Chapter 3 Monkey Group

After the little girl named Xiao Ai took the palm-sized wooden sign, she felt a little cold.

The wooden sign was wrapped with a silver thread and could be hung around the neck.

She pulled it gently and found that the silver thread was very tough and could not be torn apart.

Raising her head, the little girl looked at the white giant wolf in front of her and heard the low voice of the mountain god again.

"Okay, go quickly and go back to your family."

Although the voice was still low and serious, and there seemed to be an echo, the girl was no longer so scared.

She knelt down sensibly and kowtowed hard.

"Thank you, mountain god!"

The heavy rain outside the house had stopped at this time, but the road in the mountain was still muddy and difficult to walk.

The little red embroidered shoes the girl wore had not walked far before they were soiled and wet by the mud and water, and even the hem of her red wedding dress was dirty.

But she was very happy.

Originally, she thought she was going to die or be eaten by the mountain god, but she didn't expect that the mountain god would not only not eat her, but also let her go home. This was a happy ending that she herself dared not imagine.

After walking a distance, the girl looked back in the direction of the mountain temple.

Under the dim sky, the mountain temple surrounded by dense forests was a little gloomy, and the white wolf in the temple had disappeared.

If she hadn't seen it with her own eyes, she couldn't imagine that there would be such a big wolf in this mountain.

Is this the mountain god that everyone fears and fears... It seems to be different from what the old people in the village said.

The girl was a little confused.

She grew up in Shuisheng Village since she was a child, and the legends about the mountain god she heard were all rumors that the mountain god was very powerful, very scary, and even eats people.

But after seeing the real mountain god in person, she found that although the mountain god was indeed very majestic and looked scary, he was not as cruel and terrifying as the rumors said.

Even a little... kind?

The girl shook her head quickly and threw this idea out of her mind.

How can the mountain god be kind? She should be in awe of such a majestic and powerful mountain god.

Thinking of this, the girl clenched the wooden sign in her hand again.

This small wooden sign was made of unknown material. It was cold to the touch, and she felt light when she held it. She should have been very tired after walking so far on the muddy mountain road.

But now she did not feel tired, and her steps were still light.

And holding this wooden sign, she actually knew which direction to go to get back to the village - she had never been to the mountain temple before and did not know the path in the mountain at all.

In the sky, the light gradually became gloomy and dim.

That was not a sign of heavy rain, but that it was getting late and dark.

The girl who noticed the change in the sky was a little anxious. If she could not get out of the mountain before dark, she would not be able to walk on the dark mountain road without a lantern or torch after dark.

Although Hanyu Mountain is not a famous mountain or river, it also has cliffs.

If she was not familiar with the path and walked around in the dark, she would be dead if she accidentally fell off the cliff.

The sign given by the mountain god could only protect her from being eaten by wild beasts, but it did not say that it could protect her from falling to death.

The girl walked faster when she thought of this.

Her skirt was already full of dried mud, which solidified on the skirt, making it extremely heavy. And after walking in the mountains for so long, she gradually began to feel hungry.

Gurgle——

The gurgling sound in the stomach was extremely harsh in the deserted forest.

The hungry girl walked on the muddy mountain path for a long time, and finally couldn't hold on anymore, so she sat on a rock to rest.

In the gradually darkening forest, the girl covered her stomach with tears in her eyes.

So hungry... so hungry...

She couldn't walk anymore.

Although she would not feel tired when walking in the mountains with the mountain god's order, she was so hungry that her legs were weak.

The girl sitting on the rock covered her stomach, looked at the increasingly dark sky with tearful eyes, and murmured, "I'm so hungry..."

She didn't know how long she had to walk, but she really couldn't walk anymore.

If only there was something to eat now, the girl thought.

But she grew up in a mountain village and knew that no fruits and vegetables were ripe at this time of year, and there were no edible wild fruits in the forest.

...She originally thought so.

But something suddenly fell on her head, hitting her head and hurting her head.

The girl picked it up and was stunned...Walnuts? Why are there walnuts here?

She looked up and found that there were more than a dozen monkeys squatting on the tree above her head.

These monkeys appeared at some point, all standing on the branches, looking down at her, as if they were looking at something interesting.

When the girl looked up, the monkeys threw out more than a dozen walnuts one after another, all of which fell at the girl's feet.

Seeing the actions of these monkeys, the girl was a little confused.

"You... gave me walnuts to eat?"

The girl had heard from the elders that the monkeys in the mountains would collect nuts such as walnuts in summer and autumn and hide them for the winter.

But these monkeys actually took the initiative to give her food? Are the monkeys so kind?

The girl was confused, because these monkeys used to live in the Hanyu Mountain. Once the crops in the fields were ripe, they would go down the mountain in groups to steal fruits and vegetables, which made the adults in the village hate them.

But now these monkeys, who are like thieves and robbers, actually offered her food on their own initiative?

"Did the mountain god ask you to come here?" the girl asked cautiously.

But the monkeys left after throwing down some more walnuts, ignoring her at all.

Watching the monkeys disappear in the woods, the girl couldn't help but sigh. Yes, these monkeys can't speak, how could they answer her questions.

But they suddenly came to give her food, they must have been sent by the mountain god. Otherwise, why would these monkeys be so kind?

The girl knelt down in the direction of the mountain god temple and kowtowed heavily, then squatted down, picked up the walnuts on the ground, cracked them one by one with a stone, and ate the flesh inside.

Although there was not much flesh in these walnuts, after eating more than 20 walnuts in one breath, the girl's hunger was finally relieved a little.

At this time, the sky was already gray and almost invisible, and the forest was so dim that it was almost impossible to see the road in the distance.

But the girl, whose hunger was relieved, finally had the strength to continue on her way.

She walked in the dark for a while, and the mountain road in her sight gradually became familiar. The girl was a little excited because she knew she was almost home.

She held the small wooden sign in her hand, quickened her pace, and finally walked out of this unfamiliar forest.

In the dark night sky, dark clouds covered the stars and the moon, and white lightning flashed from time to time. Thunder rumbled between heaven and earth, and it seemed that it was going to rain again.

But the girl walking on the familiar mountain road was no longer afraid. Even though she walked in the dark, she never deviated from the correct direction.

Finally, after walking for an unknown period of time under such a dark night sky, she heard the sound of the river flowing.

Home!

The girl excitedly held the wooden sign and ran quickly towards the river.

As long as she crossed the river and the bridge, she would be back to the village in no time!

The girl thought excitedly, even though she could not see the outline of Shuisheng Village in the dark, her mood was still excited.

Soon, the girl found the stone bridge across the river, and saw the lights of Shuisheng Village in the distance in the darkness.

In the forest behind the girl, the monkeys that had followed her all the way turned around and left, returning to the densely forested Hanyu Mountain and no longer following.

Half an hour later, Lu Heng received the news that the girl had returned to the village safely.

And the one who sent back this news was the group of monkeys that Lu Heng had sent to escort the girl.