Chapter 22 New Journey

When I took advantage of the monster's panic, I took out a machete from my father's waist and cut it to the blood vessels of his neck. Before the monster could react, it had been cut more than a dozen times. The smelly blood gushed out like a fountain and sprayed my face. The monster fell to the ground, raised his head slightly several times, shook his body a few times, and died.

I knelt in front of my father's body and cried loudly. I stood up and stumbled into the cave. There was no mother's body in it, only blood and pieces of clothes on the ground. I dug a pit like my mother and buried the fragments of my mother's clothes and my father's body in the pit with my clothes. I used to hear from my father that there is a kind of two-headed monster in this old forest. The horn on the head is a treasure that can cure all diseases. I think these two-headed monsters must be stag. I cut off its horn and put it in my pocket.

Since then, I have been hunting alone in the old forest for a living. It was not until I was nearly 20 years old that I found the stockade where I lived when I was a child. At that time, I was liberated and I didn't have to worry about being dragged to be a strong man. I exchanged my prey's fur for some money, repaired this wooden building, and settled here.

After Grandpa finished speaking, he took a sip of wine and continued, "Later, someone in the village broke his leg and had no money to treat the disease, so I gave him the horns. This thing is very magical. In a few days, the man can go to work on the ground." Zhou Xirui and the children were fascinated by Grandpa's speech and thought that there was really a dragon. I used to think it was just a myth and legend.

Since then, Zhou Xirui has been staying at Acuo's house for two months. Acuo's father is getting better and better day by day. He can take two steps in about a month. Two months later, he can go out alone and help with some simple housework. Acuo was very happy to see his father getting better and better. He often secretly discussed with Zhou Xirui about exploring, but he didn't dare to tell Grandpa for fear that he would not allow him to go with Zhou Xirui.

In the past two months, Zhou Xirui has suffocated, but he has also done some good things. He bought a set of school supplies for each of the children and sent 5,000 yuan to all the children at home, so that they must let their children go to study, and promised that if the children were allowed to study, he would send money every year. The child's reading is supervised by A Cuo's grandfather. If anyone doesn't send the child to study, the money will not be sent. This makes parents with children very happy. You should know that in such a poor place, the per capita annual income is less than 1,000. With such a sum of money, the living conditions of the family can be greatly improved, so it is guaranteed that the children will study hard and will never drop out of school.

When Dad was able to work, they decided to start their expedition. Atso told his grandfather that he wanted to go out with Zhou Xirui to learn, which came to the hearts of his father and grandfather. They have been nestled in this poor valley all their lives. I don't want Acuo to have the opportunity to go out like them. In the past two months, Zhou Xirui was so enthusiastic about the children in the stockade, and he was also down-to-earth, so he was relieved to agree with A Cuo, but told him not to forget to go home to see them when he passed the Yi New Year.

When they left, the children in the village came to see them off and looked at Grandpa and Dad. Acuo turned his head and his eyes turned red. Zhou Xirui patted him on the shoulder, walked out of the stockade and said to Atso, "How about we go back to my house to prepare first and then set off?" Acuo said, "Okuo!" He has never been to Hangzhou. I don't know what it is like, but he just wants to see what Zhou Xirui said so well.

A few days later, they returned to Hangzhou. Because they called home in advance, their parents prepared meals to welcome their return. After dinner, Acuo sat on the sofa and looked at this luxurious house curiously. Everything in it was so novel. This is his own There is no comparison in a ravine. Lying on the soft sofa at home, Zhou Xirui sighed that it was still comfortable at home! His mother laughed at him: "Since the family is good, why do you always run out?" Zhou Xirui said impatiently, "Mom, you don't understand! It's boring to stay at home all the time." Her mother was not angry and was used to his attitude. She got in and took two towels for them, handed them a piece, and covered her son. That's how mothers are. Children don't care about their attitudes towards themselves, because children are the most important baby in their hearts!

Zhou Xirui looked at his mother covering himself with a towel and regretted that he was always impatient with his mother. I don't know why my attitude towards others is much better than my attitude towards my parents. Acuo also patted him and reminded him not to have such an attitude towards his mother. His mother has been dead for many years, and he was very envious to see Zhou Xirui's gentle and considerate mother.

