and followed everyone to move all the belongings into the house.
The house is very clean and tidy. The entire house is made of bamboo as the main structure. It is a famous local "bamboo house" building.
After a brief tidying up, Tigress walked in with a local villager dressed in exotic clothes.
This person briefly introduced himself and said his name was Ada, who was our tour guide this time and the owner of this bamboo house.
Then, at Tigress's signal, Ada took a group of us to the village to familiarize ourselves with the environment and prepare for the subsequent shooting material.
Walking on the bluestone street, I could clearly feel the wary expressions on the faces of the villagers.
Ada explained that because their village is closed all year round and the transportation is not developed, there are very few outsiders.
When I see strangers from outside, I am more or less wary.
I found that this place is really a "snake village", and snakes can be seen everywhere.
However, it is said that these snakes are basically harmless to humans.
I felt horrified in my heart when I heard this. Living with snakes all year round is not a pleasant feeling. I experienced it very well when I was a child.
Suddenly, I saw a tree covered with red fruits, which looked a bit like a lantern. It was really beautiful.
I couldn't help but walked forward out of curiosity, ready to take a few photos and take them back for study.
Unexpectedly, I had just taken two pictures when Ada's voice came from behind me.
"Little girl, don't move."
I was so frightened that I stopped instantly, turned around and said, "What's wrong?"
The moment I turned around, I saw the horrified expressions on the faces of other colleagues, as if they had seen something extremely terrifying.
I instantly realized something was wrong, and just as I was about to turn around, I heard a hissing sound coming from my ears. In an instant, I was so stiff that I stood still and didn't dare to move.
Because I am really familiar with this sound. Isn't this the sound the snake makes when it spits out its message?
At this time, a chill ran down my spine, and I knew what I was facing at this moment.
I felt something slowly crawling over from the branch on the side of my face. I twisted slightly and looked around, and saw a long red letter, just 0.01 centimeters away from my face, constantly heaving back and forth.
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I almost screamed at that time.
"Don't move, the snake won't hurt you." Ada comforted me in a low voice.
At this time, my heart was already in my throat, but I still tried hard to control my body to prevent it from shaking, and even more importantly, I tightened my teeth tightly to prevent myself from making any sound.
I know that snakes generally do not hurt people easily unless they are frightened.
Soon, the snake crossed the branch at the side of my face and climbed to the branch on the side.
At this time, I could clearly see the scales on the snake's body, one by one, so black and shiny.
It took about a minute or so before the snake climbed past me and onto another branch.
I was so frightened that I ran into the crowd, my legs softened, and I sat down directly on the ground.
I knew that my face must be ugly at this time, and my body could not help but tremble slightly.
"Yiyi, it's okay, it's okay."
Sister Gao, who was accompanying me, helped him up from the ground and kept comforting me.
I have had an inexplicable fear of this snake since I was a child. It is a fear that comes from the depths of my soul and is difficult for ordinary people to understand.
After this little episode, I have become much more honest and I don’t dare to move around anymore, let alone take pictures randomly.
After everyone wandered around the street, Ada took them to the Snake Temple to have a look.
It is said that tonight's sacrificial activity will be held at the 'Snake Temple'.
Ada was very talkative and told us the story about "Snake Lord Marrying a Wife" on the way.
It is said that thousands of years ago, a snake king fell in love with a young and beautiful human woman.
Their love is not blessed, both the snake tribe and the human tribe are opposed to them being together.
Snake Lord gave up his noble throne for love and was willing to become an ordinary person and stay together with a woman forever.
Soon, the woman became pregnant.
Both the snake tribe and the human tribe said that the child born by the human snake was bound to be a monster, so they secretly executed the woman and the child in her belly while the snake king was away.
After the snake king came back, he was furious and went crazy and killed all the snakes and humans in the village.
After that, every full moon night, the snake king will show his bestiality and come out to kill people.
The world knows that this is Snake Lord's revenge, but there is nothing they can do.
Finally, a Taoist master came to the village, and he enlightened the villagers and asked them to build a snake temple, and they continued to offer incense for generations to come.
He also promised that every year during the Qingming Festival, he would hold a "Snake Lord Marries a Wife" sacrificial event to select the Snake Lord's favorite bride to appease the Snake Lord's anger.
Several colleagues discussed this topic one after another.
"Can this snake and a human really have a baby?"
"Who knows, even if he is born, he may still be a half-human, half-snake monster."
"Will it be like in the movie, where all the hair is transformed into little snakes, and the tongue is also a long and thin snake?"
When I heard this, I shuddered subconsciously. There was actually a movie that acted like this.
Everyone burst into laughter, but the tigress said speechlessly: "I'm afraid only fools like snakes. It's good to have children and not be bitten to death."
Suddenly, everyone stopped saying anything.
Tigress has always been a serious person, so everyone is very well-behaved in front of him.
