"Hand in Hand Travel"

Author: Lu You

Chapter Twenty-Eight: Camping Night

At 7 a.m. on July 21, the small alarm clock rang...... I opened my hazy eyes, the sun was shining outside the window, and the cheerful song of birds chirping could be heard from the trees......

After folding the quilt, I put on my clothes and pants, went into the bathroom to brush my teeth and wash my face, and went to the kitchen to eat a bowl of polenta and a plate of pumpkin.

After breakfast, I picked out two sets of clean new clothes and put them in my suitcase, as well as wilderness survival supplies: dry food, water bottle, flashlight, knife, lighter, band-aid, and wind oil, etc., which can prevent cutting by sharp grass blades and sharp branches, and wind oil, which can prevent mosquito bites. Also bring a blue camping tent and a smooth bamboo mat and a pillow made of bamboo and wood. The backpack also carries a white power bank to prevent the phone from running out of power.

I took the bus to Fu'an Community, the streets were full of black cars and white bicycles parked in two rows, transparent glass windows under the trees, and neat and vertical stainless steel security nets, shining.

I walked downstairs to Xu Lixue's house and saw her and two people loading suitcases into the trunk of the car.

"Hey, Gao Qidao, are you here?" Xu Lixue jumped up happily and waved hello.

"Hmm. "I walked over.

"Have you had breakfast? I have bread and milk here. ”

"No thanks. I've had breakfast. ”

"You brought so much luggage?"

"These are some supplies for survival in the wild. I approached Xu Lixue, "I'll help you move your suitcase into the trunk of the car." ”

"Xu Lixue, it's different if you have a boyfriend. The two of them are so affectionate and sweet. At this time, a girl about 21 years old, wearing a white T-shirt on the upper body, with a cartoon pattern of Peppa Pig printed on the chest, a light blue denim skirt on the lower body, mushroom-shaped short hair, and beautiful eyebrows, joked: "May I ask this handsome guy's name?"

"Hello, my name is Gao Qidao, and I am an assistant in a private detective agency. It mainly carries out business anti-counterfeiting, tracing services, marriage investigation and other businesses. If you need it, you can always contact me. I pulled out a business card from the black rectangular business card case and handed it to the girl with both hands to make it easier for her to read, "This is my business card." ”

"My name is Zhu Yujia, and I am Xu Lixue's college classmate. After Zhu Yujia took my business card, she glanced at it, unzipped the red cowhide satchel with her hand, and hissed, she put the business card into the satchel, "If I need it, I will contact you." ”

"Thank you. ”

"Let me introduce each other, this is my boyfriend Zhang Wenxuan. Zhu Yujia stretched out his hand and gestured, "This is my college classmate Xu Lixue." ”

I stretched out my right hand and shook hands with Zhang Wenxuan cordially, "I'm glad to meet you." ”

"Me too. Zhang Wenxuan responded.

At this time, I felt that there was an oppressive internal force in Zhang Wenxuan's palm.

I had to strain five fingers with all my might.

Could it be that Zhang Wenxuan is a person who has been doing physical work for a long time or exercising regularly?

"What do you do?" I asked curiously.

"I work as a trainer at a health club. ”

My reasoning was correct. Zhang Wenxuan often exercises in the gym, lifting dumbbells and barbells, and his arms form a strong grip.

I moved my suitcase into the trunk of the sedan and stacked them neatly and smoothly.

"Let's get in the car. After Zhang Wenxuan waved his hand, he opened the car door and got into the driver's seat in the car.

We got into the car one after another, Zhu Yujia sat in the co-pilot's seat, while I sat in the back seat, and Xu Lixue sat on my left hand side.

"Gao Qidao, what kind of food do you bring with you for this wild camp?" Xu Lixue turned to me and asked.

"I brought beef jerky, canned eight-treasure porridge, dry food biscuits and mineral water. We consume a lot of physical strength to survive in the wild, and beef jerky can quickly replenish the calories and physical energy required by the human body. What kind of food do you bring?"

