Han Cheng listened carefully this time, and the sleepiness that had just arisen in his heart disappeared in an instant.
He had vaguely heard the sound before and thought that it was Fu Jiang who had gone somewhere and came back in the middle of the night. But now he thought that something was wrong because the gate outside had been closed and fastened tightly from the inside. Even if it was Fu Jiang who came back, he would only wait outside the gate instead of coming to knock on the door of his room.
Moreover, the knocking sound could not be made by Fu Jiang!
Who would knock on my door in the middle of the night?
"Who is it?"
Han Cheng paused for a moment and asked.
As soon as the voice fell, there was a moment of silence. Both outside and inside the house were quiet, and no sound could be heard.
Han Cheng's heartbeat suddenly accelerated. All the ghost stories he had known before came to his mind completely at this moment, constantly turning back and forth in his mind, stimulating his nerves.
Could it be that I have called myself the Son of God too many times and God can no longer bear it?
Or is it that the fox that was beaten to death in front of him and had one of its legs eaten by him is still alive and has come to seek revenge on him?
My heart was beating faster as I was thinking about all these things.
“Bang, bang, bang…”
The knock on the door came again, so hard that Han Cheng could hear the gate shaking.
“Who is it?”
Han Cheng raised his voice and asked, feeling that all the hairs on his body stood up in an instant.
However, still no one answered, but the knocking on the door continued.
Han Cheng was very nervous. He groped for the short spear placed on the bedside and held it tightly in his hand. Only then did he feel a little braver.
This is really strange. If it was someone from the Green Bird tribe knocking on the door, they would have answered my questions long ago, instead of remaining silent like they are now!
"who!"
Han Cheng sat on the edge of the kang and shouted again with more force.
The knocking on the door stopped, and the inside and outside fell into silence again. Han Cheng could clearly hear his own heartbeat and felt like it was about to jump out.
“Yo yo…”
After a brief silence, a deer cry was suddenly heard right at the door.
The voice seemed familiar, like Uncle Lu's.
Han Cheng's breath suddenly relaxed, and his pounding heart calmed down a lot. Only at this moment did he feel a little weak.
He imagined countless dramas in his mind, but the result was Uncle Lu. This unexpected result made Han Cheng feel relaxed and at a loss whether to laugh or cry.
“Boom boom boom…”
“Yo yo…”
The voice rang out again, and Han Cheng stood up. With the help of the moonlight that had become extremely dim after shining through the animal skin, he put on a simply sewn, commonly worn animal skin clothing, and groped to open the door.
At this time, someone in another house not far from here was awakened by the noise. There were shouts, and then the sound of a wooden door being opened.
Han Cheng groped his way to the door, opened it, and immediately saw the big, prominent head of Uncle Lu.
The eldest brother, the second brother, Shang, Tietou and others also came out one after another. When they saw that it was the deer that made the noise, they were all very surprised for a moment and wondered why the deer behaved like this tonight.
"Swish."
Before Han Cheng could react, he was kissed enthusiastically on the face by Uncle Lu, who seemed a little excited after seeing him.
Han Cheng leaned to the side, wiped the deer's saliva off his face with disgust, and stretched out his other hand to pinch Uncle Deer's long face.
The old deer shook its head, opened its mouth, gently bit Han Cheng's arm and pulled backwards towards the deer enclosure.
This guy didn't eat much before, but it's a habit he developed after being with Fu Jiang for a long time.
Han Cheng was full of doubts. Did something happen in the deer pen? Otherwise, why would Mr. Deer come to find him in the middle of the night and drag him there?
He exerted a little force and pulled his arm out of Uncle Deer's mouth. He told his eldest brother and others to get their weapons ready, and then they headed towards the deer pen together.
When Uncle Deer saw the little two-legged beast walking towards his residence, he stopped biting and pulling it, and followed Han Cheng towards the deer pen.
The fence gate of the deer pen was half open. It was opened by Uncle Deer, who had already mastered how to open and close the gate.
There was a moon in the sky, and I could vaguely see the shadows of the deer in the pen.
With the arrival of Han Cheng and others, most of these alert deer stood up and looked a little uneasy.
Only after they recognized that they were a group of two-legged animals that provided them with food and lodging did they gradually calm down.
Although the moonlight was bright, due to the gradually colder weather, most of the deer went into the deer shed to rest, so it was impossible to see what was happening for a while.
But one thing is certain, no carnivorous beast ran in.
Han Cheng asked someone to bring tools for making fire. After a while, Fireman, who often kept watch at night and often couldn't sleep, came with a hand drill. Under the moonlight, they quickly started a fire.
Then move the fire into the deer shed and make it burn brightly.
Animals are still somewhat afraid of fire. When they see the flames, they hide aside and dare not get close.
Of course, this does not include Uncle Deer, a deer that has seen the world and is extremely arrogant and domineering.
The three little lambs were even worse off. They hid in the corner, shivering and looking at the fire and the group of ferocious monkeys in fear.
Han Cheng's eyes kept wandering around the deer pen, trying to notice anything different.
His gaze soon stopped and fell on a doe with a big belly.
It's not that the doe is particularly eye-catching because of her pretty face, but that there is a lot of filth on the back half of her body. In the light of the fire, some blood can be seen, and her fur is wet with the filth.
Behind it, there was something faintly visible, and when you got closer you saw that it looked like a small hoof.
This is a sign of giving birth!
The amniotic fluid broke and the baby's hooves came out.
Han Cheng turned his head with some joy and confusion to look at Uncle Deer who was standing not far away. This guy came to him in the middle of the night just to tell him the good news that he was going to be a father?
Isn't this a bit unreasonable?
After all, this guy has been a father so many times, and he has never come to me for this matter before.
Is there some other hidden story here?
As Han Cheng was thinking about this, he remembered what he had heard before about a tiger carrying a doctor treating his tigress's injuries and other animals asking humans for help.
Apart from the giving birth deer, there was nothing unusual with the other deer in the pen. The problem must be with this deer.
Could it be a difficult birth?
The doe seemed very uneasy because of giving birth. After standing here for a while with the other deer, she finally couldn't bear the pain and lay on the ground in a clumsy manner.
As it lay down, the hoof, of which only the tip was originally visible, protruded a little further.
Han Cheng, his senior brother and others stood aside, watching from a distance, not daring to get too close for fear of disturbing the breeding deer.
Han Cheng is now certain that this deer is having a difficult birth, because after waiting here for almost half an hour, the fawn that is about to be born has only shown its hooves and is reluctant to come out.
Uncle Lu would nudge Han Cheng with his mouth from time to time, as if urging him to find a solution quickly.
At this time, Han Cheng didn't have time to think about whether Uncle Lu was going to become a spirit, but was thinking about how to solve this problem.
He didn't want to see two lives lost for one corpse, even if it was a deer.
"Liang, come here."
Han Cheng called Liang who was not far away, and then the two of them went to the doe together to prepare to deliver the baby.
However, before the two of them could get close, the uneasy doe stood up from the ground and walked around uneasily. The fawn legs that had come out a little bit just now shrank back as it stood up.
Han Cheng and Liang could only stop and not approach the doe which had become particularly alert due to giving birth. They waited for it to lie down again and then went on to deliver the baby.
Han Cheng recognized this doe. It was the one he used to milk.
This made Han Cheng a little hurt. The deer that he could milk at will before, now became difficult to get close to...