As the shadow got closer and closer, Chen Jue hurriedly rummaged through his backpack, hoping to find a weapon for self-defense. Yang Mo watched anxiously, until Chen Jue took out something and held it tightly, his eyes widened, "Telescope? You thought it was a demon mirror!"
Chen Jue also had troubles that he couldn't express. This was probably the only thing in his package that had any weight. He gritted his teeth. If the shadow was really a beast or something, he had no choice but to fight. Yang Mo couldn't count on Chen Jue, so he tied his backpack tightly and started the autosuggestion mode: "This is not a backpack, this is not a backpack, this is a meteor hammer, this is a meteor hammer..."
The shadow was only three meters away from the forest. Chen Jue stood firm and slowly raised the telescope, ready to give the opponent a fatal blow at any time. Yang Mo held his backpack in front of him, ready to scream at any time. But the shadow stopped outside, the rain became lighter, and the two of them heard the shadow's voice almost at the same time. It sounds like... "Huh"
"Did you hear clearly?" Yang Mo asked softly.
Chen Jue nodded, "It seems to be a human voice."
"Nonsense, of course it's a human being!" The shadow walked into the forest as he spoke, and the two finally saw clearly that the other person was actually an old man who was over sixty years old. The old man looked a bit strange. His gray hair hung down to his shoulders, covering his ears. It was wet from the rain and seemed to be attached to his body. It was too dark to see clearly the attire on his body. However, the harpoon in his hand was very conspicuous, and the tip was covered with Polished to a crisp. The old man looked at the two of them with a vigilant expression, his two long and thick eyebrows were almost twisted together, and his eyes were wandering around the two of them, as if he was about to give them a fork at any moment.
Chen Jue confirmed that the other party was a human and immediately breathed a sigh of relief. He put away the telescope and apologized repeatedly: "I'm sorry, old man, we thought..."
"Think you are ghosts?" The old man had a bad temper and opened his mouth to curse: "I think you are the ghosts! What are you doing in the woods on a rainy day?"
"You..." Yang Mo was in a bad mood and jumped up to talk back, but Chen Jue quickly stopped him.
Chen Jue put on a smile and asked: "What do you call the old man? Are you trapped in the mountains too?"
"How can I be as stupid as you?" The old man first sneered at the two of them, and then replied: "I came out... to watch the rain. My surname is Bao, you can just call me Mr. Bao."
"Watching the rain?" Yang Mo had disbelief written all over his face. Who would be stupid enough to come out to watch the rain on a rainy day without even bringing an umbrella? I'm afraid that this old man is also trapped in the mountains and is talking harshly to them! Yang Mo raised the corners of his mouth and was about to laugh, but when he opened his mouth, Chen Jue covered it.
"I'm a local, maybe there's a way to escape the rain?"
Chen Jue's whisper worked, and Yang Mo calmed down.
Mr. Bao saw through the two people's thoughts, but did not reveal it. Instead, he continued to ask: "I asked you just now! What are you doing in the forest?"
Chen Jue did not dare to neglect and replied: "I am a master of botany from Yanqing University. I came to the forest to collect samples?"
"What is botany?" Mr. Bao didn't seem to understand.
Chen Jue took out the magnifying glass and the collected specimens in his bag, and explained in the most popular way: "Those who study plants collect these things and take them back to study, and then..."
"I know!" Mr. Bao interrupted impatiently, "Aren't you just here to collect medicine?"
Yang Mo hid behind Chen Jue and laughed, and the latter nudged him with his elbow.
Mr. Bao thought he had figured out the identity of the two people, so his expression softened, and the harpoon in his hand was stuck upside down on the ground. He said to the two of them: "You are in the wrong place. There are no strange plants and trees in this mountain. Don't look at the sky when you go out. You deserve to be stuck on the mountain.”
Yang Mo finally couldn't hold it in anymore, and pushed Chen Jue away and was about to curse, but saw that Mr. Bao had turned around and said without looking back: "Why are you standing there stupidly! Do you want to spend the night in the rain?"
Chen Jue realized that Mr. Bao wanted to take them to take shelter from the rain, and he was immediately overjoyed and thanked him profusely. Yang Mo also turned his anger into joy. Pi Dian Dian followed Mr. Bao, and even flatteringly wanted to carry the harpoon for Mr. Bao. Even if he was rejected by Mr. Bao, he was not dissatisfied at all. He accompanied Flattery all the way to the small town deep in the mountains and forests.