"I brought a bag of raisins and chocolate from you last night, as well as a big bag of apples to replenish the vitamin C needed by the body. ”

"Girls just love beauty and beauty. ”

"A man dies for a confidant, and a woman is a person who pleases herself. ”

"You're amazing, you're right. ”

Zhang Wenxuan laughed, "I only brought an old hen and some barbecue iron grills. I cleaned the chicken ahead of time last night. ”

"I bought some sweet potatoes and dried squid. Zhu Yujia lay on the seat and looked at the vehicle driving in front of him.

Seven hours later, we drove to a remote mountainside, surrounded by mountains and verdant valleys.

"Where do we park?" Zhang Wenxuan couldn't make up his mind.

"Let's just park here. Zhu Yujia looked at the surroundings and pointed to a green mountain in the distance, "We walked to the top of that mountain, because there is a flat grass there, which is suitable for camping, and if you are at the top of the mountain, you can see the morning sun in the morning." ”

"Good idea. Zhang Wenxuan agreed.

We removed the suitcase from the trunk of the car and got out of the car with some food.

"Xu Lixue, can you handle it, do you want me to help you get some luggage?"

"No, no. I took the luggage myself. Xu Lixue carried a square cloth bag, "My cloth bag is full of clothes, very light weight. ”

We walked for about half an hour and finally reached the top of the mountain. By this time, we were already sweating profusely and our legs were numb.

"We finally reached the top of the mountain. Zhu Yujia said breathlessly.

Zhang Wenxuan took a deep breath, "Let's camp here." ”

"Good. Xu Lixue happily agreed.

I unzipped the round black bag, grinned, pulled the camping tent out of it, and pulled the elastic rope open. Suddenly, the blue tent immediately popped open......

I pulled out the two circular joints of the tent's white support, chose a flat grass to lower the tent, hammered the nails into the soil with stones, and finally tied the rope to the nails to strengthen the tent to prevent it from being blown and displaced by the strong winds.

I reached into the tent and spread it out on both sides, then set up pillows and emergency lights.

"Gao Qidao, I'm sweating now. Where should I go to shower?"

"Now there are barren mountains and mountains around, where is there a place to bathe?"

"Look, there's a creek down there. Xu Lixue happily pointed to the foot of the mountain, "You go down with me." ”

"Oh yes!" I looked at the foot of the mountain, and there was indeed a meandering stream.

Xu Lixue approached Zhu Yujia, "Gao Qidao and I went down the mountain to take a bath." ”

"Okay, you two pay attention to safety. ”

Xu Lixue and I held hands and chatted as we walked, the mountain road was rugged, full of yellow dirt and stones, and overgrown with weeds......

Xu Lixue and I came to the foot of the mountain and saw a crystal clear stream, the water was very shallow, not suitable for bathing.

Xu Lixue and I continued to walk forward, and suddenly found a large stone carved with four big characters - Heavenly Maiden Bath.

The Tenmai Bath is shaped like a large bathtub, with a large pile of smooth boulders surrounding the water in the middle, surrounded by a circle of reeds swaying in the wind, and a forest behind the pool.

"The water here is so clear and clean!" Xu Lixue walked over with her dry clothes in her hands, "I'm taking a shower here, you are not allowed to peek! Otherwise, I will beat you to death!" Xu Lixue clenched her right hand and shook it twice in front of me.

"The little one obeys. ”

"You go over there and help me get the wind out. If someone comes by, you come and tell me right away. ”

"Okay. As soon as I had finished speaking, I turned and left, and walked to the reeds next to me and stood on guard.

Ten minutes later, the sound of Xu Lixue taking a bath in the Tiannu bath came from behind me......

Suddenly, I heard footsteps coming from the path in the woods, da-da......-da The footsteps are getting closer......

