Chapter 164: Strange Anecdotes in the Mountains
Hearing this, Zhang Hao was stunned, then smiled and said: "It's a long story."
Li Siyu listened intently, her eyes fixed on him, curiously waiting for his answer.
Zhang Hao said quietly: "Do you still remember what I told you, that time I came to the mountain to help a family get married?"
"Is that... helping the fox?" Li Siyu asked in surprise.
Zhang Hao nodded heavily: "You are right, you are just helping the fox."
In an instant, Li Siyu's brain seemed to have shut down, and he was briefly absent-minded. He almost couldn't control his expression. His red lips were slightly opened and he forgot to close them for a moment.
Really... helping the fox get married.
When she saw the fox, she had a bold idea in her mind, that is, the last time Zhang Hao went into the mountains, he said he was helping a family get married, and he might be helping these two foxes, or the entire fox group.
Unexpectedly, this thing turned out to be true.
Zhang Hao really came to help these two foxes.
Li Siyu shivered. She already had an image of two foxes in wedding clothes in her mind, surrounded by guests attending the wedding, but they were all foxes!
These foxes imitate humans to get married, imitate humans to worship, imitate humans to eat, drink, and enter the bridal chamber...
Just thinking about this made her feel chills down her spine. This was beyond her knowledge for many years, and it really shocked her like never before.
After all, although when she was a child, she often listened to the so-called country ghost stories, and listened to the old people telling ghost stories, fairy tales and other stories, but she was a little scared when she was a child, but she was no longer afraid when she grew up.
Because those things don’t exist, the stories are all false, the so-called ghosts and gods, the so-called foxes becoming spirits, and the so-called horrors are all made up by people.
But after what happened just now, she now feels... those stories might not be false? Maybe... those ghosts and gods, and the things in those stories are all real, or have been artistically processed by people, but the stories have prototypes.
After thinking about this, her eyes were blank, her hands were tightly holding the hem of her skirt, and there was even a little fear deep in her heart.
"Siyu?" Zhang Hao raised his hand and gently patted her shoulder.
Li Siyu was startled and suddenly turned around: "Ah, what's wrong?"
Zhang Hao was stunned for a moment, then smiled and said: "It's nothing, I just saw that you seemed to be distracted just now."
Li Siyu tugged the broken hair around his ears, shook his head, thought for a moment and said: "There was a fox barking on the mountain before..."
"Well, that has something to do with the fox getting married." Zhang Hao said casually.
Li Siyu just looked at him and said nothing more.
She still needs some time to calm down her thoughts and mood.
After all, she had just learned about these things, so she always needed to take a breather.
"Let's go, we have to find other things next." Zhang Hao suggested when he saw that her expression had recovered a little.
Li Siyu nodded and said: "Okay, we also need some wild fruits and some grass roots to soak in water."
Zhang Hao nodded and said: "These things are easy to talk about, let's go."
"Hmm." Li Siyu thought as she walked to the mountain god deer. Before she could get on the deer, she heard Zhang Hao say: "We won't ride the deer this time."
"Aren't you going to ride a deer?" Li Siyu asked in confusion.
Zhang Hao nodded and said: "Yes, the real meaning of walking in the mountains is to walk with your feet. Riding a deer is cheating."
Li Siyu smiled, and after thinking about it for a while, he felt that it made sense.
"What's more, these things are available everywhere, we can pick them up while walking." Zhang Hao suggested.
Riding a deer to walk in the mountains is not really a mountain walk. The reason for riding a deer at first was because the distance from the outside of the mountains to the depths of the jungle was too long. In order to avoid the situation that it was already noon when they reached the depths of the jungle, so He chose to ride a deer.
And coming here from Tongshulin was also to shorten the time.
Most of the time, they still have to use their feet to walk up the mountain. Unless they are tired or want to rush, they ride a deer to shorten the time. At other times, they will walk by themselves.
This is also a kind of respect for the profession of mountain walker. Walking on the mountain while sitting on a mount is nothing like walking on the mountain.
