Chapter 128: An earthen house in the field
After a long time, the sun gradually sank in the west, and the sky began to hang red glow. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. biqUgE。 info
The flames that soared into the sky gradually became smaller, but the red flames that burned on them did not go out for a long time. Against the backdrop of the sunset in the west, the sky and the earth are red and transparent.
The evening breeze blew, and the dust from the fire flew in the wind and fell on the two children.
Liu Shuangli let go of his clenched hands and patted the ashes off the boy's head.
Qin Siyang looked up at Liu Shuangli, and then reached out and patted the dust and smoke off her body.
The red sky and earth covered the two children with rose.
'Flutter', Liu Shuang burst out laughing.
It turned out that she patted it, and when she saw that the boy's face was also covered with ashes, she patted it with her hand. I don't want her hands to be covered with gray dust because of the ashes on her clothes that she has just patted. After this shot, the face is not as good as clothes, with sweat stains and grease. The ashes on Qin Siyang's face were not only not photographed by her, but also stained the dust on her hands.
The boy's face was already full of ashes, and when he was slapped by Liu Shuangli, his handsome face suddenly turned into a cat. Liu Shuangli looked at it, first he couldn't help but 'pounce', and then he looked at the boy's angry look, like an awkward big cat, and finally couldn't help but cover his chest and laugh loudly.
"Shuangli-" Seeing Liu Shuangli laughing so presumptuously, Qin Si pretended to be angry, and shouted and stretched out his dusty hands to grab Liu Shuangli's face.
Liu Shuangli bent over with a smile, and was unable to avoid it, and was thrown to the ground by Qin Siyang.
"Don't, Siyang, I didn't mean to, haha-"
Liu Shuangli, who fell to the ground, smiled while separating Qin Siyang's outstretched hands. But she was already a little laughing, how could she still have the strength to block. In a few moments, her round face was grabbed and wiped by Qin Siyang, and it was all painted.
Seeing this, the boy also laughed happily, laughed at his waist, and fell directly on Liu Shuangli's body.
The two children hugged each other and laughed for a while. laughed so hard that the two of them gradually stopped laughing.
The fires in the sorghum fields have been completely extinguished, and the red glow on the horizon has gradually receded.
The stomach growled again, but the two children did not move.
Liu Shuangli let go of the hands holding the boy, stretched his head, looked at the last touch of red glow in the sky, and sighed lightly.
Qin Siyang also let go of his hands, turned over, and lay on his back beside Liu Shuangli, looking at the lead-stained sky, and sighed softly.
The fire was extinguished, and there was no movement from the Mongols. Looks like they've let it go.
The two children lay quietly on the ground where the sorghum grass had been cut, and neither of them went to the business of the Timons.
Little by little, the protest in the stomach became louder.
It wasn't until the last cloud in the sky completely disappeared that Liu Shuangli turned over and stood up, walked over and picked up the package that had been thrown on the ground before. took out the last pastries and dried fruits inside, and ate them separately with Qin Siyang.
Although they were hungry, the two children ate slowly, as if the food was very unpalatable. But in fact, it is the opposite, these pastries and dried fruits are exclusively supplied by the Xuanhua General Military Office, and the craftsmanship is first-class, and the taste is even better.
It's just two hungry children, but they don't have much appetite. I just ate a few bites casually, and after filling my stomach, I stopped eating.
Today, they have many adventures, and they can't help but be afraid when they think about it.
Now, after the fire, they are once again in the aftermath of the catastrophe, rejoicing, laughing, and making trouble. Maybe they will be relieved at this point? Think about it, where should they go down?
What would they do if they ran into Mongolians or people from the Northern Alliance again?
It was already dark, and the moon had not gone up.
As far as the eye can see, the twilight is dreary. As the last glimmer of light in the western sky slowly faded, and there was no spark to be found in the fields, the darkness had swallowed the entire land.
After the laughter, the two children dimmed.
"Siyang, this is the boundary of Shanxi. After a long time, Liu Shuangli sighed, turned around, and packed up the package with the help of the last bit of light in the western sky.
"Hmm. Qin Siyang nodded and replied simply, looking at Liu Shuangli with questioning eyes.
Liu Shuangli shook his head and smiled, and said, "Here, you are in danger, right? Didn't you say that there are many people here who want to harm you?"
"Oh," Qin Siyang nodded again, "Yes, the governor of Shanxi, the chief political secretary, the judge, etc., are all Zheng Guifei's people." They all wanted my life. ”
"Oh," Liu Shuangli nodded, picked up the package and stood up, and said with a cautious face, "Then let's get out of here and leave Shanxi immediately." ”
Qin Siyang was stunned: "Now?"
