Lost (short story) Zhang Baotong

Passing through the forest, up to the mountain beam, the sun has passed overhead, looking up, the Jade Girl Peak is close in front of you, in the afternoon bright golden light, showing a vast and simple light color. Zhao Jiping looked at the top of the mountain for a while, looked at the sky, and said, "Let's go back, it's not early." ”

Chen Yi snorted, turned her head around, and said, "It's hard to get here, how can you just give up halfway?" She wanted to tell him that the infinite scenery was in the dangerous peak, and the beautiful scenery was not easy to see.

Zhao Jiping explained, "This will go up the mountain, and I am afraid that it will be dark when I return." "Because he knows it's dangerous to walk the mountain at night.

Chen Yi insisted on refusing, and said coquettishly, "It's still early, and it's summer, as long as you hurry up, you can rush back before dark." She didn't say anything, took Zhao Jiping's arm and walked to the opposite mountain. These days, she is looking at that peak every day, how much she wants to go up to the top.

The air in the forest is fresh, full of green, looking at the beautiful and charming posture of the woman, Zhao Jiping feels that there is an irrepressible spring feeling surging in his heart. The woman is about twenty-seven or eighteen years old, about 1.65 meters, with a fairy-like appearance, long hair draped behind her shoulders in a chic manner, and an orange dress on her body, which swings lightly with her steps, giving people a sense of elegance and fluttering dynamics. Walking with such a beautiful and moving woman, he is willing to go to the ends of the earth.

They walked briskly down the hill, down the valley, and the forest grew denser, and the light seemed to dim, and it was so gloomy that it was a little worrying. There were no paths left in the mountains, and they could only walk along the ravine that had been washed away by the rain. Soon, for the sake of the woods, it was very shady and shady. From time to time, flocks of crows rise up in the mossy old woods and make frightening calls.

When they crossed the mountain range and walked to the foot of the tall Jade Girl Peak, the Jade Girl Peak was already shrouded in thick gloom, and the milky white mist was sweeping in with the sudden mountain wind, and in an instant, the whole mountain was darkened.

"Oh no, it's going to rain. Zhao Jiping was taken aback and said to Chen Yi.

"What should I do?" Chen Yi was a little panicked when he heard this.

"Find a place to hide first, the rain in the mountains comes and goes quickly. As he spoke, he pulled Chen Yi and ran down the slope.

The dark clouds soon pressed down, speeding right in front of and around them. Immediately, there were big drops of rain falling down, denser and more urgent. As the lightning shone on the top of the mountain, rolling thunder roared in the sky.

When they ran down the slope in the rain, they found that the heavens and the earth seemed to have changed, and what was in front of them was not the forest and mountain road they had walked on, but a mountain stream full of strange rocks. They stopped under a sloping wall by the stream to take shelter from the rain. The rain was very rapid, as if basins of water were pouring down. By this time, their clothes were soaking wet.

The rain was falling rapidly, and dense drops of water were splashing on the ground. Their eyes began to grow heavy as they stared at the rain curtain. After waiting for a while, the rain still didn't stop, and the sky was getting dark. Zhao Jiping said, "We have to go, and when it gets dark, I'm afraid we won't be able to go back." ”

Chen Yi nodded, looking like she was crying.

It was raining heavily, and the fog was so thick that it was impossible to tell the direction at all. Zhao Jiping stood by the stream and looked around for a while, then walked to a small tree, broke a branch with force, discerned the direction of the back sun from the wood grain, and said to Chen Yi, "Let's go north along the stream, and we can find the way back." ”

Chen Yi knew that he could not be wrong with sketching and painting in the mountains all year round, so he followed him towards the upper reaches of the stream. The stream entered between the two mountain cliffs, and there was no road. But the stream was shallow, so they walked on the mossy stones and the steep slopes of the stream. After walking for a while, the rain slowly stopped. After a while, the sun peeked out of the clouds. But this did not make them happy, because the sun was already in the west, and it was about to set. Once it gets dark and you can't figure out the direction, it's easy to get lost. They had to get on the road as soon as possible so that even if it was dark, they could take the moonlight and touch it back.

After walking along the mountain stream for about an hour, I came to a bend and heard the loud roar of the waves in the mountain stream not far away. They climbed up a smooth stone slope, looked inside, and saw a huge waterfall falling from the top of a cliff dozens of meters high, falling into a deep pool, splashing several meters high, making a thrilling roar. The surrounding stone walls stand like knives and axes. Clearly, they were walking into a dead end.

Zhao Jiping looked at the waterfall falling from the sky, and complained bitterly. He grabbed a stone and threw it hard against the stone wall by the waterfall, then turned around, gasped and said to Chen Yi, "Let's go back." ”

Chen Yi sat on a damp stone and rubbed his feet, a little unwilling to move, so he said, "Let me rest for a while." ”

"You don't want to live anymore?" Zhao Jiping pulled her up and began to walk back along the stream.

The sun had been obscured by the opposite peaks, and the mist spread over the side of the mountain with a twilight gloom. The mountain wind rose suddenly, and the leaves shook violently in the air high above the cliffs. Their clothes were damp and wet, and they shivered with cold when the wind blew them. They started the mountain after breakfast, because the decision to go into the mountain was made at random during their walk. At that time, they all thought that the place they were going to was not far away, so they did not make any preparations. Originally, they should have gone back when they went up to the Jade Emperor Peak. But Chen Yi saw that the Jade Girl Peak was higher and more beautiful, and it was not very far, so she had to ask Zhao Jiping to take her to the Jade Girl Peak. Zhao Jiping was a little hesitant at the time, but seeing that she was full of interest, he felt that it was not easy to go into the mountain, so he didn't want to let her be disappointed. After walking all morning and afternoon on the mountain road, without eating, they felt tired and weak, but they did not dare to relax in the slightest, because they knew that this was a breakthrough in life.