Mu Zhen sat up smartly, stunned for a moment, got out of bed and kicked on his shoes, opened the door, the outside was much brighter than before going to bed, the wind stopped, the snow stopped, leaned out and walked out of the door, a crescent moon on the west roof, revealing a trace of desolation, Mu Zhen had no intention of appreciating the crescent moon, ran directly to the gate, pulled the door bolt, and was about to raise his legs to go out, and was stunned: "Where are you going?"

Mu Zhen stood there, looked at the snow in front of him, which was up to his ankles, and thought to himself, can he guess where Hu Guoqing has gone from just a dream? The dream is still a coincidence, and it is inevitable that such a thing will happen in the world, but how can it be proved where Hu Guoqing went? Will Hu Guoqing go to the field in this icy and snowy land? Will he go to his father's grave and kneel for a night? All kinds of questions are churning in his mind over and over again, and all of them are overturned again and again. But the fact is that Hu Guoqing did not come back overnight, and if nothing happened, it would never be impossible not to come back overnight.

When Mu Zhen first arrived, Hu Guoqing inadvertently pointed to several mounds of earth and mentioned his family's ancestral grave, which was a dry land on the lower edge of the river embankment, surrounded by clusters of peanut seedlings, and one mound, with a wreath of white flowers tied on it.

"Will he be there?" Mu Zhen thought of this, and asked herself again. Then he said to himself, "Whether he's here or not, he should go there?"

With the experience of running away last night, for Mu Zhen, the night is just a continuation of the day, but without the close companionship of the sun father-in-law, the sun is far away from him, heaven and earth are still heaven and earth, and everything else between heaven and earth is the fear of human thinking except for air.

Mu Zhen quietly closed the door, locked it, tightened his collar, and walked along the alley towards the main road in the village, the whole village was surprisingly quiet, except for hearing the "creak" sound of stepping on the snow, he could no longer hear any sound, even if it was a domestic dog that usually likes to bark in the village, at this time, he didn't know where to hide to warm himself, and now he didn't bother to bark twice.

Mu Zhen walked on the east and west streets of the village, leaving a series of long footprints behind her, coupled with the long black shadow reflected by the dim moonlight, which made people think of the ghost stories in "Strange Tales from Liaozhai". Mu Zhen glanced back, a trace of disdain flashed in his eyes, and continued to walk forward, with only one thought in his heart: "Hu Guoqing must be there, and he must be found tonight, otherwise the cold in the second half of the night will freeze him into a popsicle!"

Mu Zhen walked out of the village, the crescent moon seemed to be talking to him, it felt much closer to him, the stars twinkling in the cold seemed to understand Mu Zhen's intentions, and repeatedly blinked his eyes to express his acquiescence: "Go, go to your dear friend!"

In a blink of an eye, Mu Zhen went up the embankment, walked along the embankment and walked a hundred and ten meters south, and looked at the fields below the embankment, in the silver-white world, where are there black shadows? Where are there people? Mu Zhen is not refreshed, maybe he has not yet approached the mounds, maybe he needs to walk closer, thinking in his heart, his legs involuntarily step forward.

It's close, it should be close, why haven't you seen it yet? Mu Zhen walked and stopped, looking at the snow under the river embankment from time to time, now he can only believe that he is right, Hu Guoqing has no reason to go anywhere else except here, because in the days of food and lodging together, they are inseparable, although there are neighbors at home, but he never goes to the door, which can show that he will not stay at someone else's house all night and not go home!

When a person has a direction, he will go on firmly. At this time, Mu Zhen was like a lonely soldier in the snow, struggling to find his comrades-in-arms, it was a kind of belief, and he had the courage to not find and never give up.

"Wind and snow, dark shadows, kneeling. This hint is like an invisible hand holding Mu Zhen forward, guiding Mu Zhen in the direction of moving forward.

The sky darkened a lot as the crescent moon sank, but with the starlight against the snow, you could still distinguish the dark shadows that were different from the snow.

