As soon as he pulled it, his eyelids twitched.
The corn stalks gave off a strong musty smell, and some dust popped out. Wang Ke carefully pulled down, and soon, a large pile of corn stalks was pulled out.
No, nothing. Are you getting nervous?
But at this moment, the fishy smell came again, and Wang Ke's forehead suddenly lit up, it was a scene!
It's been a long, long time since such a dreamlike scene appeared. Wang Ke took a few steps back, closed his eyes, and carefully searched the scene that flashed through his mind.
However, it was ethereal. But soon, it seemed to be a sea of clouds and a sea of sand. The arched layers of waves were unusually neat and quietly laid there.
The waves are real, and so are the layers of stillness.
No, how can it be in the clouds and yet seem to be underground. A rooster came slowly from a distance, or rather swam, just like the small steps on the stage, paddling slowly in a calm manner. I couldn't see anything else, but I could see the cockscomb clearly, bright red.
Behind the cockscomb, another wave was drawn.
What does it mean?
The beauty of nature is eternal, lush in spring, gorgeous in summer, colorful in autumn, and pure in winter.
Life is a process of spring, summer, autumn and winter, with flowers blooming and withering. There is no eternal pride, nor eternal frustration. If you want to get the best things in the world, first show the best version of yourself to the world!
Wang Ke opened his eyes, but there was nothing there, just the pile of corn stalks with a strong musty smell. As he dug further down, Wang Ke suddenly saw something thick moving under the corn stalks.
He jumped away and picked first with his pole. "Whoosh" something swam out.
This time, Wang Ke saw clearly that it was nothing else but a snake, thicker than a child's wrist.
Looking closer, this snake is nearly three feet long. The back half of its body is emerald green with black diamond-shaped markings, and there are red patterns on its back and neck. The upper body is upright, a bit like a cobra in the book, with a wide neck and bright red patterns on one side of the neck, forming a rooster-like comb.
"Cockscomb snake!" Wang Ke almost shouted. Just listen to the snake making a "clucking" sound like a hen and a "clucking" sound like a dove. The cockscomb is exactly the same as the phantom that just appeared.
Wang Ke remembered that Gu Maolin once told him that this snake is highly venomous. It is a snake with no legs and a red crown on its head. It can fly in the air. When meeting this kind of snake, it will either repay a favor or take revenge. can not fight.
Wang Ke thought that except for the black snake he had shot at the farm, he had never shot another snake before. There was neither kindness nor enmity with this one.
I saw the snake's two small eyes, fixedly confronting Wang Ke, and the letter kept spitting out from its mouth. Wang Ke's head kept thinking, what should I do? He tried hard to recall what Gu Maolin said, if it jumps and you can't jump as high as it does, it will attack you. The way to deal with it is to quickly take off one of your shoes and throw it high into the sky. When the cockscomb snake sees this, it will turn around and leave.
"Go away quickly, I won't hurt you."
Wang Ke didn't care whether the snake could understand it or not, he said it three times to the snake. The snake moved slowly, and Wang Ke immediately tightened his grip on the pole. The shoes cannot be taken off, but the hat on the head can be thrown off. Wang Ke slowly took two steps back. Anyway, whether he was superstitious or not, he threw the hat away first.
Wang Ke took off the hat on his head and swung it upward vigorously. The hat flew up into the air with a "swipe" and landed on the roof with a "pop".
The cockscomb snake twisted its head and looked diagonally upward. Then it was half a foot off the ground, hovered for a while, started to squirm, actually floated through the green grass, and burrowed under the wattle pile on the opposite side.
This large pile of corn stalks could no longer be piled here. Wang Ke wiped the cold sweat from his head, immediately returned to the room, and told Sister Li what had just happened.
This also shocked Sister Li, "What should we do?"
I picked out all the corn stalks and the bunch of wattle sticks to dry them, and I just happened to clean them up underneath.
"Okay, but Squad Leader Wang, you have to be careful."
"Yeah, it's okay." Wang Ke found a three-pronged fork made from a tree branch this time and tied up his trouser legs. Then he came to the two piles of firewood and picked out the corn stalks layer by layer with a fork.
After working for more than half an hour, the corn stalks were finally moved. The ground was exceptionally clean. Except for some damp and yellowed bark grass and some broken leaves, there were almost no insects or ants on the ground, not even a hole.
This was strange. Wang Ke pulled at the fallen leaves and clusters of bark grass. Suddenly, Wang Ke saw four or five dark red, irregular stones the size of quail eggs.
If people don't pay attention to these dark red stones, it is impossible for people to care about them. Because you can often find such colorful pebbles in the Loop, which are things for children to play with.
But Wang Ke still walked forward, picked it up and smelled it. It was the same familiar smell as the one Gu Maolin picked up. Could it be that the fishy smell I just smelled came from these rocks? Could this be the nest of the cockscomb snake just now, and these stones are the "eggs" they coiled out?
Thinking of this, Wang Ke carefully picked up the red stones and put them into his jacket pocket.
He thought of Gu Maolin. It was still unclear whether these stones were a blessing or a curse. Anyway, Gu Maolin kept them as if they were treasures.
Continuing, Wang Ke started to remove the pile of wattle branches again.
But the removal of wattle sticks is not as good as this pile of corn stalks, and the fork doesn't work at all.
