Deer in deep forest

Chapter 21
Xiguang returned to the apartment in a daze, and Zheng Mingming called immediately, "Xiguang Xiguang, I have already told Teacher Qiu Shan for you, and she agreed!"

Xi Guang was stunned and asked him: "What?"

Zheng Mingming was hit hard, "Go unannounced to visit the moon bear breeding in the mountainous area of ​​Province Y! Don't tell me, you will forget it in a blink of an eye!"

"No." Xi Guang quickly denied.

"Then pack your luggage, we will gather at the south gate of the school at seven o'clock tomorrow morning and set off together!" Zheng Mingming said happily.

Xi Guang didn't expect them to act so fast, and it was hard to refuse, so he hurriedly considered what to bring, and packed it into the big backpack.After a while, he collapsed on the floor and fell asleep.

After waking up, she went to the balcony to collect the clothes, cleaned the inside and outside of the house, and cooked a sumptuous dinner.

The apartment where she and Yu Sui lived together, she was the only one left at this moment, seemed extraordinarily empty.

Xiguang turned on a radio station at random, and the male NJ in it was telling a love story during the Republic of China. She was chewing small ribs, drinking freshly squeezed fresh orange juice, and listening absentmindedly, not caring about the content of the story.It's just that in the end, it seems to be the end of life and death.

NJ played a piece of sad and deep music to express the situation, and read a little poem, which was "Rain Lane" by Dai Wangshu.

Xiguang cut off the sound and went to sleep in the room.

The next day, the three teachers and students set off from the school gate on time, first took the train to the territory of Province Y, and then transferred to the bus.

Along the way, Zheng Mingming played treasures and made fun, and the three teachers and students chatted lively, and it would not be boring.Xi Guang sometimes feels guilty. The teacher and Zheng Mingming both went for the matter of Moon Bear, full of enthusiasm, and wanted to expose the unknown inside story.

And her trip this time, allowing herself to temporarily leave City A, seemed more like an escape.

Qiu Shan's eyes were poisonous, and she saw through the young disciple's emotions at a glance, but she didn't blame her, "Since you've come out, let's put other things aside first, and complete this task well. There are certain risks in unannounced visits, and it's not a joke. .”

Xi Guang hurriedly nodded.

Qiu Shan said: "You are still very young, so you should come out and practice more. When you get used to seeing the world and experiencing all kinds of storms, many things will suddenly become clear."

Qiu Shan took out a drawing board and put it on her lap, and began to draw with the pencil in her hand. The large golden wheat field outside the train window gradually appeared under her pen.

Zheng Mingming flattered: "Teacher, you still have such a trick!"

Qiu Shan smiled and gave him a sideways look, "This time we told the outside world that we were going to sketch in the mountains, and if the camera is found, we will pretend to be taking pictures of the scenery."

After catching the train for two days and the bus for half a day, the group of three settled down in a small town, inquired about the location of the Liao family group they planned to go to, and first rested in a hotel in the small town for a night.

Xiguang read a lot of information with his mobile phone at night. Some villages in Province Y have had the habit of breeding moon bears for profit over the years. It has been reported before, but it has never attracted widespread attention from all walks of life, and the impact has been very small. Insufficient rescue efforts have led to the fact that a large number of moon bears have not yet been rescued.

The moon bear is a kind of black bear. Its hair is black and shiny. It is named for the white or yellow stripe on its chest that looks like a moon.Some of them have been raised in iron cages at home by mountain people since they were young. They have been imprisoned for decades, and their bile is extracted by the most cruel and primitive methods every day. The wounds on their abdomens are never stitched.

Looking at the photos that had been exposed on the Internet, she felt an uncontrollable sadness in her heart, and she couldn't fall asleep anymore.About to make a phone call with Tang Su, the phone rang first, it was a number from City A.

"Hey?"

"Lu Xiguang, you're gone again." Gu Yanshu stood on the dark street, as if he was just stating the fact lightly, but his eyes were red, and his expression hidden in the night was as cold as a chilling winter.

"How...how do you know?" Xi Guang asked.

She clearly heard the howling wind from the other end, as if Yanshu was running crazily along the road. After a long time, the noisy wind finally faded away, and his heavy and disordered breathing sounded, as if he was trapped in a boundless swamp and could not break free. The trapped beast that came out was filled with deep-seated hatred and forbearance.

He said word by word: "Lu Xiguang, I really want to - kill you."

At dawn, Qiu Shan knocked on the door and said that she had to pack up and leave soon.

They found an old man in the town yesterday evening, negotiated the price, and the other party agreed to take them to the Liao family group.It's just that the distance is long, and it takes a whole day to start in the morning.

Xiguang was ridiculed by Zheng Mingming with her two panda eyes. She turned around and bit the steamed bun, and listened carefully to what Qiu Shan was saying to the old man.

