Ding Mountain is located in the southwest of China and is named after its shape like a bell and a tripod. The mountain is hundreds of miles in diameter and has numerous vegetation, with thousand-year-old trees reaching into the sky. On top of this lush mountain peak, a natural lake is formed due to the depression of the terrain.
It is known as "Ding Lake". The water of Ding Lake comes from the sky and is a magnificent pearl on this thousand-foot peak. It is as clear as water and flows along the mountain, like a silver dragon winding down the mountain. As it winds, it nourishes the vegetation and life on the mountain.
It also irrigates Dingshan Village at the foot of the mountain.
When Xiaozhu and the others arrived at Dingshan Village, it was already evening. The afterglow of the setting sun slanted across the small village, making the smoke in the chimneys appear warm red, and the evening breeze brought meals.
Mo Bai, who was sitting on Gui Haiming's right shoulder, sniffed at the fragrance and raised his right paw to show that he had something to say.
"I think Master, you shouldn't be a panda, you should be called 'Master Greedy Cat'." Xiaozhu joked with a smile, causing Mo Bai to glare at him, but this sharp glare was hidden in the big dark circles of his eyes.
The power is greatly reduced.
At the request of Master Greedy Cat, the three decided to fill their stomachs in the small village first, take a rest, and then go to Ding Mountain to look for Qingshuang Sancao the next day. As soon as the three entered the village, they saw a hunter standing at the entrance of the village, talking to Zuo
The neighbor laughed loudly and said, "Aunt Li, look at this leather. It's so white that there's not even a hair on it. When winter comes, it will be perfect to make a leather jacket for your little grandson."
La!"
"Leave it to your grandson," the round-faced aunt who was sitting on a small bench at the door picking vegetables smiled at the hunter, "your Hongfei is already in his early twenties, when will he get a wife?"
The conversation between the villagers fell into Xiaozhu's ears and made her smile. She had lived with her master on Qingchuan Mountain since she was a child, and she never knew what the "neighbors" were like. She couldn't help but look at the Orion curiously.
I saw him wearing short clothes, tall and strong, unshaven beard, thick eyebrows and big eyes. He looked about forty years old. It seemed that he had just returned to the village after hunting. He also had two hares and a wild duck on the bamboo pole behind him. After listening,
At the aunt's words, the hunter tilted his lips and laughed loudly:
"Who knows about that brat? It's not like you don't know how thin-skinned he is! Every time you ask him if he has a crush, he just keeps his head down and doesn't say anything."
Having said this, the hunter shook his head helplessly. As he shook his head, he caught a glimpse of a little girl standing not far away. He was stunned for a moment, raised his eyes to look at Xiaozhu, and looked her up and down. Suddenly, his face showed
She happily slapped her thigh and yelled "on point", then rushed up and asked with a smile on her face: "Where are you from, girl? She has a strange face, why have you never seen her before? Which family here is she a relative of?"
You are now in your teens this year, are you getting married yet?"
His questions came one after another like a barrage of questions, and Xiaozhu was confused by him. Gui Haiming frowned in displeasure, stepped in front of Xiaozhu, and used his tall, thin and straight figure to help her.
He blocked Orion's inquiring gaze. Seeing this, Orion was stunned, then raised his hand and touched his nose, and said gloomily: "Tsk, it turns out there is a master."
"Lao Guo, you are really scaring a girl." The round-faced aunt couldn't stand it anymore. She stood up and pulled the hunter back. Then she looked at Xiaozhu and Gui Haiming and smiled apologetically, "You two are just passing by.
Yes, please don't be offended. Lao Guo is a straightforward person and speaks without thinking. In fact, he is a warm-hearted person. His son is also very old, and he always wants to find a wife for his son. But there are not many people in our village.
, there is not a single girl of the right age, and he acts like an idiot just when he sees a girl."
After hearing the aunt's accusations and explanations, the Orion himself blushed and said with an embarrassed smile: "I'm really sorry, I'm so anxious... Hey, this panda is handsome, fat and strong.
It’s a pity that he’s just a little small, but he will definitely be a good person when he grows up!”
Seeing that the little girl was being guarded and no longer thinking about it, the hunter raised his eyes and saw the ink-white fur. Hearing the sentence "fat and strong", Xiaozhu couldn't help but chuckle, and
Mo Bai sniffed in dissatisfaction. He grasped the green bamboo stick with his right hand and patted Orion on the shoulder mercilessly.
