Master Zhang was taken aback, and with his perennial driving experience, he slammed the steering wheel, and finally drove the car into the bushes on the side of the road at the last moment, avoiding the rocks.Because of the large tail flick of the car, my body hit the window, but fortunately, Gu Qihan quickly put his broad palm on my forehead, and I avoided the bad luck of being hit with a big bag on my forehead.Yu Xiaorou was awakened by the violent bumps, she was wearing a seat belt and was not injured.I was just a little dizzy and asked blankly what happened."
Oops, the tires are punctured by the bushes."
Master Zhang tapped the steering wheel in frustration, got out of the car to check, and told us that he had no way to take us anymore, let us stop other cars on the road, and kindly refunded half of the fare to us.The three of us waited on the side of the road for a long time, but we didn't see the car.Seeing that it was getting late, we had to walk along the road to see if there was anyone who could spend the night.The road beneath your feet is getting more and more remote, and the road that would have allowed two cars to drive side by side has gradually become a small road that can only be walked by one person.And the path extends further and further into the mountains, and it seems to be getting farther and farther away from the Ganyu near the sea.Gu Qihan squatted down, grabbed a handful of soil and smelled it, and said in a deep voice that the soil here was already very dry, which was very different from the moist soil of Ganyu.Knowing that they were getting farther and farther away from their destination, everyone's faces were not very good.Gu Qihan took out a few trekking poles, and we walked forward on crutches, becoming more and more desolate along the way, as if it was a primeval forest that no one had discovered.However, the winding road under our feet tells us that there must be people living here, so we will step on a path.I don't know how long it took, but at last when the night was getting dark, I finally saw a small village, entrenched on the hillside not far away.This is a village located halfway up the mountainside, surrounded by a dark gray wall, about a meter high, looking very quaint, with strange patterns carved on it, and a lot of dead grass growing on the wall, revealing a vicissitudes of life.The entrance of the village is a very high archway, the shape of the archway is very strange, each end of the beam is inlaid with a sharp small stone, on the stone pillars on both sides of each coiled a very long and thick snake, the two snake heads are symmetrical, while looking at the entrance, I carefully observed, found that the two stone carved snakes, the eyes are red, as if they are alive, staring straight at us.An inexplicable feeling of unease rose in my heart.I tugged Gu Qihan's arm and motioned him to look at the snake on the stone pillar, he stared at the snake's eyes for a few seconds, and whispered, "The snake's eyes are dotted with cinnabar."
So it's red, and I have to admire the craftsmanship of the craftsmen, carved vividly. ”The entrance is only more than three meters wide, and I can't help but wonder if the road is so narrow, don't people in this village need a car, it's too backward.However, when we think of the gap between the rich and the poor in China, there is indeed such a backward place.The village was so quiet that there was no sound.Walking on the country road, the doors of the houses on both sides are closed, and even the barking of dogs cannot be heard.In the middle of nowhere.Houses were scattered across the land, uncomfortably quiet.However, Gu Qihan said that he didn't sense any yin qi, maybe he didn't go out at night, it was just the habit of the villagers.The nights in the mountains are cold.The cold wind was blowing, and I was shaking with cold as I clasped my arms in my arms to keep warm."
Husband, I'm so cold."
I couldn't help leaning into Gu Qihan's arms, but I was frozen by the cold air in his arms.Gu Qihan had a touch of loss on his face, clenched my hand, and said distressedly, "Hold on a little longer." ”We walked up to a farmhouse that was different from the rest of the village, with warm yellow lights on the quaint windowsills."
Anyone, we want to spend the night."
Yu Xiaorou sniffed and volunteered to knock on the door.She knocked a dozen times before we heard the door open and a teenage girl appeared in front of us, dressed in white-washed clothes.The facial features are very blurred because of the backlight.She stood in the doorway and stared at us coldly, but she didn't mean to let the three of us into the house."
Little girl, we are lost tourists, can you let us borrow it for a night" Yu Xiaorou was so cold that she couldn't do it, holding her arms with both hands, trembling slightly."
Nope."
