Chapter 6: Cloud Shadow in December 1992
Cloud Shadow in December 1992
I didn’t talk much after entering the house today. I went to the corner of his living room to sit down and start working. The old man sat quietly by the bonfire and baked the fire. His two little granddaughters came over to chat and let me tell stories.
My current language level is very low, I can barely understand a little bit complicated things, but it’s not enough to speak, even a four- or five-year-old child can’t compare. I was bored when I was working and tried to give two Xiao Maotou stumbled and told a few stories, and the two little girls listened with great interest. Now, as soon as I start work, they come together and tell me stories.
The mallet is not heavy, and while “practicing speaking” while pounding potatoes, it doesn’t affect the work, so I just make up stories for them to listen to. When I encounter words that I don’t know, I describe them in simpler words and ask them to correct me.
If you are tired from the beating, change your arm, and if your back is sore, get up and rest for a while, move your shoulders and body, have a full meal at the old man's house, and then go back to the hut with a full "potato" in the afternoon.
Recently, I have been working at the old man's house, and I have a better relationship with the village dog. It will wag its tail affectionately when it sees me, and obviously regard me as a friend.
This guy is very loyal. Not only does he patrol the village all day, but he also knows how to take care of the property that belongs to me. Once I was working at the old man's house, and suddenly I heard dogs barking outside and people yelling and yelling. After a while, the old man's second My daughter-in-law told me that someone sneaked into my shack to steal something, and was chased and bitten by the dog. Although she was not injured, her clothes were tattered and barely visible.
On the one hand, I am grateful for the righteousness of the dog in this village, but on the other hand, I am angry and anxious. I never thought that someone would steal my house, which is like a beggar.
When I got home that day, I was very sad to see the half-collapsed roof of the straw hut. Fortunately, I didn’t lose the food. Otherwise, I really didn’t know what to do next.
It took me two days to put up the roof again, and no one came to me, and the bad boy who broke the roof of my roof didn't come to me to apologize.
He is fourteen years old, older than me, and taller than me. I despise him for doing such a rude thing.
After that incident, I became even more indulgent with Brother Dog, and sometimes I would leave him a bite of whatever I got to eat, expecting him to help me look after my precious personal property in my small shack when I was not at home.
The time in this world is really slow. Before the first snow fell, the people of each household in the village began to prepare for the "worship of the gods" early. Some people carved wooden statues, some people made food, some people People prepare clothes, and the most important thing - a prey for the gods.
The old man's sons organized the young men from the village to cross the river into the mountains to hunt. The villagers gathered in front of his house and it looked very spectacular. I was also eager to try it out and wanted to sign up.
It's a pity, they said that the mountains in this season are very dangerous and they can't bring children, so a few people around my age were stopped. As for me... I'm an outsider, not accepted by the village, and I'm not qualified to participate in the village worship.
Eleven young and middle-aged men crossed the river and entered the mountain. After six days, a deer almost the size of a calf was dragged back. The whole village was cheering for the prey, but some people were crying because only eight of them came back. Knowing something, after three people broke, eight of them came back overnight with their prey.
The old man was in tears. His eldest son was the most capable pillar of the family. In order to protect others, he took the initiative to break up. Now his life and death are uncertain. The two children are also crying out of breath in their mother's arms. Cry and faint.
It's going to snow soon. After the snow falls, the mountain will be covered with heavy snow, and the other three people may never be able to come back.
The village quarreled for a long time, and finally a search team was formed to go into the mountains to find the whereabouts of the three broken people, but just after leaving the village, they saw three embarrassed returnees on the road outside the village.
All three are alive, but they are all injured. One of the middle-aged people was seriously injured, and his shoulder was torn open by something unknown. Fortunately, his life was not in danger.
It is fortunate in misfortune that the broken people are alive, but the news they brought back also made the villagers frown, because they encountered a "bluff".
I don't know what kind of animal "Lafu" is, but from the fearful expressions of the villagers, I can feel that it should be a predator as terrifying as a tiger or a bear, or maybe even more serious.
In the following days, the entire village was almost on full alert. The three injured people, including the old man's eldest son, were all locked in a single room, where food and water were brought in every day, and at least three armed with weapons were guarded outside. of adults.
I secretly asked a village child of the same age as me why the people who came back were locked in the house, and he was very frightened, so he just told me repeatedly: "Don't lean over, they were bitten by Labu, Labu will come at night! Labu! Come at night!"
There are even nursery rhymes in the village about the story of "Lafu" attacking the village at night. I asked a lot of people who vaguely knew what "Lafu" looked like.
"Lafu" is taller than ordinary people, with long hair all over his body. He has fangs that can bite off human leg bones and big claws that can open wooden doors. After "Lafu" bites someone, if the person is not dead, then it will die They will come to the door in the next few days, and those who have been bitten will run out when they hear the roar of "Lafu" and give themselves to "Lafu" to eat.
The description of the villagers made me shudder. The most terrifying thing is that "Lafu" has claws that can grab the door. Such claws can dig my grass hut with no effort.
Every night these days, the entire village gathers in the houses in the middle of the village. High fires are lit around the houses. Adult men are on duty outside on shifts, and they dare not relax for a moment.
