Worried, I walked over and dangled a finger in front of her eyes, and she slowly rolled her dull eyes and raised her head to stare at me, her eyes full of panic. I was about to say something to comfort her, but she opened her mouth first, "I knew it was dangerous here, but I didn't expect it to be so evil." I finally understood why the team was so close to being wiped out. I heard that Uncle Lu was also seriously injured, so I am afraid that he will not live long in this harsh climate. ”

My heart trembled violently, my heartbeat missed a few beats, all the comforting words I had thought of were thrown out of the clouds, my Adam's apple rolled a few times, my mouth was open and I didn't know what to say, and my heart was full of sadness and fear. Chen Ni took a deep breath, stood up tremblingly against the snow wall, his tone was not resolute, and he was even a little helpless: "I can't go back anyway, it's better to use all my strength to find it." To live to see people, to die to see corpses. ”

I silently turned my head and stepped out of the hole, where the black bear was directing his men to carry a corpse into a puddle of snow. More than half a man's snow piled up on the edge of the pit, and the men's sweat and tears merged and fell on the already stiff corpses. A few of the younger ones wept silently, kneeling on the edge of the pit and clutching shovels, their bodies trembling like chaff. The black bear's face was pale, and he sat with his head in his hands and squatted on the side, smoking one cigarette after another, and he didn't know if it was cold or what's going on, his hands were always shaking clumsily, and he didn't light the fire several times in a row. My eyes were sour, I couldn't bear to look at this scene of life and death, I turned my back and silently cleaned up my things, and a poem suddenly appeared in my mind: Die before you are born, and the hero will be full of tears.

When they picked up their bags again and set off, everyone's faces were extremely different, either their eyes were red or their faces were yellow. Sister Liu and the three people grabbed us, repeating again and again what color signal flares should be issued when encountering danger, and what color should be issued if supplies are in short supply. She watched the tall man put the materials and weapons into everyone's backpack, patted Wang Zhen on the shoulder heroically, and said with a smile: "The four of us are just watching the camp, so we won't follow you into this time." If you encounter special circumstances, you must send a signal flare, and my sister will save you as soon as possible. Take care! The green mountains do not change, the green water flows for a long time, and there will be a period in the future. ”

I said goodbye to them, and after walking a hundred meters, I looked back with mixed feelings, the tall man and the short man walking side by side, and Sister Liu holding the hand of the skinny boy and walking behind them—they lined each other taller or shorter. I thought about last night, and I didn't know who should take care of me.

Although the sun had risen at this time, it did not dissipate the cold air in the mountains and forests and the gloom among the teams. Everyone wrapped their cotton clothes tightly, and they didn't even dare to open their mouths, for fear that the frosty air would freeze their tongues into popsicles. The frostbite on Zhang Siyuan's leg had not yet recovered, and he had some difficulty walking, unable to keep up with the rhythm of the team, so he had to let Wang Zhen hold him.

This is the kingdom of snow and ice. Under my feet was the white, fluffy, creaking snow of protest, and above my head were bare and straight branches covered in snow and ice. The ice forms a different shape as the branches of the tree fork, and at first glance it looks like an ice sculpture that has been carefully carved. They shine in a beautiful color in the sunlight and sparkle under the blue sky. Everywhere I looked, it was white, and if it weren't for the blue above my head, I was afraid I would have snow blindness.

The black bear exhaled white air, awkwardly took out the paper from his pocket, leaned over to Chen Ni and pointed it to her: "This is a simple map drawn by the people who escaped from the forest. Let's follow this road now, and we must not take a fork in the road, because the paths next to the road have red forks, and there must be some kind of mechanism in ambush......"

Zhang Siyuan interrupted his soft explanation, and said in a weird manner: "You used to be heavy on color and light on friends. Why don't you just tell her and not tell us, aren't we teammates? ”

The black bear glared at him angrily, and said in a rough voice: "Does the lady know first?" ”

Zhang Siyuan rolled his eyes and said: "This is not queuing up to go to the toilet, what is the priority or not." Isn't it easier for everyone to listen together than if you say it twice? Or do you have something to whisper to her alone? ”

The black bear's face turned red, and he glared at Zhang Siyuan fiercely. Seeing that the situation was not right, I hurriedly pulled the two away with Chen Ni, and leaned into his ear and said, "Don't provoke him when he is in a bad mood, just his stupid and stupid bull look, maybe he will suddenly come up and give you a punch." There were seven of them, and there were four of us, and it was clear that we couldn't beat them. ”

Zhang Siyuan shook his head a little irritably: "I know it too." But I don't know why I just don't like him. ”

Wang Linshuo patted him on the shoulder: "His heart is not bad, but he is too impatient and reckless, and when he gets rough, he will do things that he will regret in the future, a bit like Li Kui in "Water Margin". ”

Although the black bear's attitude towards us deteriorated a little, his men did not follow the boss's face in the slightest. The set is still almost, the one with a straight face is still the same as the model, and the one who should nod and smile still nods and smiles. Although we were a little surprised, we still took the cigarette they handed us and squeezed out a bright smile in return.