Before the little girl could finish speaking, she immediately refused impatiently, "Outsiders are not welcome in our village, so you should leave quickly." ”After speaking, he slammed the door of the room shut, touching Yu Xiaorou's nose."
At such a young age, why are you so impersonal" Yu Xiao choked softly, clenched his fists and continued to knock on the door."
Xiao Rou, forget it."
I stepped forward to stop her, and since everyone made it clear that they didn't welcome it, we didn't have to be stubborn."
Let's try something else, Xiao Nan, it's too cold."
Yu Xiaorou reluctantly withdrew her hand, sighed, hugged her shoulders and continued to walk forward.The mountain breeze in the south was cold and damp, as if it could be cold to the bone, and Yu Xiaorou and I hugged each other to keep warm, walking on the country road with difficulty, like a traveler on a long journey in the wind and snow.Only Gu Qihan was on the ground, and the biting cold wind had no effect on him at all."
What is this" Not long after leaving, we saw a half-human-tall statue, I looked curiously, Gu Qihan took out a powerful flashlight, and the sudden bright light made Yu Xiaorou and I squint uncomfortably.After getting used to the light, we looked closely, and it turned out that a few of us had unconsciously walked to a place that resembled the center of the village.It is very open, estimated to be the size of a playground, and in the middle of the field is a quaint stone sculpture.The upper body of this sculpture is a beautiful woman, but the lower body is a snake with a long snake tail coiled on the stone."
Half human, half snake, is it the White Lady," Yu Xiaorou said suspiciously.I took a closer look, only to feel that the face of this sculpture is a little weird, a pair of narrow phoenix eyes seem to be smiling, with disdain, giving me a kind of heavenly king Lao Tzu My biggest feeling, not quite like the mythical compassionate Bai Suzhen.At this moment, a faint figure approached in the distance, and I had recently been nervous by the ghost, and my first reaction was to take out the ghost torture stick from my bag.When the man got closer, he saw that he was a middle-aged man in his forties, with a somewhat rickety back and a smile like Maitreya Buddha on his face."
I'm the village chief of this village, my name is Wang Gui, I saw that there was light here, so come and see, you three are from outside" I breathed a sigh of relief, put down the ghost torture stick, and said, "Village Chief Wang, we are passing tourists, we accidentally got lost, can we borrow a night in your village" After Wang Gui heard this, the smile on his face became stronger, and he agreed, "Of course it's no problem, the people in our village are very hospitable." ”"Village chief, we went to a house before.The little girl who opened the door was fierce and said that we were not welcome. ”Yu Xiaorou is obviously still worried about what happened just now.After hearing this, Wang Gui grinned again, and the deep smile lines seemed to be engraved on his face.He said with a smile, "Miss, you're talking about Ah Xiang, she just has this stinky temper, she doesn't like people in the city, she thinks you litter, trampling on flowers and plants in order to take pictures" Yu Xiaorou said angrily, "This is prejudice, not everyone in the city is like this" "Okay, I will definitely talk about her next time." ”We arrived at the village chief's house, which was a somewhat dilapidated tiled house, but much better than the open-air camp.Wang Gui warmly asked us if we had eaten, and said that he wanted to treat us well with food.Yu Xiaorou and I hurriedly excused ourselves, but our stomachs rumbled uncontrollably.Wang Gui smiled and said, "Don't be polite to me, you can sit down first."
I asked my wife to prepare it. ”Yu Xiaorou and I smiled embarrassedly and said that we had troubled him.Soon, the smell of food wafted from the kitchen, and I was even more hungry and felt like I could eat a cow.It didn't take long.Village Chief Wang's wife brought a plate of fragrant food, the farmer's natural and pollution-free food, which looked fragrant, and she smiled and beckoned us to eat more, you're welcome.Yu Xiaorou and I were so hungry that our eyes glowed green, and we picked up the chopsticks and were about to eat, but we received Gu Qihan's stern eyes and quickly stopped moving.Gu Qihan smiled politely at the village chief and explained, "This is the rule of my family, my wife and sister must wait for me to move the chopsticks first." ”