The villagers said that many years ago, the village was attacked by "Lahu". At that time, the villagers were too careless and let Lahu break in, and more than ten people died in one night. Pull bluff", and the entire village must be wiped out.
I got together with them, too, and spent every night in a state of trepidation, like everyone else, I didn't even dare to sleep, and was always ready to fight the beasts that suddenly appeared with my stick.
About the sixth day of the whole village's vigilance, which is the twenty-first day of this month, I heard the cry of "lahu" for the first time. It was very cold that night, and the cold wind blew on the branches and made a disturbing whimper. Sound, I held a vigil outside the house with a stick and six other grown men and women, and the old man's dog was with us.
I'm young and skinny like a chicken. I didn't need to watch the night, but I was so scared that I couldn't sleep, and I think it's good to have one more person's strength at this time, so if I insist on the night watch, those people will also Agree to let me accompany them.
In the second half of the night, the fire in front of and behind the house was already burning weakly. We had to add firewood from time to time to keep the brightness. We took the firewood piled in front of the door in groups of two and added it to the fire. The surrounding vision was very wide. All the trees and shrubs that would have blocked the line of sight were cut down, and even a simple small house was demolished, just to eliminate all dead ends and prevent sneak attacks.
When I and two other people walked to the back of the house with firewood and were about to add firewood to the fire, I suddenly heard the dog barking wildly. We were all startled and put up our weapons cleanly. Hit the iron basin hard and make a harsh sound to remind everyone.
"La hoo~~!" A sharp cry came from not far away. The low voice was like a wild animal, but also like a man shouting. The strange sound made my scalp numb, my legs trembled so badly, I could hardly walk. move.
The adults next to me were also terrified. They dragged me and stumbled to the front of the house. After meeting with the others, I saw six or seven adults in front of the house holding torches and weapons and chasing the dogs out. The people in the house were resting. They also came out with all kinds of weapons.
The door of the house that closed the three injured adult men was slammed "all the way", and the people in the house were roaring one after another, "Lafu!" and "Lafu!", as if losing their minds.
A small group of people stayed around the house, and a large pile of firewood was thrown into the fire, causing the fire to rise several meters high. The blazing flame and light dispelled the darkness and prevented the "bluffing" from leaving the mountain, while we followed the crowd in front of us. Pursue the "pulling" that has already appeared.
I followed the villagers through the dense forest for nearly a kilometer before stopping at a bloodstain near the river. The villagers said that "Lafu" was stabbed, and a brave young man stabbed a wooden spear into its chest. But it jumped into the river and escaped, and that section of water was too deep to pursue.
We walked back out of breath, and a few people were unwilling and wanted to chase and kill "Lafu" along the river, but they gave up in a few minutes.
The fine and cold particles were sprinkled on our heads, and the torches were swaying in the night wind, and some small white particles were flying in the wind.
Snowing.
The white snow particles soon turned into small snow flakes. The villagers were running back to the village in the snowstorm. Everyone's mood was rarely relieved. At least this winter, Luffy won't come to the village. It was seriously injured. After soaking in the icy river water, you might not be able to survive the winter and freeze to death somewhere.
I followed the crowd holding a wooden stick. The woman next to me said that three days after the first snowfall would be the day of the god sacrifice. After the god sacrifice, the heavy snow would seal the entire mountain, and no beasts would come until next spring. village.
I am very happy, because I have worked at the old man's house and stored a lot of food in the past few days. I can mash potatoes well. There are other people in the village who want me to work. Bags of milk powder are also not a problem.
Besides, I'll be back through Shimen in a few days, and I'll definitely bring more food.
The sacrifice to the gods is a major event for the whole village. In addition to the deer that came back from hunting before, the village also made some traditional snacks and tributes to the gods, praying for the gods to call the blizzard to seal the mountain as scheduled and protect the village.
I don't quite understand. In my impression, the snow-covered mountains mean that for human beings, there is a lack of materials and only can't get in. Why do the villagers look forward to the snow-covered mountains after the winter? I guess it's some kind of tradition or habit.
As for the existence of "God", I don't think so.
Anyway, I'm an outsider, and I'm not qualified to help them prepare items for sacrifice to the gods, let alone make a tribute that belongs to me.
What are you proud of? Looking at them busy, I thought sourly: Anyway, after the sacrifice to the gods, some powerful people in the village will definitely divide up the tributes that everyone has worked hard to save, just like the southern clans divide the tributes, right?
Human nature is the same thing in any world, not much different.
The village began to restore its former tranquility. Everyone was beaming and preparing gifts for the gods. The previous attack of "harassment" had subsided. Even more lively and lively than before.
I didn't see those three people, but I heard from the family who took me in that the three people who survived had changed their bodies, their eyes were red all day, they started to fear the sun, their teeth became sharp, and they couldn't After eating "potatoes" and other plants, they can only survive by eating meat.
It's hard to believe that the sequelae of being attacked by a beast can be so serious. I wonder if it is some kind of vicious infectious disease, and I even want to see what those people have become, but now they are still resting at home, even The old man also told me that his family didn't need me to work these days, so I didn't have the chance to satisfy my curiosity.
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