Zhang Momo's words made me stunned suddenly, and immediately after, a mixture of surprise and horror surged in my heart. I remembered what Lao Wang said to me a few days ago when he was crying in the middle of the night.

Zhang Momo and Lao Wang usually have almost no interaction, usually Lao Wang is talking, Zhang Momo listens expressionlessly, and basically does not express his opinion. I feel that Zhang Momo shouldn't know about Lao Wang's tears in the middle of the night, and Lao Wang himself will definitely not say it.

In other words, what Zhang Momo said to me at the moment was not influenced by anyone, and it was completely said by herself. Thinking about the phone call she left for Hu Ritu, my heart began to beat wildly, and there was an inexplicable panic and sadness spreading in my heart.

"What nonsense are you talking about?" I want to ask Zhang Momo again why she said such a thing.

"You're just going to talk nonsense to me." Zhang Momo didn't explain, picked up his backpack, and walked towards Lao Wang and Ning Kitten: "Perhaps, I'm talking nonsense." ”

I hurriedly explained a few more words to Hu Ritu, and then chased after the people in front. At this point, it seems that each of us has no turning back but to continue along the path we can see.

The backpack on my body is very heavy, I can't straighten my waist, Lao Wang is fat and strong, a little better, not only carrying his own bag, but also helping Zhang Momo and Ning Kitten share some of it. The four of them walked down from a large slope of more than ten degrees in front of them, and their steps were fast, and the backpack on their bodies was like a jack drop, and I felt that even a donkey could only carry so much.

I was very worried that Lao Wang and Zhang Momo would have negative emotions, but after really going on the road, Zhang Momo still maintained his usual high profile, and he didn't make a sound, Lao Wang seemed more optimistic, his mouth was broken, he had so much weight, and he still had the heart to sing.

But after walking for a while, I noticed that the relaxation of the people in the team may have been deliberately feigned, and everyone was actually still very nervous, and kept looking around as they walked.

"Where will that old man surnamed Liu be?" Ning Xiaomei tugged at my sleeve: "Can we find him?" ”

"I don't know." I shook my head, Old Man Liu is a mystery to me, since he borrowed his life two years ago, everything about him seems to be shrouded in a thick fog, and I can't see through it.

"If you do find him, discuss it with him, and stop torturing us." Ning Xiaomei sighed: "There is no injustice and no hatred, drag us all in, is this really good?" ”

I want to laugh, but I'm very helpless, Ning Kitten is a stupid white sweet, and she thinks things too simply.

We carry a lot of weight, so we don't walk fast, and we have to rest and rest after walking for a while, and the terrain here is affected by the natural environment, which is a little different from the outside, and it is more difficult to walk. My heart was always hanging high, and I was completely focused, sensing the wind and grass around me. It was so intermittent that it was dusk, and the Danmeng Basin was as silent as usual.

I recommend resting, you can't let your strength be overdrawn in this kind of place, you can't rush anyway, and slowing down the pace is not a bad thing at all.

As we discussed camping, we saw a ruined wall that had been half buried by the wind and sand. Hu Ritu said that a long time ago, there were aborigines who established a settlement centered on the Danmeng Oasis.

We walked in front of the ruins of the buildings, and it was no longer clear what age these buildings were formed, and they were a mess eroded by time, but it was probably possible to tell that this was a relatively low city wall, and the walls had basically collapsed, leaving only four or five meters high battlements.

"Let's camp right here." Lao Wang said: "Just one tent, four people can't squeeze in, Momo and the kitten sleep in the tent, and the two of us men keep vigil, with this wall, we can still block the wind at night." ”

"It's still early." Ning Kitten looked at the sunset that had not yet completely set: "If you can save some time, save some time, I don't want to stay in this place for a day." ”

"The body is the capital of the revolution, and it cannot be exhausted." Lao Wang insisted on his opinion, put down his backpack casually, and beckoned me to help set up a tent together.

When the tent was set up, we boiled some water and started eating. The temperature difference between day and night is very large, as soon as the sun sets, it feels cold, we wrap ourselves in thick clothes, gather next to the tent to talk, Lao Wang said that it is indeed early now, if everyone is not sleepy for the time being, you can have a small bonfire party, he is willing to sing a song unforgettable tonight.

