Chapter 023: Desperate Situation
There had been no snow this winter, but now the belated snow finally came, and the snowflakes in the north were as big as a seat, and in a matter of moments the whole land was covered with a silvery white.
After discovering that it was snowing heavily, Ding Yuluo and Ding Hao immediately took action, calling the guys who had just rested, no matter how reluctant they were, they asked everyone to get up and hurry up immediately.
The snow was dense, the sky and the earth were vast, and at dawn, a strong wind blew again. At first, there was still warmth, when the snow was sticky, all standing on people, wheels, but now the warmth is empty, the wind blows snowflakes straight into people's necks and collars, which makes people feel cold, and from a distance, that group of people and horses have become snowmen who can move.
The snow was heavy on the ground, the wheels were twisted and crooked, and the men of the whips, the coachmen, and the men of the ambulances pushed their shoulders and drove the mules and horses desperately, and by noon all the men were exhausted, and it was difficult to take another step, and the whole convoy finally rested in the wilderness where there was no village in front of it and no shop in the back.
The sun hung high in the sky, shining on the endless snow, and the reflection of the sun made people's eyes dazzle. The guys who hid next to the cart and hurriedly ate some dry food looked tired, and no matter how Ding Yuluo, Liu Shiyi, Li Shouyin and others agitated, and even hung a huge reward, they refused to take a step further.
Ding Hao's voice was hoarse, he hoarsely went back and forth, and he was still persuading everyone without giving up: "Brothers, there are not many roads, everyone has turned over thousands of mountains and mountains, and we can still defeat in this last section, and if we use a little more force, Guangyuan will be in front of us......"
An exhausted Minzhuang leaned on a big car and said weakly: "Ding is in charge, the Ding family pays three days' wages a day, and we are not thin along the way. If you can still go, you don't need to say it, the big guy will have to give up this hundred pounds, but...... We really can't walk. ”
Feng Dazhang stepped on the thick snow and came back from the front, his eyebrows and beard were blown white by the wind and snow, and if the bloated sheepskin jacket was dyed red, he was like Santa Claus.
When he saw Ding Hao, he sighed heavily, shook his head and said: "Xiao Ding, it's hard for everyone, even if the big guy is willing to give up this life, it won't be done, the rest of the road is not easy to walk, when the snow comes, even the road can't be seen, we are now lost in the wilderness, and if we go on, it won't be long before the axle will be broken." ”
"Then we can make people explore the way, although it is slower, it is better than sitting still."
"Pathfinding? Even if we could find our way, this truck would not be able to turn around in the thick snow with such a heavy load of grain. ”
Ding Hao glanced at the wheels of the cart, the wooden wheels were less than half the width of the tires of the car, the cart was loaded with heavy grain, completely trapped in the deep snow, the strength of the mules and horses was limited, and they could only pull this lot of grain under normal circumstances, in this case, they were only afraid that the number of mules and horses would double, and it would be difficult to drag the cart out of the thick snow.
Ding Hao looked at the twisted convoy blankly, the exhausted strong man, he couldn't help but look dazed, maybe he didn't care so much about the future of the Ding family, but how much effort he had put into this matter, and now he ...... That's it?
After a long time, his Adam's apple moved slightly, and he asked in a hoarse voice, "What about the eldest lady?" ”
The people around looked left and right, but they didn't find Ding Yuluo's figure. Ding Yuluo was still here and persuaded everyone with those stewards, but at this moment, no one paid attention to where she went. After a long time, Xue Liangcai said, "Dumb, just ...... I see that the eldest lady has gone over there. ”
Ding Hao looked in the direction pointed by the pig, and there was a sky in front of him, far intertwined with the snow white of the earth. The white snow bent the reeds, the reeds were bent into a bow, the tips of the reeds were buried in the snow, the reed poles were shaggy, like fox tails, and there were a line of deep foot pits in the thick snow. Ding Hao pulled out the long whip from the wheel as a cane and followed the footprints.
It was a slope, if it weren't for the "fox tail" arched by the reeds, just looking at the snow lines blown by the wind, the snow slope would be like a beach by the sea, more like the waves of the desert, desolate and barren.
Ding Yuluo stood alone in front of him, just standing there so fixedly. Ding Hao walked to her side, stood still, and saw that her face was very white, like a snowflake on her shoulder. The pale face was lifeless, making her person look like a sculpture.
"Miss......"
"I asked Feng Dazhang ...... whip"
"What?"
He said that he had not even seen the strange weather beforehand. This snow doesn't fall early or late, but at this time...... Blocking our way, blocking our way out......"
"Miss......"
Ding Yu smiled suddenly, and the snow on his shoulders fell: "This snow ...... It's like a ...... specially for my Ding family."
"Miss......"
Ding Yuluo turned around slowly, a snowflake floated down alone, blown on her face by the breeze, her long eyelashes didn't blink, those eyes looked at Ding Hao, but the empty eyes floated past Ding Hao, as if she saw overlapping peaks and rivers in the distance......
"Dumb, you should have been my second brother, but you have to call me Miss. The Ding family has been rich and glorious for 30 years, and you have never enjoyed a penny. Luck? Or is it unfortunate? In the past, it was unfortunate, but now it is a great luck, at least, the Ding family's catastrophe will not have anything to do with you. ”
"Miss......"
"The heavy snow does not melt for a day, and the grain and grass cannot be transported to Guangyuan for a day. This is the number of my Ding family, the Ding family...... It's ......."
Ding Yuluo's eyes flickered, and finally stared at Ding Hao, and a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth: "If it is peaceful and prosperous, the grain cart is robbed, it is nothing, but this is the grain and grass of the border army, but the northern Tartars are attacking the border pass, and the Ding family has broken into such a catastrophe, then no one can save us." I think...... Daddy will be very happy, glad that he has always regarded you as a passerby, because of his ruthlessness, he actually left a glimmer of incense for the Ding family. The ancients said that blessings and misfortunes lurk and misfortunes depend on them, but now that I think about it, it is really true......"
She was in a trance, but her face was flushed, and that strange aura made Ding Hao feel a chill in his heart. I saw that after Ding Yuluo finished speaking, he drew out the bright sword from behind his shoulder with his backhand: "Yuluo can't save the Ding family, now he just wants to die cleanly, so as not to live and be humiliated......"
Ding Yuluo didn't finish his words, his wrist flipped quickly, and a sword had been wiped off his neck.
At this time, there was still a distance of more than two zhang between the two, and the ground was knee-thick snow, even if he changed the body of the thief who was as light as an ape in Qinghe Town, he would definitely not have time to jump over to stop it.
Ding Hao was suddenly shocked into a cold sweat ......;