Chapter 43: The Journey
The snow that had stopped last night began to fall again in the early morning.
After the old man Yun and I finished cleaning up and washing, after simply eating the two bowls of mutton gnocchi soup that Aunt Yun pulled for us, the old man Yun took me out of this small courtyard.
Aunt Yun wore a mask and quietly sent us to the door, I suddenly felt a little reluctant, looked up and asked Aunt Yun: "Aunt Yun, can you tell me your name?" ”
"Why are you asking my name?" Aunt Yun seemed to be a little surprised.
"Then I can write to you later." I seriously told Aunt Yun that writing a letter was the only way I could think of a way to communicate, and I always felt that she was really pitiful to be here alone. Naturally, I was also going to write a letter to my parents when I got there.
"Huh." Aunt Yun smiled, reached out and touched my head, and said to me, "I have a heart, but I'm afraid it's a little difficult for you to send letters there." In the future, we will naturally see you again. ”
"The name?" I looked a little unwilling.
"I'm a person who doesn't have a name, and I only remember my nickname being Yun, so you just need to know that I'm Aunt Yun." She said lightly, and there was an indescribable desolation in her tone.
And Old Man Yun just took my hand, smiled at Aunt Yun, and took me away.
I turned around, Aunt Yun's figure was still at the door of the small courtyard, and the fine snow blurred her figure, I suddenly felt that Old Man Yun was very rude, why didn't you say goodbye to Aunt Yun? When I asked him, he took me by the hand and said, "Some people have gone through too many partings in their lives, and some have never seen each other again. So, don't say goodbye to her, don't let her think of parting. ”
Old man Yun's words were very deep, and I walked with him in the snow, not understanding too much, but then fell silent.
I wasn't used to walking in such snow, and I didn't sleep well last night, so I couldn't walk for a while, so I played tricks on the old man Yun to carry me, but he didn't fight with me in order to hurry, he picked me up and walked into the distance.
Trapped in memories, as if I can see the back of that day, but also trapped in memories, many of the past that has not been forgotten but ignored is exceptionally clear I have only been in contact with that Aunt Yun once, with the years, plus it was when she was young, her figure has long been buried in the depths of memory.
I once saw her in my memory, but I found that she seemed to be a person who hid many secrets, those paintings, that photo I wondered why one of the paintings always gave me a sense of familiarity, but I can't tell where the familiarity is?
The funny thing is that I have been chasing the rivers and lakes, wanting to be a 'kind', so that I don't have to be so lonely, and don't think that I am an 'outcast', but I didn't realize that in fact, since the day I was taken away by Old Man Yun, I have been in the so-called rivers and lakes.
When I left that day, the snow was very heavy, but Old Man Yun's back was very stable, and I actually fell asleep on his back gradually.
When I woke up again, it was already a bumpy ride on a long-distance bus for several hours, and I was taken to another city by Old Man Yun.
However, in this city, Old Man Yun didn't take me to make too many stops, and even didn't get out of the passenger station, but he was taken by Old Man Yun to another car, and the road began to become difficult to walk.
I can't remember how long I was in the car, but when I arrived at my destination, it was already late at night.
This place is a county seat, there are almost no people on the streets late at night, I have been bumpy for a day, it seems a little 'sluggish', the old man Yun feels sorry for me, and he didn't want me to walk, just carried me all the way, and inexplicably found a person to stay.
The family seems to know him, and even has some gratitude to him.
We went in the middle of the night, and they didn't complain, and even made me a bowl of hot and sour noodle soup for me to eat, but the next day, I was still sick and a little groggy from the burn.
Old man Yun didn't rush to leave, but he just felt that my physical foundation was really not good, and I didn't know where to get some herbs to boil for me to drink, and by noon, the fever had finally subsided and my spirit was better.
At this time, Old Man Yun didn't know where to find a small van, and then started to hurry again.
