◎Seeing a snake in a cup of wine and alarming the snake◎
Jiang Ninglu, like Sang Xue, froze in pain, not daring to move.
Although she had seen many snakes in her hometown, Linjiawan, most of them were non-venomous and relatively small. But the snake in front of her had complex patterns and bright colors, and it was obviously a poisonous snake, and it was likely to be quite venomous.
Fortunately, they were some distance away from the tree, and the snake didn't seem to notice them. It just slowly circled around the treasure chest, as if it was very curious about this strange thing.
Unfortunately, it doesn't look like it's going away anytime soon.
[Ahhh, as a reptile phobe, my biggest fear is snakes!]
[Me too. Seeing these long, soft, wriggling things scares me. I don't dare to look at them anymore. I'll leave for a while. Once this trouble is over, someone can let me know.]
[No, let's give up on this treasure chest. There should be more somewhere else. This one is not bad.]
[The problem is that even if you abandon this treasure chest and move forward, you will still have to pass this tree with the snake wrapped around it, unless you get the snake to leave.]
Jiang Ninglu and Sang Xue obviously also realized this.
I wanted to give up immediately, but now I am frozen in place, not daring to move even a step.
"What should we do, Lulu? How about we stop exploring the jungle?" Sang Xue gritted her teeth and squeezed out her words as quietly as possible so as not to disturb the snake in the tree.
Jiang Ninglu was very conflicted. She also wanted to leave, but when she saw that she had finally found a treasure chest, and it was right in front of her, she felt reluctant to give up.
She whispered comfortingly: "Don't panic yet, see if you can drive the snake away."
Sang Xue was on the verge of tears, her legs numb. "But how do we get there?"
The staff of the program team did not expect that Jiang Ninglu and the others would encounter snakes as soon as they entered the jungle. When they placed the treasure chest, they checked the area and found no dangerous animals. Could it be that the snakes were attracted by the treasure chest itself?
Here, netizens are worried about Jiang Ninglu and others.
The staff were also very worried, afraid that they would accidentally alarm the snake and injure the guests. The director even asked the accompanying medical staff to guard the entrance of the jungle and be ready to respond at any time.
Jiang Ninglu looked at the treasure chest on the tree branch for a while, thought about it, and was still reluctant to give it up.
"Xiao Ba, look up some idioms related to snakes and see if there are any that can drive snakes away."
[Okay~] 0328 cooperated tacitly to open the system panel, flipped through the animal idiom dictionary, and looked for idioms related to snakes.
[Stirring up the grass to scare away a snake: Stirring up the grass near a snake can scare it away.]
Jiang Ninglu looked around. There was a lot of grass, but if the snake was scared and ran over to them, wouldn't that backfire?
This idiom is usable, but somewhat uncontrollable.
Jiang Ninglu always likes to fight a prepared battle to ensure that there are no mistakes.
She said to the system: "Look at the next one."
0328: [This will definitely work! 'Pig splits, snakes break'. Pigs are pigs, pigs are separated, snakes are broken! Use this to snap the snake in two, solving the problem at its source!]
Jiang Ninglu frowned.
It seemed to be working, but the snake didn't attack them, so killing it outright seemed a bit cruel.
Jiang Ninglu flipped through the panel herself, her eyes falling on "Snake in a Cup of Bow".
This was an idiom she had learned in school. The original meaning was that a person went to a friend's house for a drink and mistook the reflection of a bow in the glass for a snake, causing a serious illness. It meant being suspicious.
The translation of "literal animal idioms" here is simple and rough: tap the idiom, a bow will appear in the designated cup, and the snake you see will turn into a shadow.
This idiom seemed to be what they needed, but Jiang Ninglu had a doubt and asked 0328.
"I wonder if the snake really turned into a shadow, or if it just looked like a shadow from my perspective, but it was still the snake?"
0328 explained: [It really turned into a shadow, but it only lasted for half an hour. After that time, it would return to its original form.]