I felt that something was wrong, so I hurriedly ran to the Heavenly Maiden Bath, brushed aside the reeds, put my hands in front of my mouth, made the shape of a horn, and whispered: "Xu Lixue, it's not good." Someone came over. ”

Xu Lixue hurriedly stood up from the water, like a white plaster statue, and quickly put on her clothes......

"Who—who's where?" said a man's voice down the crooked path.

I got out of the reeds and said, "Hello, what's wrong?"

In front of me appeared a dark-skinned, short-haired chaiman in his sixties, carrying a bundle of dry firewood on his back and holding a heavy axe.

"Why are you here?"

"I ......" I stumbled, and suddenly I didn't know what to say.

"What are you sneaking up trying to hide?" Shifu wanted to push away the reeds and walk into the Celestial Maiden's bath.

"You can't go in!" I hurriedly grabbed Chafu's arm.

"You!" Chai Fu glared and raised his heavy axe.

"Uncle, what's wrong with you?" Xu Lixue suddenly appeared in front of me and Chaifu, wearing a white shirt......

"How can there be such a beautiful little girl here?"

Xu Lixue dried her long hair with a white towel, "My friends and I came here to camp. ”

"You two are outsiders?"

"Yes. ”

"I'll tell you both a strange thing. ”

"What strange thing do you want to say?" Xu Lixue twisted her hands and twisted the towel dry.

"There is a village behind this mountain, called the Uninhabited Village. There is not a single family within a 10-kilometer radius. ”

"Where did the villagers go?" I asked, confused.

"This village was originally called Taoyuan Village, and it is home to more than 2,000 people. Since a strange incident, the villagers have been dying of strange diseases. Now, the young people in the village have gone to work in other places. ”

"What the hell is going on?" I asked.

"It's weird, I don't understand. Chafu scratched his hair with his rough hands.

Xu Lixue shuddered, showing a frightened expression, "There is an uninhabited village behind the mountain?"

"Yes. "That's how it is. On the Ghost Day on the 14th day of the seventh lunar month, at about 6 o'clock in the evening, there was a 7-year-old girl in the village, Hu Cuixuan, was playing skipping rope with a group of little girls. Suddenly, Hu Cuixuan fainted and fell to the ground, not waking up even if the other little girls swayed and shouted. Fortunately, the village chief met him and rushed him to the hospital for rescue. ”

"How is Hu Cuixuan's rescue?" I asked with concern.

Hu Cuixuan died seven days after she was admitted to the intensive care unit. ”

"Hu Cuixuan died?"

"Yes. ”

"What disease does Hu Cuixuan suffer?"

"We don't know what the disease is, but the purple spots appear all over the body, and when the black spots appear, the person dies. The people of the village called it a strange disease. ”

"It's terrifying. ”

More than a month later, Hu Cuixuan's parents also contracted this strange disease and transmitted it to other people in the village. The villagers were afraid that this strange disease would spread like a plague, so they moved out of this Taoyuan village one after another. Since then, Taoyuan Village has become an uninhabited village. ”

"Have the villagers asked experts to investigate?"

"The villagers have invited experts. There is an even more terrifying version in the village. ”

"What else do the villagers have to say?"

"The village chief asked the goddess to use the turtle shell for divination. The goddess said: Taoyuan Village has fallen under a spell. The underground location of Taoyuan Village is the mass grave of the ancient battlefield, because many skeletons have been found in the depths of the bamboo forest. ”

"It's incredible. ”

"In short, when you come here to camp, don't enter the uninhabited village. Otherwise, the consequences will be unimaginable. ”

"Thank you, uncle, for the reminder. "I thanked.

Xu Lixue and I walked back to the tent on the top of the mountain......

"Xu Lixue, you were taking a bath in the Heavenly Maiden just now. Did you see you taking a shower?"

"How do I know? Maybe Chefu saw a little bit. ”

Yes?!