"Hey, this beast is spiritual. He can also hit people with a stick." Lao Guo ignored the pain and said with wide eyes in surprise, "Is this a bear or a monkey? It's so smart!"
Master Mo Bai, who was covered in fur, folded his arms in dissatisfaction, turned his head away with a hum, and ignored the other person. Gui Haiming even glanced at the hunter coldly, with that cold expression, as if he only wanted the other person.
If he gets even half a step closer and threatens Xiaozhu and Mo Bai, he will burn the sky with fire.
Seeing Gui Haiming's gloomy face, as if he was going to fight with someone in the next moment, Xiaozhu hurriedly smoothed things over and explained to the hunter with a chuckle: "Hello, Uncle Guo, we are herb collectors and we are planning to go there."
I was looking for some medicinal herbs in Dingshan. I happened to pass by your village and it was getting late, so I wanted to find a place to stay for the night."
Her voice was sweet, her smile was beautiful, and she was respectful to the elders. The hunter's heart melted when he called "Uncle Guo" and he was so happy that he could not find the north. He grinned and said: "This is easy to say, if you don't mind it,
Just come to my house and stay overnight! Make sure you have enough bacon!"
As he said that, Orion enthusiastically led Xiaozhu and the others toward the village, squinting at Xiaozhu and Gui Haiming as they walked. At the end, he shook his head regretfully, smacking his lips and complaining: "What a good girl, how can I be worthy of it?"
It’s such a shame to have such a vicious and cold face. Why is that brat Hongfei not so lucky?”
Hearing Orion mutter, Gui Haiming frowned slightly, his expression even more cold and terrifying. Mo Bai, who was sitting on his shoulder, suddenly stretched out two paws, pulled up the corners of the young man's mouth, and opened the upward arc. Gui Haiming
He immediately turned his face, slapped Mo Bai's paws away, and glared at the other person with a sharp gaze, giving a silent warning. Mo Bai folded his hands and stared disdainfully, with an expression that seemed to say: Boy, you are too young to play tricks with me!
One was taciturn, the other was speechless, and the snake and the bear were confronting each other silently. Xiaozhu didn't know whether to laugh or cry. He stood up on tiptoes and reached out to pick up Mo Bai from Gui Haiming's shoulder. He then bent his index finger and tapped the panda's forehead: "
Master, Brother Xiao She has helped us a lot and accompanied us to find a way to solve the curse for you. Why are you angry with him?"
Mo Bai raised his paws to cover his head and started to moan: "Little girl, you are getting bolder and bolder. You dare to hit your master on the forehead!"
Xiaozhu chuckled and said: "I treat others in the same way as they treat others. Master, don't you often hit me on the head? The so-called upper beam is not straight and the lower beam is crooked!"
"Woo!" This girl has learned bad things! You are taking advantage of someone... no, taking advantage of a bear's danger!
Xiaozhu smiled slyly: "I'm just trying to satisfy my cravings while you can't talk back!"
One person and one bear, they were bickering happily. Gui Haiming silently looked at the smile of the girl beside him. In a daze, he went back to that midwinter moonlit night with snow all over the sky. The cold cold that almost swallowed him up.
In the snow, a pair of soft and warm little hands pulled him out of the boundless darkness, and also pulled him out of the heart-hating demon that "killed everyone in the world"...
Just as Guihai was thinking about old things, the group had also arrived at Guo Orion's residence. As the aunt said, Dingshan Village is not big, with only a few acres of land from south to north. Guo Orion's family lives in the north of the village.
Along the way with him, Xiaozhu calculated carefully that there were only seven families in the village, with a population of more than ten or twenty people at most. At this time, the sky was getting darker, and the sunset hung slanting on the side of the mountains, with a dim light.
It was reflected on Uncle Guo's small wooden house with a thatched roof. Orion called out "Hongfei" at the top of his lungs, but no one answered. Old Guo muttered, "You brat, where are you wandering around again?"
Open the door and lead Xiaozhu and the others into the house.
The wooden house is not big, but it is clean and tidy. The tables, chairs and benches are neatly arranged. On the wall are leathers brought by hunters. There are two pieces of bacon hanging on the back of the door. There is a teapot and two small cups on the small wooden table.
Guo Orion grabbed the teapot, filled a cup for each of Xiaozhu and Gui Haiming, and forced it into their hands. Xiaozhu thanked him and took it. His fingertips touched the wall of the cup, and he felt a warm feeling - the tea was still hot.
It's strange, it seems that it was burned not long ago.
