Ghost Blowing Lamp II

Chapter 31 Strange Soup ([-])
Lao Yangpi has been herding cattle and sheep on the grassland all year round, and often encounters ferocious beasts such as wolves and lynxes attacking from behind the horses. Whistling, the old army horse carried him and Ding Sitian on its back, and at the moment when the big gnat pounced on the horse's buttocks, it suddenly leaned forward, put its front legs on the ground, and kicked hard with its two hind legs towards the horse. The gnat that rushed forward from behind kicked the black gnat several times in the air with a force of more than a thousand catties, and fell far away on the ground and rolled away.

The gnat suffered a great loss, and dared not do anything else again, slipped into the deep grass and fled far away. I saw Lao Yangpi's surprise attack, so I cheered and climbed down from the branch, and together with Ding Sitian The fat man who was in a mess also pulled up and threw the bark and weeds off his body. Then he remembered that two horses ran into the depths of the woods. I bought a bay red horse, and now there is only one old army horse left among the four horses, and the loss is getting bigger and bigger. Lao Yangpi even blew a few whistles to greet the horse, but there was no movement after waiting for a long time. Where did it go.

Lao Yangpi is afraid of this area called "Hundred Eyes Cave" from the bottom of his heart, but sometimes people have no choice, and the responsibility for the loss of cattle and horses is even greater. Hats, if you put on a few hats, you will die.After all, Lao Yangpi was old, the fight just now made his heart beat faster, his chest was wheezing like a broken bellows, coupled with the heavy psychological burden, his eyes turned black.

Seeing that Lao Yangpi was about to faint, Ding Sitian hurriedly supported him to sit under the tree, rubbed his heart to ease his breathing, but Lao Yangpi was still coughing and wheezing, he didn't fall over at one breath, coughing so badly After he was out of breath, we rushed to rescue him, pressed his chest and beat his back, and finally let him choke out a mouthful of phlegm. He finally breathed, but he was still groggy, and he couldn't wake up no matter how we greeted him.

Ding Sitian jumped in the queue on the grassland and was always taken care of by Lao Yangpi's family. She almost regarded Lao Yangpi as her own grandfather. Seeing him unconscious now, how could she not be in a hurry and asked me what to do with tears?In the village where I jumped in the queue, there was a barefoot doctor nicknamed "Mixed Films". Sometimes I would help him treat mules and horses. Among the three of us, Fatty and Ding Sitian, I was the only one with a little medical knowledge. But I also feel at a loss when I face the unconscious Lao Yangpi. Even if I quickly send him back to the pastoral area, it will take nearly a day's journey, and the pastoral area is still one day away from the hospital. It will be over by the time I find the lady.

Unexpectedly, the fat man reminded him, and the fat man said: "Is this old man hungry? We have been rushing out to chase the cattle since we got up in the morning, until now the sun is halfway down, and there is almost no water. Zhan Teeth, not to mention his age, even my physique can't stand it, and I'm dizzy from hunger."

After the fat man mentioned it, Ding Sitian and I also felt hungry. We hadn’t eaten for a day. We were busy looking for cows during the day, and no one thought of eating when we were in a hurry. Lao Yangpi must be overworked. In addition, I didn't eat during the day, so I passed out from hunger.

When we were about to set off, Lao Yangpi was worried that he would not be able to find all the cattle within a day or two, so he brought some dry food, and even brought a pot of boiling water on the horse. In order to take care of the old army horse, he only took the An empty pot and some loose and light things were hung on the horse, and the rest of the food and supplies were carried by the other three horses. Unfortunately, we only had this old horse left in front of us, and there was nothing edible on it.

The fat man said that there is no other way, let's kill horses and eat meat, otherwise we won't be able to get out of the woods.Ding Sitian hurriedly stopped him, the livestock that had served in the army on the grassland cannot be slaughtered, they are all friends of mankind, they would rather starve to death than eat horse meat, when Lao Yangpi wakes up, someone will kill him You can't risk your life if you eat horses.

It gets dark early in the field, and the sun sets after four in the afternoon. At this time, the sky begins to darken. The night fog in the forest is getting thicker, and the light is getting less and less. It has become almost night, and flying overhead from time to time An object, whether it was a bird or a bat, made a shrill cry, and the sound made people feel that every hair on the back of the head stood on end.

We are a little confused, Fatty and Ding Sitian are looking at me, hoping I have an idea, what should we do now?I hesitated for a while, and said to them: "Although the old horse knows his disciples, there is a lot of fog in this forest. If we walk out without thinking, we will be tired all day, and if we continue to walk, accidents will happen. Second, if we encounter venomous snakes hiding in the deep grass, or wild beasts like wolves and lynxes, we will definitely not be able to eat our good fruit. Chairman Mao taught us that we should try to reduce unnecessary and unnecessary So I think what we need to do now is to set up a campfire on the spot, first to prevent the attack of insects and beasts, and second, to find something to cook and eat, so that people and horses have enough strength, and wait until tomorrow morning Move on."

The fat man said: "This plan is good, but it is not comprehensive. Look at this forest, except for grass roots and bark, it is mud. Not to mention food, there is no clean water. What are we cooking? It's really hard not to eat. I can’t walk anymore. This situation reminds me of a little poem written by the revolutionary predecessors, “It’s going to be dark, hunger is like a drum, and there are enough rice, wild vegetables and boiled water in the bag. General Chen Yi’s guerrillas were so Difficult, after all, there are still a few grains of rice in the rice bag that can be cooked and eaten with wild vegetables..."

When I heard the fat man mentioning rice and wild vegetables, my stomach suddenly swelled: "Fatty, what do you mean? We are in such a difficult situation and dare to mention cooking porridge with wild vegetables. The more hungry you are, the less you can eat, otherwise you will feel even hungrier. Thinking back to March when the revolutionary predecessors ran out of food, they were still full of fighting spirit, why couldn’t we overcome it?”

At this time, Ding Sitian suddenly pulled my sleeve: "Bayi, listen, is there a sound of running water in the woods?" I thought to myself, there is no river in this mountainous forest, maybe someone's stomach The noise made Ding Sitian lose his hearing?But when I calmed down and listened, there was indeed the sound of a stream jingling and flowing not far away. If there is a sound of water, there is running water. Our throats are being unbearably dry, and if it is a stream, there may be fish in it. In addition, walk along the water, In this misty dense forest, it is not easy to get lost.

We didn't delay for a moment. There was a kerosene lamp in the shoulder bag of the old army horse. Before liberation, this lamp was called a kerosene lamp. In fact, kerosene is kerosene. There is no pine oil in pastoral areas, and kerosene lamps are generally used for lighting at night. Looking for the way, the fat man put the old sheepskin on the horse's back, he supported it, Ding Sitian led the horse, and the group groped forward towards the place where the sound of running water came from.

(End of this chapter)