"thump."
"thump."
The two sounds startled everyone.
Li Lanzhen's heart tightened; she feared that the two children had returned.
She ran a few steps and arrived at the foot of the mountain wall leading to the small platform above.
Then they saw Xue Bao and Zhang Songshu lying sprawled on the ground, groaning and wincing in pain.
Both of them were covered in blood, and it was unclear where they were injured.
Ms. Wu rushed over to check the injuries of the two people.
After the inspection was completed, I told everyone.
"It's nothing serious, just some scrapes and abrasions from the fall, probably caused when you fell."
Li Lanzhen brought two bowls of spiritual spring water and handed them to Li Sanya, who was holding Zhang Songshu, and Xue Nizi, who was holding Xue Bao.
"Come and feed them both this bowl of water."
After drinking more than half a bowl of water, the two of them felt better and stopped crying out in pain.
Upon seeing everyone, they sat up.
Xue Bao wanted to talk to Li Lanzhen about something.
Li Lanzhen waved her hand to stop them from speaking.
"Let's eat first and then talk about it."
Li Sanya and Xue Nizi brought over bowls of rice and handed them to them.
Xue Bao took the bowl of hot meat and vegetable soup that his sister handed him.
He took a sip of hot soup, calmed himself down, and said to Li Lanzhen.
"Aunt Lanzhen, we can't get into that hole anytime soon!"
Li Lanzhen frowned and asked him.
"Why? What happened?"
Li Lanzhen asked this question because she sensed that there was definitely no one blocking them in that cave.
Perhaps there was some ferocious beast? Or maybe the cave collapsed, blocking their entrance to the canyon.
"Aunt Lanzhen, there's a huge snake guarding the entrance to that cave!"
Strangely, the snake didn't bite us. It just used its big tail to coil up the two of us and throw us over. If we tried to rush over again, it would coil up with its tail and throw us over again.
So the injuries we sustained were from being thrown against the mountainside.
Zhang Songshu drank half a bowl of meat soup in big gulps and added.
"Aunt Lanzhen, that snake is very strange. The two of us tried to hit it with shovels and sticks, but we couldn't hit it even once."
So they hit it, but it didn't hurt them or bite them with its venomous fangs.
They simply used the snake's tail to wrap around the two of us, repeatedly slamming us against the mountainside until we were thrown out of the cave.
We were so dizzy from the fall that we were covered in blood.
"I asked Xue Laohu."
There must be some rare treasures near that cave.
This snake must be the guardian. You're lucky today; I don't know why the big snake didn't eat you.
Li Lanzhen then asked Xue Bao about the two people.
"Didn't you notice anything strange at the time?"
Xue Bao said, "The two of us dug the cave higher and higher in all directions."
Just as we were digging into the north side of the mountain wall.
With one stroke of his hoe, Pine Tree Brother created a large hole in the north-facing mountainside.
Then, we smelled a fragrant aroma, which must have been from herbs. My mother often gathers herbs in the mountains, and that's the smell of herbs.
We were about to go inside to take a look when a huge snake's head popped out from there.
It startled us both, and we quickly retreated, preparing our weapons.
The snake calmly and slowly swam out of the hole. It didn't attack us, and we didn't dare to move. We remained in this stalemate for a while.
We thought we had to get rid of it, otherwise it would be a hidden danger in this cave!
We'll eventually have to leave the mountains, and if it runs into the canyon and bites the elderly and children, that would be a real problem.
The two of them slurped down several large mouthfuls of meat soup and continued talking.
"The two of us, Pine Tree Brother and I, attacked it from both sides, trying to kill it."
Unexpectedly, they couldn't even hit the snake with a stick.
Instead, it used its tail to wrap around the two of us, slamming us against the mountain wall again and again.
We were both covered in cuts from the sharp rocks on the mountainside.
We didn't think it intended to eat the two of us, so we surrounded it and attacked, but we couldn't eliminate it.
Finally, it forced us both out of the cave, chased after us, and we both fell off the mountain.
Everyone immediately understood that this giant snake must be guarding those medicinal herbs.
Therefore, that herb must be very valuable.
Li Lanzhen immediately thought of ginseng, lingzhi and other precious medicinal herbs.
She thought about it and realized that even though the snake didn't bite, it still had to be eliminated, otherwise people would be terrified when they came in and out of the area.
Who knows when it might go berserk and eat people?
Li Lanzhen decided to go up and take a look.
"Xue Bao, you two should get some rest."
Everyone else should take good care of the elderly and children, do a good job of prevention, and remain vigilant.
I'll go up and take a look.
Her words immediately drew a chorus of dissent.
All the children stood up and shouted, telling her not to go!
Han Minghai and his group also tried to stop her.
However, Li Lanzhen was determined to capture the snake at night, as there would be many inconveniences during the day.
Li Lanzhen decided to go to the meeting alone and took the snake.
At this moment, Xue Laohu walked over carrying his bow and arrow basket and said.
“My dear in-law, I’ll go with you. I have some oil arrows in my bow and arrows. If necessary, I can use the oil arrows to burn the snakes.”
Then he turned to Han Mingjiang and said.
"Let's go together, second brother."
Li Lanzhen thought about it and agreed. She could bring two people as helpers, catch the snake, and then see just how precious the medicinal herbs that the snake was guarding really were.
Perhaps there are other ferocious beasts guarding these precious medicinal herbs.
As she was thinking about these things, she heard Han Minghai shouting.
"Mom, I want to go with you too. I'm very strong, now..."
Li Lanzhen waved her hand to stop him from continuing.
"If you're not going, then you stay here and protect your wife and children. This is more important!"
Then she looked up at the small hilltop, which was about ten meters high, leading to the top of the mountain.
Look at all these people and things.
When they came down from up there, they were lowered down by holding onto vines and ropes.
It's not easy to get up there now.
He then spoke to Han Shunde and a few others.
“In-laws, you need to come up with a plan. How are we supposed to get up from below when it gets light?”
Everyone, rack your brains and think of ideas. Don't worry about us. Go to sleep when it's time to sleep, and those who need to keep watch should keep watch.
After saying that, the three of them grabbed the vines and slowly climbed up.
After the three people disappeared into the night.
Those below couldn't sleep, and even the children were anxiously watching upstairs, worried about the safety of Li Lanzhen and the others.
Only Shanxing gazed thoughtfully at the dark mountaintop.
She suddenly remembered that every time her grandfather brought her here, he would stay for a few days, but he never brought her to this cave.
Several times I woke up at night to find that my grandfather was not beside me.
However, she was very sensible at that time, thinking that her grandfather might have gone to relieve himself, or to find food for her, or to gather medicinal herbs.
Then she obediently fell asleep.
Grandpa said the valley was very safe and that I should just sleep in the shack and not wander around.
Could it be that Grandpa found another cave for growing medicinal herbs in that cave?
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