man of oz

The eagle soars in the sky, overlooking the vast southwestern land, with towering stone peaks, lush vegetation, and many poisonous snakes and beasts inhabiting it.There are several villages of ethnic minorities scattered among the mountains on the outskirts of the jungle. Going deeper, there are continuous mountains, endless forests, wild beasts, and few people. This is the place where Lu Yuege was born.

There are several small-scale Miao villages scattered here. According to the elders of the clan, they moved from other provinces in the early Qing Dynasty. At first, the population was relatively prosperous. Later, after experiencing bandits and turmoil during the war years, the population dropped sharply. Some clansmen moved their villages to The mountains are deeper.

Because of family land disputes and sibling ostracism, Lu Baijing, who had just turned 20, left the village in anger with his wife and children. The family moved to a mountainside a few miles away from the village to build a house, open up wasteland, and live self-sufficiently.

Lu Yuege helps her parents with work when the farming is busy, and runs all over the mountains and plains with a few dogs when she has nothing to do.In places where their parents can't see, they swim in streams and catch fish, venture into caves of all sizes to explore, climb branches and monkeys to the top of trees to pick fruits, and dare to play with venomous snakes around their necks and shoulders.

The mountain ghosts and monsters fabricated by his parents could not frighten him, and the beast poisonous snake was his playmate, so he grew up ignorant and fearless.

At the age of eight, he got lost in the mountains.Lu Baijing and his wife panicked, and the clansmen in the village helped them find it for several days, but there was still no news.

The forest is vast, and every few years someone gets lost in the forest or is eaten by wild animals, not to mention an eight-year-old child, after ten days, everyone gradually gave up searching.

Luo Xiaogui cried and fainted several times, repeatedly complaining about why her husband moved to live on that mountainside in the first place.I begged my grandmother Lu wizard to divination and asked the ghosts and gods, only said that the child was taken by the mountain god to be a boy in the deep forest, and I am afraid that he will never return.

That day, Lu Baijing and his wife had something to do back in the village, and they wanted to take him back with them, but he said that he would stay at home and watch the ducks herd the cows, so he would be obedient.The child is usually obedient and sensible, so the couple left in peace.

In the scorching afternoon sun, the child tied the cow to the tree with a long rope, and then climbed to the tree branch to sleep.

A monkey jumped up to him and squeaked, and he laughed and chased after it.

He ran from one mountain to another ignorantly and fearlessly, and the snakes and mice gave way, and the birds flew away from the tree branches.

Eat wild fruits when you are hungry, and lie down on rocks to sleep soundly when you are sleepy. The climate in the mountains in June was changeable, and the sky suddenly began to rain heavily. The monkeys scattered, and the children, who were hurt by the raindrops, slid down the tree and hid in a nearby cave.

It was raining non-stop, and he was so bored that he fell asleep in the cave.When I opened my eyes again, the rain had subsided, and the woods were already pitch black. The trees were towering, and the moon was covered by dark clouds. It was so dark that I could hardly see my fingers.The lawless leather child finally panicked now, and touched the matches and knife in his pocket. He usually works in the fields and plays in the mountains. These two things are very useful, and he has long been used to carrying them with him.

He collected some weeds that were not wet by the rain on the nearby ground, and then weaved and bundled these weeds into long strips as thick as an arm. He held this simple torch to find his way home.

After walking by feeling for a long time, it rained heavily in the woods again, and the torch had been extinguished long ago, so he had to stop and find a recessed place on the mountain wall where the rain could not reach to rest.

He was so anxious that he was afraid that he would be slapped and scolded by his father when he went back. After the rain stopped, he stumbled and continued walking.

As the night passed, the sky became a little brighter, and thick fog formed in the forest after the rain. The milky white mist lingered around the vegetation, trees, mountains and rocks, and it was impossible to see clearly what was a few meters away from him.

After crying, the hungry child climbed up again, first collected rainwater with leaves and drank a few mouthfuls, then climbed up the tree and picked a few sour wild fruits to fill his stomach.Fortunately, there were still a lot of matches left. He wrapped the matches in large leaves and put them in his pocket carefully. After resting enough, he continued to search for the way.

Towering trees cover the sky, bushes and weeds cover the ground, and the only sound in the silent forest is the chirping of insects and birds.The child with half-long hair pursed his mouth and his eyes were full of tears. He stared down at the plastic sandals on his feet, thinking of his parents at home.

