Chapter 1176 (2/2)
Although he is not as flexible as before and can't hunt some beasts, he often sets some traps when he goes up the mountain to cut firewood. Often some small animals such as rabbits fall into it, which can make them eat a few meals.
He has rich experience in survival in the wild.
All the young guys in his village have learned from him more or less, and they will follow him all the way up the mountain when they are busy.
They live a good life, at least not hungry, relying on the game and wild fruit on the mountain.
Every once in a while, I went to the city to exchange fur and some free range livestock for some necessities of life.
When I went back, my wife had lit the fire, and even some hay from the car had been neatly paved on the ground.
”Cough.” a cough appeared in the cave. The two immediately looked up and found that the young man lying in the carriage had woken up.
The old woman quickly handed the old man a water gourd and motioned for him to drink.
Just as the old man stood up, the young man suddenly sat up, his body taut and looked around blankly.
It startled them both immediately.
”Are you all right? Drink some water.” the old man approached carefully and handed the gourd in his hand.
But the young man still looked around blankly. He didn't seem to know what the old man said. Old man Du Yu didn't respond.
”When I found you, you were in a coma by the lake. We didn't know who had hurt you. We were afraid of what danger you were in and pulled you back.” the old man said it again and explained the reasons for his appearance.
It seemed that his slightly accentuated voice attracted him, and the young man turned his head.
This time, the old husband and wife saw clearly. Now his eyes are still very confused. He keeps scanning around, and his eyes keep turning around.
Frown tightly together, as if thinking about why they came here.
”Hey, can you hear me?” the old man said carefully.
”Ah.” the young man seemed to think of something. Holding his head, he screamed and waited for a while. The young man slowly stopped shouting, but his eyes were still confused.
”Old man, maybe he was beaten and lost his soul by thieves. Look at this. It looks like losing his soul.” the wife looked at each other and said.
”Yes, this young master is really unlucky. He can't help being robbed by thieves and falling into this situation. Fortunately, we saved him, or he might starve to death there.” the old man said with emotion.
”Look at him. He's pathetic. We'll do it to the end. Maybe he'll wake up sometime. Anyway, looking at him, it's OK to bring firewood for me. It's enough to feed a mouth.”
”The head of the family, let's give him a name, otherwise we don't know how to call him. I think it's better to call him Xiaojun, catchy.” the old woman put forward an opinion.
”How could it be such a name? I heard that there is a scholar named Shi Lei in Huahu city. He is as handsome and famous as it. Just let him be Shi Lei. It happens that we are all stones.”
The old man retorted discontentedly that his wife can only be handsome, black and flowers. He can't name himself. Won't he use someone else's name.
”Well, do what you say. Shi Lei, if you're hungry, I'll give you something.” then the old woman took out a dry cake and handed it to the young man they called Shi Lei.
Shi Lei subconsciously borrowed it, looked at the two smiling faces, slowly put it into his mouth and chewed it with their encouragement.
”Slow down, slow down, don't choke.” the old woman snatched the fool from the old man, handed it to him and said slowly.
”It seems that he is not completely stupid. At least he knows some instinctive things, which is much easier.” the old man touched his scarce chin.
”Old man, you can have some food, have a rest after eating, and you'll be on your way early tomorrow morning.” the wife handed the old man another piece of cake.
”Well, you can have some, too.”
Soon, the three finished their food. The old man and his wife went to the hay below and said to Shi Lei, who was still in a daze, ”sleep, too.”
Shi Lei stared at them and closed his eyes, so he was lying on the board and closing his eyes like them.
Soon there was only the crackling sound of fire in the cave, and everything was quiet.
As everyone knows, there is something outside that follows their smell. It feels the faint smell of the air, the smell of the tiger and the smell of the prey. It is inside. It hesitates and runs back.
”Ouch.”
A sudden wolf howl sounded not far away, which woke up the old couple who had just fallen asleep.
”Old man, did you hear something just now? I seem to hear a wolf howling.” the old woman approached her wife. Only in this way could she calm her panicked heart. ”
”Where, maybe the wolves in the distance are moving nearby. I'm safe and secure. Don't worry, no beast can come in.” the old man looked at the old woman with a panic on her face and hugged her in his arms.
At this time, the old man looked at Shi Lei, still lying there, and didn't even change his posture, which made the old man feel that he was not an ordinary childe. Looking at his tight body, he knew that he was also a man who had been on the battlefield. It was a pity that he became a fool and didn't know whether he could reply.
”HMM.” the old lady and they were frightened for a while, but everything was quiet around, and only unknown insects were making a sound.
After waiting for a while, my wife couldn't stand it. She fell asleep again in the old man's arms, and the old man decided not to sleep all night to ensure that she could deal with danger at any time.
Time passed bit by bit. The old man was still staring at the hole with his big eyes open for fear of any beast, but his head began to light unconsciously.
After all, he was old and his energy was not as good as before. Unconsciously, the familiar snoring appeared in the cave again. Only Shi Lei suddenly opened his eyes and was still staring at the top of the cave. It seemed that there was something there.
At this time, it was the second half of the night. Without the care of the old man, the fire gradually began to go out, and finally there was only some residual temperature on it.
Suddenly outside the cave, several green eyes appeared at the cave, silently looked at the prey inside, and soon they disappeared again.
Only the old horse seemed to feel something and woke up from his sleep, but he didn't find any abnormality. However, the vigilance in his heart told him that there seemed to be a fierce smell of wild animals around him, which made him fidgety. He kept spewing out clouds of gas from his mouth, making a loud nose, and his body kept shaking.
These movements soon woke up the old man. Originally, he slept very shallow. He was always vigilant around and found that it was the noise made by his old horse.
In his own opinion, it was probably the smell of feces outside that disturbed him, so he couldn't help comforting him softly:
”Old man, be quiet and don't disturb her.”
His old horse understood what he meant. Usually when he finished, he had calmed down, but this time his reaction became more and more intense. He repeatedly raised his front kick, which seemed to signal the old man that there was danger here and ran away quickly.
But the old man just thought that the strange smell of Shi Lei appeared, which made the old horse a little uneasy. The old man burned the fire again and returned to the light of the cave, but after looking around, he didn't find anything wrong.
Of course, such a violent voice woke the sleeping old woman.
”What's the matter? The old horse is frightened.” the old woman rubbed her bleary eyes and looked at the increasingly anxious old horse.
”I don't know. It looks really strange today, but it's getting late in the morning. We still don't sleep and start early.” the old man couldn't figure out his mind.
The old woman was about to say something when she suddenly saw more than a dozen green ghost fires outside the cave. She screamed again and hurriedly pushed the old man next to her.
”Look, there are monsters outside.” while she was talking, there were several more ghost fires in the air.
The old man looked back. With such obvious characteristics, where is the monster? When he thought of the previous voice, he didn't know that he had been surrounded by wolves.