Qiu Shan said that they went out to sketch, and wanted to buy some special products when they went back, and asked the old man if he had any good things to recommend.

The old man spoke with a heavy accent, but Xi Guang also sensitively captured words such as bear's paw and bear bile.

Qiu Shan took the opportunity to ask which family in the Liao family had the most and the best bear bile.The old man was gesticulating, as if he had mentioned a few names, but this time Xi Guang was confused and didn't understand a single word.

But Qiu Shan seems to have got some useful information.Arriving at Liao's group at night, when she chose someone to live in, she took Xi Guang and the others to live in Wang's house.Because the price given was very good, the Wang family showed great enthusiasm for them, and all four members of the family went out to greet them.

Xi Guang looked at them secretly, a pair of old couple who looked very shrewd, plus a pair of children.Among them, the elder brother is Wang Hong and the younger sister is Wang Ying, both in their twenties.

Xiguang and Qiu Shan lived in Wang Ying's room, while Zheng Mingming went to Wang Hong's room.

There is not much difference in age, so it will be much easier to communicate.Xiguang chatted with Wang Ying, and first asked about the beautiful places here, and any customs that should be paid attention to.Wang Ying was a little shy at first, but she let it go slowly, saying that the waterfall on the top of the mountain in the west is the most beautiful, and there is a strange-shaped stone forest in the east...

It should also be noted that after dark, don't stand under the eaves and sing loudly. The villagers think that this will attract homeless and lonely ghosts; Sleeping mountain god; when entering or leaving the house, never step on the threshold.

Qiu Shan was even more good at winning people's hearts, and gave Wang Ying a crystal bracelet and drew a sketch for her. Wang Ying thanked and admired her, and offered to take them around the neighborhood tomorrow.

After turning off the lights, Xi Guang glanced at her phone, and when the screen lit up, she saw her sleepless face.

Qiu Shan arranged the task in private, and let Xiguang pretend to be unaccustomed, stay in Wang's house to rest, find out where the bear is kept in his house, and record the situation.

The old couple from the Wang family were both at home, one was chopping firewood on the wooden pier in front of the door, and the other was collecting shoe soles in the front yard, and they couldn't finish the work in a while.Xiguang went to the back of the main house, where there was a separate adobe brick room with an iron lock on the door. Wang Ying said it was used to store sundries and waste products.

The house is deep, and I can't see anything through the crack of the door, but there is a window for ventilation.Xiguang brought an iron pass and put it upside down on the ground, stepped on the bottom of the barrel and jumped up, grabbed the two wooden poles of the window, and looked inside.

There are three iron cages on the left and right sides of the house, and each cage holds a huge animal. There are bottles of penicillin and saline scattered on the ground in front of the iron cage. Xi Guang knows that the wounds of bears that have given out are often festered and inflamed.Before she looked carefully, the sound of footsteps was getting closer and closer, and they were already coming this way.

Xi Guang didn't have time to run into the house, and squatted on the ground clutching her stomach, pretending to have a stomachache.Her skin was fair to begin with, and she hadn't had much rest on the road these days, so she really looked out of spirit and looked sick.

The person who came over was Wang Hong, carrying a load of grass firmly on his shoulders, which should be used to feed the bears.Seeing that Xiguang was not feeling well, he first helped her to sit inside the house.

Xi Guang tentatively said: "I just heard something barking, it's quite scary, it seems to be a black bear."

Sure enough, Wang Hong hesitated, his expression was not very good, and he said, "You must have heard wrong."

"Maybe," Xi Guang said with a regretful look on his face, "I heard before that there are people who raise bears in some mountainous areas. This time I came out to sketch with my teacher, and I thought I was lucky to meet them. I Grandpa is not in good health and is always sick, the doctor said that he needs real bear bile, but most of the ones bought on the market are adulterated."

She made up a set of lies, without blinking her eyes, and spoke very naturally, but her heart kept beating.

Wang Hong didn't express his opinion immediately. He went out to discuss with his parents, and then told Xiguang that he had a bear in the back of his house, and now he could sell bear bile to her.

Xi Guang said, "I'm a student, and I don't have that much cash with me. I left it with my teacher. We'll wait for her to come back."

When she said this, the Wang family believed it.

When Qiu Shan and Zheng Mingming came back in the afternoon, Wang Hong was going to fetch the bear bile, and Xi Guang followed him to the gate of the bear house.

Xiguang said: "We can only believe that the bear bile is [-]% real if we see it with our own eyes."

Wang Hong had no choice but to let all three of the teacher and the student go in, and unlocked the iron lock on the door. A foul smell wafted out from inside, and a row of iron cages appeared in front of him.

The shoulders of the huge moon bears are restrained by two strong belts, and they wear a heavy iron vest. There is a hole in the abdomen, and a metal drainage tube is inserted into their gallbladder, so that the owner can extract bile every day. .Some moon bears crazily self-mutilate because they couldn't bear the pain, and slammed into the iron cage, leaving large and small scars on their bodies.

