Chapter Twenty-Eight: The Starry Sky
Liu Dongxi told me that at that time, he saw a large black shadow rising in the center of the camp!
He said this with a very serious expression, and that sure look told me with certainty that he had no doubt that he had been mistaken.
However, it was indeed an illusion, and we were resting in this camp at this moment. The place was a small depression in the middle of a flat field, with a pit in the middle, and something black in it, like wet charcoal ash, surrounded by stones of various sizes, and beside the largest stone, there was a rudimentary shed.
The shed was made of stone, covered with a thick yellow canvas, and the shelves were made of many inexplicable things, such as parts and shells removed from some machine.
In order to find the clues left by Zhang Guoqing, we searched inside and outside this shed, but there were no clues, only found some daily necessities similar to enamel jars and other daily necessities of that era, as if someone had lived here for a while.
After a fruitless search, everyone already felt tired, so they simply rested here. We also searched around before resting and found nothing other than the flat rocks.
It's a little cold outside, but it's okay inside, and none of us want to stay under that lifeless shed, sitting next to that fire pit. I opened a box of solid alcohol and threw it into the pit to light it and dry my clothes.
Strange to say, there wasn't anything to burn in this place, but the ashes in the pit were quite deep. When I raised this question, Liu said that it was the bones of a dead man who had been burned. As soon as I heard him say this, I felt sick and hurriedly changed the subject.
There was nothing left to eat, and there was not much water left, and although there was water over there, we would definitely not drink the water that soaked the dead. Liu Shidong poured a little drink powder into his mouth and chewed dryly, but I didn't feel hungry at all, Lu Yan had already dozed off with an iron rod, only Xiao Adang stared at Liu Shiwu with great interest, making a very greedy look.
Seeing it like this, Liu Shifu laughed and scolded, and handed the drink powder to it. Little Adam happily rushed over and sniffed it, but sneezed back into my arms. Liu Dongxi laughed loudly, Lu Yan seemed to be awakened, frowned and said, "Don't make trouble!" Rest! ”
Liu Shiwu immediately shut up and said to me: "Brother An, I'll watch, you can sleep." ”
Although I was tired to death at the moment, I didn't feel sleepy at all, and when I saw Liu Shi's tired face, I said, "You go to sleep for a while, I'm not sleepy at all, I'll call you when I'm sleepy." ”
The biggest advantage of Liu Dongxi is that he doesn't shirk, which is very much to my taste. As soon as I said that, I found a place to squint. To save power, we all turned off the flashlights. There was no darkness all around, and only the slightest flame of alcohol burning in the pit pulled the rocks out of their swaying shadows. In this little halo, I sat alone on a half-man-high rock, my mind jumbled.
Since entering Xiazhuang, I have not had the opportunity to think about what happened, from constant shock, despair to incomparable bewilderment, I feel more and more that we are getting closer to the truth of what happened, and I am getting deeper and deeper into this huge fog.
When we inspected the shed just now, we found something, and there was no trace of a person left in this shed, so let's not mention this for the time being. If the only person who lives here is Zhang Guoqing, then why does he go to so much trouble to live below, if it's not just him, then who is the other person?
At this point, I no longer think about the question of a few summer villages, and even which summer village we are under at the moment. Zhang Guoqing has left too many mysteries along the way, and we follow his footsteps, not knowing where we will be led.
At this time, I suddenly felt that someone was looking at me from the side, and when I turned back in horror, I found that it was Lu Yan who woke up and was looking at me. I stumbled for a moment and didn't speak, but Lu Yan stood up and walked over.
I suddenly felt at a loss, I am very familiar with Lu Yan, but since these incidents, my attitude towards Lu Yan has changed back and forth greatly, and many things make me wonder if he is the original Lu Yan and who he is.
He was not far from me, and came a few steps away, leaning as he usual on the stone on which I was sitting. The atmosphere was very awkward, and I looked at the slightly messy hair on his delicate side face, and I was about to say something.
At this time, Lu Yan spoke, "You doubt me? ”
I didn't expect him to ask me so directly, and I suddenly felt even more embarrassed, but this is also Lu Yan's usual style.
"No, it's just ...... Lu Yan, I think you are different from us anymore! ”
I said this for a long time, trying to weigh the words and trying to say my thoughts most euphemistically, Lu Yan listened quietly to my words, and tilted his head slightly.
"Si'an...... Actually, I'm not like you in the first place! ”
I was shocked, what does this mean? When I was about to ask, the fire flickered and suddenly went out!
The darkness around me was like quicksand, and I was taken aback, and I swallowed back what I wanted to ask. Lu Yan didn't speak again, I knew that it was just that the alcohol was burned out, and there was no danger, so he didn't make any moves, just sat quietly.
Suddenly, a glimmer of light came up from above, and by the time I looked up, the warm light had gradually spread, and from the first light, a whole sea of stars was conjured up above our heads along a special trajectory!
This spectacle is magnificent, and because of its size, it is a cut above the previous underground lakes, and by human nature, this scene of light and darkness resonates more with mankind than any other scene. I looked at the sea of stars above my head, and there seemed to be countless feelings in my heart, but I couldn't catch a single trace of them.
At this time, Lu Yan's voice came from in front of him, "Look, isn't it good-looking?" ”
I didn't expect to hear Lu Yan speak like this, I was shocked, and subconsciously nodded, Lu Yan seemed to be able to see, and continued: "But this is not the real starry sky!" ”
Yes, the real starry sky hangs beyond the mountains above us, and that beautiful and vast space is far beyond the reach of this starry sky in front of us. However, this starry sky, which is not worth mentioning, has the same beauty, and even the same unattainable. The point of light above his head was moving slowly, and it was supposed to be some glowing insect or something. We used to light the bonfire with a flashlight, and we couldn't see the light, but when the bonfire went out, the starry sky that had been above us slowly came into shape.
Lu Yan didn't speak again, and I didn't answer. Just keep looking up, and I feel like I'm about to fall into this beauty.