Dead silence.

A long dead silence.

Lei Zi reached out and touched the big red coffin, confirming that the big red coffin did not move anymore.

Lei Zi's nervous expression relaxed, and he turned his head and gave me a thumbs up: "Master Jiu, you're quite awesome!"

I let out a long sigh, secretly squeezed my cold sweat, and put away the whip to drive the corpse.

Although the big red coffin was temporarily subdued, I didn't feel relaxed at all.

What just happened has cast a heavy shadow on our trip.

First, the crow called mourning, then the rosin broke, and then the coffin was abnormally moved. These one after another were all very bad omens!

Under such circumstances, do we still want to continue this business?

The big red coffin must contain extremely evil things, so the two native masters spared no expense to ask us to transport them, but they were out of the matter and did not take any risks. They were really cunning.

"Do you still want to leave?" I looked at Lei Zi, then at Lao Huang and the others.

Lao Huang and the others looked very good, their eyes flashed a little. Before the coffin was carried out from the village, so many things happened. If they were on the road, they would not know if they could deal with it.

"Anyway, the coffin has not left the village yet. Anyone who is afraid or doesn't want to go there can still regret it now! Once you leave this pud village, you can't look back. You can do it yourself!" Lei Zi said to other coffin holders.

Lao Huang lit a cigarette and smoked silently.

The second brother was behind his back with his hands on his back and paced back and forth in front of the coffin.

The matchstick stood straight on the side without saying a word.

Sweet potato still smiled foolishly. He only looked the most calm about what happened just now.

Xiaofei is the youngest and has no big idea. He looks at Lao Huang and second brother again, as if waiting for someone to make a decision.

I didn't say anything, anyway, I hope they give up this action.

A cigarette burned to the end, and Lao Huang put out the cigarette butts, stood up, and said only two words: "Do work!"

Lao Huang's voice was not loud, but it was full of majesty. The two short words carried an elder's order.

With Lao Huang's words, others returned to the front of the coffin as if they had a reassurance pill.

Leizi said to Lao Huang: "Lao Huang, I have already made it clear anyway. I hope you don't regret it!"

Old Huang smiled: "The coffin carryer takes over the business, so there is no reason why he gave up halfway. Don't underestimate us! This little thing can't scare us! Brothers, come on, carry the coffin!"

Four coffincarvers lifted the coffin again, sweet potato and Xiaofei took the bench away and carried it on their backs again.

Lei Zi raised his chin at me: "Master Jiu, let's get the way!"

I sighed. Since this was everyone's decision, I couldn't force it. I didn't say much at the moment. I raised the oil lamp again and led the group out of the entrance of the village and towards the dark mountains ahead.

The things in the coffin are definitely not simple. We are now walking like a bomb carrying a walk, feeling like stepping on a steel wire at high altitude, which makes me keep my heart tense and dare not relax at all times.

At the same time, I also felt a deep sadness. These suffering coffin carryrs are really carrying coffins with their lives. In order to make money, they still risk their lives to advance even though they know that they are full of dangers. This is a bullshit life, which has forced them to this point.

In this society, people are always unequal and unfair. The civil servants in the city live a pampering life, sitting in spacious and bright offices, air conditioning and heating, looking tall and arrogant, serving all kinds of welfare benefits, without knowing the wind and rain outside. And we country people are working hard to survive every moment, and the hardships in them are indescribable.

Yes, we survive, we are just for survival, and we dare not say for life.

Survival is to live, to have a full meal, and life is to enjoy and taste life.

But no matter what, we are all growing stubbornly like grass in the cracks of stones.

We do not resent our destiny or our living environment. Even if there are mountains around us, we still love this land enthusiastically.

The rolling and towering mountains are endless.

Deep in the mountains, there are primitive jungles that are rarely visited, and even experienced hunters rarely come in.

Lush and towering ancient trees, bushes over half a person tall, the whole jungle is like a pot of stuff. It is no exaggeration to say that we travel through the jungle from morning to night, and almost rarely see the sky.

Even in the middle of winter, there was no wind in the jungle, and it was pressed down in a coffin, and the humidity was heavy. Lei Zi and the others carried the coffin and could wring out water in the vest all day long.

Two or three days have passed, and we can't remember how many hills we have crossed. However, according to the expected distance, we are not far from Youshui Pier, and we probably only have more than one day left.

Because we are all in the places where people are rarely visited, we are almost inseparable day and night. It is not said that we must rest during the day so that we can only get on the road at night. Anyway, we stop and rest when we are sleepy, and continue to rush forward after resting, and travel day and night. Anyway, we wrap a large black cloth on the surface of the coffin during the day to avoid the yang energy of the coffin.

