madman and kidnapper

Chapter 8 The Gift of the Mountain

On the first day of the new year, people visit relatives and friends, and every alley in the village is full of people.

On this day, the kidnapper went out before dawn, stopped at the door and hesitated for a long time, and finally locked the door.

Holding a piece of hemp rope and a woodcutter in his hand, he walked unsteadily towards the mountain in front of the village.

The mountain in the village is connected to a nearby mountain, which is a provincial forest park. Although up to now, there are few large wild animals on the mountain in front of the village, the villagers still occasionally listen to it at night. To the howling of wolves.

The kidnapper walked up the mountain with a little anxiety in his heart. The mountain was covered with snow and the paths were covered. It was hard to tell which was the road and which was the ditch, but the kidnapper walked very skillfully.

Climbing all the way to the middle of the mountain, the kidnapper left the main road, entered the depths of the pine forest, and came to a small depression. One end was tied to the bottom of the tree, the rope was let out flat, and it was covered with snow. After these were done, the kidnapper took the remaining rope and continued walking up the mountain.

The kidnapper arranged five or six net buttons in this way, and marked them with wooden chips beside the main road, and slowly reached the top of the mountain.

This mountain is the mother mountain of the village. Like the lake in the east of the village, it has fed generations of people. I heard from the older generation that there was a big stone on the mountain, which was shaped like a gold ingot. It is a precious stone, and this mountain is also called Yuanbao Mountain, which is a symbol of wealth bestowed by God, but it is a pity that this big stone is still majestic after hundreds of years of wind and sun.

During his term of office, the current village chief has done two things that make the villagers feel happy. The first thing is to build roads in the whole village, and the second thing is to rebuild the gemstones. It took less than two weeks. Relying on the villagers' shoulders and hands, the current Yuan Gemstones were made out of cement mortar mixed with steel bars. On the surface, they are exactly the same as the original ones. On the contrary, because the cement is not resistant to erosion, it is even worse after all these years. like a rock.

Guaizi is sitting next to that "rock". From this angle, Guaizi can overlook the whole village. Guaizi calculates the time. It should be around 05:30. It is still dark, but most of the houses in the village are lit up. As long as the day breaks, everyone will move around. The young ones will go out to pay New Year's greetings, while the old ones will sit on the kang and wait for others to visit.

Kidnap doesn't want to go back. Although his father's surname is Li, he is definitely an outsider. Everyone in this village is more or less related to him, but he, Li Guaizi, is a bare-bones man. He thinks back when his parents were there , people came and went at home, and later the kidnapper passed by himself, and his favorite thing to do on the first day of the new year was to go door-to-door begging for food, but now it is different, the kidnapper clearly realized that since the woman came to him After returning home, everyone's attitude has changed significantly, becoming strange, but familiar.

"Damn it." Pulled off a piece of thatch and put it in his mouth, the kidnapper lay on the ground, and three or two stars could be vaguely seen in the sky. The snow had just gone, and the sky was as pure as washing, and the kidnapper's consciousness was a little blurred .

The kidnapper was woken up by the sound of firecrackers. When he opened his eyes again, it was already daylight. When the kidnapper looked down, he could clearly see the crowd walking around. He stood up, his body was frozen stiff, and the kidnapper was shaking. Shaking the snow on his buttocks, he walked slowly down the mountain.

The long period of stillness and the thick snow caused the kidnapper to walk with bumps and bumps. Finally, after walking a few steps, he tripped over a pine tree root buried in the snow. Rolling down the small slope beside the road, the kidnapper had no strength in his body, and the snow was thick on the ground, and he couldn't find anything to hold on to for a while, so he just rolled down the slope for a long distance, and finally because of hitting A tree stump stopped.

"My God." The kidnapper is like a tortoise turned over at this time, with all four feet in the air, a dull pain in the lower back, it seems that he has bumped into it, and the kidnapper groped towards the back, and it turned out to be a big rock Fortunately, it is a smooth stone. If it is an angular one, it will be fatal.

