"Brother Chu, how long will it take to reach the top of the mountain?"

Chu Nan looked at Wu Bei, who was a little struggling on the side, and couldn't help but smile: "I told you a long time ago, you must save some strength at the beginning, don't climb too fast all at once, what's the matter, you can't walk at first, right?" ”

"Who said that?" Wu Bei was surprisingly stubborn, "I can still walk, I just want to know how long it will take to ......." ”

Chu Nan glanced up, wiped his sweat, and said, "It's almost there, it's about half the distance." ”

When Wu Bei heard this, her face suddenly changed, but this time she had to follow, plus she was a very stubborn person in her bones, so it was naturally impossible to admit defeat lightly, so without saying a word, she still kept climbing upward, but it could be seen from her red little face and stubborn eyes that she was actually just competing with herself.

Chu Nan secretly smiled in her heart, this stubborn girl, seeing that Wu Bei was still holding her breath and climbing up, Chu Nan sat directly on the ground and shouted, "Rest for a while before leaving, but I'm tired to death." ”

Wu Bei stopped and said breathlessly: "It's only been a long way, it's not good, then rest for a while." ”

Chu Nan walked over, sat down next to Chu Nan, leaned on Chu Nan, and kept panting.

Chu Nan took off his backpack, opened it and turned out ham, bread, milk, and canned food from it, all of which were scattered on the grass, and said with a smile: "Eat something first and then go, replenish the supplement body, after all, you have to go down the mountain after you reach the top of the mountain, haven't you heard that it is easy to go up the mountain and difficult to go down?" ”

Wu Bei's throat was almost choked inexplicably, Chu Nan smiled and asked, "What's the matter, do you regret it?" ”

Wu Beijiao snorted and said: "I have nothing to regret, it's just that this is the first time I have climbed such a high mountain since I was a child, alas, I really don't know how Liu Meiling's family can live in such a place, how inconvenient it is to go back and forth!" ”

"yes." Chu Nan said, "The old man once told me that there are many such small ravines in Huaxia, but everyone usually doesn't pay attention to them. They are enclosed in and have a certain sense of isolation, so much so that even the state is on the verge of forgetting them. Alas...... Now I suddenly admire Liu Meiling's mother even more, she can live here without fear of hard work, which shows how great their love is. ”

"Hmm." Wu Bei nodded, and said with deep sympathy, "This aunt is indeed very great, I can't wait to meet her, let's eat, let's leave early after eating, and strive to get to the place before the afternoon." ”

"Let's eat!"

The two of them walked so far, the drawer of buns in the morning had been digested, and after gobbling them up one by one, Wu Bei took out a handkerchief and wiped the corners of her mouth, stood up, clapped her hands and said, "I'm starting to be energetic again, let me go...... Ah, what are you doing! ”

Chu Nan put on his backpack, hugged Wu Bei horizontally, and laughed: "Don't be here to do it, I'll hug you for a while, and then let you down when I'm tired!" ”

"No, no, I can walk, you let me down!"

Chu Nan didn't care about her messing around, and walked towards it directly with her in her arms, Wu Bei looked at the scenery on both sides of the hurry, she was simply dumbfounded, she knew that she was walking so slowly just now, it was completely Chu Nan accommodating her, holding her more than ninety pounds of big living people, Chu Nan was still able to go so fast, it was simply appalling.

Chu Nan was tortured by the old man in the mountains before, this kind of exercise is simply a drizzle for Chu Nan, not long after, Chu Nan carried her to the top of the mountain, and then went all the way down, until she was almost at the bottom of the mountain, Chu Nan put her down, no matter how good Chu Nan exercised on weekdays, he also gasped slightly, and his forehead was densely covered with beads of sweat.

Wu Bei took out a handkerchief, gently wiped it for Chu Nan with a gentle face, and said softly: "You fool, how good it would be for me to go by myself." ”

Chu Nan grabbed Wu Bei's wrist and said softly, "I will feel sorry for ......." ”

"Hey, what are you two?"

Chu Nan let go of Wu Bei's hand, and the two of them looked over together along the sound, but saw a big man covered in black who was carrying a bundle of firewood and a sickle in his hand, looked at Chu Nan and the others, and asked loudly.

Chu Nan took Wu Bei's hand, walked forward quickly, and said politely: "Are you from Huazigou?" ”

The big man looked Chu Nan up and down, nodded and said, "Yes, I'm from Huazigou, who are you?" I haven't seen you before, Fresh Face! ”

Chu Nan smiled: "We are from Jiangwan City. ”

"Jiangwan City? Oh, I've heard of that place, I've heard that it's a rich man's place, what are you doing here? ”

Chu Nan asked, "May I ask the eldest brother, do you know an aunt named Meng Caijun?" ”

The big man's eyes widened, and he suddenly waved his scythe and slashed directly at Chu Nan.

