It was dark inside, and Bai Haitang had no intention of walking inside. She waited for the rainstorm to pass, then went down the mountain to go home.
Covered by banyan trees, the cave is naturally hidden.
Bai Haitang put down the package and the roselle sapling. The dark clouds outside had already overwhelmed the sky in the mountains. It was obviously afternoon, but the sky was dimming like dusk.
The rainstorm is approaching...
Bai Haitang made some noise when he put down his things, and at this time Bai Haitang felt a burst of light inside.
"You're back." A woman's voice was heard from behind, followed by small steps.
He has been deceiving others that there is a female ghost in the mines in Qiaotou Village. Did he really encounter it in the cave of Shuilian Mountain this time... This thought flashed through Bai Haitang's mind.
Turning around, I saw a simple aunt in her forties, holding a candle and looking at Bai Haitang in surprise.
That candle was made of animal fat. Bai Haitang concluded that this was the real hunter in the mountains.
"Who are you?" the aunt asked in surprise.
"Auntie, I was passing by to take shelter from the rain. I didn't know there were people living in the cave. I'm sorry for disturbing you." Bai Haitang bowed to apologize.
"Oh, I thought it was my boss who came back," the aunt said.
"What are you doing in Shuilian Mountain alone?" the aunt continued to ask.
"I'll pick this." Bai Haitang pointed to the roselle sapling on the ground.
"That's why you came here?"
"Um."
Every time I asked and answered, the aunt was very surprised.
At this time, big raindrops fell down in a thin puddle and hit the leaves. The sound was extremely loud, and the thunder sounded like it was overhead.
Living on the mountainside, you are very close to the sky, and you can feel the gifts of nature most clearly.
Before the two of them could say a few more words, there was the sound of branches being pushed aside again at the entrance of the cave.
Could it be that the head of the household is back? Bai Haitang thought.
Unexpectedly, the aunt came to Bai Haitang in three steps at a time, pulled her along the cave wall, and blew out the candle.
Although Bai Haitang didn't know why, he didn't say anything and just watched the changes.
There was only a "gudong" sound, followed by a scream of "wow"...
This sound was definitely not made by a human being.
After lighting the grease candle again, Bai Haitang could see clearly and felt scared.
It turned out that the aunt pulled her along the wall to avoid the trap. There was a trap in the middle of the cave entrance. If Bai Haitang had been more curious when she was taking shelter from the rain, and walked in, the one who screamed now would be
Became a "person".
The aunt and Bai Haitang approached the trap and lit it with candles.
I saw a fat bobcat impaled on a sharpened bamboo pole, already dying.
Such a smart hunter knows that using tree branches as a cover will be discovered by some animals with keen sense of smell, so he sets a trap at the door of his house. Of course, his family will walk around it.
Before he could recover from the surprise, a man entered the cave and took off his rain hat. He was holding two foxes and two pheasants in his hands.
One of the foxes was alive, and the others were dead. Their fur was intact, and the shot was exactly through the eye.
What makes Bai Haitang curious is that the white bag containing the four prey is not made of vines, but looks very soft and elastic, thin, but very strong, and is not an ordinary gray cloth. What is it?
"You're back." The aunt came forward to greet her.