Chapter 16 Eight years have passed
The scenery here is particularly beautiful, with mountains stretching out, lush greenery, and streams that flow into the depths of the valley.
Suddenly, a dark cloud drifted from the sky, covering this small world, the light became dim, and the dreary air was almost suffocating.
A fat, meaty-looking physical education teacher explained: "We will distribute tents and food in a while, one for each person, and come to me to collect them." ”
I looked at the weather and suggested to the fat PE teacher: "Teacher, this is a low-lying area surrounded by mountains, and it is going to rain again, so why don't you drive out and find a high ground to camp, it will be safer?" ”
The fat physical education teacher suddenly raised his eyebrows and reprimanded: "You know a few questions, how heavy does it rain to wash us away?" ”
I sighed for a while, it seemed that he didn't listen to any advice, so I simply kept silent.
At around 7 p.m., the sky faded, the birds were melodious, and a few frogs were heard from time to time by the stream.
After Sun Kai got out of the car, he talked and laughed with a female classmate he didn't know, and he talked happily, and put the tent together, I don't understand why he did this, maybe he wanted to take revenge on me and Xiao Qing.
The girl saw that Sun Kai was tall and handsome, and talked humorously, and she couldn't wait to make a promise, Sun Kai had to follow her when she went to the toilet, and she was afraid that Sun Kai would disappear in the next second, Xiao Qing and I looked at it in our eyes, and Xiao Qing's expression was a little embarrassed and embarrassed.
Xiao Qing's tent stood five meters away from me, and she could hear me when I was talking loudly.
I smiled and comforted: "Sun Kai is fine, that girl likes him, and I am very happy to see him." ”
Xiao Qing said worriedly: "I'm afraid that he will be angry and hurt the hearts of other girls." ”
I patted her and said, "You're too much." ”
After camping, Xiao Qing and I walked towards Sun Kai's tent, planning to go for a walk by the stream together, when we walked to the tent, the cloth door of the tent was not tightly locked, and saw that Sun Kai and the girl were hugging each other and kissing wildly, Xiao Qing's face was flushed instantly after seeing it, and it was red to the root of her ears, she quickly turned around and walked towards the stream, I was stunned there, then Sun Kai suddenly opened his eyes and looked at me, and then kissed deeply, I had hair standing on end, witnessing his behavior, did he deliberately not tighten the tent, Is it just so that Xiao Qing and I can see this scene?
I caught up with Xiao Qing, saw that she was depressed, her mind was heavy, the red rhyme on her cheeks had faded, I took her hand, strolling by the stream like a fairyland, the evening idlers were lonely, listening to a few birds melodious, I didn't feel that the roots of the ears were thorough, the night was quiet and the sky was gone, looking at a cloud and light Shu rolling, suddenly the horizon was empty, there was no wood in the high and steep mountains, and the valley loop was full of grass and trees.
The evening breeze blew, and the stream hit the stones, making a crisp sound, and I said to Xiao Qing: "I really hope to go back to the past, and the three of us can still climb trees by the stream, catch tadpoles, play glass balls in the streets and alleys, and eat figs." ”
My voice was a little hoarse, Xiao Qing couldn't help but feel a little sad after hearing it, she looked at me and said: "We all have our own choices, everyone imagines a carefree life, but we are all slowly growing up, slowly changing, these things, no one can change them." ”
Yes, we were banished to the world when we were born, and everyone's fate is different, and the doctrine of changing one's life since ancient times cannot be applied to modern life, and we have very little power in ourselves, and we are extremely strong and invincible in the face of adversity.
The clouds were thick, the air was mixed with the smell of dampness, and a few flashes of light crossed the horizon from time to time, and it was going to rain.
I said to Xiao Qing, "It's going to rain, let's go back to the tent." ”
As soon as I arrived in the tent, a gust of wind blew, the tent swayed, as if it was going to be blown into the sky, the wind and rain were shaking, which made me very panicked, and there was a deafening thunder in the sky, and after a few lightning bolts, the rain fell down, and hit the tent with a crackling sound, I thought to myself, luck has come home, and I finally came out for an outing, and caught up with the stormy weather, which makes people angry.