Jiang Ninglu understood clearly.
In this case, if the snake turns into a shadow, it will no longer harm people, right?
And half an hour was enough time for her to take the treasure chest down.
Jiang Ninglu decided to use this idiom.
However, because she didn't know the effect of using it, she decided to use it with the idiom "打草惊蛇".
There was a cameraman following behind him and a drone flying overhead.
There were countless viewers watching them in the live broadcast room. If she turned a colorful snake into a black shadow in front of so many people, it would be unacceptable.
It is better to scare it away first and then turn into a shadow.
Having made up his mind, Jiang Ninglu first activated his superpower of "startling the snake by striking the grass", and then used a branch he had broken off to explore the way to hit the grass beside him.
Sure enough, the lazy snake on the tree some distance away suddenly fled quickly as if frightened after hearing the noise.
Sang Xue was caught off guard and startled, unable to suppress a scream.
The cry attracted the attention of the fleeing snake and also scared the staff and the audience in the live broadcast room.
[Ahhh, so scary, why is Sang Xue screaming!]
[You are also afraid when encountering this situation! ]
[Please, snakes, don't attack me. This color suggests it's quite toxic!]
Fortunately, the snake did not flee in their direction, but quickly hid in the grass.
The frightened cameraman was stunned for a moment, not knowing whether he was dazzled or what, but he seemed to see that the colorful snake turned black the moment it burrowed into the grass.
Cameraman: “?”
Could this be a chameleon snake?
I successfully drove the snake away from the treasure chest and temporarily turned it into a shadow so I don't have to worry about it attacking people.
Jiang Ninglu took advantage of this time to quickly climb up the tree and take down the treasure chest.
She was very agile and nimble, and climbing the tree didn't seem to be difficult at all.
Before the audience could recover from the shock of the snake, they were shocked again.
[I'm stunned. Is Jiang Ninglu a monkey? He's so good at climbing trees!]
"I'm the only one worried that the snake hasn't gone far, or that another snake might pop out from somewhere. Isn't Jiang Ninglu afraid?"
[Jiang Ninglu is so brave! How come she can always do so many adorable things with such an innocent face?!]
Who says she isn't? She was moving rocks vigorously when setting up the tent, and now she's climbing a tree. And she even hijacked the criminals before. It reminds me of a saying: A single smile can bring out all the charms in you, and a single punch can kill Lu Zhishen!
[Hahahaha, don't tell me, it's really like that. What should I do? I love my sister Lu more and more. I just like fairies with cute contrasts.]
Jiang Ninglu successfully got the treasure chest.
When I opened it, I saw that there was indeed a beautiful logo sign specially made by the program team inside, which means that this is indeed a valid treasure chest.
What’s surprising is that there is also a bottle of insect repellent spray and sunscreen in the treasure chest.
It seems that it was collected from the guests. It seems that the program team intends to reward (return) everyone in this way.
Jiang Ninglu is born with a physique that does not get tanned, and her skin is fair and delicate even without much maintenance.
But since it is a prize awarded by the program team, it would be a waste not to paint it.
She and Sang Xue both applied sunscreen and sprayed their bodies with insect repellent spray.
Although the snake was driven away, there were still small insects everywhere along the way that we couldn't name. With the insect repellent spray, we could at least prevent mosquito bites.
Take the logo from the treasure chest, and you will have accumulated a treasure chest.
After putting the rewards into their backpacks, the two continued their treasure hunt.
Along the way, Jiang Ninglu activated her superpower of the literal idiom "cup-bow snake shadow" whenever she saw a snake, temporarily turning them into shadows. Combined with other idioms, she and Sang Xue moved freely in the jungle.
The staff and netizens in the live broadcast room all found it magical. They had seen snakes turn around and dive into the grass when they saw ginger lemon deer more than once, as if the ginger lemon deer contained some substance that they were particularly afraid of and was their nemesis.
The accompanying guy conveyed some of the netizens' doubts, which were also his own.
