Chapter 2 Coming to Peace
The young man slept soundly for two days and two nights, and finally woke up. He opened his eyes and saw himself lying on a clean bed. There were two people, an old man and a young man, standing next to the bed, smiling with a smile on their faces, looking at him with concerned eyes, and saying in their mouths: "You are finally awake!" Just wake up! ”
The man looked at the old and young in front of him with puzzled eyes, and saw that the old man was about fifty years old, with a strange appearance, and the girl was about fifteen or sixteen years old, with beautiful eyebrows. The adult wore a long robe, with long hair coiled on top of his head and covered with a black net, and the girl wore culottes with her hair scattered behind her head.
The man hurriedly sat up and thanked the two: "Thank you for saving my Song Qi's life!" What is your surname, sir? ”
"You don't have to worry about it. My surname is Ling, you can call me Daddy Ling, this is my daughter Ling Xue. Ling Helai smiled and pressed the man's shoulder, then turned back to his daughter and said, "Xue'er, go and bring the porridge!" Ling Xue agreed, turned around and went out, and soon brought in a bowl of steaming porridge.
Looking at the steaming porridge and smelling the aroma of the hot porridge, the young man Song Qi's throat squirmed a few times, and the sound of swallowing saliva came out of his mouth, and even his stomach echoed with hunger. I haven't eaten for a long time, and I don't know how long this stomach has been empty, and my chest is already close to my back.
Song Qi struggled to sit up, wanting to drink porridge with a bowl by himself, obviously he overestimated his state, after all, he fell from the sky, lost too much blood, and did not eat for a long time, people are iron, rice is steel, without eating, where did he get the strength. He didn't have the strength to support him when he first got up, but fortunately, Father Ling took a hand in time, grabbed his shoulder, and helped him sit down by the head of the bed.
Father Ling took the bowl from Ling Xue's hand, stirred the porridge in the bowl with a spoon with one hand, and after stirring it a few times, scooped out a small spoonful from the bowl and sent it to Song Qi's mouth. Song Qi wanted to say, "I'll do it myself", but the words came to his mouth and swallowed back. Thinking that life is saved by others, in the process of falling asleep, people don't know how many times they have fed themselves water and medicine, and now the body is so weak, it may not be able to afford the weight of this bowl, so don't add to the chaos.
Thinking like this, Song Qi was like an obedient and sensible child, obediently opened his mouth, took this spoonful of porridge in his mouth, and swallowed it. Since swallowing too quickly, the taste has not yet been tasted in the mouth, and the stomach and intestines have obviously reacted. His pale face was bloody, and a few drops of sweat oozed from his forehead. After eating a few mouthfuls of porridge, the nutrients in the porridge quickly penetrated from the stomach and intestines to the blood, spreading to the limbs, and you can't see the strength, but you can feel it. With the strength, I'm embarrassed to let the family feed me anymore. Then he said to Father Ling, "Daddy, now I can eat by myself." ”
Seeing that Song Qi's face turned from pale to ruddy, and his forehead began to sweat, thinking that his vitality had recovered a lot, Father Ling nodded, put the spoon in the bowl, and gently handed it to him.
After a few mouthfuls of porridge, all the hungry insects in the stomach came out to find food, the face was bloody, the body was strong, but the hunger in the stomach was even stronger. Song Qi picked up the bowl, didn't use a spoon to scoop, and drank directly to the bowl with his mouth. I drank three bowls in a row. After drinking the third bowl, he was no longer hungry, and then he realized that such a gobbling meal was not very good-looking, and he put down the bowl and smiled embarrassedly at the two.
"It's good to be able to eat! Another bowl. Father Ling said with a smile.
"Thank you! I'm full. Song Qi said with a smile.
Father Ling looked at Song Qi with a concerned gaze and asked, "Brother Song, where are you from and why did you come here?" ”
"I'm from Hangzhou. As a result of a plane crash, he fell into the sea. Song Qi replied with a smile, seeing that the other party seemed to be stunned, he explained, "It's Hangzhou with heaven and Suzhou and Hangzhou below." ”
"Hangzhou? I haven't heard of it, I've only heard of Yangzhou. Ling He came to hear it and said with a blank expression.
"Then Shanghai knows, we are next to Shanghai." Song Qi added.
