Chapter 16: Waiting
Everyone walked all the way along the river bank, far away, can already see the third bend, from the third bend, the cliffs on both sides of the cliff will be suddenly closed together, forming a canyon, and the middle of the water flow, affected by the narrow terrain, changed a stable attitude, become white waves flying, torrents surging, even if not close, can hear the rumbling sound of water.
Xiaoyu walked up to me and asked the dumb man in a low voice how to cross the river, but the dumb man raised his eyelids and said, "Let's go over first." He didn't seem too worried, as if he was completely sure. After this morning's rest, the dumb state seemed to be much better, I was sweating profusely with him on my back, and I couldn't support it at this time, and said: "The surname Wu, let's come down when the recovery is almost done, I'm almost tired." As I said that, I let go of my hand, and the dumb man immediately jumped down, and stood in place to move his muscles, only to hear a crackling sound in his joints, and seeing that he moved freely, it seemed that there was no big problem.
Everyone ate something on the spot, replenished their bodies, and continued on their way.
At about two o'clock in the afternoon, the road in front of us was completely cut off, and the cliff rose from the ground, lying in front of us, and was completely cut off. At this time, on the left hand side, there is the raging Nu River water, and the two natural dangers are in front, and at a glance, it is daunting and timid.
Standing by the river at this moment, the mist splashed on the river surface came to my face, and I didn't stand for long, and my whole body was wet.
This rushing river, not to mention rafts, even motor boats can't pass, and the cliffs on the side are even more difficult for apes to climb, how can we get there? I looked at the mute man and found that he was sitting on a big rock at the moment, staring thoughtfully at the river, at first I thought he was trying to figure out a way, but then I realized that this kid was actually distracted.
Dumb people can even wander their minds?
I was stunned for a moment, then quickly patted him on the shoulder and said, "What do you think?" ”
The dumb man raised his head, looked at me, and said coldly, "Why haven't you left yet?" ”
I was used to his angry attitude, shrugged his shoulders, and said, "If I leave, how do you think you dig up Chen's body?" When the dumb man heard this, the corners of his cold mouth hooked slightly, so fast that I almost thought it was my own delusion, and then I heard him say, "Then you can follow." ”
After speaking, he continued to look at the river. I found that the dumb man had a good temper today, and after thinking about it, I took the opportunity to ask, "Lu Su...... What the hell is going on? ”
The dumb dark and cold gaze suddenly jumped, and said, "What do you care so much about him?" Forgot about almost being killed by him in the Xuanbing Tomb? The dumb man usually speaks, arrogantly as if saying one more word is an insult to him, and now suddenly two rhetorical questions in a row really stunned me. I know that today is a good opportunity, the state of the dumb person seems to be different from usual, I don't know why there is such a change, but it is always good to take advantage of this time to ask for more news.
So I said: "Of course I remember, the Yin I surnamed Lu is not only the Xuanbing Tomb, to be honest, he is scheming, I am ashamed of myself, he has been put on several occasions." I care so much about him, of course, not because I am worried about his life and death, but because of the information in his hands...... Without his information, the tomb of the Giant Ear King and his party, my chances of winning will be greatly reduced, and you don't forget how Chen Ci died. ”
The last sentence obviously touched the mute, he tilted his head slightly, and said: "Information ......" He bit these two words in his mouth, but did not give any reaction, and then got up and walked to Xiaoyu's side, not knowing what he was saying. After a while, Xiaoyu and the others unloaded their equipment, piled up the equipment bags, and set up tents. I was a little surprised, because it was only three o'clock in the afternoon, and it was not time to set up camp.
Could it be that the dumb man is planning to spend the night here tonight?
Will he be able to cross the river?
Just thinking about it, Xiaoyu walked up to me, patted me on the shoulder, and said, "Wu Shui asked us to set up a big raft and cross the river at night." ”
"Crossing the river at night?" I was stunned and said, "Is there a difference between crossing the river during the day and crossing the river at night?" A raft can't withstand a wave, right? ”
Xiaoyu shook his head and said that he was dumb and didn't explain, but he did things for others, and he didn't ask so much, what to say above, and how to do it below. After a pause, he said again: "It seems that Wu Shui doesn't plan to drive you away, since that's the case, just look at it with peace of mind, it's not good to mix too much." ”
Xiaoyu and I are also familiar with each other, except for Bai Sanye's identity who refuses to disclose, he is not taboo about anything else. Immediately, except for Bai Chop Ji and Li Fatzi, the rest of us began to cut down suitable trees to make a raft, because of the large number of people this time, this raft was relatively large, and everyone was busy until six or seven o'clock in the evening. Kuroko went to get some fish, chiseled a stone pot and put it on the fire, and gave us a pot of fish soup.
