From Jiu Shu's world

Chapter 34 Cause and Effect
"Ten years ago, the Yaoshan Village was not as dilapidated as it is now. At that time, [-] or [-] of us lived together in the village, relying on the mountain to eat, and relying on the gifts from the Yaoshan Mountain. We collected medicine for a living and occasionally hunted. Then I went down the mountain from time to time to sell the goods from the mountain to the merchants, in exchange for some living oil, salt, tea and rice, I think I was really comfortable at that time."

As Caifeng said, she remembered something and laughed.Henry Zhang asked, "What happened after that?"

"Later." Caifeng's smile gradually disappeared, her mood was low, and even a trace of fear flashed in her eyes.

After a while, she said slowly: "Later, everything changed. It all changed on that full moon night. In the middle of the night, I don't know which family in the village heard the woman's scream first, All the women wake up one night to find that the man beside them has disappeared and is replaced by a snake.

Some people picked up a machete and chopped off the snake's head, and some women ran out of the house in a panic. The whole village was in a mess, and there were women's screams everywhere. The village was full of poisonous snakes overnight, and all the men died. gone.Until a voice sounded. "

Henry Zhang faintly felt that something was wrong, but he still asked, "What sound?"

Caifeng smiled sadly, and said: "The voice was so loud and high-pitched that the whole village seemed to hear it. I remember that voice, it was the voice of Xiaodie who lived at the entrance of the village. At that time, she must have cried out. Yeah, sounding terrified, she yelled 'my man has turned into a snake.'”

When Henry Zhang heard it, his expression changed, but Caifeng said that some women hacked snakes to death.

Caifeng saw Henry Zhang's expression change, shook his head, and a sad look appeared on his face: "It's terrible, isn't it? For the women in the village, that is the most terrible night, especially those women who hacked snakes to death. The second God knows the truth, they are almost crazy, holding a knife, looking in a trance, saying all day long, 'I killed my man, I killed my man.'”

Caifeng paused for a moment, took a sip of tea before continuing, as if recalling this story was too unkind to her, everything about her family and friends had changed.

"Later, those crazy women ran away, out of the village, out of Yaoshan. I don't know if they are really crazy or fake, but if they stay in this place, they will go crazy in the end."

When Caifeng said this, she let out a self-deprecating smile. The once peaceful and stable Yaoshan Village became like this overnight. Who can stand it and stay here?
Henry Zhang’s face was also not very good-looking, and a person turned into a snake overnight, which is not normal no matter how you think about it.Not to mention hearing stories about some women accidentally killing their relatives who turned into snakes. No one will feel good hearing this. It is a tragedy.

What's more, the Miao family women are strong-tempered, and most of them are not afraid of snakes, insects, rats and ants. I am afraid that there are many women who killed wrongly that night, let alone their husbands, and they may kill their sons.

Henry Zhang poured Caifeng a cup of tea, saw her slow down, and asked, "What happened later? What about those who stayed?"

Caifeng smiled wryly: "Stay here? All men have become snakes and have no income. Who can stay in the stockade if they are empty? At the beginning, we agreed to find a way to put our men in baskets and raise them together." Get up, and figure out how to change them back.

We, a dozen or so women, were divided into two groups, one group went down the mountain to seek medical treatment, and the other group searched for medicinal materials on this medicine mountain, hoping to find medicinal materials to cure our man one day.One day has passed, and we are still looking for it. Ten days, 20 days, one month, and one year have passed and we are still looking for it. "

Caifeng spoke very sadly, with a kind of helplessness in her words, looking aimlessly, as if it was a road with no end in sight.

"We don't dare to tell others about the village, so we can only think of a way secretly. But I don't know that from that day on, the wave of people who went down the mountain to seek medical treatment has returned less and less. That's right, no one has come back every day. I hope which woman can bear it?"

Seeing Caifeng’s depression, Zhang Xuan patted her on the shoulder and gave her comfort.

Caifeng shook her head and forced a smile: "I'm fine."

She paused, and continued with indescribable calm in her voice: "Several women guarded the village like this, guarding the man who turned into a snake, and that incident happened in the third year.

Among the few women who stayed behind, one of them probably felt that the snake was transformed by his own man, and after raising it for another three years, it should be fine.Before going to sleep, he forgot to close the lid of the snake basket, and was bitten to death by a poisonous snake crawling out at night.

As soon as this incident happened, the remaining women stopped talking and all ran away within three days.I remember that Xiaodie was the last one to leave. Before she left, she cried and said to me: "Sister Caifeng, I really can't hold on any longer. Aggie can't change back. So is Longsang. Sister, come with me." Bar.Let's go together, it's not that we are sorry for them. '"

When Caifeng said this, she smiled slightly, pretending to be relaxed: "Now, I'm the only one left in the whole village."