"My place is a bit small," Guo Orion grinned, "but the rice is big and the meat is filling, and the bed is soft. If you two don't mind, you can spend the night here. My baby will be here soon."
Home."
At this point, the corner of his mouth slightly lowered, showing a hint of helplessness: "Most of the people in this village are old, weak, women and children. Hongfei has had no playmates since he was a child, which turned this boy into an old-fashioned stuffy man. You and I
He is about the same age, so it would be nice to talk to him."
Hearing this sentence, Mo Bai sighed softly, probably feeling that it was not easy to raise a child. If he could speak, he would have to exchange parenting experiences with Guo Orion. However, at this time, he just put his hand on Xiaozhu's arm and suddenly stood up.
She raised her breasts and glanced at the little girl's elegant and beautiful face with dark circles. The proud expression seemed to say: Look, how well my girl was raised, I didn't raise her to be a boring person!
Just as Guo Orion was greeting the guests and preparing for dinner, he suddenly heard the sound of gongs coming from outside the door. His face suddenly changed, and he said urgently, "You guys wait," and grabbed the bow and arrow by the door.
He rushed out of the door. Through the open door, Xiaozhu saw men, women and children from every household running out of the house: the women were beating the copper basin with hammer sticks, making a "bang" sound, and the men were grabbing plowshares.
Shovel, running and shouting:
"Fei is coming! Fei is coming!"
Could it be that the Fei of Dingshan Mountain were the strange beasts that guarded the Qingshuang Sancao? Hearing this, the three of them immediately chased out the door, followed a group of villagers, and ran towards the woods to the west of the village.
The setting sun was like blood, reflecting the mountains and forests in a strange blood-red color. The sound of chaotic footsteps echoed endlessly in the originally quiet mountains and fields, causing birds to flutter their wings and fly away, and small animals to flee in panic. Squirrels hurriedly ran up the branches,
He hid his head among the dense branches and leaves and looked at the dozen or so villagers under the tree anxiously.
Orion Guo Wu rushed to the front. Seeing layers of fog emerging in the dense forest ahead, he raised his hand to stop the villagers: "Stop!"
The cheerful smile on this tall and burly man's face was completely gone now. His face was livid, and his eyes were firmly fixed on the heavy mist, filled with unstoppable hatred. He used his backhand to grab the quiver from his back.
He took out several arrows from his pocket, stretched his bow and nocked the arrows. He drew the bow like a moon, and when he pulled the string of the bow, veins burst out on the back of his right hand. He gritted his teeth, suddenly loosened his fingers, and immediately lifted the string.
The arrow pierced the void, set off gusts of wind, and struck quickly into the mist!
The feathered arrows were swallowed up by the mist, and Guo Wu approached step by step, while constantly setting up his bow and releasing arrows. Suddenly, he heard a low mournful cry from the gray mist that covered the mountain, as if some animal was in pain.
It was like wailing. Hearing the sound, Guo Wu raised his thick eyebrows and curled the corners of his mouth slightly, as if he was smiling, but his smile was extremely ugly, and it actually looked like he was crying.
I saw Guo Wu taking off a three-pronged fork from his waist, clenching it tightly in his hand, and was about to rush towards the thick fog when he was suddenly hugged by an old man with gray beard and hair behind him: "Guo Wu
Zi, you don’t want to die! Xiao Wenzi is watching you in the sky!”
The uncle's shout made Guo Wu tremble. The strong and brave man's eyes turned red at this moment, and his brows formed a forbearance. But then, he raised the back of his hand and wiped his eyes.
, then grabbed the old man's arm that was tightly clasped around his waist, and tried hard to break free: "Uncle Xu, let go!"
Although Mr. Xu was already in his sixties, he tried his best not to let go, and loudly advised: "Guo Zi, even if you risk your life, you have to think about Hongfei! Hongfei hasn't taken a wife yet, you can't bear it"
Leave him alone?"
After hearing this, Guo Wu's movements froze, and he finally stood upright and struggled. Mr. Xu breathed a sigh of relief and let go of his strong and thick waist. Guo Wu lowered his head and looked at the setting sun in his hands.
The three-pronged fork, which glowed red as blood, slowly tightened its five fingers until the knuckles turned white.
After a while, he finally stuffed the iron fork back into his waist, took a string of firecrackers from Mr. Xu, lit the fuse, and threw the string of "hundred-mile bangs" into the confused mist.
