Chapter 40 Snake God (3) Snake God Bridegroom
The little white snake crawled in easily. When Tan Yue crawled into the closet, he still had his cell phone in his hand. He opened a gap in the closet, turned off the flash, and quietly aimed it in the direction of the little white snake.
I used to think I was dreaming, but now I know if it is a dream or not after recording it with my phone.
The little white snake quickly and skillfully climbed onto the bed. It was indeed a stupid little snake that only recognized the bed but not the person.
I don't know why, but when he thought that the little white snake might be Bai Zile's pet, Tan Yue felt a little uncomfortable, as if he had eaten a very sour green plum.
Tan Yue, with his long arms and legs, curled up in the closet. According to his reaction, the best thing to do would be to open the door and rush out immediately, after all, the snake was not on him.
But strangely, perhaps out of curiosity, or out of inner pity, Tan Yue did not intend to shout and call other people over.
A completely irrational reason popped up in his mind: He couldn't shout randomly, otherwise it would be bad if he really hurt this spiritual snake.
When the snake was moving around on his body, Tan Yue felt numb all over, his limbs were weak, and his heart was beating very fast. But now, looking at the little white snake from a distance, he thought it was really cute, and suddenly he could understand those reptile lovers.
Tan Yue shook his head and said, "No, no, no. Other cold-blooded reptiles are not allowed. It’s just that the little white snake is particularly cute."
Its scales are as smooth and delicate as white jade, its eyes are like rubies, and they are small and look soft, like those little white snakes in cartoons.
The way the snake's tongue hisses out is so cute. It's such a long and thin tongue, and if you look closely, you can see two sharp teeth inside. Those are fangs used to inject toxins into prey. They look very sharp, but because they are the size of millet grains, they look very cute.
When something becomes bigger, it is easy to cause gigantic fear in people, while when something scary becomes smaller, it will appear harmless and cute.
Well, besides cockroaches and other bugs, the small ones are just as gross as the big ones.
The little white snake crawled on the bed for a while, then crawled from the quilt to the pillow, then crawled into the quilt again, and then crawled out again after a while.
As if it had sensed Tan Yue's gaze, the little white snake finally crawled to the side of the bed, with its slender body erected, and its pair of ruby-like eyes stared at Tan Yue through the narrow gap in the wardrobe.
Normally, snakes are extremely shortsighted, so it was impossible for the little snake to see Tan Yue hiding in the closet. However, the latter gave Tan Yue a unique experience when they looked at each other. He seemed to hear the little snake saying, "I see you!"
The little snake hissed and spit out its tongue, making Tan Yue feel a tingling sensation on his scalp.
The closed cabinet door did not close because of this. He waited for a while. If the snake intended to get in, he would sew the door shut. Then he sent a message to other people to bring a snake net, catch the little snake, and release it in the Snake Mountain.
After all, times have changed. This kind of snake, which looks very unique at first glance, cannot be caught casually. It is best to release it into the wild.
If the little snake had no such intention, he would just sit back and do nothing, quietly waiting for it to leave.
The little snake slowly crawled over from the head of the bed to the end of the bed closest to the wardrobe. Its body was still upright, and it did not pounce into the gap in the wardrobe. Instead, it just stared at Tan Yue from a distance.
He didn't know how long they stared at each other. Tan Yue felt sweat on his forehead. The little snake swayed its body and swam away.
"call……"
It seems that this bed is really the problem. Tan Yue breathed a sigh of relief. At this moment, the TV outside stopped. He looked at the time and found that an hour had passed. It was almost 10:30 in the evening.
He had unknowingly stared at the little white snake for such a long time.
Tan Yue came out of the closet and stretched his arms and legs, then sat on the bed and began to look through the photo album he had posted before. However, to his surprise, although there were photos of the house in the album, the little snake had disappeared.
It's strange, could it be that the snake is not a real snake at all? Otherwise, why can't we capture anything?
