Chapter 40: The Return
The army of giant ants came majestically in front of Doctor Du, and the purple gold giant ants spoke first.
"Human, the way up has been opened, three months, no more, no less, I have kept my promise, what about yours?"
Doctor Du smiled and said, "I'll give it to you when I go up." ”
The Purple Gold Giant Ant snorted coldly, "Cunning human. ”
Doctor Du laughed at it, called out the snow magpie, and came to the half-human-high cave.
The Purple Gold Giant Ant and the other ten giant ants followed.
Dr. Du bent down and walked in, and through the afterglow outside, he could see that there was a road with an inclination of about thirty degrees, all the way to the top.
Doctor Du took out a yellow lamp from the ring, the lamp was so small that the palm of his hand could block all the light, but the lighting was more than enough.
Inject a little aura into the yellow light and it will last for many days.
Although Doctor Du does not have aura in his body, he can rely on poisonous gas.
The same is energy, and a dead thing like the yellow light is not afraid of the toxins in the poisonous gas.
In such a tunnel, no one spoke, only the drowsy sound of the snow magpie.
Du Yi took a few tens of meters in one step, climbed up quickly, and the speed of the purple gold giant ant was not slow, Du Yi climbed for half an hour in one breath, but he still didn't see the light of the road ahead.
No wonder you can't go up to the Yin and Yang Realm, the mountain wall is so high, if it weren't for the giant ant colonies who are good at digging mountains and burrows.
Du Yizhen didn't know what year and month he could go out.
Thinking of this, Du Yi's speed of moving forward was a little slower, and he couldn't become a fat man in one bite, and the mountain wall of more than 20,000 zhang had to be taken slowly.
I don't know how long the yellow light continued to shine, and even Du Yi was used to the yellow light around him, until a light white light shone into Du Yi's eyes.
He looked up, and it was light!
Doctor Du was overjoyed, and the speed on his legs suddenly increased, and he ran towards the light.
"Wait, human, where's my thing?" the Purple Gold Giant Ant was in front of Du Yi at this time.
Where did Doctor Du take care of so much? took out the magnetic dark iron and threw it on the ground, and then ran towards the exit.
The size of the exit is significantly smaller, only enough for a person's head to get out.
Du Yi was so excited that he didn't pay attention to this, and directly broke out of the ground, rushed into the sky, and stepped on a dense tree.
Trampled the tree and bent the trunk.
At this time, it was dark outside, the huge moon hung in the sky, the moonlight was very bright and white, even if Du Yi was located in the deep mountains, he could see the surrounding scene clearly.
Du Yi had never felt that the sky was so close to him, he took a deep breath, and he couldn't help but shed two lines of tears on both sides of his cheeks, and he yelled.
"I'm out, I'm out, I'm out!"
The four words were repeated repeatedly, and the echoes from the deep mountains were endless, startling a large number of birds and beasts.
Many wolf howls also rang out.
But before the sound had dissipated, Du Yi was nowhere to be seen, and he stepped out and ran quickly through the woods.
Dressed like the stars and the moon, it is so fast that it even makes a sonic boom.
It wasn't until Doctor Du was feverish, his face was red, and his legs twitched slightly, that he stopped, lay on the ground, and laughed endlessly.
Xue Que got out of Du Yi's messy hair, screamed, covered his eyes and drilled back again.
Doctor Du looked down and found that he was naked, and he used too much force just now, tearing all the already tattered clothes.
Fortunately, it is in the mountains, otherwise people will definitely be scolded as perverts when they are seen.
From here, looking down at the foot of the mountain, you can see several lights and a faint smoke of rising cooking.
Doctor Du touched his body and ran to the bottom of the mountain in the night.
At the bottom of the hill are a few peasant houses, thatched mud houses, cowsheds and chicken coops, plus a few paddy fields not far away.
This reminded Dr. Du of his own small courtyard before, and the sadness dissipated the joy of returning to it, Dr. Du sneaked over the fence and saw that there were still a few freshly washed clothes outside.
I took my pants and clothes and was about to put them on my body.
But the sudden barking of a dog scared Dr. Du's hands.
There was a black dog lying in the corner of the mud house, which was motionless just now, and Doctor Du really didn't notice it.
The so-called silent dog is good at biting, and the black dog opened its mouth wide to bite Doctor Du.
Doctor Du just put on his wet pants, turned around and ran back.
When he turned around, he saw a thin man carrying a hoe and walking towards the mud house.
"Who dares to steal my clothes?" the man shouted angrily when he saw the figure of Doctor Du, and smashed it over with a hoe.
Doctor Du was quite speechless, he was too carried away, otherwise with his skills, wouldn't it be simple to steal clothes?
The hoe smashed on Du Yi's body, but the man's mouth cracked, and the hoe bounced back.
The black dog bit Du Yi's thigh and almost broke his own teeth.
The man couldn't hit it, so he immediately picked up the hoe and cut it down.
Dr. Du pinched his fingers and clamped the hoe tightly.
"This big brother, it's just a piece of clothing, isn't it?"
"You... Are you justified in stealing?" said the man angrily, unable to pull out the hoe even with all his strength.
"Brother Niu, what's going on outside?" a female voice came from inside the room.
Pushing open the door, a plainly dressed woman stepped out.
The woman has a good face and a tall figure, but her body bones are too weak, she looks weak, and her face is sick.
"Daughter-in-law!" the man was anxious, threw down his hoe, and bypassed Doctor Du to the woman's side.
"What are you doing here, go back to the house!" the man pushed his daughter-in-law, locked the door of the house, and guarded the door.