"Don't listen, don't listen!" Ning Kitten immediately covered her ears, shook her head and said, "I'd rather die." ”

"Alas......" Lao Wang sighed faintly: "Others beg me to sing, but I don't want to sing yet, kitten, if you don't listen to me sing, don't regret it." ”

Lao Wang and Ning Kitten quarreled, I thought to myself, according to my own judgment, I don't think there is actually a need for the team to deliberately look for Old Man Liu, such a big place, if Old Man Liu is not willing to be found, then we spend a year here and get nothing.

Old Man Liu's real purpose should be to let us come to Danmeng, now that we have come, when the time is ripe, he may appear on his own. But I don't know how the time is right.

Lao Wang and Ning Kitten quarreled for a while, Zhang Momo seemed to be impatient, so he got into the tent, Ning Kitten stuck out his tongue at Lao Wang, and also got in. Lao Wang Yiyi was excited, stood up and patted the ash on his buttocks, and waved his hand to me: "Let's go, brother, let's go over there and keep vigil against the wall buttress." ”

Only Lao Wang and I kept vigil, so he kept vigil on the night before and I kept vigil on the night after. Keeping vigil in such a place, no matter how you think about it, makes people feel that there will be danger, and I handed Lao Wang a dog-legged knife to defend himself if necessary.

"Seriously, I actually don't want to come to this place, but you're all here, and I can only follow." Lao Wang looked at the knife I handed over, stretched out his hand and pushed it back: "There is no need. ”

"Take it, just in case."

"It's really unnecessary, something is coming, let alone holding a knife, even if you hold an atomic bomb, you will still die." Lao Wang insisted on refusing to take the knife, handed me a cigarette, and began to ramble about his past, from childhood to the present, I must have been impatient to put it in the past, but now, my patience is surprisingly good.

Lao Wang told me the story of how he went out to work hard with ten yuan after he dropped out of junior high school, and he said that he had to get up two hours earlier than other butchers every day and run more than 10 kilometers to buy live pigs, because the live pigs there were less than a dime a catty cheaper. He also said that if it weren't for this disgusting incident, he was confident that he would have monopolized the pork market in the urban village within three years.

I laughed, and so did Wang, showing his white teeth.

"I won't talk to you anymore, you can go to sleep." Lao Wang stood up and said, "I'll call you to take over in the middle of the night." ”

"No problem, if there is a situation, call me at any time."

Lao Wang nodded, and as soon as he turned around, he stopped again, turned his head and said to me, "I'll say a few words to you." ”

"What?"

"I'm a pork seller, I don't have much education, but I think that one thing, either don't do it at all, if you do, no matter what happens, it's over, if you give up halfway, then it is estimated that the situation will be worse than before."

"You have a point, I remember it."

I wrapped my clothes tightly, leaned on a piece of adobe that had fallen from the wall, and ran around for days, my body was actually very tired, but my heart was always heavy, and there was always an indescribable boredom and grievance. As long as I close my eyes, all that shakes in my mind is the shadow of Old Man Liu.

Before coming to Danmeng, in my hallucinations, in nightmares, Old Man Liu always took the one-eyed monkey with him, lurking in the unknown corner, and would appear at any time. Whether it is me, Ning Xiaomei and Lao Wang, they all think that Old Man Liu is the author of all nightmares.

But now, I don't know if it's the environment that affects my psychology or whether it's my own inspiration, and I suddenly feel that this thing is not what I used to think.

As long as the old man Liu in the nightmare appears, the one-eyed monkey will follow him, and suddenly it seems that the old man Liu is taking the monkey, but if you think about it in reverse, it can also be understood that the one-eyed monkey is hiding behind and instructing the old man Liu in front to do that.

Thinking about it, I myself felt a little funny, and I used what I saw in the hallucination to do serious scrutiny.

No matter how many things I had in my heart, I still couldn't get through the exhaustion of my body after all, and after thinking about it for more than half an hour, I squinted.

I don't know how long I slept, it was Lao Wang who woke me up, I thought it was time to take over, so I handed the blanket covering my body to Lao Wang and asked him to sleep for a while.

"I can't sleep." Lao Wang rolled his eyelids and looked around, and whispered, "Something is wrong." ”

"What's wrong?" As soon as I heard about the situation, I lost all my sleepiness, rolled over and got up.

"You, me, Momo, Kitten, our team is a total of four people. But I can assure you that there is a fifth person here. ”