The morning was not fast, but the reason for the unhappiness was that we had to trek through the cold and snowdrifts. The reason for the speed is that the morning has been very smooth, there are no strange animals or strange things, and it seems that all the bad luck last night has been consumed. At noon, we found a place where the snow was not very deep to clean up, spread a blanket and sat down, took out our belongings and began to boil the snow as water to drink.

The black bear came over with a shy face with his high-calorie compressed biscuits, staring at Chen Ni with a pair of eyes, and inviting her to eat at him. Chen Ni looked his dirty cotton clothes up and down, frowned, and said, "Why do I want to go to your place to eat, isn't the food here different from yours?" ”

He smiled, approached her and said, "The food is the same, but if you go to my place, I can take care of you and make snow tea for you." You'll have to do it yourself. ”

Chen Ni politely and indifferently refused: "No need, I like to do things by myself." ”

The black bear had nothing to say and walked away silently with a smile. Wang Zhen stared at his back and said in a low voice: "This guy is really stubborn, at first glance, he is the kind who will not die easily." I'm afraid you're going to get a lot of invitations from him in the future. ”

Chen Ni rubbed his temples and said, "I thought that this time would be a little troublesome, but I didn't expect him to stalk me so badly." He always thinks that what he has done is enough to move me and get full marks, but when a person doesn't like you at all, no matter how much you pay, he will find you annoying. She suddenly raised her eyes and glanced at Wang Zhen, and turned the topic sharply to him, "You should be able to understand what I said, did any little girl chase you when you were in school?" ”

Wang Zhen was caught off guard and said, "Why did the topic suddenly turn to me?" It's better not to talk about my previous relationship experience, after all, there are still a few innocent old men here who are still there for the first time, and I'm afraid that they will beat me. ”

Zhang Siyuan took a sip and said: "Don't think that there is no one here who knows your details, what kind of garlic to pretend." We were high school classmates, what was the name of the girl you liked in the class at that time? It seems that the surname is Li? ”

Wang Zhen was about to speak, but was interrupted by the sudden voice of the black bear. The black bear and two of his men stood up in unison, raising their hands at us with a smile on their faces. I almost thought I was dazzled, but when I looked closely, they were heading in Chen Ni's direction.

Chen Ni snorted, frowned impatiently, and forcibly suppressed his anger: "What's the matter?" I said I wouldn't go. ”

A man with a strong northeastern accent smiled: "I either asked you to come over for dinner, or I asked you something." Big sister, let me ask you, is your hometown from Daxinganling? ”

Chen Ni glanced at us puzzled and shook his head. The northeasterner glanced at the black bear suspiciously, and the black bear hurriedly said: "Oh, just now when we were chatting, we talked about a folk strange story here in the Great Xing'an Mountains. I remember that you seem to have a hometown in Daxinganling, so I said it, and this brother was very excited when he saw his fellow countryman and wanted to talk to you a few words. ”

I said in my heart that Chen Ni's ancestor is indeed from the side of Daxinganling, and I ran to the red umbrella to ask her about this matter before. I'm more interested in the folk tales from the black bear's mouth, and I think it might have something to do with the ancient scriptures. But I couldn't give her a look in front of everyone to ask, so I had to resign myself to fate.

The black bear and the people from the Northeast stared at Chen Ni eagerly, and a few of us looked at her directly. She seemed a little embarrassed by so many scorching searchlight-like gazes, lowered her head and paused: "Hmm...... When I think about it, it seems that there is such a thing. But before I was born, my family moved to the North China Plain, and never went to the Northeast again. I'm sure I haven't heard of the folklore you're talking about. ”

The Northeast man waved his hand heroically: "I see." It doesn't matter, if the ancestor is from the Northeast, he is also a Northeasterner! I'm not like you, I grew up here. When I was a child, I heard a legend that was so weird that I shudder when I think about it now. It's okay at noon, so I'll tell you what's going on.

I don't know if it was in that year, anyway, it was a dynasty quite far away from us, and a strange thing happened in a small village in the Great Xing'an Mountains. At that time, various ethnic groups on the Heilongjiang side were mixed, including the Xiongnu and Tuoba Xianbei. In such a mixed group, a different face suddenly appeared that no one had ever seen. ”