Wang Ke returned to the house, found a pair of gloves, put them on, and started pulling with his hands. Finally, the pile of thorns was almost dismantled. When it was still more than a foot above the ground. Wang Ke didn't dare to use his hands anymore and used an iron hook instead. After all, I just saw the cockscomb snake get in with my own eyes.
All the corn stalks and wattle have been moved to the playground of the primary school to dry, which is at least ten meters away from here. The iron hook is very powerful and can bring out a bundle in one go.
Soon, the pile of thorns also bottomed out, but where was the snake? The bottom is still clean, even cleaner than the pile of corn stalks just now.
But Wang Ke soon noticed that there was a hole the size of a tea cup near the base of the wall, and the wall of the hole was also smooth.
Wang Ke found a stone, blocked the hole, and then moved the wattle branches to the playground to dry.
After finishing this, Wang Ke came back and used a shovel to shovel all the weeds behind the house.
When he came out from the back of the house with a stinking sweat, Professor Wen and the students also came back, followed by more than a dozen People's Liberation Army troops.
Except for Professor Wen and a group of lesbians, everyone was carrying the boxes. The harvest today was not small.
Under the command of Professor Wen, these boxes were carried to the westernmost classroom. After they were stacked, a fixed guard quickly stood at the door.
"Little Wang Ke, was this all your fault?" Professor Wen then went to talk to Wang Ke.
But Ye Qianqian ran over and said with some complaint: "Brother Bing, why can't you stay idle for a while? You moved all the firewood out of the playground by yourself."
Wang Ke didn't have time to explain, so he dragged Professor Wen to the back of the northwest corner of the house, pointed to the place where the two piles of firewood had just been cleaned, and said, "Ganddy Wen, I'm afraid you won't believe me, I just saw a cockscomb snake. "
"What? Cockscomb snake? Where is it? What does it look like?"
Even Professor Wen, who was well-read in poetry and well-informed, was deceived by Wang Ke's theory.
Ye, who was following, grabbed Wang Ke and said, "Brother Bing, what is going on?"
Wang Ke recounted in detail the scene he had just seen when he came to pick up firewood and help with cooking.
But Professor Wen still shook his head. He didn't believe Wang Ke's words at all. Because the cockscomb snake is just a folklore, how could it appear in reality?
"Then how did you deal with it?" Professor Wen meant, why didn't you kill it?
"Daddy Wen, Gu Maolin told me that this kind of snake cannot be beaten. It comes either to repay a favor or to take revenge. And this kind of snake can fly and jump. If you can't jump as high as it can, will it attack you?"
"Hahaha", Professor Wen couldn't hold it in any longer. He was so amused by Wang Ke's seriousness that he burst into laughter.
"Have you tried dancing with it?"
"No, but I threw the hat on the house. It twisted its neck and looked at it. It probably couldn't compete with me, so it got under the thorn tree." When Wang Ke said this, he pointed to the roof. Sure enough, The military cap was still on the roof.
Professor Wen laughed so hard that he was out of breath. He finally stopped laughing and asked, "Xiao Wang Ke, are you sure you read it correctly? It's a cockscomb snake?"
"No, absolutely not."
As for Wang Ke, he didn't tell anything except those phantoms, but Professor Wen just didn't believe it.
"By the way, Godfather Wen, look at this, I found it from the snake's nest underneath." Wang Ke said, taking out the stones from his jacket pocket.
"What is this?" Professor Wen took the seemingly ordinary dark red stones, and a strong fishy smell hit his face.
Professor Wen first put it under his nose and smelled it. It was very fishy. Pick it up again and look at the sun. The dark red turns into bright red. What kind of stone is this? It's not agate or jade, but it's more transparent than agate and brighter than jade. The key is that this stone also has its own smell.
"Daddy Wen, Gu Maolin also has such a smelly stone, but it is a multicolored stone with several colors. It is also a very fishy stone. It was also found in this elementary school." Then Wang Ke told Gu Maolin's story, but There was no mention of being guided by a snake or that Gu Maolin could speak snake language.
But after discovering this kind of stone with no name and smell twice, Professor Wen's expression became a little serious.
Ye Xianxian took the stone, sniffed it, and immediately started retching. "Brother Bing, what is this smell?"
"Then can you tell me in detail what characteristics this snake has?"
After hearing this, Professor Wen began to shake his previous judgment. It didn't look like Wang Ke was making it up. Because if you take a step back and say it, if you were making it up, how could you spend so much effort to get out both piles of firewood? What's with these smelly pebbles?
"Daddy Wen, this snake should be about one meter long. The back half of its body is grass green. The snake's skin has black diamond-shaped markings. There is a three- to four-inch long section on the back and neck with red patterns. The upper body is upright, a bit like a cobra, flat. The neck is very wide, and the bright red pattern forms a rooster-like comb on the back of the neck.”
"Oops!" Ye Xianqian screamed, frightening Professor Wen and Wang Ke.
"What's wrong with you?"
"What Brother Bing said is so scary!"
"Your sudden surprise is scary." Professor Wen was a little dissatisfied. Scientific researchers are most afraid of this kind of emotional excitement.
"By the way, Godfather Wen, this snake can still bark."
"what sound?"
"It's a bit like an old hen, and a bit like a pigeon. It sounds like this when it crows." Wang Ke started to imitate "clucking" and "cooing".
Professor Wen’s brows furrowed more and more. Could it be that a new species was really discovered here? He immediately decided to call Ye Xianqian’s father, Professor Ye Rongguang.
