Chapter 59: Reality is helpless
Holding a smoking wooden stick in his hand, so that Tong Chen only had one hand in the process of climbing the mountain, fortunately, all kinds of rocks on the hillside along the way were relatively firm, there was no danger, stop and go, close to noon, Tong Chen finally climbed to the top of the mountain.
Although the noon sun was relatively hot, Tong Chen sat on a stone on the top of the mountain, and the breeze blew on his face, but he didn't feel that it was too painful.
Tong Chen was stunned, and suddenly he realized that he had walked out of the "maze" last night, how did he get out? When did he come out? Why couldn't he get out yesterday, but he came out unconsciously today?
Tong Chen was a little confused for a while, and at the beginning of this morning, he temporarily forgot about getting lost, until he was idle at the moment, and suddenly remembered again.
Tong Chen sat there, frowning and thinking for a long time, but he didn't come up with a reason, but this time the lost incident still gave Tong Chen a lot of vigilance, this time he came out in a daze, so what about next time? It seems that he must master a certain skill to discern the direction.
After resting for a while, Tong Chen stood up and carefully observed the scene in the distance, and sure enough, after he leaned on the sun to figure out the general direction, Tong Chen vaguely saw the farmland in the distance to the north, which meant that he had reached the location of the farmland and walked out of this wilderness.
Next, Tong Chen determined the direction, and walked to the north, but the road was not close, in order to avoid getting lost again, he also came up with a good way, every time he walked a certain way, he would set a fixed object in front of him as a coordinate, such as a pine tree, or a stone, so that there are constantly "road signs" in front of him, which largely avoids Tong Chen from taking a detour or taking the wrong road.
Until the evening, Tong Chen still did not reach the intended goal, but he was not as anxious as before at this time, because Tong Chen knew that the route was correct, and he would go out sooner or later, and there was no need to rush away at night.
As usual, Tong Chen chose a campsite, spread some wild grass, lit a bonfire, and the night came as scheduled.
Tong Chen still hasn't built a shelter, although having a shed is a great help to keep warm at night, but it takes a lot of energy to build a shelter, and he hasn't replenished much energy in total these days, dragging his tired body to build a shelter for one night, in Tong Chen's opinion, it is obviously a bit worth the loss.
The effort you put in should be proportional to the result you end up with.
Under the radiation of the heat of the fire, Tong Chen's brain began to sink more and more, and suddenly, in the dark depths where the fire could not shine, a sound of touching the ground sounded when the movement was not very big, and he suddenly opened his eyes, sleepless, and his scalp was numb.
Although the sound was not loud, in this silent night, the sound of this thing touching the leaves on the ground was still very clear, and Tong Chen only saw a black shadow through the moonlight, and disappeared into the vast darkness in an instant.
What is this? What kind of animal is it? Tong Chen sat down and calmed down, and after a while, he lay down and continued to sleep.
It's not that Tong Chen is nervous, but he knows that most animals are afraid of fire, and there should be no danger for him to sleep by the fire, and besides, this is not a barren mountain or old forest, and there should be no dangerous animals.
On the fourth day, Tong Chen continued to move forward, and his only food supplement was the larvae under the stones, it is worth mentioning that at this time, the road under Tong Chen's feet was much better than before, and naturally his speed also increased.
Walking, walking, Tong Chen suddenly found that there was a sound in the wild grass not far ahead, could it be some kind of animal? It shouldn't be, usually animals are very vigilant, and they will immediately run away when they notice a little movement, and he walked so close, obviously the other party didn't seem to feel it.
Tong Chen walked in and immediately saw clearly, what kind of animal is this? It is a child, this is a boy, he looks eight or nine years old, his clothes look extremely dirty, especially his face is covered with dirt and dirt, and his dirty little hands are holding a steamed bun and gnawing on it; he immediately wonders for Dunsheng, whose child is this? How did he run to this wilderness? Aren't he afraid of encountering any accidents?
"Hey, little friend, why are you here alone?, where are your parents?", Tong Chen suddenly asked.
The child who was eating obviously didn't realize when someone was coming behind him, and it wasn't until Tong Chen opened his mouth that he was alarmed.
"Who are you?", the child was frightened, quickly stood up and staggered back a few steps, keeping a certain distance from Tong Chen, he didn't expect to be able to meet people in this wild.
"Children, don't be afraid, I'm not a bad person, I'm just passing by", Tong Chen knew in his heart that this child should be naturally vigilant when he saw a stranger.
The child did not respond to Tong Chen, holding the steamed bun in his hand, looked at Tong Chen a few times, and then lowered his head.
"Are you from a nearby village?", the child still did not respond to Tong Chen's question.
Tong Chen continued: "Did you run out alone? Your parents will definitely be worried when they find out, shall we go home together?"
"I don't want to go home, that home is so annoying, and my parents are also very annoying, so I am still alone outside", the child took another bite of the steamed bun and said.
How could this kid say such a thing, Tong Chen was very surprised, but he was not surprised.
Tong Chen squatted down and whispered, "Little friend, why do you hate your parents so much?
Maybe it was Tong Chen's question that caught the child's heart, and he gradually began to be willing to answer Tong Chen's question.
Next, through a series of inquiries from Tong Chen, even if the little boy's reply was not so qualified, he still had a general understanding of the course of the matter.
It turned out that the little boy was also in a small remote village, and he did not know how far away he was from his current position, and he knew that he had been out for two days, of course, this was not because the child was willing to run away, but because there was a reason for all this.
The little boy's mother is a quick temper, the countryside likes to play mahjong or poker in the countryside, a few dollars is a gimmick, the child goes out of the village to study, goes home once a week, eats and drinks is not worried, but every time the school assignment is a headache for the boy, said that it is a holiday for two or three days, and then the homework is not a day to complete, when the problem will not be done, the boy asks his parents, willing to answer, the boy can not be clear immediately, his mother will reprimand loudly, and sometimes, his parents are too lazy to care, saying that it is to stay back to school to ask the teacher。
Over time, when the boy encounters something he doesn't know, he doesn't ask his parents anymore, and not only that, but even many problems in life he tries to understand by himself or through others.
The boy is naturally naughty, does not like to write homework, and at first plays willfully for a day or two, but on the last day it is different, he starts to get nervous, and immediately rushes to catch up with his homework, and he can't finish writing, and his parents criticize him again, and he goes back to school, and then the teacher.
The boy's father generally listens to the boy's mother, so the boy is a little tormented in life, living under their thoughts every day, and once out of line, it is a stick education.