I just felt that I was not in good health, so I hugged me almost all the way, and carefully bought a thermos cup, filled me with potion, and fed me some when the time came, which made my illness greatly relieved on the way.
For the first time, I had a thought, this so-called teacher is so far away, I have been on the road for so many days, and I haven't arrived, so isn't it also very far away from my parents?
Thinking like this, I actually started to feel sad again and fell into this kind of situation, so I didn't even know where the car passed, and I just fell asleep groggily all the way.
The road became more difficult to walk, and there were even some roads that were directly dirt roads, which were even more bumpy than yesterday's roads, and when we got off the bus, it was night again, and we arrived at a village.
In the same way, Old Man Yun seems to have acquaintances here, and he took me to find a person to live in, and took care of me for one night until the next day, and my illness actually improved.
The next day was in a hurry as usual, this time there was no car, and it was replaced by a rickety carriage drawn by a farmer's mule, which I felt fresh at first, but later, I could only shrink into the arms of the old man Yun to hide from the wind.
I didn't know where I was taken by Old Man Yun, and the carriage shook like this for most of the day, and finally stopped when it approached a sparsely populated village.
I was held by the old man Yun, just standing in this place, I said sparsely populated, is it really like this, there are only less than ten households in Lala, and the mountain is far away from each other, but in front of my eyes, it is a majestic mountain, stretching for many miles, I raise my neck and look up and feel tired, there is snow on the top of the mountain.
It's just that these places down the mountain are still green, full of a primitive and quaint atmosphere.
"What kind of place is this?" Looking at such a big mountain, I am a little afraid, do I want to live in the mountain in the future?
"This is the towering Qinling Mountains, and our division is on this mountain." Old Man Qin seemed to be in a better mood and began to say this to me.
It turns out that you really want to live in the mountains? My heart began to fear inexplicably, and I couldn't help but whisper, "Are there lions and tigers in the mountains?" ”
"Do you want to see lions and tigers? There used to be tigers, and there were many of them, but it was not easy to meet leopards, and there were also leopards, do you want to see them? Old man Yun said to me with a smile, and as he spoke, he led me to the mountain.
How could I possibly want to see? Shaking his head like a rattle, Old Man Qin laughed, but his footsteps did not stop.
It's already afternoon now, go up the mountain at this time, can you get to the so-called Shimen at night? If we can't get there, won't we have to stay in the mountains at night? I'm worried about these problems, but Old Man Yun is very relaxed, sue me for every qiē, he has him, don't be afraid of anything?
In this way, I was led into the mountain by Old Man Yun.
The road up the mountain is extremely steep, I can still walk a few steps normally at the beginning, to the back, almost with both hands and feet, and not much forward, the old man will stop every time, wait for me in front, tell me that in the future, I will often climb up and down this mountain, to adapt to it.
The inside of the mountain was fresh, and there were dense vines everywhere, and the trees could hear the birds chirping, and the wild beasts were all singing, but they were nowhere to be seen.
These things obviously relieved me a little bit of fatigue, but in the end, there was no way to go, only a steep hill, and I couldn't move forward.
And when I got here, it was also evening, and the night in the mountains was very cold, although there was no snow here, but it was colder than the snowy place, and the old man seemed to be very experienced, and found a stone nest, saying that we would spend the night here at night.
He skillfully lit the bonfire, then pulled out a small pot from his luggage, poured water out of the water bag and began to boil it.
My heart was inexplicably uneasy, and I couldn't help but whisper to Old Man Yun: "Master, in this big mountain, won't it be just me, you, and Brother Zhengchuan?" ”
When I spoke, there was a beast roar from a distance that I didn't know what it was, I was a little scared when I heard it, and leaned over to the old man Yun to boil water, laughing, and said inexplicably: "Zhengling, are you still afraid of this?" That's what you're afraid of. ”
Why am I not afraid? But then the old man Yun said to me: "The mountains are not what you imagined, and the master is not what you imagined. ”