What's more, riding a deer is too fast, and it flashes past before you can see what's nearby. The efficiency of finding things is really low.
For a long time, he would not even be able to find those medicinal materials, let alone mountain treasures.
What's more, most of the things Li Siyu needs have been found, and now there are only some ordinary things left, such as those grass roots and some wild fruits, which can be found while going down the mountain.
It's early now, so it's better to walk down the mountain, pick wild fruits, and chat.
The two of them had the same thoughts and were not in a hurry. Anyway, everything was placed on the back of the mountain god deer, and there was no need for the two of them to hold anything, so they were naturally relaxed.
Xiaobai is even more relaxed. This sniff, that sniff, there are novel smells everywhere, and there are also interesting smells everywhere. It is as if it is home, jumping for joy.
Only the mountain god deer: *……￥%#￥%&……&
"Have you ever been afraid when you encountered those things before?" Li Siyu was silent for a long time and suddenly asked.
Zhang Hao paused and continued to walk forward, with a smile still on his face: "It was a little bit at first. After all, just seeing the fox standing like a human made me feel hairy, but what can I say? As a mountain walker, you always have to experience these things.”
"Then...there are really weird things in this world, such as ghosts and gods, or supernatural events, right?" Li Siyu asked uncertainly.
She had already recalled what Zhang Hao had asked him before when he went down the mountain with the murderer, which was whether he heard him speak at home.
At that time, Li Siyu remembered clearly that the door of the south wing of the house was suddenly opened, and Xiaobai kept barking towards the door.
Now think about it, if Zhang Hao had come back...
In other words, something broke into the Zhang family...
Zhang Hao smiled: "I don't know either, at least I haven't encountered it yet, and I don't know that such a thing exists yet."
He really doesn't know if there are really ghosts in this world, but there are gods, such as mountain gods, earth gods, etc., these all exist. Otherwise, whose blessing are these mountaineers asking for?
But he has never encountered such a thing as a ghost. What he sees the most is the strange things in the mountains, which are this mountain treasure, that mountain treasure, or other mountain treasures, mountain spirits, etc. .
But come to think of it, where there are gods, there are ghosts?
The records about this aspect in [Mountain Travel Notes] have always been very vague. It does not say whether there are ghosts, nor does it tell you which things exist and which do not exist.
Zhang Hao wanted to explore it, but he had never had the opportunity or encountered it before, so he could only continue to wait, waiting for those things to really appear one day, and when he stood in front of him, He can truly know whether there is such a thing in this world.
After listening to Zhang Hao's words, Li Siyu moved his mouth a few times, swallowed the words he wanted to say, reorganized his words, and said: "That's right, we don't dare to say whether these things really exist."
"But don't worry, even if we do encounter it, you don't have to worry. I am also a hiker after all, and there are many ways to protect our safety. Besides, don't think Xiaobai is just a puppy. He is not yet an adult. If it really happens, When that thing appears, Xiaobai rushes forward, but even that thing may not be able to kill Xiaobai." Zhang Hao said with a smile.
"Woof woof woof! Wow~" Xiaobai immediately stopped and roared up to the sky, the dog's face was full of seriousness.
It was like showing his strength to Li Siyu again.
Seeing this, Li Siyu covered her mouth and smiled, her beautiful eyes narrowed into a slit and curved.
"It should be almost 4.5 o'clock in the afternoon, right? We should go down the mountain quickly. If it gets dark and we haven't gone down yet, it won't be good, right?" Li Siyu asked again.
Zhang Hao nodded and said with a half-smile: "That's right, you should go down the mountain early. If you really wait until it gets dark, I'm afraid someone will be scared."
Li Siyu just nodded, but quickly reacted, looked at him angrily and said: "Are you making fun of me? I won't be afraid."
"No, I'm talking about Xiaobai." Zhang Hao joked.
"Woof!" Xiaobai protested, barking at Zhang Hao.
Li Siyu felt very funny when she saw this scene. She thought that Zhang Hao would look like this when he and Xiao Bai went to the mountains every day.