"Fuck you, hit your grandpa." The kidnapper threw the stone out, and the stone hit the root of a pine tree in a smooth parabola, smashing the accumulated snow away with a "bang" , revealing a brown thing underneath, the kidnapper seemed to realize what it was, hurriedly crawled over, scraped off the snow, and found that it was indeed a Ganoderma lucidum.

Kidnapper made a rough comparison and found that the canopy of this Ganoderma lucidum was bigger than his palm. Kidnapper remembered that when he was a child, when he dug Ganoderma lucidum on the mountain, he would quietly soak it in his homemade wine, saying that it would improve his health. Some people who like to drink can often find some small Ganoderma lucidum soaked in the mountains, but it is still rare to see such a big one.In fact, since the country forbids cutting down trees, there have been more wild animals on the mountain, such as snakes, rabbits, and sometimes wolves howling. In addition, the days are better, and people are not as keen as before I went up the mountain to look for game. Even if I went up the mountain, I only moved around the main road, and no longer went deep into the forest, so the treasures in the deep forest naturally gradually increased.

The kidnapper grabbed the Ganoderma lucidum and put it in his pocket, thinking that it would be no problem to exchange such a large ganoderma for a large piece of pork belly with the village butcher.The kidnapper looked around and found that he had fallen into a mountain depression. His father once said that Ganoderma lucidum likes a humid environment, especially likes to grow on the roots of rotten trees. , must be very suitable for these messy things to grow.

Kidnap felt very excited, which made him feel hot all over. He broke off a branch from a pine tree and began to scratch under the roots of each tree. There are small ones, the big ones are as big as a palm, and the small ones are no bigger than a woman's fist. The kidnappers counted them, and there are thirteen plants.

The exhaustion after the excitement was slowly revealed. Kidnap rubbed his hands and looked at the sun. He felt that it was time for lunch, and everyone in the village should have gone home. to too many people.

When he was about to go back, the kidnapper was stunned. He didn't know where he was now. It turned out that the col was so big. He was getting farther and farther away from the main road unknowingly during the search process. Fortunately, The traces of pulling the Ganoderma lucidum were still there, and the kidnapper walked back along the traces of the stick, and finally found the pit where he fell out. The slope in front of him was not too trembling, but it was very long, and the strange thing was that the long trees were sparse. Yes, some places on the slope are still icy, reflecting the light in the sun, it looks slippery, and it is really difficult to walk properly.There are fault-like places with angles of almost 90 degrees all around, and it is impossible to climb up.Kidnap sighed, stretched the sweater he was wearing inside, wrapped up the Ganoderma lucidum, then rolled it up vigorously, and wrapped the coat tightly so that the Ganoderma lucidum would not fall off.

After both hands were free, the kidnapper took eight steps back, took a sharp breath, shouted "Ahhhhh..." and rushed up the mountain all the way. He jumped to a tree and held on tight.The kidnapper looked back, my good fellow, half of the slope has passed.

But anyone who has climbed the mountain knows that the most difficult part of this kind of slope is the second half. The first half can be easily reached with power assist, but the second half is getting more and more trembling. Just take a step and slip away.

"Damn it, which immoral person cut down all the trees here."

The kidnapper looked at the crooked neck tree three steps away from him, and he didn't know what to do. If he couldn't catch the ****, he would roll down again.

The kidnapper took a deep breath, took a step back while grabbing the tree trunk, and jumped forward. Well, he stepped on a hidden piece of ice, and the kidnapper jumped forward in the posture of falling, and finally caught it.

"I'm so awesome." The kidnapper thought to himself.

Step by step like a Tang monk learning scriptures, I finally climbed to the main road, touched the circle on my stomach, it was still there, took a breath, and walked home.

As the kidnapper expected, there were indeed no people on the road. Walking on the road, you could hear the sound of cups and chips coming from every house. The kidnapper rubbed his stomach, tsk, I'm hungry.

Turning to his own street, one was unprepared and bumped into a person head-on. The kidnapper took a few steps back and saw that it was Li Zhiwang.

