Chapter 494: It's Good to Be Home

On the edge of the 100,000 Mountains on the southwestern border, a young man walked on foot with a package on his back, wearing a hat and sunglasses, and dressed in a sportswear, it was Zao Wou-Ki who had returned home.

Since getting off the plane, Zao Wou-Ki has also been a little confused, not knowing how to go? The last time I left, I took a completely different route, and I went to the local army station, and then left by plane, this time I came back, how to get home, Zao Wou-Ki didn't have any experience.

Still living in the city for a period of time, this little thing is no longer difficult for himself, buy a map and solve it all, from the southwest provincial capital to take a long-distance bus all the way to the west, after changing a few buses, finally came to a small village, and then can only walk.

Following the general direction indicated on the map, Zao Wou-Ki walked all the way from the small village to the west, and after walking for two days and two nights, he finally came to the edge of a primeval forest, which looked very unfamiliar.

Entering the primeval forest, Zao Wou-Ki had a sense of intimacy, everything around him was so familiar, so cordial, as if it was his own back garden, flowers and trees, birds, fish and insects, mountain treasures and monsters, everything was so familiar, his mood suddenly improved, and the fatigue of hiking for days disappeared.

Rest when you're tired, barbecue something to eat when you're hungry, don't want to eat the food in the bag, three days have passed unconsciously, at noon that day, the tired Zao Wou-Ki climbed to the top of a mountain cliff, looked around, and suddenly saw some familiar scenery, the undulating mountains are so familiar, I can't help but be overjoyed.

Finally found his way home, Zao Wou-Ki looked into the distance in surprise, thinking that he would not be able to see his grandfather for a long time soon, he was in a good mood, but he was a little nervous, maybe it was because he was more timid in his hometown, right?

"Whew——!" Zao Wou-Ki couldn't help but let out a long howl, venting the depression and exhaustion in his heart, and the mountain quickly responded, and the shouts echoed in the valley, drifting away.

After resting for a while, Zao Wou-Ki took the direction seriously and continued to walk forward, everything around him became more and more familiar, he found a random place to sleep at night, and woke up the next morning, Zao Wou-Ki couldn't wait to walk forward, estimating that he would be home at dusk.

After walking for a while, Zao Wou-Ki climbed up a high post to determine the direction, and in the blur, he saw a group of people hurrying by in the distance, and couldn't help but be stunned, who else came to this place? Seeing that the other party was already far away, Zao Wou-Ki didn't pay much attention to it, and continued to hurry after determining the direction.

When the sunset dissipated, Zao Wou-Ki looked at a canyon in front of him, and his mood became even more excited, on a hillside in the middle of the canyon, a few wisps of cooking smoke wafted out of the dense woods, it was someone cooking, occasionally heard a few wolf dogs barking, everything seemed so harmonious, so quiet, so beautiful.

Zao Wou-Ki didn't dare to go forward, hesitated for a while, looked at the sky, or mustered up the courage to walk forward, and after a while, he saw the cottage hidden in the woods in front of him, and the stone and wooden houses built on the mountain. For example, Zhaikou is a river, and there is a simple wooden bridge on it that is not known how many years.

Standing on the bridge, Zao Wou-Ki was full of emotion, this has been going for almost two years, right? Qingniu Village is still the original Qingniu Village, but what about yourself? Is it still the same self? On the stone road into the village, an old man is walking slowly forward, Zao Wou-Ki knows him, the oldest birthday star in Qingniu Village, calculate the time, he is one hundred and thirteen years old this year, right?

Zao Wou-Ki stepped forward quickly and shouted in a loud voice, "Ah Gong, Ah Gong." ”

The old man turned around slowly and looked at Zao Wou-Ki suspiciously, Zao Wou-Ki who had been out for nearly two years had changed greatly, whether it was image or temperament, he was no longer the same Zao Wou-Ki as before, no wonder the old man couldn't recognize it.

When Zao Wou-Ki saw this scene, his heart was a little sour, and he hurriedly said, "Ah Gong, it's me." ”

No matter what people do, but the voice will not change easily, the old man asked in surprise: "It's you, are you the wolf cub?" Are you back? ”

"Well, I'm back," Zao Wou-Ki's nose was sour, and he wanted to cry.

"It's good to be back, it's good to be back." The old man chattered repeatedly, "Quick, go home, your grandfather is home alone, and he talks about you every day." ”

"Okay, Grandpa, I'll go look for you when I go back," Zao Wou-Ki thought of the lonely old man at home, and his heart became even more uncomfortable, and he ran towards his house as if he was flying.

Along the way, they met many familiar neighbors, everyone looked at this stranger who suddenly broke into the cottage in surprise, and felt very familiar, but they didn't dare to recognize each other, Zao Wou-Ki was in a hurry to go home, he didn't care about it, and rushed to the door of a house in a few steps.

The house is made of wood, the bottom is stone, about a meter high, the cottage is placed in this structure, to prevent poisonous insects, poisonous snakes and the like from climbing into the house, a simple ladder can go upstairs, the door is a long wooden corridor, the three rooms are connected side by side, one is the kitchen, two bedrooms.

Zao Wou-Ki suddenly didn't dare to go up the ladder, looking at everything around him, the familiar couldn't be more familiar, and he heard the sound of someone coughing in the room, it was the grandfather who brought him up since he was a child.