There was a rustling in the nearby bushes, and a dark brown forest musk deer came out.

Unable to shed tears fell down, and the child asked Lin Musk sadly, "Where is this place?"

Lin Desk, who was like an elf in the mountains, tilted his head to look at him, and then ran away.The child thought it was leading the way for him, so he ran after it, but lost it while running.

He stopped at the spot in frustration, usually he could come and go freely in this forest, but now he couldn't find his way home.

The fog in the woods was still very thick, and without the sun, he couldn't tell the direction of time.He decided to go to the top of the mountain. When he climbed to the top of the mountain, he should be able to see the mountain where his home is, and then walk in that direction, and he will definitely be able to return home.

He managed to climb to the top of the mountain, but the mountain was not high enough, and one side was covered by other higher mountains, and after the rain, thick clouds and mists floated to cover him, so he couldn't tell the approximate direction of his village at all.

"Isn't the peak of the mountain here, I can't see it clearly over there...and over there...well! That peach-shaped mountain is close to my house, and it's in this direction!" The child cheered, but he didn't know that he saw it as a mountain. The side becomes a peak, the distance is different, the height is different, I simply found the wrong direction, and the result is farther and farther.

The stomach was growling with hunger, the forest was full of steam, and the clothes and pants were sticking to the body. The child had to stop to find something to eat. He picked some young leaves and dug some grass roots to barely fill his stomach. Stomach.

His hands were covered with mud, so he rubbed his hands on the dewy leaves to clean them. Suddenly, a snake more than one meter quickly crawled past his feet. The child grabbed the tail of the snake like lightning, and directly grabbed the snake in his hand without any hesitation. After more than ten rounds of the wheel, until it became dizzy, and then smashed the snake's head against a stone on the ground, it was considered a meat dish.

It was getting dark, and the child was exhausted under several pressures. The temperature difference between day and night in the mountains was huge, and the dew was heavy at night, so he had to find a place to light a fire to rest.

He found a leeward hollow in the rock, returned with some dry wood, and began to roast mushrooms.

Under him was a simple mat woven with thick withered grass, and there were many edible mushrooms, large and small, in the wide leaves next to him. He remembered what his father said that brightly colored mushrooms should not be eaten, and things he didn’t know Not easy to try.

Mushrooms without oil and salt are not too bad to eat. They are very sweet after being roasted on a low fire. His good cooking skills have already begun to show at this time.

Three red-faced and yellow-haired little monkeys jumped over, and the children moved the fire away a little, and handed them the roasted mushrooms to eat.

The monkeys who had eaten were no longer afraid of people, and one even jumped on the child's shoulder and squeaked.

The quiet night is much better with the company of these animals. The children smiled, imitated them to scratch their faces, shook hands with them, and talked to them.

When he woke up again, it was already dawn, and two or three monkeys were sleeping next to him. The soft fur made him a natural quilt, and there were a group of monkeys playing around, throwing his straw hat back and forth. Or wear it on your head for fun.

The weather is a little bit better, the gray clouds are still there, and there is a pale white sun hanging in the sky. The child is in a better mood, thinking that he should be able to go home today.

He took the dew from the broad leaves to wash his face, picked some mushrooms and roasted them to eat with the monkeys, and the monkeys picked some wild fruits for him.

After eating, under the leadership of the monkeys, he went to the nearby trees to pick some fruits for food reserves, and then said goodbye to them, "I'm going home, and there are a lot of your companions at my house, remember to come when you have time Find me to play."

Unfortunately, after walking for two days, he still didn't reach the familiar place in his memory. It was dark again, and it started to rain lightly.

This area is a typical karst landform, and there are many caves, large and small. Before it rained heavily, the children quickly picked up a bundle of wooden sticks that were not so wet and hid in a cave. The entrance of the cave was smaller than their house. He was still older, so he threw a few stones into the hole first, and waited for a long time before seeing any animals jumping out before going in.

When the fire was lit, he saw that the cave was quite spacious, about the size of the vegetable field in front of his house, and the ground was relatively dry.Although the cave was sheltered from the wind and rain, it was still gloomy and cold. Fortunately, when the rain did not fall heavily, he collected a lot of dry grass and leaves, heated the ground, removed the fire and lay down on it. It was still warm.

I'm a little hungry, and my stomach has pantothenic acid in my stomach after eating fruit for a day, but I can only be a ninja.

