Seven-year-old Chujiu was squatting at the door of the wooden attic, holding a pile of copper coins in his hand and setting up a maze. A little ant in the maze had not escaped for more than an hour. Chujiu was laughing happily.
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Suddenly, a pair of big feet and a pair of small feet appeared in front of Chujiu, blocking his sight.
Chu Jiu looked up and saw a strange old man who was about the same age as his grandfather and had a long beard. The old man with a long beard was holding a little boy in his hand and was smiling at him with big yellow teeth.
"Little doll, is this Geela's home?"
On Chujiu, he felt a strong aura from the old man. He couldn't tell what it felt like, but it just made him feel uncomfortable. He looked down at the ants in his copper coin maze and ran out, feeling a little unhappy.
"No! How could you enter Tuhai Village? Outsiders cannot enter here."
"You are a little kid, you can still tell lies. This is Gila's home, right? Who is Gila to you?"
Chujiu stood up and stared at the person in front of him with confusion. How could this old man with a beard know that he was lying?
"Do you want to ask me how I know you lied?"
The old man once again showed his yellow teeth and said with a smile.
"Because Gila had the same expression when she saw me for the first time."
At this time, Chujiu saw the little boy being held by the old man. There was something moving in the huge pocket of his coat. A dangerous signal came in Chujiu's mind. He did a backflip and landed at the door of the attic, and a copper coin sword appeared in his hand.
and a piece of talisman paper, staring closely at the boy's pocket.
The old man saw Chujiu staring at the position of his grandson's pocket, and glanced at Chujiu with admiration. He said to the little boy: "Brother was scared by the little guy in your pocket."
The little boy glanced at Chujiu, lowered his head shyly, put his hand into his big pocket, and then pulled out a roller coaster.
On the ninth day of the lunar month, I was so frightened that I broke into a cold sweat. When I crossed the mountain mark, people in their village sometimes called it "King Cobra". Unlike the real cobra, it was not a member of the genus Cobra, but an independent king cobra.
Genus.
Compared with cobras, they have a more ferocious temperament, extremely quick reactions, flexible head and neck rotation, and a large amount of detoxification. Chujiu's grandfather once said that cobras are one of the most dangerous snakes in the world.
At this time, the one-meter-long mountain crossing mark was casually held in the hand of the little boy, just like a thick rope. He hung his head obediently, without the arrogant majesty he had seen in the past.
"The little guy I met on the road, I caught it and stewed it in soup. I remember that this is the only thing I like about Gila."
Chujiu did not let down his guard. When he saw the little boy taking out the poisonous snake king from his pocket, he pinched a spell with his fingers. Chujiu was not sure that if the little boy threw the poisonous snake at him, he could repel the poisonous snake.
At this time, on the path in the distance, a man wearing Miao clothing walked over. The man was carrying a bamboo basket with a bundle of herbs in it. When Chujiu saw the man, he breathed a sigh of relief and changed his mind.
No longer afraid.
"Haha, old man Sun, are you ashamed? Why are you having sex with my grandson?"
The man carrying the bamboo basket is Chujiu's grandfather Jila, the leader of Tuhai Village.
"Chujiu, this is grandpa's good friend, Sun Nong. He is the village owner in western Hunan and the only remaining corpse hunter. Say hello to grandpa Sun!"
Ji La walked to the attic, touched Chujiu's head, and opened the attic door.
"Hello, Grandpa Sun, I am Chujiu. I am seven years old this year. I am born in the year of Dragon."
Chu Jiu greeted Sun Nong politely. It was the first time he saw people outside the village at this age. It was also the first time he recited the self-introduction of the Han people that his grandfather taught him verbatim.
After Chujiu finished speaking, he was a little shy and lowered his head. From the corner of his eye, he saw the little boy smiling slightly at him.
"Xiao Ming, you also say hello to Grandpa Gila."
The little boy behind Sun Nong glanced at Jira, lowered his head and said in a low voice: "Hello, grandpa, I am Sun Ming." After saying that, he hid behind Sun Nong and grabbed Sun with one hand.
Farmer's clothes.
"Haha, this kid is a little shy going down the mountain for the first time. I said Gila, your place is not much better. It is even harder to walk than my mountain road."
In the afternoon, on the ninth day of the lunar month, Grandpa Jira sent him out to dig some bamboo shoots in the bamboo forest. The bamboo shoots in this season are particularly tender and are the most delicious.
Also going out with Chujiu was the little boy Sun Ming.
Sun Ming was one year younger than Chujiu. After getting to know each other, Chujiu took on the responsibility of being an older brother and introduced everything in Tuhai Village to Sun Ming along the way. Sun Ming didn’t talk much. After Chujiu finished speaking, he was shy.
Smile and nod.
On the ninth day of the lunar month, I picked up a thin bamboo pole as tall as a person on the roadside. I said it could be used in the bamboo forest. There may be venomous snakes in the bamboo forest, which are the kind of green snakes with thin and long bamboo leaves. Use the bamboo pole to knock on the road ahead.
Can scare away venomous snakes.
Sun Ming smiled again and said in a low voice that he knew that the bamboo-leaf green snake was often active in rainy days and could also be seen in the evening on sunny days. They hung or entangled on the branches and loved to eat small birds.
The head of the Bamboo Leaf Green Snake is large and triangular, with a thin neck, and the head and neck are clearly distinguished. There are fine scales on the top of the head, and there is a red and white vertical line on the side of the male snake's body, and the vertical line on the side of the female's body is white or light yellow.
Only when he talked about snakes, Sun Ming seemed to talk more. He told Chujiu that he would not encounter a snake today.
Chujiu and Sun Ming came back with three large bamboo shoots in their arms. Jila took out the bacon that she had been reluctant to eat at home and fried a bacon bamboo shoot slice.
Sun Nong took care of the king cobra and helped stew a pot of soup.
During dinner, Chujiu sat next to grandpa and whispered that something strange happened today. No green snake with bamboo leaves was encountered in the bamboo forest.
Jira smiled and said, forget about snakes, I'm afraid there won't even be mosquitoes tonight. After speaking, she glanced at Sun Nong.
Sun Nong laughed twice, and while appreciating the deliciousness of the bacon and bamboo shoot slices cooked by Jila, he took out a small cloth bag half the size of a palm from his pocket and threw it to Chujiu.
"Find a rope to thread through and hang it on your body. No snakes or mosquitoes will come near you within five years."
Chu Jiu took it in his hand and found a small bamboo tube in the cloth bag. There were several pinhole-sized holes on the bamboo tube, and a vague fragrance emanated from the pores.
Sun Ming took out the exact same cloth bag hanging around his neck. Seeing this, Chujiu ran back to the house and found a colorful string to hang the small cloth bag around his neck.
"Brother Xiao Ming, this can drive away the poisonous snakes, so is there any way you can make the poisonous snakes come to one place?"
Chujiu played with the cloth bag, put his head in front of Sun Ming and asked.
Sun Ming glanced at his grandfather Sun Nong, then at Chujiu, and nodded gently.