Hearing the cough, Zhao Wu was so shocked that he couldn't care about anything, jumped up in one step, pushed open the door of the middle room, and shouted excitedly: "Grandpa, I'm back." ”

An old man in the room was eating with a rice bowl, a bowl of porridge, a few plates of homemade pickles, looking at the person who suddenly appeared, stunned, when he saw the other party's appearance clearly, the rice bowl in his hand fell to the ground all of a sudden, stood up, and shouted excitedly: "Wolf cub, it's you, is it really you back?" ”

"It's me, grandpa, I'm back." Zao Wou-Ki couldn't control his tears anymore, pounced, hugged his grandfather and sobbed, the hurt was even worse when the love was strong, two years apart, all the lovesickness, all the worries, all the love, at this moment, replaced by two lines of tears.

Grandpa was also excited, the two hugged tightly, the strong affection was fermenting, sublimating, Zao Wou-Ki felt that his heart was not as down-to-earth, so calm, so happy as today, "It's good to go home." ”

After a while, the two of them stabilized their emotions, heard the footsteps outside, and knew that the neighbors came to see the excitement, everyone got along in this primeval forest, and they had a very good relationship with each other.

"Mr. Zhao, is your wolf cub back?" A voice shouted outside the door.

Zao Wou-ki's grandfather is the most literate person in Qingniu Village, although culture is useless here, but it does not affect everyone's respect for him, I don't know what the specific name is, and I don't ask or say, everyone will call Mr. Zhao respectfully.

"yes, come on, come in and sit down." Grandpa replied excitedly.

After a while, a large number of people poured into Zao Wou-ki's house, everyone looked at Zao Wou-Ki cordially, and came up to say hello one by one, Zao Wou-Ki seemed to have returned to the old days, greeting one by one, please sit down, many children came in, happily shouting: "Wolf head, wolf head, are you back?" "Zhao Wuji is the child king, the wild master, the adults call him the wolf cub, and the children call him the wolf head.

"Come back, come here, let me see, wow, they've all grown taller." Zao Wou-Ki looked at this, looked at that, and said with a smile. Thinking of the gifts in his bag, he quickly opened it and took out a lot of things from it, all kinds of food, all kinds of trinkets, and dozens of short knives inside, all of which were bought from the stores of ethnic minority compatriots on the road, with beautiful craftsmanship and sharp and durable.

Qingniuzhai lacks decent weapons, everyone's hunting weapons are cast by themselves, very crude, with limited lethality, seeing the short knife that Zao Wou-Ki took out, there were bursts of cold light on it, everyone in the audience was shocked, what a good weapon, with this weapon, it will be safer to go out.

Zao Wou-Ki sent weapons to everyone, there are dozens of households in Qingniu Village, no one has a handful, they have been prepared for a long time, and they have not come to the next door to bring it over, everyone sees such a precious gift, one by one, the people in the mountains come and go straight, not so much exquisite, the feelings are very simple, and they will not shirk, but they will keep it in their hearts, and wait for the opportunity to repay each other with their lives.

Zao Wou-Ki's gift to the women is a silk scarf, this thing does not take up space, there are all kinds of colors, all of them are taken out for everyone to choose at will, the women are not polite, each chose one, said words of gratitude, several women even played the children who took small gifts to go home to get things, and ran to the kitchen next door to get busy, as if they were at home.

After a while, all the children turned back, this one with cured meat, the other with local wine, and those wild fruits, all of which were sent to Zao Wou-Ki's kitchen, and then ran to chat with Zao Wou-Ki, asking what the outside world was like, and the adults were also curious to ask, Zao Wou-Ki had to pick up some casual talk, which made the children yearn for a while.

Zao Wou-ki's grandfather looked at this scene, his heart was very satisfied, his smiling eyes were full of loving light, he didn't know what he was thinking, and after a while, the smell of meat wafted from the kitchen next door, Zao Wou-Ki's index finger moved, and he walked for several days, eating barbecue food, and birds faded out of his mouth.

At this time, several women came in with the finished things and put them on the simple table, two bowls of meat, two bowls of vegetables, a small wooden barrel of local wine, and a small wooden barrel of rice.

Although Zao Wou-Ki lives with his grandfather, he eats in other people's homes, a cottage, dozens of households, and there is no need to be so raw. After eating and drinking, everyone continued to chat, until the lights were lit, everyone left one by one, and soon only the two were left in the room.

"Wolf cub, I just listened to what you said about the outside situation, I didn't expect such a big change, what you said just now is the social situation, let's talk about you, it's been almost two years since you went out, what have you experienced, you can see that your skills have improved a lot, congratulations." Mr. Zhao said slowly.

"Well," Zao Wou-Ki was not at all defensive in front of his grandfather, added some oil to the oil lamp, illuminated the room more brightly, and then opened the chatterbox, since the day he left, the countless twists and turns and bizarre things experienced in the middle, as well as feelings, etc., all slowly said, and kept saying that the East has turned white.

Fortunately, the internal skills of finding the old gentleman are also very deep, and it is okay if you don't sleep at night, listening to Zao Wou-ki's narration, I sighed in my heart, and when Zao Wou-Ki finished speaking, I looked for the old gentleman and said sincerely: "I can't imagine that you have experienced so many things in the past two years?" Wonderful, it's so exciting, it's better than my old man's lifetime experience, compared to you, the little things I experienced back then are really nothing. ”