Chapter 69: Cloud Shadow in July 1996
Cloud Shadow in July 1996
The transformation of the natural environment by human beings is really great. We have only been here for more than a month, and a large piece of the trees on the banks of the mountains and rivers has been cut down. If I hadn’t remembered to protect the environment and prevent soil erosion, I specifically told them to keep a small part of it. Trees, and saplings were transplanted for replanting, and the river bank should have been leveled.
The animals on the mountain have also suffered. The original carnivore big brothers died in the pits alone. There are five or six heads. There are not a few people who were shot and stabbed to death. The howl of the beast, and even the top beast of the evil sect didn't come to us again.
The skin of large carnivores is a good thing. After being peeled and cooked, it is an excellent leather. The two big guys have nearly 400 catties of meat.
The animals on the mountain are active and the muscles are very strong. I don’t like to eat them very much, but the soup tastes good. It has a strong and shy beast taste. If you are used to eating it, it will feel very delicious. Very complementary.
The stone bridge was completely open for a week. Not only the people in our camp were very happy, but also the people in Shanghe Village, scrambling to cross the bridge tremblingly and holding the railings to see the scenery across the river.
The people of Shanghe Village have never left the village in summer. The rushing river blocks their way forward. The steep mountain walls surrounding the village also completely isolate the village from the outside world. This stone bridge is simply a miracle. The village communicated with the outside world so that they could go out and breathe the "free air" on the other side.
Breathing free air is of course a funny saying. The villagers are interested in the small camp opposite. The transparent watch tower can be seen across the river bank. It is so beautiful that everyone has long wanted to take a closer look.
The delivery of supplies to the river bank is also thanks to the villagers of Shanghe Village. We have been stationed on the other side of the river for more than a month, and we have accumulated a lot of things, especially my own things, which are seen by many people when they are carried out. Eyes are spent.
This time, all the large rolls were transported. The previous camp on the other side of the river left nothing. The warehouse on the ground was torn apart by me and was torn down into ruins. The house we lived in inside the hill was also completely evacuated and completely closed. No longer use.
It took a whole day and all the supplies were transported across the bridge. I started to stand on the bridge with my back against Shanghe Village and backed away, gradually dismantling the stone bridge.
When I started to build this bridge, I thought about leaving the bridge behind. As long as a small fort or a suspension bridge is built, the passage can be firmly guarded, so that the village can communicate with the outside world without letting the outside world invade the village. .
But recently, the news that our people got around made me give up this idea. First of all, when Hussein and the others went to patrol the mountain road, they saw three black smoke burning from Luhe Village, and three strings of black smoke were burning continuously. After three days, that was the method we discussed with the village to deliver the message when we left the village: If the werewolf came, we would set up three piles of smokey fires with damp wood in three places in the yard on the hillside of the village. The situation was relatively easy. It will be burned for one day, if it is more urgent, it will be burned for two days. If it is very serious and there have been casualties, it will be burned for the third day.
Of course, if the werewolf didn't come by the end of autumn, two smoke pillars would be burned for three days in a row, indicating that the werewolf had not come yet.
The three black smoke in Luhe Village burned for three days in a row, which means that the werewolf had arrived, and the situation was very bad. I dared not have any illusions, and decided to demolish the stone bridge to completely separate the village from the outside world.
It’s not enough to just cut off the stone bridge. In autumn, when the river enters the dry season or even freezes, the village will be connected to the outside world again. If there are werewolves running up the mountain at that time, it is very likely that they will easily cross the river and attack Shanghe Village.
I just entered the village, and I didn’t have time to greet the familiar villagers, so I told a few elders in the village who could talk about the current situation. The old man who was barely equivalent to the “village head” looked at each other with a few villagers. They have lived for generations. In Shanghe Village, I have never experienced such a situation. I heard that there may be beasts that are more terrifying than "bluffing" to attack the village in groups, and they all panicked.