"I'm really lonely, Brother Song smiled." Ling He glanced at Ling Xue and shook his head embarrassedly.
"Beijing knows, right? China knows, right? Seeing this scene, Song Qi was a little anxious, so he turned his hopeful eyes to Ling Xue and prompted. He thought to himself that the old man did not care about the world, which was understandable, and the young man should always know.
"Maybe the world is too big, and there are a lot of things we don't know." When Ling Xue heard these place names, she just stuck out her tongue and shook her head, her shy face turned red, as if she didn't know what she had done.
Song Qi was stunned when he saw this scene, and he said in his heart: "What's the situation? I have met people who don't know Hangzhou when I went abroad before, but when it comes to Shanghai, they know it, and then they also roughly know where Hangzhou is, and now they meet someone who doesn't even know China. These two people speak the same language as me, they should be Chinese, why don't they even know their own country? Even if they are not Chinese, are they not earthlings? It's weird! ”
"So, may I ask Father Ling, which country is this, what is it?" Song Qi had to ask them.
"This is Huanglong Prefecture, which belongs to Chen Guo, and our village is called Lingyu Village." Ling Xue replied with a smile.
"Huanglongzhou? Chen Guo? Where is this country on the planet? Song Qi quickly turned the globe in his brain, and turned several times in the north, south, east and west, but he didn't find the location of Chen Guo, so he sighed in his heart and said: "Alas, I think that my Song Qi had excellent geographical achievements back then, no matter which country's capital you ask, I can immediately answer which city it is, and it won't be difficult for me." Now that I hear the name of this place, my mind is blank, just like the father and daughter of Ling just now, as clueless as when they heard Hangzhou and China. Could it be that this crash short-circuited my brain? ”
Thinking of the scornful thought that instantly appeared just now because Ling's father and daughter didn't know China, Song Qi felt very ashamed, and his face was a little feverish.
"Daddy Ling, I'm sorry, I'm also lonely. So what country is next to Chen? Song Qi asked in a roundabout way, hoping to determine the direction and location of Chen Guo.
"The country of Chen is bordered by the sea to the east, the kingdom of Wei and Liang to the south, the state of Chu to the west, and the country of Chizhu to the north." Ling Xue said, gesturing and gesturing as she spoke.
Song Qi was completely drunk, he listened to the names of these countries, and he couldn't find these countries on the map in his mind, let alone locate the locations of each country.
"Wei Chu Liang Chen." Song Qi repeated these words, and suddenly remembered that these were all the names of ancient countries in history books, at least a thousand years ago. Dengshi's back was cold, and his heart was empty, and he thought: "These countries have long perished, and I don't know how many times they have changed dynasties before they arrived in today's China." Could it be that this Ling father and daughter are coaxing me to be happy? ”
But looking at their father and daughter so seriously, it doesn't seem like they're joking. Song Qi's heart almost stopped beating, and at this time, his brain was so mushy that he couldn't think at all. After a little spondency, he dared to ask: "So, what year, month, and day is it now?" ”
"Today is the ninth day of April in the twenty-eighth year of Emperor Chen Tai." Without thinking, Ling Xue blurted out.
This was at least a thousand years ago. After Song Qi heard this, he was immediately dumbfounded and stunned.
Seeing Song Qi's nonsense and dementia, the Ling father and daughter thought that his brain was damaged by the seawater, so they smiled and said, "You are still very weak, you need to rest more!" So saying, he turned and went out gently.
"Crossing? Time travel? I actually traveled through more than a thousand years and returned to the ancient kingdom of Chen! It's not uncommon to see a time-traveling plot on TV, but it never happens in reality. I didn't expect such a thing to happen to me! Song Qi was a little inexplicably excited.
"Is this a good thing or a bad thing? Let's take it as a good thing, after all, there is a plane crash, and you don't die, isn't it a good thing? Song Qi comforted himself.
"But since you are not dead, how can you go back? There are also parents, siblings, and girlfriends at home. They must have thought I was dead, and they must have been very sad. Both parents are old, how can they bear the pain of losing their children? Thinking of this, Song Qi's heart became a little solemn.
