The sun was about to set, and the sky was filled with large flaming clouds.

On the winding mountain road in the mountains, an SUV SUV crawls unhurriedly on the winding mountain road like a beetle.

This continuous mountain range belongs to a part of the Wuyi Mountains, and this winding serpentine road is a part of the county-level road, generally this kind of county road only local vehicles occasionally have to come and go, and there are almost few foreign cars to take this kind of county road, look at the license plate This is a foreign car, may only occasionally pass by, or may be a self-driving tour.

The driver was a thin young man who looked like Sven.

This young man's name is Graphite, he is actually a local, he has been away from home for more than ten years, and he can walk more than 40 kilometers along this road to Graphite's hometown --- Yanling Village.

There is also a township called Meilian Township.

Meilian Town is also the only larger market in several villages near and far, there will be a market every five days, only on the day of the market, the town will become lively, of course, most of the people who come to the market this year are elderly people. Young people have gone out, and most of the people with a little ability have gone to the city to buy houses, so there are not many people left today.

Graphite, like her sister, relied on reading to get out of this mountain. My sister went to Australia after college, my father left early, and I didn't enjoy the blessings of my two children, and my mother was taken to Australia by my sister the year before my big year.

……

The sun hasn't completely set yet, but it's about to get dark.

Graphite was about to turn on the headlights, but in the corner of his eye, he suddenly found that the rearview mirror was bright, and a rapid bright light flew from behind, the speed and brightness were different from the rear lights he usually saw, and he couldn't help but be suspicious.

So, he subconsciously clicked on the brakes.

Soon, the bright light from behind whistled through the roof of the car and smashed diagonally a hundred and ten meters in front.

I only heard a loud "boom".

The thing smashed into the barren grass beach not far ahead, making a lot of noise.

This sudden mutation, as well as the earth-shattering loud noise, startled graphite. He was slightly apprehensive and confused, pulled over the car that had slowed down, sat in the car and looked forward for a while, and slowly had some rough guesses in his heart.

"That thing is a meteorite fall......

Out of the corner of his eye, he glanced at the dashboard of the car, and the time display was 18:25.

He hesitated slightly, and curiosity drove him to decide to get out of the car and take a look.

At this moment, the sun was only the last of its afterglow, the clouds on the mountains had turned purple, and there was not even a ghost in the silence of the surrounding empty mountains.

He raised his eyes to see the sky outside, took out the flashlight from the passenger toolbox sideways, and turned on the double flashes by the way when he got out of the car.

……

As soon as he got out of the car, he felt a little cold, and he couldn't help but shrink his neck as stimulated by the cold wind in the mountains.

Graphite stood on the side of the road and observed for a while, determined the general direction and location, the location was near a barren grass beach on the side of the road, walked forward about twenty meters, he stood on the road and looked forward, below is a large barren grass beach, and a mountain stream is faintly flowing farther away, graphite carefully went down to the barren grass beach below, turned on the flashlight lighting, and carefully waded through the barren grass beach along the general direction, and came to the mountain stream that was estimated before.

Standing by the stream, Graphite looked around with a flashlight for a while, and had determined in his heart that it was very likely that the meteorite fell, and the landing point should be in the stream, because there was a lot of water and sediment around the stream, but in this way, it looked a little troublesome to find this meteorite.

Looking at the endless stream flowing at his feet, and the large and small pebbles that can be seen everywhere by the stream, Graphite hesitated again. The light of the flashlight is also reflected in the stream, and it is even more difficult to see the bottom of the water. Obviously, if he wants to find the meteorite, he has to go down to the stream and go to the bottom of the water with his hands to slowly touch it, and whether he can find it depends on his luck.

"There are pebbles everywhere, how can this be found ......"

He muttered in his heart, seeing that the sky was getting darker and darker, he had no choice but to go into the water, and the stream in the mountain was very cold.

Not to mention that the shoes were all soaked in water, even the pants were wet for most of the time, graphite rolled up the sleeves of his clothes and reached into the cold stream to feel, he didn't know the size and shape of the meteorite, he could only judge by feeling, most of the pebbles in the stream were soaked in water all year round, so many microorganisms were always attached, and the possibility of meteorites could be ruled out if they were slippery and greasy to the touch.

He didn't believe in evil and took out a few pebbles from the bottom of the water to observe, and finally determined that his judgment was correct, so that the scope was greatly narrowed and the speed was greatly accelerated.

After touching for about half an hour, he suddenly encountered a different stone on his hand, the surface of this stone was very smooth to the touch, this smoothness was not the cause of microbial inhabitation, but the smoothness of the stone itself, the key was that the stone still had a little residual warmth.

