It was completely dark, but fortunately I held a kerosene lamp in my other hand, which could barely illuminate the road ahead.
The village is full of mud roads, and there are still many ruts left on rainy days.
When I left the village, there were thick weeds everywhere, small insects kept jumping on me, and there were rounds of scary screams in the distance.
"Hiss——"
I subconsciously speeded up my pace, and the next second it seemed like I had stepped on something long.
"ah!"
A sharp pain shot up from my calf. When I looked down, I saw a bright red snake with sharp teeth. It wrapped its body tightly around my foot and refused to let go.
I groaned in pain and almost dropped the big flagpole in my hand to the ground.
I grew up in the mountains and knew that this thing was not poisonous. When I came to my senses, I endured the pain, grabbed the snake's head, and squeezed the snake's eyes hard. Sure enough, it let go.
This snake was thrown under my feet and crushed to death.
"What's going on?" The teacher behind him stepped forward and asked.
He immediately saw the snake at my feet.
"Oh no, the dragon is blocking the way!" Mr. Teacher's expression suddenly changed.
"The dragon blocks the road, don't open your mouth, close your eyes, lower your head and walk!"
The teacher told us that no matter it was the left eye or the right eye, we must close one eye and not open it again until we get home.
I didn't know what the rule was, so I was startled by the nervous look, so I quickly followed it honestly.
But the further we walked, the more frightened I became.
There was a trace of mist floating in the air, with a strong fishy smell that was nauseating.
The "hiss-hiss-" cry has become continuous.
Thinking of this, I trembled all over.
Could that be the cry of a snake?
No, no...
However, when I reached the end of the road and was about to turn, my steps immediately stopped and I couldn't help but take a breath of cold air.
The dirt road in front of them was suddenly filled with snakes. Their bodies were coiled up next to each other, spitting out messages. All the fangs in their mouths were exposed, and pairs of eyes reflected a green light.
Snakes have red, yellow, green, black, white, and various patterned skins. This is simply a sea of snakes!
I was stunned on the spot, and the masters behind me stepped forward to take a look, and couldn't help but scream.
The snakes' bodies all trembled, and they turned to look at us, shaking their bright red nostrils.
"Hiss—hiss—"
The whole world was filled with the neighing sound of snakes. After a period of numbness in my scalp, the big flagpole in my hand fell to the ground.
I turned my head and looked back. The masters just dropped the coffin and ran away. I was about to follow them, but in the blink of an eye I saw them coming back again, with panic written on everyone's face.
"snake!"
They rushed to the coffin and squatted down. This time I used the kerosene light to see clearly at the other end of the road. Countless snakes were twisting their bodies and crawling towards the coffin.
I was so frightened that my hands and feet were cold. I looked around again and found that our group was surrounded by countless snakes, big and small.
Then they all stopped neighing and crawling, slowly lowered their raised heads, and nodded to the ground, as if they were kowtowing.
After doing all this, he remained motionless and silent.
I didn’t understand what was going on, and my hands were shaking with fear. Then I heard a high-pitched neighing sound, which came from grandma’s coffin!
"Hiss-hiss-"
Before the snake's neighing ended, there was a familiar knock on the door.
"Dong - dong dong -"
"Dong - dong dong -"
The coffin trembled slightly, and I immediately recalled the experience of locking myself in the house last night.
All of that is definitely not an illusion, nor is it just fancy.
"This, this..." Mr. Teacher was speechless and completely dumbfounded.
There was a violent "bang" sound, and the inferior coffin board exploded to pieces in an instant, revealing the person inside.
Grandma's body was stretched out like ramen noodles. Her scarlet eyes stared at us, and she slowly shook the hair on her head. Like a snake, she crawled on the ground with her belly twisted little by little, and gradually moved towards the dense forest in the distance. Climb away.
After knowing that this was not an illusion, I couldn't believe that my grandma had become like this. I cried and rushed forward, grabbing her slippery ankle.
"Hiss!" Grandma opened her mouth and neighed violently, swinging her legs and kicking me away. All the snakes around me stared at me and slowly approached me.
"Ah..." I was so frightened that my hands shook and I smashed the kerosene lamp on the ground. The rising orange flame immediately burned several snakes, and all the other snakes crawled towards me restlessly.
The number of snakes is endless. This sea of snakes surged and swallowed me up in an instant.
I fell to the ground, and my whole body and limbs were tightly wrapped around the cold and delicate body of the snake. My blood was difficult to circulate, my whole body was trembling, and my vision became increasingly blurry.
At this moment, a high-pitched and gentle woman scolded her from a distance.
"The Lion Whip is also called the Evil Whip. Bamboo grows by the sea and rivers; the bamboo roots pass through the five dragon heads, and the Queen Mother collects them and plants them by the sea; the Queen Mother grows the bamboo, and Lvshan Kurang makes the whip..."
The singing girl was wearing a black robe, holding a kerosene lamp in one hand and a long bamboo whip in the other.
Snapped! Snapped!
The bamboo whip hit the ground, and the snakes were suddenly frightened, twisting their bodies and quickly burrowing deep into the dense forest.
She walked up to me and continued to sing: "There are thirty-six bamboo joints on the top, which can drive away plague and evil spirits for thousands of years; there are thirty-six bamboo joints on the middle, which can keep the family stable and protect the ancestors for thousands of years; there are thirty-six bamboo joints on the bottom, which can protect the future in the future." Collect gods and exorcise ghosts..."
Snapped!
He hit me lightly and felt no pain, but it was like hitting the seven inches of those snakes, and they all fell to the ground in the blink of an eye.
I gasped for air and turned to look at the woman.
She was about eighteen or nineteen years old, with a straight nose and a cold look in her beautiful eyes.
"Interesting child... born with twin flowers and a sinful body. If nothing happens, he will die before the age of eighteen!" Her red lips opened slightly, she stared at me twice and then looked away, as if she didn't care. .
I stared at her blankly and looked around, but my grandma had long since disappeared.
"Sister, please help my grandma get her back." I cried, wiping away my tears, and knelt down in front of her and kowtowed.
"Although your grandma is not dead, her body has been taken away by the Snake King. The spirit flower was also sent to Huashan by these idiots. It is impossible to survive again."
"Your grandma once saved my grandpa's life, and as her grandson, I naturally have to take care of you."
She said that her family is the Liu family of Yumen, with thousands of family members, more than tens of thousands of acres of fertile land, and countless members of the clan who go out to do business and serve as officials. The power relations are complicated and prestigious throughout the province.
That was the most correct decision I made in my life, following the woman in gray to the Liu family.
