When Yu Weidong came out of the patient's home carrying the medicine box, the sun had already set. Beidahuang In winter, it always gets dark very early. It's not even four o'clock in the afternoon and it's already completely dark. The patient's family wanted to send him to the hill, but Yu Weidong refused and pushed the man back into the house, closed the door, and asked him to take care of the patient. He braved the darkness and cold and embarked on his return journey alone.
The small village where I visited in the afternoon was only four or five miles away from the brigade. After climbing over a small hill and going downhill, I could see the lights of the brigade in the distance. When he first left the village, he didn't think much about it. She wasn't a big girl, and the journey wasn't too far. What was there to be afraid of?
However, as he walked up the hill step by step, he saw that the woods on both sides were getting denser and denser, and seemed to be getting narrower and narrower, almost sealing off this narrow mountain road, and he felt eerie and creepy. people. Fortunately, when he left the village, the patient's family forced a flashlight into his hand, which emitted a ray of light in the darkness.
Yu Weidong quickened his pace and walked towards the hill. The light of the flashlight illuminated the winding path in the forest, guiding him forward. Suddenly, he vaguely heard a rustling sound behind him, as if something was following him. He stopped and shined his flashlight towards the place where the noise came from. But there was nothing there except a stretch of road that his footsteps had measured. He smiled bitterly, thinking that he was neurotic and had heard wrongly. Just as he was about to continue walking forward, he suddenly saw something moving. There seemed to be a shadow on the snow, walking towards him, accompanied by rustling footsteps. He was shocked when he realized that he had really met a wild beast in the mountains, and it was a wolf!
However, when the wolf saw that he was holding a flashlight in his hand, he did not dare to move forward and stopped ten meters away from him. At that time, there were many wolves in this area, and wolves howling could often be heard at night, and some people had encountered wolves. Unexpectedly, he also encountered a wolf on this night, and the distance was only ten meters away. What should he do?
Regarding wolves, he has heard two sayings: If you encounter something on your shoulders in the wild, you must not look back, it is probably a wolf. The wolf would take advantage of the person's turn to look back, bite the person's neck, and bite him to death. There is also a saying that all wild animals are afraid of humans and will stay away from traces of humans, and wolves are no exception. He didn't believe the former statement and thought it was telling a story, while the latter statement was a false proposition. If wolves are afraid of people, how can anyone be eaten by wolves? Although he had doubts about the above two statements, it was still better to be careful and never expose the neck to give the wolf a chance to bite.
He fastened his hat buckle first and then wrapped his scarf tightly. He must not let the wolf bite his neck. Then, continue walking forward. The wolf saw him leaving, and then followed him, getting closer and closer, as if it was always looking for an opportunity to make a surprise attack and knock him down. And he only had a flashlight in his hand, which could only scare the wolf, not a weapon. It would have been nice to have a stick.
He shined a flashlight in front of him. It was all bare, and there was no wooden stick as he hoped. We have no choice but to continue walking forward, and it will be easier if we insist on reaching the village. The wolf seemed to have guessed what he was thinking, and the rustling footsteps became denser, approaching him step by step. Even though his heart was beating fast, he could hear the thumping sound, and the hairs on his hair seemed to stand on end, he still didn't dare to run. As long as he can't hold on and has a complete mental breakdown, the wolf behind him will immediately pounce on him.
At this critical moment, he vaguely saw a dark thing lying across the snow in front of him. He quickly looked there and saw that it was the stick he had hoped for. He quickly walked over. However, he did not dare to bend down and pick up the stick from the ground. While listening to the movement behind him, he hooked one end of the stick with his foot. Seeing him stop, the rustling behind him also stopped. Yu Weidong took the opportunity to pick up the stick with his feet and quickly grabbed it in his hand, but he was greatly disappointed - the stick was rotten and light in his hand, and could be broken with just a little effort.
A stick like this can't even kill a fly, let alone a wolf. Before it could hit the fly, it suddenly broke with a little effort. Still, he held the stick tightly in his hand and turned away. He knew very well at this moment that the wolf didn't know that he was just holding a rotten wooden stick! Seeing that he turned around and had a stick in his hand, the wolf really didn't dare to move forward. He hesitated and stopped only a few steps away from him, staring at Yu Weidong with a stalemate. . This persisted for a while, but the wolf did not retreat.
At this moment, Yu Weidong's heart had calmed down. He knew that it would be very detrimental to him if he continued like this. With courage, he raised his stick and walked towards the wolf step by step. At first, the wolf did not move, standing there with its nose bent and its sharp teeth exposed. Yu Weidong hesitated for a moment, but did not stop and continued walking forward. Seeing Yu Weidong getting closer and closer, the wolf finally couldn't hold on any longer and turned away and ran back a few steps. However, it was not willing to let go of the prey in sight, and stopped again, hissing threateningly at Yu Weidong. Seeing that the wolf was scared, Yu Weidong shouted, waved the stick in his hand, and rushed towards the wolf. The wolf had never seen such a person before. He immediately folded his hooves and ran away, disappearing into the dark night.
Even though the wolf was temporarily scared away, it would definitely turn around and follow him. When Yu Weidong walked down the hill, he heard rustling from behind again. This time, it never dared to get too close and just followed Yu Weidong from a distance. Seeing that the wolf did not dare to approach, Yu Weidong was no longer afraid. He put the stick behind him and walked forward without looking back. And the wolf followed him like a dog, never daring to come near again, and escorted him to the entrance of the village before leaving. This time walking with wolves made him understand a truth: not all beasts are afraid of people, but they are afraid of those who are bold. If he finds a wolf following him and runs away in fear, the consequences will be disastrous.
Author: A fisherman
Chen Yanbin, a native of Bayan County, Heilongjiang Province. I have lived in the lower reaches of Heilongjiang at 48° north latitude for more than thirty years and am familiar with the lives of hunters and fishermen. Most of his animal novels are about northern fishing and hunting life, vividly showing the beauty and cruelty of the wilderness in Northeast China, and flashing his thoughts on the relationship between man and nature.
In 1994, the short story "The Fisher King" was published in the magazine. It has been published in "Baihuazhou", "Mang Zhong", " Contemporary Novels ", "Short Stories", " Chapter Novel ", "New Stories", " More than 300 short stories, stories, and fishing essays have been published in dozens of magazines including " Hundreds of Prose " and " China Fishing ". Some of the works have been published by "Youth Digest", "Yilin", "Reader", "Maxims" ", "Thinking and Wisdom", "Selected Journal of Legendary Biography", "Selected Novel", "Selected Folk Story" and many other magazines. There are also dozens of works that have been included in multiple books from multiple publishers. The four novels "Ice Lake", "Black Fish Paozi", "The Last Wolf Clan" and "Lynx Valley" by the author
have been published and publicly distributed by Zhejiang Children's Publishing House .
