Chapter 24: The Base Camp
The next morning, I squinted and saw Bai Er running towards me with small broken steps, and I closed my eyes and pretended to be asleep. It exhaled a few hot breaths in my ear, and then a wet tongue washed my face directly.
I sat up jerkily.
Bai Er picked up the backpack twice with his paws, and I reluctantly took out two golden fruits from the bag and threw them to it. I don't know if I'll see this fruit again today, so I took half of it in two bites.
On the way, Bai Er caught two more hares, and I sat down and ate the last two boxes of canned fish. Sometimes I really envy it, every day there is fresh food to fill the temple.
In the afternoon, we walked to another fruit grove, and I was dazzled by the fact that each tree was full of fruits of various colors.
Bai Er had already run to the fruit tree one step ahead of me, I put down my backpack, and the zipper was wide open, "You can pick each one, right?" I looked at Bai Er excitedly, it was already drooling.
After a while, the backpack was stuffed, and we ate as we walked, and after Bai Er ate five or six fruits, he now still has a white gourd-shaped fruit in his mouth.
It stopped at a dry branch, flicked its front paws twice and looked at me.
I was puzzled and looked up at the sky, "You want me to pick up the branches that I need to use for the night?" β
Bai Er flicked the branch twice more with his paws.
"Bai Er, it's just past noon, we don't have to rush to make a fire."
I walked past it, but it was still standing by the branches, stubbornly refusing to go.
In desperation, I could only follow its guidance and pick up enough branches to make a fire along the way.
Bai Er led me into the bush again, and it quickened its pace, and I followed behind panting, carrying the heavy fruit on my back and holding a bundle of branches in my arms.
In a blink of an eye, Bai Er disappeared in front of me, and I hurriedly chased after him.
"White two! White two! I yelled all the way.
After chasing a few steps, he ran out of the bushes.
Right now it was a gravel road, and not far ahead, there was a cave mouth that was half covered by greenery. Looking up, the mountain is lush, towering and steep, but Bai Er is nowhere to be seen, could it be that this guy ran into the cave?
At this time, Bai Er poked out of the hole.
"Hey!" I was about to stop it, but the guy turned around and ran in again.
I walked forward with a look left and right, the height of the cave was about one meter, and the width was just enough for one person to pass, I bent down, and just stepped into the hole, a cool breeze came to my face.
The cave was pitch black, and I could occasionally hear the sound of dripping water, so I tentatively straightened up slowly and moved slowly.
"White two!" I whispered it, and the echo continued to ripple through the cave, and finally disappeared in the depths.
I took out a flashlight from my backpack and saw through the light that the cave was full of stalactites of different shapes.
The roof of the cave is about two meters high, and there are many cracks on the surface, and every crack is very damp to the touch, but there is no heavy moisture in the cave, and it seems that there is another vent.
After a winding path, the passage began to become wide and straight, and the light of the flashlight finally reached the hairy guy......
Walking out of the tunnel, I came to a large cave with a circular stone platform with a diameter of more than three meters in the center of the cave. Bai Er was standing on it at this time, its back was straight, its head was held high, its ears were erected, and it was quite a king's majesty.
The roof of the cave was so high that the beam of the flashlight could no longer reach the top.
I shook Bai Er with a flashlight, "Why did you run into here?" But it's a nice place, perfect for an overnight stay. β
I suddenly remembered that Bai Er insisted on letting me pick up the branches, and I shone a flashlight at it, "This shouldn't be the base camp where you lived together before, right?" β
Bai Er wagged his tail and lay on the stone platform, his two front paws folded, looking at me with a calm expression, as if to say, "Welcome home." β
I lit a fire, walked around the cave with a torch, touched it and looked at it, and couldn't help but sigh, this forest is really a cave, I don't know if there is anything more interesting.
Bai Er ignored my curious actions, and lay on the stone platform, his eyes half-open, as if he was sleepy.
I slept with it on the stage at night, and this guy didn't sleep honestly and kicked me up several times, and finally I had to sleep on the edge of the stone platform and try to stay away from it.
This cave is good, but the stone platform is too hard, and when I can't sleep, I think, if there is a Simmons mattress under me, and then a latex pillow, and then let Bai Er sleep on the ground, it will be perfect.
The next day, I was woken up by Bai Er's big tongue again, and when I walked out of the cave, I found that it was already noon.
Bai Erza ran in front of the flowers, and looked back at me in a few steps.
We came to the fruit grove of yesterday, and Bai Er was standing under a tree full of off-white spherical fruits.
"Do you want to pick it up? Can you finish eating at home first? β
Bai Er tilted his head to look at me.
I put all the wild fruits I picked with Bai Er in my clothes, took out a blue fruit the size of a grape grain from it, wiped it on my sleeve, and threw it to it, and it raised its front paws slightly and caught it in one bite.
Bai Er has basically recovered, and I began to think that it was time to go back to Nanjing, I don't know if Bai Ye and Xiaofen have returned to the container during this period, or go to the tree house to have a look before leaving.
On the way back, Bai Er suddenly stopped walking and walked, and I looked at it and saw that it was baring its teeth and glaring ahead.
I immediately followed Bai Er's line of sight, that direction is the entrance of the cave, could it be that the haunting giant snake has found our base camp?