Wu Bei screamed, and the big man's wrist was firmly grasped by Chu Nan, and at the same time, he said coldly with a gloomy face: "I speak well, why do you beat people for no reason?" ”

"You bad guys, I just can't get used to seeing you harassing Sister Meng, what's wrong!"

Chu Nan frowned, and heard some clues: "You mean, people often come to harass Aunt Meng?" ”

"You bad people, what are you pretending to be foolish here, don't think that I can't beat you, get out of here quickly, or our ditch people won't be able to spare you!"

Chu Nan knew that he had been misunderstood, and said with some tears and laughter: "We are good friends of Aunt Meng's eldest daughter Liu Meiling, and this time we were entrusted by Meiling to come over to see Aunt Meng." ”

"Who are you fooling, if you don't leave, I'll be a man!"

Chu Nan smiled bitterly and said, "That's good, you take me to see Aunt Meng, I naturally have a way to make Aunt Meng believe." ”

Seeing that this person still didn't believe it, Chu Nan took out a letter from his arms and said, "Look at this letter." ”

This is a letter written by Liu Meiling herself, after her death, Chu Nan took it out of her clothes, she just wanted the family not to worry, and also to avoid any trouble when Chu Nan came to the house.

The man took the letter in disbelief, first read it squarely, then read it again, and finally shook his head and said: "The writing is very beautiful, but I don't know how to read, I don't know what is written." ”

Chu Nan was speechless, why don't you know the words and pretend to be there.

Dahan said again: "But it doesn't look like you guys are big bad guys, okay, you and me, I'll take you to see Aunt Meng, but if you dare to lie to me, I will definitely not spare you." ”

Chu Nan agreed, and followed behind this big man with Wu Bei, Wu Bei smiled quietly: "Look at his temper, although he has a big temper, his personality is very straightforward, and he doesn't look like he has any bad intentions." ”

Unexpectedly, this was actually heard by the big man in front of him, and he suddenly snorted and said: "Although the people in our village have no knowledge and culture, we are at least worthy of our conscience." It's not like you city people, who don't have any good farts in their stomachs, and they are all bad at heart every day. ”

Chu Nan and Wu Bei knew that this big man might have prejudices against him, but they didn't mind, what they were thinking about was who would disturb Aunt Meng who was staying at home, according to Liu Meiling, Aunt Meng had lived here for at least more than 20 years.

Especially Chu Nan, Liu Meiling entrusted her family to herself, and when she heard that someone was disturbing, Chu Nan was a little more anxious than anyone else.

A few people walked all the way, and gradually someone finally appeared in front of them.

Chu Nan looked around as he walked, and said with a shocked expression: "This is Huazigou?" ”

Wu Bei was also deeply shocked, the potholed dirt road, on both sides are some crooked earthen houses, most of the houses are surrounded by earthen walls, some people's dilapidated wooden doors have been broken, and some people's doors are inserted.

After walking into Huazigou, occasionally a few people will come out from the opposite side or some people's homes, but on the whole it is still quiet, as quiet as death.

Two shirtless men walked across the street, the two men were dirty, grinning as they walked, and swaying their arms a lot as they walked, while a slightly chubby middle-aged woman wearing a red flower pattern came out of a courtyard next to him.

After seeing Chu Nan and Wu Bei, the two big men all stood down, and then smiled at the man in front of Chu Nan and said, "Okay, Tiezhu, this is your friend?" It seems to be a rich lord, why haven't you heard of it before? ”

", whose friends, they are Meiling's friends, and this time they came to see Sister Meng!"

The fat woman who came out of the yard shouted, "Meiling's friend? Big brother and big sister, hurry up and talk about it, how is Meiling? ”

The two men also quickly walked over, surrounded Chu Nan, kept inquiring, and said that Meiling would send money to the family every year, and would always mail food and clothing to the people in the ditch, and they all dreamed of Meiling.

Although what these people said was exaggerated, their feelings were sincere, and they didn't sound false at all, and at this moment, Chu Nan felt even more guilty about Liu Meiling's death.

Chu Nan naturally couldn't tell the truth, so he had to use some of the lies he had made up before to deal with everyone, mainly to say that Liu Meiling is living a good life now and misses home very much, but she can't come back for work reasons, and she has already gone abroad.

After everyone listened, they were so happy that they couldn't keep their mouths together, it was definitely a great joy to be able to go abroad, and the noise here alarmed several families nearby, and after listening to their gossip explanations, a group of people happily hugged Chu Nan and walked towards Liu Meiling's house.

Taking advantage of this effort, Chu Nan asked the iron pillar who was about to cut himself with a sickle before: "By the way, you said before that someone harassed Aunt Meng, what is going on?" ”

Hearing this, all these people, including Tiezhu, became indignant.