Lost (short story) Zhang Baotong

Chen Yi had to sleep with her eyes closed, but she couldn't sleep, so she turned over and asked, "You often sketch in the wild, have you ever been lost like this?"

"It's not surprising," Zhao Jiping leaned over and said, "A few years ago, when I was sketching in the forest of Xishuangban, Yunnan, a few poachers injured a baby elephant and was chased by a group of elephants. But the poachers suspected that I was following them, so they tied up their hands, left me a loaf of bread and a jug of water, and left. I didn't know the way, so I broke the rope on the stone and felt the way back, and at noon I saw some peasants walking along the road with sacks on their backs, and followed them to a small village in the middle of nowhere. But as soon as he entered the village, he was handcuffed by a group of policemen. Later, I learned that these farmers were hired by drug cartels to help deliver drugs. The police interrogated me for a long time until someone from the unit came and released me. ”

"These stories and experiences are good if they are written. Chen Yi said with interest.

"If you want to write, I have so many stories. Zhao Jiping said.

"I'll write it. Chen Yi said, "You wait and see." ”

The fire outside dimmed, Zhao Jiping got up, added some firewood, and blew on the residual fire for a long time before the fire slowly rekindled. It's cool at night in the mountains, and you can't do it without fire.

When Zhao Jiping lay down again, Chen Yi asked again, "You are away all the year round, will your wife have no opinion?"

Zhao Jiping put his hand on his face for a long time before saying, "We have been divorced for three years." ”

"Why?" Chen Yi was stunned and asked.

"She thinks I can only paint, not live. Zhao Jiping said, couldn't help but be a little stunned, "If I can usually take her shopping more and dance with her, she may not leave me." ”

But for men, career is often life. Chen Yi wanted to comfort him.

However, it is very difficult for men to live only for their careers, and for men, in addition to their careers, there are more important needs, that is, women and families. Who doesn't take the road of life? Just can't ignore the beautiful scenery along the way. My tragedy is that I don't cherish what I get, but I just blindly pursue what I don't get, and as a result, I lose what I get. Zhao Jiping said with emotion, "Actually, if you love a woman, you should make her happy, but I love her, but I don't make her feel happy." If you give me another chance, I will do my job. ”

Hearing this, Chen Yi couldn't help but be a little moved, and said, "You are a real good man, but she hasn't really understood you yet." ”

"Forget it, don't talk about this," Zhao Jiping stretched his body, yawned long, and said, "Let's sleep, we have to hurry tomorrow." ”

No sooner had they crossed the two peaks than white mist and thick clouds chased after them. They stood under a large tree to take shelter from the rain, and their clothes were soon soaked through the swift rain showers. When the rain slowly subsided, they began to hurry again.

Chen Yi said, "I was so hungry that I couldn't walk. Her weak look made him look very embarrassed. He knew what he had promised her that night. But where can we find wild fruit in this forest of towering ancient trees? He smiled apologetically and said, "We have to go further and see." When Chen Yi heard this, he drooped his head down, as if he had been deceived.

The road is on an upward trend, and the peaks are one after another, so it is very difficult to walk. After climbing several peaks in a row, they felt that they had no strength and panicked. Standing on the top of the mountain and looking to the north, I saw the peaks like waves, the forest and the sea were vast, and I couldn't see the edge at a glance.

Chen Yi fell to the grass in a daze, weak, pale, panting as if she was sick, and said, "I can't do it anymore, I really can't walk." ”

Zhao Jiping also felt that he couldn't do it anymore, he was so hungry that he couldn't stand, he was dizzy, and he wanted to fall down. However, he knew that now was not the time to fall. So, with great difficulty, he squatted down, carried her to her up, and said in a earnest and solemn tone, "We must go back alive." ”

Chen Yi covered her face and cried. After she cried for a while, Zhao Jiping helped her up, kissed the tears on her face with his lips, and said, "Let's go." Chen Yi nodded, and let him pull him towards the opposite mountain. In order to save their physical strength, they were supported by a bamboo stick and walked very slowly.

Between the two tall peaks, there is an open meadow, which is green after the rain and the sky is clear, with patches of wildflowers, and large wild bayberry shimmering in the grass with an alluring red color. They went into the meadow in surprise, happily picked the watery bayberry, put it in their mouths and ate it, fresh and delicious, the taste was sweet and sour, and while eating, they felt that the tired life had a new vitality. Picking and picking, Chen Yi saw that there was a bright red bayberry in the middle of the grass, so he ran over to pick it, but before he could run to him, he felt that he had stepped on something soft. She hurriedly raised her foot and flashed, and turned to see a thick, long piebald snake with a long tongue scurrying past her feet. She screamed in disgrace. Zhao Jiping hurriedly ran over and asked her what was wrong. She cried and said, "I stepped on a snake." ”

Zhao Jiping thought that she was bitten by a snake, and his legs were weak with fright, so he ran over and asked her, "Where was the bite?"

Chen Yi's body was still trembling. "Luckily I was able to flash fast and not be bitten by it," she said. ”

Zhao Jiping breathed a sigh of relief, and saw that Chen Yi was so frightened that her voice changed, so he pulled her to the edge of the grass. As soon as they reached the edge of the meadow, they saw a spotted snake whizzing past them. Zhao Jiping looked at the head of the snake and knew that this was a very poisonous snake, so he hurriedly said to Chen Yi, "This is the snake area, let's go quickly." ”

Chen Yi was too frightened to go further into the middle of the meadow, so he said, "Let's go back." ”

Zhao Jiping said angrily, "Go back, then the road we just walked was not in vain?" As he spoke, he took her hand and pulled her towards the middle of the grass while beating the grass with a bamboo stick. In the grass that exudes cool moisture, snakes can be seen running by from time to time, and snake eggs with white flowers can be seen everywhere, which makes people feel a little creepy. Based on his many years of experience in the wilderness in the mountains, he knew that passing through the snake area would be a test for even the most experienced mountain people. They beat the grass with bamboo sticks and walked slowly and alertly. The grass was not very large, but they walked for more than ten minutes. Walked through the meadow and began to go up the hill again. The mountains are getting higher and higher, the trees are dense, and the cold wind is swishing. Because they ate some bayberry, their physical strength was restored, and they walked very quickly. At noon, they went up to a very high mountain beam.