Chapter 177: Snow Night Walk

Shrouded in heavy snow, Hongzheng Hall looked lonely, like a beast hiding under the sky to avoid the snow, squatting there silently. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

Although the sound of firecrackers could be heard from time to time in the distance, it didn't seem to wake up the huge monster. And at the foot of the mountain not far away, there seemed to be some noise, and even some faint cries, but the monster seemed to be asleep, ignoring the paleness of the world.

The snowflakes fluttering between the heavens and the earth are sparse, not as dense as they were at the beginning, but they are fluttering in the air, like petals flying in the sky, making people feel that in this white world, it seems that it is not the real world.

The sky is a gray world, then snowflakes flying in the sky, and below is the lonely snowy earth. It was as if there was no life in the triple world, and the only thing that existed was this fluttering snowflake.

Suddenly, a hare came out of nowhere, and its gray and linen fur was particularly dazzling in the snow.

It bounced and twisted and turned, leaving a dazzling trail in the white snow, and a pair of large eyes looked around alertly, not knowing whether it was looking for food or finding its way home. Although I don't know if there will be any danger around me in the dead of night, out of instinctive caution, I let it still move around in the rice field behind the Hongzheng Hall.

There was silence all around, and the snowflakes seemed to fall silently. What started out as a little lower is now covered in a thick layer of snow. The place that was originally a little higher seemed to be stacked with layers of high ice cream. There is a snow-white world everywhere, and everywhere seems spotless. The ditch is gone, the pond is gone, and even the rice paddies that used to be hills are completely out of shape.

There was suddenly a life in this heaven and earth, which seemed to give this ice and snow world a little more life. It is as if it were the first life in this world, embellishing this quiet world and awakening this white world.

The snowflakes are still the same, not fast or slow.

Suddenly, the hare stood alertly in place, and in a sudden reaction, half of its body actually stood up. It didn't find food, its big round eyes stared into the distance, and its long ears were completely erected, as if it heard some movement.

There used to be a small road in that direction, a path that winds between rice paddies and ponds in the countryside. After several days of heavy snowfall, and not much wind, the trail was already covered with snow. However, because of the shape of the path, when the snow falls, the surrounding fields and ponds are divided into beautiful ice-cream shapes.

The hare looked in that direction, where there used to be white rolling hills, and there was a famous place called Orchid Bay.

What is it about the hare that makes it so nervous? The perception of danger is the instinct of the creatures of this world!

Soon you could see it, because on the snow-covered path, two shadows were moving rapidly from far and near. They are like two shadows that are suddenly imprinted in this pale world, imprinting this hazy white world.

As the shadows become clearer, you can gradually see the situation. The shadow in front of him seemed to be constantly moving, holding a wooden pole that the villagers usually used to spread and dry grain, and pushed forward along the winding path that had been completely covered, pushing forward through the thick snow.

Although the loose snow was piled up very thick and high, it had not yet solidified itself, and it was pushed down by the long wooden slang in the hand of the shadow in front of it, and it was directly separated, scattered or tilted into the fields or ponds on both sides.

Then the exposed path was less than half a foot of snow left, and the original path was revealed again in the vast snow in the cold winter night.

This method is an excellent and safe way to walk in the snow. And because of this long wooden path several feet long, the two shadows moved back and forth very quickly. On this cold winter night, in the snow-covered wilderness, between the white sky and the earth, there are these two strange shadows. If you suddenly see it, you will be stunned.

If you look closely, these are actually two people, but both of them are tightly wrapped.

Even if someone familiar touches it, you won't be able to recognize who it is. Only a pair of eyes and mouths were exposed, and their bodies were covered with a large calico, and even their faces were covered with a white cotton hood. Because the two of them barely stopped walking, in this cold night, in the open field, there was a rough mist from their mouths and noses.

They followed the path, apparently in this direction. Seeing the Hongzheng Hall compound faintly in sight, the two of them actually stood on the path near a pond.

This alert hare may have noticed the arrival of two people, and its natural vigilance made it react instantly. Not only do they dodge in the snow, but they also hide immediately. Finally, behind a large snowdrift that turned out to be rocks, I opened my eyes to look at the two people in the distance.

These two people stood far away, naturally unable to find the figure of the hare, and they couldn't even see the situation on the side of Hongzheng Hall. Although the snowflakes falling from the sky seem to be much smaller, they still blur the vision.

