Chapter 36 Invite Grandpa Rabbit, the talented man into the sand ditch

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Early the next morning, Caizi went to find the rabbit introduced by Grandma Gao, and after inquiring all the way, he found his home.

The rabbit is not tall, thin and only has a skeleton left, and it looks like he is in his 50s, with quick movements and bright eyes.

When the genius saw the appearance of this "rabbit", he thought to himself, "Rabbit's" appearance and his nickname are very compatible! This person must be very powerful, this person is the person I need.

Thinking of this, Caizi said: "Grandpa Zhang, my name is Caizi, it was Grandma Gao who asked me to come to you, and I want you to take me into Shagouzi." ”

After speaking, he took out the *** certificate letter and showed it to him, and he took a closer look at the letter of introduction.

Then he handed it to Caizi and said, "Are you Zhang Weiwei's classmate?"

Caizi said, "I'm her classmate. ”

After the genius answered, he told him about coming to find the old girl and the purpose of looking for him......

When the rabbit heard this, he said, "Let me accompany you on a trip to Shagouzi? this season...".

The rabbit shook his head before he finished speaking.

When Caizi saw that the rabbit was reluctant to go, Caizi said, "That sand ditch?"

The rabbit said, "I went to look for that student that year, too." The place of Shagouzi has a radius of fifty or sixty miles. About seventy or eighty miles away from us, that place is a big wind outlet, and that place is usually fine, but I am afraid of the wind. The wind and the sand run with the wind, and the dunes change after a while. However, I don't think there's any point in going any further. ”

Caizi said: "I just want to see what it looks like there, and I also think that it is unlikely that I can find a clue to the old girl there." ”

The rabbit shook his head again, showing a hint of embarrassment, and when he saw this, he said, "You stay with me for a day, how about I give you fifty yuan?"

The rabbit smiled and said, "Oh, I didn't mean that, I didn't have any money." I mean, all these years have passed, and the topography of that place has changed a long time ago. Isn't it nonsense to find someone there, and then go there to find it!"

Seeing that the rabbit had no intention of going, Caizi made a pleading tone and muttered, "You can do me a favor!" ”

The rabbit didn't speak, he still didn't mean to go.

Caizi continued: "Grandpa Zhang, Grandma Gao said that only you are most familiar with Shagouzi in this area. If you don't get old, no one will dare to go! Grandpa Zhang, even if I beg you to be old. After speaking, the genius knelt on the ground with a puff.

The rabbit looked at Caizi's action, was startled, his eyes widened, and he immediately went to Caizi's side and helped Caizi up and said, "Child, why are you so reluctant at such a young age!"

Caizi said: "Grandpa Zhang, you don't promise me, you let go of me and I will kneel for you!"

The genius shook his head to see that there was really no way to shirk it, and the rabbit said, "Get up, I really can't resist you!" lest they freeze to death inside, and no one knows. ”

When Caizi heard this, he was overjoyed, got up and hurriedly said, "How many days will it take to get around there?"

The rabbit said, "It's going to go all over the place, and it's going to take a few days." But not now, when you get there this season, you have to come back the same day, and it's freezing and snowy. Where do you sleep at night? Trapped there, you can't freeze to death!"

Caizi nodded his head to show that he understood, and the "rabbit" said: "If you go now, you will be able to come back in the evening, but it is better to leave before dawn and give up the time of the day to Shagouzi." ”

Caizi was happy when he heard this, and said excitedly: "Everything listens to your old age, Grandpa Zhang, I thank you for being old!"

The rabbit said, "That's it, come to my house tomorrow morning at five o'clock, and go back today to get a good night's sleep." ”

The talented man happily left the rabbit's house.

Before dawn the next day, Caizi took dry food and water to Grandpa Rabbit's house according to Grandma Gao's instructions. Grandpa Rabbit had already gotten up, put on his backpack, a Mongolian knife straddled his waist, and packed up and the two of them went on the road.

The rabbit walks lightly and flutters. Caizi followed with great difficulty.

After walking for a while, the eastern sky was white, and I could see some shadows of trees standing faintly around, and the road under my feet began to become clear.

The genius can see clearly, there is no road under his feet. There is snow in the crevices of the sand under your feet, and there are grains of sand hanging in the crevices of the snow. It was said that it was because there were no obstacles under their feet, and the place where the two walked left clear footprints, and the footprints appeared very unusual on the mixture of snow and sand.

The rabbit just walked forward without saying a word.

When the day dawned, he walked to the top of the sand dunes and looked into the distance, and could see the trees in the distance, and he couldn't help but ask, "Have you arrived?"

The rabbit said, "It's to the edge, the real sand ditch, there is still some distance." ”

Caizi followed closely, his legs were sore from his tiredness, and the more he walked in, the thinner the trees became.

At this time, the sun was already hanging at eight or nine o'clock.

At this time, the rabbit stopped and said to the genius, "This is the inside of the sand ditch, and there is only sand in it." Because this is winter, the wind and sand are not strong, and there is no danger. ”

Caizi said, "Is this the place where the old girl disappeared?"

The rabbit replied, "I guess so." ”

The genius asked, "Where are you going?"

