Chapter 4 The road is long
Wei Luo's body is really bad now, she is walking a little hurrier, her feet are not weak, her heart has begun to feel stuffy, and her physical strength is really not good, so she can only walk a hundred steps and rest for a while.
When she walked to the sunset, she walked less than a mile. At this time, there is still a long yellow dust ahead, and there are trees on both sides.
Wei Luo pressed to his chest, and his feet sped up. After walking another mile or two, he finally stopped walking through the woods, and an endless hilly area appeared in front of him.
The terrain in front of you is undulating, and there is a low mountain peak at the end of the view, and the mountains are so wooded that it is impossible to see whether there are any dwellings in the distance.
It is estimated that there are still more than ten miles to go to the peak, and Yi Weiluo's physique is afraid that he will have to walk to the middle of the night before he can walk. She was now hungry, her feet were weak, and her chest was pounding. She looked left and right, this boundless hills, where could she spend the night? Besides, this place is close to the forest, but I am afraid that there are many wild beasts, no, whether there are people living at the foot of the mountain peak in front of me, I must give it a try.
Thinking of this, Wei Luo added a little more speed under his feet. Even if she increased her speed, with the condition of her body, it was only a little faster than just now, and it was far less than when she first started.
Wei Luo was healthy in his previous life, and he grew up in the countryside, and he has never walked like a fly on mountain roads, and he has never encountered such a situation where he can't use his strength with soft hands and feet, which is really uncomfortable.
Most of the sun has sunk into the horizon, leaving only the last vestiges of the sun. On the horizon, a dark cloud line stretched across it. After a while, a layer of night fog rose between heaven and earth.
It's getting dark.
Wei Luo looked up, and more than a dozen starlight appeared in the sky. It seems that there will be no less stars tonight. Thinking of this, Wei Luo's heart was relieved.
As soon as her heart was at ease, she had the heart to appreciate the night and the sky. The sky was so clear and dust-free that Rao had never seen it before in her rural hometown.
By this time, every few minutes, you could clearly feel that it was getting a little darker again. When she had walked less than a mile, night had fallen, and the sky was full of stars and could not be counted. It's a pity that there is no moon.
As soon as it got dark, the whole world became silent. Wei Luo glanced back at the trees behind him, and he always felt that a terrible behemoth would burst out of the bushes. After a shudder, she sped a few more steps.
In the night, all the sounds seemed so piercing. The chirping of insects, the croaking of frogs, and the rustling of leaves blown by the wind continued and became denser and denser.
Wei Luo clutched her chest tightly, and although she was scared, she still listened carefully.
She wondered if there would be a dog barking or two mixed in with these sounds! She wondered if there were any people living in the mountains ahead.
Three hours later, about midnight, Wei Luo came to the foot of the mountain, and at the same time she heard the barking of dogs.
It's inhabited here.
After knowing that someone lived nearby, all Wei Luo's strength disappeared, and she collapsed softly on the grass next to the official road, listening to the sound of the dog barking, and said to herself: There are people living here, not afraid, there are people living here.
Under the light of the stars, the heavens and the earth are dyed with a faint light. The direction of the dog's barking, there is no light in sight. However, Wei Luo thought that if this was really such an ancient era as the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, then ordinary people's homes might not be able to light up the lights at night.
At this time, Wei Luo was hungry, cold and afraid, and she was now desperate for a flash of fire, so that she could warm up a little. As for the food, you don't have to think about it.
Unfortunately, she didn't have the tools to light the fire, and she didn't have the strength to move another finger. Therefore, that desire is only a desire after all.
Although she was extremely tired, Wei Luo didn't dare to close her eyes, and she didn't know where to find a place to close her eyes to call it safe. Therefore, she could only look up at the sky, count the stars in the sky, listen to the barking of the dogs, and wait for the time to pass by second.
Whether it was listening helplessly to the news of the death of her parents and younger brother in the earthquake in Dujiangyan's hometown half a year ago, or seeing so many people fall in front of her when she first opened her eyes, it made De Weiluo a lot bolder, and made her heart lighter a lot. She always said to herself, consciously or unconsciously: What is there to be afraid of ghosts? Even if the ghost comes, it's just a death.
Thinking like this, Wei Luo's courage became bigger and bigger, and he unconsciously fell asleep with his knees hugged.
She's going to wake up. Although it is only ** month now, it is very cold on such an unobstructed official road. Wei Luo opened his eyes and saw that a morning light appeared in the eastern sky, and the sky was finally bright!
Rubbing his numb feet, Wei Luo slowly stood up.
The sky is getting brighter and brighter, and when a bright red sun rises from the east, the sky is bright and dazzling. Wei Luo turned her head to look at the foot of the mountain, and in the light, she could clearly see that in the valley less than two miles ahead, there were seven or eight thatched houses. Outside the thatched hut, you can also see the figures of people working.
That's great!
Wei Luo walked happily towards the valley. As she walked, she took out three knife coins from her arms, and she didn't know what the value of these knife coins was, could these three be exchanged for a meal and a pair of straw sandals?
Out of caution, Wei Luo divided the rest of the knife coins into five parts, and in addition to the three knife coins she took out, she also put one in each of her left and right sleeve pockets. Then wrap the remaining two copies with the green cloth torn from under the robe yesterday, and tie them to the calves on both sides, of course, the most one is put away in the baggage. She knew that since ancient times, the people have been the most simple, and no one should be unfavorable to them. But she must not show up now, so she can only act with the most heartfelt attitude.
The road to the valley was very rough, and Wei Luo walked for half an hour before he found a trail that led directly to the valley. She walked and stopped for a while, and it took her an hour to come down the valley.
Two hundred meters ahead, there was a thatched hut, and every two meters of the hut, a tree trunk was stuck into the soil like a stake. Between the trunks of the trees, which had not been scraped off the green bark, there were several bamboo poles, and between the bamboo poles were tightly tucked thatch, and the thatch was coated with mud. The house is not large, about three rooms, and it is extremely low.
Behind the thatched hut, a man is working in the fields with his bent body. Wei Luo hesitated, and then walked towards the grass hut.
When she was still a hundred and fifty meters away, the gate of the thatched hut creaked open, and a woman dressed in a sackcloth and straw sandals, with her hair combed in a bun, her complexion was dark and dry, and her face was full of sorrow and wrinkles.