Chapter 17: The Peak
A few days passed. Li Zhendong also took the time to go to the library in the machinery factory and read the newspapers in the library. and the big events in my impression corroborate each other. I found that the general trend of history has not changed, but some things happened at the wrong time. After all, the world of Zhilu Dao is a little different.
Li Zhendong came back from morning exercise outside and rinsed it with cold water in the small kitchen. Today is Sunday, the day when the whole factory is closed. My mother doesn't have to go to work, and she still waters vegetables on the back hillside. Li Zhendong took a large bag of steamed buns, ate them while walking, and went out with his younger brother. I had already said hello to my mother last night, saying that I would go up the mountain with a few classmates to pick chestnuts today. The younger brother was already impatient to wait, and called the eldest brother several times when Li Zhendong was taking a bath. Li Zhendong laughed at the little brother's heart being too anxious. Tell the younger brother to take a bamboo basket and put on thick rubber-soled spike shoes of yellow cowhide. This is to prepare for the prickly balls, rub the chestnut thorn balls with the soles of your feet, rub the burr skin away, and pick up the chestnuts inside.
When they arrived at the intersection, a few children were chasing after them, and when they saw the two brothers coming down, they stopped fighting. A group of people gathered together and headed up the mountain. This time, I chose the place to go to the mountain behind the school. The mountains are high and the forests are dense, and there are not many people who dare to go. When Li Zhendong proposed to go here, some people were still afraid. Li Zhendong opened his mouth and said, "With me here, what are you afraid of?" ”
Along the way, they also met a few children who were also heading to the back of the school. It shows that there are also people who are not afraid of danger, and everyone who knows each other also laughs.
In order to take care of the younger brother, Li Zhendong's group walked slowly. Others naturally go first, at least they can find the chestnut trees on the periphery first. Li Zhendong doesn't care at all, the mountains are continuous, wide and wide, where you can occupy it by taking one step first. Before Li Zhendong entered the mountain forest, he used a knife to trim a bamboo about the thickness of his little finger, which was about one meter long. This is Li Zhendong's habit in his previous life. People who often walk in the wild can hit snakes, insects, spiders, etc. with a bamboo stick in their hands. The bamboo stick is light and tough. When they entered the mountains and forests, the trees were high and dense, and some people began to be timid. There were a few children who didn't know each other and didn't want to go deeper, so they searched in the nearby woods. Wang Bo, who walked through the forest path, shouted loudly.
It's been a long journey. There was no sound for the four quarters. Only Li Zhendong was left. Looking around, the sharp-eyed ones have seen chestnut trees hidden in the forest. The fluffy thorn balls hanging from the branches revealed a few of them. Everyone cheered and got ready to start. Li Zhendong hurriedly shouted to everyone, pay attention to see if there is anyone below when beating chestnuts, and don't climb too small branches to climb trees.
Li Zhendong called Wang Bo, "You help me watch the little brother," Wang Bo was surprised, "Then why are you going?" Li Zhendong pointed to the mountain, "I'll go up and have a look, and then look to see if there are more." "The younger brother doesn't care where the eldest brother goes at this time, in fact, he just thinks it's very fun to come to the mountain to pick chestnuts, thrilling.
Li Zhendong walked in the silent mountain forest, and the trees on both sides were tall and towering. Only the faint sound of the wind whistling through the treetops. Some silence is a state of mind that makes one's mind think with twice the efficiency of the usual. The pace slowed down. I remembered the people of my past life
I'm afraid it's hard to get back for a lifetime
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Go deeper and farther into the mountains and gaze at the waterfalls
Then
Let's spit out the mountain in our chest
Leaving behind the crystal stream and leaving the smoke behind
After a silent farewell with a smile
We will lie down every one of us
A vein of green mountains
This is a poem by Ye Cuiping in Taiwan. Li Zhendong's mind suddenly remembered. I remembered the old days with the Yiren.
Vaguely, your laughter came from this mountain forest, swirling in the intricate woods. The old days you ran on the flickering path, your shouts, your laughter was still so real.
On this ancient road in late autumn, the sides are covered with tall pine trees, which have not been visited for many years, and the path is paved with fallen leaves, soft and light. How long has the path of the mountain keeper been abandoned on the ridge?
If it weren't for the high mountain in the distance, I believe it wouldn't be here. You say, "It's so deep, it's so quiet." As I walked by, the sound of swishing was in the empty mountain forest. Ahead, the peak still stands. Time can easily change our faces. However, what about in our hearts? But there are always some memories that will never fade! It seems that we are still walking hand in hand towards the majestic mountain ahead.
The same mountain road, the same covered with thick fallen leaves.
The footsteps of the boy passed, brisk and swift. How many prodigal laughs are there behind you? Falling with the wind on the long mountain road.
On the long mountain road, we walked hand in hand, and the mountains were full of green. Where the mountain breeze comes, the sound of pine waves all over the mountain comes from the valley, from the treetops, from the top of the mountain, and from the sky. Passing past us, my robe was raised, and it made a loud noise. And your hair is blowing in the wind. With your face turned sideways, you smiled softly at me, like a lily open in the wilderness, shining in the wind. I pointed to the peak and said that it was almost there, and when I looked back at the winding and rugged mountain road behind me that flickered in the distance, I suddenly realized how many journeys I had traveled before I knew it.
What about me today? Go it alone! And the peak ahead is still unattainable.
A melancholy feeling rose from my heart, I remember that at the beginning, you smiled and asked me if I had climbed this high mountain? I replied no, and you asked, what would be on the top of such a high mountain? I said there are probably flowers and trees, and you smile and ask what kind of flowers and trees will there be? I said maybe it's the tranquility of orchids and the loneliness of plum blossoms? The tree is probably a pine that does not yield to the wind, right?
When you reach the top of the peak, I'm sure you've never seen anything like it in your life. The rolling hills are endless. Endless mountains and forests, with different shades of mountains. In the distance, a river like a white ribbon twists and turns, flowing towards the sky. Standing on the peak, everything below becomes small. Beetle-like cars crawling on the highway visible to the naked eye. There is no obstacle to the wide horizon. It seems that you can reach the top of the sky with your hand, and you can take a breath and go straight to the sky.
I smile and say to you, if a person is often faced with such a scene, the blue sky and white clouds, and the mountains at a glance. What will happen? You smile and don't say a word, just look around, and then, squint at me, smile and ask me where is the tweed tree? On the top of this high mountain, there are only weeds, overgrown weeds, low on the ground, and only the howling mountain wind presses them down.
Looking at the mystery between the peaks in the distance, the unfathomable scenery. Mountains on the horizon. It seems to tell me that there is a wonderful scenery ahead. I asked you with a smile, will we go deeper and farther into the mountains in the future? Isolated on the top of the mountain, looking at the silent mountains, the dark clouds. The slightly cool autumn wind blew, and I involuntarily shrank. Ask yourself in your heart, do you want to go deeper and farther into the mountains?
Li Zhendong looked at the distant mountains, can he still hold the Yiren in this life?
The more inaccessible the forest, the more wild chestnut trees there are. Li Zhendong cheered up and found a chestnut forest in the middle of nowhere. That's a dozen or so trees. No one has been here yet, and no climbing branches and leaves have fallen to the ground. Looking up at the thorn ball above, it was noticeably larger than the one on the hillside below.