There are always people who covet the immortal body

"It's not good, it's not good, it's on fire"

In the middle of the night, someone raised a lantern and shouted.The villagers of Fulu Village were so frightened and flustered that they opened the door and came out to look around in obscene clothes.

Qi An woke up from the dream with a thin layer of sweat on his forehead at some point.He rubbed his sleepy eyes, then lifted the thin quilt, and sat up drowsily on the bed.Suddenly, I saw a firelight coming in from the window, reflecting the swaying shadows of the trees, very mysterious.

He woke up immediately and heard intermittent voices outside the house, so he put on a coat and hurriedly opened the door and went out.

A raging fire ignited on the top of the mountain not far away, and the burning area was filled with smoke and miasma.The mountain forest roared like a monster with its bloody mouth wide open, making others tremble with fear.The dark clouds in the night sky above rolled and struck, revealing a few faint rays of skylight, rolled up layer by layer, as if a big hole had been broken.

Qi An has never seen such a weird celestial phenomenon in his 17 years of life, not to mention the fierce fire in the mountain forest, he who is usually not afraid of the sky and the earth is also stunned for a moment.

The villagers gathered at the side all looked panic-stricken, and someone said: "The mountain top is connected to the back mountain of our village, and it will be burned in a short time, and our village is over now."

"Then what should we do? Even water can't put out such a big fire."

A gust of hot wind with flames blew by, and the fire rose again in an instant, and the distance to Fulu Village was getting closer and closer.

One person came forward with a crying voice: "Village Chief, you should think of a way, it's really over if this goes on like this."

The village head is Qi An's biological father, and he is also standing under the eaves in a daze, not knowing what to do, the firelight in his dark pupils becomes brighter and brighter.

The old man at the side said hoarsely: "I'm afraid this is a catastrophe, it is a catastrophe."

Everyone was anxious to die, but they couldn't do anything, they could only watch from a distance, and their hearts gradually burned with the fire.

Suddenly, a flash of lightning flashed across the sky, followed by a dull thunder.

A smile suddenly appeared on the serious face of the village chief. He turned his head and said happily to everyone: "It's going to rain, God has eyes, and he will help us put out the fire."

The surrounding villagers also seemed to come alive in an instant, and a few elderly people kowtowed and kowtowed, thanking God for his eyes.

Suddenly, another strong lightning flashed across the night sky, and then the sound of raindrops falling on the tiles was heard, and then turned into a 'cracking' gesture.Sure enough, there was a heavy rain, and the fire in the forest gradually died down. It was not long before it was extinguished by the downpour, leaving a thick smoke lingering in the sky.

The villagers stood happily in the rain and joined hands to pray for blessings.

Fulu Village has a long history, and gradually migrated from a few hundred households to dozens of households today.During this period, I have experienced natural and man-made disasters such as mountain torrents, landslides, and mudslides. These decades can be regarded as the most peaceful years.Therefore, the forest fire that night burned the villagers so heartbroken, thinking that the disaster would have to go through again, but fortunately it was a false alarm.

The next day, the heavy rain stopped suddenly, and the sun shone on the top of the mountain. The bamboo leaves were covered with water droplets and slid down the arc.

After the mountain fire last night, Qi An didn't feel like going to sleep, and sat down by the window to read a book with a light on.A lamp is like a bean, and the range that the fire can illuminate is really limited.He picked up the new book his father brought back from the town two days ago, and read it for half the night by the dim light of the fire.

It wasn't until dawn that the 'tung oil' in the lamp was burned out, that he put down his book and stretched himself.I don't know if it's because I read the book for a long time. I don't feel sleepy at night, but I feel sleepy again at dawn.

So I went to the bed and lay down for a while, not daring to fall asleep, and when the weather was brighter, I had to get up to graze the cows and feed the chickens.

After squinting for a while, I heard the crowing of a cock, and then the whole mountain village woke up.A magpie flew from nowhere and landed on the window lattice, flapping its wings and humming a little song.

Qi An turned over and glanced at the window, and found that the light was too bright, it was time to get up.

But his eyes were dim and he was so sleepy that he had no choice but to jump up and down on the bed, trying to wake himself up.After all, my father told me yesterday that today he will go to the town to sell beans, and he will be in charge of all the affairs of the family.Qi An didn't have a mother, and his mother died of bleeding when giving birth to him.

Qi An opened the door, and saw that the village chief had already tied a big sack of beans to the mule's back. He picked up the rope on the ground, heard the sound of the door opening, turned his head and said "get up".

Qi An put his arms into the sleeves of his faded cloth clothes, and went forward to help the village chief tie up another bag of beans.Before leaving, the village head said to him, "Our cow was bitten by a wild dog yesterday, and the skin on his thigh was cut. You can find some poultice to apply to it later."

"Yeah." Qi An suffered from a serious illness a few years ago, lost his voice, and has become dumb since then, unable to speak.

The village head took one more look at Qi An, and then led the mule away by the rope, stepping on the cold morning sun and cold dew.

There are only three cows left in the village, and almost ten households share one cow. After one family’s land is plowed, another family will take it. Therefore, when the plowing season comes, the three cows will suffer, and the villagers will naturally treat them as treasures. .

After watching the figure of the village head disappear into the depths of the bamboo forest, Qi An turned around, picked up a ladle from the wooden barrel under the eaves, scooped up water, put it on the stone grinder, and washed his face.

