Every village would have one or two "village guardians." They were often simple-minded and foolish, yet kind-hearted.
The older generation often said that village guardians came to th...
Chen Dazhuang hurriedly followed.
The two people and the monkey walked farther and farther away. The little monkey turned his head to look at the monkey group, but no monkey came to stop him.
“Squeak!”
The little monkey shouted at the monkey group.
The group of golden monkeys was silent and there was no response.
The little monkey seemed to have completely given up. It squatted on Chen Wang's shoulder with its little head drooping.
Chen Wang smiled and raised his hand, rubbed its head, and said, "Okay, follow me from now on, and I promise you will have delicious food and spicy drinks."
The little monkey cried out, as if agreeing to him.
"Awang, do you really want to keep it?"
Chen Dazhuang confirmed with a look of shock on his face.
"Well, let's keep it for now. It can't eat much food anyway."
Chen Wang smiled and said.
"This... won't be troublesome, right?"
Chen Dazhuang was a little worried about him.
He had also heard that some rare animals were protected by the state.
A few years ago, some people came to the village with loudspeakers to publicize that poaching was prohibited and that harming the national treasure, the giant panda, was forbidden.
"It's definitely okay now. As for the future... we'll talk about it later. Anyway, I didn't hurt any animals. It followed me voluntarily."
"All right!"
"It is much more familiar with this mountain than we are, and its ability to sense danger is also better than ours. With it following us, our hunting should be more successful."
"Oh yeah, why didn't I think of that!"
Chen Dazhuang slapped his forehead excitedly.
Chen Wang rolled his eyes in disdain and said to the golden monkey on his shoulder, "Since you agreed to follow me, I'll give you a name!"
“Squeak…”
"Well... I'll just call you Jixiang. I hope you can bring me good luck."
After some thought, Chen Wang gave it this name.
"Jixiang... Well, this is a good name."
Chen Dazhuang smiled and nodded in agreement.
For today's rural people, the simpler and easier to understand the meaning of a name is, the better.
The little monkey just shouted once, and it was not known whether he understood or not.
Chen Wang was not in a hurry. Jixiang's intelligence was much higher than that of a dog. If he called it a few more times, it would naturally know its name.
"Awang, aren't we looking for that octagonal lotus? Do you have your father's book with you? Why don't you show it to Jixiang? Maybe he has seen it!"
Chen Dazhuang suddenly made a suggestion.
Chen Wang was stunned for a moment, and looked at him in surprise.
"what?"
Chen Dazhuang scratched his head.
"You've also got your mind open?"
"Fuck, what do you mean? I'm not stupid, okay?"
"Well, it was just a little too surprising."
Chen Dazhuang: “…”
Chen Wang actually brought the booklet today. After taking it out of the medicine basket, he turned to the page with the "Octagonal Lotus" pattern and handed it to the little monkey.
"Jixiang, look at this, have you seen it before?"
The little monkey stared at the pattern for a long time without moving.
Chen Wang simply stopped to let it see more clearly.
After a while, the little monkey tilted its head, as if thinking about something, then raised its head and looked around.
When Chen Wang and the other man saw this, they all showed joy on their faces.
Can't you really give them directions?
The next second, the little monkey raised his right hand, pointed his index finger towards the southeast, and squeaked.
"You mean, this is over there?"
Chen Wang asked anxiously.
The little monkey didn't understand and just called out twice again.
"There must be one. Let's go check it out. Having a direction is better than just looking around randomly."
Chen Dazhuang said excitedly.
"That makes sense, let's go!"
"Come on, come on, your name is really good. If you really find it, I think Jixiang will be of great help in the future."