Although there is no salt, there are a lot of natural spices in the mountains, and the sunspot pauses for a pot, only to see that the fish soup is emerald green, and the appearance is not too good, which makes people wonder if it is poisonous at a glance, but when they eat it in their mouths, they feel fragrant and fresh, and there is a vague sour and spicy taste. In the past two days, everyone has been eating compressed biscuits, chewing dry meat, and their stomachs are dry, and their mouths are not light. At this time, a pot of fish soup is hot, the taste is wonderful, where can you still stand it, use a wooden stick to fold into chopsticks, wash the stone chips as dishes, and eat immediately.
However, the wolf has more meat and less meat, a group of big men, the camps are different during the day, it is inevitable that the saber rattling, the atmosphere is not right, at this time I see the food, get together, where to divide what camp, chopsticks in the stone pot to grab, can't grab the scolding mother.
Lei Zi scolded Feng Ghost Shou: "Damn, surnamed Feng, you are too fast, you belong to the rabbit!" "In the matter of grabbing fish, the advantages of the machine hand were exerted to the extreme, only to see the pair of wooden chopsticks in Feng Ghost's hand, just like a performance, accurate eyesight, extremely fast, between stretching and fishing, all the good things went into his bowl, and the angry people scolded the mother.
Feng Ghost smiled with a yin smile, bared out a mouthful of white teeth, and said, "I belong to the tiger." Kuroko was very happy to see that the fish soup he made was so popular, but when he saw that everyone was about to dry up for a pot of fish soup, he was immediately frightened.
The dumb man sat on the side, unmoved, staring at us coldly, my heart moved, I took some fish and sent it to him, and said, "Don't die to save face, eat some, otherwise you will be constipated if you eat compressed biscuits every day." ”
I noticed a slight change in the mute's cold face, although the change was very subtle, but I still caught it, and for a moment, I suddenly felt that the mute was not as cold as it appeared, he might just be used to this attitude, and he couldn't pull his face down to get together with us. I was secretly amused, and was about to speak, but I said mutely, "Get out." ”
I had already figured out his temper, so I said: "I can get out, you have to eat too, we eat and you watch, you said that if you are really my father, won't I become an elder abuse?" ”
The dumb man frowned, looked at me, and said coldly: "I didn't know, you can be so thick-skinned." ”
I smiled and said: "This is my advantage, when the skin should be thick, it is definitely not thin, the ancients said: a gentleman is like water, can bend and bend, can be high and low, can be majestic and soft, can be small and shocking." The dumb man glanced at me and said lightly: "I will let you see what it means to be majestic and soft." Before I could understand what I meant, the mute took what I was holding and ate it silently.
After a while, everyone was full of food and drink, the stone pot was clean, there was no soup left, and the dumb man still had no arrangement, camping on the bank of the river, the humidity was heavy, and the sound of the water was loud, making it difficult for people to sleep peacefully. I don't know what the mute had in mind, but now he doesn't say it, and everyone can only take one step at a time, and after a day of running around for a day, they will get into the tent and sleep separately, only the mute seems to be thinking about something, and has been sitting by the fire, his straight back is motionless, and after looking at it for a long time, it seems to be a statue.
I couldn't help but wonder what the pleadings would look like. If he is more cold and arrogant than a mute, then with whom did he give birth to me.
Who is my mother?
When I think of the scene where Chen Ci is holding a baby, I feel that it is not completely out of tune, and I can't help but wonder if I picked it up.
In my sleep, I only felt the sound of the water rumbling, making it difficult for people to fall asleep, and I kept dreaming that I was not awake, and in a daze, it seemed that someone had gotten into my tent, vaguely saying something to me, but when I opened my eyes with difficulty, it was dark all around.
The bonfire outside came in, and I found a figure imprinted on the tent, straight, motionless, and I looked at the watch on my wrist in astonishment, it was already two o'clock in the morning, and I remember sitting in that position dumb before I went to sleep.
He hasn't moved yet?
What does this kid want to do?
Exhaust yourself to death?
Shocked, I felt that something was wrong again, and something seemed to change around me. I lifted the tent and looked at the mute, who sensed the movement, turned to look at me, and continued to stare at the campfire. I looked around, nothing changed in the tent, there was no movement in the mute, everything seemed to be normal.
But why do I feel something is wrong?
Suddenly, I realized that it was a voice.
The rumbling sound of the water during the day was now suddenly quieter and almost inaudible.
I suddenly remembered the unclear words that the mute said during the day: I will let you see what it means to be majestic and soft.