father snake

In the next few days, Shi Xiaochuan was surrounded by various notes and make-up lessons.

In fact, at his current level, missing some classes is not a big problem, but seeing the enthusiastic actions of those teachers and classmates, he is also embarrassed to reject these kindness directly.

Some of the dishes Mama Shi brought were given to roommates who shared the same bed, and some were kept for him to eat slowly.

It's just that no matter how slow it is, the temperature is still very high in late autumn, and it won't last long if you don't want to.

Two days later, the dishes started to smell a bit, so Shi Xiaochuan made a large portion of white rice, mixed with the rest of the dishes, and ate them all in one bite.

The consequence of being so brave is running to the toilet non-stop for two consecutive days, being scolded severely by Shi Chen, and almost being dragged to the hospital again, but Shi Xiaochuan refused desperately, so he came out of the hospital and went again. We are all worried.

He wiped off the fine sweat oozing from his forehead with some exhaustion, looking at the winding mountain road ahead, why didn't he think that the road to Lingshan Temple was so long and so steep before?

Originally, he had promised Teacher She Junhan not to come to Lingshan again, but he had already made an agreement with that giant snake. No matter what, he should fulfill his promise first. Besides, that giant snake is not a monster, but He is his own savior.

At noon, he finally climbed to the back mountain of Lingshan Mountain. The trees were sparse, and thick fallen leaves were scattered on the ground, making a crackling sound when he stepped on it.

Shi Xiaochuan carefully recalled the situation of that night, and compared with the scenery in front of him, he turned around on the Lingshan Mountain, but he couldn't find the deep path under the moonlight.

In the constant search, time passed unconsciously, the sun was setting, the sky was full of sunset, the gorgeous clouds were greedy for the embellishment of colors, entangled with the sun and refused to let it go, but after all, they could not stop its hasty footsteps.

Dusk came.

Shi Xiaochuan sat on a rock exhausted, his stomach was a little weak from eating badly, and after climbing up and down the mountain for so long, his energy was even more exhausted.

Slowly back to the Lingshan Temple, there is no time to go down the mountain tonight, it seems that I will sleep in the Lingshan Temple for another night.

Before it was completely dark, he cooked some rice, took out Shisong's recliner and placed it on the flat ground in front of the view, holding a bowl, watching the afterglow of the setting sun while eating.

Looking at it, somehow, I felt that those clouds were getting closer and closer, and finally surrounded him, a soft ball, very warm.

Shi Xiaochuan touched the clothes made of clouds very curiously, and raised his head, only to find that he was no longer in front of the Lingshan Temple, but was standing at the entrance of a small path.

He is familiar with this road.

The mysterious path under the moonlight appeared before his eyes again.

He walked over without hesitation.

This path is very different from the last time I saw it. The lush trees have all withered, there is not even a leaf left on the bare branches, and the weeds are lying on the side of the road withered.

There was a strong fragrance in the air.

Shi Xiaochuan approached step by step a place that might only exist in his own dreams.

After walking for a while, it suddenly became clear that the deep pool was close at hand.

He walked to the edge of the pool and looked up at the top of the cliff. Under the afterglow of the setting sun, the place was clear and empty, and the giant snake was not there.

He sat by the pool with some disappointment, waving the clear water with his hands.

After waiting for a while, he stood up, and there was probably no hope, the snake would not come back here.

Although he understands human nature, it doesn't mean he can understand his every word and deed, let alone, he didn't agree on a specific meeting time.

It may take a lot of luck to see you again.

Shi Xiaochuan thought so, and planned to walk back.

The moment he turned around, he heard something moving on the top of the cliff. He raised his head and looked at the sky, where a huge snake head appeared out of nowhere.

The lantern-like eyes were staring at Shi Xiaochuan. Shi Xiaochuan waved his hands happily at the giant snake and shouted loudly, "I'm coming to see you."

The giant snake was swimming around the edge of the cliff, and its huge body slid out of the cliff from time to time, making Shi Xiaochuan below watch with fear.

In the end, it seemed as if it was finally busy with its own business, the snake letter spit out a puff of smoke, and Shi Xiaochuan clearly felt the familiar strong fragrance coming from there.

It turned out that this fragrance was emitted by a giant snake.

Wherever the fragrance goes, the climbing vines growing along the cliff slowly lose their tender color at a speed visible to the naked eye.

Shi Xiaochuan didn't see this, his attention was completely attracted by the inexplicable behavior of the giant snake.

The giant snake jumped into the air, its huge body stretched out straight - it jumped off the cliff.

Shi Xiaochuan stared at this scene dumbfounded. The giant snake fell into the deep pool fiercely, and the water splashed all over Shi Xiaochuan's face.

He wiped the water off his face, looked at his wet fingers, finally came to his senses, ran frantically into the pool, and didn't know what to shout, so he could only slap the surface of the water, shouting, "Where are you? Are you OK?"

The deep pool seemed to be a bottomless pit, sucking the giant snake's huge body into it, and after a splash, it returned to calm.

As if nothing had happened.

Except for Shi Xiaochuan's head and face, the water was left behind as a witness of this incident.