"Well," Liu Shuangli smiled angrily, "now I have to leave this charred field and find a place to spend the night." ”
"Oh," Qin Siyang nodded understandingly, stood up, and took advantage of the last bit of light in the sky to look at it, "It's really all scorched here." ”
"Yes," Liu Shuangli sighed, "I don't know if there are any other villages around here, whether the people there have been implicated." As she spoke, she stretched out her neck and looked into the distance, but there was no light in sight, and she let out a long sigh in vain, shaking her head and being speechless.
"The Mongols are all beasts. Qin Siyang scolded angrily.
Liu Shuangli nodded in agreement: "Yes, they are all bad things." ”
Qin Siyang then scolded a few words indignantly, and only after relieving the irritability in his heart did he turn back to the original topic and asked, "Then where are we spending the night tonight?"
Liu Shuangli shook his head, did not answer, but asked the boy back: "Mengren will not come again, right?"
"Needless to say, they'll definitely come back. ”
"I mean the day or two. Liu Shuangli couldn't help but smile bitterly.
"Well, I don't know. Qin Siyang snorted and replied.
Liu Shuangli smiled helplessly, said no more, took the boy's hand, and pointed to the east: "I don't know, then we can only try our luck." Just now when we fled here, I saw smoke rising from the other end, and I thought there should be a village and a family there, shall we go and have a look?"
Seeing this, Qin Siyang nodded, and followed Liu Shuangli to the east.
The night was deep, and the sky and the earth were vast.
The sky was so dark that they couldn't see the road clearly a few steps away, and the two children could only clasp their hands and grope their way forward step by step.
The fields that were once covered with sorghum are now charred black. Every step you take will stir up a cloud of dust. There was still residual warmth on the soft ground. As I got closer, I could see a few dim sparks in the charred ash from time to time, and I was gasping for breath at the end. But as soon as the wind blows, the last bit of spark will be extinguished without a trace.
There is no coherent road, and the jagged ridges make the two children who are groping their way forward almost fall down several times. In the gray world, there is no direction to guide, and the two can only rely on their feelings, turning their backs to the direction of the setting sun.
After stumbling for about half an hour, the two finally saw a little light in the distance.
Although the lights were dim, they were clearly visible in this gray, moonless, starless night.
As soon as the two children saw the light, their faces were full of joy, and they couldn't help but speed up the pace of their feet.
After about three quarters of an hour on this journey, they finally approached the place where the light was on. I could see that the light was on and it was an ordinary folk house. Just like the houses in the village where they had stayed the night before, they were all made of loess and black tiled roofs.
But they saw that the window on one side of the earthen house was wide open, and the little light they saw from a distance was shining from this window.
However, there was no fence in front of the house, but it was tightly surrounded by a large field with green rape leaves.
The two children walked carefully around the field, and finally saw a dirt road that could only be stepped on by one person, leading to the gate of the small earthen house.
The two children walked on the dirt road to the gate of the earthen house.
As soon as she approached the gate of the earthen house, Liu Shuangli pressed Qin Siyang and asked him to wait behind, while she herself took a step forward, raised her hand and was about to knock on the door, when she suddenly heard an old voice from inside, and said, "The two of you are still not resting?"
A deep male voice replied, "Let's wait, Uncle Da, you're tired for a day, let's go and rest first." ”
The old man's voice sighed lightly and said, "Today, the Mongolian people have made a rebellion, killed all the people in the North Village, and burned their houses and fields. ”
The young male voice in the room also sighed and was silent for a long time.
Suddenly, another slightly clear male voice interjected: "Fortunately, the Mongolian people didn't come here, somehow, they chased a wave of people and ran in the other direction." ”
The old man's voice sighed again: "I don't know who it is, so many people were dispatched to chase after it." ”
"No matter who it is, it doesn't matter now, it's up to Zhang Chen what they can get back. The deep male voice whispered.
"I think the two of you should rest first, Zhang Chen and they shouldn't be in a hurry to come back so soon. The old voice continued.
"They may not be able to come back, but Uncle Da—" said in a deep voice, "but there are guests outside the door, please go and open the door." ”
When Liu Shuangli heard this, he was shocked and involuntarily took a step back.
I only heard the old voice inside the door say yes, and after a while, the door was squeaked open. Half reflecting the dim lights in the house, a half-gray-haired old man poked his head out of the door, and when he saw the two children, he immediately showed a friendly smile and said, "It turned out to be two babies, why did you come here so late, don't stand outside, come, come into the house and sit." ”
The two children glanced at each other, although they wanted to come to stay overnight, but it was so late, and they were discovered before they knocked on the door, which couldn't help but make them vigilant and hesitate.
Qin Siyang stepped forward and took Liu Shuangli's hand, wanting to pull her away.
Liu Shuangli paused for a while, looked at the old man's kind smile, hesitated for a moment, gritted his teeth, and dragged Qin Siyang into the house. (To be continued.) )