Qiu Shan said that these unsanitary devices often easily cause inflammation and infection of the wounds of moon bears, or the formation of tumors. Once that happens, they can only wait for death. The bear paws and other valuable parts will be cut off and taken away. sell money.

Wang Hong walked ahead, kicked away the salt water bottle on the ground, turned around and asked Xi Guang, "Which bear do you want?"

This posture is openly letting her choose.

Xi Guang was stunned, unable to speak for a while, so he could only say dully: "It's up to you."

Wang Hong went forward to get the gallbladder. Qiu Shan's camera was ready, covered by Zheng Mingming, and the lens was pointed at the iron cage to record the whole process.

Wang Hong used an iron hook to push the side door of the iron cage inward, fixing the bear in a space where he could not move at all, so that it was convenient for him to move.

Xi Guang only saw that the bear stretched its shrunken palms out of the iron cage, and looked at her as if asking for help.

Wang Hong moved nimbly, and quickly took out a bag of bile. Qiu Shan's shot was almost spotted, but Xi Guang staggered on the salt water bottle, temporarily attracting Wang Hong's attention.

In front of several people, Wang Hong weighed the bile, Xi Guang also paid the money, and the deal was considered complete.

The moment the door closed, Xi Guang breathed in the fresh air outside, but her depressed mood was still not relieved.

The situation in the Wang family's bear house is a reflection of the entire Liao family group. It is conceivable how many moon bears in this small mountainous area were trapped in dark iron cages and brutally tortured to death.

In the next few days, the three of them went to visit other villagers' homes unannounced together, but something unexpected happened.

When Wang Ying was cleaning the house during the day, she knocked over Qiu Shan's backpack and found that a section of the zipper was not closed. Out of curiosity, she took out a file folder stuffed inside and looked through it. It was all about Moon Bear. various information.

After Wang Ying saw it, she was shocked, and when she realized it, she immediately notified her parents and elder brother Wang Hong, and started looking for Xiguang and the others in the village with a stick, and notified every household that the three people who entered the village were reporters.

Xi Guang was washing his hands by the small river at that time, when he saw a group of menacing people approaching in the distance, his heart skipped a beat, knowing that he had been discovered.

Qiu Shan and Zheng Mingming were still standing on the opposite embankment talking to others without realizing it.

Xiguang anxiously called out to the teacher, Qiu Shan reacted, immediately gestured to her, and pulled Zheng Mingming to run away.The intention is to distract the villagers so that Xiguang can escape quickly.

The most important recording pen and a micro camera are in the schoolbag on Xiguang's back.

The mighty villagers caught up and split into two groups.Three people crossed the river and followed Xiguang closely, and the rest went to catch Qiu Shan and Zheng Mingming.

Xiguang ran quickly along the field ridge with her schoolbag in her arms, while the people behind chased him and yelled loudly in their local accents.

The rice fields soon came to an end, and there were mountains and forests lying in front of us.Xiguang remembered what Wang Ying said, the villagers here have a natural awe of the mountain god, she had no choice but to drill into the mountain.

The green forest, bathed in the sunset light, is as quiet as a god.Until the sound of hurried footsteps, the birds returning home on the branches were startled, flapping their wings and coiling in mid-air.

Xi Guang held her breath, buried her head in a low-lying place, and hid behind two low wild fruit trees.The three villagers looked around for a while, but they left in a hurry after seeing no one.

Xiguang leaned against the tree trunk, dared to open his mouth, gasping for breath.Looking at the light jumping in the forest, it gathers little by little, the twilight merges, and the night falls in front of us.

It was impossible to go back the same way, she could only go forward, not knowing where the way out was.But she knew that no matter what, she had to keep the things in her schoolbag. If she and Teacher Qiu Shan could return to City A smoothly and make an announcement about Moon Bear, they could call more people to pay attention to Black Bear.

There are very few things she can do for those moon bears, and she can only live up to her conscience once she does her best.

Xi Guang kept walking forward, taking advantage of the glimmer of light in the sky before it was completely dark.My legs are sore, but I don't stop.She heard that when a person is in a desperate situation or facing death, the face that comes to mind must be the person who cares most and cannot let go of in this life.

When she had no more strength and was lying on the ground in the darkness, she blinked and looked at the distant and hazy moon in the sky, as if slowly outlining the indifferent and handsome face of the young man.

Xiguang smiled with the corners of her mouth open, and suddenly wondered if the young man she had been with in silence would have been trapped in Chang'e's Guanghan Palace, cutting down laurel trees day after day.

She was probably crazy. On such a gloomy night, chanting that name silently, as if he was really in front of her eyes, could dispel the helplessness and panic in her heart.

Goon tree, goon tree, goon tree—

(End of this chapter)