Chapter Twenty-Four: Lao Zhao's Note
I held the shovel in my hand, watched the six roads, listened to all directions, and watched for something to suddenly burst out of the forest, but the road went relatively smoothly, except for two collisions into the tree, nothing happened. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info
As I walked, another light came from the side, and then I heard footsteps and whirring panting.
"Xiao Zhang?!" I screamed excitedly, my voice shaking.
"I'm X, Xiao Li!" Xiao Zhang also screamed and ran towards me, and the two of us hugged each other and rolled on the ground, and my tears flowed down my cheeks.
It took a long time for the two of us to get up from the ground, and after a while, we decided to continue our march towards the fire.
I looked at my watch, and at half past three in the morning, I wondered very much, was everything I had just experienced really a hallucination? I remember it was 3:40 when Zhang disappeared.
Neither of us spoke, just walked side by side with the lights on, our hearts warm, our bodies were very tired and painful, but they were full of strength, because I was no longer alone.
Twenty minutes later, we found the place where the fire was burning, the place where Xiao Zhang and I had visited, it was the village of Jedo, and it was nothing else, it was the hanging cypress, which was almost burned by the time we arrived, and the huge blackened trunk fell to the ground, and several adobe houses were destroyed.
To our regret, Lao Zhao did not wait for us in this place, but left us a note in a more conspicuous place.
The note was pressed against a large stone by a few small stones, Xiao Zhang and I carefully took out the note, and couldn't wait to unfold it, and saw a few lines of words written by Long Feifeng with a pen on it, which roughly means that after passing the Jedo Village, it is a mass grave, and climbing over the mass grave and then climbing a mountain is the destination, and he will wait for us on the top of the mountain.
We feel very strange, Lao Zhao, this kid knows that we will come, just wait here, we have to go first, leave a note for us to go by ourselves, this road is very dangerous, he is not afraid that we will get lost, or have an accident in the middle of the road.
Could it be that something happened to him that he had to do it as a last resort?
In any case, the handwriting is Lao Zhao's handwriting, there is absolutely no possibility of counterfeiting, and no one will take such a lot of effort to rectify us, I discussed it with Xiao Zhang, and decided to take a rest here first, and then go to meet Lao Zhao.
The two of us sat down on this big rock, Xiao Zhang picked up a handful of dead grass, used his feet to bulge the dead branches and fallen leaves on the ground into a pile, took out a lighter and lit the dead grass, threw it on the firewood pile, made a fire, took out a few rebar pipes from the bag, built a shelf, put a canned fish on the fire and roasted it, and after a while, the aroma of gurgling rose.
Xiao Zhang took out his chopsticks and devoured them, not afraid of burning a mouthful of bubbles.
"The fish is fat and the spirits are mellow, which is really a great joy in life!" Xiao Zhang took out the second pot head, ate and drank, and handed me a pair of chopsticks, "Why don't you have some?" ”
"You can eat this," I felt very speechless, "Anyway, I don't have any appetite at all, I don't know what else awaits us in front of me, is this the legendary remembering to eat or not, and having fun in suffering?" ”
"Look at what you said, I'm 'drunk today, I have to be free and happy'," Xiao Zhang smiled, "It's because I don't know if there is a next meal, so I have to eat this meal well, no matter what happened before, it has passed, and the danger in the future is a matter of the future, no matter how worried you are, what should happen or will it happen?" What do you want to do so much? ”
I nodded, thinking that what he said made sense, so I took the chopsticks and ate them in small bites, but I didn't expect to get hungrier and hungrier the more I ate, and then compared with Xiao Zhang to see who ate faster, and we both licked the canned food box clean.
After I had eaten and drunk, I sat back to back on the rocks with Xiao Zhang, hiccuping, blowing the cool breeze blowing in the woods, not thinking about anything, but it was very pleasant, and for a while I forgot where I was.
"Xiao Li, did you encounter anything strange just now?" Xiao Zhang asked, and before I could answer, she said to herself, "I met a devil in the woods, and he insisted that I sell my soul." ”
"Did you sell it to him, then?"
"No," Xiao Zhang grinned, "I still have the use of that thing, so I betrayed my discipline." ”
"You kid still have discipline?" The two of us laughed, and to be honest, this kid really does how to liven up the atmosphere.
Smiling and smiling, Xiao Zhang suddenly became serious, "Xiao Li, I seem to have seen my parents." ”
"Isn't it," I scratched my head, with a strange expression on my face, "haven't you even seen your parents in person, how can you be sure it's your parents?" ”
"Because I heard a song," Xiao Zhang cast his eyes into the distance, "and that song has been haunting my dreams for as long as I can remember." ”
Silence, another long, long silence.
I got up from the ground and picked up my bag, "It's not too early, let's hit the road." ”
Xiao Zhang didn't get up, "It's a bit unlucky for you to say that." ”
"Well," I smiled wryly and held out my hand to him, "let's go." ”
"Let's go."
The moment I was leaving, I looked back at the woods.
Finally escaping, I think, is like a lost child who has finally found his way home.
The road ahead is still confused, and unknown dangers are still waiting for us, but so what?
As Xiao Zhang said, there are a few people in this world who can see the road under their feet clearly.
Even if it's just, the next step......
Let's go!