Chapter 14: Departure
It was rare for people to come to this place, but today a huge crowd of people walked through here one after another. It's a bit too much to say it's mighty. There are only about 100 people, dragging their families with their mouths, chickens, ducks, cattle and sheep are also with them, and pots and pans are clanging. The look in people's eyes was complicated, and they looked back again and again.
I have never been out of the village in my life, and it is really difficult to say that I am willing to give up everything and run away.
And, what is the outside world like? Could it be, like here? Smoke miasma, the possibility of death at any time? But no matter what, I can't stay here.
Here the weeds are overgrown and full of gravel, and in a place where the weeds are not very dense, if you look closely, you can see an old stone tablet, and a few words are crookedly engraved - Yongning Village.
"Let's go, Jian Lin, what are you still doing?" My sister shouted.
"Brother Jian Lin, hurry up. They're all out there! My sister also shouted anxiously.
Wait, wait, wait. Jian Lin said.
……
Let's go, if you don't go again, you really can't catch up.
"She's not coming." The elder sister knew the young man's thoughts, and said on the side at the moment, patting him on the shoulder at the same time.
The young man's swarthy face flushed.
He was still looking into the distance, waiting for the person he missed so much in his heart to appear.
However, no, the mountain pass, it was empty all the time.
"Jian Lin, let's go!"
The boy hesitated for a moment, then looked at the mountain pass again.
No one.
Or...... I'm not going to go either? Stay with Xiaoying?
However...... He remembered A-Niang's words:
"You're the only boy in this house now. In the future, our whole family will be pointing at you, and you must live like a man! ”
Yes, he is the hope of the family.
In the future, I will take care of the whole family.
He pondered for a long time, then slowly turned around and got into the car.
Syllable!
The whip sounded, and the donkey was in pain, roared, and began to run forward.
The boy's eyes kept looking in that direction.
Until, farther and farther away, no longer visible.
……
Today is the third day. I don't know how far we have to go. People have gone from the initial excitement to a little nervous.
Some people muttered prayers to the mountain gods. Some of the old women turned the beads in their hands with great effort.
Jian Lin stood at the foot of the mountain, looking out at the cliff.
After three days of walking, the mountain road was extremely steep. Sometimes wide, sometimes narrow. Now they are walking again in this narrow area.
For those who have never been out of the mountains, the scenery seen along the way is still very novel.
Especially the kids. They had climbed to a not-so-steep spot and scooped up a few eggs during their rest the other day, and were still in the midst of excitement. The sorrow of the adults is completely unrecognizable to them.
But the adults sternly warned them not to go near the cliff, because if they were not careful, they would fall.
Even if the adults don't warn, they will walk carefully against the side of the mountain and stop making a fuss. I don't know what the black hole under the cliff is, and even the children will be afraid.
A middle-aged man looked at his wife next to him, who was dying of illness and had a sallow face, and his heart was mixed. His hand held her hand tightly, and he prayed in his heart that he would hold out until he walked out.
When he came out, he brought some cattle and sheep and meager family funds, and when the time came, he also asked for a miracle doctor to cure his wife's illness no matter what. I and my wife are childhood sweethearts, and we've been together since we were young. The relationship between husband and wife for many years is extraordinary, and he can't give up anything.
The old doctor, who was passing by here and also wanted to get out of this village, couldn't help but sigh in his heart when he saw this scene.
There's really nothing he can do. Staying here for a day makes me feel a little more powerless.
Jian Lin sat on a protruding rock and looked in the direction of Yongning Village. But I looked at the gray expanse of the past, and I didn't even see the outline of the village. It's so far away.
They had been walking for a while, and looking back, the mountain road seemed to be winding and unsightly, and they didn't know when it would be the end. After watching it for a long time, Jian Lin was thinking about something in his heart.
What is Shadow doing now?
Did what she did and what she said last time make her angry?
If you have the opportunity to come back in the future, you must come back to see Xiaoying.
He was thinking when he heard a rumbling sound from above. Something seems to be falling. Small pieces of sand and gravel rolled down from the side, at first just small grains, and later, they became fragments. Jian Lin was hit on the head by a small stone, and he felt extremely painful.
However, the mountain also began to shake violently, as if there was something unleashed by the devil inside.
Everything happened in an instant, and there was no time to react.
Jian Lin looked up.
Huge rocks mixed with muddy water poured down the narrow mountain with a loud sound at a great speed. Everywhere it went, the trees were directly overwhelmed, and everything was covered in heavy, sticky mud and stone.
This is......?
"Jian Lin!!"
A-Niang stretched out her hand hard, trying to hold him.
It's late.
Their car was parked under the mudslide, and before Jian Lin could react, he didn't even shout, he was directly swept in, and he disappeared.
Along with them, most of them are missing. A small number of people scattered and fled to survive.
However, their life's possessions were all hidden under the sticky mud and rock.
They also lost their loved ones.
When the disaster passed, those who survived were unkempt and sluggish. They stood stunned for a while before they reacted, some desperately jumped up and cried out the names of their relatives, and some cried loudly over all their possessions.
It's gone, it's gone, it's nothing.
A-Niang –
A girl's cry resounded through the sky.
The people who had been watching them on the side couldn't help but turn red when they saw this situation. He pulled the little girl over and held her in his arms, and tears wet her body.
The girl was still stunned, and she saw that A-Niang was crushed under the pile of stones.
At the moment of the disaster, A-Niang even called her name and stretched out her hand towards her.
The girl's cry was heartbreaking. It made everyone sigh.
There is no way out.
Destroyed by the rocks that slid down at a rapid pace.
People on both sides shushed each other. So, the people who remained on this side of the village walked back. The people on the other side have no way out but to move forward, without food and means of transportation.
They can't go back.