Chapter 32: Trapped in Yellow Sand City
"Son, the fishing position is the key to deciding whether you can catch a fish or not. I've just laid a good nest in this position, but the most important thing is to be patient. Look at you, look at this for a while, look at that for a while. After Dad helped Li You throw the hook out, he said in his ear earnestly.
A gentle breeze swept across the water, causing the fish to sway from side to side, and the ripples spread outward in circles. told Li You to mistakenly think that the fish had been hooked, and hurriedly pulled the fishing rod back.
"I didn't bite the hook, don't worry." When my father spoke, his eyes never left the water, "Remember, if the fish is hooked, the fish will swing up and down a large way." ”
After killing the fourth mosquito on his body, all of Li You's patience had been almost exhausted, and he caught a glimpse of his sister catching toads on the shore, and he was also thinking about whether to join them.
"Hooked, quick, grab the tail of the rod and slip it!"
It wasn't until his father caught the fishing rod that Li You reacted, and according to his father's teachings, he slipped the fish. After the fish got water, his strength was huge, and if he wanted to compete with it before he was ten years old, he had to make the fish "tired" first.
Ten minutes passed, and he felt that his arm was already a little numb, and the fish that were pulling the river with fate were no longer much to toss.
"Okay, retreat slowly, don't suddenly exert force, it's easy to get out of the hook, I'll go get a copy." After Dad finished speaking, he ran back to his fishing position.
Li You gritted his teeth, retreated in small steps, and his father, who was holding the copy, put the fish in the net when it was about to run aground.
"Hahaha, that's right, son, I didn't catch one today, you can make such a big carp!" The two of them happily put away the fish, and the father walked back to himself, and said as he went, "Don't patronize and play, look at your sister." ”
Li You, who had a huge harvest, looked at the fruits of his labor, and got a little carried away, and put all his attention on fishing, and didn't hear his father's last words at all.
"Poof," Li You was still wondering who made such a big move in such a quiet environment, and subconsciously looked at his father.
I saw that my father was also looking at him, his eyes were motionless, as if he was thinking about something. Suddenly, his eyes widened, and he got up and climbed up, shouting, "Didn't I let you look at your sister!" ”
The wind swept through Li You's body, and Li You, who had just woken up from his dream, was evaporated by the wind in a cold sweat, taking away a lot of heat, making him tremble unconsciously.
He hadn't recovered from his father's shouting in his dream, and he didn't realize where he was for a while, but it was certainly not his comfortable little bed.
I thought about why I fell asleep every time after I crossed over, and this time I even dreamed more exaggeratedly, and everything that happened in the dream was extremely real.
As soon as he grabbed it, it was a handful of yellow sand, and he didn't see a little light when he looked around, Li You looked up at the stars in the sky, and concluded that he should be in the desert.
"It's over, I'm really going to finish this time." After muttering something in a whisper, he staggered to his feet from the sand, and even though his height had increased now, he still did not notice any signs of human survival.
Walking in the horse river, the snow seaside, the flat sand is vast and yellow into the sky. Li You knew very well what he would face when he crossed into such a place where no grass grows, and he could imagine it at once. , lack of drinking water, high temperatures during the day, cold at night, wild beasts, etc., anything will kill him.
Checking the ion gun in his hand, he said that he was a little absent-minded when he left, and it would be nice if he had prepared more water. casually touched the few wild fruits in his pocket, and shook his head helplessly.
After searching for a long time, he found the Big Dipper, and strode out in search of the direction. He said in his heart that it would be useless to complain, and while there was no scorching sun yet, it was better to try to see if he could find another way out.
He walked north, foot deep and shallow, praying in his heart that he would see something alive, as long as it wasn't a wolf. Traveling in the desert, he knows very well, it's like walking in the snow. As he walked, his mouth was dry, and he came up with the idea of wild fruits.
"You can't eat it, these fruits are life-saving."
After thinking about it again, he pulled the hand out of his pocket. Keep going, and you might come across an oasis. Until the sky turned white, he didn't see the oasis he was looking forward to, not even a green plant.
The extreme lack of water, coupled with the evil wind that blew from time to time, made Li You's lips begin to chapp. With some obsessive-compulsive disorder, he peeled off the dead skin on his lips without even thinking about it, and blood suddenly flowed out of the crack, and he hurriedly licked it to avoid seeing it with his own eyes.
But this slight pain is exactly what he needs now, and staying awake is indispensable in any situation. After turning over another hill, Venus began to rise in his eyes.
This did not bode well, he sat down on the sand, leaned against the dune, turned out an eyeball-shaped fruit from his pocket, peeled off the skin and threw it in his mouth, sweet and sour, making him feel a little better.
"Whoa, whoa!"
"Where do the chickens in the desert come from? Looks like I'm hallucinating, no, I need to get some rest. Li You said to himself.
"Oh, oh."
The crisp voice reached his ears again, and he was so frightened that he hurriedly stood up and glanced around with a wary gaze. Now he no longer suspects that he heard it wrong, but hopes that the source of this voice is a real chicken that has not mutated.
After searching to no avail, he looked at the high sand dunes behind him and began to feel apprehensive. After hesitating for a while, he quickly climbed up hand and foot.
Standing at the top of the sand dune, Li You looked at the scene in front of him and was surprised for a long time. An ancient city with an earthy yellow color is located in the heart of this desert.
The towering city wall is made of clay into huge rectangular blanks, and Li You has a preliminary estimate that this wall is at least more than 300 meters long. It's just that the location here is not too high, and you can't see the appearance of the whole city.
In the city, there are countless large and small buildings, the style is relatively uniform, but a blue-gray house is mixed in, which seems a little out of place.
The building is not only different from other buildings in terms of color, but also from the basic materials used. Li You vaguely recalls this kind of brick, when he used to live in his grandmother's house, the courtyard was paved with green bricks similar to this material.
After looking at it for a while, he vaguely saw a figure flickering in the city. And the rooster that had crowed in his ear just now had come from the man's yard.
As soon as Li You saw the living person, his heart was not so depressed, and he hurriedly slid down the sand dune. When he reached the city wall, he thought that he did not know what era or place he had traveled to, and if he entered through the city gate rashly, he might be in trouble. It's better to go directly over the wall and find a fellow to inquire.
The red sun was already leaking a glimmer of light, and it was not long before the inhabitants of the city would be going out. Thinking of this, he didn't say a word, jumped up to the second clay above, and stuck his finger in the gap. Then with the help of the strength of the arm, he propped it up hard, and at the same time climbed up with his feet on the city wall.
Li You climbed up little by little like a bear, muttering in a low voice that there was really no tree to climb on this wall. As everyone knows, a person appeared behind him, looking at his ugly appearance.