It turned out that the way of death was different, and the feeling was different, the pain in my chest was swollen, and there was a sharp tingling in my eardrum because of the pressure of the lake, and I almost thought it was about to be pierced. Suddenly, the hand was flipped over, and the rope that had been tightly wrapped around the wrist somehow loosened. I opened my eyes in surprise and saw that the rope in An Yuanxi's hand was also untied, and he was holding his breath to untie the hemp rope on the bamboo cage. I didn't have time to think about how he had broken free, he had already untied the rope from the lid of the cage, and my mind cleared up because of his movements. He turned his face to look at me, it was too dark under the water, his face was close at hand, his face was pale, but his eyes were shining, he held me by the waist and pushed me out of the bamboo cage. I followed the force of his push and the buoyancy of the water, kicked out of the bamboo cage, turned around in the water, and saw An Yuanxi swimming out of the bamboo cage. He stretched out his hand and pointed upward, probably to say to float up as much as possible, I nodded, I can swim, but the water surname is not very good, physical strength and endurance are not good, every time I can only swim half a pool in the pool, I have to stop to rest, but at this time, the survival of Yu Wangzhi made my body play to its maximum potential.

I pedaled desperately, swinging my legs and paddling my arms to float upwards as best I could, but found that it was far from being as easy as I imagined, and the water in the prairie lake in spring was still bone-chilling. After the thick and warm robe on my body was soaked by the lake water, it was heavy and heavy, as if dozens of catties of large stones were hung on my body. My body was so cold, the lake water was like a pinprick on my skin, I was so stupefied with pain, I held my breath for too long, my mind was already a little blurred, I soon lost my strength, my eyes gradually darkened, and my body began to sink in the water again.

Suddenly, my body was tightly dragged by someone, someone hugged my sinking body, my lips were covered, and a breath slowly crossed into my mouth, and my brain suddenly regained two points of consciousness, I opened my eyes, An Yuanxi's face was in front of my eyes, his lips were tightly covered on my lips, seeing that I was awake, he released his lips, hugged my body tightly, and swiped up with his other hand desperately.

His movements became slower and slower, and his pale face, frozen by the lake, showed a bruise, but even so, he still held on to me, and my arms and legs, which had long been disobedient, suddenly gave birth to a trace of strength because of his actions. Ye Haihua, you haven't died yet, you haven't tried your best, you haven't done your best! My hands and feet moved again, An Yuanxi looked down at me, there seemed to be a smile on his face, the visibility of the lake was getting higher and higher, indicating that we were getting closer and closer to the lake, my whole body had been numb from the cold, I couldn't feel the cold, I didn't feel the stinging, just desperately and mechanically paddled up and up with a thought, I felt that my body was no longer my own, light and fluttering, as if flying up from the bottom of the water.

"Wow!" An Yuanxi and I broke out of the water from the lake, as soon as we came into contact with the air on the lake, we immediately inhaled and gasped, and turned our heads to look at An Yuanxi, his face was full of water, and the number one hair was wet and sticky to his face, I gasped and laughed: "An Yuanxi, we are not dead." ”

"Shhhhh......h I looked around, and the nearest lake shore was two or three hundred meters away, and I whispered in frustration: "It's so far away, I don't have the strength anymore, I can't swim." ”

"We have to swim through." An Yuanxi held my jaw and looked at me with a determined gaze, I had never noticed that this nerd had such a tough side, "Unless you want to die in the lake." ”

He held my jaw and swam me to the shore, very slowly, slowly, I gritted my teeth, adjusted my position in the water, and kicked my legs. The shore of the lake is there, it won't get any longer, and no matter how slow I swim, I'll swim there, I told myself in my heart. An Yuanxi saw that I moved by myself, let go of his hand, he swam beside me, we stopped talking, desperately swam to the shore, stopped a few times halfway, it was already dark, the lake shore was getting closer and closer to us, closer and closer, more than ten meters away from the lake shore, finally, I felt as if I had touched a stone under my feet, tried to stand up, and was pleased to find that my feet had been able to step on the lake bed. An Yuanxi also stood up, took my arm, and slowly flowed towards the shore of the lake, and when the two of us completely broke away from the lake, we immediately fell into the reeds by the lake like two pools of mud.

