Having just finished a trip, Feng Shou was exhausted both physically and mentally. He chatted with the old man for a while, talking about some lighter topics and sharing his experiences and gossip on the trip.
I went back to my room at night and rummaged around, and found a red string that I had taken from a pendant I had bought before. It was a little old, a little faded, and not long enough to be hung around the neck. But it was okay to make do with it.
It's better than a bare copper coin. The red string is conspicuous.
Just like a key, if it is strung with something, it will be more conspicuous and less likely to be lost. If it is lost, it will be easier to find.
On the first day back home, Fengshou rested early and did not continue to worry about whether the zodiac coins carry the blessing of the ancestral spirits. Such questions, no matter how much you worry about them, will not get the answer.
The next day, Feng Shou first gave the souvenirs he bought to his neighbors and friends. When he was not at home, if his grandmother encountered any difficulties and the neighbors and friends helped her, he would come back to express his gratitude.
After finishing these things, he went to the orchard.
The hired worker in the orchard said that he had not encountered any snakes in the orchard during the few days he was away, but he had encountered them in other orchards.
For safety reasons, Feng Shou took some precautions and walked into the orchard. He was not like some brave people who dared to rush in with just slippers on.
In fact, they live in tropical areas, not in a particularly prosperous big city like Yangcheng, so they see snakes more often.
I am indeed afraid of snakes, but not as strongly as many people.
Just like the wind taking itself in. Not to mention the non-venomous snakes, when it comes to the highly venomous snakes, he is actually more troubled than afraid.
The same goes for the hired workers in the orchard. When they encounter poisonous snakes while working in the orchard, they often deal with them themselves.
There are also many people here who are not afraid of snakes. But this has nothing to do with whether or not you will be bitten.
Feng Shou just doesn't want to be bitten.
As the frequency of venomous snakes appears increases, the orchard plantations are no longer as peaceful and stable as they were in the years just after the abnormal climate period ended.
Someone was bitten by a round-spotted viper in a plantation next door. He was sent to the hospital and survived, but his kidney function was reportedly impaired.
No one wants to encounter this kind of thing.
But Feng Shou is also reluctant to over-use snake repellent.
First, the orchard is too large and the effect is extremely limited.
Second, he has a fruit farm that focuses on premium fruits, which he promotes as naturally grown, naturally ripe, pesticide-free, and additive-free. This is the bulk of his profits.
Snake repellents are also medicines, so of course they must be used with caution.
Therefore, he could only remind the hired workers to take precautions frequently.
Feng Shou took the zodiac coin and put the rope directly on his wrist. One circle was too loose, two circles were too tight, and it was neither too long nor too short, so he had to hold the coin in his palm.
While inspecting the orchard, I made some notes as usual.
The hired worker reported that several plants had not been growing well recently. He remembered the location of those plants and planned to go over to see if it was a problem with the soil.
After going around a dirt slope and preparing to continue forward, Fengshou paused.
He saw a snake, a common local snake, not big, and not very poisonous, so he just raised his eyebrows slightly and planned to find a branch to pick it away.
Just as he was about to walk over, he suddenly felt something was wrong. He moved his sight forward and saw another figure—
The front part of the body stands upright, and the skin folds on the neck swell and open, showing wild ferocity and kingly majesty.
If you look at her alone, she is indeed a domineering and graceful beauty.
But now, Feng Shou didn't feel so good when facing it.
If he encountered other snakes, he would calmly take out his phone to take a picture and post it on WeChat Moments, but when facing a king cobra, he would be more cautious.
Who knows what kind of temper this cat has? If it has a bad temper now, it will be more dangerous.
It looks to be more than three meters long, which is considered large in the wild.
Fengshou has lived here for so many years and rarely encounters king cobras.
Thinking of the king cobra's strong snake-eating nature, Feng Shou looked at the smaller snake. In other words, the king cobra might have been chasing the smaller snake!
Eye King usually doesn't actively pursue people, but it's hard to say now.
When it comes out to hunt because it's hungry, and encounters someone who interferes and gets angry, it's hard to guess what it will do.
Feng Shou was relatively calm. Living in this area, he had encountered snakes many times and was able to handle them calmly.
If he turned around and ran now, he wouldn't have to worry about anything. He was very familiar with the terrain here. He could definitely run faster than them and had better endurance than them.
However, Feng Shou planned to try his "secret weapon" first.
If this secret weapon didn't work, he would definitely turn around and run away, and then come back to deal with the two snakes after getting the equipment. With his current snake catching skills, he couldn't catch a venomous snake of this size with his bare hands.
There was a brief silence between the two snakes and the man.
In fact, the most frightened one among the three is definitely not Feng Shou, but the smaller snake that is blocked in the middle.
There is a two-legged beast in front and a glasses king behind.
If it is smart enough, it will choose the former. After all, the various policies and protection measures introduced after the abnormal climate period generally release this kind of snake after it is caught.
But it probably doesn't have such a powerful brain.
With its brain capacity, it is basically unable to calculate anything beyond its instincts.
Feng Shou quickly glanced at his clenched hands.
There was a copper coin in his hand.
He didn't know how much of the smell of the copper coins was released when he held them in his hands, but neither of the two snakes showed any immediate aggression or protest behavior towards him.
Feng Shou didn't look at the small snake that didn't pose much threat. He focused most of his attention on the king cobra.
He opened his fingers, revealing the copper coin in his palm.
An aura that ordinary people cannot smell spread around.
A few steps away, the king cobra, which was originally on the sidelines, immediately retracted its demonstrative posture, turned around, and ran to the other side, retreating nimbly and quickly.
The smaller snake also avoided the wind and crawled away in a large C-shaped route, a long way away.
Just like what Fengshou’s grandmother told him, it was as if the ancestors appeared on the spot and put up a protective shield!
The past is back!
It really works!
"Feng Yi didn't lie to me!"
I was so moved that tears almost came out on the spot!
I was moved but also felt a little guilty and ashamed of my previous doubts.
Although I don’t know how long the snake-repelling effect of this copper coin can last, it is effective at this moment!
Feng Shou stood there quietly, watching the two snakes go away, and for a moment he even forgot to take out his cell phone to take a picture.
When he came to his senses, he first informed the other employees about the king cobra that had appeared in the orchard, and asked them to be more careful when working. Then he found Feng Yi in his address book and thanked him sincerely.
Feng Yi might have something else to do and did not reply immediately.
After sending and receiving the message, Feng continued with today's work.
The zodiac coin would easily get dirty when tied around his wrist, so Feng Shou carefully put it into his pocket.
We didn't encounter any snakes along the way.
At the rest house in the orchard, Feng Shou found a small box of pills and put the zodiac coins in it, so that the target would be bigger and more prominent. Otherwise, such a small copper coin would not be noticed when it fell while working.
After finishing today's work and preparing to go back as it was getting late, Feng Shou saw the figure of the king cobra again at the edge of the orchard.
Perhaps it was because the copper coin was placed in the pill box, which blocked the smell, and the king cobra did not avoid it immediately.
Feng Shou did not bother it immediately. The king cobra was eating.
The smaller snake that he had seen before still failed to escape the mouth of the King Cobra. When Feng Shou saw it, only half of the snake was left, and the front part had been swallowed into the King Cobra's stomach.
From a distance, Feng Shou took out his mobile phone to shoot a video and sent it to his friends and chat group to let everyone know that a king cobra had appeared near him and that everyone should be careful when traveling in the near future.
Many people immediately left messages asking him to be careful when patrolling the orchard, as not only king cobras have appeared recently, but also kidney snakes!
Feng Shou replied confidently: I'm not afraid!
I have copper coins to protect me!