The rabbit said, "Don't worry, eat something first, we haven't eaten in the morning, how can we walk hungry." ”

After speaking, the rabbit opened his backpack, took out two pancakes, handed one to Caizi and said, "Come and eat something first." ”

The genius said, "I have bread and soda here." ”

He also opened his backpack and saw that the two bottles of soda were already popsicles, but fortunately, the glass bottles had not yet frozen, and the rabbit smiled when he saw it, then unbuttoned his fur coat, pulled out a leather bag from his arms, and said to Caizi: "Drink first." ”

Caizi took the leather bag, and it was hot, this was a leather water bag with the body temperature of a rabbit. The rabbit said: "When you enter the desert, you must remember that you can only drink one small sip of water at a time, this is a precaution, drink it all at once, soak in urine and leave." Although we are not really a big desert, we must also prevent us from losing our way, lest we go inside for a long time without water to drink. ”

Saying this, the rabbit took the water bag in the hand of the genius, took a sip of water, chewed the pancakes, and said: "When I was young, I used to hunt here, and there were wild boars, yellow sheep, green sheep, roe deer, red deer, lynx, sable, marmots, badgers, and hedgehogs. You can also pick bracken, yellow flowers, apricots, manguan fruits, pine seeds, cobs, and acorns from the big forest. In autumn, you can pick mushrooms and fungus. But at that time, we often encountered wolves, so we had to scare them away. The place was beautiful back then. Because the desertification of this place was not so serious at that time, the edge of the sand ditch was full of tall poplars, and the trees were covered with grass, many trees were cut down in previous years, and excessive grazing made it appear now, even pheasants and hares are gone, not to mention other animals. Hi...! It's sad to think about!"

The rabbit was so excited that he almost burst into tears.

The genius asked, "Well, there are no wolves here!"

The rabbit affirmed, "Yes, but not much." ”

The genius thought to himself, did the old girl meet the wolf?

Thinking of this, he didn't dare to think any further.

After a pause, the rabbit got up and said, "Let's go." ”

The genius followed him for a long time, and the scenery in front of him changed, and the trees were gone. The sand under your feet is fine and smooth, and the color is dark yellow, which is unique. To the north, west, and south are endless valleys of sand peaks and waves, and the height of the dunes is generally twenty or thirty meters. The sand dunes rise and fall, some like a crescent moon, some like the back of a fish, and some of the sand nests are covered with snow.

Caizi thought to himself, if he hadn't come to find the old girl this time, and his mood was not so heavy, he could have seen this scenery. However, at this time, how can I be in the mood to watch this!

The rabbit stopped and said, "Here, you can walk around the neighborhood." But be sure to follow the original footprints and don't go far. I'm waiting for you here, and we'll have to go back when the sun shines overhead. ”

After the rabbit finished speaking, he squatted in the sand nest of the rising sun.

This is the first time in his life that he has seen such a scene, and he is both excited and depressed.

I thought, "Where are you?"

Walking far away, standing on the sandbag, he couldn't suppress his emotions, his palms naturally formed a trumpet shape, and he shouted in circles in the four directions of southeast, south, northwest, and "Old girl...... Where are you, old girl...... Where are you, old girl...... , I'm a genius, I'm coming, did you hear it? ”

The shouts of the genius echoed through the long sand dunes, but there was no other sound except his shouts.

When the genius shouted that he was tired, he began to walk around, and when he was tired, he rested his feet. Over one dune and another.

I don't know how long I walked, but the sun in the sky was already shining overhead. According to the rabbit, "When the sun shines overhead, you must return." "There was no way, Caizi went back the way he came.

When he got there, he saw the rabbit wrapped in a sheepskin coat and his dogskin hat rolled up, and it seemed that he didn't feel too cold.

The two returned as planned, and just like that, they returned to the rabbit's house just after dark.

The talented man was left to eat, and the hospitable rabbit wife poured fragrant milk tea.

At this time, "the rabbit took a sip of milk tea, opened the chatterbox, and said with a smile: "I am Han nationality, my wife is Mongolian, and I only settled down after marrying me." Her family was born in a yurt because of her herding ancestors, and all four of us have started a family and moved out to live a different life. When I was young, I was a good hunter, because I ran fast, the people in the village called me "rabbit", but now that I am old, I have long stopped hunting, but I love this nickname! Some of the children here call me Grandpa Rabbit, and you can call me Grandpa Rabbit in the future. ”

Caizi smiled and said, "Okay then, Grandpa Rabbit." ”

At this time, the rabbit's wife had already cooked the meal and scalded the mare's milk wine, and this was the first time Caizi drank mare's milk wine. The mellow aroma of mare's milk wine is intoxicating and may be the cause of a bad mood. Caizi drank two bowls of wine and became drunk, but the rabbit didn't dare to persuade him to drink it anymore, and he fell asleep on the kang of the rabbit's house.

When I woke up, it was already midnight, and Caizi returned to Grandma Gao's house. Seeing that the lights in Grandma Gao's house were still on, Caizi stood outside the window and said to Grandma Gao, "Grandma Gao, I'm back." ”

Grandma Gao looked at Caizi carefully and said, "It's good to come back, I'm worried." I'm all done with the kang, it's hot, you go to sleep. ”

Caizi said, "Thank you, Grandma Gao, then I'll go back to the house." ”

As soon as Caizi turned around to leave, Grandma Gao called out to him: "Caizi, by the way, this morning, the girl who came with you came, and I told her that you went to Shagouzi." She said, I'll come back to see you tomorrow morning. ”

Caizi replied, "Grandma Gao, I know." ”

After speaking, Caizi returned to the ear room, the kang was indeed very hot, and the room was warm. Caizi lay on this earthen kang and reminisced about entering the sand ditch, and gradually fell asleep.