Cub's Small Vegetable Garden [Interstellar]

Swish, there are snowflakes falling.

Jiang Li looked up at the sky. The sun disappeared at some point. He lowered his head and continued to pull the bushes with a stick, but found nothing.

Jiang Li stood up straight, thinking that he had not been looking for food for a short time, Maomao should be back soon, so he decided to go back the same way.

He turned around and walked back along the path he remembered. As he walked, he finally noticed something was wrong.

Right now the snowflakes are sparse and just started to fall, Jiang Li looked far away at the road he came from, it was snow-covered and flat.

He was stunned for a moment, where are his footprints?Why is it gone?

Jiang Li stopped in his tracks, turned his head and looked back, the footprints behind him were still there.

He scratched his head, he couldn't figure it out, after thinking for a while, he decided to continue walking along the route he remembered.

The snow fell more and more heavily, Jiang Li used a stick as a crutch to walk forward, wanting to walk back before the night was completely dark.

After a while, he came to a familiar place.

There were scattered footprints on the snow, which were left on the ground before he left.

Jiang Li was silent, and the hand holding the stick couldn't help but tightened. After walking for such a long time, he walked back and returned to the original point.

As the sky darkened, the fragrance in the air became stronger, and a full moon slowly appeared in the sky.

During this period of time, Jiang Li went back and forth many times, even though he chose different directions, he returned here without exception.

He stood on the snow and looked at his own shadow on the ground. The snow had been falling, and it was getting bigger and bigger. There should have been no moon.

But, now, the snowflakes are with the moon.

The moon was round and big, and the bright moonlight illuminated his position. He looked up into the night sky, and saw countless snowflakes falling from the sky, spinning in the moonlight, shining full of light, as if they were dancing , and finally slowly fell to the ground, melting with the snow on the ground.

Jiang Li simply stopped going. He came to a giant tree with well-developed roots, chose a root about half a meter thick that was exposed on the ground, and sat down after sweeping the snow off the root with his hands. down.

Because he has been walking non-stop, his body is warm, and he doesn't feel cold when sitting in the snow. He is thinking about looking for the prey's hairball, and he is very anxious. Obviously, he is trapped here and cannot walk. I went out, I don't know what will happen when Maomao goes back and finds that he is not there.

When the moon climbed to the very center of the night sky, the snow on the ground moved, and small pieces of snow were gently turned, as if there was something under the snow.

Jiang Li couldn't help but widen his eyes, and suddenly stood up from the roots where he was sitting. He supported the branches of the giant tree and stood on the thick roots, looking around vigilantly.

After a while, small grasses began to emerge from the ground, and the green and slender leaves grew bigger and bigger at a speed visible to the naked eye, completing the transformation from small bean sprouts to big seedlings in an instant. In the snow-capped forest, a piece of A one-meter-wide road paved with grass appeared in front of him, and countless fingernail-sized star flowers appeared on both sides of the road, slowly blooming in the snow.

This road stretches from his feet to the distance, twists and turns, bypassing silent bare trees, and he doesn't know where it leads.

Jiang Li looked at the strange scene in front of him in astonishment. The air was so quiet that he could hear the sound of snowflakes falling clearly. The air was also noisy. He vaguely heard the sound of soft conversations, as if many people were talking. Whispering, the voice is clear and shallow, I can't hear clearly.

He looked down at the road paved with flowers and green leaves less than five centimeters away from his toes. The bright moonlight fell from the sky and fell on the stars and flowers on both sides of the road. It seemed to silently welcome his arrival.

Jiang Li stood in place, looking around the surrounding environment, except for this road that suddenly appeared, there was no difference in the others.

He clenched the stick in his hand, took a deep breath, and stepped on it.

The moment he set foot on the green grass, he seemed to hear small cheers. Jiang Li gathered his mind and walked along this road towards an unknown distance.

Since he stayed here, he might never get out of this place, so let's go forward, maybe there will be a glimmer of opportunity, although he doesn't know what is waiting for him at the end of this road.