My description of "werewolves" made them think of "pulling" involuntarily, because the victim's body will also change after puking, and their eyes and teeth will be alienated to a certain extent. Eat meat and will try to find a buff after hearing the call of the buff, willing to be eaten by the buff.
Werewolves are completely different. First of all, werewolves are not afraid of sunlight, and werewolves are transformed from humans. Compared with beasts, werewolves are more cunning. They even know how to besiege and hide, which is accustomed to fighting alone. Dou's bluff is incomparable, let alone the contagiousness of werewolves. Once the infection cannot be reversed by taking the antidote, it will completely turn into a man-eating beast with long hair, not like people who have been attacked by bluff. Most of the sanity remains.
All in all, a werewolf is a hundred times more terrifying than a "bluff". Hiding in Shanghe Village may not be able to escape the attack of a werewolf. It is necessary to build walls along the river, and even guard against the mountain wall behind the village.
"The mountain wall?" The villagers were stunned.
"Yes, we need to check the mountain wall to make sure that the werewolves do not climb into the village from the other side of the mountain."
"Oh! There is absolutely no need to worry about that." The villagers were relieved when they heard what I said, they said The outside of the mountain that surrounds the village is as steep as the inside, and it is impossible to climb, so there is no need to worry about something coming in from the outside.
"But don't animals often come to the village from the valley in the back mountain?" I am very curious. If the village is completely closed as they said, then where do the animals that occasionally break into the village in summer come from?
"That's different," the old man explained to me with a smile: "Those animals come out of the 'Forbidden Forest', only three or two a year, and there is no danger, so don't worry at all."
"'Forbidden Forest'? "It's the first time I've heard that word.
"Uh... That's right, the Forbidden Forest." The old man screened everyone else off, saying that I was a part of the village now, so it's okay to tell me.
In the old man's description, there is a small valley in the back mountain of the village, which is the place where the villagers gather ginseng and potatoes every year. The small valley is not completely closed. There is a cave at the foot of the mountain. The Forbidden Forest is a place where gods live. People in the village are not allowed to go in, because they can’t come back after they go in. The animals that are occasionally found in the village are just small characters who came out of the cave. No one in the village has been attacked by them. been injured.
I've never heard of this before. I said to be on the safe side, I'd better climb up the mountain to inspect it. The hole in the valley is also a hidden danger. No one dares to go anyway. Things come and go.
"Why are you blocking that hole?" The old man was inexplicable: "Every year the gods still come through that hole, so how can you block our village to worship the gods?"
"Okay... I'll take a look at it, and then open the hole before and after the sacrifice, and at other times. Block it, let’s see the situation.” The
old man shook his head and said that I had nothing to do, and he warned me not to go to the “forbidden forest” in the cave. There are many rebellious young people in the village who do not believe in evil, but they leave the cave and enter the forest. So far, no one has been able to come back. When he was young, he saw someone walk into the Forbidden Forest. It only took a few breaths before and after, and then the person inside was silent, and he absolutely could not enter.
"Okay, I'm not stupid." I repeatedly reassured him that I was too timid to die, and he made it so clear that no matter how brainless I was, I wouldn't enter that forest that can eat people.
"I'm serious, don't take my words as a joke, you young people, you can try, tie a bird with a straw rope and throw it into the forest far away, when you pull the rope back, the straw rope will break, and the bird on it will No, it's very scary, you absolutely don't try it, understand?" The old man said so hard, I had to reassure him.
The old man is so solemn because of his helplessness. Being curious and not afraid of death is a characteristic shared by young people. No matter how persuaded others are, they can't stop the girl and boy who are not afraid of the sky and the earth. Every few years in Shanghe Village, someone makes a forest for death. The lack of news of going or not returning has broken everyone's hearts. If it wasn't for the sacrifice to the gods, the cave could not be closed to block the way of the gods, then the damn cave would have been filled by the villagers together.
