Chapter 17: An Outpost on the Great Journey
In the end, Xia Zhe still left the town, and with the expectations of Uncle Jim and Aunt Susan, he embarked on the journey of marrying Bai Fumei and walking to the peak of his life. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info
I thought I would fight to the end, but I compromised on the third day, I couldn't sleep well, I couldn't eat well, and even when I was blowing under the sun, someone would appear in front of him at any time to give him a white eye.
Xia Zhe, who was really unbearable, had only one way to compromise. Grab Aunt Susan's duffel bag and leave the town under their watchful eye.
However, Xia Zhe, who spent five days trekking through the border woodland, found that he didn't know what to do next, and he didn't even set a general direction. The most embarrassing thing is that the uncle actually prepared only one for him, which only includes a partial map around the border woodland, which is said to have been picked up by Uncle Jim from a reliable old hunter who often goes in and out of old boots, Xia Zhe holds the so-called map in both hands, and the abstract stick figures with thick lines on it make his brows constantly raised.
Luckily, he had heard from the previous evacuation alert that there was a city called Brussellin to the north of the town. And Reggie also said they were going back to Bluceline. So Xia Zhe, who was lazy and brainy, decided to go to Brusselin first, maybe he could meet Alwin and Reggie there, and Xia Zhe was also very curious about the hero association that only existed in the imagination.
It's a pity that Xia Zhe, who was full of expectations, found that when he just walked out of the woodland north, he didn't have much food and water left, and whether he continued to move forward or returned the same way, the remaining dry food could only support him for one more day at most.
Looking at the sun overhead, Xia Zhe sighed heavily, he was ready to eat all the way to Brusselin.
The uncles and aunts spent a few days, carefully preparing food and new clothes to let Xia Zhe go on the road with peace of mind, but because the three of them had no experience of going far away, they caused such an oolong situation under their own limited cognition. Until now, Xia Zhe's eyes can still appear in front of his eyes, the thumbs up that Uncle Jim held up to him, and the shining white teeth.
The sun shone warmly on his body at noon after autumn, and he couldn't help but miss the comfortable feeling of lying on the deck chair and basking in the sun a few days ago.
Xia Zhe, who was weak, continued to walk north for most of the day, probably because God's conscience found out, after all, he was still not willing to starve Xia Zhe to death now, so when it was about to fall at night, he found this strange camp in front of him.
From a distance, the entire camp is only about a hundred squares, built against a small dirt slope. The camp looked like it had been built hastily, and there was no entrance, and the fence that wrapped around the perimeter was made up of all kinds of thick planks and thick tree trunks, and although it was ugly, it was unusually strong, and the whole camp was tightly enclosed by three layers inside and three layers outside, as if it was guarding against something.
When Xia Zhe, who didn't think about it so much, approached this strange camp, he heard a few "boom-boom" sounds from inside the camp, and after a while, several precise arrows were nailed straight to Xia Zhe's feet, and the feathers on the arrows were still trembling at this time.
Xia Zhe, who was taken off, had to stand in place and shouted, "Hey! I'm just a passerby who wants to buy some food and water, so cruel. ”
Perhaps noticing that Xia Zhe was indeed a harmless face to humans and animals, coupled with the fact that he was the only one in the open field of vision, the camp not far away gradually calmed down.
It didn't take long for a head, wrapped in a thick hood, to stick out of the gap in the camp's thick fence, and he looked around for a moment to make sure there was no danger before emerging from an inconspicuous corner.
This vigilant appearance made Xia Zhe scratch his cheeks in confusion.
Is there calamity?
The short figure soon appeared in front of Xia Zhe, he raised his head and asked in a hurried tone: "Who are you? Where are you from? What are you doing here?"
A series of questions came into Xia Zhe's ears without stopping.
It wasn't until the other party raised his head that Xia Zhe saw clearly that the young man in front of him was very young, and his earthy yellow robe was draped over his thin body like a wide sheet, which was very ill-fitting. And the delicate face was also very nervous when staring at Xia Zhe, as if he was guarding against something, even when he was questioning Xia Zhe's question, his gaze did not completely stay on Xia Zhe.