That won't be boring anymore.
Otherwise, walking in the mountains by yourself is really boring. Just thinking about it makes me feel bored. The mountains are too quiet. Of course, if the mountains are not quiet, it means that something big is happening in the mountains. It is better to be quiet. Woolen cloth.
"Let's go. I know there is a wild fruit forest ahead. There are a lot of weeds there. We dug up grass roots, picked wild fruits and then rode deer down the mountain." Zhang Hao raised his hand and pointed ahead.
"Okay." Li Siyu responded.
The two of them talked to each other and walked forward. It didn't take long to reach the place mentioned by Zhang Hao.
Li Siyu stopped and raised his eyes to look ahead.
As Zhang Hao said, this is indeed a wild fruit forest. Not only are there many wild fruits, but there are also many types, and they are very dense.
When those wild fruits are ripe, every branch is hanging down, almost to the ground. There are big and small, long and short, red and green, and various colors.
From a distance, it looks like an exquisite and realistic oil painting, full of natural flavor and showing the beauty of the mountains.
But what makes Li Siyu curious is that logically speaking, these wild fruits do not grow together. They should all grow scattered, but here they grow together. This is very strange and somewhat strange. eccentric.
But for Li Siyu now, this is not a strange thing that needs to be surprising. Two foxes can get married, and the entire fox group can hold a wedding. The wild fruits in the mountains all grow together and gather together. It's not that strange here.
"We're here, how about it, I kidded you, there are a lot of wild fruits here." Zhang Hao raised his hand and pointed to the wild fruit forest in front of him.
Then, he added: "Behind the wild fruit forest is a weed field. The weeds there are very tall. Some weeds are taller than people. There should be absolutely no problem with grass roots like that."
Li Siyu stood on tiptoes and squinted at the back of the wild fruit forest. He did vaguely see some tall grass, but he couldn't tell the type. He could only tell that it was grass.
"You pick wild fruits here, and I'll get some grass roots. I'll be back soon." Zhang Hao said.
Li Siyu nodded lightly: "Okay, then I will wait for you here."
As he spoke, Zhang Hao took out the knife from his waist and led Xiao Bai around the wild fruit forest.
The mountain god deer was tired from walking and fell asleep directly on the ground.
Following Zhang Hao and Li Siyu for a day's walk on the mountain road, it was not too tiring originally. Mainly because they were carrying such two people and so many things. When did the mountain god deer suffer such a crime? Tamed.
Therefore, the mountain god deer means very dry.
But the delicious ones are also really delicious.
I happened to see Zhang Hao and Li Siyu busy with their own things. I thought they wouldn't disturb me for a while, so I just lay down on the ground for a while and took a nap.
Li Siyu looked at the mountain god deer who was already asleep, as well as Zhang Hao and Xiao Bai who had already walked around the wild fruit forest, carrying a basket and going to pick wild fruits.
For more than half an hour, she wiped the sweat from her forehead and looked at the wild fruits of various colors and shapes in the basket.
And she also found mountain eggplants here.
Take out a mountain eggplant from the basket and throw it into your mouth. The juice bursts out in your mouth instantly. The fragrance of wild fruits and the sweetness fill your mouth instantly.
After savoring the taste, Li Siyu looked at the basket full of wild fruits, covered his mouth, and forcibly looked away.
While picking these wild fruits just now, she ate some wild fruits. Some of these wild fruits were sour, some were sweet, and some had a strange taste and were not very delicious.
She raised her head and looked at the weed forest behind the wild fruit forest. Seeing that Zhang Hao still showed no sign of coming back, she simply put the basket of wild fruits on the ground, sat on the ground, and waited quietly. Follow Zhang Hao back.
She has always kept Zhang Hao's reminder in mind. It is not easy to sit on tree stumps or rocks in the mountains. The best way is to sit on the ground or weeds, as long as there is a place to sit. No small animals, no snakes and the like.
But just as she sat down.
"Siyu!"
Suddenly, she seemed to hear a call from the weed forest.
(End of chapter)