Just as Mu Zhen, who was struggling to find the National Day, suddenly flashed a dark shadow in a dream in front of his eyes, that was Hu Guoqing, that must be Hu Guoqing, Mu Zhen rushed down the embankment, the branches of the embankment slope were staggered and hung clothes, he couldn't take care of it, the tree pit dug on the slope of the embankment knocked it down, he couldn't care, got up and continued to run, at this time Mu Zhen, unstoppable, like a hungry tiger saw the delicious prey, and pounced on it.

Descending to the river embankment, the outline of the black shadow was much clearer, it was a human figure, it was a kneeling human figure, Mu Zhen shouted loudly: "National Day, National Day is you?"

The voice echoed in the wilderness, and the black shadow did not move or respond, but Mu Zhen was not discouraged.

When Mu Zhen stood in front of the black shadow, his eyes looked straight at the black shadow, and his heart was suddenly filled with disappointment, where is there Hu Guoqing, this is a low stone stele, the stele stands there quietly, there is a little snowflake on it, this snowflake may be a snowflake that fell after the wind stopped, Mu Zhen is really helpless, so where is Hu Guoqing?

At this time, Mu Zhen was still firm in his thoughts, Hu Guoqing must be in front of his father's grave, Mu Zhen fixed his mind, there was a stone tablet and there was a grave, and then he turned around in front of this grave, and then turned to another snowdrift above the ground, suddenly his feet were mixed with something, and he lay on it, soft, Mu Zhen immediately pulled it with his hand, and his hand touched the clothes, Mu Zhen did not dare to slack off, knelt in the snow, his hands were like chicken claws looking for food to scratch the snow in front of him, revealing a black dress, this is Hu Guoqing's clothes, Mu Zhen pulled it up from the snow, and the familiar face was a little pale with the starlight reflected in the snow。

Mu Zhen put her hand to her nostrils, and breathed slightly, and then rubbed Hu Guoqing's frozen face a little hard with her hand: "National Day, National Day, wake up, wake up, wake up, how can you sleep here?"

Hu Guoqing did not have any movement, Mu Zhen was a little panicked, but for a determined person, the panicked heart was fleeting, Mu Zhen knew that in this cold, if it was a person in a single and thin clothes, it was impossible to stay alive, fortunately, Guoqing was wrapped in a fur coat sent by his mother from the Northeast, Mu Zhen put his hand into the clothes, the body was very warm, and then touched the legs, the set was the Northeast fur pants that had been recommended to himself, it was said that his uncle sewed pure fur leather pants for him, and then touched his feet, it was a leather boot, just this equipment, not to mention in such a winter night, that is, in the low temperature of minus 30 degrees in the Northeast, it is estimated that there will be no problem。

Mu Zhen unbuttoned his padded jacket, wrapped Hu Guoqing's head in his arms, warmed it for a while, and shouted: "Guoqing, wake up quickly, don't scare me!"

Maybe it was Mu Zhen's body temperature that worked, maybe Hu Guoqing slept very deeply, and was tossed and matched, Mu Zhen's Guoqing head wrapped in his arms moved slightly, and Mu Zhen immediately shouted: "National Day, National Day!

The National Day in Mu Zhen's arms made a faint sound, and then there was a bigger movement in his head.

Then Guoqing put his hand on gloves, Mu Zhen loosened his jacket a little when he saw this, and called softly: "Guoqing, did you hear me?"

"Hmm!" replied Guoqing, who was in his arms.

Mu Zhen felt a burst of ecstasy in her heart and said, "It's good to wake up, it's okay to wake up." ”

Mu Zhen lifted Guoqing's head out of her arms, touched her face and asked, "Why are you so stupid?"

Guoqing didn't answer, was quiet for a while, and suddenly said, "Am I really alive?"

"Of course alive!"

"I thought I was dead, I was going to spend the night with my dad here, but I didn't expect to fall asleep here. Guoqing said slowly.

"You're really dead, let's go home!" Mu Zhen finished pulling Guoqing up from the snow.

"Let's go, go home!" Mu Zhen hurriedly helped him up.

"Slow down, what's wrong with you?" asked Mu Zhen with concern.

"It's okay, help me go home!" Guoqing finished speaking, and walked towards the riverbank with his arm around Mu Zhen's shoulders.