"But why didn't we encounter a snake along the way?" Maureen asked.
"The snakes in Snake Mountain are concentrated in the depths of Snake Mountain and generally do not come down the mountain." Uncle Chen glanced at Mo Lin and said, "What, you still want to meet them?"
"No, no, no, I don't want to meet them, I'm just curious to ask." Mo Linhan said with a smile.
"Young people, don't be so curious about everything. Curiosity kills people. You must never come to Snake Mountain."
Mo Lin nodded and continued to ask: "Uncle Chen, is there no one in the depths of Snake Mountain?"
"Isn't this nonsense? There are so many snakes in the depths of Snake Mountain. It's still the place where the snake god lives. Who dares to set foot there?" Uncle Chen rolled his eyes at Mo Lin.
"Snake god?"
Maureen finally heard an important clue and quickly asked: "What is the snake god?"
"Snake God? What snake god." Uncle Chen suddenly became nervous for some reason and denied it: "I...I just made a mistake and said the wrong thing!"
After that, no matter what Mo Lin asked, Uncle Chen stopped talking about Snake Mountain and just talked about some topics that were not relevant.
When they arrived at the foot of the mountain, Mo Lin and the others said goodbye to Uncle Chen. After seeing Uncle Chen off, Mo Lin's face became solemn. He really didn't expect that the situation in Snake Mountain was so complicated, and the snake god that Uncle Chen said was definitely not a slip of the tongue. It can also explain why hundreds of thousands of snakes are entrenched deep in Snake Mountain.
Mo Lin guessed that it must be the so-called snake god.
"Huh, it seems we are quite lucky. Although we encountered some unclean things, we didn't encounter any venomous snakes." Ye Xiaoyue said with relief, "I have been most afraid of snakes since I was a child."
Bai Hongyi scratched his head and echoed: "I am also afraid of snakes, no matter they are poisonous or not."
"Tch, it's just a snake, what's there to be afraid of?" Mo Lin said disdainfully: "Ghosts are much scarier than snakes. I would rather catch snakes than deal with those evil spirits."
"Then do we have to go into the mountains to find villages tomorrow?" Bai Hongyi asked.
Mo Lin nodded and said: "We have to find the village, but I basically know the location of the village now. It should be a lot easier for us tomorrow."
...
At night, in a villa community in the north of Yaozhou City, Ding Fanglan was lying on the Simmons bed at home, playing with the ruby she picked up in the morning. The more she looked at the ruby, the more she liked it.
She turned on the desk lamp next to her, placed the ruby under the desk lamp and observed it carefully. She didn't know how many times she had observed it in this way throughout the day, but she never felt tired of it.
At this time, Ding Fanglan suddenly discovered something strange. There seemed to be something embedded in this ruby, like a living fossil.
She didn't find such a thing in the sun during the day. Ding Fanglan looked carefully under the light for a while, and then she discovered that there was a small snake embedded in it. This small snake was very small, and its body was red. It is the same color as ruby, so it is difficult to detect.
"Fanglan, there's no paper in the toilet. Please bring me a roll."
Hearing Bai Baocheng's voice, Ding Fanglan put down the ruby and shouted, "Okay, here we come."
Afterwards, Ding Fanglan didn't care about the little snake in the ruby, and she and Bai Baocheng took a rest early.
One o'clock.
Bai Baocheng and Ding Fanglan had already fallen into a deep sleep.
No one noticed that the ruby Ding Fanglan placed on the bedside table was emitting a faint red light, and the hidden little snake inside became clearly visible.
Gradually, the curled up little snake stretched out in the ruby and then made an attack pattern common to snakes, staring at the sleeping Ding Fanglan.
Immediately, the faint red light of the ruby suddenly became dazzling. In just a moment, the little snake in the ruby flew out and got into Ding Fanglan's belly.
Without the little snake, the ruby became dim and dull, without any of its previous brilliance.
However, Ding Fanglan didn't feel anything about what happened just now and was still in a deep sleep.
...
Early the next morning, Bai Baocheng went to bed early
When he got up, he saw that his wife Ding Fanglan was still sleeping soundly and was not preparing breakfast in the kitchen as usual. He didn't think much about it. Maybe it was because he played with the ruby too late yesterday.
So, as a husband, he went to the kitchen to prepare breakfast. In the past days, most of the time, Ding Fanglan prepared breakfast in the morning. He had long wanted to personally prepare breakfast for his wife, but unfortunately he never had the chance.
After a while, breakfast was ready. Bai Baocheng came to the bedside, pushed the sleeping Ding Fanglan, and said softly: "Fanglan, it's time to get up."
After calling several times, Ding Fanglan did not wake up and still closed her eyes tightly. Bai Baocheng looked at Ding Fanglan's pale face and felt something was wrong. He pushed her hard twice, but there was still no response. He hurriedly touched her nose.
In an instant, Bai Baocheng retracted his fingers like an electric shock and looked at his wife who had been dead for a long time in disbelief.
"Fanglan!"
Bai Baocheng came to his senses, hugged his wife's body and cried loudly.
...