My father watched the video taken back by Zhou Xirui and listened to him talk about his experience, and looked at him with some new eyes. On the contrary, the mother was very scared and begged her son not to go any more. These experiences were terrible. Zhou Xirui agreed casually in order to appease her.

Zhou Xirui has an idea to discuss with his father. He wants to set up a private submarine research institute, hire several experts in this field, and then find professional technical workers to build a submarine that can surface but looks like an ordinary yacht. The facilities should be improved. He wants to travel in such a ship. In this way, the safety factor will be higher. My father was very interested in his idea, but he was also worried. This is not a joke. In addition to the risks at sea, there are also the control problems of various countries. What if he is detained? Moreover, Somali pirates are so rampant now.

Zhou Xirui soaked softly for more than ten days. In the end, his father was entangled and thought that as long as the child felt happy, he would satisfy him! So I transferred 50 million from my account and found several experts in this field to develop it through my own network. Zhou Xirui often went to the research institute. He demanded that the submarine must be very strong and able to cope with the tearing of various forces, and that it should solve the problem of decomposing oxygen with water, so as to provide the possibility of survival underwater for a long time.

Of course, this is another professional problem, and he has hired some other experts. And on the automatic control of this submarine, professionals are invited to develop an advanced navigation and automatic control system. As Zhou Xirui's requirements for submarines continued to increase, his research institute developed into a team of experts with more than 100 people, and his father invested another 100 million in it. Now he has finally entered the manufacturing stage, and he requires that each link must be checked many times. It is also required that submarines have the ability to respond to all kinds of bad weather and emergencies.

What's not bad is that their submarine publicity is in place, and there will soon be orders from other countries, which makes this investment not only recover costs but also surplus. Zhou Xirui thinks it's very good. The surplus money can be used as a fund for travel.

Nearly a year has passed, and the submarine is about to be tested. But before going to sea, Zhou Xirui and A Cuo discussed that they would like to go to Shenlongjia once. Acuo slept with Zhou Xirui this year, slept and ate, and then strolled around the West Lake. He felt that he was almost prey and moldy. He began to miss the days of hunting in his hometown. Of course, he couldn't wait to set out immediately.

They began to prepare outdoor equipment for the Dragon Frame. Due to the experience of the black bamboo ditch last time, the tent prepared by Zhou Xirui this time is dual-purpose, which can be placed on flat ground or hung on tall trees. After unfolding, it looks like a comfortable small bed. This kind of tent is generally used for mountaineers to rest on the half cliff, which is very strong. This time, considering that they wanted to cross the no man's land, they decided to bring a Tibetan mastiff cat.

The cat is huge and fierce, but it is very human. Without Zhou Xirui's order, it will not bite people easily. At the beginning, Zhou Xirui fell in love with this extremely lively and active purebred little guy at a glance on the Tibetan mastiff farm and spent 1.2 million yuan to buy it. A special nest was built in the backyard of the villa, and he trained it like a police dog. Therefore, the quality of the cat is even better than that of the police dog. Once he took it to the snowy mountains, it also helped save a donkey friend stuck in the ice. At that time, the wind and snow were very strong. If it hadn't reacted quickly, found the danger in time, and bit the man's clothes, the man might have fallen and died.

But if you take the cat, you have to drive to Hubei by yourself. Airplanes can't check such large animals. However, this is nothing. Anyway, you can not only enjoy the local customs along the way, but also be accompanied by Acuo and cats, which is also a great pleasure in life.

They set out from Hangzhou and entered Anhui two days later. Anhui is a good place, with rivers crisscrossing all the way, green mountains, green water and pleasant climate. Anhui has been a hometown of fish and rice since ancient times, and also a place of literati and elegant scholars. You can see the characteristics of Hui-style architecture wherever you go, and the ancient charm still exists. Along the way, the two walked and stopped around and took a lot of photos, but the diet here was sweet, as if everything had to be put sugar, which made Zhou Xirui a little greasy. Acuo didn't care. Anyway, he felt fragrant whatever he ate.