At this time, I saw a figure standing outside the tent, I hurriedly got up, opened the cloth door, it was Xiao Qing, I saw her standing at the door, like a lost bird, after being wet by the rain, she looked very delicate and pitiful, I hurriedly pulled her into the tent, dried her hair with a towel, and said distressedly: "Why did you run out, don't catch a cold." ”
She said tremblingly, "I'm afraid of thunder." ”
I listened and hugged her tightly in my arms.
Thunder and lightning flickered, the wind was sharp, the mountains in the distance were illuminated by lightning, as if it were day, the towering trees in the mountains were swaying under the swaying of the wind, and the creek was like boiling water, densely bubbling with blisters, and the rain was dripping, converging and flowing down from the cliffs in all directions, and the water level rose rapidly.
I looked outside through the gap in the tent, bowed my head and said to Xiao Qing, "This is not a way, if you stay here all the time, you will soon be swept away by the flood." ”
She raised her head and said tremblingly, "Then what should I do, go to the teacher?" ”
I nodded and said, "Call Sun Kai and the other classmates, let's hurry back to the car and ask the driver to leave this place quickly." ”
Xiao Qing anxiously opened the cloth door, and was about to go out, I grabbed her and said, you wait for me here, after I find Sun Kai, I will call you again, she looked at me worriedly and said, "You be careful." ”
I smiled and said to her, "Don't worry." ”
After speaking, I ran in the direction of Sun Kai's tent, the rain became more and more violent, the visibility was extremely low, the sky had been covered with a layer of black fog that could not be seen clearly, the cliffs on all sides were open and clawed under the shaking of lightning, the red eyebrows stared, the rain flowing down was as terrifying as blood, the black soil of the mountains was muddy under the soak of the rain, and it was difficult to walk, I couldn't tell the direction, the pouring rain blocked my vision, I stretched out my hand to explore, suddenly, I saw two dim lights in front of me, I was overjoyed, and accelerated my pace to walk over, I crawled all the way, I don't know how many times I fell, only to see that it was Sun Kai's tent, I hurriedly rushed over and slapped the tent.
Maybe it was too hard, the tent was twisted and deformed by me, and the cloth door was finally opened inside, it was Sun Kai, and the frightened girl in his arms, I said loudly, get out of here quickly, go to the minibus.
When Sun Kai saw that it was me, he said willfully: "You go, don't worry about it." ”
I was immediately furious, eagerly grabbed his hand and said, "If you don't leave, you will be washed away." ”
When he saw that I was in a panic and looked very impatient, he took the girl and climbed out, and when I came out, I saw that the brook had become a great river of torrents during the day, and the river was rushing through and roaring in the valley, so that I was so frightened that I could not tell whether it was sweat or rain, and I rubbed my eyes and went on the way from which I had come.
Sun Kai pulled the girl behind me, and I turned around and said loudly to Sun Kai, "Let's go back to find Xiao Qing, and then go back to the minibus." ”
Sun Kai nodded worriedly, because the tents of these students are very inconsistent, dotted, some are compact, and some are tied at a long distance from the minibus, I really don't understand what these two physical education teachers are eating, and now they are nowhere to be found, it is very likely to go to other students, I comforted myself.
I was thinking about it when I felt a burst of sound coming over my head, with the sound of roaring water, which made people extremely frightened and uneasy, and the voice was getting closer and closer, and I yelled "Not good." ”
I used all my strength to push Sun Kai and the girl away, and they were pushed three meters away, and when Sun Kai was not knowing why, a mud flow fell from the sky and hit my body, the force was so great that people couldn't struggle.
I was washed into the rushing river, the river quickly surrounded me, like an army of thousands of horses unstoppable, I shouted, trying to break free from this cold bondage, but helpless limited strength, I could only go with the flow, at the mercy of it, the irritable river did not pass my shoulders, I ran my legs around, my arms mechanically slapped the river, trying to put my head out of the river to keep breathing, but the river was undulating, turbulent, just about to take a sip was dragged under the water, the underwater rocks were mixed, my legs hit a few times, the pain was unbearable, I almost fainted.
I couldn't see a little light on the riverbank, I felt like I was numb to the river, a feeling of sleepiness hit me instantly, I couldn't stay awake, the rocky walls and trees everywhere on the bank were strange and terrifying, all the scenery was left behind the river, I don't know how long I had been floating, how far away, only the cold and biting water warned me from time to time that I couldn't sleep, even if I had the last bit of strength left, I had to struggle.