City North Resort.
Mo Lin and Ye Xiaoyue were already waiting for Bai Hongyi at the agreed place, but they didn't know why he didn't come.
"What's going on? Brother Yi is not the kind of person who likes to be late and miss appointments." Ye Xiaoyue said with a frown.
Just when he was about to call him, Bai Hongyi's call came. Ye Xiaoyue hurriedly answered the phone and said, "Brother Yi, we are already here, why haven't you come yet?"
"I'm sorry, I can't go. My second mother passed away suddenly due to illness today. I only found out about it in the morning. It happened suddenly and I forgot to tell you. I am on my way to the hospital now. I will trouble you today." Phone call Bai Hongyi apologized over there.
"That's it. Then hurry up and take a look. Don't worry about us." Ye Xiaoyue said.
After hanging up the phone, Ye Xiaoyue told Mo Lin about Bai Hongyi's inability to come.
Mo Lin said: "In this case, let's leave quickly. We must find the village no matter what today and find out everything."
After saying that, the two stepped into Snake Mountain again, but this time they did not go deeper into Snake Mountain. Instead, they kept wandering at the foot of Snake Mountain. Molin believed that since no one has set foot in the depths of Snake Mountain, the village must be At the foot of Snake Mountain.
After walking for four or five kilometers, Mo Lin finally found human footprints on the ground. Then he followed the clues and walked along the road. After a while, he walked out of the forest and saw a village not far away.
This village is very backward. The gate at the entrance of the village is still made of wood and is full of holes. It looks like a wooden door that has been in disrepair for a long time. It is estimated that an ordinary person can break the door with just a kick.
At a glance, Mo Lin saw that most of the houses in the village were mud houses, and only a few were wooden houses. However, even if they were wooden houses, the wood was not made of particularly good materials.
Judging from the appearance of this village, let alone TVs and refrigerators, it probably doesn’t even have electricity.
Just as Mo Lin and Ye Xiaoyue were about to walk inside, a familiar voice suddenly came from behind: "Mo Lin, is that you?"
The voice sounded familiar to Mo Lin. When he turned around, he saw that it was Zhou Qiang, his roommate in the dormitory at Dongcheng Middle School.
"Qiangzi, why are you here?" Mo Lin greeted him with a smile.
Zhou Qiang was carrying a bundle of firewood on his back. He had obviously just returned from chopping firewood. He was also dirty. At first glance, he looked like an out-and-out farmer's son. But with this look, he was a grader in Dongcheng Middle School. First, Han Lu’s biggest opponent.
When Zhou Qiang saw that it was indeed Mo Lin, he smiled and said: "My family lives here, of course it is here, but why did you come here?"
"My friend encountered something, so he came here to inquire about the situation."
As the saying goes, it's easy to get things done with acquaintances. Before, Mo Lin was still thinking about what kind of identity he should enter this village. After all, people in rural villages are very xenophobic. If you enter rashly, you will probably be kicked out. Now it's better. You don't have to worry about what will happen when you meet Zhou Qiang. It's a matter of getting in.
Zhou Qiang walked into the village with Mo Lin and Ye Xiaoyue. When the gatekeeper at the village gate saw Zhou Qiang coming back, he greeted him with a smile: "Aqiang, you're back. These two are..."
Zhou Qiang politely replied: "Uncle Chai, this is my school
Two of my classmates came to play with me. "
"Oh, your classmates in school must also be intellectuals. Okay, Aqiang, let's entertain your classmates." Chai Bo said with a smile.
After bidding farewell to Uncle Chai, Mo Lin and the others walked into the village. Just as Mo Lin guessed, this village didn't even have electricity at all. They had been living the life of ancient people who worked at sunrise and rested at sunset.
Zhou Qiang's home is not an earthen house, but it is also in disrepair. The wood of the door is full of black spots and moth holes. He opened the door, and Mo Lin and Ye Xiaoyue walked in. What caught their eyes was a pair of A more shabby picture.
The yard is filled with debris of various sizes. Directly in front is the house where Zhou Qiang lives, which is only twenty square meters in size by visual inspection. The black spots and moth holes on the house are worse than those on the door. On the right side of the house There is a piece of land circled in the lower corner, where some vegetables are grown, but otherwise it is full of debris and tatters.
Not to mention Ye Xiaoyue, even Mo Lin couldn't believe this scene.
Needless to say, Ye Xiaoyue is naturally a child of a rich family. He has never seen such a backward and poor family. As for Mo Lin, although he often visited Zhulin Village where his grandfather lived before, he has never seen such a backward and poor family. .
"Haha, this is my family. Isn't it very poor?" Zhou Qiang said with a wry smile. He could already tell it from the expressions of Mo Lin and Ye Xiaoyue.
Mo Lin thought about it and said truthfully: "It's a bit backward. No wonder you never tell us about your family affairs."
At this time, a man walking on crutches walked out of the room. His face bore the vicissitudes and wrinkles left by the years. When Zhou Qiang saw him, he quickly shouted: "Dad, why are you out? If you are not feeling well, go back and lie down." Down."