I waved my hand and signaled Bai Er not to act rashly, the giant snake was only afraid of my blood. I put down the fruit in my arms, pulled the dagger from my waist, and tiptoed into the bushes.
Bai Er has also been obediently following my side, without making a sound, but its eyes have turned dark red, and it is really not kind to the other party.
I looked through the gap in the grass and saw a man leaning against the mouth of the cave with his head bowed, his hands crossed over his chest, the more familiar the figure becameβit was a little pink!
I was pleasantly surprised, and when I stood up, Bai Er probably thought I was going to act, and it flew out as soon as it flew out.
"White two! StopοΌ I hurriedly chased after him.
Xiao Fan didn't seem surprised at all when he saw Bai Er, he still stood in place with a calm expression, but after seeing me running out, he was stunned for a moment, and then frowned slightly.
Bai Er immediately stopped when he heard my scream, but he still looked ready to go, hunched his back and glared at Xiao Fan.
I ran to Bai Er's side, patted it on the back, and soothed, "Bai Er Bai Er, don't be like this, everyone is good friends." β
"Who's friends with it!" Xiao Fan glanced at Bai Er disdainfully, and Bai Er also let out a low cry in his throat.
The scene was awkward at one point.
"How did you know I was here?"
I walked up to Xiao Fan, I hadn't seen a human for a long time, and I felt so kind when I saw him.
"How did I know you were here?" Xiao Fan's gaze has been staring at Bai Er indifferently.
"You don't know? So how did you find mine? "I said to myself, this cave and the treehouse are two opposite directions, and they are far away, so don't say you happened to be passing by.
"I'm here for it." Xiao Fan walked towards Bai Er.
"Hey, Xiaofen, wait a minute!" I grabbed him, "Listen to me first, it has changed its ways, it is now called Bai Er, and it has saved me many times before, and it almost took its life into it." During this time in the woods, all the food and drink were taken by it to find me, including the place where I live now, which is warm in winter and cool in summer, and does not charge rent. β
"It's called Bai Er?" Xiaofan asked.
"Huh?" I was stunned when I was asked, and my heart said, Lao Tzu said so much, you heard this sentence?
Xiao Fan looked at Bai Er and said coldly, "Come here, I have something to ask you." β
Then the two of them walked into the bushes one after the other.
I stood on tiptoe and stretched my neck to look at the bushes, and there was no movement for a long time, seeing that the posture just now didn't look like I was going to make an appointment, I should just have something to talk about, but what can I say directly in front of me, why do you carry me behind my back?
I walked towards the bushes, and after a few steps, I saw Xiao Fan come out first, and I didn't see Bai Er for a long time...... It's bad, didn't Bai Er get his neck wiped by Xiao Fan!
"What are you panicking about?" Xiao Fan looked at me and casually flicked the grass clippings on his shoulder, "I'll let those two goods do something." β
"You're going to let it do your errands?" These two people have always been incompatible, Bai Er will be so angry every time he sees Xiao Fan, Liang Zi is here for more than 20 years, how can Bai Er help him do things?
"That's what it owes me." Xiao Fan glanced at the cave and asked, "Do you want to continue to live in this room and one living room?" β
"I'm insane! I'm the only one left, what else do I live, can I practice immortals if I live here? You wait for me. β
I ran into the cave and got my backpack, and by the way, I took two golden fruits out and threw one to Xiaofen, "Bai Er took me to pick it, I don't know what kind of fruit this is, it's delicious anyway." β
"Hairless." Little Pink took a bite.
"Huh? Hairless? It's hairless, but it's shaped like a kiwi. I took a big bite.
"Haven't you noticed that your hair has gotten better and shinier lately?" Little Pink looked at the top of my head.
I subconsciously touched my hair and looked at the golden fruit in my hand, it turned out to be a beautiful hair, isn't that just eating conditioner?
I followed Xiao Fan one foot deep and one foot shallow, and walked a little way, and realized that I was not going out of the woods, but going deeper.
"Aren't we going home?" I took a few steps forward and walked over to Xiao Pink.
"What home?"
"Containers."
"Do you call all the places you've lived home?"
"No, you have to feel at home, and at least you have to live for a while." I asked, "So where are we going?" β
"Go home." Little Pink replied.
"Huh?" I was a little confused by the little pink and stood in place.
"Because there's a good chance you'll be living there for a while." Xiao Fan stopped, looked back at me, and suddenly said, "It's the same as before." β
This sentence "the same as before" makes me sound a little depressed, no matter what Xiaofan refers to is the same as before, in my opinion, it means that in his eyes, I have no change and progress, or I can't stand anything, I can't stand anything.
I thought I would act alone and find out something, so I asked them to share resources and take me with me. But at the moment, it feels like the car has a flat tire as soon as you step on the accelerator......
It's as if everything is back to square one - everything is unknown, all the answers are vague, tossing and turning for a few days, and working in vain.
When I think of this, I can't help but be discouraged.
Xiao Fan walked over, "You killed a dire wolf, repelled the giant snake, and saved the second cargo, and walked so far alone, these are all things I didn't expect." He patted me on the shoulder and smiled faintly, "Come with me." β
I looked at Xiaofen's back, and said in my heart, no, I think you know everything, it's too private! And why is that Bai Er so big-mouthed, he told you everything!
I smiled, and my mood instantly turned cloudy and clear, and I trotted a few steps to follow.