Chapter 6 Years in the Mountains (2)
Wu Ming and Hu Zi held up a torch made of pine branches and walked into the hole while fumbled and marked the holes.
To his surprise, the cave was surprisingly large and surprisingly deep, like a large maze, with the highest point reaching more than 30 meters, the widest point reaching more than 20 meters, and the lowest point only allows one person to enter sideways.
Both sides of the cave are full of natural stalactites. In addition to the ground, there will be a little artificial trace on the wall. Some stalactites are like breast milk, and some are like bamboo shoots. The longest is nearly 1 meter. These stalactites are hard, smooth, mostly silver-white, and some are red. Under the irradiation of torches, bright light is dotted.
"Brother Wu, this is not a bottomless pit, right? It's like the hole that Sun Wukong encountered when he was seeking the scriptures." Hu Zi, who could not recognize a few words and had only heard the story of "Journey to the West", asked by the side.
"What is the bottomless pit? This kind of bottomless pit grows from top to bottom is called stalactites. Their main component should be calcium carbonate, and this one grows from bottom to top is called stalactites. It is said that stalactites only grow one centimeter taller every hundred years, and the formation of stalactites must meet two conditions: one is that the spring water dripping must be aligned a little; the other is that the spring water dripping must be continuously flowing. Both are indispensable!" Wu Ming repeated what the tour guide said during a tour tour in later generations.
"Brother Wu, you know so much." Hu Zi looked at Wu Ming with admiration, "That stalactite seems to be three feet long, probably..., many years, right?"
"Three feet is equal to one meter, which means it will take about 10,000 years to form." Wu Ming gave the accurate calculation results.
"Where are ten thousand years?" Hu Zi stuck out his tongue and exclaimed.
Wu Ming looked at his watch and it would take about two hours to leave. According to his feelings, it should be getting more and more downward, and it should be almost over, right?
Going forward, the cave became narrower and he had to bend down and walk slowly. After walking for forty steps, he turned left and left. The cave suddenly became wider. He turned left and right and walked about two hundred steps. Suddenly, a ray of sunlight shone in. What appeared in front of them was an extremely gorgeous and dazzling scenery. The cave became extremely wide here, more than ten meters high, more than forty meters long, and twenty meters wide.
Under the sunlight and torches, the stalactites reflect the colorful and dazzling brilliance of gems, making people feel as if they have entered a gorgeous palace.
The sunlight shines in from an opening above which is more than three meters high from the ground. It is like a huge skylight. The abundant sunlight makes the hole look very bright and warm.
Wu Ming climbed up along the stone, facing the sunshine and mountain wind, and looked around. Outside was a depression with five or six football fields, covered with trees and weeds. His foot was a bare hill close to the center. It was surrounded by steep cliffs, two or three hundred meters high.
"This place is really good!" Hu Zi also crawled out, staring around with wide eyes.
"Let's go down and have a look." Wu Ming said.
The trees here are extremely tall because no one has cut them down. When you walk into the woods, you can hardly see the sky when standing under the trees that cover the sky. Only some sparse light rays are mottled on the thick moss on the ground. From time to time, birds are frightened and fly up.
There is a small lake in the low-lying area near the cliff to the east, which is probably composed of rain and snow water all year round. The water is clear and the fine stones and water plants are clearly visible. Groups of unknown fish swimming leisurely in the water.
"Rabbit." Hu Zi made a surprise voice, then turned around and chased after him.
Wu Ming smiled and squatted by the lake to wash his face. This is really a good place to hide. The cave is like a maze, with many fork holes and caves. Unfamiliar people will definitely get lost when they come in. If he hadn't marked along the way, it would have taken a lot of effort to walk back. Moreover, there are several caves that are particularly narrow, and two people holding guns are enough to guard them.
"Brother Wu, look." Hu Zi ran back in a short while and waved the hare in his hand. "Look at this guy who is stupid and eating so fat again, he runs so slowly, and I grabbed it with empty hands."
"Probably because there are no natural enemies here, that's why this is the case?" Wu Ming guessed.
"We should go back too." Wu Ming patted Hu Zi's shoulder, "You go back and tell the people in the village not to build a thatched house outside. It will be cold soon. It's better to move directly into the cave. It's safe and you can catch rabbits and fish."
"Okay!" Hu Zi said happily, and then looked at Wu Ming with a pleading look. "Brother Wu, I don't know when you will have time. I want to learn how to shoot with you."
Wu Ming smiled and nodded, "If you want to learn from me, you have to be able to endure hardships and not be afraid of fatigue. Can you do it?"
"As long as I can learn Brother Wu's skills, I'm not afraid of anything." Hu Zi patted his chest and promised.
"Okay, I will start teaching you when everyone is settled." Wu Ming looked at the simple boy in front of him and agreed with a smile.
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Today is the fourth day since I came to this strange world. All the villagers moved into the cave (bottomless cave). Finally, they had a place to settle down when the cold winter came. Everyone was very happy and planned to build thatched houses on that depression (Taoyuan), cut down trees, and plant crops and vegetables there in the future. It seems that everyone's fear of the Japanese devils is difficult to eliminate in a short period of time. They would rather stay in the deep mountains and forests than go back to the village.
It's good. I heard that not only were there Japanese, but also bandits outside. The food they had worked hard to grow was basically forcibly conquered, and they could only rely on going into the mountains to collect wild game and dig wild vegetables to fill their hunger. Not only were they hunger, but in this dark and cruel war era, human life was as valuable as ants, and they could lose it at all times. There was no reason at all. The Japanese devils were like a group of perverted animals, who enjoyed killing and were proud of tyranny.
I remember a famous person once said, "Days of satisfaction are depravity day by day." But when I watched those simple villagers live in caves without cold wind, drink wild vegetables, and show the satisfied expression, I want to say, "Only by knowing satisfaction can you have happiness." In this era when wild animals are rampant and life and property are not guaranteed at all, what else can you expect? Meticulous thinking determines the relationship between satisfaction and dissatisfaction, and thus we embark on a journey of constant pursuit. Then, if the "satisfaction" rudder is stable and harmonious on the way, then, through the long road, our front will definitely be a brilliant and perfect end!
These people who live in extremely difficult and difficult lives have a respectable spiritual world. The simplicity and kindness from the heart deeply touched me. They gave me all the food left, and even children and the elderly could not enjoy such treatment. They are so poor, but they are so kind and cute. I have lived in a big city since I was a child, and I have seen countless people. Most of them are profit-oriented, intrigue, snobbish, and insidious people, and few friends who are loyal to each other. Why are people rich but their spiritual world empty and ugly?
I want to do something for them, and I must do something for them. I hope that with my efforts, they can live a better life and eat more. This is my sincere wish.
It seems that I still have to be a killer, but it is different from before. In the past, because I couldn't consider whether the other party should be damned or innocent, I even thought that I would treat myself as a killing machine. I must be cold-blooded, cold-hearted, clean and neat, and not dragging on the mud to stand out from the killer. Now I am not killing people for money or for the company. I want to kill Japanese devils and bandits, even if it is a reward for the simple and kind-hearted them!
This is my first time writing a diary. I just want to leave it to you when I meet, my dear Qifang!
With the dim oil lamp, Wu Ming put down the pen in his hand.
Chapter completed!