Chapter 39: Outlook
The bonfire was blazing, and although it was February, it was still cold at night.
There is a simple shack next to the fire, when it is about to get dark, Zhiwen and his party found an open place to rest, and the hay and branches and other utensils used to build the shack are prepared by Zhiwen a long time ago.
Zhiwen hid in the shack alone, and after a while, he took out the food made by the processing workshop and distributed it to everyone, everyone was hungry, and they were all busy eating, and they didn't care about talking.
Only Dazhu asked while eating: "Zhiwen, the pancakes are so fragrant." ”
"Goo-doo", "The soup is delicious, how do you make it?" ”
"Well, is this bread all hidden in a bag?"
Zhiwen didn't want to pay attention to this guy at first, but later saw that he had more and more problems, and he had a tendency to become a curious baby, so he had to knock him.
"Dazhu, can't such a delicious thing stop your mouth?" The tone is a bit harsh.
"Huh? I just... It's just..."Dazhu was a little frightened.
"Eat, drink, don't ask anything about eating, you know? Big Pillar! Zhiwen did not relent.
"Also, in the future, you can't reveal a little bit of our food to any outsiders, and if someone asks, they will say that they don't know, and they will push it on me, just say that I can take care of the food." There are some things that need to be vaccinated in advance.
"Xiao Zhi is right," Xiao Jie helped beside him, "Not only Dazhu, let's all keep our mouths tight, otherwise it will be a big disaster to be targeted." ”
"Oh... Oh, listen to you, Zhiwen, I listen to you. Da Zhu hurriedly expressed his determination, joking, this kind of pancake is full of flavor and salty, and he can't eat it once a year in the previous years, he is not stupid.
"Xiaozhi, don't worry, we won't hold you back." Xiao Yingniang smiled and said.
"Brother, aren't we going back to the county?" Nan Nan asked.
The topic just now has achieved an effect, but the tone is too serious, Nan Nan changed the direction in time, Zhiwen couldn't help but give Nan Nan a thumbs up, and just happened to tell you about the hiking route, no, the escape route, and talk about your thoughts.
"Well, I'm not going back to the county seat." Zhiwen said, "It's not easy to even go to the street, let's go find a place where you don't have to worry about running out of water, a place where you can go to the street steadily, and a... A place to stand and live. ”
After speaking, the heart is a little empty, and it seems to be a very simple request, but this kind of place is really hard to find, especially after more than ten years.
"Huh? Don't even go to the county seat? Da Zhu is very sorry, he is so big, he fled to the county seat last year, it is the farthest place he has been, the tall city wall, the blue brick house, even if it is only seen through the city gate, he is dumbfounded.
The family is reluctant to pay money to enter the city, but in Dazhu's opinion, so many people in the county town are a place where they can go to the street, what matters whether they are down-to-earth or not, as for "standing and living", Dazhu doesn't know what Zhiwen is talking about at all.
"Okay, okay, there's going to be candy sellers on the street, and there's going to be, um... There must be a lot of good food. "This is Xiaoying, a snack seller, she has only seen candy sellers on the county street, and she can't say what she hasn't seen, but she instinctively thinks that there should be a lot of food sellers on a street.
"Brother, do you want to go to grandpa and grandpa?" Nan Nan asked.
"Well, don't you want to find it?" It's the last blood relative of himself and Nannan, and of course it's better if he can find it along the way, not to mention that the route they took is really good.
"Xiaojie, where do you want to go?" Zhiwen asked, he also wanted to know what everyone thought.
"Hehe, I haven't thought about it, and I haven't been far away, I don't know where it is," Xiao Jie said with a smile, "I heard you mention it before, let's no longer go back to the county seat, but go directly to the east and cross the Yellow River." What's the point of that? Xiao Zhi. ”
It's okay, then talk about your thoughts, Zhiwen thought, even if they don't understand.
"Do you think we can stay here? Let's talk about it. Zhiwen agitated.
"Of course, I won't be able to stay like last year," Xiao Yingniang said, "but didn't it snow heavily a year ago, and it rain again a year later?" Perhaps, you can get through it, right? ”
After all, it is a surprise to have relief, and no relief is the norm, and ordinary people are used to it.
"Just these two rains and snows, not even the ground is wet." Zhiwen casually grabbed a handful of dry ash from the ground, shook it, and sprinkled it back on the ground.
"This land can be said to be even worse than last year, how many rains will it take to make up for it?" After Zhiwen finished speaking, he waited for a moment and digested it for everyone.
"That's... Didn't you run away from here? Xiao Yingniang also grabbed a handful of soil and muttered.
"I didn't run away, not only do I have to go, but I have to go as soon as possible," Zhiwen continued, "We are all children except Aunt Song, and there are not many people fleeing on the road now, so we can be less remembered, and if there are more people fleeing..."
Hearing this, Xiao Yingniang seemed to tremble beside her, "Yes, yes, Xiao Zhi is right, you have to leave as soon as possible, and the wild vegetables on this road can be dug up a few more than the ones behind." ”
"Then why do you have to cross the Yellow River east?" Xiao Jie suddenly interjected, "I heard my father say before, there is Hanzhong in the south, and after Hanzhong is Shuzhong, my father said, that is the country of abundance, there are a lot of big rivers, don't worry about running out of water, Xiaozhi?" ”
Zhiwen is very happy, Xiao Jie should be the kind of person who only talks a lot after getting acquainted, and he is no longer submissive, and has his own ideas.
He casually drew a "several" shape on the ground with a tree branch, and Zhiwen pointed to it and said, "This is the Yellow River." ”
Whether the standard is not standard is not taken care of, whether the downstream has broken the embankment and diverted, Zhiwen is not clear, but this does not affect the situation in the middle and upper reaches.
He pointed to the inside of the word "several" and said: "Let's be here, from here across the Yellow River is Shanxi, the distance is not far." ”
"And from here to the south, through Hanzhong, to Shuzhong," Zhiwen drew a long arrow with a branch, "it will be much farther." ”
Zhiwen knew that the proportions might be a little wrong, not as long as he had drawn, but it was certain that the southbound would be farther than the east, and that it would be much more dangerous to pass through such a large area of drought-stricken areas, and Zhiwen had more important things to say.
"Also, in the winter months of last year, I heard that there was a person named Wang Er in Baishui County who openly rebelled," that was what Zhiwen heard from the whispered discussion of the street patrol officials when he went out for a stroll at night, "I don't know where Baishui County is, but it won't be around our county seat, so maybe it's on the way south, we can't take this risk." ”
"Reverse? Someone made the opposite!! Xiao Yingniang exclaimed, in the Confucian concept of "Heaven and Earth Jun Qin Shi", "Jun" is the emperor, second only to "heaven" and "earth", although there are many bandits in this year, but after all, there is no public rebellion, how much courage does it take to rebel against the emperor.
"It's... Is this true? Xiao Jie also looked incredible.
Zhiwen nodded, "It shouldn't be wrong, I have good ears, listen to what those officials say." ”
"Then that's really the best way to go." Xiao Jie finally agreed, and then looked at Zhiwen with very strange eyes, "Xiao Zhi, do you know the map?" ”