There are raised flake rocks in the river, sharp as a comparison, I want to hold on to prevent my body from continuing to drift, who knows that the turbulent river seems to be angry, not allowing me to stay for a while, I just hugged the sharp rocks, both arms were like red-hot steel, the pain was unbearable, I looked down, the two arms were bloody, miserable, but fortunately the body no longer floated forward. At this moment, a broken tree rushed towards me quickly, the diameter of the broken wood was a meter long, I didn't have time to dodge, and my legs were already unconscious, the broken wood hit the rock I was holding in my hand, the rock was lifted by the roots, the impact was very strong, the broken branch hit my head hard, I snorted, and the only remaining consciousness was extinguished with the shaking wind and rain in this dim valley.
I had a very tiring long dream, in the dream I walked on a steep hillside, the slope was full of flowers, birds were flying, the hillside was extended, there was no end, my back was unusually sore, as if I was carrying a thousand pounds of burden, my legs and feet were weak, I sat down to rest with every step, the sky was blue, there was not a trace of clouds, and then I simply climbed up, calloused hands and feet, ragged, endless, aimlessly climbing, I don't know how long I climbed, I saw a pair of feet, no shoes, white and flawless, I raised my head and looked at the comer, it's Xiao Qing, but why is it transparent.
I could see through her body, like air, and I reached for her feet and passed them with ease, was it my hallucination, or was I already dead.
She smiled like a flower, with a blue heart, her face was full of tenderness and love, and her body emitted a faint shimmer, like the goddess of Pudu in the movie, condescending and radiant, I wanted to stand up and hug her, who knew that my legs were unconscious, I screamed, roared, struggled, but in this space it seemed to be muted, and I couldn't make a sound.
I was surrounded by fear, shaking my body, burying my face in my thick palms, wanting to cry but no tears, wanting to speak but no sound, at this time, Xiao Qing's warm and crisp voice sounded: "Xiao Tao, you can't sleep, hold on, climb over this hillside, you can run." ”
The voice echoed in my ears, intoxicating me, I thought of Xiao Qing's kindness, Xiao Qing's shallow smile, Xiao Qing's beautiful eyes, quickly raised my head, wanted to say something to her, but there was no one in front of me, only a few beautiful butterflies flew leisurely and landed on the back of my calloused hand.
I continued to crawl and crawl, my body was exhausted, my consciousness was confused, and I really wanted to sleep like this.
Suddenly, the blue sky was overcast, and the beautiful butterflies were so frightened that they flew into the flowers, and after a few rapid thunderstorms, there were raindrops hitting my face, I frowned, and I accelerated my crawling, and suddenly, the thunderstorm increased, and the whole hillside turned into a waterfall of muddy water, and every time I climbed, I would be pushed back by the slippery muddy water, and I groaned in pain, my thoughts were disordered, and my heart seemed to stop beating.
I dream every day, I dream of my parents, I dream of Sun Kai, I dream of Xiao Qing, I dream of Xiao Qing's mother, I dream of Xue Xinyan, I dream of Qin Xiaolan, I dream of the head teacher, I dream of the principal, and even dream of the handsome boy who played with glass balls with me when I was a child, but no matter how I dream, I refuse to wake up, I can't see a ray of light in my dream, as if I was pulled into the bottomless abyss by the darkness, I wander like a grain of dust, there is no end, there is no other shore.
Suddenly, a drop of refreshing sweet spring water flowed into my mouth, the cool spring water flowed into my body, giving me infinite power, and in an instant the whole dream was disturbed, the world was turned upside down, the sun and the moon were not bright, all the past was like a whirlwind that swirled around me at high speed, the whirlwind surrounded me tightly, brought into it, I also followed the crazy turn, the sky went to the earth, the soil in every corner was rolled up, the sky was dark, I don't know how long it took to return to calm, but I know, my dream has been going on for too long, Now it's finally over.
I woke up in a dream and wanted to open my eyes, but the curtains seemed to be sealed with paste, and my eyelashes were tightly touched, and I wanted to rub them with my hands, and as soon as I raised my hand, I brought up a string of tubes, wires, and so on, and I was so frightened that I opened my eyes vigorously, and the white ceiling was ringing rhythmically, drip, drip, drip.
