After adding Xu Lian, I have to say that this monotonous journey has indeed added a bit of fun.

If there are only Li Sanshi and Cheng Er, then Cheng Er's chat partner can only be Li Sanshi, and Li Sanshi can't resist Cheng Er's toss no matter how patient he is. Now it's okay, Cheng Er has two objects to pass the time.

Cheng Er only then realized that the third brother's decision was really wise!

After a while, the backs of the three of them were gradually rendered into the color of August maple leaves by the sun that was about to set. The three of them walked side by side on the plain, facing the setting sun, and the destination was the small forest in front of them.

Cheng Er had an unnamed grassroots in his mouth, holding his neck with both hands, giving people the feeling of a ruffian little hooligan. Li Sanshi is not as flamboyant as Cheng Er, but he admires Cheng Er's behavior, and feels that this kind of undisguised straightforwardness is really rare, which is why Li Sanshi is willing to be brothers with Cheng Er!

……

The sun had completely submerged under the distant mountain, and the three of them came to the grove.

Li Sanshi stopped and said to Xu Liancheng Er: "Now that it's getting dark, let's find an open space to camp and spend tonight, and then set off tomorrow morning." ”

Cheng Er smiled: "Whatever, I don't care, I don't know if Miss Xu has any opinions?" ”

Xu Lian was still hesitating in her heart, but somehow, when she heard Cheng Er's words, she hurriedly said, "I have no opinion." ”

may be the reason why Cheng Er stimulated Xu Lian too much in the afternoon.

"Okay, then let's find a good location first."

……

Cheng Er found some dry wood and put it on the ground.

Not long after, a bonfire rose in the dark forest, and the three of them sat around it.

At night, Cheng Er also quieted down, no longer deliberately looking for topics as he did during the day.

To be honest, after an awkward chat with Cheng Er in the afternoon, Xu Lian felt that she was not so strange to them, but she knew a lot better.

The campfire burned on its own, the leaping flames attracting the attention of the three men, and from time to time there was the sound of a slight crackle of wood from the fire.

The three of them looked at the bonfire and fell into deep thought. It's just that Cheng Er occasionally uses wood to stir the fire to make it burn more fully.

The firelight flickered in their eyes, Li Sanshi's thoughts came back from his contemplation, looked at Xu Lian and said, "Miss Xu, don't call me Li Gongzi Li in the future, I'm also embarrassed, just call me Li Sanshi, as for him, you can call him whatever it is convenient." ”

Xu Lian nodded and said, "Okay, then I'll call Cheng Er like that, and I'll call you third brother in the future." ”

Li Sanshi was dumbfounded, thinking about the fact that Xu Lian was older than himself, he always felt a little weird, but it was really smooth to scream like this, so he didn't say anything anymore, and replied, "Okay, that's okay." ”

Xu Lian covered her mouth and chuckled, the reflection of the firelight on her beautiful face made Li Sanshi's heartbeat beat a little faster, and asked, "Third brother, what do you call Cheng Er on weekdays?" ”

When Cheng Er heard this, he looked at Li Sanshi with a strange expression.

Li Sanshi laughed and said: "I, I call everything on weekdays, but I mainly call him a dog, and I call him Cheng Er or Young Master Cheng on formal occasions." However, you still don't call him a dog, otherwise he won't be able to get over his face, haha. ”

Xu Lian smiled and said to Cheng Er, "Okay, I'll call you brother in the future." ”

Cheng Er almost didn't jump up when he heard this, and said with a wry smile: "Miss Xu, are you still serious about joking with you during the day?" How can I be called a younger brother by you, how can I be a big man in the future? ”

Xu Lian snorted: "Didn't you keep talking in the afternoon, what's the matter, regret it?" Or do you think you're at a loss if I do your sister? ”

Before he finished speaking, Cheng Er spit out the word "right".

Xu Lian got up and made a gesture to clean up Cheng Er, but Cheng Er bounced up and hid behind Li Sanshi, shouting: "Third brother, help me, this Diao people want to be bad for me!" ”

……

……

The morning dew absorbs the last bit of residual heat from the wood that has long ceased to burn, and the early birds in the forest are already weaving back and forth among the trees to begin their day's work.

Cheng Er opened his eyes, touched his stomach, and muttered, "I'm so hungry, damn, why did I forget to buy some dry food." ”

Cheng Er got up and woke up Li Sanshi, who was sleeping on the ground, turned his head to look for Xu Lian's figure, and after looking around, he found that Xu Lian was asleep leaning against the not too thick tree over there.

Cheng Er stepped forward, wanting to scare her, and asked himself if he was bullying her too much, and thought of her possible violent appearance after being scared by herself, she couldn't help but shudder and gave up this ridiculous move.

After waking the two of them up, Cheng Er immediately encouraged Li Sanshi and Xu Lian to hurry up and find an inn to fill their stomachs earlier.

Li Sanshi said: "Let's hurry up, I'm really hungry, it's all because I didn't think about it yesterday and forgot to buy some dry food." ”

The three of them cleaned up, walked out of the woods, and walked towards the official road.

……

Li Sanshi and his entourage crossed the grassland before the sun fully rose and came to the official road in front of them.

The long line in front of me looked to both sides, and you could see the end of the official road.

In the long procession were twenty ox carts from the university, on which sat two or three old men holding large and small packages. There are also many civilians who do not have ox carts, but they carry their children with large bags and small bags, and slowly follow the procession. One of the more conspicuous things in the ranks was several stretchers on which the wounded man lay on them, and his relatives (probably friends) did not abandon him, but took him with them.

Most of these people were in groups of three or five, the old, the young, the sick, the disabled, and even the women who were eight months pregnant, and together they formed this long procession, which slowly moved along the official road.

It was also the first time that Li Sanshi and the others had seen this situation, although Xu Lian had experienced it before, but at that time, she was young and had no impression, only some scattered memory fragments. After a little speculation, the three guessed that this was a group of refugees.

Li Sanshi took Cheng Er and Xu Lian into the noisy line, and when he saw a pair of grandchildren next to him, Li Sanshi asked, "Grandpa, why are so many people on the road?" ”

The voice just made was drowned out by this huge team, and maybe the old man was old, and his ears were a little back, so there was no reaction.

Helplessly, Li Sanshi got closer and asked again loudly.

The old man heard a voice, turned his head to look at the young man's mouth in front of him, and asked, "Young man, what are you talking about!" ”