Maybe I took the wrong medicine and I was really hallucinating. Tan Yue frowned and fell asleep with such thoughts in his mind. He tossed and turned for more than an hour and finally fell asleep in the early morning.
The next morning, the crowing of the rooster woke Tan Yue up at around 5 o'clock.
When they saw Tan Yue coming out, the others were surprised: "Teacher Tan, why did you suddenly want to put on makeup?"
When Tan Yue was in front of them, he was actually quite glamorous most of the time, and his condition was the best among the group of office workers who always exuded a hint of death, except for Zhang Yunyun.
After all, newcomers to the workplace tend to be more energetic, unlike the experienced ones who are indifferent to everything they do.
So when seeing Tan Yue’s new image, the first reaction in everyone’s mind is: Tan Yue is so hardworking, she even put on such exquisite makeup on the last show.
The director said, "Xiao Tan, your makeup doesn't quite match the sunny atmosphere during the day, but it's quite suitable for the evening."
"I don't wear makeup?" Tan Yue was stunned for a moment, "I don't have any."
"Isn't that what you put on today called world-weary makeup? And you even added bags under your eyes? The color of this lipstick is pretty, too." Tan Yue has red lips and white teeth to begin with, and the makeup is very obvious when you look at her lips and eyes.
Tan Yue took out his mobile phone with a puzzled look on his face and took a look at the high-definition camera. His face was still the same as usual, but with very obvious dark circles under his eyes.
In the morning they had Yongzhou's local noodle soup with lots of chili oil, which made their lips shiny after eating it.
Tan Yue was a little speechless: "Are you talking about dark circles? I don't have any bags under my eyes, I just didn't sleep well last night."
As for lips: "After eating that bowl of noodles in the morning, my mouth is like this."
He also took out a tissue and wiped his lips several times, showing the clean white tissue to the other people: "I don't have lipstick or other cosmetics."
I always have a lipstick in my bag all year round. After all, my lips may become chapped sometimes, so it is necessary to use it to avoid chapped lips. But it is a colorless lipstick and will not have the effect of lipstick.
"Teacher Tan, even without makeup, you have this effect. How embarrassing for us."
Zhang Yunyun was jealous. Her makeup skills were average, but even after years of hard practice, she still couldn't draw such natural eye bags and lip makeup. It turned out that a good foundation was much more superior than good skills.
"Let's not talk about this anymore. We are almost at Snake Mountain. We should go up."
Tan Yue didn't intend to continue this topic. While eating noodles in the morning, he took out his mobile phone and let others look at the photo album. Sure enough, no one saw the little white snake.
He didn't sleep well last night because of the stupid little white snake. He tossed and turned for a long time before he could fall asleep. In his dream, he dreamed of a big snake again.
He didn't know what was going on, but he suddenly dreamed that he was watching "The Legend of White Snake"
There are many remakes of this story. Although he has not watched any of them from beginning to end, he has more or less seen related footage.
What impressed me most was that Xu Xian’s wife drank realgar wine and then turned into a giant white python.
In the dream, Tan Yue turned into "Xu Xian". On the Broken Bridge, in the misty rain, he met a peerlessly beautiful young man with an oil-paper umbrella.
He fell in love with the beautiful boy at first sight, their eyes moved, and the beautiful boy was shy. When they met, they quickly fell in love and became sweet and happy.
Then the beautiful boy came up to him and scolded him for being fickle and promiscuous. He suddenly turned into a giant pure white snake and tightly strangled his body, making Tan Yue breathless and waking up from his dream.
I woke up with a lingering fear in my body. Not long after I closed my eyes, the rooster started crowing again. I couldn't fall asleep after that.
He didn't get enough rest in the car, and when he woke up in the morning, he saw dark circles under his eyes. Fortunately, he is young and has a good foundation, so he should recover quickly.
Tan Yue originally thought it was nothing, but after hearing what the program crew said, he pursed his lips and said, "If it has any impact, I'll boil two eggs and roll them around."
After all, work is more important. He is already an adult in the workplace. As a qualified worker, he should know how to put the overall situation first and not act arbitrarily.
