Chapter 5 Ba Snake
However, Anaduo's father was very happy. In the customs of the Miao people, it was respect for the owner when the guests had enough food and drink.
After three rounds of wine and five flavors, we ate almost the same food and drank a lot of wine, so we started talking too much.
Yuanxiao pointed to the mountains not far away and asked, "Uncle, what kind of mountain is this?"
Anadu's father, without even looking at it, said to us: "Do you know that there are 100,000 mountains in Guangxi?"
Yuanxiao nodded, "One hundred thousand mountains? I have heard of it, but I have never understood what a hundred thousand mountains is. Does it mean that there are many mountains here, with hundreds of thousands of them?"
"Hundreds of thousands?" Anaduo's father laughed, "There are 100,000 mountains, I'm afraid it's going to be stacked to the horizon! And do you know that there are not only 100,000 mountains here, but also 90,000 mountains and 60,000 mountains. According to you, we can't even let go of the mountains here!"
Yuanxiao also smiled, "I am a talented person, uncle, you laugh at me!"
Anado's father waved his hand, "Not only you, many people don't know. In fact, a hundred thousand mountains should be called "fading mountains". Facing mountains means "fading mountains" and "fading mountains" means "fading mountains" and "fading mountains" means "fading mountains"."
"Oh. So that's it." As he said that, Yuanxiao raised his glass to toast Anadu's father. "Then these mountains must be tall and big."
"Of course," Anadu's father said seriously: "One hundred thousand mountains are endless. I have lived here for decades, and I have only been to less than one-tenth of the 100,000 mountains. There are too many places inside, and no one has ever been there." Speaking of this, Anadu's father lowered his voice, "And no one knows what's there!"
Yuanxiao turned around and looked at us. I knew what he meant. One hundred thousand mountains are indeed likely to be our goal, but Annaduo’s father said just now, one hundred thousand mountains are endless, how should we find it?
Anaduo's father continued: "According to legend, thousands of years ago, ancient ancestors lived in the 100,000 mountains, and a large amount of treasures were left in their ruins. Unfortunately, no one has discovered them yet."
I am very interested in the legends that Anaduo’s father said, because many clues to ancient tombs were obtained from these seemingly absurd legends.
I also picked up the wine glass and toasted him, "Uncle, it seems that these 100,000 mountains are very mysterious!"
"That's right," Annaduo's father took a big sip of wine. Annaduo next to him kept stopping him and asked him to drink less. Annaduo's father waved his hand with a smile, but still put down the wine glass, and continued: "And I heard from Anneen in the village that in the 100,000 mountains..."
I looked at Annaduo, "What does Anne can share?"
Anado said, "It's the old man, the older person."
"Oh." I nodded, "Uncle, please continue!"
Anaduo's father continued: "Legendly, there is a Ba snake in the 100,000 mountains! This Ba snake helped Chiyou fight against Huangdi in ancient times, but was eventually defeated by Houyi and escaped here! This snake is extremely huge. According to legend, in the deepest part of the 100,000 mountains, you will see two red lanterns floating in the air..."
When Anadu's father talked about this, I was suddenly stunned. The two red lanterns that appeared in the foggy day, my thoughts instantly returned to the scene we saw in the depths of the Qilian Mountains, the huge eyes floating in the air, like two red lanterns.
I couldn't help but recall that the desperate battle with the giant snake in the remains deep in the Qilian Mountains still makes us shudder when we think about it. Could it be that there is more than one such giant snake?
Thinking of this, my face turned pale in an instant.
Not only me, but also the faces of Yuanxiao and Wenmo also changed suddenly. The three of us couldn't help but look at each other, and we all saw shock in our respective eyes.
Anado's father thought his story shocked us, and told it even more vigorously. "It is said that this snake can devour elephants. The "Shan Hai Jing" once said: Bashe eats elephants and has its bones at the age of three. This snake has a green head and a black body, and a red vertical pattern on its forehead."
After Anaduo's father described the appearance of this snake, we can confirm that the giant snake we saw deep in the Qilian Mountains was the snake. Suddenly, the faces of the three of us became a little ugly.
When Anadu's father saw us like this, he suddenly burst into laughter, "Don't be nervous, it's just a legend."
We pretended to be shocked and smiled. If I told Anado's father, we had really seen Bashe and had a fight with him, I don't know who wouldn't laugh at that time.
Why did the Ba snake I saw in Qilian Mountains hear its legend in Guangxi? Is there it also here? What is the connection between the two?
Although we also know that Anaduo's father is telling a legend he knows, and the content of the legend may not necessarily appear here, the arrival of the second uncle and Yuan An makes me feel that there may be some secret hidden behind this legend.
Because we were having questions in our hearts, after this, we were a little absent-minded in this meal. Anado saw our strangeness and asked me in a low voice if I was a little tired. I knew I couldn't explain the real reason to her, so I had to nod.
Anado was considerate and helped us end the dinner as soon as possible, so we could rest in the guest room and get up early tomorrow.
The three of us said goodbye to Anado's father on the grounds of being a little tired and returned to the room.
As soon as he entered the house, Yuanxiao immediately cleared the door and turned to us and said, "Is the old man from Annaduo true? Will there be a huge insect deep in the mountains?"
I frowned and shook my head, "This is hard to say. They have never seen the big snake in Qilian Mountains, so they think it is a false legend, but we have seen it with our own eyes. This kind of thing is not completely impossible!" As I said that, I looked at the continuous mountains outside the window, with ups and downs, with rugged green and lush green, and the blue sky was shining with each other, like a freehand landscape painting, which was really refreshing. But as the mountains winded forward, hundreds of thousands of mountains were endless, and in the depths of it, clouds and mist were shrouded in a strong sense of mystery,
I sat in front of the bed, "If Guizhou has many mountains, then Guangxi is dense forests, especially in the southwest of Guangxi, there are large tropical rainforests among the 100,000 mountains. The tall and dense trees block most of the sunlight, making the rainforest dark and humid inside. Such an environment is a paradise for snakes! If we encounter that huge snake here, I think it is easier to understand than to see it deep in the Qilian Mountains."
Chapter completed!