Chapter 81: Black and White Impermanence
86_86324After hearing Uncle Wang's whistle, Lao Chen also pressed the horn of the car, and the louder whistle sounded, which was a wordless farewell to us.
After overtaking the truck, I turned around and took one last look at the dusty glass on the back of the Chang'an car. I reluctantly said to myself, "I'm really gone." ”
Chen Lishan answered me and said, "Are you questioning or sighing?" ”
"It's all there." I turned around and said.
Uncle Wang slowed the car very fast, and the wind generated by the speed blew in from the car window. I heard Chen Lishan take out her down jacket and make a silk sound, she said, "Hurry up and close the window, this wind is blowing cold." ”
I rolled up the window, after all, it's a nuisance for someone to catch a cold. I moved my gaze to Uncle Wang, wanting to see if he reacted to what I had just said.
Uncle Wang, as always, held the steering wheel expressionlessly, and didn't want to speak at all. However, based on my understanding of Uncle Wang, he saw the turned corpse by the river just now, and there must be a little shock in his heart. It's just that he hasn't made up his mind yet, and he's hesitating whether to go back or not.
Perhaps.
"I can't use the lights anymore, I can't play games anymore." Zhou Zhihong stretched his waist and yawned, "I'll make up for sleep first, I got up too early today." ”
Looking at the watch, it was already past nine o'clock, and the sun in the sky was already halfway up. It looks like it's going to be a refreshing sunny day today.
After the Chang'an car drove out of the city and turned onto the national highway, the buildings began to become thin. Large patches of plants, growing on the hills behind the roadside houses, or mixed with concrete buildings, add a touch of greenery to our eyes.
The road condition of the national highway is not bad, perhaps because of the proximity to the city. There are very few cars on the road, and Uncle Wang's speed is very fast, which makes me feel like driving on the highway. As seen before, many villages are built along national highways, like a transition zone from city to wilderness.
Maybe everyone got up too early, didn't sleep enough, and no one in the car spoke. Wu Linyu leaned his head on the chair, his eyelids slightly closed, and he didn't know whether he was asleep or closed his eyes to recuperate. I thought that sitting together would be Chen Lishan and Duan Ke, who were talking, but they didn't say a word, and both of them were wrapped in down jackets to make up for sleep. Zhou Zhihong in front, not to mention, I can still hear his snoring here.
Of the six people, only me and Uncle Wang were still open.
After ten minutes of driving, I turned a few hill bends, and the scene in front of me suddenly opened up. I saw a river on the right side of the road, paved with tiles among the mountains. As for whether it is a river or a river, I can't tell, anyway, I can't see where the other side of the river is.
Uncle Wang was also attracted by the still water in the mountain, he turned his head to take a closer look, and then parked the car on the side of the road. Uncle Wang looked back at us, and after finding that we were almost asleep, he silently opened the door and got out of the car. He must have wanted to feel the green mountains and beautiful waters, but he didn't expect Uncle Wang to be so leisurely and elegant today.
Sure enough, Uncle Wang got out of the car and crossed the stone fence and walked towards the shore. I didn't feel sleepy, and I was bored here, so I carefully opened the car door and walked out of the car.
The eyes that have not received enough sleep are becoming more and more dry and stinging under the morning sun. I put my hands on my forehead to block the sun, and squinted my eyes and walked towards Uncle Wang.
Uncle Wang walked to the shore, squatted down, picked up a few handfuls of water and splashed it on his face. Stepping on gravel and dirt, I walked to Uncle Wang's side. Looking down, the river was sparkling and clearer than I had imagined. The clear water aroused my ability to wash my body*, so I also followed Uncle Wang's example, squatting down and holding the water, and wiping it off my face.
The cold water sprinkled on the skin seems to sink into the heart and spleen, making people feel refreshed. I put a palm of water to my mouth and wiped it around, and as soon as I exhaled, I spit out a burst of mist, and this feeling of being close to nature made me can't help but howl. I was too tired from squatting, so I sat directly on the grass behind me and closed my eyes to feel the coolness of the river. Although, my hands were frozen by the cold water of the river and I was almost unconscious.
The air here is also so fresh that there is no adulteration. I couldn't help but take several gulps greedily, saying that only nature is the best destination for human beings.