The copywriter Gao Mei said: "It's okay, Teacher Tan looks good like this. I think dark circles under his eyes fit the atmosphere of our program. We'll add a spooky background music later. A young man can't sleep in the middle of the night. Is it the loss of humanity or the decline of morality..."
"Yeah, it's okay. I brought a full set of makeup tools, including concealer powder. If it affects you, I can cover it up for you, Teacher Tan."
Looking closely, Tan Yue's skin condition is actually very good. To put it in a cheesy way, it's like a peeled egg. It's because her skin condition is so good that the dark circles appear more obvious, and yet so natural that people mistake it for smoky makeup.
In fact, we have seen quite a few male actors wearing smoky makeup when doing TV programs. After all, the camera eats up makeup, and only heavy makeup will make you look good.
"Thank you, but no thanks. The village chief is out. Let's go up the mountain."
The village chief said: "I went to worship the snake god this morning, and the snake god agreed and said that you can go up the mountain. But you must be respectful and don't walk around randomly."
Normally, outsiders are not allowed to enter their Snake Mountain, but the person who invited the TV program crew was his grandson Bai Zile, and as a grandfather he had to give face to his beloved grandson.
In addition, Bai Zile said that the promotion of the program would bring many benefits to the village.
The village chief decided to ask the Snake God for his opinion. After all, everyone worshipped the Snake God so that the villagers could live a good life. The opportunity was right in front of them, and it would be a pity to miss it.
He went up the mountain to the Snake Temple before dawn and threw the ball three times with piety, and all the results were yes.
"Don't worry, Village Chief. We will definitely be obedient and will never wander around."
The three people who were going up the mountain all changed into shoes and clothes that were convenient for going out. Considering that they were going to Snake Mountain, everyone wore long sleeves and long pants, masks, hats, and they also exaggeratedly wore the kind of work protection gloves worn on construction sites.
The village chief gave a serious warning: "There are many snakes on Snake Mountain right now, and they are breeding. If you are disturbed, they will probably attack you. You are all outsiders, and you smell like outsiders. Wear something thicker so you won't be bitten as easily."
After hearing this, Gao Mei no longer thought it was ugly, and she got a large square scarf and wrapped it around her neck several times.
A group of people walked along the mountain path, and the village chief introduced the place to everyone as they walked up.
Tan Yue kept asking questions to ensure that the program crew could get more filming materials.
"The steps on this mountain look like they are made of rock. Were they carved by the villagers?"
"Yes, these are steps that our ancestors of Baijia Village slowly chiseled out of the rocks. They were chiseled directly on the mountain and are connected to the mountain..."
Shao Meng carried the camera and aimed it at the village chief, the host Tan Yue, and Xiao Lu. His movements were very steady, as he had been carrying camera equipment for years and his arms were full of muscles.
Just like the village chief said, there are really a lot of snakes on Snake Mountain. Now is the transition between spring and summer, the season for snakes to breed. Along the way, Shao Meng has photographed many pairs of mating snakes.
For a moment, he felt that he should not be here, but should be in the "Animal World" column group, and add Teacher Zhao's classic voiceover: "Spring is here, and it's time for all things..."
Tan Yue and the village chief cooperated very well. They asked questions one by one and answered the other. They asked a lot of questions about local customs and habits, as well as various types of snakes.
"The village chief should know many kinds of snakes, right?"
Whenever he encountered a snake on the road, Tan Yue would ask the village chief, and then he would offer his own opinions. Listening to them talk, Shao Meng felt that the new host had a good cultural quality, a wide range of knowledge, and some of his trivia was very interesting.
I hope this episode does well, but for now, the show doesn’t have many highlights.
We walked and stopped like this, and if we encountered a snake running around on the steps, we would have to wait and then leave. It took nearly two hours before we climbed up the mountain and arrived at the pavilion that could be seen at the foot of the mountain.
The name of the pavilion is also very intuitive: "Worship Pavilion."