The rooster in the courtyard started crowing again, perhaps this time it was not to wake people up, but to be hungry.

So he scooped up a bowl of rice and sprinkled it on the chicken coop, and several reed chickens boiled up, and began to fight for each other.The big rooster with the crown knows how to cherish the fragrance and cherish the jade, clucking and screaming at the side, and is the first to call the hen to eat when it finds a good thing.

After feeding the chickens and applying medicine to the buffalo, Qi An threw a handful of dry straw into the cowshed, patted the ashes on his hands, and then went into the kitchen to get himself something to eat.

In autumn, when the wheat and rice are ripe, the villagers often rush to harvest the rice in the early morning in order to keep cool, go home for dinner near noon, then take a nap, and go for the second time when the sun is setting.

Qi An's family planted very little rice, and he and the village chief had harvested it a few days ago.Harvesting rice is easy, but pounding rice is a patient job.He originally wanted to finish his work in the morning and pound rice in the yard, but he looked at the bare hilltop in the distance and remembered the fire last night, so he thought about going up to the mountain in the afternoon to have a look.

So at noon, after eating, he took the machete and binding rope and went up the mountain.

The heavy rain at night was quickly dried by the scorching sun, and there was no moisture on the road except for the muddy water channels in the deep ravine.

With the machete in his hand, Qi An swung all the way, cutting down the weeds and vines, suddenly he walked out of a new path.

Walking to the top of the mountain, that place is completely different from other places that have not suffered. The smell of charcoal is all around.The ground was also scorched black, and the tree trunks were even more horrible.

Qi An cut some branches and tied them up, and put a long stick between the bundles and carried them on his shoulders.He went all the way up to the most open place on the top of the mountain.Putting down the firewood, he raised his hand and wiped the sweat from his forehead with his sleeve. He was panting under the breeze. He looked down the mountain against the wind and saw the small bamboo forest and his own village.

Taking advantage of his joyful mood, he looked around, and suddenly saw something beside a charred black boulder, like a human hand protruding from the stone.

Qi An picked up the machete and walked over with light steps.After getting closer, I saw clearly that there was a person lying behind the big rock.

The man was naked/naked, without any/no clothes, lying on the ground with his back on his back, buttocks up,

Qi An approached cautiously, poked his motionless fingers with the back of the knife, opened his voice in surprise and called out.Seeing no movement, he knelt down and touched the man's wrist.

It's warm and not dead yet!

Qi An put down the machete, turned the man over, a few stray strands of hair stuck to his face.Qi An reached out to brush the hair off his face, and found that it was a man, a handsome man with clear eyebrows.

Qi An was fascinated, it was the first time he saw such a good-looking person.Immediately, he remembered something again, and hurriedly tied his cloak to the man's crotch, then carried the unconscious man on his back and ran home.

Running to the entrance of the village, Xu Dunzi was standing by the side of the road with a dog, and when he heard the dog barking, he looked in that direction.Seeing that Qi An carried a man taller than himself, he asked curiously: "Brother An, who is this?"

Qi An didn't have time to talk to him, and he couldn't speak, so he could only glance at him, and then trotted towards the house.

He kicked open the door, carried the man back to his room and laid him on the bed.He patted the unconscious man's face, and called out 'Ahhh' twice, trying to wake him up.But the man was in a coma, how could he be awakened so easily.

Seeing no results, Qi An had no choice but to shake off the quilt and cover him, then went out and filled a bowl of water into the room.He hesitated for a while, then poured water on the other person's face.

It can be seen that it still has no effect.

At this time, footsteps sounded outside the door, and the semi-medical mother-in-law of the village came in and shouted, "An Zi, I heard that you brought someone back."

The semi-medical mother-in-law is Xu Dunzi's grandmother, and in all likelihood, Xu Dunzi asked her to come and see her.

Qi An went out to lead her to the bed, pointed to the man on the bed, and said ahhh, his face was full of anxiety.The mother-in-law couldn't hear what he said, but she more or less understood what he meant.

She asked, "You want me to help him, don't you?"

Qi An nodded sharply.

The mother-in-law bent down and stretched out her wrinkled fingers to touch the strange man's wrist.After feeling the pulse for a while, he said: "He's fine, he'll wake up after a while."

At this time, a lot of people were crowded outside the door and window, most of them were women at home.Xu Dunzi wanted to come in, but Qi An hurried over and closed the door, very determined.

The mother-in-law looked at the man and murmured, "Why isn't he wearing any clothes?"

Qi An didn't understand, so he shook his head.

"Where did you save him?"

Qi An raised his finger and pointed in the direction of the mountain that was on fire last night.The mother-in-law lowered her eyes: "It's also strange. Why did this man go there? His body is still so clean, not even stained with black ash. You see, if you go there, your clothes are already dirty."

After hearing this, Qi An frowned in confusion.

"Forget it, after he wakes up, you can call someone over to inquire about it, so don't cause any trouble."

After saying that, the mother-in-law turned around and walked out the door with staggering steps.

The half-medical mother-in-law is the most dignified elder in the village. When she saw a few women watching the fun crowding outside the door, she drove them away with her voice open.

Seeing the situation, Xu Dunzi stepped forward to help her go home, and couldn't help but ask, "Grandma, who is that person?"

The mother-in-law shook her head: "I haven't seen it."

"Could it be bandits in the mountains?"

"No, bandits don't look so white."

"Oh"