I brought nine young and strong girls and boys, which also made some people in Shanghe Village uncomfortable. There are only ten households in Shanghe Village, and there are less than twenty young and middle-aged people in total. The people I brought are all good laborers. The fight was not wrong at all. They were very afraid that we would occupy the magpie's nest. After all, Shanghe Village only accepted me, but they didn't plan to accept the other people I brought.
I have explained these things to a few older people in the village. We just came to Shanghe Village to take refuge. Working here and repairing the stone walls are all our tasks. It is too late to plant crops this year. It is estimated that we will have to find food rations. The villagers help, but starting from next year, we will open up wasteland and cultivate the land, try our best to be self-sufficient, make sure not to drag down the village, and we will not rob the villagers for ginseng potatoes in the small valley.
The people in Shanghe Village are still using the metal tools I brought last year. Those things have greatly improved their living conditions. The kang and fireplace made them live happily last winter. They still have a very good impression of me. , otherwise I will not be allowed to bring nine people into the village.
The people I brought here and I did not temporarily borrow and live in the villagers' houses as suggested by the villagers. Instead, after we settled down, we discussed with the villagers and asked them to set aside an area for us to build houses and live in.
The people in the village are very generous. The original intention was to give us a few ready-made stone houses in the village, but I insisted on rebuilding it myself. After considering my description, the village gave us the sunny hillside near the river. , where the sun is abundant, it is close to the water source, and the surrounding area is also convenient for wasteland cultivation. It is indeed an ideal place to live.
I expected the people in the village to be so cheerful. After crossing the river, several boxes of needles and threads and small tools were distributed to them. The needles and threads given to them last year have made them realize the convenience of sewing things. The needles can be used all the time. But the thread is a consumable. Before they were given two reel threads for each family, they dared not let go of it. This time, each family issued new needles and five coils of thread, and then promised to use cloth to help them move stones. The wages for building the wall, the villagers are very active.
The sturdy and soft cloth is extremely flat, more beautiful and more comfortable than leather, and the linen is not even suitable for carrying shoes on it. It is impossible for the villagers to dream of using such beautiful cotton cloth for clothes, and even came with me. The eyes of the girls and boys in Luhe Village were shining brightly.
The Shanghe Village residence is a replica of the camp on the other side of the river. The shovel dug a pit on the hillside, and the stones were fused together to form the walls. The floor was also made of sand and gravel. The little mushrooms that grow, don't worry about leaks, and are built very quickly. The first room was built that night.
The cistern and the indoor sink are also standard equipment, and the fireplace and the heated kang have also been added this time, and each room has been provided with transparent crystal windows.
The airtightness of the house is not too good. After all, all fires are made at home these days. In order to prevent suffocation due to lack of oxygen, I have left enough small gaps and holes in the corners of the house for ventilation, not enough for insects and animals to get in. , but can always exchange fresh air in the room.
In this world, I don't care what other people think. The "mushroom house" with wavy eaves stands upright on the hillside and immediately makes everyone full of praise.
I have plenty of time this time, and I plan to live for a long time, so the house built is bigger than the one on the other side of the river, and even the roof is higher. After adding light-transmitting windows, the interior is spacious and bright, and the arc-shaped stone kang and the house are completely seamless. The one-piece egg-shaped fireplace is so beautiful, not to mention the shallow pool and the clapboard for utensils. Old Lamy couldn't believe that I handed over the first house to their family of three.
In the next few days, I continued to show my skills, and a series of six houses rose up in a row on the hillside, with different shapes, each with its own characteristics.
I am building a house, and other people are building roads in addition to helping me carry stones and dig earth. Our six houses must be connected by a smooth stone road, and there are also small stone walls on both sides of the road. The back is filled with fertile soil where the gravel has been picked up, and you can plant flowers in it and live.
The road construction and roadside planting were done by me in Luhe Village. The few people who came with me were all familiar with the road, and the road on the hillside looked like it in just a few days. Many villagers in Shanghe Village also came to help. Some people follow our example and pave stone roads in front of their houses.
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