Chapter 3: Awakening
In the afternoon, the rain weakened.
In the distant mountains, a light mist blew from nowhere. Soon, the light fog became thicker, and the mountain village was covered with a layer of fog.
On the mountain road, I saw a clay figure walking down from afar.
When I looked closer, the clay figure was carrying another clay figure on its back, and was struggling towards the mountain village.
"But.... It's back. ”
At the entrance of the village, Tuoba Wu finally breathed a sigh of relief and said happily: "Hey, boy, let's go back to the village." With that, he rolled his eyes and collapsed to the ground.
But it's hard to come back after dark, and it's hard for this kid.
The mountain road is muddy on a rainy day, and adults will be tired and half dead after walking on the mountain road for a day, not to mention that one and a half children carry another and a half children.
The native dogs of the village ran out of the voice.
“... Woof.... Wang...."
The village owner at the entrance of the village saw the movement, and then beckoned the left neighbor to carry the two back.
Not long, the two were carried into the cave in the south of the village.
The earthen cave is low, there is an earthen stove at the mouth of the kiln, and there is a burning black kang eye next to it. Four or five baskets of herbs were dried under the thatched shed in front of the kiln, and small piles of dry firewood were scattered under the baskets.
"Auntie, what's wrong with Xiao Hei. ”
Inside the kiln, three old men circled in front of the kang.
An old woman sat on the kang with two mud boys lying flat behind her.
The old woman's surname is Xue, and no one can say her name clearly, but the older generation in the village wants to call her an old aunt when they see her.
"Don't Tight"
Mrs. Xue finished her pulse and said, "The little black man was physically exhausted, and he was caught in the rain and cold, so he passed out. But this young man, my aunt can't see through it. ”
"Auntie, you mean ....." One of the old men looked out of the forest.
Mrs. Xue took over the conversation and said with a smile: "Whether he is a big man or not, aunt doesn't know, anyway, he is not an outlaw hunter from the forest in the west." This son is vain in life, and his life is obvious, he is a dying person, but he can be born ......"
Suddenly, there was a shout outside the kiln.
"Grandma, where is Brother Xiaohei, is he injured? ”
I saw a phantom flicker at the mouth of the kiln, and Xue Rou climbed onto the edge of the kang early.
Xue Feng pulled an old face into the kiln and scolded: "Stinky girl, when a few uncles are not big or small." ”
"No one is big or small, why did the old aunt see that your kid is here to train people alone. Mrs. Xue said dotingly: "Little Nizi, why are you coming to see the old woman today." ”
"Grandma, what's wrong with Brother Hei. ”
"Don't worry, look, the other person is not on the kang. ”
The kiln was extremely dim, and if it weren't for the signal of Mrs. Xue, Xue Rou really couldn't see the two 'loaches' behind the soil kang. However, after she saw the person clearly, she ran out with a red face covering her eyes.
"Grandma, you also bully Xiaorou. ””
"Xiao Nizi was shy. ”
Xue Feng's old face turned black into a muggle, and he stepped forward and said, "Auntie, the soft girl is not sensible, so you can see and laugh." ”
It's just that the old man's previous question hadn't been said yet, and when he raised his eyes, he caught a glimpse of the two of them along the kang. Not to mention anything else, this naked little brother made him speechless for a while.
"Auntie, you're so ....."
"Okay, let's go back to his uncle. The two boys are out of my way. ”
"That'..... Trouble my aunt. ”
After a few words of greeting, the four old men went home separately.
In the evening, the rain stopped. The fog in the mountains thickened, and the sea breeze in the forest made the rainy night of the dog days even more chilly.
In the earthen kiln, Mrs. Xue was busy working under the lamp for a long time.
Although Mrs. Xue is old, she can be sharp in her hands and feet, and her work is not ambiguous. From cutting medicine, drawing water, lighting a fire, and decoction, a person is busy for most of the hour.
"Grandma, you rest for a while, don't drink the medicine urgently. ”
On the other side, Tuoba Wu had awakened an hour earlier. But because her limbs were weak, she really couldn't exert any strength, so she had to watch the old lady busy working alone.
"Don't worry, you kid has a cold in his body, and his qi and blood are lost, but he doesn't dare to delay it for too long. ”
"You don't have to work all night. ”
"Don't worry, my body is stiff. ”
In a few casual conversations between the two, the medicinal soup was also fried.
"Come, drink the medicine. Mrs. Xue handed over a bowl of medicinal soup to dry on the edge of the kang, and said, "Typhoid medicine must be drunk while it is hot, don't let it be too cold." ”
After that, he put out the stove fire, and then walked to the compartment cave.
.......
On the second day, the sun began to shine.
"Hmph, a day of blind tossing....."
"It's good now, you're caught a cold, it's a good ......"
“... Stinky sunspots, big pig's head, why are you still sleeping....."
Inside the kiln, Xue Rou was lying on the edge of the earthen kang and gave a heartfelt rebuke to someone who had asked him not to call himself when he slipped out yesterday.
Of course, Xue Rou didn't come here early in the morning to bury people. She first fried the medicine, boiled thick porridge, and stewed five eggs. After working on the stove all morning, I took the time to come over to see the two of them.
"I don't know whose young master you are, you look quite handsome......"
“.... But you're a little master, what are you doing in the wilderness....."
At this moment, the young man on the side of the kang moved his fingers and said a few words of foreign dialect that he couldn't understand.
Seeing that his lips are dry and his breath is empty, the first reaction of a normal person is that this thing wants to drink water.
"Goo"
Sure enough, after drinking half a glass of warm water, the boy breathed a sigh of relief.