Jiang Ninglu pretended to be innocent again and said, "Really? Isn't it that the insect repellent spray I just sprayed is effective? I saw it said it can repel snakes, insects, rats and ants."
The accompanying boy: "Yes."
He was overthinking it.
Netizen: [Really? Is it really that effective? I'm placing an order right now. Invincible insect repellent spray, right? I live on the first floor and there are a lot of mosquitoes.]
[I'm placing an order too. I live in the countryside and a snake crawled into our bathroom the night before last. I was so scared, but luckily it wasn't poisonous!]
[Invincible insect repellent spray, did you hear that? Jiang Ninglu is advertising for you. Send her some money quickly. Hahaha.]
An employee of the "Invincible Insect Repellent Spray" happened to be slacking off and watching a live broadcast. Seeing this, he took a screenshot and sent it to the work group. The editor of the marketing account was very shrewd and immediately went to the live broadcast room to comment and like the post with a big account, and also said that he would contact his own boss.
Just like that, Jiang Ninglu's casual mention caused the sales of an insect repellent spray to soar.
When the production boss saw this, he was overjoyed and even contacted Jiang Ninglu's agent sincerely to transfer money to her.
Of course, Jiang Ninglu didn't know all this.
After clearing the way, she and Sang Xue found several more treasure chests.
Going further would be deep into the jungle, which was a bit dangerous, and it was getting late.
Countless large trees in the bushes blocked out the sun, and without the bright sunlight to penetrate, darkness came earlier than outside.
The two of them, along with the filming crew, walked quickly out of the jungle.
At this moment, a sound of a distress signal came from the sky above my head. I didn't know which group's member was calling for help.
When they hurried out of the jungle, they found out that it was the golden-haired man who was injured.
It turned out that the blond-haired man said he saw a wolf, and was so scared that when he was pulling his teammates to escape, he accidentally tripped over a stone under his feet, fell down a slope, and injured his leg.
I was frightened and now my leg is injured.
He didn't want to be on the show in the first place, and he only came for the endorsement. He said he didn't want to continue no matter what. He didn't care that he would be eliminated along with his teammates, and immediately pressed the distress signal.
Audience in the live broadcast room: Ah this?
All their previous bets were wrong. The first group to be eliminated was neither the duo Jiang Ninglu from Hell Start, nor the group of the spoiled Bao Yunman.
Other netizens: [What we are concerned about right now is...isn't there a wolf?]
The author has something to say:
I saw the comments from the babies and I want to praise you~ Thank you little cuties for your active participation!
Then I chose the two most frequently appearing idioms, "shadow of a snake in a cup" and "adding feet to a snake". Thank you "Chongya Xiaodundun" and "Blue Song" for their friendly guest appearances. "Gu Sheng"'s "buying the casket and returning the pearl" is very creative, and his thinking is more jumping, but this is not an "animal idiom", hahahaha.
Thank you to other students for leaving comments, love you!
Here are a few idioms with their original meanings. We shouldn’t be misled by the literal meaning of 0328.
豕分蛇断: 豕 means pig, and this idiom is a metaphor for being in pieces.
The idiom "cup-bow snake shadow" is a story about a man named Le Guang in the Jin Dynasty who was visiting a friend's house. While drinking, he saw a small snake swaying in his cup. Thinking it was a snake, he returned home, becoming paranoid and obsessed with it. He eventually fell ill. Later, he realized it was the reflection of his friend's bow in the cup. It's often used in a derogatory sense, meaning someone is suspicious and scares themselves.
To startle a snake by disturbing the grass means to disturb the snake in the bushes. This refers to doing something carelessly, revealing one's whereabouts and causing the other party to become alert and take precautions.
(Please don’t misuse the above~~~)
Finally: Thank you to the little classmates "Diandiandian", "Chongyaxiaodundun", "Zijin", and "Meiyu" for voting for the author's nutrient solution. Kiss~
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