I tried to sit up, but I didn't have the strength to do it, when I heard the door open, and someone walked in, and I was greeted by an old man with almost all the vicissitudes of life, his hair was almost all white, and his face was full of wrinkles, like a wrinkle, and he looked at me with excited and shocked eyes, and his cloudy eyes could not tell what color they were. This person is my father, for some reason, my heart tingles, how did he become so old.
"Son, son, you're awake, I'm my father, do you remember me?"
My eyes instantly filled with tears, and I slid down the corners of my eyes to the pillow, and I replied hoarsely: "Dad, I remember you." ”
My father wept with joy and cried, and my heart felt as if it had been pricked by a needle.
I remember being swept away by the river, hit on the head by a broken log, and then I lost consciousness, and the only thing left was the rush and fatigue of the dream.
At this time, I found myself lying on a hospital bed, white sheets and bedding, all kinds of medical equipment, and I heard a voice outside the ward, and several nurses came in front and back, and they opened my eyelids, shone them with flashlights, and held a notebook that I didn't know what they were recording.
I saw my dad holding my hand and looking at me with a happy face.
I asked softly, "Dad, what's wrong with me?" ”
Dad smiled faintly and said, "It's okay, you can lie down in peace." ”
After saying that, he stood up, took out his mobile phone and walked out, as if he was on the phone.
I think, it should be to call my mother, Xiao Qing, how are they, have they been swept away by the flood, what about Sun Kai, and other classmates, are they all safe, thinking of this, I have a splitting headache, as if I am going to tear it open, I groaned in pain.
When the nurse saw me holding my head with my hands, she came up to me and said, "Don't overuse your brain, you just woke up, you have to adapt to the environment slowly, after all, you haven't used your brain for so long." ”
I was about to ask what was going on, when the nurse walked out of the room with her notebook.
At this time, my father walked in with a smile, sat down next to me, held my hand and said, "Your mother will be here in a while, and Xinyan." ”
Xinyan? When did Dad call Xue Xinyan so kind?
I looked at my dad suspiciously and asked, "Dad, how long have I been asleep?" ”
Dad turned his head away in an instant, a large string of tears slid down, and after crying for a while, he turned his head to look at me and said, "Son, you have been sleeping for 8 years." ”
My eyes widened, I couldn't believe the statement of seven years of this dream, did my seven years of youth pass in a dream, I was trembling, my head was about to burst open, I was 17 years old when I was swept away by the flood, so am I 25 years old now, no one told me what was going on.
I cried bitterly, looking funny like a clown, I bit my lip with my teeth, until I felt the taste of blood in my mouth, and I didn't feel pain, my father saw this and pulled me and said: "Xiaotao, don't think about it, you can wake up now is the greatest relief for our family, when the doctor determined that you are in a vegetative state, your parents have never given up on you, your mother said that you are just asleep, just wake up." ”
Dad cried sadly as he spoke.
I think this is the biggest joke fate has played on me, and I lost 8 years before I could feel my youth.
At this time, the door of the ward was quickly pushed open, and my mother and Xue Xinyan appeared at the door, my mother also had strands of white hair on her head, she ran to me with tears in her eyes, her eyes widened, and she looked me up and down, and then the old tears were vertical and horizontal, and she cried directly on my chest, "Xiaotao, you finally woke up, my mother thought you would sleep all the time, woo woo." ”
Xue Xinyan stood behind her mother, she was carrying a brown leather bag in her hand, her eyes were already red from crying, she had become more and more charming in recent years, throwing away the shadow of youth and beauty, and what was left was the charm and style of maturity.
My mother sat up and choked up and said: "In the past few years, you have been hospitalized, Xinyan treats this as a home, taking care of you every day, although she has to go to work every day, but as long as she has time, she comes to see you, she is like the daughter of my parents, which makes me feel distressed." ”
I looked at Xue Xinyan, she wiped her eyes, came over and said, "Are you feeling better?" ”
I saw that she was as beautiful as before, exuding the maturity and beauty of a professional woman from the inside out, without any strangeness, and like the crying little girl back then, it made my heart move.
I smiled and said to her, "I'm fine." ”
I wanted to get up and walk, and my dad helped me up, put my feet on the ground, and I was about to stand up, and my legs felt weak, and I sat back on the bed, and my mom said, "You haven't walked for too long, so take your time." ”
I tried a few times, and I finally got up, but I had only taken a few steps before I collapsed, and I thought to myself, "I must not become a waste." ”