Her first thought was whether it was the treasure she was looking for, so she quickly went over.
The light was faint and dim, sometimes bright and sometimes dim. When I got closer, I reached out and touched it. It was rough. When I picked it up and looked at it carefully, I found that it was a bone. I didn't know if it was human or animal.
She suddenly remembered that the old folks had said that sometimes they would see this kind of thing in the wild, and they called it will-o'-the-wisp.
Will-o'-the-wisps, as the name suggests, are related to ghosts and monsters.
Terrified, she quickly dropped the rotten bone in her hand and hurriedly climbed up, hoping the ghost wouldn't keep following her.
It was already dark. Walking on the mountain path, a cool breeze swept around her, making her feel both eerie and terrifying, which inexplicably reminded her of the will-o'-the-wisp she had just encountered.
"That damned Liu Aiguo, he wouldn't listen to me and insisted on waiting until dark to go home. Now you've got what you wanted, and you've made me walk home in the dark."
At this time, Black Tiger and Fat Tiger also came up the mountain to continue their search for the whereabouts of the bloodstone necklace.
This time, their target was no longer the valley, but all the places on the mountain.
They spotted Li Hongying hurrying down the mountain in the darkness. Fat Tiger said, "Li Hongying is cursing as she walks, she's in a bad mood. Hehe, she's gone home empty-handed again."
"Of course, if we can't find it, I don't believe they can. Oh well, let's not worry about them, let's go, let them look for their own, we'll go look for ours."
"Walk."
Li Hongying was terrified the whole way, but fortunately she did not encounter any ferocious large wild animals or bad people, and was able to return to the Liu family safely.
As soon as she entered the house, she told Liu's mother about Liu Aiguo's situation on the mountain, which terrified Liu's mother.
"Oh dear, my son, you're injured, how can you stay on the mountain all by yourself?"
“Mother, now is not the time for tears and sobs. We need to find someone to help us bring Aiguo back.”
Liu's mother quickly got off the kang (a heated brick bed), "I'll go out and find someone, hurry and save Aiguo."
Liu's mother found seven or eight strong men from her Liu clan, and led by Li Hongying, they quickly went up the mountain. Because she was worried about Liu Aiguo, Liu's mother couldn't sit still at home, so she went along too.
After trekking for more than half an hour, they finally reached the top of the mountain and followed Li Hongying's instructions to descend into the canyon. However, they did not find Liu Aiguo at the place Li Hongying had specified.
After calling out several times, Liu Aiguo's weak response was heard from the other side.
"I, I'm here."
They rushed over, and someone shone a flashlight on Liu Aiguo. They found that Liu Aiguo was covered in blood. Not only was there a wound on his thigh, but his calves and waist were also covered in blood.
Upon seeing her son's miserable state, Liu's mother couldn't help but burst into tears.
"Patriotism, my patriotism, how did you become like this? What, what should I do?"
Li Hongying watched as his injuries worsened significantly, still resembling the marks of a wild animal's bite, with claw marks still visible on his neck.
She never expected that in the less than two hours she had been walking, Liu Aiguo would be attacked by wild animals again.
"My son, how did you get bitten like this?" Liu's mother's eyes were blurred with tears, and she didn't even bother to wipe her runny nose.
One of her nephews advised her, "Auntie, don't cry. Aiguo is seriously injured. We need to get him home as soon as possible."
"well."
When Liu's mother regained consciousness, she quickly made way for several strong men to lift Liu Aiguo up and carry him to the top of the valley.
Because of Liu Aiguo's injuries, they did not walk fast along the way, and Liu's mother cried the whole way; anyone who didn't know better would have thought she was wailing at a funeral.
About an hour and a half later, they finally got Liu Aiguo back home and put him on the kang (a heated brick bed) with Li Hongying.
Someone quickly went to call the village doctor. After examining Liu Aiguo's injuries, the village doctor shook his head repeatedly: "The injury is too serious. I, a small village doctor, cannot treat it at all. He must be sent to the county hospital as soon as possible so that the doctors there can treat him with good medicine and equipment."
"ah?"
Liu's mother was shocked and wanted to be hospitalized again.
But this is his son, so no matter how difficult it is, he has to grit his teeth and go.
So they rallied several strong young men from their clan, borrowed an oxcart from the brigade, and took Liu Aiguo to the hospital that very night.
Fearing she wouldn't be able to take good care of Liu Aiguo on her own, Liu's mother asked Li Hongying to come along as well.
Throughout the journey, Liu's mother's tears never stopped.
A relative asked, "Why would Aiguo go to that valley? It's deep in the mountains, dangerous, and often infested with wild animals. Aiguo should know that, so why did he risk it? Even groups of us don't dare to go hunting there. If Aiguo hadn't gotten into trouble today, we wouldn't have gone there either."
"It's because..." She had barely finished speaking when Li Hongying nudged her arm, signaling her not to reveal the treasure.
Liu's mother was furious with Li Hongying for hurting her son, but she knew that revealing the treasure would only cause her harm.
She quickly changed her tune: "It's because I wanted to go there to hunt some wild game. The outer areas are almost all gone, so I had to risk going in to try my luck. I thought it wouldn't be as dangerous as everyone said, but who knew there really were wild animals."
“Auntie, it’s really dangerous there. The older generation warned us not to go because they were afraid to go. When they went hunting in the mountains, the wild animals were too fierce and injured several people. Gradually, no one dared to go anymore.”
"It's too late to say anything now. Oh, my patriotism!"
Liu Aiguo was taken to the hospital, and after emergency treatment by doctors, he entered a stable period in the middle of the night and was then moved to a ward.
All the family members who came with them went home to rest, only Liu's mother and Li Hongying remained in the ward.
Liu's mother's eyes were red from crying. She glanced at Li Hongying a few times and found that the other party didn't seem too anxious or sad, as if Liu Aiguo's injury had nothing to do with her.
Adding to her anger, she realized that Liu Aiguo's injury was entirely caused by this woman, and she couldn't help but feel furious. She reached out to slap Li Hongying.
"It's all your fault. If it weren't for you, Aiguo wouldn't have been hurt."
The old lady has no son to back her up now, so Liu Hongying isn't afraid of her at all. She reached out and took the old lady's hand.
“You went with me voluntarily. It was getting late, and I asked Aiguo to come back with me, but he refused. You can only blame yourselves.”
She has to continue searching for treasure tomorrow and can't stay here to serve Liu Aiguo forever. She told Liu's mother, "I will continue to search for treasure. You can take care of your son."
After saying that, he got up and left.
Liu's mother was left in a state of panic, and she hated Li Hongying to death.
Black Tiger and Fat Tiger had wasted their time again today. After several failures, they were no longer too frustrated. It was as if failure had become a daily occurrence. The day they finally found the bloodstone necklace, the excitement of success would be amplified, and their joy would be doubled.
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