"It's such a cold day, it's so late, it's still snowing, will anyone come out? Why do you have to be a thief? It was a low female voice, and she looked at the people around her with a pair of eyes, as if there was a hint of shyness and doubt in her eyes.

"I don't know if anyone will come out so late, but as long as someone comes out, we will definitely be discovered!" This voice was a little hoarse, but it sounded very crisp, probably thinking that his voice was a little direct, so he said a little more slowly: "You have to be careful and pay attention to safety, there is a pond under the roadside, if you slide down, this day is not fun!" ”

In front of him, he stretched out his right hand with white gloves of thin cotton gauze and held the left hand of the woman next to him.

The woman seemed to want to struggle lightly, but finally did not withdraw her hand, but also said softly: "Xiaohe, tell me why it is so late, Uncle Luo still asked us to come to your house, what are you trying to do?" The woman's voice seemed to be getting clearer and clearer, I don't know if it was a breeze, feeling a hint of a worse chill, or if there was a firecracker sound at the foot of the mountain in the distance, which suddenly disturbed her, and she actually took the initiative to get closer.

"Didn't Uncle Luo tell us? After we come here, no matter what happens to it, let's just see if anyone has been to the big house, don't be strange and don't interfere, and then put that thing at the foot of the tree, and we can go back! The voice was clear and obvious, looking at the familiar place in front of me, but it seemed to be some unfamiliar, I was not afraid.

This was a strange decision, and even I, who hadn't seen Luo Ran for a long time, suddenly received Luo Ran's task again. It was actually the first mission in the true sense of the word, and it even meant something special to me personally. Luo Ran didn't mention to me what happened in Hongzheng Hall, and I didn't even know that Tang Dianfeng and Xiang Qianfei's children were gone.

I was a little high-spirited and excited, and when I heard that Uncle Luo personally assigned the task, I agreed without hesitation. In fact, I don't know what happened, and I don't even know the purpose of Luo Ran sending me over. And it was so cold at such a late hour, but I didn't feel the chill in my heart, but grabbed the hand of Yubao next to me tightly, and my heart was extremely excited.

After so many days of suffocation in that dark room that made me dreamy, even if I felt like heaven in my heart, I knew that there would be a day when I would wake up. Being able to really come out and breathe is even a relief for me at this time. If you want to say that when he started calling me over, I naturally didn't see his physical state, and I didn't expect that Uncle Luo would give me a task at night, so I still asked me to come out with Tang Yubao.

When I was quiet in the room, although I felt a little lucky, I had figured it out, and I wouldn't think that Uncle Luo didn't know about me and Yubao. But seeing that Uncle Luo didn't mention these things at all, but encouraged Yubao to come out with me, I even thought that Luo Ran was encouraging and hinting at me.

What she didn't expect was that Yubao, who had been sullen, was a little excited when she heard that the third watch in the middle of the night and the night of heavy snow came out.

Especially Uncle Luo let us both come out armed together, even I, who has always been timid, were a little extra excited. Uncle Luo didn't go into detail about the task, but it doesn't seem important to me. What I care about is that I actually came out to adventure in the ice and snow, and I took Tang Yubao with me. In fact, in the past two days, my mind has been completely adult, although I don't know what Yubao will do in the future, but she has not rejected me in the past few days, which still makes me extremely excited.

Coming out of Orchid Bay, passing by the Orchid Reservoir, we walked quite quickly. Moreover, this method taught by Uncle Luo still allowed us to avoid many dangers along the way, and almost completely cleared the roadblocks caused by the snow. Actually, it was still very cold at this time of night, but I felt like I was full of energy. I haven't been home for a few days, I don't know how my grandparents went to my aunt's house, and how Yonghui is doing?

When I suddenly thought of Yonghui, looking at Tang Yubao who I was holding, I suddenly felt a little confused. It's a very weird feeling, and I've forgotten about her all these days. At this time, I suddenly had a ridiculous feeling, as if I was in a dream. Many things are not even mentioned and spoken, just like soap bubbles, beautiful but not touched with hands.

"What's wrong with you!" Tang Yubao was suddenly a little nervous, and when she saw me standing there in a daze, her heart suddenly became a little entangled. She was actually very chaotic and conflicted in her heart, but for some reason, she felt that she was a little dependent on this teenager.

"Nothing!" I hurriedly hid my embarrassment and immediately said, "Let's hurry up and go to the big house, it's really cold!" But the road over there is narrower, so let's be careful! ”