Through the virgin forest

Into the dense jungle, ancient trees towering, covering the sky. No matter where you look, you can't know how deep the forest is

The air roots growing from the towering branches are wrapped around a strange bug, which turns its dragonfly-like eyes and looks at us anxiously. A leaf the size of a cattail leaf was covered with biting ants, and in an instant, I was covered with goose bumps.

Under the wet leaves on the ground are soft and slippery silt and rotten wood, and clouds of vines and messy creeping plants make it more difficult for us to walk.

At this time, the jungle is sultry, and several of us are already sweating. John saw four big men, all unkempt and exhausted. He pointed to a big piece of rotten wood on the ground and said, "Let's sit and rest!" " "

About half an hour later, John put his hand on the outside of his left calf, and then he felt dizzy. We gathered around and found that his leg seemed to have been bitten by a big bug, and the bitten part was swollen and purple-black.

Just as we were looking for the murderer everywhere, the snake, which was about 3 meters long and yellow-green, with dark brown spots on its back, quickly fled to the depths of the jungle, and its tail could make a loud noise. I screamed in horror, "rattlesnake!"

John was feverish all over, holding our hands tightly, moving the wooden box that had been carried on his back to us, and staring at us. "Send it out, you four cooperate, and two people take turns at a time." He launched a charge.

"I hope everyone can assure me that you will never leave it before it reaches its destination. Just go straight south and deliver it to Mr. Tang, the owner of the White House outside the jungle, and you will get priceless. " Say that finish, I closed my eyes in pain.

With tears in our eyes, we all solemnly promised to bury John under an old tree that was split in half by lightning.

2.

The four of us are a strange combination and come from different places, but we were recruited online by Mr. John, an explorer from England, on the same day to join him in this expedition through the virgin forest.

I am the youngest. After graduating from college, I couldn't find a high-low job and did nothing at home for two years.

Ma Qiang, who is three years older than me, works in education. He used to be a chemistry teacher in a junior high school in the town. Because some students were whispering to their deskmates in class, Ma Qiang angrily criticized them and asked them to leave the classroom. There was a physical conflict between the two during the pulling. Parents make a mountain out of a molehill and go to the Education Bureau and schools to make a scene. In order to make peace, the school actually asked Ma Qiang to resign.

Among them, the juror is chef Xiao Li. Another big beard is Mai Zhi, the owner of the local shoe factory. Due to the break of the capital chain, creditors come to the door every day and have to end the wandering around the factory.

In fact, we can't understand John's passion for adventure. If he hadn't paid us well, we would never have accompanied him on this mysterious adventure.

However, John always smiles and says, "Sometimes what people find in life is more valuable than the value of gold."

Now John has left us, thinking that the operation will end in failure, but now it seems that this is not the case. Before he died, he left us a sealed wooden box nailed.

I stroked the mysterious wooden box and fell into deep silence.

"This is our destination." Ma Qiang took out a map and said with a finger.

"From the map, it's not far, but I don't know how long it will take." MaiZhi deadpan muttered.

"Don't forget our promise to Mr. John. Let's go." Chef Xiao Li shouted.

How I miss Mr. John at this moment! In this terrible virgin forest, whenever we encounter difficulties, he always encourages us in time, infects us with his own spirit and gives us the motivation to move forward.

3.

It's raining in Mao Mao, and my shoes are deeply immersed in the muddy ground.

In order to save each other's physical strength, Ma Qiang made the following arrangements: two people walked behind with this wooden box, and the two people in front walked in front with crutches to clear obstacles or open the way.

I found a stout dead branch to carry the wooden box, and Xiao Li took the other end of the dead branch, and we moved forward slowly.

The sky is getting dark, the jungle is getting denser and denser, and danger and fear are constantly coming at us.

Along the way, we walked step by step. Ma Qiang and Mai Zhi, who just started walking in front, talked to each other and sometimes told some cold jokes. But when the wooden box was placed on their shoulders, they found that talking seemed to only increase the weight of the box and increase their physical fatigue.