The march in Anhui was very slow, and it took more than a week to enter the border of Hubei. A few days later, when I arrived in Wuhan, Wuhan was really a stove. Although it was only the turn of spring and summer, I already felt sultry. In the evening, when they had nothing to do, the two took the cat to the night market in Wuhan. The cat was strangely big and his claws were like bear's paws, which caused passers-by to stop and watch. They were surrounded by Acuo and pulled Zhou Xirui's clothes and said, "Let's go back!" Zhou Xirui didn't care: "I'm afraid of a ball, just watch it!" They came to a barbecue stall, roasted some goose-footed duck feet, and asked for a bottle of beer. The cat sat at their feet, licking his mouth and looking at them. Zhou Xirui asked the boss to bake 50 strings of ribs, not to put peppers, and asked the boss to find a piece of plastic cloth to put the ribs on it at the feet of the kitten, and the kitten squatted there obediently and ate.

At this time, several young men and women at the next table were eating hotly and flirting. When they saw the cat and the two coming in, they stopped to look at them. The women saw the cat squatting meekly next to them and nibbled the ribs and gathered around. It seemed that they liked the docile big dog very much. They asked if they could let them touch the dog.

Acuo has never been surrounded by a girl. Suddenly, his face turned red and he couldn't say anything. He only lowered his head awkwardly and nibbled on the duck's paw. Zhou Xirui looked up at them, nodded and ordered the cat not to move. Then he signaled that they could touch it. The women touched the cat, but the cat ignored it, but just bit the ribs and lay there chewing. One of the women asked Zhou Xirui, "Handsome man, you are so good. How much did you pay for it?" Zhou Xirui casually replied, "120 million."

With so much money to buy a dog, those women's eyes lit up when they looked at Zhou Xirui. Both of them were tall and handsome. These women originally wanted to talk to each other. As soon as they heard that they were still so rich, they all moved their minds and asked questions around them. This made Zhou Xirui very annoying, and Acuo also felt very embarrassed. They just wanted to take the cat to run away quickly.

The men who were with these women were very jealous when they saw this scene, and several ruffians gathered around. Zhou Xirui saw that these people were not good, and even the knife came out. He made a move to the cat. The cat understood it and changed the meekness just now. The thick hair on his whole body stood up, with fierce eyes and a low cry in his mouth.

Those men were scared by the appearance of the cat and did not dare to go forward. Zhou Xirui called the boss to pay the bill, and the boss climbed out of the corner. Just now, when I saw those people light their knives, the boss hid in the corner and saw that the Tibetan mastiff's feet were a little weak and went around Zhou Xirui to take the money. Zhou Xirui didn't want to cause trouble. He told the boss that there was no need to change. After saying that, he and A Cuo took the cat away.

After leaving Wuhan, they drove for more than a day, and the two finally entered the boundary of Shenlongjia. Zhou Xirui yearned for Shennongjia very much when he was very young, yearning for its mysterious savages, beautiful scenery, and endangered animals and plants. All this was like a rope holding his heart, and this time he finally fulfilled his wish. The mountains on both sides of the highway began to become steep, looking up at the peak of the mountain surrounded by clouds and fog. From time to time, clear streams flowed out from the valley, surrounded by thin virgin forest trees full of moss and pines. Occasionally, you can hear birds singing and monkeys on the top of the mountain in the distance, and the vehicles starting to become sparse, and the air is humid and fresh. Just because there is no sun today, the cloudy day makes people feel a little cold.

Fortunately, the cat sat in the co-pilot position obediently. Zhou Xirui leaned against the cat. Its soft, long hair and thick body made people feel warm and secure. At this time, A Cuo was sleeping in the back seat. Zhou Xirui wanted to wake him up to discuss where to go first, but then he saw that he slept soundly, but he didn't say anything. Go straight in the direction of Laojun Mountain, and I heard that someone has seen two savages.

The car mezed along the road at the foot of the mountain. At dusk, it finally came to the foot of Laojun Mountain. When I saw a village on a slightly smaller hill nearby, I decided to stay with a family. The car stopped in front of a tile house at the head of the village. There was a well-organized courtyard at the door of the tile house. The owner surrounded it with bamboo fence and planted a lot of flowers. The most conspicuous is the cluster of moon season, which is actually three colors of red, yellow and purple, which makes butterflies fly around, which is really pleasing to the eyes.