Uncle Wang suddenly patted me on the shoulder, and when I opened my eyes, I saw that he was holding a cigarette in his hand and was about to hand it to me. I took the cigarette with two fingers, afraid to get wet. The filter of the cigarette is golden, and I was curious to pick it up and take a look in front of me, and the cigarette in my hand was no longer Chinese, but replaced with a certain Yellow Crane Tower. I don't know where Uncle Wang got it.
I put the cigarette in my mouth and asked him, "Are you really going to go back and help them?" ”
"There's no plan for that yet." Uncle Wang stood up and lit the flue, and then handed me the plastic lighter.
I pressed the lighter, lit the cigarette in my mouth with the outer flame, and I said, "I'm feeling a little sorry." ”
Uncle Wang puffed out a cigarette, looked at the sparkling water in front of him, and did not speak again. I picked up the small stone next to me and threw it into the river, waiting for Uncle Wang's answer.
Uncle Wang was silent until the cigarette in his mouth burned out. He threw the cigarette butt at his feet, stepped on it a few times and said, "Just don't think about it." ”
After saying that, he took another handful of water, wiped it on his face, turned around, and walked back.
Listening to the meaning of his words, Uncle Wang should not be ready to turn around and go back. That's it, I can't force Uncle Wang to go back with a gun. Moreover, my heart is just a little reluctant to go now, that's all, and there is no more affection. If Uncle Wang pulls us back to the city now, ready to do a big job, maybe I'll hesitate a bit.
I can only pray that the people in the community are safe.
I finally threw a rock into the river, stuck the cigarette butt into the wet soil, then stood up and patted my buttocks, and walked briskly back to the Chang'an car. After walking a few steps, I saw Wu Linyu walk out of the car. He waved at me, motioning for me not to move, and he would come over. Wu Linyu asked Uncle Wang for a cigarette, straightened up the injured leg, crossed the stone fence, and limped in front of me.
Wu Linyu said to me with a smile on his face: "Brother Li, how do I feel that there are so many things that you and Senior Wang are hiding from me?" ”
"Not much." I watched him light a cigarette and smiled at him.
"Say it." Wu Linyu spat out a puff of cigarette, and his face quickly changed back to a strict expression.
I touched the back of my head, then slapped my head and said, "Do you remember the day someone put a cold gun?" ”
"I know this, it's not Foreman Li's people who are firing guns, Senior Wang told me."
"What I want to know is, what are you looking at by the river today, it's obviously the place where I killed Liu Wei, what do you want to say that a dog fell into the water, it's okay to lie to them, I don't believe it anyway." Wu Linyu continued to ask without pausing.
I said in my heart, you know that you can see Liu Wei's body there, why don't you go down and see it yourself? I replied, "Yes, there are no dogs in the water, what we see is that Liu Wei's body has been moved." ”
"Touched?"
"Well, and the magazine on my body was taken away."
Wu Linyu took two puffs of his cigarette, thought for a while and said, "You mean, the corpse was touched by the group of people who didn't show up." ”
"It must be like this, could it be that he turned over on his own?" I shrugged my shoulders and said.
As I imagined, Wu Linyu's brows furrowed unconsciously. But what I didn't guess was that Wu Linyu didn't taboo the word Liu Wei in the conversation, and even took the initiative to mention that he killed him. Perhaps, Wu Linyu's psychological endurance and self-healing ability are stronger than I imagined.
When I saw him standing there and was about to come to my senses, I patted him on the chest and said, "Don't think about it, now that we're out of town, it's not something we should worry about." ”
Wu Linyu nodded and followed me back to the car.
As soon as the car started, the road surface became worse and worse. There were also road construction crews on the road that had time to evacuate, and it must have been overloaded trucks that often traveled to and from the road, leaving the road surface of the national highway overwhelmed and potholed. The change in the road surface made Uncle Wang have to slow down the car.
A few dozen minutes after leaving the river, we entered a small town. This town is not small, but it is not big, at least I can't tell the scale from the car, I have to look down from the sky to know exactly how big it is. I can only see that the buildings on both sides of the national highway are two or three hundred meters side by side.
For some reason, Uncle Wang rolled down the driver's window. The rancid cold wind immediately poured into the car, waking up several people who were asleep. After Zhou Zhihong woke up, he rubbed his eyes, held his glasses and looked out the window and said, "Where is this?" ”
"It's time to eat." Uncle Wang stopped in the driveway. With that, he opened the door and prepared to get out of the car.