As his footsteps approached, the star flowers in the distance also bloomed one after another. Jiang Li looked back at the road he had just walked. The place he had already walked, the flowers disappeared, and the green grass disappeared, and the original appearance was restored. .

He paused for a moment, denied his thought of going back, and continued to walk forward firmly.

The path twisted and twisted, Jiang Li didn't know how long he had walked, and after crossing a small snowy slope, a quiet lake appeared in front of his eyes.

The water of the lake is silvery-white, sparkling under the moonlight. This path paved with flowers and green grass leads straight to a small lake not far away, and then disappears.

Jiang Li raised his feet and approached the small lake step by step. The lake is very small, less than ten meters in diameter, and it looks very abrupt in the snow-covered forest.

He stopped at a distance of two meters from the lake, carefully observing the movement in the lake, he waited for about 10 minutes, the lake was quiet, Jiang Li hesitated, raised his foot to approach the lake, followed him As he approached, his shadow was reflected in the lake. Jiang Li looked into the lake when his feet slipped suddenly, and he fell into the lake.

Jiang Li struggled in the lake in panic, using his hands and feet to expose the surface of the lake, and then realized that the lake water was warm. He paddled in the lake and swam towards the lake, wanting to go ashore.

After swimming a few times, he stopped in the lake. He was trapped there and could not leave. He was attracted here by flowers and plants. Could it be that he came here to swim?

Obviously not.

Jiang Li looked into the lake, and the center of the lake reflected the full moon in the sky. From Jiang Li's point of view, there was not only a round moon on the lake, but also its shadow in the depths of the lake, giving people a sense of There is an illusion of a full moon sinking in the lake.

As a koi, his water skills are pretty good. Jiang Li turned around and changed direction, plunged into the water, and swam towards the depths of the lake where the moon was. He wanted to see what was there. thing.

His body was as nimble as a fish in the water, and he quickly swam towards the depths of the lake. The closer he got to the moon in the lake, the narrower the space became. In the end, there was only a hole less than half a meter left. Looking at the position where the light came from, the inside is narrower, and he must not be able to pass through.

After Jiang Li thought for a moment, he decisively bit his index finger and pressed it between his eyebrows. The lake around Jiang Li began to swirl like a vortex, wrapping Jiang Li up. Afterwards, a beautiful golden-red The little koi swam out from the center of the vortex, and headed towards the entrance of the cave, looking for the light.

The originally narrow space instantly became spacious because of his smaller stature, and Jiang Li easily walked through it.

After he passed through the narrowest part, the space began to widen, and he returned to his human form, continuing to swim inside.

It was getting closer, getting closer, and he finally saw the source of the light clearly. There was an eggshell-like thing with a diameter of one meter, which was glowing with light. There were many vines around it, and the vines were tangled. The eggshell was firmly fixed, Jiang Li slowed down and swam over.

As he got closer, he noticed a crack in the egg shell, which was caused by its vines wrapped around it. In the center of the egg shell, there was a golden plant with thin roots. , a look of malnutrition.

"Son, you're finally here." A tired and old voice came into Jiang Li's mind, with warm kindness, when Jiang Li heard it, he couldn't help but feel close to him.

Jiang Li looked at the plant in the eggshell, he knew that it was talking, "Do you know me?"

"No, child, I don't know you, but I know the breath on your body," the voice was very gentle, answering Jiang Li's doubts, followed by a soft sigh, "That was a long time ago, don't say Whatever."

"Son, I can't last a few days, I'm going to die," the voice was very calm, as if saying something very ordinary, "I'm stuck here, waiting for many, many years, I told many people I asked for help, you were the first person to come to me, thank you for being here."

Jiang Li looked at the plants in the eggshells, and said, "What do you need me for?"

The plant in the eggshell moved slightly, revealing a golden seed under the leaf, "Child, please take my child away."

"There shouldn't be any life on this planet. Because of me, some life survived. They bound me and absorbed my life essence, and I relied on the energy they provided to survive. However, as they Year after year of asking, my source of life is almost exhausted, and after I die, without my protection, my children will die too."