He excitedly flipped it with his hand, even in the water, he could still feel that the stone was very heavy, and it was definitely different from ordinary pebbles, he would definitely not be able to pick it up with one hand, he thought for a while and put the flashlight in his mouth, and with the other hand, he fished out the meteorite with both hands.

Graphite glanced at the stone that had just been fished out, and found that this stone was about the size of a lead ball, dark throughout, and it didn't seem to be big, but the weight was very heavy, whether it was the shape or quality, graphite was 100% sure that this was the extraterrestrial meteorite that had just fallen from the sky.

Graphite was secretly happy in his heart, and cautiously waded back to the shore with one foot deep and one foot shallow.

By the light of the flashlight, he returned the way he had just come, and it took him a lot of effort along the way, and when he returned to the side of the road, it was already completely dark, and he couldn't breathe himself.

He lifted the meteorite to the road, climbed up to the curb with great difficulty, shook his hands with some exhaustion, and had to rest on the side of the road before walking.

Sitting on the side of the road, he habitually took a cigarette out of his pocket and lit a cigarette for himself.

There was not a single passing car on the road, only his car flashing alone on the side of the road, like a beast in the dark night wasteland, staring at a pair of brass bell-like eyes, lonely, vigilantly, staring at the wilderness around him.

Through the faint light, graphite looked at the shadows of the surrounding mountains, which were shaped like silhouettes, and the grass in the vicinity and the tall trees on the hillside across the road were faintly visible, and the sound of the stream flowing and the "rustling" of the wind blowing through the grass and shrubs were faintly visible.

He sat and smoked, the fireworks flickering in the dark wilderness, and after a long time, he sighed softly.

……

He shoved the cigarette butt into a crack in the stone at his feet, straining slightly, to make sure the smoke was completely extinguished.

The night wind in the mountains blew a slight chill on his body, especially his soaked shoes and trouser legs, which were cold, he stood up and patted his pants with his hand, then bent down to pick up the meteorite and slowly returned to the original parking place.

He went around to the back of the car and opened the trunk behind the car, and there were a lot of things in the trunk, all kinds of luggage and miscellaneous items were piled up haphazardly, and the trunk was stuffed to the brim.

"Ahh It was estimated that he was a little cold, and he couldn't help but sneeze.

Stuffed the meteorite in a corner on the right, and endured the cold mountain wind, took out clean pants and shoes from the trunk and hurriedly changed them, closed the trunk door, turned to the front and got into the car, and after closing the door, it was obviously much warmer.

He gently twisted the key to start the car, and with a direction, the car deftly drove onto the road, and continued to drive slowly ahead.

……

By the time we got to town, it was already half past seven in the evening.

There is still about half an hour to run from the town to Yanling Village, but it is not difficult to run on cement roads, at this time his stomach has been rumbling for a long time, he thinks about finding something to eat in the town, and then leaves.

The town is not big, there is only one street, and there is a small stream running through the town.

There are some miscellaneous shops on both sides of the street, and it is not too late, but there are almost no people on the street, only the occasional figure can be seen at the door of some shops, and there are some uncles and aunts who play mahjong with tables in the shops.

Graphite parked the car in front of a hotel.

There is a signboard on the door edge of the hotel, which has some old ones, with the words "Laolin Hotel" written on it, and the lamp of the last word is estimated to have been burned, so it is obviously a little dim, but it does not affect the identification.

When I walked into the restaurant, there was obviously a noise of drinking and guessing boxing, but I couldn't see anyone, it should be someone drinking and eating in the bread box, and the sound came out of the local dialect and Mandarin.

"Boss." Graphite shouted in.

The boss heard the voice, poked his head out, and soon came out to greet him.

It was a middle-aged woman who had already made a fortune, she was the proprietress who glanced at Graphite slightly, and then glanced at the car where Graphite was parked at the door, then turned sideways and took the paper and pen on the counter to her hand, squeezed out a smile on her face, and asked, "What to eat?" ”

Graphite smiled slightly, expectantly, "Is there still a rabbit pot?" ”

Although graphite rarely returns to his hometown, he still has an impression of this Laolin Hotel, he remembers that their "rabbit pot" tastes very good, and he also vaguely has some impressions of this proprietress.

The proprietress looked at the graphite and said, "There are half more." ”

Graphite suddenly became happy in his heart, "Okay, then half a rabbit pot." With that, he looked twice, then found a seat at the door and sat down.

The proprietress was a little suspicious, this graphite looked like a regular customer but she didn't know it, she hesitated for a moment, and asked uncertainly, "Are you?" Just returned? ”

Graphite said: "Well, I just came back, I'm from Yanling Village." ”

The proprietress looked at the graphite carefully, probably flipping through her memory, from Yanling Village? Soon, he seemed to have something to gain and asked, "Is your mother the one who went to Australia?" ”