"If you are in another country, you will go back if you buy a ticket, and if you are in another city, you will go back by buying a high-speed rail ticket. But how can I buy a ticket to go back now? I came here by mistake, and there is no possibility of crossing back at all! Thinking of this, Song Qi became a little desperate again.
This kind of Genesis thinking made Song Qi's brain unable to keep up for the time being, he felt very tired and tired, he didn't think about it, no matter which time and space it was, it was the best choice to sleep well.
Song Qi fell asleep, and this sleep was another day and a night. When he woke up again, he looked much better. He got out of bed and went out into the courtyard.
This is the sky a thousand years ago, with blue sky and white clouds, fresh air, and no haze pollution; The ground is from a thousand years ago, there is no cement asphalt, and the ground is paved with pebbles and sand, and it is quite smooth. The house is a standard grass house, spacious and comfortable, the left half of the yard is full of trees, there are orange trees, peach trees, pear trees, the trees are blooming with red flowers, bearing green fruits, entangled with green vines, purple and red, full of vitality, the right half is a large open space, and there is a small pavilion in the middle.
Song Qi saw his life-saving benefactor Ling Lao Dad and his daughter Ling Xue standing in front of him, so he knelt on the ground with his legs bent in accordance with Gu Li, kowtowed a few times, and said with tears in his eyes: "Father Ling, your great kindness to me is high and the earth is thick, I will remember it in my heart and never forget it, he will definitely go to the soup and repay you if he has the opportunity one day!" As he spoke, his voice choked a little, and tears rolled down his eyes.
Father Ling hurriedly turned sideways to avoid it, stretched out his hands to pull him up, and said humbly: "Why do you have to be so heavy-handed with your hands!" Song Qi thanked Ling Xue again, and Ling Xue returned the courtesy.
"Brother Song, I have never been an outsider in this small mountain village. Since you're here, it means we have a fate. You can make this place your home, and you can only say what you want to eat, and you don't have to be inhibited. Ling Helai smiled at Song Qi and said.
"Thank you, Daddy Ling! I'm really bothering you! Song Qi thanked.
"It doesn't matter." Father Ling instructed Ling Xue again: "Xue'er, you take Brother Song to take a look around and familiarize yourself with the environment." ”
"There's Sister Laucher!" Song Qi said.
"As it should be!" Ling Xue said with a smile, and after speaking, she took Song Qi like a tour guide and walked outside the courtyard.
"The mountains here are called Huanglongling, the highest peak is called Huanglongding, and the small hill in front is called Longwei Mountain." Ling Xue pointed and introduced as she walked.
Song Qi smiled and nodded, looking up.
"Brother Song, look there! It was there the day before yesterday that my dad and I found you lying unconscious on the beach. Ling Xue said as she walked, pointing to the beach a mile away on her left.
Song Qi listened and hurriedly looked in the direction of Ling Xue's finger. I saw that this beach is not very large, about 500 meters wide at its widest point. The beach is paved with pale yellow sand and stones, and shells of various colors can be seen everywhere, dotting the sand, glistening in the sun.
"Let's go there and have a look." Song Qi looked at Ling Xuedao.
"Okay, I'm going to take you there." Ling Xue said with a smile.
They scurried down to the beach. At this time, the sea water had receded by as much as a kilometer, and several deep and messy pits were found in a higher place, which could be imagined as helpless and difficult to survive at that time. Song Qi's mood suddenly became solemn.
He remembers that he was flying from Los Angeles to Hangzhou in the United States, and that he was in the air for about four hours before the plane crashed. All he remembered was that the plane shook violently in the air a few times before it fell, and he didn't know what happened after it fell.
"Did the plane explode, did it disintegrate, how did I get out of the cabin? And how did you float to the beach? Song Qi's eyes searched the sea, sweeping from east to west, from top to bottom, without any clues of the plane.
"The most puzzling thing is that the plane's route doesn't pass through here at all, so how can I be here?" He stood on the beach in a daze, looking at the place where the sky and the sea met in the distance......
"Who am I? Is it a human or a ghost? I still remember the previous events clearly, which means that the soul is still my own, but is this body my own? He pinched his thigh with his fingers, and the pain stopped.
With a "whoosh", a wave rolled over and wet his feet. He still stood there motionless, letting his thoughts roll with the undulations of the waves