After gasping for breath for a while, the cold wind by the lake blew our soaked robes, and my body that was already numb from the cold actually felt cold again. I barely stood up, turned to An Yuanxi and said, "An Yuanxi, we have to get out of here quickly, it's not safe here." ”

As if he hadn't heard me, he closed his eyes tightly, and his swollen face was even more terribly swollen after being soaked in the lake. I was startled, moved to his side, put my hand on his snort, breathed, immediately breathed a sigh of relief, and patted his face: "An Yuanxi, you can't faint, we have to get out of here." ”

He opened his eyes, and his dark eyes were shining, and he stared at me: "I'm not dizzy." ”

"I'm scared to death, why are you not fainting with your eyes closed?" I frowned, and then I was afraid, "You are not allowed to close your eyes in the future." ”

"Can't close your eyes when you sleep?" He seemed to be laughing, but his face was so swollen that it was impossible to distinguish his expression. I gave him a blank look, and the nerd was still in the mood to joke with me: "I can't sleep right now." Can the body move? ”

His physical strength should have been more exerted than mine, and I felt that my body was weak, and he should have worked harder. An Yuanxi barely stood up and shivered: "It's cold." ”

"I can't help it when it's cold, I have to get out of here first, and then find a way to dry my clothes." I struggled to get up from the ground, my feet were so soft that I couldn't stand, and I knelt back on the ground all of a sudden, An Yuanxi barely got up, helped me up from the ground, looked left and right, and said in embarrassment: "It's so dark, I can't tell the way, which way are we going?" ”

"Go in the direction of returning to Cangdu." I was weak, and when I leaned on him, I felt that his steps were a little unsteady.

"How do we know which side is the direction back to Cangdu?" An Yuanxi looked at the surroundings of the dark, the moonlight shone coldly, and the surrounding scenery could only see a general outline, and the tall reeds were a good hiding object for me and An Yuanxi. Which way to go? I looked up at the sky, and in the black and blue night sky, on the back of the tail of the constellation Ursa Major, the spoon-like Big Dipper shone brightly. I pointed to the sky and laughed, "Follow it." ”

"The Big Dipper?" An Yuanxi raised his eyes to look at the seven brighter stars in the night sky, and a smile appeared on his puffy face: "The girl is so smart." ”

I saw that he looked relieved, blinked, and smiled: "Do you know?" Do you know how to watch the stars? "I thought this nerd didn't know anything but dead books.

"A little." He raised his head and looked at the Seven Dipper Stars in the sky and said, "The Big Dipper is composed of the seven stars of the northern sky, Tianshu, Tianxuan, Tianji, Tianquan, Yuheng, Kaiyang, and Shaking Light. Among them, Tianshu, Tianxuan, Tianji, and Tianquan four stars form a fighting body, called Doukui, also known as Xuanji; Yuheng, Kaiyang, and shaking light three stars form a bucket handle, called a bucket ladle, also known as Yuheng. Draw a line between the two stars of Tianshu and Tianxuan and extend it five times, which is the Taiyi Star, which is also known as the North Star, which is the symbol of the north. The Taiyi star is in the center, and the Big Dipper moves from east to west, turning to the twelve. The Big Dipper is mainly used to indicate the direction and determine the season, and some doctors use the Big Dipper to infer the changes of yin and yang at the four seasons to explain the pathological rotation of the Six Meridian syndromes. ”

I looked at him with my mouth open, I didn't expect this nerd to talk endlessly, and he opened his mouth to be a big article, and he said it in a big way, I only knew that the bright star five times the distance pointed by the first two stars of the Big Dipper was the North Star, which was probably the "Taiyi Star" in An Yuanxi's mouth, which was the north direction. An Yuanxi lowered his head, saw me stupidly open my mouth, smiled, I came back to my senses, and my face burned slightly: "Then do you know the direction we should go?" "I knew the direction of the Big Dipper, but I didn't know why, but I didn't expect this nerd to be an expert.