At this time, Xia Zhe felt that the other party was really making a fuss, and it should be him who was frightened, so Xia Zhe replied in a very rude tone: "Man, Tuqi Town, just one, buy supplies." ”
“???”
Looking at the other party's pitiful appearance, Xia Zhe rose to tease the other party, "What are you nervous about?" But it's still dangerous for a little boy to appear in front of me. ”
"???No, I, I'm not nervous, I, I'm very good. You, you're a bad person. The young man took a few steps back vigilantly, staring at the evil Xia Zhe with his eyes, looking like you are a bad person.
Seeing the other party's pitiful appearance as if he was about to cry, Xia Zhe laughed, and even the mood of being frightened before was not so unhappy.
Xia Zhe, who knew that he couldn't bully the other party, began to appease the other party, if the other party remembered his grudge and didn't sell him food, then he would beg for his own hardship.
"I'm sorry to scare you, I'll answer your question anew, my name is Xia Zhe, and I'm a traveler from the town of Tage in the south, and I'm running out of supplies, so when I saw this camp, I planned to come over and buy some food and water, you see. As he spoke, Xia Zhe opened the almost empty coarse cloth backpack.
The young man unconsciously stretched out his head to check Xia Zhe's backpack, and then after realizing his stupid move, he stared at Xia Zhe with suspicion and asked, "Tage Town? You're too close to me, farther away, farther away. ”
"Huh, do you know there, too? Not many people in those remote towns know about it. You don't look like a resident of the town, do you?" Xia Zhe didn't care about the young man's suspicions, but just looked at the other party in some surprise.
"We went there a few years ago, also for supplies, and there was a bakery, and their freshly baked bread tasted great. Saying that, the young man looked nostalgic, and hung up the saliva that was about to stay.
Xia Zhe was instantly reminded of the bad memories of the young man, and he saw him half-kneeling on the ground with weak legs, his face turned blue.
Trying to stop the nausea that came up, Xia Zhe covered his mouth and said disgustingly: "Are those breads made by Uncle Jim so delicious, why can't I feel it at all." ”
Jim?!
However, after hearing Uncle Jim's name, the young man, who was still a little uneasy, immediately let down his guard against Xia Zhe, took the initiative to help him up, and said excitedly: "Since you know Uncle Jim, you are not a bad person." But you really scared me just now, it's okay. ”
What kind of logic is this? Is it a good person to be labeled Uncle Jim?
Xia Zhe, who was unable to vomit, felt that it was better not to dwell on these strange questions, but it was precisely because of the obscene middle-aged uncle, this young man who had always looked like a frightened rabbit, finally lost the looming hostility before.
"You haven't told me what your name is. ”
"My name is Yodel. The boy suddenly replied with vigor.
After confirming Xia Zhe's harmlessness, the young man took out a black thing from his wide robe, Xia Zhe could recognize it from its shape, it should be a bag of food, as if the other party had already prepared these things, which made Xia Zhe's senses change in this camp again.
"Grab these and get out of here, it's not safe here. Yodel anxiously lifted the food bag and shook it in front of Xia Zhe.
Hearing this, Xia Zhe became more and more curious and worried about this camp that exuded a strange atmosphere, as well as the simple-minded teenager in front of him.
He took out a few copper coins from his backpack and asked curiously, "Danger? What crisis are you encountering? Is it a calamity, do you need help?"
With that, he shoved the copper coins he found into the hand of the boy named Yodel, "Well, these are paid to you." ”
"You don't need any money, thank you for your kindness, but it's better if you don't have anything to do with us. I don't know if we'll ever have a chance to eat these foods. The boy waved his hand in refusal, but the second half of his sentence was more like talking to himself.
Xia Zhe, who had good hearing, did not answer Yodel's words, but pushed back the little hand that had stuffed Yodel again, he didn't know how to comfort the little boy, and the other party clearly refused his help. After all, everyone is not familiar with it, and if he insists on helping others, he will be regarded as a guy with ulterior motives.
Suppressing the worries in his heart, Xia Zhe finally decided to stay around for the night to see if he could help them.
At that time, I exercised after eating.
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In the strange camp not far away, a tall figure looked at everything here from a distance, and her slightly distracted gaze was not focused, but she kept muttering in her mouth: "I'm sorry, I really can't help it, please forgive me." ”