Shi Xiaochuan couldn't swim, so he could only stand in the shallow water helplessly, not knowing what to do.

That giant snake jumped down and it killed itself?

Shi Xiaochuan didn't know whether it was water or tears that flowed down his face, he murmured in a low voice, "Why did you jump down, there is something you can't bear, as long as you bear it, maybe everything will be fine."

He heard a slight movement on the surface of the water, but he couldn't open his blurred eyes. He anxiously lifted up his soaked T-shirt to wipe off the water on his face, exposing his snow-white belly.

I saw a white and round thing on the surface of the water slowly drifting this way with the water waves.

Shi Xiaochuan watched this scene with his breath held, fearing that the sound of his breathing would be a little louder, causing that thing to drift away again.

Intuition told him that this thing must have something to do with the giant snake.

A few minutes later, the thing in the center of the pool finally floated to Shi Xiaochuan's side.

Is this a snake egg?

Shi Xiaochuan stretched out his hand, trying to pick up the snake egg, but he didn't expect the snake egg to slide away along the water waves.

He hurriedly took a step forward and said softly, "Don't run."

Hold the snake egg tightly with both hands, it looks like an egg-sized egg, the egg skin is bluish white, and there are faint and invisible light red ancient patterns on it.

When it was in his palm, it was still rolling mischievously, as if the little creatures inside were having fun.

Shi Xiaochuan carefully held it in the palm of his hand, it was something left to him by the giant snake.

He will take good care of it, and maybe a little snake will hatch after a while. The giant snake probably sacrificed itself to send this snake egg out of the cage-like forest above, just like sending itself out Same.

The snake eggs that had just been fished out of the water were slippery. He couldn't hold them firmly, and the snake eggs fell from his fingers.

Seeing that the snake eggs were about to hit the hard ground, Shi Xiaochuan was startled into a cold sweat, and woke up from his dream with a loud cry.

It was only then that he realized that he had just fallen asleep watching the sunset, and it was already dark outside. He looked at the forest with a rough outline in the darkness, thinking of the giant snake that fell from the cliff, and couldn't help but rejoice for everything just now It's just a dream.

He stood up to pack the things beside him, but found that the pocket was heavy. He reached into it to touch it, and he took out the round thing in disbelief and put it in front of his eyes. It was an egg!

Could it be that the dream he had just now had actually happened?

He made a nest out of clothes beside the pillow, and gently put the snake egg in. The oval egg shimmered like pearls in the dim light, and it looked very cute.

Shi Xiaochuan stared at the snake egg, recalling the days when he was with the giant snake in the forest day and night, and thinking about how to deal with or hatch this egg, he slowly fell asleep amidst non-stop thinking .

The egg was quietly placed next to his head, and there was almost no clear boundary between the pearly white shell and Shi Xiaochuan's face.

Worrying about something in his heart, Shi Xiaochuan, who has always been a light sleeper, woke up several times in the middle, touched the snake egg and put it on the pillow before falling asleep peacefully, so awake, the light of dawn came through the window Shi Xiaochuan got up from the bed immediately, and in the morning, there were few people at school or on the road, so he took advantage of this time to go back to school and deal with the snake eggs.

It is Sunday morning, and most of the students who went home from vacation have not yet returned to school. The campus is quiet and quiet, and the birds are fluttering their wings and chirping cheerfully in the distance. Shi Xiaochuan seems to have heard the sound of dew dripping on the ground sound.

When he returned to the dormitory, there was no one there. The other three roommates had gone home. Shi Chen was a little pitiful. His father probably wanted to turn him into a young talent, and every weekend he prepared all kinds of The extra meals kept him busy. According to his occasional mention, he has already started to tell him financial examples.

He found the small box prepared for Xiao Bai, took out the rag inside and threw it away, replaced it with a clean cloth, and put the snake eggs in again.

Since Xiaobai recovered from his injury, he never wanted to use this box as a nest and got into it, but Shi Xiaochuan had the habit of collecting things, so he never threw away this box. The green-skinned snake eggs there, as it turns out, seem to be useless, if you collect them, they may be put to new use later.

He put the box on the table, opened the lid, the sun was already up, and the golden sunlight covered the table. He moved the box so that the sunlight would shine directly on the snake eggs. This temperature should be conducive to the hatching of snake eggs, right?

On Monday, he would go to the school library to see if there were any books on snake hatching and breeding. Although this snake egg was definitely different from ordinary snake eggs, it should still have some reference value, right?Shi Xiaochuan thought while pulling out a book.

I was so absorbed in my thoughts that I didn't notice the movement on the table.

The little white snake crawled in from the window, and immediately noticed the snake egg occupying its nest, and immediately swam over with its tail, opened its mouth and gnawed on the snake egg, trying to swallow the intruder directly. into the stomach.

It's a pity that the snake egg is too big. Although the little white snake has grown up a little bit compared to before, at most it has grown from being as thick as chopsticks to finally being able to pretend to be a pair of chopsticks. Its mouth can only slide on the snake egg in vain slip away.

In the end it got angry, Snake Xin swallowed quickly, wrapped the snake egg with its slender body, trying to push it out of the box.