"Hmm." An Yuanxi nodded and said, "As the so-called 'bucket handle points to the east, the world is spring', now is spring, and the direction of the bucket handle is the east, which is the direction we return to Cangdu." ”

"Huh? Do you still need to divide the bucket handle by season? I was surprised, I thought the star was pointing fixedly, but fortunately I didn't make a big statement in front of him just now, otherwise I would have lost face and went to the Pacific Ocean.

"Yes, the summer handle guide, the autumn handle points to the west, the winter handle points to the north, and the Big Dipper is constantly rotating around the Taiyi star." An Yuanxi explained to me, and I looked at him in a daze: "These are what you read from the book?" ”

He was stunned, with a hint of confusion on his face: "I don't remember where I found out, probably." I remembered that his head had been broken, and his brain was sometimes a little confused, so I didn't ask him anymore, and said with a smile: "It seems that the phrase 'useless is a scholar' is going to be rewritten." ”

An Yuanxi came back to his senses and knew that I was making fun of him, so he smiled embarrassedly: "I also want the girl to think of it first." ”

"Come on, then we'll follow the direction the handle is pointing in." After talking for a while, the body doesn't seem to be as soft as just now, but it's too cold to stand it, and An Yuanxi is not much better, but we don't have time to take care of this wet clothes, and it is the best policy to leave this place of right and wrong quickly.

We don't know how long we walked, how far we walked, the lake was long gone, the vast grassland made us particularly insecure, always felt that we would be found at any time, a little wind and grass made us frightened, in front of a lush birch forest, we walked into the woods, there was a shelter to cover, let us breathe a little relieved, suddenly, tired, cold, hungry, frightened all kinds of feelings came to me, my feet were soft, melted to the ground, An Yuanxi held me: "Miss Ye......"

"Let's rest here, it should be far from the lake." I fell into his arms, shivering, "I'm so cold......" After soaking in the lake for so long and walking so long in wet clothes, I felt the whole world feel cold.

He helped me to sit down under a birch tree and whispered, "I'll go find some branches to start the fire, and you can rest first." "I leaned softly on the trunk of the tree, watching An Yuanxi burrow into the forest, feeling dizzy and cold, will I get pneumonia if I continue like this? Azure Snow's body is very delicate, I think my sturdy body in my previous life will not get a cold for a few years, but I am always sick and guilty when I get on Azure Snow's body.

"Miss Ye......" An Yuanxi excitedly came out of the woods, "There is a small shed abandoned by the herdsmen in front, I will help you to rest over there." He helped me up, grabbed my hand, was taken aback, put his hand on my forehead, and said urgently: "Miss Ye, are you uncomfortable?" You're so hot. ”

I leaned softly on him and whispered, "Is it hot?" I just feel cold and my head is so heavy......"

He said no more, stooped down to pick me up, staggered into the woods, and stumbled all the way to the little shed of which he had spoken. I barely opened my eyes to see what it was, a small shed, a herringbone shack made of twigs and worn sheepskin felt, only half a man high, barely enough to squeeze two people, covered with thick dead grass, and a shabby, dirty wool blanket, with traces of a fire outside, discarded barbecue racks, and leftover firewood. An Yuanxi bent down and put me in the grass shed, found two flint stones in the corner of the grass shed, quickly gathered the branches into a pile, and lit a fire at the door of the small shed.

Our clothes were put on the barbecue grill, and I ** bent up, wrapping myself in the dirty and torn wool blanket, and the clothes on the barbecue grill became a barrier, blocking the door of the small shed, separating me from An Yuanxi. I curled up in the shed shivering, and An Yuan stood by the fire outside the shed to bake my clothes. At nightfall, the temperature on the grassland was lower, a thin woolen blanket could not withstand the cold, and I saw that the skin on my hands was a little blue, my body was getting stiffer and stiffer, and my head was getting heavier and heavier.

――2006、10、2

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