Looking at the man's face, protecting his wife is the same as protecting the little chick, does I look like a pervert?
Doctor Du shook his head, threw the hoe at the man's feet, and said.
"I didn't mean anything, I just passed by here and borrowed a piece of clothing to wear. ”
After Doctor Du finished speaking, he put his shirt on his body, but his left arm was empty and he didn't put it on for a while.
"Your hand?" the man saw Doctor Du's left hand, and then looked at Doctor Du's messy, beggar's hair.
"Cut down by the enemy. Doctor Du explained with an understatement.
"Is it that you have come to this point?" the man continued.
“..... Sort of. Doctor Du nodded.
Seeing that the man didn't speak, Doctor Du turned around and was about to leave.
At this time, the man went up and grabbed Doctor Du's hand and said.
"You haven't dried your clothes, go, I have clean clothes in the house. ”
Doctor Du wanted to refuse, but he thought that he couldn't borrow someone else's clothes in vain, this man's wife had some minor illnesses, and going in to see the illness was considered a reward for this family.
So Doctor Du followed the man into the mud house.
The layout of the house is very simple, a black wooden table, I don't know how long it took, and the four water chestnuts have been smoothed.
Three old wooden chairs, two small stools, and an old tree stump were used as chairs.
A little girl, with pigtails, wearing torn cotton clothes and trousers, and holding a small yellow book, sat at the table and read carefully.
The man's daughter-in-law sat next to the little girl, her face was very anxious.
Seeing the man and Doctor Du who pushed the door in, his expression was a little shocked.
"Brother Niu, what are you?" the woman pointed to Doctor Du.
"A poor man, who has come to this point and has no clothes, go inside and get clean clothes. ”
Only then did the woman see the empty sleeve of Doctor Du's left arm, nodded, and turned around and walked to the inner room.
"Dad, my mother taught me ten words today, and I learned them all, right?" The little girl put down the old yellow book, threw herself into the man's arms, and said coquettishly.
The man smiled with satisfaction, picked up the little girl, and said, "Niu'er is really amazing, much better than Daddy." ”
Then he turned back to Doctor Du and said, "This is my daughter, called Liu Niu, Niu'er, called uncle." ”
"Hello, uncle. The girl said in a crisp voice.
Doctor Du smiled and said, "Hello." ”
The girl was a little frightened, and after saying a word, she stopped talking, picked up the book on the table, and read it carefully.
The woman walked out with a stack of clothes at this time, and said, "It's getting cold at night, it's not okay to wear wet clothes, you can go to the house and change." ”
Doctor Du was not pretentious, and walked to the bedroom with his clothes.
The bedroom is relatively small, with two beds, an embroidered red wardrobe and a cut-out lace copper mirror on a small table.
There is nothing else.
This lace bronze mirror and embroidered red wardrobe are incompatible with the furnishings in this house, Doctor Du ignored it, this is someone else's business, he has no reason to ask.
After changing clothes, when you come out, you will hand over the wet clothes to the woman.
When the woman went out to hang up her clothes, she said, "Niu'er, it's time to eat, clean up, and add a pair of dishes and chopsticks to this uncle." ”
Niu'er said yes, and then put the old yellow book back on her bed in the bedroom.
Bring wooden chairs and chopsticks.
The man took advantage of this time to wash his face, change into clean clothes, and came to the wooden table.
Dinner was very simple, a large bowl of gruel, pickles, and a bowl of mashed potato cakes.
"Haha, that's all for our dinner, brother, don't dislike it. The man scratched his head embarrassedly.
How could Doctor Du dislike it? He hadn't eaten rice for five years, chewed tree roots, and eaten fish bones regularly, and now he had a steaming bowl of gruel in front of him, as well as pickled vegetables and potatoes.
The food was simply amazing.
Doctor Du took a few bites, then pinched some pickles to enhance the flavor, and after eating a potato cake, he put down the dishes and chopsticks and said.
"Thank you. ”
The man took a sip of gruel, smiled, and said, "Brother, you won't eat it, why don't you have it?"
Doctor Du shook his head, in fact, he couldn't starve to death without eating, and now a bowl of gruel was enough.
"Uncle, you eat so little. Niu'er said mischievously on the side.
Doctor Du smiled, "Then you have to eat more and grow taller quickly." ”
"Uh-huh. Niu'er ate the potato cake, nodded, and said vaguely.
A trace of unbearability flashed in the eyes of both the man and the woman.
Niu'er is actually very thin and short, with a sallow face, and at first glance it is due to malnutrition and not having enough to eat.
The same goes for women and men.
The man is relatively strong, and it is not shown, and the woman is weak, and the harm of not being hungry for a long time is great.
This is true of poor peasant families.
"Brother, where are you from?" asked the man strangely.
"People from Surabaya County, Sucheng, don't you know this is here?" Doctor Du opened his mouth and said.
"Brother, don't you know where you are?" the man's eyes widened.
The woman suddenly stepped on the man's foot and took the man's words.
"This little brother, this is Mao County, Linshui City, and it is far, far away from Sioux City. “
Doctor Du nodded, it turned out that he had arrived at Linshui City.
Mucheng and Linshui City are close to each other and can be regarded as neighbors.
But one day and one earth.
Both cities are famous for their vast paddy fields and grain production.
However, the flooding in Mucheng was serious, and a large number of fertile fields were scrapped.
Linshui City, on the other hand, has no flood problems, and produces tens of thousands of quintals of grain every season, which can be described as abundant.