I can only pray that it won't rain tomorrow...

When I fell asleep, I had messy dreams. For a while, I dreamed that I was back home, and my father beat me with a stick and made me kneel down. For a while, I dreamed that I was walking and walking, but I couldn’t find my way home. After a while, I dreamed that the mountain ghost with long nails said that he wanted to dig his own heart...

When he woke up again, he was starved, his hands and feet were weak, he was very desperate, was he going to die, and he would never see his parents again, and his little friends...

No, I can't die... The child remembered the story of the wolf boy that his father told him before, and he thought to himself, a small baby can be raised by a pack of wolves, if I can't find a way to go home The way is over, then I will be a monkey kid too.

He encouraged himself hungrily, and then went out to look for food. He picked some mushrooms and wild vegetables, caught two snakes, and was lucky enough to find a nest of bird eggs.

Back in the cave, he first washed the mushrooms and wild vegetables with the rainwater flowing from the stone wall above the cave entrance, then took off his wet clothes and put them next to the fire to dry. Cut off, peel, open the abdomen, take out the internal organs and throw it into the fire. The rest of the snake meat is skewered with sharpened sticks. The taste of the grilled snake meat is a bit like fish, without other condiments, it is very fishy. He doesn't like to eat, but he has no choice at this time.

The rain outside has been falling and stopping, which is not a good time to hurry.After eating enough, the child lay on the ground and began to think about his future life. He imagined several versions of the story in his mind. not bad.

He didn't go to school at that time, and he didn't have any concept of time. He didn't know how many days had passed since he got lost in the woods. Year.

Finally one day, the sky cleared and the sun came out.The child saw hope again, and his father said that the place where the sun rises is the direction of their home.

So he set foot on the road to find his way home again.

Go down the mountain and walk along the mountain stream, the mountain stream merges into the small river ditch, follow the small river ditch to find the big river ditch, and walk in the direction of the rising sun to return home.

It is also easier to find something to eat by the side of the ditch. Big fish can’t catch it, but there are many shrimps, crabs, and mussels, and they are easy to catch, especially the big mussels. Some are bigger than an adult’s fist. Cut open between the two clam shells, remove the blue intestine silt, and then put it on the fire, and the gravy will boil in a short time. The meat is tough and has not been treated with mud and other seasonings. It smells earthy, but it tastes delicious.

The weather was fine and the food was plentiful. After walking along the river for two days, the child finally saw his light-colored stone house halfway up the mountain, hidden by trees.

He also washed his hair and body in the river before going back.

There is no one at home, things are in a mess, as if no one has lived in it for a long time.My father and mother should be in the stockade, so he went down the mountain to the stockade again.

It was already dark, and the moon like a silver disk was hanging in the sky. The silver moonlight sprinkled all over the earth, the shadows of the trees were faint, and a small figure was sprinting along the path covered with thatch on both sides. The young man was so frightened that he didn't know where to go. He gave up his hoe and ran into the village.

Luo Xiaogui was crying because of his son's disappearance. He was lying on the bed numbly in grief at this time. There was a sound of hurried footsteps, and the door was opened.

The son, who had been missing for nine days, came back. The clothes she was wearing were still found on the day she went out, and they were a little scratched, but her face and hair were clean.

The young parents cried and laughed while hugging their lost and found son, and in the end the child was spanked.

The clansmen respected the mountain and respected the ghosts and gods, and they all said that the child was so fatal that he could walk back unscathed after so many days in the dangerous forest. It must be the blessing of the mountain god.

But I didn't want to come back two days, the child suddenly had a high fever, and the barefoot doctor in the village gave injections and medicines, but he still didn't get better.

Some people also said that they were afraid that the mountain god didn't want him to go down the mountain, because he was angry and wanted to hook the child's soul back.

Luo Xiaogui's grandmother is a wizard in the village. She set up a formation and asked someone to bring the child who had started talking nonsense and began to summon the soul.

Dense fog filled the ancient village again. In the open space surrounded by several houses with black tiles and yellow walls, incense candles and paper money were lit. Someone offered a duck. The hunched wizard directly cut the duck's throat with his fingernails to get blood. , and then took the water-soaked grapefruit leaves and sang high and low around the child. After the incense burnt out, she threw the paper figurine and paper flower into the brazier.

That night, the child's fever subsided, and his soul was called back.

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