Those days, on the country road leading to the west. Many people saw a strange sight.

Two people, a man and a woman, one in front and one behind. None of them spoke, just walked step by step.

In fact, if I pay a little attention, I should be able to see that Chang'e's soul has been cultivated.

Perhaps, she may have some adventures in the process of searching for Lingzhi. That's not my concern, though.

I've pretty much become the walking dead plus a beggar and a thief.

When I wake up, I staggered forward. The wound on my chest is slowly healing. But it heals very slowly. I can still see a little bit of blood on my coat. But more than that, it's dirt.

When I got tired of walking, I knocked on anyone's door on the side of the road and asked for steamed buns or steamed buns. Some people will give it to me, and some people will beat me with sticks.

Sometimes, I see vendors selling all kinds of fragrant food. I'll pick it up and stuff it in my mouth.

It was the most unfortunate time I've ever had.

It's been months. I'm seeing the results of my treatment. I have been able to deliberately forget about Chang'e and Wushuang.

As long as I am not stimulated, I can immerse myself in the illusion that I have created to look up to heaven and earth, and enjoy myself for a while.

But stimulation is everywhere. For example, Chang'e, she always stands behind me, always stimulating me.

Later, I developed the habit of not looking back, and looking back has become a terrible thing for me.

I don't know how long I've been gone. It's getting colder.

I walked through the city and into the countryside. I saw a great expanse of wasteland, with ravines and ravines.

I watched the hundreds of meters deep, and the winding down, slowly extending around the cliff-like loess to the bottom of the pit, and slowly climbing to the opposite side of the sheep intestine path.

I couldn't help but be surprised and sighed: "Loess Plateau, I have come to the Loess Plateau." ”

The wounds on my body are healed. And Chang'e has come to me from behind.

This shows that time is the cure for everything. I'm starting to be cheeky again.

I recently had a problem. Halfway through talking to Chang'e, I will inexplicably think of Wushuang. Then the smiling face turned into a crying face. The conversation also came to an abrupt end.

I don't know why, Chang'e only asked about Wushuang's news once, and when she saw that I didn't want to say, she never asked again.

I guess she probably knows everything, but just pretends not to.

Sometimes, when I look at Chang'e's smiling face, I can't help but think of the old man and the old lady I met a few months ago. Perhaps, there is really some resemblance between her and the old lady.

I won't think about that anymore, though. Before my mind touches there, it is forcibly blocked by me, and I have formed a reflex that forces me to forget a lot.

I'm satisfied.

The Loess Plateau is best known for its wind-blown sand, and then for its caves. But when we arrived, there was neither wind and sand, nor caves.

I saw rows of bungalows, no different from Henan. This is their new village. The people here have given up on the caves.

I walked around the village. Mixed with wine and full of food. Then, start walking outside the village.

I soon discovered the abandoned caves. Because no one has lived in it for a long time, it has fallen into disrepair. Most of it has collapsed. A small half collapsed. However, whether these caves collapsed or partially collapsed, the doors were closed and locked.

I searched for a long time, and finally found a relatively complete one.

I struggled to break the lock. Then walked in.

There's nothing in there. There is only a smooth kang made of adobe.

I don't know what's worth locking up in such a broken cave.

I sat on the kang and lay down.

I'm dirty, so I don't dislike anything.

In the past few months, I have given up monasticism. Like in the previous life. I deliberately no longer have sensitive senses, hearing, and vision.

I won't use my strength anymore. I just want to live quietly. As now, with a piece of billet on his pillow. Lie here, dark and sweet. I thought it was nice that the evening sun was shining through the broken windows.

In my dream, I heard Chang'e sighing incessantly. I knew what she was sighing about, and she thought it was a pity for me to do this. But I pretended not to know, and I was going to continue to regret it.

Suddenly, I heard footsteps outside. Immediately after, two people walked in.

They looked at me and Chang'e and said viciously, "Who let you be here?" Where are you from? ”

I sat up from the kang. looked at them in confusion.

Chang'e explained: "We are passing. Can you borrow it for one night? ”

The two people were very grumpy: "No, you two, go now, hurry up." ”

I said lazily, "You don't live here, what's wrong with letting us sleep for one night?" Why are you so stingy? ”

The two people said viciously: "This is the territory of our village, if you don't let you live, you won't be allowed to live." ”

Chang'e looked back at me and asked, "What are we going to do?" ”

I lay on the kang: "I think this place is good, I just want to be here." ”

Chang'e nodded, and then gently nudged the two men.

The two men were pushed backwards. Almost fell to the ground.

They looked at me and Chang'e and said angrily, "You want to live here, don't you?" Okay, let you live. Wait. Sooner or later, I'll kill you. ”

The two men said a threatening word and hurried away.

Chang'e sat down on the edge of the kang. And I lay there, dozing off vigorously.

In the middle of the night, I heard a dog barking from the village in the distance.

Smell a dog barking in the middle of the night. In this kind of open area, it spreads especially far.

I thought that after the dog barked, the village would be calm again. But I was wrong, and the dogs in this village all barked.

The cry was intense and absolutely unusual.

I got up and asked, "What's wrong?" ”

Chang'e shook her head: "I don't know." Do you want to check it out? ”

The two of us came out of the cave. I saw the village in the distance brightly lit, and a large crowd of people, carrying torches, ran out of the village.

I remembered the words of the two villagers during the day, and I couldn't help but be a little frightened: "These people are trying to kill us while it's dark, right?" Didn't we just spend the night in an abandoned cave? Are they like this? ”

Chang'e and I walked out quietly. Then he hid in a ditch and looked into the village.

I saw that these villagers were all carrying torches in one hand and wolf dogs in the other. The dogs barked violently in one direction.

After a while, I saw a crowd in that direction. It was like a group of people were coming.

I lay down in the dirt, looked at this scene, and thought to myself, "This is going to be a group fight." ”

At this moment, suddenly a wolf dog couldn't bear it anymore, jumped up violently, and rushed towards the enemy.

It is very large, and its owner is relatively small. If you don't pay attention like this, you were actually dragged down. Then, the wolfdog dragged him and quickly ran towards the enemy.

There was a tumult of voices in the back: "Cut the rope, cut the rope." ”

The man threw away the torch, drew his knife from his back, and cut the wolfdog's rope in one fell swoop.

The wolfdog was suddenly free, without the heavy burden behind it. He ran as fast as he could towards the group.

And its owner, without even looking at it, turned around and fled back to the village.

The wolfdog barked wildly and rushed into the black crowd. Subsequently, suddenly lost its voice and became quiet.

This incident seemed to infuriate the wolfdogs in the village, and they all jumped up and barked at the men.

I looked at the people on both sides, one holding a torch and the other in the dark. One side was accompanied by a barking wolfdog, and the other was silent.

For a moment, I felt like they represented two extremes. Life and death.

The silent group was already close. Finally, an old voice gave an order, and the wolf dog in the hands of the villagers jumped out like cannonballs.

There are as many dogs as there are people. The dogs quickly surrounded the silent ones.