"Please take my child away." The plant in the eggshell begged again.

Jiang Li looked at it, and asked the doubts that had been hovering in his heart: "Why did you appear here, why didn't you leave here?"

The plant was silent. After Jiang Li waited for a long time, the plant spoke. Its voice was full of nostalgia: "I appeared here because of a war. My master was ambushed on the road and fled here. In order to protect Me, he threw me into this lake, he is a good master, I have been waiting for him, and he never came back."

The voice of the plant slowed down, with unspeakable sadness: "Shortly after, our spiritual connection was severed. I know that I will never wait for him to pick me up. He died."

"So, you've been here all this time and never left, right?" Jiang Li took it up.

"Yes, because I can't leave here." Its voice became calm again, and it seemed to be smiling. "Now these are not important, and soon, I will see the master again."

"The only thing I am worried about is my child. I hope it can see the sun, absorb the rain, and live happily. It cannot die with me."

"Please take my child away," it begged again.

Jiang Li made a decision in his mind, he looked at the plants in the eggshells and said solemnly: "I will take you to leave together."

The plant smiled weakly, and its voice was very gentle: "I can't leave here, so many years have passed, I have become one with them, and, I'm about to die, it doesn't matter if I can't leave, child, please Take my child away, it has been here since birth, it has not seen the sun yet."

Jiang Li looked at the plant in the eggshell repeatedly begging to take its child away, feeling sore in his heart, "How do I take it away?"

The voice of the plant was very calm: "See this cover on me, break it, so you can take it away."

"If you break the cover, will you die?" Jiang Li asked.

The plant smiled, "Child, even if you don't break it, it will break in a few days," it said softly, "To protect me, my master has imposed a ban on this lake, only the moon The night of the full moon will appear, and I can't last until the next full moon night."

"Come on, I'm ready."

Jiang Li stared at it fixedly, and after it urged him again, he walked up to it. The surface of the eggshell was densely covered with cracks. He hit it with one fist, and the eggshell shattered in response, and water poured into the eggshell. , Jiang Li took out the golden seed from the eggshell.

When the eggshell shattered, the surrounding vines seemed to come to life, climbing towards Jiang Li.

"Child, run, don't be caught by the vines!" It urged anxiously in its voice.

Holding the golden seed in his hand, Jiang Li turned around and swam towards the entrance of the cave where he came. Following his movements, countless vines also rushed out from the inside. They bared their teeth and claws, trying to catch Jiang Li, and Jiang Li swam desperately forward. Then, he came to that narrow position, he couldn't swim through it!

Jiang Li glanced back, the vines were quickly climbing this way, only a few meters away from him, Jiang Li bit his index finger again, he put the golden seed in his mouth, and was about to be caught In an instant, a vortex rose around his body, and Jiang Li turned back into a koi carp, rushing towards the only passage from the center of the vortex like a cannonball.

While he was trying to swim out, a voice that got weaker and weaker rang in his mind.

"Son, thank you."

"Goodbye."

Jiang Li closed his mouth tightly, and rushed out in one breath. He jumped out of the lake from the reflection of the moon in the center of the lake, drew a beautiful arc under the bright moonlight, and fell on the snow by the lake. middle.

The moment he jumped out of the lake, countless vines protruded from the lake, heading towards the place where Jiang Li fell, trying to go to the lake to drag him down.

Jiang Li changed back into a human form, his body was in pain from the fall, he was a little bit out of strength, he struggled to use his elbows to back up, he wanted to get farther away from the lake, further away.

When he was about to be caught by the vines, the lake water suddenly fluctuated, and the lake began to shrink rapidly at a speed visible to the naked eye, and the vines were forced to pull back. Finally, the lake, and the vines in the lake, Disappeared together.

What was originally a lake has become a snow-covered basin.

Jiang Li lay down in the snow, gasping for breath, looking at the moon that had shifted from the center of the night sky, and clenched the golden seed in his hand.

A wave of dizziness hit him and he passed out.