After staying in the woods for an unknown amount of time, the Su family explored the path farther and farther, and gradually reached the edge of the stone wall.
During the time they stayed in the cave, they had become accustomed to dealing with bugs popping up from the soil at any time. They were also shielded by wooden umbrellas from unexpected sky ice, and their mentality became much calmer.
Everyone was in good spirits and knew it was time to get on their way!
On this day, Su Bujing and others decided to leave the cave and continue on their way.
Before leaving, Su Bujing pointed at the dark sky through the fog and said:
"Dad, grandma, has it been a long time since Luo Tianbing?"
"Indeed, it seems that we have already eaten six times, and Tianbing has never fallen." Mrs. Zhao pursed her lips, looking full of confusion.
Judging from the frequency of Tianbing falling in the past, it would fall twice every time we eat.
"Is it over? It's great. It's over just in time for us to set off. What a good sign..." Su Buwei happily put his hands on his hips and raised his legs to walk out of the cave.
Before Su Yuanshan could stop him, he heard Su Buwei, who was standing in the thick fog, suddenly scream strangely, his tone full of panic:
"Ah! It's snowing...wait, it's black snow!"
Black snow?
Everyone knew these four words, but when they were put together, the Su family was puzzled. They froze in place and forgot to react.
In their cognition, snow and white are linked together, just as it is natural to think of bowls and chopsticks when talking about eating.
But not only was Su not blind, he would never be blind, and he couldn't even tell the difference between black and white.
Moreover, although there is thick fog outside, if there is really black snow, it will be very conspicuous even in the fog.
Su Bujing frowned in confusion. She did not doubt Su Buwei's words, but was puzzled by Heixue's appearance.
She walked to the cave entrance first, breaking the silence of the cave, "Second brother, you come in first."
The most urgent priority was to let Su Buwei enter the cave.
No one knew if the black snow was dangerous, so they had better stay away.
Without Su Bujing's reminder, Su Buwei came to his senses and ran into the cave in a panic, shouting with a slight change in his voice: "The sky has changed! The sky has changed! Now instead of ice falling from the sky, it's black snow!"
No matter how fast Su Buwei ran in, there was still a little bit of black snow on his body. When Su Bujing saw it, he quickly helped him shake it off through a cloth.
"Bu Wei, come in quickly and don't get too close to the entrance of the cave!" Su Yuanshan pulled Su Buwei in, fearing that the black snow would be blown by the wind on him.
"Mom, give me a wooden basin. I'll put it outside to catch some snow and see what happens." Su Buyi extended her hand to Zhao.
Mrs. Zhao quickly conjured up a wooden bowl the size of a washbasin and handed it to Su Buyi.
Su Buyi did not rush to put the pottery bowl outside to catch the snow. Instead, he and Su Bujing lit the fire together and carefully inspected the patterns, cracks, stains and other details of the wooden bowl. After catching the snow for a while, Su Buyi Used for comparison to determine whether snow is dangerous.
After they confirmed it, Su Yuanshan carefully put three layers of cloth on his hands outside the cave.
The white mist as fine as smoke tightly wrapped the wooden bowl, and the wooden bowl was looming in it, as if it had ascended to a fairyland.
The fog was so thick that people inside the cave squinted their eyes and still couldn't see clearly. They could only vaguely see a few black dots as big as fingernails falling intermittently.
That should be the black snow Su Buwei mentioned.
Su Bujing and others stood motionless, staring directly at the scattered black spots, just so quietly, no one spoke.
Suddenly, Su Bujing, who was standing in the middle, took a step forward and gently moved one of the three fires at the entrance of the cave to the outside and placed it next to the wooden bowl.
The scene outside the cave entrance suddenly became clear. Su Bujing stood on tiptoes and glanced at the fine and fluffy black snow in the wooden bowl.
After just a while, the wooden bowl was almost full!
Su Bujing quickly brought the wooden bowl in. Su Yuanshan and Su Buyi beside her came over, held their breath, and carefully looked at the black snow piled up in the bowl.
Su Buwei was not interested in the black snow in the wooden bowl. He wore a double mask and half-crouched at the entrance of the cave, holding his knees with his arms and squinting his eyes unblinkingly staring outside.
But outside, apart from the misty white mist, there are looming black spots. If you look at them for a long time, you may even get dazzled and you don't know what you are looking at.
Mrs. Zhao pulled Su Buyu away from them, fearing that the next moment, Heixue would turn into a monster and bite them.
After all, under natural disasters, weird things can happen.
Su Yuanshan took a deep breath, took the wooden bowl in Su Bujing's hand, and poured some into the cave.
The soft black snow covered the land dots, like black velvet flowers, soft and harmless.
Su Bujing and others waited for a long time, but the land was not destroyed.
Then, Su Yuanshan placed the remaining black snow in the bowl on the fire and cooked it at high temperature.
The black snow was eroded by the flames and soon melted into snow.
However, this snow water is particularly unique. The color is thick ink, just like a pile of ground ink, which can be dipped in and written by scholars at any time.
However, Su Bujing and others did not have such a leisurely mood.
They divided the snow water in the wooden bowl into three parts. One part was poured outside the cave, one part was placed at the entrance of the cave, and the other part was placed on the fire for roasting.
After the three torches had been burned out, they checked the conditions of the three pieces of snow water.
The land outside the cave that had been splashed with snow was flat and overgrown with weeds, but both the land and the weeds were intact.
The snow water stored at the entrance of the cave re-frozen into hard ice without any abnormal changes.
As for the snow water that was roasting on the fire, it was burned dry, leaving only a few black specks in the bowl.
It should be that the falling black snow is mixed with impurities like dirt.
Seeing this scene, Su Bujing and others thought at the same time:
It seems that the snow water is not corrosive or has any other dangers. It is just like normal white snow in the past, safe and harmless.
The Su family was relieved.
It would be troublesome if Kuroyuki was in danger. After all, no one could guarantee that he would not be contaminated on weekdays.
"It's snowing so hard. Even if the black snow is fine, if it continues like this, there will be a snow disaster." Su Yuanshan said heavily, covering his forehead with a headache.
After the Su family heard this, they all couldn't help but sigh, and the cave became quiet again.
They originally planned to leave the cave immediately and continue looking for a way out.
This black snow came inexplicably and even more strangely, making them fall into deep hesitation again.
Su Bujing frowned and said secretly:
We can no longer stay in the cave. According to this trend, the snow is getting heavier and heavier. It would be terrible if it blocks the entrance of the cave or blocks the forest road!
Just when Su Bujing was about to suggest that his family members leave the cave quickly, Su Buwei, who was squatting at the entrance of the cave, suddenly jumped up and shouted: "The snow has stopped, the black snow has stopped!"
When Su Bujing and others heard this, they felt relieved and quickly walked to the entrance of the cave to check.
"Great, now it seems that not only the snow is no problem, but also the snow disaster will not happen." Mrs. Zhao said with emotion, patting her chest and feeling relaxed.
If the color is weird, be weird. Anyway, as long as it doesn’t kill people, it doesn’t matter if it snows in red, green, or purple!