"This pavilion is where you can see the Snake Temple. Sometimes sacrificial activities are carried out here, and you can also worship the gods here."
The Snake Temple looks not much different from other temples, all painted red and with similar furnishings.
Because it was a temple built by the villagers of Baijia Village themselves, the conditions in their village were average, and this Snake God Temple was not particularly large, it was a small temple of about 100 square meters.
There isn't much in the temple except for a portrait of the Snake Goddess.
Tan Yue took a look and felt that this Snake Goddess was painted based on the more famous Guanyin. The clothes she wore were very similar to those of a Bodhisattva, with kind eyes, a mole between her eyebrows, and a rosy face. The only difference was that there was a long snake tail at the bottom.
The statue of the snake god is quite large, with an incense box in front of it. The box is locked, so it is unclear how much money is inside.
In addition to these, the fruits offered include apples, oranges, peaches, and some grapes.
"We will regularly replace the fruits offered to the Snake Goddess to ensure they are fresh."
The village chief proudly said: "I am also the priest of the Snake Temple."
The people in their village are very pious to the Snake Goddess, and only people of high moral character and prestige can serve as temple priests.
"Is Bai Zile the successor to the temple keeper?" Tan Yue thought of the little white snake that no one else could see and that could not be photographed by a mobile phone. Perhaps the little white snake was the incarnation of the Snake Goddess.
That's why the little white snake would come to Bai Zile's room every day to find him, but the little snake was stupid. He had gone to college, but he still came every day.
The village chief sighed: "It used to be, but not now."
This question seemed to involve some secrets, so the village chief interrupted it and was not very cooperative.
The camera was then pointed at the statue of the Snake Goddess. Generally speaking, it is not allowed to take pictures of statues, so the program crew requested this shot first.
Tan Yue, Shao Meng, and Gao Mei all had to kneel on the mat in front of them and ask the gods, and only after asking and getting permission could they take the photo.
Gao Mei and Shao Meng threw the dice three times in a row, but each time they threw something that was not allowed to be shot.
The village chief frowned, and he had the urge to chase them away on the spot: "The Snake Goddess doesn't allow us to take pictures, so you should go down the mountain. It's not okay to insist on doing it."
There are so many snakes on the mountain. If you offend the gods, many snakes will attack you.
The village chief couldn't say in front of the statue: "The Snake Goddess has a bad temper." If he voted a few more times, she might get annoyed by everyone.
Although the people in the village definitely felt that they deserved it, the fact that someone died, and it was a person from the Imperial Capital TV station, would always bring trouble.
"And me, I haven't thrown the bamboo shoot yet."
Tan Yue signaled the other two people to move aside, and he also wanted to kneel on the mat and throw.
"Success! Permission granted."
After a series of failures, Shao Meng felt a pang in his heart and felt that this place was a little weird. He only felt relieved when he saw Tan Yue's result.
The village chief was still a little skeptical: "Are you silently asking the same question in your mind? Or is it the opposite?"
The village chief's question was very petty.
Tan Yue then spoke out loud to make sure everyone could hear him: "Can I film the show and include me and the snake statue?"
Then he tossed the dice again, and the result was still one heads and one tails, which meant he agreed.
The same question was asked several times, and they all agreed. It was further specified that the camera was allowed to film Tan Yue and the statue, but not others. However, the two of them could be filmed, and Shao Meng could be allowed to take the film.
After all, it’s not very convenient for Tan Yue to take pictures of himself, so it’s OK for other people not to show their faces.
"Young man, you are also favored by the Snake Goddess. Would you consider staying and taking over as my temple priest?"
The village chief suddenly said this.
"Our teacher Tan has to go back after finishing the program, so how can he stay?" Gao Mei refused on behalf of Tan Yue.
The village chief still looked at Tan Yue with reluctance: "Xiao Tan, what do you think?"
Tan Yue shook his head. He had finally passed the exam to get into this unit. Besides, Baijia Village was not his hometown and the place was very remote. No matter whether he was rational or emotional, he would not stay in such a small place.