Its strength was too weak, and it could only make the snake egg move slightly, but the little white snake was smart after all, so it quickly found a point of force, exerted force suddenly, and the box made a moderate sound.

Shi Xiaochuan's thoughts were finally pulled back by the sound, and he saw that the little white snake was about to get the snake egg out of the box, and half of the snake egg was exposed from the box.

He quickly put down the book, grabbed Xiaobai's tail, pulled it into his hand, held down Xiaobai who was struggling non-stop, pinched Xiaobai's head, placed it on the tip of his nose, and met its eyes Eyes, said seriously, "Don't think about this snake egg."

Shi Xiaochuan knows that the little white snake likes to eat all kinds of eggs, and he once took the blame for it. When he was at home, he stole several quail eggs bought by Mama Shi, and even knocked over the plate, leaving the rest All the quail eggs in the house were broken, and his stomach was so bloated that he couldn't even crawl. If Shi Xiaochuan hadn't gone to the kitchen to drink water and saw it, Mama Shi would probably have caught him.

As a result, as soon as Shi Xiaochuan put the little white snake in his pocket and planned to sneak away, he was bumped into by Shi's mother who was planning to go into the kitchen to prepare lunch. Seeing his sneaky appearance and the messy kitchen, he was so angry that he knocked on the stone. Xiao Chuan slapped his head several times, scolding him like a stinky head.

Shi Xiaochuan could only lower his head and accept it obediently, after all, it was the snake he raised that caused the disaster.

He never knew that what Mama Shi hated the most was his quiet appearance.

Shi Xiaochuan soon discovered that Xiaobai didn't listen to his words at all.

It showed a strong interest in this snake egg, and even canceled the usual outings, and surrounded Shi Xiaochuan every day, trying to steal the snake egg under his strict protection.

Shi Xiaochuan has a lot of headaches about this situation, because Xiaobai is there, and he has to take the snake eggs into the bathroom when he takes a bath. In the close-fitting pocket, look at it all the time.

It's hard to live this day, Shi Xiaochuan yawned with two big dark circles under his eyes.

He still needs to explain to his roommates, especially under Shi Chen's suspicious gaze, that he can't sleep well all the time. Fortunately, an accident just happened earlier, and his current situation is not incomprehensible.

It is difficult to defend against house thieves at night and at night. After Xiaobai sneaked into his quilt and rolled up the snake eggs for two consecutive nights, he could only make a small cloth bag, put the snake eggs in it, and sleep at night This way, Xiaobai's problem was solved, but the result was that he didn't even dare to turn over while sleeping, so he could only lie stiffly, always worrying about not crushing the snake's eggs.

Shi Xiaochuan couldn't bear to criticize Xiaobai either, it was only aroused by this delicious-looking snake egg, it seems impossible for you to let an animal fight against instinct, although I haven't seen it treat other eggs There is so much interest.

In order to distract Xiao Bai's attention, he once bought eggs, duck eggs, goose eggs, and quail eggs, and put them one by one in his mouth. Xiao Bai dismissed these eggs and just looked up at his clothes pocket —and the box with the snake eggs is in it.

Shi Xiaochuan was at a loss, he could only watch the snake eggs carefully, not letting Xiaobai get close.

After a long time, he gradually got used to the upright, motionless sleeping position, and the sleeping problem was temporarily solved.

The work of the library was still going on. After Aunt Ping left, the school recruited a new staff member. He was a middle-aged man in his 30s. Shi Xiaochuan knew from his accent that he was not a local.

This middle-aged man is thin and thin, and he never leaves his hand. The library is not smoking, so he goes to the aisle outside to smoke from time to time. At that time, his face was darker than the bottom of the pot, and he was cursing. I don’t know how many students complained to the school, but unfortunately they all disappeared. was dismissed.

In the evening, when Shi Xiaochuan was on duty, he completely let go of his work, sleeping and playing games all night.

Shi Xiaochuan didn't care, even so many students' complaints didn't work, and his protest was definitely ignored, and he couldn't quit the job, so he had to endure it. Fortunately, the job was easy.

More importantly, Shi Xiaochuan was actually a little scared. The inexplicable disappearance in the library and the encounter in that forest left him with lingering fears. If he was accompanied by someone, even if this person pushed all the work to him, he would not I am also happy.

Shi Xiaochuan was looking at a book called "Precautions for Raising Snakes", and was looking at the things to pay attention to when hatching snake eggs, but found that he didn't meet any of the conditions.

The suitable temperature is 35 to [-] degrees. Wear it next to your body. The body temperature is at least [-] degrees. This is not enough.

In order to maintain the relative humidity of the snake eggs, it should be covered with clean and fresh grass and moss. Shi Xiaochuan secretly opened the lid of the box and looked at the licked rags inside, but the conditions were still not met.

He sighed dejectedly, no wonder it has been more than ten days, and the snake egg still hasn't moved at all, so tomorrow he will find some moss to put under it.

Brother Ping, who was next to him, fell asleep again, and there was still a slight snoring sound.

He frowned, turned a page and continued reading.

A barely visible wisp of black mist slowly stretched out from the corner of the room like a tentacles.