Chapter 174: Watches

Xia Li left the cave and looked at the rain-washed sky, pure and deep blue, without a trace of floating clouds. The stars seemed to come out and spread all over the sky. Today is the fifteenth day, and the bright full moon hangs obliquely in the sky, illuminating the mountains and forests transparently.

She would also look at the approximate time now, which should be the beginning of the day.

Not only was she hungry, she was thirsty.

A fire was lit on a flat ground more than 20 meters to the left of the entrance of the cave, and Ye Feng, Ye Jin, and Ye Quan stood beside the fire. A fire was also lit on a flat ground more than 30 meters to the right of the entrance of the cave, and a group of soldiers gathered around it, laughing loudly. The two sides were separated by several large trees and rocks, and not far from the left and right, two soldiers led a dog to watch.

It is surrounded by a cliff on one side and dense woods, and Xia Li can only see the nearby place and the sky, as well as the distant mountain tops.

Xia Li was very lucky, fortunately there were many people this time, all with bows, arrows, guns, swords and other weapons, as if there was also a firecracker, plus two Rong dogs, and he was not afraid of any wild things on the deserted mountains, except for the fear of many bandits suddenly attacking. With the torrential rain just now, it is impossible for many bandits to suddenly appear here at this time.

In this era, there are also earthen cannons and firearms, but the number is limited, except for the firearms battalion in the suburbs of Beijing, there are many firearms, and other military camps will only have one artillery or several guns according to the establishment, while Ye Feng's army is relatively low, and there is no high-end weapon such as artillery.

Xia Li looked at the cave, and someone brought a few big stones for people to go up and down. On the muddy road, some stones were placed sporadically and spread all the way to the fire on the left. This should be specially paved for the leaf wind.

She climbed down and stepped on the stone towards Ye Feng's side. Xia Ju's incident has been haunting her heart, and at this time, she can ask Ye Feng.

Zhu Er's family also came down and followed Xia Li.

Xiao Ding's voice came from behind, "Miss Xia, don't go far, the brothers have dug a trap nearby." ”

Xia Li turned around and agreed.

Although it was already summer, the night wind in the mountains after the rain was strong and cool, blowing the leaves and blowing Xia Li's hair and skirt up.

She walked to the fire on tiptoe and on the stones, not yet wet her embroidered shoes.

Two voles, two hares, and a pheasant were roasted on the fire, crackling sounds, a few wisps of green smoke slowly drifting into the sky, and a rich smell of meat and burning pine, and the ground around the fire was roasted.

Seeing Xia leaving, Ye Feng said with a smile, "You can eat meat in a while." Then he pointed to the broken bowl on a large rock, which contained many wild fruits, and said, "Eat some wild fruits to quench your thirst first, and wash them all." ”

Xia Li smiled and walked over, she was already thirsty. She picked up a half-red wild plum and ate it, sweet and sour, very thirst-quenching. She took a few more to Zhu Er's family.

She raised her hand to eat, and the cuffs slid down, revealing a piece of her wrist, which looked even more white and delicate like jade in the moonlight.

The girl's beautiful face and bright wrist made Ye Feng blush. As soon as his gaze moved away, he swept towards the wrist of Hao, his eyes shrank, and he remembered that in the dream, he felt that this wrist was the same as in the dream, but the strange thread was missing, and he also remembered what he had always wanted to ask Xia Li.

He calmed down, coughed lowly, and turned his head sideways to Ye Li, Ye Quan, and Zhu Erjia, "I have something important to ask Miss Xia." ”

He wanted to talk to Xia Li, but he said to a few of them. Ye Jin and the others were all smart, and they knew that he meant to keep them away and not to hear the conversation. They all took a dozen steps back. From such a distance, he could not only see Ye Feng and Xia Li, but also not let others misunderstand, and he could not hear the whispers of the two of them clearly. They all consciously turned their corners to look away, noticing if anyone was heading here.

Xia Li took down the plum from her mouth, and before she could ask her words, Ye Feng asked first.

Ye Feng took a few steps back and walked under a tree, the shadow of the tree swayed, leaking a little bit of silver, scattering his body, and also casting a mottled shadow on his face. Occasionally, a few drops of rain would fall on the foliage, dripping on his body. Standing here, the occasional passer-by can't see clearly at all.

What does it mean that the righteous and awe-inspiring General Ye has become so sneaky?

Xia Li was inexplicable, but still followed. She happened to have her back to Ye Li and the others, did not go under the tree, and kept a certain distance from Ye Feng, so that there would be no misunderstanding. asked, "What's the matter with Lord Ye?" ”

Ye Feng also felt that he was a little too cautious, he couldn't, the thing he wanted to ask was too shocking.

He looked at Xia Li and asked, "Miss Xia, have you ever seen a strange kind of network?" Black, a little narrower than my index finger," he gestured and added, "There is a round crystal in the middle, the crystal is only the size of my thumb, and around the crystal is a circle of light concubine color, and there are three light concubine needles inside, and two long needles will also turn in circles." His voice was soft, drowned out in the noise and rustle of leaves, and only Xia Li, who was close, could hear it clearly.

He was talking about the watch Xia Li wore in his previous life, and he actually remembered her watch!

Xia Li was excited and incredulous, his eyes were round, and then tears overflowed his eyes, like two black grapes soaked in water. She said in a trembling voice, "Of course I did, you remember!" That's not a line, it's a watch. My dad bought it in Switzerland when I was fifteen years old. In memory of my dad, I wore it until "when she died."

Ye Feng read silently, "Watch, Dad, Switzerland," these words were very jerky, he heard it for the first time, but he seemed to have heard it before, and asked a stupid word in confusion, "But you are only thirteen years old this year."

Xia Li looked at him, and then looked back at Ye Li, Aunt Zhu, and Ye Quan not far away, picked up a long branch from the ground, and drew a big watch on the ground, with a strap, a dial, a handle, and even the hour hand, minute hand, second hand and time scale in the dial.

She asked, "Is this what you're talking about?" Then he pointed to the picture with a branch and said, "This is the strap, black." This is the dial, transparent. This is the handle, round. This is the hour hand, the shortest. This is the minute hand, the longest. This is the second hand, the thinnest. Watches are not used for decoration, but for the time of sight. In those days, there was no need to look at the sun, moon and stars, nor did you need to look at the engravings, this small watch could tell us the specific time. ”

Although she didn't paint a top portrait, her words completely described it.

Ye Feng's eyes were also wide, the yarn worn by the girl in the dream was like this, it was not a yarn, it was a watch to look at the time. How could she know so clearly, could it be that the girl in her dreams was really her?