Although it was midnight that night, we were still rushing.

When we thought that the remaining distance was less than one-third, we felt more energetic and we wanted to rush to Youshui Wharf in one go.

To be honest, because it is winter now, we are unwilling to stop and rest at night.

The jungle is a little cool at night, and it will feel chilly when you sleep, it is not comfortable at all, and it is easy to catch a cold.

So if we are not particularly sleepy, we will rush around the clock at night, and then wait for the temperature to turn around during the day before stopping to rest.

I held an oil lamp in my left hand and waved a mountain-driven stick in my right hand to open a road in front. Some bushes were too dense and needed to open a road from it to facilitate the passage of the coffin behind.

The mountain-driving stick is a local dialect here. The so-called mountain-driving stick is actually a wooden stick. It is usually made of thick shrubs. The sharp thorns on the surface of the shrub are cut off, and a few cuts are carved with a knife on one end, which is convenient for the five fingers to grasp. The other end is cut into a tip and can be easily inserted into the mud.

Walking in the deep mountains, this kind of mountain-driven stick is essential. On the one hand, it can be used to climb mountains, on the other hand, it can remove the vines and shrubs in front of you. When encountering snakes, you can also drive them away with sharp sticks and use them as a competing weapon.

When I said that Cao Cao was here, just as I used a mountain-driven stick to push a pile of dead leaves, I actually picked out a hibernating snake from under the pile of leaves.

When I raised the oil lamp, I was frightened and sweated. This was a sharp-kissed viper. Here we are called the five-step snake. It is named because humans and animals are unconscious after being bitten by five steps. It is very toxic and the patterns on the body are similar to those of the fallen leaves of the soil, so it is difficult to find under the dim light.

Although the five-step snake is in hibernation period, if it accidentally stepped on it, the awakened five-step snake will definitely bite my ankle hard, and the consequences will be unimaginable.

Winter snakes that are awakened are terrible. They will become furious and anxious and are extremely easy to attack humans.

The five-step snake twisted its body on the ground and suddenly flew towards my ankle, which was very fast and seemed extremely manic.

Fortunately, I was prepared, so I took a step back, raised my mountain-driving stick, aimed at the triangular snake head, and knocked it hard on the snake head.

The five-step snake suffered a heavy blow and rolled into the pile of fallen leaves, feeling a little confused for a moment.

Before the five-step snake launched a second attack, I turned my wrist and used the mountain-driving stick as a weapon. I stabbed it down with the sharp end, and nailed the head of the five-step snake to the ground.

The five-step snake twisted its body hard in the pile of fallen leaves, but the entire snake's head was pierced into the soil. It was unable to struggle at all and stopped twisting in a short while.

I used my wrist to peel off the snake's head with a mountain-driving stick, stirred it into a paste, and buried it under the soil.

Because the nerve reaction of snakes is very strong, even if the snake's head is cut off and the central nerve is not cut off, the snake's head can still fly and bite people, so I have to smash the snake's head to ensure that everything is foolproof.

I let out a sigh and fiddled with a mountain-driven stick a few times to confirm that the five-step snake was dead.

Lei Zi ordered everyone to put down the coffin, rest on the spot, then walked up, wiped the sweat from his face, and said happily: "The hibernating snake is the fattest. Jiujizi, you go and make a fire, I will peel it and clean the internal organs. This five-step snake can be treated as a midnight snack!"

In rural areas, snakes are often encountered, poisonous and non-toxic, so people in the countryside are not surprised by snakes, especially in difficult families and cannot afford pork. If you can hit a snake, it is also a very happy thing. Eating some snake meat can be considered a tooth sacrifice.

So in our countryside, eating snake meat is normal. Almost every household has eaten it. As long as the snake meat is cooked, there will generally be no problem.

It is winter now, and there are many dead branches and leaves on the ground, which are all good props for making fire.

Xiaofei and I dug a pit on the ground, filled the dead branches and leaves into the pit, and soon a bonfire was set up, and the fire was crackling.

After a while, Lei Zi took care of the snake meat and walked over, found a y-shaped branch, put the snake meat on the branches, and then grilled it back and forth on the fire to ensure that the snake meat is heated evenly.

After the snake meat is roasted, there is no strange smell and it exudes a strong meat aroma.

We each divided a piece of snake meat, which was like gnawing ribs, and then we started to chew in our hands.

Snake meat has a very good nutritional value. It is a great tonic. After a full meal, I feel that my whole stomach is warm, I don’t feel cold at all, and I feel more energetic.
Chapter completed!