Chapter 69
On that day, Ah Fei had dreams like everyone else, but he was shattered by what happened in reality.
The mistakes in life are unforgivable, and there is no chance to repeat them. At around six o'clock in the afternoon of June 9, he and Huang Ding were fleeing in the boundless barren mountains.
I don't know how long it took to run forward, but the two of them came back to their senses when they couldn't hear any movement.
At this time, the surroundings were gradually shrouded in haze, and there was no gap in the dense forest.
Except for the occasional cries of birds, the area seems to be unusually quiet. The rain has flooded the land so thoroughly that there is hardly any path to follow.
Leaning against the trunk of the tree, Ah Fei took out the map, but there was no mark on it. From the direction they had just run, they had carefully discussed it before deciding to move on.
I hope you don't get lost. At present, the water and food on the body can only last for two days at most, and if you can't get out for these two days, you will face the consequences of fending for yourself.
The darkness had gradually swallowed up the surroundings, and the trees were sprinkled with raindrops, and there was nothing around them to refer to, so the two had to stop.
Aside from the original desire to flee to the mountains, all that remains is fear and cold.
Saving physical strength is the only thing they have to do at the moment, Huang Ding originally planned to find some firewood to keep warm, but Ah Fei still thinks it's okay after thinking about it.
If the smoke is lit and the smoke is seen, the current temporary peace will be broken, not to mention that the surrounding plants are wet and it is not easy to ignite it.
While they could still see something, the two picked some leaves from the surrounding plants and used them to wipe the mud off their trouser legs and shoes.
Their clothes were gradually warmed and dried by the body heat, and after eating some biscuits, they leaned against each other.
Night had fallen, and the whole forest was pitch black. The current surroundings are now full of frog chirping, and what is even more troublesome is the mosquitoes on the side, no one has thought about it before, as long as they sit for a while, the place where the flesh is exposed will be all the traces of bites.
After thinking about it, the two decided to light some leaves and smoke some smoke. In this way, there is no open flame, and mosquitoes may also be controlled.
With the help of the faint flame of the lighter, the two of them tossed in general, and finally lit it, and felt that the mosquitoes were not smoked away, but their eyes were choked.
There was no way for Ah Fei to start cleaning up the surrounding plants, and all the lights he could were thrown into the fire, and no one cared about any more open flames.
After midnight, a small clearing was gradually cleared around, and they scattered some of the ashes they had just burned around.
After a while, Huang Ding calmed down, Huang Ding pulled out his mobile phone card, and set an alarm clock for the morning when he turned it on.
In the second half of the night, the rain seemed to stop, and the two of them, exhausted from tossing and turning all night, leaned against the trunk of a tree and fell asleep.
After a short sleep, I was awakened by the alarm on my mobile phone, and my dizzy head didn't seem to be functioning yet.
After calming down, it was already past six o'clock the next morning, and after Ah Fei cleaned up all the things he burned last night, the two continued to run.
They had to go out of the mountains to reach the area of Changping County before this evening. No one wants to stay overnight in the mountains and forests.
I don't know where things are going now, and I am like a lost dog on the way to escape, but the slightest disturbance in the mountains and forests makes people frightened.
I was afraid that the police would suddenly appear behind me and hold them down on the spot. While hurrying, both of them prayed that it would not rain, and the ground in front of them was mostly deep pits and some pools of water, and they had to carefully bypass the edge with the wooden stick of the pestle in their hands.
Several times both of them fell into the thick jungle. Every stretch of the road under their feet should be a nightmare for them.
It was almost noon since I started in the morning, and it didn't seem like I was even halfway there.
Ah Fei asked Huang Ding, I don't feel like I'm lost, and I haven't come out here. Huang Ding took the map and looked at it carefully, and he was also a little dizzy, and the two of them walked to the top first.
I haven't seen the sun rise since I set out in the morning, and if I really get lost, I'll have to wait to die.
Around this mountain they began to walk halfway up the mountain, and if they could see the whole of the surrounding area, it seemed that they should be able to go out at night.
As a result, when we reached the mountainside, many things in front of us were still covered by trees, which was much worse than expected.
Just before and after reaching the halfway waist, the sky immediately became gloomy, and the two of them were really desperate at the moment.
At the end of the road, Ah Fei was muttering in his mouth, and Huang Ding said, we can't die here. Ah Fei ignored him and lit a cigarette himself.
After taking two puffs, he quietly looked at the foot of the mountain in the distance in a daze, and at this moment, the sky suddenly sounded terrifying, and a lightning bolt pierced the sky.
The two of them were in a cold sweat in an instant, and just after the thunder, they seemed to hear some movement not far behind them, and they couldn't tell whether it was an animal or something else's footsteps.
In an instant, the rain fell heavily, and no one could care about anything but jump forward with their heads in their hands. Ah Fei couldn't remember how long he had been running, and only the pain of being scratched on his body made him slowly come back to his senses along the way, and he only said to rest after pulling Huang Ding.
When the two of them wanted to drink water, they found that all the water and food had been left somewhere.
It's impossible to go back and look for it, and they don't know how far they've gone. Just as the two of them were gasping for breath, there was a rumbling of thunder and lightning.
Death was now just a stone's throw away for them, and the two of them hugged each other and began to cry out in hysteria, as if this was the only way to express their repentance to God.
But no matter how much you shout now, it won't help. Nothing matters in a desperate situation, they just want to be redeemed now.
Soon after, everything around the mountain forest was once again covered in haze, and the darkness was no longer night for them, but a straw that was about to wipe out the last ray of life.
Despair, human life, family, all thoughts are in vain for both of them. Ah Fei didn't want to go any further, because there was no hope.
Huang Ding beside him leaned on the trunk of the tree in a daze, as if it was like a branch that had just grown and was about to wither in the blink of an eye.
There is no word of communication between them, and they fall asleep whenever they want. In a trance, Ah Fei seemed to hear his mother's shout, it was the woman who accompanied him to take care of him as an adult.
Although he couldn't tell where his home was, Ah Fei still solemnly knelt on the ground and kowtowed a few times. Death is not terrible for them, but the process is very silent, and waiting for fear is the most terrible, because you know very well that you will die in the next moment.
When everything around is quiet, when the rain continues to soak here tomorrow, it will be as if nothing had happened, and everything will disappear.
The pressure of the heavy night seems to be uncontrollable. Vaguely in the middle of the night, Huang Ding seemed to hear the roar of the car, and at first Ah Fei also heard it, but thought it was his hallucination.
But then the two of them really heard the sound of the car horn, which was definitely a life for the two of them, almost overjoyed.
The two men supported each other in the darkness, and after each distance they walked, they heard the sound of the horn getting closer and closer, and the long-lost pain also dissipated with the sound, so that at the end both of them began to run wildly.
Finally, at the foot of the mountain, I saw the lights of the cars passing by, which was more exciting than anything else. When they arrived nearby, they saw that it was a landslide, and half of the road was covered by mudslides, otherwise they would have heard the sound of car horns.
On the side of the road, Huang Ding found a driver and brought them some instant noodles from the driver's cab. Ah Fei asked the driver where he was going, and the driver said that he was going to the sand and gravel of the provincial capital.
Yesterday at noon, heavy rain and landslides blocked this section of the road.