At noon the next day, Zhang Fuxiang came to the hotel with two big bags and knocked on the door.

When he opened the door and saw me, he was taken aback: "Xiao He, why are your eyes so red?" ”

How could I tell him it was because I had never watched TV, so I stayed up until midnight. So he replied angrily: "Last night you drank so much wine with your godfather that you drunk him, and I was greeted until midnight." ”

"That's a lot of hard work. Zhang Fuxiang was a little embarrassed, and asked again: "Is your godfather awake?" ”

"I'm awake, I'm washing." "I let Zhang Fuxiang into the house.

"Fuxiang is here. The godfather poked his head out of the bathroom, looked at the bag Zhang Fuxiang was carrying, and asked, "So fast?" ”

"I arranged it last night, and most of the things are easy to find in the market. Then he said mysteriously: "It just so happened that my wife and her aunt in the countryside had a big rooster that had only been raised for nine years, and I drove over early in the morning, and I was reluctant to sell it when I gave money to buy it, so I couldn't get it back secretly while they were not paying attention." ”

The godfather took a towel and wiped his face and said, "You are also damaged enough, wait until you go back and see how you explain to your mother-in-law." ”

"It's okay, it's a big deal to pay them a little more, my mother-in-law must be on my side." Chen Fuxiang replied disappreciatively and replied with a smile, and said: "This is the mountaineering bag you want, I have already slaughtered the chicken, and I put the chicken blood in the bottle on the right side of the side bag." ”

The godfather looked at the side of the bag and said, "Okay, since we have found all the things, then we will go to Yang Qitian today." Fuxiang, go get busy, thank you. ”

"Don't talk about it, it's all a gesture. It's still early, I'll drive you there in a moment. Chen Fuxiang waved his hand disappreciatively.

When we came to Yang Qitian, Zhang Fuxiang helped us unload our luggage and pointed to the distance: "Brother He, the village is ahead." I'm sorry, I'm going to send you here, I wish you all the best, and we'll have a drink together when you come back. ”

He called me aside again and stuffed a few bags of beef jerky into my bag: "Xiao He, follow your godfather, pay attention to safety." ”

Waving his hand to send Chen Fuxiang away, my godfather lifted his backpack and threw it on his shoulder, and said to me. "Qingwa, let's go too." ”

"Hmm. I answered, and I picked up my backpack and followed.

"Godfather, the mountaineering bag that Uncle Fuxiang bought is really easy to carry, and it is much more labor-saving than the bag I used to carry." I trotted a few steps alongside my godfather and said briskly. He laughed and didn't say anything.

As we walked unhurriedly on the path at the edge of the field, the warm sun shining on our bodies, I asked again, "Why didn't Uncle Fuxiang send us directly to the village if we still have to go so far?" ”

The godfather was walking around to check the terrain, and when he heard me say this, he replied, "That's what I mean, we two strangers, try to keep a low profile and not attract attention." There's a hill bag in front of us, let's go up and have a look. ”

The top of the slope is gentle, and there is a large rock exposed, and small flowers and weeds growing in the crevices of the rock shake gently in the wind. The godfather stood on the slope and stared into the distance, and after a long time, he praised: "It's really a good place." ”

I was playing with the wild flowers on the slope, and when I heard this, I looked up, and there were not too many peculiarities on the mountains and leylines, and I wondered: "Godfather, are you hiding your secrets, why can't I see anything famous after looking at it for a long time?" ”

The godfather smiled when he heard this, and said frankly: When I say good land, I mean good land for planting crops, and the land here is mostly south-sloped, with sufficient water veins, and the crops planted will definitely be harvested. After speaking, he paused and said to himself: "From the perspective of feng shui, it is unremarkable. As a Taishou and influenced by Han culture, would he choose this cemetery? ”

After pondering for a while, the godfather seemed to have a decision in his heart, and resolutely said: "We won't enter the village today, let's walk around, and we will live on the mountain when it's dark." ”

I was a little surprised: "Living in the mountains? ”

"Don't worry, I can't suffer you, there is a tent bought by your Uncle Fuxiang in the mountaineering bag, and I will teach you how to use it at night, and you will have to deal with the barren mountains more during this time." ”

We stopped and walked around the village, and seeing that it was getting dark, my godfather found an open space and began to set up camp, and I watched and learned. It wasn't very difficult to set up a tent, and I quickly learned that while my godfather was cooking on the fire, I fiddled with the things that Uncle Fuxiang bought in the tent.

"Godfather, what is this?" ”

"This is the camp light, the switch is on the left, press it and it will turn on." The godfather glanced at it and replied, adding some salt to the pot.

"Godfather, what is this?" ”

"That's a waterproof headlamp that you can wear on your head to illuminate. ”

"Godfather, what about this?" ”

……

In the end, my godfather was so annoyed by my question that he simply threw down the spatula and walked into the tent, poured out all the things, and explained them to me one by one.

"This is the compass, the one that discerns the direction; This is a folding knife that can be used for self-defense; And this, windproof lighters, wire saws, waterproof bags, binoculars, climbing ropes, and this side are all things in the tomb just in case, this rooster blood you have seen, and this, this...... Oh, I took it wrong" The godfather said embarrassedly, "This is my sock." ”

The next morning, we went to the vicinity of Yang Qitian to check, but after walking for a whole day, we found nothing. On the third day, after summing up the experience, the godfather changed his method and expanded the range three or four kilometers away, but he still found nothing.

"Godfather, there is a big river in front of you, do you want to take a look at the other side of the road?" "I saw a river in the distance, and I pointed to my godfather and asked.

The godfather frowned, looked around, and found that there was an old farmer herding sheep not far away, so after thinking about it, he walked over and handed a cigarette and accosted: "Brother, may I ask what is the name of this place?" Also, what kind of river is that one up ahead? ”

The old peasant put the cigarette to his nose and sniffed it, but did not light it, parted it to his ear, picked up his dry tobacco pouch and replied leisurely: "This place is called Heibaotan, and in front of it is the Nanpan River. ”

"Nanpanjiang? The godfather said thoughtfully: "Then this is at least four kilometers away from Yang Qitian, right?" ”

"Almost, you're from the city?" How did you get here? ”

"Oh, we're backpackers, which means traveling with bags on our backs. The godfather looked at Nanpanjiang and explained casually.

The old farmer obviously didn't understand what a backpacker was, but he didn't bother to ask, so he pointed in the direction and said, "It is about to rain, and it is getting dark, if you want to go back to the city, you have to go over there." ”

"Thanks, let's go back again." After the godfather finished speaking, he ignored the old farmer and motioned for me to go to the river.

When he came to the river, the godfather walked along the shore for a while, thought about it and shook his head and walked back, it seemed difficult to choose, and after wandering for a while, he finally made up his mind and said: "Let's go upstream along the river to find out." ”