Chapter 16: Half Anthropomorphic Rat

　　Wild Wilderness is located in the northeast corner of Huangshi Town. It is a wilderness connecting Huangshi Town and Mengshan Mountain. Because there are many rocks and weeds, it has not been able to be cultivated for so many years, and weeds have grown up there. However, it is precisely because few people are interested in it that the herbs here grow quite well, and from time to time you can hear rumors that someone has picked some medicinal materials here.

　　At this moment, the moon is over Dongshan, and a crescent moon hangs in the southeast. The light is not clear.

　　Xiangmaozi knelt on the ground and squinted his eyes to search hard.

　　Logically speaking, moon grass should emit a faint light under the moonlight.

　　But Xiangmaozi had never seen it before, and she didn't know how bright the light should be. She could only squint her eyes and try her best to explore. There was no moon grass, but she was lucky enough to find a Pothos plant. Next to the Pothos plant, there were several aunty plants. They were all good herbs for clearing away heat and removing internal heat.

　　Lemongrass quickly put the herbs up to the roots into the basket. Green rosacea was one of the three herbs that Mrs. Song ordered that day, and it had long been sold out in the town. I didn't expect to find anything here.

　　With these discoveries, Xiangmaozi felt a lot more at ease.

　　There are indeed many herbs hidden in the wilderness, so maybe there is moon grass!

　　Despite what Xiang Mao Zi told Chun Yu, she had no confidence at all whether Moon Grass could be found in the wilderness. But Lemongrass will tell herself, it must be possible!

　　She has known a truth since she was a child: if you don't believe that it will work for many things from the beginning, then there will be no hope at all. Even if there is nothing wrong with it, you still believe it can work. That's at least half hope!

　　Her stubborn persistence and belief.

　　Because of this kind of personality, I don't know how many times I ate my stepmother. Even her father sometimes said that he had never seen Lemongrass with such a stubborn and donkey-like temperament.

　　But Lemongrass never changed. It was with this stubborn persistence that she was able to escape from Yexi Village to Huangshi Town with Xin Mao at a young age.

　　Now, Lemongrass believes that he will be able to find the legendary moon grass! Certainly possible!

　　She looked up at the moon, which was higher.

　　"Hurry up!" Lemongrass said to herself.

　　Lemongrass accelerated her exploration. As she continued to explore, she walked farther and farther, gradually exploring the depths of the wilderness.

　　From time to time, the night owl's cry of "Oh, quack, quack, quack" came to my ears, and then there was a series of rapid flapping sounds of wings, which seemed to come from all directions.

　　At this time, Xiangmaozi would clamp his arms, like a frightened big rabbit, twisting his head and looking around. Yes, lemongrass is also afraid. After all, she is just a ten-year-old girl. Xiangmaozi remembered what the old man said: The night owl is the soul collector. Every time the night owl cries, a soul is taken away. Sometimes Night Owl can't receive the soul, so he has to pay for it with the living soul. So the night owl is counting the eyebrows of living people. Once the number is clear, the soul can be collected.

　　Thinking of this, Xiangmaozi quickly spit a few mouthfuls in the palm of his hand, and then pressed his eyebrows up, so that Night Owl couldn't count his eyebrows!

　　Suddenly, on the right side of the lemongrass, there was a faint light, which suddenly flashed and then disappeared!

　　Moon grass! Lemongrass's eyes lit up. She quickly ran over dragging the basket. Then the light flashed again in the left front.

　　what happened? !

　　Will the moonlight grass still run away?

　　Lemongrass was a little strange, but she still ran to the place where the first light flashed. She didn't feel relieved if they didn't look at each one.

　　Lemongrass ran very fast, pulling at the thatch. The thatch here was so high that the little girl was almost buried half of her body, so she needed to be whipped hard with her little arms.

　　After stumbling to a place close to the flash of light, Lemongrass began to look around. When she pushed aside the last bush of thatch that obscured her sight, a huge and broken skeleton stabbed at her.

　　Lemongrass said "Ouch" and fell back.

　　Sitting on the ground, Xiangmaozi realized that the head of the skeleton was facing it, with dense white bones and huge eye holes. There was a vague phosphorus fire in the eye hole that flickered on and off.

　　Only then did Citronella realize that it was the phosphorus fire that had attracted him. Not moongrass at all.

　　This is the skeleton of an unknown animal. Its bald head is as big as the arms of a lemongrass tree. Over the years, all the meat on the skeleton has been devoured by various animals, and it has been exposed to wind and rain. Only the dense white bones are still here.

　　Xiangmaozi sat on the ground for a while, calming down his heartbeat that was suddenly frightened by the bones.

　　She clenched her fists and muttered, "These are bones, and bones don't bite!" After a while, she had the strength to get up from the ground.

　　However, Citronella was disappointed after all. It turned out that the shining light in the wilderness was not only the moon grass, but also the desolate bone phosphorus fire.

　　This situation will make her search more difficult.

　　Lemongrass was a little depressed.

　　She dragged her little basket in the opposite direction.

　　"Crack!", a sound came from behind, the sound of something approaching and breaking a branch. Xiangmaozi turned around sharply, but there was nothing behind him.

　　She widened her eyes and looked around cautiously.

　　wrong!

　　There must be something.