Henry Zhang looked complicated, just like Xiaodie said, they didn’t feel sorry for them.Whether it is the woman who accidentally killed her husband who turned into a snake or the woman who gave up on the way to persist and find the antidote.When the closest person becomes a strange and cold beast, everyone will be afraid and terrified, and the heart that has insisted, which comes from love or family affection, will eventually be wiped out one day.

Only the woman in front of me seems to be persisting day after day, year after year.It seems that today, she was also injured by the tiger in order to find medicine.In the past ten years, how many times has she encountered such a danger?
Henry Zhang didn't know how to describe the persistent woman in front of him for a while, and changed the subject to ease the atmosphere: "So, this Longsang is yours?"

Caifeng smiled and said, "Longsang is my lover." This smile was from Caifeng's heart, and she gently stroked Longsang lying on her lap.Even if Long Sang turned into a boa constrictor at this time, lost his human consciousness, and could no longer remember her.But her caress was still gentle, like lovers caressing each other's cheeks.Just like the south wind blowing the peach blossom.

Henry Zhang didn't know what to say, it seemed that a slight move at this moment would destroy the picture, and he couldn't help being stunned, thinking that he and Ren Tingting would do the same?The figure of the girl who has always been considerate and gentle flashed in my mind, turning this question into an affirmation, if it was her, she would definitely be like this.

Henry Zhang's eyes were firm, and he said to Caifeng: "Sister Caifeng, Brother Longsang will definitely change back."

Caifeng shook her head with a smile and said: "No, there is probably no hope in this life. In the past ten years, I have searched every inch of land in Yaoshan and collected every kind of medicinal material, but none of them are effective for him. I don't know how else I can help him."

Just like where there are poisonous snakes, there must be antidote herbs. For ten years, Caifeng has been convinced that the medicinal herbs that can cure the disease must be in the medicine mountain, but after ten years of searching, even she herself began to doubt.

Henry Zhang couldn’t help asking: “Why don’t you go down the mountain and find a way outside?”

Caifeng shook her head and said: "Do you think this strange disease is just turning into a snake? This strange disease is like a shackle, a prison, none of these men who have turned into snakes can't leave Yaoshan. If you leave, don't In a few months, it will emaciate to death, and die forever like a snake."

"Then why don't you do it yourself?" As soon as the words were ordinary, Henry Zhang stopped by himself. He thought of Caifeng's persistence and concern for Longsang, and he would be worried if he left for a moment.

Seeing that Henry Zhang wanted to persuade her, Caifeng stopped talking.She just thought this young Han boy was very interesting, and maybe it was the first time in ten years that someone heard her tell a story, and she started talking again unconsciously:
"If you had persuaded me just now, I would not have agreed. Longsang, a big fool, has protected me since he was a child. If anyone in the village bullies me, Longsang will definitely beat him to the ground, regardless of himself. What kind of injury will he suffer. Now that Long Sang has become like this, it should be until I protect him and don’t want to leave even a step. Brother Henry Zhang, do you know? He is so big, if I don't protect him, he will be finished."

While talking, Caifeng stroked her forearm with her hand, as if she was talking about Longsang's original size.She gestured and giggled. At this time, she didn't look like a woman in her early thirties at all, but she looked like the 20-year-old girl who was in love with Longsang ten years ago.

While talking, Caifeng suddenly sighed again, and she said: "I thought I could protect him for the rest of my life, just like he protected me when I was a child. But I didn't expect that he would protect me in the end. In the third year, he He has grown to be five or six meters tall, and he doesn’t attack me. He follows me and protects me just like when he was a child. The wounds on his body are from when he protected me. Every time I go out to find medicinal materials, he is there Help me, but I didn't even find a single useful medicinal material. If I hadn't insisted on going out to find medicinal materials, he wouldn't have suffered so many injuries."

Caifeng's expression was downcast, the boa constrictor Longsang seemed to feel it, and raised his head to lightly tap Caifeng's cheek.

Henry Zhang knew that ten years of searching seemed to make Caifeng in front of him accept his fate.It seemed that she didn't think there would be any hope, and she just wanted to spend her life alone like this.But Henry Zhang wanted to help them, at least try to find the root of the matter.

Just as Caifeng thought, if the source of this matter is not man-made, then there is a great possibility that the antidote is hidden in the medicine mountain.But if someone is manipulating this matter, it will not be so simple and let Caifeng and Longsang live like this for the rest of their lives.

So Henry Zhang asked the details about this matter: "Sister Caifeng, what's so weird about these snakes gathering here?"

Seeing Henry Zhang asking, Caifeng thought about it seriously and said: "If it is strange, there is one thing, that is, every month the full moon will gather and go upstream along the stream behind the stockade.

correct!The end of the upstream is a small pool, which is the only place in Yaoshan that I have never been to. Every time I want to go, I will be stopped by Longsang. If I forcefully want to go, he will even entangle me to death. It seems that there is some danger there. . "

While speaking, the rustling sound resounded outside the house, as if there were thousands of snakes crawling, and a round moon like a jade plate hung in the sky outside the window, and it happened to be a full moon today.

　Good night sweet dreams friends.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)