Chapter 13: Left Out in the Cold
On the first day of the Lunar New Year, there were snowflakes in the sky, and at first it was still rain and fog, and as it drifted, I saw that everyone's hair was white frost.
This is how the snow began to start quietly, and gradually, the snow began to float down like cotton wool, and one by one people couldn't help but want to reach out and pick it up.
Hu Shanshan took the medicine and her face began to have blood, and her body temperature was measured twice on the way, and both improved. Seeing this, we breathed a sigh of relief, and considering the cold weather, we found a convenience store to use milk tea cups to make cold powder for everyone.
Zhou Jie was reluctant to drink, but he was afraid that everyone would be excluded, so he had to comply.
After drinking the cold powder, I felt a little sleepy, and I felt a sense of wandering when I walked. I pushed my suitcase and walked more and more tired, but Hu Shanshan became more and more energetic and began to take pictures of the snow scene with her mobile phone. I don't know when Zhou Jie and Hu Shanshan came together, the two of them talked and laughed, more like a couple. Looking at the two pairs of backs in front of him, there was a sour smell, looking up at the falling snowflakes, and suddenly thought that someone in the Crane Tower had given Hu Shanshan an umbrella, and she might have put it in the suitcase.
Hu Shanshan saw a huge stone platform on the side of the road and stood up for Zhou Jie to take pictures of her. At this time, as soon as I was in a pose, I saw that I was opening her box, and her face changed in an instant, and she chased after me and pushed me away.
"You're sick! What are you doing with my box? ”
"What are you nervous about, there's a combination lock?"
I said disdainfully, and I didn't feel how reckless my behavior was, so I smiled and asked, "Hey, how many passwords?" ”
"Are you going to steal money, Lu Xia?" Hu Shanshan gave me a blank look and dragged the suitcase angrily. "Then you think too much, you're just afraid that you don't know how poor I am."
"I just want to get you an umbrella," I shouted as I stood behind me, feeling a little aggrieved.
Hu Shanshan paused when she heard this, and only turned back for a long time before she said with a tiger face: "The umbrella has already been thrown away."
I don't know why she was so nervous about this suitcase, and since then, she stopped letting me push it, and dragged it to the front and handed it to Zhou Jie. At this time, Wang Yuqing saw that I was isolated, so he quietly approached me and said, "Brother Lu Xia, a woman's personal belongings can't be looked at casually, and the consequences are very serious!" ”
Zhao Ziwu also fell into the well and said: "Brother Xiaoxia! I see that you are usually not bad at talking and doing things, why do you always use this suitcase to make people unhappy? You said that you took it, and you were tired and tired, and you didn't please it! ”
Before I could take the advice from the two of them, there was a burst of laughter in front of me. Hu Shanshan sat on the suitcase and was dragged by Zhou Jie, and she couldn't reach him if she wanted to beat him, so she could only hold on to the suitcase and close her eyes and scream.
"Eh! Yay, master! Zhao Ziwu looked at the frolic in front of him and realized. When he looked at me again, there was a little more sympathy in his eyes.
I thought that my facial expression must have been very stiff at this moment, and it took half a sound to melt the frozen facial muscles, and I said disdainfully: "Cut!" I'm tired of dragging! You don't know how heavy that thing is. ”
After speaking, looking at the two people in front of them, they were inexplicably lost, and thought to themselves, is she sick? I'd rather believe I'm sick.
It's not a good feeling to be isolated. But I'm not the kind of person who is narrow-minded, and there is no need to get into this kind of thing.
Just thinking about it, Zhou Jie stopped everyone, pointed to a dirt slope road behind him and said, "I have to take the trail, otherwise it will be impossible to reach Xishui for two more days."
"Why?" I looked at the map repeatedly with my phone, and I couldn't see where the dirt road led on the map, nor could I see any market towns and villages ahead. "Shouldn't we keep walking to Huanggang?"
"You know what?" Zhou Jie smiled contemptuously: "This is a shortcut, although it is a little difficult to walk, but I don't know how much effort I can save compared to going around Huanggang." ”
Later, after pondering, I found that what Zhou Jie said was not unreasonable. The most precious thing at the moment is time, everyone is eager to grow wings and fly directly to Xishui, there is a shortcut will definitely not be missed.
"Let's go! The barren grassland has come over, what are you afraid of on the country road? Hu Shanshan held Zhou Jie's shoulders and was the first to couch on the dirt road, the road was muddy, and he almost fell down when he didn't stand firmly. After stumbling, Zhou Jie grabbed her waist and held her steady, which avoided an accident.
Seeing this, Zhao Ziwu and Wang Yuqing looked at me invariably, with deep meaning in their eyes.
The light snow was flying, and when it reached the ground, it still turned into water droplets, clinging to the roadside and blades of grass, which added a lot of difficulties to our poverty. I didn't see anyone in a few villages when I passed by, and I didn't even have a place to solve lunch. There are no restaurants in the countryside, and we can't knock on the door like Tang monks and apprentices, every time we pass by a farmer and smell the smell of meat, the gluttonous worms in the stomach begin to be restless.
At this time, I began to miss the bowl of red water eggs that the owner of the B&B served me, even though it had only been a few hours.
Because I had to push boxes for Hu Shanshan when I was in the town, I didn't sell any more snacks, and I didn't expect to be hungry at that time, so I felt annoyed at this time.
Hu Shanshan is still a little weak, and the dirt road is extremely difficult to walk, so she looks like she is staggering.
Wang Yuqing also complained all the way under Zhao Ziwu's support, and finally simply let Zhao Ziwu carry him on his back.
Zhou Jie was carrying a big box and didn't have the previous life, he walked a few steps and stopped to catch for a while, and when he looked at me again, there was an imperceptible strangeness in his eyes.
Now it seems that I am the most relaxed, and I don't know why, I actually have a sense of superiority.
Despite the hardships, no one repented or flinched, looking at the country roads that were getting more and more out of the way, and his face revealed more tenacity and faith.
Soon our legs were wet with droplets of water clinging to the blades of grass, and with every step we took, we heard the sound of water in our shoes. I was afraid that Hu Shanshan would catch a cold if I went on like this, so I borrowed a cup of hot tea for her to drink medicine when I passed by a farmhouse.
Hu Shanshan was covered in fever because of walking, and the previous discomfort was gone. Hu Shanshan, who had forgotten the pain after the scar was good, began to resist drinking the medicine at this time, shook her head and said, "I should be fine,"
"How can it be so fast! Less nonsense, drink. ”
At my repeated insistence, Hu Shanshan reluctantly drank the medicine. At this time, everyone stopped to rest, and the few snacks left were swept away.
When we walk, we feel that time flies, and when we look at the time, it is already three o'clock in the afternoon, and there is hardly a telephone pole in sight except for farmland and wasteland, and there is a small hill not far away, which blocks our view.
Hu Shanshan's suitcase is actually not heavy, but if you carry it, you will find that there is no light burden on the long journey, and Zhou Jie himself also has a backpack, Rao is not because he is physically strong, and he must be unbearable. I didn't want to get myself in trouble at this time, so I pretended I didn't see it.