　　There was silence all around, and Xiangmaozi suddenly realized that the surroundings were too quiet. Even the sound of insects and crickets was completely gone.

　　Xiangmaozi dropped the basket decisively, pulled out the hatchet from behind, held it tightly with both hands, and then started to be cautious.

　　The thatch in front of me undulates gently with the night wind.

　　Suddenly, a black shadow jumped up from the thatch and headed straight for the lemongrass!

　　"Ha!" Xiang Maozi shouted, using the strength to chop firewood, holding a hatchet with both hands and facing the black shadow.

　　Bang! The huge impact made Xiangmaozi fall backwards, but she knew she couldn't fall down at this moment, so she moved her steps and retreated quickly, thump thump thump, and took a few steps back to stabilize her body.

　　And the black figure also screamed "Ouch" and tried to twist its body on the right side and run away.

　　Only then did Lemongrass see clearly that the black shadow turned out to be a mouse! A pointed mouth, round ears, and a long tail.

　　However, this mouse is too big!

　　In the past, if someone found a mouse as big as a cat, they would brag about it for decades, saying it was Grandpa Mouse. But the mouse Xiangmaozi saw was as big as a wild boar!

　　This kind of creature that magnifies hundreds of times at once can easily fill people with fear.

　　What's more, this kind of mouse in front of me is not a timid person. It stares at the lemongrass seeds, with silver saliva dripping from its mouth. Under the moonlight, its two round bean-like eyes are scarlet.

　　Then, it let out an angry cry, "Squeak!" The two yellow and long front teeth were full of threats!

　　If the lemongrass seeds were lying flat, they wouldn't be as big as this mouse. She felt that in the next second, the mouse would bite her into two pieces!

　　The giant rat made a threatening cry to the lemongrass. It turned around angrily, twisted its huge and flexible body, and pounced on the lemongrass again.

　　Xiangmaozi completely forgot about her fear at this moment. At this moment, she only had one thought, if I don't kill you, I will! Fight with you!

　　"Ah!!!!!!!!!!" She shouted, holding the hatchet high in both hands to face the giant rat. The giant rat fell in front of her almost instantly. Unlike most people who tend to panic easily, Xiangmaozi was very calm until this moment.

　　She knew that she was not strong enough to kill the giant rat, so she had to find a way. Just when the giant rat was about to pounce on her, she rolled to the ground and held the hatchet firmly upward with both hands.

　　From the lower jaw to the belly, under the huge impact, the giant rat's body was cut in half by its own huge inertia!

　　It was like a rain of blood fell in the air, and half of Citronella's body was covered in smelly, sticky rat blood!

　　The giant rat's intestines flowed out, and its whole body fell to the ground and began to twitch.

　　Lemongrass knows that once the intestines come out, the giant rat will probably not survive!

　　She didn't have the energy to rush over and hit him again. Now her hands and feet were so sore that she could only hold her hatchet on the ground, breathing heavily.

　　Just at this time! There was another rustling sound.

　　Lemongrass raised his head sharply, and with a gasp, two rats that looked like large wild boars appeared at the same time! Xiangmaozi felt cold, she had no strength left. Now there are two.

　　Lemongrass immediately clenched the hatchet, pointed the knife forward, and stared closely at the two mice in front of her.

　　The two giant rats quickly crawled to the injured giant rat that fell to the ground, shook their nostrils to sniff, and then let out an angry squeak.

　　They seem to be chatting? !

　　Lemongrass always finds it a bit strange that these giant rats seem to be communicating.

　　Then one of the giant rats roared "Ah squeak" and swung its fat body towards the lemongrass!

　　Xiangmaozi gritted his teeth and waved the hatchet vigorously to resist.

　　Although Xiangmaozi had tried her best, the sudden impact of the giant rat still sent her whole body flying out. The giant rat's long incisors collided with the hatchet. The huge force made Xiangmaozi unable to hold the hatchet. The hatchet that came out of my hand fell far away!

　　Lemongrass fell heavily to the ground, and there was nothing around her!

　　Xiangmaozi ignored the severe pain in her body. She looked at the giant rat approaching step by step. She turned her hands around and touched a big stone while waving her hand. It was not easy for her to take advantage of it.

　　But this was the only support she could find. She glared at the giant rat fiercely and held the stone in her hand.

　　Lemongrass knew she had no hope. There were two giant rats as big as each other, and she only had a stone. What can it be used for? !

　　Lemongrass pursed her lips and held the stone, thinking about giving the giant rat a final blow. Maybe it's useless, but she must smash it!

　　Xiangmaozi has had this temper since she was a child. Even if I die, I will tear off a piece of flesh from my opponent!

　　Country people call this kind of temper the bachelor's temper. Xiangmaozi didn't understand, but she knew that although she was humble, she couldn't let others take advantage of her! This is how the motherless girl Xiang Maozi in the countryside survives!

　　The giant rat looked at the citronella seeds with disdain. It walked slowly, as if playing with the citronella seeds. He rushed forward with an evil voice.

　　"Ah!!!!!!!" Citronella roared loudest, arched her body, pressed her neck and rushed towards the giant rat crazily! This is her last ditch effort.

　　"Execute the evil obstacle!" A sharp shout suddenly came from mid-air.

　　A flash of light and shadow passed by, and with a click, the giant rat was neatly cut into two pieces.