Small town? Yang Mo and Chen Jue never expected that there would be a small town here, if Mr. Bao insisted on calling it a small town. The town is located in the shadow of a mountain, surrounded by mountains and forests. If Mr. Bao hadn't known the way, no one would have discovered this place. Perhaps because of the low-lying terrain and heavy rains, dozens of old tile-roofed houses seemed to be built in the water, and there was no road that was not flooded as far as the eye could see.
Yang Mo was a little disappointed. He clearly saw that several houses inside and even their roofs were broken, and rainwater poured in without any scruples. He looked at Chen Jue, who was also looking at the town in a daze, not knowing what he was thinking.
Mr. Bao led them into a house at the entrance of the town, pointed to the empty room in the side room and said, "You guys can sleep here tonight. Don't wander around in the town if you have nothing to do. The road outside is not good."
Yang Mo went in and took a look. Fortunately, the house was not leaking, but there was a faint musty smell caused by moisture. Yang Mo took off his wet shoes and socks and started walking around the room barefoot. After groping for a long time with no results, I finally looked up and saw that there was no light in the room.
"What are you looking for?" Mr. Bao walked into the room carrying an oil lamp and holding a plate in his other hand. It seemed to be something to eat. It was covered with a lotus leaf. He didn't know what was inside. Chen Jue quickly took it and kept thanking him. Yang Mo asked curiously: "Don't you have electricity here?"
Mr. Bao asked back: "How do you get electricity in this deep mountain?"
Chen Jue suddenly realized it and said, "I asked why all the houses in the small town here are dark. It turns out that's the case!"
Yang Mo complained: "What about taking a shower at night?"
Mr. Bao said with a smile: "If you want to take a bath, just take off your clothes and stand in the rain for a while. By the way, if you are thirsty, go to the north room. There is a big water tank there."
"What! There's not even running water! How did you survive?" Yang Mo shouted.
Mr. Bao's face was full of disdain: "You city people are just squeamish. I've been here for so many years, old man, and I haven't seen anything better!"
Chen Jue smoothed things over and said, "Don't worry, Mr. Bao, he's just not used to it."
Mr. Bao snorted, stood up and left. When he got to the door, he said again: "Since you are not used to it, you should leave as soon as the rain stops!"
Chen Jue just took it as an old man's words and didn't dare to respond. When Mr. Bao walked away, Yang Mo couldn't help but curse: "If it hadn't been for the heavy rain, I would have wanted to leave now!"
"Okay, okay!" Chen Jue advised: "Although Mr. Bao has a weird temper, he still takes us in, so you can keep your moral integrity. Look, he's not going to give us food yet."
Yang Mo pouted, thinking about it himself, and turned his attention to the food. As soon as he got closer, Yang Mo felt a refreshing fragrance, and a hint of fishy smell mixed with it made the fragrance even more attractive. Yang Mo couldn't wait to open the lotus leaf and saw that it turned out to be a row of sashimi, with some dark sauce on the small plate next to it.
Chen Jue picked up a piece of fish and looked at the oil lamp. The fish was crystal clear, like a piece of soft white jade. He dipped the fish fillet in the sauce and put it in his mouth. His face suddenly became a little strange. He wanted to speak but also pursed his mouth desperately for fear of leaking the fish meat. Later, he remembered that his left hand was idle and quickly raised his thumb to Yang Mo.
"Is it so delicious?" Yang Mo was doubtful and ate a piece as usual. The fish meat melts in your mouth, and the fragrance with a bit of fishy smell instantly spreads in your mouth. The fish meat has a hint of sweetness when chewed carefully, and it goes well with the sauce. It was not like Yang Mo had never eaten sashimi before, but he was still amazed by the piece of sashimi in front of him.
"It's my first time to eat such good sashimi!" Chen Jue finally swallowed the fish and said.
Yang Mo also nodded repeatedly: "I didn't expect that the food here is so good when it is so backward! If there is a channel to sell the sashimi here, wouldn't I make a lot of money?"
The two of them took one bite at a time and finished the fish fillets in a few minutes. In the end, Yang Mo even reluctantly took a few bites of the lotus leaf with the sauce. After eating the delicious food, Yang Mo had a lot less objections to this place, especially when he became sleepy. He didn't even bother to take a shower, so he just found a clean ground and lay down and fell asleep. Chen Jue was easy to make do with, and after washing up, he lay down next to Yang Mo.
In the middle of the night, Mr. Bao quietly approached the door and took a look. Under the dim light of the oil lamp, Yang Mo and Chen Jue were already asleep. It was raining heavily at this time, and all sounds outside the house were covered by the sound of rain. Mr. Bao nodded, turned around and walked out the door. He didn't see that he was wearing rain gear, so he just plunged into the rain.