Li Zhiwang obviously didn't expect to bump into the kidnapper, and his expression was not very good for a while, he smiled a few times, and said: "Brother kidnapper is back, I was just going to deliver some food to your house, my relatives brought some food from Jiangxi." Here are some mushrooms, fresh things, I thought I would give them to Brother Kidnap and his sister-in-law to try something new, but I didn’t realize that Brother Kidna has no one at home.” He said shaking the bag in his hand, it was a big bulging bag.

The kidnapper squinted his eyes, and he was not polite, he took it directly into his hand, broke away and looked, there was a big bag of potatoes, and some thin mushrooms, "Oh, thank you, the boy has a heart, that brother You're welcome." After finishing speaking, he took his hands and left.

Unexpectedly, Li Zhiwang was only stunned for a moment, and followed up in three steps at a time. The kidnapper's heart sank, thinking of you kid, he thought I didn't know what your plans were, then he stopped, turned his head and asked: " What's the matter, what else?"

Li Zhiwang didn't expect that Kidnap was really being rude, so he couldn't help being a little embarrassed, but he was not happy to let him go back like this, so he quickly asked with a smile: "I thought Brother Kidnap and Sister-in-law Kidnap must be at home today, didn't I think Kidnap brother went out on business, where did the kidnapper's sister-in-law and Guangzong go, isn't sister-in-law never going out?"

The kidnapper rolled his eyes, but said "ah", and said, "She, she went to Aunt Wang's house to visit. Your sister-in-law doesn't like to stay at home when she recovers. Aunt Wang treats your sister-in-law very well." Yes, your sister-in-law is willing to go to her."

The kidnapper walked forward again slowly, and Li Zhiwang followed slowly, "What's the matter, what do you want to do with that woman?"

"Ah, it's okay. My wife likes my sister-in-law when she sees her good figure. She is thinking about cutting some spring clothes for her. It doesn't look like her sister-in-law. Wearing it is a living sign." She said from her pocket. He took out something, and the kidnapper saw it was a tape measure.

"Then you go to Aunt Wang's house to look for her, I guess she's still there, I guess she stayed for lunch." The kidnapper left after finishing speaking, this time Li Zhiwang didn't follow.

When the kidnapper entered the house, he was instantly surrounded by a hot current. The firewood at the bottom of the pot was burning. The kidnapper opened the pot with great expectation, and found that there was nothing inside, just a pot of hot water boiling.

Sighing, the kidnapper resignedly took out the potatoes in his pocket, washed them, and was about to steam them for a meal. At this time, the woman came out of the room, still wearing a cotton jacket, apparently just got out of bed. Get out.

"You're back." The woman greeted lazily, she didn't look at the kidnapper, but was attracted by the pot of potatoes, "Where did you get the potatoes?" She didn't want to hear the kidnapper's answer, the woman walked over to take a look Budou:
"Yo, tea tree mushroom, good stuff, where did you get it?" The woman's eyes were indeed looking at the kidnapper.

"Where did you get it? You gave it to me!" The kidnapper said angrily.

"Li Zhiwang?" The woman laughed, full of mockery.

The kidnapper didn't like it when he heard this: "How do you know it's him? It's a gift from the village chief. Could it be that Li Zhiwang is really your good friend?"

The kidnapper questioned the woman.

The woman was stunned for a moment, apparently not expecting the abductor to react so strongly, and then the sneer at the corner of her mouth became more obvious, "Hey, I don't let you talk about what I said, the tea tree mushroom is only the teacher in the village knows it's a good thing." After finishing speaking, he picked up his pocket, knocked the abductee aside angrily, picked out the potatoes in the pot and put them on the chopping board, and finally went to open the door to get the half chicken hanging on the wall outside the door.

"What is this for?" The abductee saw that he was going to cook by himself, and he was busy doing it on the side, but the abductee didn't know anything, and stood on the side and got in the way, and was beaten into the room by the woman with three spoons Went to see Guangzong.

(End of this chapter)