At noon, everyone had lunch in the pavilion. They brought dry food with them, such as bread.
"Teacher Tan, you have a big appetite, is this enough for me?"
Tan Yue shook his head: "I brought a lot of food, this is enough for me."
He brought meat floss bread, oranges, and dark chocolate that was not very sweet. Although they were not very warming, they were high in calories.
In general, the filming journey was smooth. After shooting the materials on the mountain, we went down the mountain as planned. We saw a lot of snakes on the way up. On the tree branches, on the steps we carved out, and in the bushes, we could see all kinds of snakes, including non-venomous snakes, highly venomous snakes, the common bamboo snakes, elaphe snakes, and flower snakes...
They were colorful and there were so many of them that everyone saw hundreds of them along this stretch of road.
When we returned, we didn't see any snakes at all, as if the snakes had deliberately avoided the program team.
"We also filmed related footage on the way down the mountain." Tan Yue asked, "Village Chief, is there such a big difference when you go up the mountain and down the mountain? There are snakes when you go up, but not when you go down."
The village chief shook his head: "I've been here for almost the same amount of time, but this is the first time I've encountered something like this."
Tan Yue seemed to be thinking about something: It seems that this has something to do with the program crew. Let's film it all. Then this sharp contrast can be used as material to attract audiences.
The program crew has limited time, and they shoot a lot of content, but not many usable shots after editing. However, they still have to keep the evidence so that when the audience raises questions, they can play the original film as evidence.
The director's interview with the villagers went relatively smoothly.
Their column is originally oriented towards science, and even if there are abnormal problems, they will still be explained using scientific methods in the end.
At present, there is no special problem in this village, except that there are many snakes.
The director said to the copywriter, "Gao Mei, you should write according to the direction I give you. Let's write first, and then shoot. When we're done shooting, you can get up and go back."
This is not about exploring the truth, it is clearly about reversing the results. To be honest, when shooting the program for the first time, Tan Yue felt that the job was not quite what he had imagined.
"I think we can dig deeper into the Snake Temple."
Zhao Fei patted him earnestly and said, "Dig deeper. How to dig deeper? We must believe in science, not in ghosts and gods."
Tan Yue stopped talking. It doesn't matter whether you say he is important or not as the host of the program. In fact, he is not that important. He is a newcomer and the program has little traffic. He can be replaced at any time. The director has much more power than him.
He took a sip of tea and said nothing more.
If nothing unexpected happens, it looks like this business trip will be over in two or three days.
What disappointed Tan Yue was that the little white snake did not come back for two days.
As expected, an accident happened. Two days later, when the program crew was preparing to leave, a lot of young and strong people suddenly appeared in the village.
The originally amiable and enthusiastic village chief and his family suddenly turned hostile, just like the old couple who played human traffickers on TV.
After finishing their last meal before leaving, everyone felt sleepy. When they woke up, the two cars in the yard had been driven away. Then there was no signal on their cell phones because the house they lived in had several signal jammers.
When everyone woke up, their cell phones, tablets, and other belongings had all been taken away by the village chief and his wife.
"It's poisonous! The food is poisonous!"
Zhang Yunyun exclaimed loudly: "We are now in a society ruled by law, what do you want to do?"
"Personal imprisonment is illegal!"
Tan Yue pursed his lips: "We can give you all the money we have."
Looking out through the glass window, Tan Yue could see more than twenty big men below, each holding farm tools, and they were obviously well prepared.
In fact, he was not as exhausted as the other people, and he escaped easily with his great strength.
But everyone was on the same project team. If he could escape, what about the others? With so many people, it was impossible for Tan Yue to save them all at the same time, so he pretended to be trapped and first found out the purpose of the people in the village.
The village chief said: "Little girl, why are you making such a fuss? Who poisoned you? It's just a little anesthetic."
He smiled and said, "We don't plan to do anything to you. We just want you to attend a wedding. The Snake Goddess said in a dream that she was in need of a groom, and you came just in time."
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