There is a large terraced field at the top of the slope, and there are still two layers of cultivated land below, but further down are large areas of thatched grass, the once fertile fields have lost their cultivation, and the wild thatch grows particularly vigorously because of the loss of cultivation, and the slope slopes all the way down obliquely, there are dense thatchs everywhere, like the chaotic hair that grows in this barren mountain, and the wind blows gently and undulates like waves.

"When I was young, I would come here with my friends in the village to play, and after the autumn harvest, the rice fields were full of straw stacks, and we would dig holes in the straw stacks to hide from cats, and those straw ears would scratch our bodies all over our bodies, and it would itch very much at night."

Graphite stood on the side of the road, looking ahead, telling the past of his childhood, as if he was talking to a few of them, and as if talking to himself, his voice was not loud, but it was clear, and the clear and slightly magnetic voice was clearly sent into everyone's ears with the wind in the mountains......

"At that time, there was a thick snow every year in winter, and we would go to the ridge on the eve of the snow to put the vole cover, and come back the next morning to collect it, and each time we would put a lot of voles, and these voles would be smoked after they were caught home, and in our countryside, the dried voles fried with chili peppers and smoked voles were a rare delicacy, especially on winter nights, if they were accompanied by a bowl of rice wine......

"Eat mice?!" Lan Ke'er is incredible, the boss with apricot eyes.

"You don't understand this, Lan Lan, fried dried vole with chili is definitely delicious! Nowadays, there are very few of them, but they can still be seen occasionally in some farmhouses. The fat man said suddenly, listening to him speak, it seemed that he had tried, and he had a deep understanding, but he was still unsatisfied.

Graphite smiled at Lan Keer: "Voles are a kind of rats, they are wild rats that specialize in eating rice, and the game we usually eat is the same, you can see it as the game in the mountains, isn't it still popular in Lingnan folk to "eat one rat, be three chickens", it means that the nutritional value of this vole is higher than that of chicken, understand?" ”

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After that, the group continued to move towards the canyon.

When passing by a bamboo forest, Graphite asked a few people to rest on the side of the road and wait for him, and he went to the bamboo forest to cut a few bamboos and made five walking sticks, mainly for mountaineering aids at that time.

Towards noon, the group had already reached the canyon.

In a relatively large open space by the stream, graphite beckoned everyone to stop and rest, just to trim and eat something on the spot to recover their strength.

The canyon is surrounded by cliffs on both sides, and the cracks of those rock walls are covered with some shrubs and weeds, and there is a mountain stream in the middle of the canyon that flows endlessly, the water is crystal clear, and there are pebbles of different shapes everywhere, and the scenery of the whole canyon is very beautiful and peaceful.

After walking for most of the day, Graphite didn't feel anything, but the others didn't have as good physical fitness as him.

"I'm tired, my legs are so sore, Momo ......"

"You deserve it, every time you are asked to run, you push back and ......"

Yun Mo took out his outdoor thermos cup from her bag, brushed a few strands of messy hair stuck to her forehead to the side, and her youthful and beautiful face was already slightly red.

"You have no conscience."

Yun Mo raised the thermos cup and drank two sips of water, glanced at Lan Ke'er with a smile, ignored her, and quickly turned his gaze to graphite not far away, this guy didn't seem to be tired at all, looking for it on the rocky tidal flats by the stream, as if he was looking for some pebbles.

Graphite is indeed not tired, this canyon stream is full of pebbles on both sides, he suddenly became interested, wanted to find some beautiful and strange pebbles to go back, so while everyone was resting, he walked to the tidal flat by the stream and picked up strange stones.

Yun Mo was slightly distracted, looking down at the clear stream under his feet, the pebbles at the bottom of the water were shining like colorful gems under the refraction of the sun, looking dazzling and crystal clear.

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The group repaired in the canyon for half an hour and then continued to set off.

Soon after, in a part of the canyon across the mountain stream began to go up the mountain, this mountain road is more rugged than the previous road, obviously there are not many people usually walk, so in many places there are some dead branches and rotten leaves in the middle of the road, the trees on both sides of the road are also luxuriant, most of them are naturally growing miscellaneous trees, there are also many rocks and cliffs on the mountain, and the scenery with few people seems primitive and beautiful.

The group climbed breathlessly, trying to follow the graphite leading the way in front, through the mountains and forests, jumping over strange rocks, and constantly beware of the scattered branches and branches on the side of the road, all the way through the difficult trek, and finally stopped under a huge rock in the middle of the mountain.

"You guys take a break here, I'll climb up and have a look."

Graphite looked upwards under the boulder for a while, and he noticed that there were many uneven footholds along the steep rock crevices all the way up, obviously leaving traces of previous people's footsteps, and it seemed that this must be the only way to climb the mountain.

Lan Ke'er threw the backpack on the ground, her red face was covered with fine sweat, and she was panting slightly, and she came over and stood beside him and looked up, "Graphite, it looks quite dangerous, is there no other way?" ”

"There shouldn't be any other way, even if there is, it is estimated that it will take a long detour, it doesn't matter, I'll go up and take a look, and then pull you up."