Suddenly, a beam of white light in the sky stabbed us. "Oh, my God! Where is this? "

An old tree with a strange posture looks a bit ferocious.

It turned out that we walked awkwardly in this vast forest for a long time and returned to the place where John was buried before.

"Lost!" The echo resounded through the valley, and suddenly the cold infected every cell in our body, and my whole body kept shaking.

"Shit, what's in this box?" Maizhi kicked the wooden box a few times.

"Calm down, I'm sure John won't lie to us." Ma Qiang shouted.

So we were silent, and then something worse than silence appeared.

I hugged my cold body with my hands crossed, and I remembered the hot wonton wrapped by my mother, and tears welled up in my eyes.

Xiao Li buried his head in his arms and his body fluctuated violently. He said to himself, "My wife and children, I shouldn't have left without saying goodbye."

"That's enough, look at you two. You picked up the wooden box first, did you deliberately take us back to the original place to consume our physical strength, and finally you shared this priceless box. "

I stared at Mak Chi, unable to speak. Xiao Li clenched his iron fist and waved at him. Maizhi immediately scuffled with him.

Ma Qiang tried his best to pull them away and categorically scolded: "Now we must first adjust our mentality. If this continues, we will be killed by ourselves! "

We three keep a low profile. I stared at the old wooden box: I felt that I hated it like a prisoner hated his chains, and I worshipped it like a man in hell longed for an angel.

4.

The rain is still falling, and the rain and fog are still pervading every corner of the forest.

Wet clothes stick to the back. It seems that hunger is more difficult than cold. We have no food. Everyone ate two wild fruits this morning.

"Can you walk out of this forest? That depends on whether we can spend the night safely? " Ma Qiang said solemnly.

The cold wind came, and we four big men hugged each other tightly around the boxes, with our mouths open, trying our best to swallow the rain falling from the sky. My eyes became blurred.

I don't know when a breeze blew, and the wind was still a little fragrant. When we open our eyes, the sky in the distance is blue, and then we look around. There are countless flowers in the left rear of the old tree, including red, pink, yellow and purple ... The fragrance is rich and refreshing.

Our tired bodies are full of strength at once, and Maizhi is at a loss to play with the faulty compass. I quickly squatted down and carefully observed the moss on the surrounding trunks and rocks. Moss generally grows in the backlight, so the place with more moss should be in the north.

"Trust me once and keep going south!" I pointed to the place covered with moss.

"Who told you that you are a college student? We only trust you once. " Xiao Li whispered back.

5.

No matter how difficult it is ahead, we always believe in the far south, where Mr. Tang has been waiting for us.

The day finally came, and the tight green high wall of the big forest suddenly opened. We came to the edge of the jungle and a white house came into view.

An old man in a white coat warmly received us. After a hearty meal, Maizhi licked his dry lips and asked the old man about the reward John had promised before his death.

"I have nothing. Besides thanking you very much for keeping your promise to my good friend, I really can't repay you. " The old man opened his hand and said apologetically.

Xiao Li pointed to the wooden box and said, "It's in here."

Ma Qiang also eagerly repeated: "In the box."

"Please open it!" We asked in unison.

We began to open the box, and the first floor was full of wood. Mai Zhi said loudly, "What joke is John playing with us?"

"I heard the click, come and see!" Xiao Li shouted.

We leaned over, and what Maizhi took out of the box turned out to be a worthless ordinary stone.

"I thought John was crazy for a long time and said there was priceless treasure in the box." Mai Zhi said angrily.

"I remember his original words: if it can be safely delivered to Mr. Tang in the south, it will be priceless."

"So what?" Maizhi cried in chagrin.

I looked at my companion again and again, and the terrible experience of the virgin forest appeared in my mind. Piles of bones in the jungle seem to be in front of us.

"Going into the jungle alone, no one can come out alive." Before entering the jungle, people's warnings kept ringing in their ears.

"Brothers, Mr. John let us get our life! Without this wooden box and that promise, can we walk out of the jungle alive? " I shouted excitedly.

This voice echoed in each of us for a long time.

(End)