In the dilapidated cave, there is a lingering smell of smoke and herbs in the air, and a wooden beam is erected on the roof of the kiln, and a yellow sheet of paper is pasted on the wooden beam. He was lying on a half-warm and half-damp earthen kang with a kerosene lamp next to it, and a sleeping half-grown black boy nearby.
"This.... What ...... is this?"
“... Experiment..... Accidentally, the high-pressure reactor leaked...."
“... Ambulances, hospitals, surgeries ...."
When the mutilated memory coincided with the cave in front of him, Luo Chen was stunned. I wasn't in the operating room, I didn't have anti-inflammatory drugs and a nurse, I just had an old cave and a little girl by the kang.
"Hey, what are you doing. ”
Xue Rou greeted the young man a few times in front of him and asked, "Are you from outside the forest, why did you come to the barren forest alone?" What is it like outside the forest, can you tell me about it? ”
Under a series of questions, Luo Chen's expression became even more confused.
Watch him retract into the corner of the kang and tend to be self-contained. Xue Rou patted her head and said, "Oh, you kid is stupid, you won't be a fool." ”
Luo Chen tried to use the foreign language knowledge he had learned all his life to understand the girl's language, but unfortunately, the translation failed.
Happy play.
The old brother is not proficient in the eight Chinese dialects, how can he be kind enough to claim to be a rare literate and highly educated keyboard warrior who has been in the keyboard industry for many years.... Ah......h What about cultural people.
"Hello"
"Tranquility Hasse"
"Moxi Moxi"
"Savadika"
"Uh, you.... What are you muttering? Xue Rou also tried very hard to understand his words, but unfortunately, she also failed.
Of course, there is one thing in the communication between the two that they can understand each other, that is, Xuerou looks at him at this time with a sense of visiting a zoo to see monkeys.
God and demon love, little brother, your eyes are wrong.
Luo Chen was very, very, and a little annoyed and threw her a 'what are you looking at' expression.
"What, what the hell is this. ”
"In this way, I can also speak French...."
“... Tibetan can also be a little ....."
"Listen to me, here's how it ......"
Luo Chen tried to communicate with exaggerated body language, but the girl always looked at him like a monkey.... No, there was a little more pity in her eyes now than when she looked at the monkey.
"You, you.... You don't move. Xue Rou ran out of the cave without looking back.
"Assi, what are you running? ”
"What the hell is this, a province, a foreign country, or a different time and space. ”
Luo Chen got up and walked out of the cave, looking at the scene in front of him blankly, and suddenly fell into an endless panic.
The quaint mountain villages, caves, earthen houses, old cattle, muddy roads, all these are so familiar, just like the villages in the 70s on TV. In the distance, the mountains are high, the clouds are flowing, the ancient trees are shady, and there are a few beast roars hidden in the forest, such as thunder and drums.
"Hey, you are cold, how dare you run out to blow the wind. ”
Xue Rou had just walked out of the cubicle kiln and saw that the stupid young master had run out of the kiln. didn't give Luo Chen a chance to speak, she pushed this fool in three or two times.
"Stay in the house, grandma will come over immediately. ”
After a while, Mrs. Xue walked into the kiln.
Mrs. Xue tested his snort and probed his pulse until she was sure that there was nothing wrong with him, and then she said: "It's strange, the old woman has lived a lifetime, and this is the first time I have seen someone who has come back from the dead." ”
On the other side, Luo Chen looked like he was facing a great enemy.
Since beating the old woman into the house, he couldn't help but feel a chill down his spine, and there was a sense of crisis in his heart.
Xue Rou reminded, "Grandma, you scared him. ”
"Haha, the old woman is rude. ”
Mrs. Xue bowed her hand to apologize, and said, "Don't be afraid, young man, the old woman has no ill will towards you." It's just that it's the first time I've seen such a strange thing in many years of medical practice, and I can't help but be a little rude. ”
"Grandma, he doesn't understand what we're saying. Xue Rou reminded softly.
"Oh, that's it. ”
Hearing this, Mrs. Xue's eyes were even more strange.
However, after thinking for a while, Mrs. Xue took out a half-foot-long gray jade from her arms, and said in a broken voice: "How many years, I haven't heard of any other language in the Eastern Wilderness, who will you be?" As she spoke, a milky white thread oozed from her fingertips.
Suddenly, the gray jade surfaced with a dark glow, and countless black dots flashed in the dark light.
Without waiting for the two to react, Mrs. Xue shook her hand and pasted the gray jade on Luo Chen's head, and whispered a jerky and unpleasant incantation.
“.. Ahh
"Good.. It hurts, what did you do to me...."
The next moment, Luo Chen only felt a swelling in his brain. Then, my mind was filled with a lingering tearing feeling, like a water-filled balloon, almost bursting, but it was forced to pour more water into it.
Long.
The darkness weakens.
His roar weakened too.
"You... What did you do to me, you old witch. ”
Luo Chen was very angry, and even had an evil idea of killing her, but now this old lady gave him an invisible pressure, so that he didn't dare to make any changes.
Mrs. Xue smiled: "The old body has no intention of harming you, and please take back the thoughts you shouldn't have." ”
"How do I know ....."
Luo Chen wanted to refute, but he couldn't help but be stunned halfway through his words. When will I speak the words of this world?
"Young man, if the old body wants to harm you, you will have a little way to live. Mrs. Xue didn't want to worry too much about him, and said, "Rou girl, grandma is tired, you can greet the guests for me first." After saying that, he walked out.
"Grandma, don't be angry, Xiaorou will teach him a lesson for you. ”
"Please... Please stay. ”
Luo Chen also realized his faux pas, and hurriedly said, "Yes... I'm sorry, kid was reckless, please don't ....."