……

At 8:15 p.m., we picked up some dried firewood in the woods, put it in the air, put some yellow and soft grass chips in the bottom, and lit it with a lighter, emitting a slight white smoke......

Fifteen minutes later, when the flames grew bigger and stronger, and some fiery charcoal appeared, Zhang Wenxuan used a barbecue iron fork to pass through the chicken, set it on two branches inserted into the soil, and rotated the roast chicken to prevent the chicken from being roasted.

Xu Lixue told Zhu Yujia and Zhang Wenxuan about Chai Fu's words. When they heard this, they showed surprised expressions.

Suddenly, a light drizzle began to fall in the night sky, and a light breeze blew......

"It's raining. Xu Lixue stretched out her right hand and let the rain drip on her palm.

Zhu Yujia sighed lightly: "What should I do now? The chicken is not yet cooked, it is just half baked, half raw, half cooked." ”

"Look there!" Xu Lixue pointed to the night sky in the distance, the dark clouds were thick, a heavy rainstorm was about to come, and pieces of black clouds pressed over......

At this time, the rain is getting heavier and heavier......

"Let's get into the tent and take shelter from the rain. Zhang Wenxuan shouted in a panic.

Xu Lixue and I hurriedly took off our shoes and hid in the tent, then wrapped the cloth shoes in a plastic bag to prevent the soil from falling into the clean tent, and finally put the cloth shoes in a corner of the tent. Because if you put your cloth shoes outside the tent, the rain will be too heavy and you will get wet.

"Did you bring a pillow?" I asked Xu Lixue with concern.

"I didn't bring a pillow. ”

"This is my pillow, you can use it. I handed the pillow to Xu Lixue.

"Thank you. Xu Lixue smiled sweetly.

Xu Lixue and I listened to the sound of the wind outside the tent, whew, the rain hitting the tent, making a coherent sound of crackling......

"The rain is getting heavier and heavier. Xu Lixue looked at the emergency lights hanging in the middle of the tent, emitting golden lights, filling the entire small space.

"Xu Lixue, are you hungry now? I have beef jerky in my backpack. ”

"I'm a little hungry. Are you hungry? Xu Lixue took out a small jar from the cloth bag, "I invite you to eat a rose-flavored pudding." ”

This pink pudding, transparent plastic jar, covered with a very good quality and thick piece of paper and tied with a small white rope, is delicate and cute in shape and bright colors.

"There's also a little spoon here. Xu Lixue handed me a small white folded plastic spoon.

I untied the little white string of the pudding, tore open the wrapping film, took a sip with my mouth to prevent the water from draining, and then gently scooped the solid custard inside with a small spoon, "Wow, this pudding is delicious! ”

"If you like to eat. ”

Xu Lixue and I also ate two bottles of canned eight-treasure porridge and a packet of beef jerky, and then lay down and went to sleep.

"I'll help you cover the quilt and be careful if you catch a cold. "After I helped Xu Lixue cover the quilt, I twisted the size of the emergency light with my hand to adjust the rotary switch.

When I turned off the emergency lights, it was dark inside the tent, and I couldn't see my fingers.

In the middle of the night, thunder and lightning thundered, there was a loud bang, and the storm was raging......

A burst of thunder woke me up......

A white zigzag bolt of lightning streaked across the sky...... Another deafening thunder.

"Xu Lixue, wake up. ”

"What's wrong?" Xu Lixue fell asleep in a daze.

"Our tent was damaged by the wind and is now flooded. ”

"What should I do?"

Suddenly, there was a scream from Zhu Yujia next to him, "Ah!"

"Zhu Yujia, what's wrong with you?"

"Our tent collapsed. ”

"Shall we go into the uninhabited village to take shelter from the heavy rain? If this continues, we will be drenched in the heavy rain. Zhang Wenxuan shouted in a panic.

Are we going to enter an uninhabited village? This ...... I had a sense of foreboding.