"What is this for?" I asked him, "Just eat in the car, do you still want to go to the restaurant?" ”
Uncle Wang pointed to a grocery store with an open door in front of the right: "That's the restaurant." ”
"If you have a ready-made one, you don't need to move the reserves." Wu Linyu echoed, and opened the door on his side as he spoke.
After Uncle Wang and Wu Linyu got out of the car, they stood in front of the building next to the street and looked around. I turned to Duan Ke and said, "Let's go, it's time to eat, I haven't eaten breakfast." ”
"You can just bring it to me," Duan Ke covered his head in a down jacket and said to me sleepily, "I'm sleepy." ”
"Okay." I said in my heart that you only have one hobby, sleeping. Chen Lishan lifted the down jacket on her body, squeezed out of the Chang'an car with me, she patted me on the shoulder and said, "It's good to have a boyfriend." ”
Zhou Zhihong stood in front of a roller shutter door, staring at the note on the roller shutter door. I looked up and saw that the sign on the roller shutter door read "Forest Internet Cafe", and the words on the note read: The government has suspended the Internet and suspended business.
We used the sundries from the grocery store to make a fire. Then use hot water and soak instant noodles to eat.
Leaving the town, we drove on the road again. After Duan Ke woke up, Uncle Wang turned on the car CD and played music, and the atmosphere in the car became much more lively.
Chang'an cars on the national highway all the way dust, through the guò appeared street signs we learned that not far away we will pass by an urban area, called Enshi. But while we were discussing whether we could sleep in a soft bed in the city at night, the road ahead could not be crossed.
A King Long bus was lying across the road, blocking our way. The bus was empty, not a single body could be seen, and for some unknown reason it had to be parked in the middle of the road.
Uncle Wang glanced at it a few times, then turned off the engine of the Chang'an car, he pulled out the key and said, "No, let's walk." ”
"Walking?" Zhou Zhihong said in astonishment.
"Hmm." Uncle Wang got out of the car with his gun on his back as he spoke.
Several people in the car looked at each other a few times, and they had no choice but to put on down jackets, put on backpacks, and walked out of the car. There is no way, the experienced drivers have come to a conclusion, what more can we passengers complain about.
"There are still about twenty kilometers to go, and you should be able to get there before dark." When passing by the bus, Uncle Wang turned back to us and said.
Zhou Zhihong kicked the headlight of the bus and scolded: "This driver must be sick, stop the car in the middle of the road!" ”
There were six people in the team, and it wasn't boring to walk. We walked on the national highway with the birds chirping in the forest. But the hardest thing in the team is me, Wu Linyu assigned his big bag to my back because of a leg injury. I can finally understand how tired Wu Linyu said about running with weights, which is even more tiring than running the stairs with him on his back.
Along the way, Wu Linyu needed to stop from time to time to rest because of a leg injury, and although this allowed me to get enough rest, the speed of the team was very slow.
After walking on the national highway for most of the afternoon, we couldn't find a working car. Either the tricycle was found and couldn't carry the six of us at all, or there was no body in the car and the car keys couldn't be found.
In the evening, the crisp birdsong has been replaced by the wailing of crows, but there is still no shadow of the city. We walked to a construction site on the side of the road, rested on the excavator for a few minutes, and discussed whether we would spend the night in this shed.
"I don't care, I just need to be able to shelter from the wind and rain." Wu Linyu looked at the shed and said. The shed is actually a white and blue prefabricated house, which looks quite sturdy.
"As long as there are no dead people." Zhou Zhihong said as he kicked the dirt on the excavator's tracks.
At this moment, Duan Ke suddenly pinched my arm, and I felt her trembling.
"There are ghosts!" She exclaimed quietly, then pointed in a direction with her hand.
We were taken away from all by her words and looked in the direction she was pointing. In the dim light, I saw two people standing on the roof of a truck a hundred and ten meters away.
The two men stood straight on the roof of the car, their shoulders hunched, and they were wearing black and white robes. Over-the-shoulder black hair was draped in front of us, so that we could not see the face clearly, and on the top of their heads, there was also a long hat, also a black hundred colors.
What is it?
I thought I was dazzled, but with the long hair fluttering in the breeze, I told the two of them that they were really there. And in the gap between the black hair that covered their faces, I saw a red thing sticking out of their mouths, like a long tongue sticking out.
My scalp is numb, and I still have a ghost in the daytime, and it's still black and white.