Chapter 33 hide in the mountains

Steel, cement, plastic, etc. in the city are all inorganic substances, invented and produced artificially, there are no miracles or mysteries to speak of, and a few books on mathematics, physics and chemistry are enough to explain everything.Most of what people eat are dead animals and plants, and some large quantities of dead goods appear in packaging boxes, vacuum bags and refrigerators.Man is the new God in that artificial world, and no other God is needed. Although there are man-made artifacts in the countryside, they are closer to a natural world.Rural people not only lack enough money to enjoy science (such as the expensive lightning rod in my family), but also face the ever-changing biosphere and the wonderful creation of plants, animals, and microorganisms, including their genetic maps. Undecipherable whitespace and gibberish.They have been stuck with the sun, the moon, the stars, the four seasons, the mountains, the earth, the wind, the rain, the thunder, the floods and droughts, and the evil poisons that cannot be produced and controlled by humans for a long time. They cannot get rid of people's relative ignorance, powerlessness, and impermanence. .

For country people, since science cannot manage everything, of course they need something more than science.Last time Wu Laogui went into the mountain and shot two muntjacs and a rabbit, but this time he shot all the gunpowder, not even a hair.Why is that?The last time Li Yougen went into the mountain and cut down a fir tree on a slope easily, but this time he cut it off when he saw it, and hurt his foot when he moved an axe. In the end, a treetop inexplicably bounced over and swept him into the ravine. , smashed his head and broke his blood.Why?There is also Jiaochong's virtuous father driving a horse to transport wood. In the past, it was safe to come and go, but this time the horse insisted on not leaving, carrying a few logs on its back, and finally stepped on it and collapsed, and the horse and the wood rolled down the mountain. Go, broke a horse's leg, and a waste horse can only go to the slaughterhouse, so anxious that Xian father burst into tears on the spot.Is there no reason here? ... The mountain people don't think that these are accidents, and more importantly, they can't avoid these accidents like the city people.If they are going to survive, they will have to struggle to find a way to deal with it.

So they learned to "harmonize with the mountain": before going up the mountain, they have to burn three sticks of incense to express their forgiveness and gratitude to the mountain god, and they must never talk nonsense or act recklessly after going up the mountain.If it is a hunter who goes up the mountain, it is a more serious offense if he wants to use a knife or a gun on the mountain to see blood. Then they must start "hiding" three days before going up the mountain.The specific method is not to look in the mirror, not to go out, not to see people, not to speak foul language, to hold back even farting, and to tiptoe even to defecate and urinate.When someone greets you, you must turn a blind eye, listen and not hear, and never answer.Stricter "hiding" techniques also include not having sex, not speaking, not lighting lights at night, not serving meals...the list goes on and on.Its purpose is nothing more than to temporarily disappear from the world and escape the eyes and ears of the mountain gods, a bit like special forces sneaking into the ambush area.

Everyone knows these rules, so every time they see the Orion entering the mountain, they pretend not to see it, let alone say hello, and do not pierce the other party's invisibility camouflage.I didn't know this at first. Once I met Wu Laogui on the road, bumped into him head-on, yelled twice, turned his head and left.I thought he was angry for no reason. It was only later that I found out that he was about to go into the mountains to collect wild boar traps. At this moment, he would rather offend me than miss a big deal. Fortunately, he was not bitten by a snake, stung by a bee, and did not break his hands or feet when he entered the mountain this time, otherwise he would probably attribute it to me and hate that my greeting broke his kung fu.I yelled and shouted in front of the vast mountain, and I couldn't escape the crime of betraying friends.