Chapter 34: Foothold
As the clouds cleared, three young men with red, yellow, and green hair carried their bags and followed the address on the note, passing through the overcrowded street, and then turning into an alley, the end of the alley that they had not noticed.
Xia Yi and the fat man purchased large bags of supplies and went in the opposite direction.
To the east along the foot of the mountain, you can still occasionally see one or two houses, but the further you go, the more sparsely populated it becomes, and the mountain stretches and becomes steep, and the branches of the cliff wall stretch out, and from time to time there will be birds flying by, or landing on the branches, combing their feathers, and looking at the two people passing below, and a small dog.
Wangws...
Pudding rolled in a noisy place, covered with grass clippings and ran excitedly ahead, and after a while, turned a cross and entered the mountain, and then found a hillside with a stream nearby and a wide view, and cleared a clearing, and the two took advantage of the fact that it was not dark, and bought a saw at the hardware store, and worked together to get some wood, and after a little polishing, they built a simple wooden house between several dense trees.
After hastily finishing it, laying out some dead leaves, it was already dark.
"If it's done, I'm afraid I'll have to wait until tomorrow. β
The fat man sat on the dead leaves, stuffed a few unused nails into the tool bag, and under his messy hair, his face was covered with sweat, "Let's make it up for one night, it's dawn, I'm fiddling with it." β
"No, I'll just get it myself tomorrow. β
A small bonfire was burning, the yellow light illuminated the deep night around them, flying insects danced around the firelight, and Natsu also opened his coat, revealing his bandaged chest, and was putting the potion back in his bag.
"You should go out of the mountains tomorrow and go back to the town as soon as possible to settle down, don't be hungry and thin in the mountains. β
Zhao Dezhu threw a dead branch into the fire, then turned out a few pieces of sweet potatoes that he had bought in the town's market, put them by the fire and baked them, and the fat on his face pushed out a smile: "...... Maybe you're still fat in the mountains, I'm afraid there is a lot of game in this no-man's land, you can play more, and get some for me to try, more, I can also take it to the town to sell, anyway, there are many tourists here...... Hey, I've come up with another way to make money. β
Pudding squatted beside Xia Yi, stretched out his tongue, and looked at the ham sausage peeled off in the other party's hand, and was swept away with one hand just as he wanted to get up.
"When the time comes, I will give you a wild boar and sell it in the town!" Xia Yi laughed, handed over a hot ham sausage, and then threw a small piece to the pudding next to him, and said to it: "Follow Xiao Yu to eat and drink, I have to jump downstairs, and follow my brothers to the mountains to drink the northwest wind." β
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Pudding wagged her tail and barked at him.
Xia Yi chewed the ham sausage, and looked at the fat man: "Dezhu, you have to get involved, if this matter can't be settled in the future, what should you do......?"
"She's so big, it's not that she can't take care of herself....." Zhao Dezhu buried his head and whispered, and after a moment, he stuffed the ham sausage into his mouth, raised his head and laughed.
β...... Besides, I can also borrow someone else's ID card to do it, anyway, if people live, there is always a way, right? And you are my brother Zhao Dezhu, and I can't ignore you, right? β
Speaking of this, he waved his hand, "Anyway, we have a place to stay, no matter how bad we are, how many years can we live in those years?"
The fat man peeled sweet potatoes, mixed them with mineral water, ate nonsense, and fell asleep with a blanket of quilts he bought.
Next to the fire, Xia Yi sat in the light and quietly looked at the figure that was snoring soon, looked at it for a while, and whispered: "Thank you!"
The fat man who was sleeping soundly moved in the darkness, making a slight 'um' sound.
Xia Yi smiled, and after extinguishing the fire, he walked over to his side and walked down, looking at the layers of leaves, and then sank into a dream.
Soon after dawn, the two of them sped up and built a prototype of the wooden house, and the rest of the work, Xia Yi could complete it by procrastinating for a few days, that is, they agreed with each other on the time and code to enter the mountain, although they bought two old machines again, but in the mountains, the signal was not very good after all.
After noon, Xia Yi sent the fat man to the fork in the mountain before, and there were still more than 20 kilometers back to the town, which was nothing for people who were used to walking the streets and alleys.
Back in the town, it was already four o'clock in the afternoon, Zhao Dezhu rented a red brick house on the edge of the field that he had fancied in the suburbs yesterday, which was a relatively simple house that farmers used to guard in the middle of the night during the sowing season, and there was only one small room, which could only put a bed and a small cabinet.
But it's empty outside, so it's good to pile up scrap, and the price is relatively cheap, only a hundred yuan a month.
Soon after, the fat man, taking advantage of the darkness and not knowing where to get a three-wheeler, took the stone and knocked the new places to pieces, and wore off the paint in some parts of the car, so that it looked in tatters.
"That's it!"
He threw away the stone, patted the handlebar, turned around and walked back into the house, picked up the big bowl, took a bite of instant noodles, and looked at the broken three wheels outside with a smile.
"This belongs to me, I really have a craft, I don't have to worry about going anywhere, he....damn it, admire myself!!"
The fat man is still optimistic.
To the east of the foothills corresponding to the dense illuminated night view of Longxing Town, there are barren mountains and mountains, uninhabited, a black shrouded forest, and a faint spark burning between the overlapping tree gaps.
In addition to the chirping of insects and the chirping of night birds, the occasional crazy pudding runs around, chasing flying insects attracted by the firelight.
Xia Yi sat cross-legged in front of the fire, thinking about something.
In fact, at this juncture, Xia also hid in the mountains, temporarily avoiding the pursuit of the commuter bureau is the best result, plus he himself has old injuries, the surge of negative emotions, to a large extent, will let himself go into a dead end, hide in the mountains, be silent for a while, and by the way, you can also figure out the ability of the sudden increase.
On the other hand, the fat man is not the main target of arrest, and he has less attention to him, even if he is caught, the commuter bureau will not do anything to him, on the contrary, because the news is broken, Xia Yi will be more vigilant, such a unilateral relationship will make the other party more scruples.
Of course, there are fat people outside, and from time to time some daily necessities and the like.
Just like I said last night, no matter how hard it is, it is finally settled.
Xia Yi looked at the firelight and thought so, and also thought of the simple stupid girl in Jiaohe County, at this time, her father should have contacted the hospital for her and was ready to have surgery......