Zhou Xirui woke up Acuo. They decided to stay overnight in this house, parked the car outside the courtyard and went to the courtyard to shout that there was anyone? At this time, an aunt replied, "Which one?" The aunt was busy on the stove. When she heard someone shouting, she wiped her hands on her apron and came out. Zhou Xirui saw the aunt coming out and quickly said, "Auntie, we are here to travel. It's getting dark. Do you think we can stay here all night? We can pay your rent!"

The aunt looked at Zhou Xirui and A Cuo and felt that the two children looked like students, not bad people, so she nodded and agreed with a smile. At this time, Zhou Xirui whistled, and the cat heard it running in from the car and wagging its tail vigorously. This cat probably also knows how to stay at home and behave better. When the aunt saw such a big dog coming out, she began to be shocked. Later, she saw that the cat was very docile, and when she saw it wagging its tail hard, she didn't say anything. Let them into the hall and sit on the bench.

Zhou Xirui looked at the room. The single brick wall was painted with white ash. In the middle of the hall was a slightly peeled Eight Immortal Table surrounded by four benches. In the corner is a bamboo mat that surrounds the grain in a large dustpan. Although the furnishings are very simple, the room is very clean, and the Eight Immortals table is spotless, showing the owner's cleanliness.

After a while, the aunt came out with tea and put it on the table in front of them. I sat down and chatted with the two of them and asked where they came from? Where are you going to go, Yunyun? Each of them told the aunt, who told them that she had a son working in Wuhan, and last year she also took her colleagues back to Shenlongjia to cross the no man's land. As a result, these people came back halfway. My son said that he would never go again. It was too dangerous. The aunt said that there were more than a dozen sons and colleagues at that time. Aren't you two afraid of danger? There are some bears and man-eating beasts in it.

Zhou Xirui asked the aunt curiously, "Auntie, what kind of animal is the human bear you are talking about?" The aunt said that the locals said more about this bear. Some people say that it is a savage, not a bear; others who come here to study say that it is another species other than human beings on earth. The human bear can walk upright, grab things with his hands, and is said to have a human-like face. Anyway, no living bear has been caught until now. Therefore, whether the human bear is a human or a bear is still a mystery.

I was saying that the uncle of this family came back. The uncle was very nice and didn't talk much, but he was very enthusiastic. I boiled hot water for the two of them and said that it would be more comfortable for them to wash from far away. Maybe these two old men are also lonely because their sons often can't come back. When the two children come, they treat them like their own children. The uncle likes cats very much and thinks that this dog should be a good hand if he goes hunting in the mountains.

I heard from the aunt that the uncle likes hunting. Last time I went to Shangli, I met a wild boar and was almost arched. Fortunately, the uncle climbed up the tree to escape. He just suffered a minor injury on his hand, but after that, the aunt confiscated the shotgun and didn't allow the uncle to go up the mountain again, worried that he would leave his life in the old forest at his old age. Hearing the aunt say this, the uncle smiled shyly.

In the evening, the aunt cooked a piece of fragrant old bacon and fried a plate of firewood eggs. The uncle took out a bottle of Wuliangye and said happily that his son was filial and had never been willing to eat it. Today, you two were happy to come, so you might as well eat it.

The old bacon is naturally air-dried on the beam, and with firewood smoke, it tastes very delicious. Zhou Xirui still thinks this farm meal is delicious. The uncle loves the cat and picks up a piece of fat from time to relieve the cat under the table.

After drinking a few glasses of wine, the uncle said, "Don't go to the mountain to explore the secrets. If you can solve the mystery in my field, it will be great." Acuo asked his uncle curiously, "What is the mystery?"

Uncle took a sip of wine and said, "Every noon on a sunny day in February and August, this field will emit a strong white light, and people dare not look at it. This beam of light concentrates like a flashlight and can shine on the mountain more than 200 meters away, brighter than the sun for about 2-3 minutes each time. Half of the people here have seen this strange white light with their own eyes. And in this field, I dug a strange hole. The diameter of the hole is about 40-50 cm. There is a pile of egg-shaped earth eggs in the cave. Each earth egg is about 4 egg-shaped. When you smash it, it is full of dirt. What's more strange is that the hole dug the day before was strangely blocked after one night