Suddenly, the crackling sound of firecrackers exploded in this isolated mountain forest. Birds and animals were frightened and fled in all directions, while the villagers were beating gongs and drums, banging the copper basins with mallets in their hands, and making loud noises.
Shouted:
"The plague is gone, the bad luck is gone, the God of Artillery is gone, and no one will be left behind!"
The villagers recited it three times. After a while, the heavy fog finally receded slowly and finally dissipated in the dense forest. The villagers breathed a sigh of relief. The women collected the ladles and walked back together, hunched back.
Mr. Xu sighed, shook his head, and patted Guo Wu's back gently. At this moment, a young man in his early twenties squeezed out of the crowd, hurried to Orion, and grabbed his arm.
, looking up and down anxiously:
"Dad, are you okay?"
Seeing this young man, Mr. Xu beamed with joy: "Hongfei, you came at the right time. Please hurry up and tell me that I'm acting stupid again!"
Although Guo Wu was born tall and thick, this son Hongfei is a handsome young man with clear features. Although he is dressed in shorts, his thin figure does not look like a martial artist at all. Instead, he has the air of a scholar. He is obviously an elegant man with an elegant look.
He is a handsome young man, but unfortunately his face is a bit pale, and there is a slight worry between his eyebrows, which seems to add maturity and sadness that are inconsistent with his age.
After listening to the old man's words, Guo Hongfei first nodded and said "Thank you, Mr. Xu." After watching the Huafa old man leave, he turned to look at his father. He saw Guo Wu's eyes were bloodshot and shockingly red.
The face that was originally cheerful and energetic was now full of anger, and he looked like he was ready to fight with others at any time. Hongfei lowered his eyes, and the hand that had been holding Guo Wu's arm slowly let go, and he called softly: "
father……"
Guo Wu turned away and wiped his face with both hands. Then he turned back, slapped Hongfei's vest with his big palm, and said loudly: "You brat, let's go home, we have guests!"
"
As he said that, Guo Wu put his arms around his son's shoulders and was about to go home. As soon as he turned around, he saw Miss Xiaozhu holding a red panda, standing not far behind them, but the tall young man with a cold face was missing. Guo Wu was nowhere to be found.
Wu Nong raised an eyebrow, stepped forward to get in front of Xiaozhu, and asked in a low voice: "Little girl, where did that tall guy go? Who is he to you?"
"You mean little..." Xiaozhu almost blurted out the word "snake", and quickly stopped his tongue, "Uncle Guo, are you asking Brother Guihai? He, he is in a hurry, so he will come back as soon as he goes."
It turned out that just now Guo Wu and the villagers had scared off Fei. When the fog in the forest gradually dispersed, Gui Haiming used his demonic power and flew past like a ghost. He flashed into the dense forest at the speed of the wind to find Fei's whereabouts.
Xiaozhu thought that the Orion man was asking about Gui Haiming's whereabouts, so she made up an excuse to evade it. Little did she know that Guo Wu's focus was not on the first half of the sentence. When he heard the word "brother", Guo Wu was so excited that he hurriedly
He pushed Hongfei in front of Xiaozhu and said with a smile: "The little girl came to Dingshan to collect herbs. She is not familiar with the place. Brat, take the girl for a run in the mountain when you have time."
Guo Hongfei didn't know what his father was planning. He turned his head away in embarrassment and said nothing, but his face turned extremely pale.
Not long after, Gui Haiming also walked out of the forest. He glanced at everyone with cold eyes and shook his head slightly at Xiaozhu and Mo Bai. But this time, Guo Wu not only did not complain about his cold attitude, but instead greeted them enthusiastically.
He came up and said diligently: "Hey, little brother, you have been soaking in urine for a long time. Do you have kidney deficiency? I'll make you some deer antler wine tomorrow and I'll be sure to take care of it!"
"..." Gui Haiming was speechless and just frowned in displeasure. On the other hand, Mo Bai, who was lying softly on Xiao Zhu's shoulder, was shaking with laughter. Sensing Mo Bai's mocking gaze,
Gui Haiming rolled his eyes coldly, with a stern expression that was not angry and intimidating, with a hint of warning. But Mo Bai could not be frightened by him, and immediately stared back at him unwilling to be outdone.
But at this moment, Guo Wu patted Guo Hongfei on the back and encouraged him to call Gui Haiming "big brother". After Mo Bai heard this, he laughed so hard that all the black and white fur on his body trembled, and finally made a "snap" sound.
It slipped from Xiaozhu's shoulder and fell heavily onto the muddy ground, falling backwards.