Yun Mo also walked over, standing beside Lan Ke'er, wiping the fine sweat on her face with a tissue, she also looked up a few times, her brows furrowed slightly, and reminded: "It looks quite dangerous, be careful." ”

Graphite smiled at her, "Don't worry, I know it." ”

After saying that, Graphite put the backpack on the stone next to him, put the climbing rope on his back diagonally, and said, "I'm going up." He began to climb upwards in a blink of an eye, and his movements were extremely dexterous, using his hands and feet together, like a spirit ape in the mountains, and in a blink of an eye he rose a few meters, and after a few breaths, he soon disappeared on the top of the rock.

Lan Keer and Yun Mo were dumbfounded when they looked at it below, where had the two of them seen this kind of lightning rock climbing, not to mention that this was still in the wild, when the two of them were still in a daze, the graphite on the top of the rock had already poked out half of its head, and shouted down: "You two get out of the way, I'll throw the rope down, tie the backpack and I'll pull it up, and I'll pull you up later, get out of the way, I'll lose it!" ”

Lan Ke'er and Yun Mo took a few steps back in a daze, and saw a climbing rope on the top of the rock being thrown down leisurely.

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Graphite shouted from above, "Pull up everyone's backpacks first, and the Master will be in a moment." ”

Ye Tianyu and the fat man came over and tied the backpacks of several people to the mountaineering rope several times, and let the graphite pull it up.

Then he began to get on the master, Lan Keer was the first to stand up and volunteer to go up first, the fat man helped her tie the mountaineering rope between her waist and abdomen, patted her shoulder and bowed her head to explain, "Don't panic when you go up, look at the places that can be stepped on, and grasp the concave and convex places on the rocks with your hands, there is graphite on it to help pull, safety is no problem, the action can be slow, safety first, remember?" ”

"Got it, brother!" Lan Keer seemed full of interest and confidence.

Graphite can be seen clearly on the top, he has tied the rope to the tree at one end, and pulled the rope tightly, Lan Keer below has begun to climb upward, at first the movement is still slow, probably because of timidity and weakness, but Lan Keer can soon feel that her waist and abdomen are firmly tied to her mountaineering rope, which makes her feel extremely secure, after the mood is relaxed, the movements will naturally become flexible and brisk, so, soon she was pulled to the top of the rock by graphite.

After Lan Ke'er got to the top of the rock, he unloaded the climbing rope and began to shout happily down: "Ha, I'm coming up, it's very simple, Momo, you come up too!" ”

The second one to go up is naturally Yunmo, she has often done some exercises every day, and her body flexibility is much better than that of ordinary people, what Lan Keer can do is naturally easier and simpler for her, graphite is also very skilled in pulling the rope on the top, he always keeps the climbing rope properly tight, which can not only make Yunmo have a sense of psychological security, but also will not affect her upward climbing action.

I saw the top of the rock.

"Come, give me your hand."

Looking at Graphite's outstretched hand, Yunmo had no choice but to hand it to him obediently.

She felt a warm and powerful hand hold her hand firmly, and a strong force came from that hand, and she climbed to the top of the rock like a cloud.

She stood beside graphite, in a trance, she forgot to let go, still holding it firmly, the two of them stood against the top of the rock, the place was not big, and she could feel the heat exhaled by each other, Yun Mo suddenly felt a little overwhelmed like a deer, this feeling made her both strange and exciting, and a red cloud flew on her face all of a sudden.

Graphite's gentle voice sounded in her ears in time: "Don't be nervous, go sit over there and take a rest." ”

Yun Mo was dizzy and walked over to Lan Ke'er, found a stone and sat down.

Lan Ke'er touched her lightly with her arm, looked into the distance and said, "Momo, look, the scenery here is so beautiful!" ”

Looking into the distance from here, I saw that the surrounding mountains were reckless, the forests were lush, and the streams of the canyon meandered into the distance like Bai Lian, at this time the blue sky and white clouds, and the autumn was high and refreshing, and suddenly both of them felt relaxed and happy.

The mountain breeze was blowing, and Yun Mo looked back and secretly glanced at it, the thin figure was still busy there, close to her.

She turned her head and sat with her knees crossed, quietly looking into the distance, looking at the mountains and valleys full of reckless primitive atmosphere in her field of vision, looking at the floating white clouds in the blue sky, the corners of her mouth were slightly hooked, and she didn't know what she was thinking, but she was a little distracted.

After everyone came up, Graphite put away the climbing rope and said, "How about it, the scenery here is good, you can rest here for a while, it's 2:40 in the afternoon, let's set off in half an hour." ”

The fat man and Ye Tianyu stood on the top of the rock, and they were also shocked by the beauty of the mountains and rivers in front of them, and the two couldn't help but howl and cheer at the distant mountains.

"Oh~Oh......"

The voice echoed far away and echoed among the mountains, becoming more and more empty and lonely.

"Giggle......

Lan Ke'er and Yun Mo were both amused by the ghostly screams of these two people, and then the two girls quickly took out their mobile phones and began to take pictures around, laughter like silver bells echoed under the blue sky and white clouds from time to time.

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