At the end of the mountain, the crane returns to the river.

Twilight fell, the two people walking on the ancient road quickened their pace, Chen Zhiming regretted it very much at this time, if the old woman just now proposed that it was too late to rest for a day when she didn't refuse to take care of her mother when she walked, now it's okay, it's dark, and the two of them don't have the tools to illuminate, and now they can only see a little bit of the road on the ancient road, but fortunately they asked the neighbor next door when they left, and if they didn't come back at night, they would help take care of their mother, so now just solve the moment.

Gu Wen followed behind with the crutches given by the old woman, it was okay at first, she could still see Chen Zhiming's back in front of her, but now the surroundings are getting darker and darker, although Chen Zhiming is wearing a plain white Confucian shirt with a vertical collar, but it can't withstand the invasion of the night. Chen Zhiming stopped listening to the footsteps behind him, turned his head to look, and could only see Gu Wen's vague figure stopped in place, he took two steps back, pointed the cage on his back at Gu Wen, and let her hold it.

Gu Wen didn't have any ink, and immediately stretched out a hand to grab the cage, and after the two of them walked for a while, the surroundings were completely dark at this time, and the two didn't dare to go any further, so they walked to a tree, and the two sat down with each other's arms.

In the dark, the two could only hear the sound of running water and the sound of the wind blowing through the leaves, this environment made Gu Wen a little scared, she reached out and grabbed the corner of Chen Zhiming's clothes, feeling the force from the corners of her clothes, Chen Zhiming comforted; "It's okay, I'm here"

Although he said so, he was actually very scared in his heart, if a wolf or a tiger suddenly sprang out of this deep mountain and old forest, then he would not be able to explain here today, thinking of this, he looked around more vigilantly, although he couldn't see anything, he looked at the sky again, and scolded in his heart; "On weekdays, the sky is clear and the moon is bright, and there are no clouds, but today it is cloudy, and the sky is covered tightly, which is deliberately not to let him go back."

After Gu Wen heard Chen Zhiming's words, her heart settled down a lot, and then she looked at Chen Zhiming and asked, "Didn't Grandma give you a book when she left?" ”

"Hmm," Chen replied; "Grandma said that it was a book that her husband used to hold in his hand to read, and then her son found this book and often took it with him, and he would read it when he was idle, and then after they left, the book was kept until we came, and she gave me the book, didn't Grandma give you a copy too?"

Hearing him ask, Gu Wen reached out and touched the book pinned to her waist, and slowly spoke, "Yes, Grandma said, let me see more in the future, it will help me, but I don't know the words on this book."

Hearing her say this, Chen Zhiming remembered that she had never entered the school like herself, but fortunately, her parents' knowledge was not low, and they taught him to read and write since he was a child, so that even if he didn't go to the school, he didn't know fewer words than those peers who went to school in the school, but in terms of Gu Wen's family background, there was no extra money for her to go to school, and after hesitating, Chen Zhiming seemed to have made an important decision, he suddenly looked in the direction where Gu Wen was, and said with a serious face; "Gu Wen, I'll teach you to read"

Gu Wenren was stunned in place, and it took a while to react, seeing that she didn't respond for a long time, Chen Zhiming thought that she was unwilling, and just as she was about to speak, she heard Gu Wen's surprised voice.

"Really?" Gu Wen looked excited.

"Well, I will take time out to teach you literacy every day in the future" Chen Zhiming had already thought about it, and he would shorten the time for selling paintings every day and make time to teach her, so as not to delay himself, and to achieve the purpose of teaching her literacy.

When Gu Wen heard this, her eyes were slightly wet, and she mustered up the courage to lean on Chen Zhiming's shoulder; "Thank you"

Chen Zhiming didn't speak, and after a while, he felt that the girl beside him had fallen asleep.

Chen Zhiming leaned his head on the trunk of the tree, his eyes were complicated, he was thinking, if his father had not had an accident, his mother would not have been depressed, and he would not be seriously ill in bed, so would he also go to school and read like other children, thinking about it, he fell asleep.

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In the haze, a burst of crazy laughter came, Chen Zhiming didn't know if it was in a dream or where, there was chaos here, as far as the eye could see, there was no sky, no earth, no people, nothing, he looked at himself, but he couldn't see his hands, he couldn't see his body, he shouted loudly, asked where this was, asked if there was anyone, but in response to him, there was only silence, at this moment, the burst of crazy laughter resounded in Chen Zhiming's ears again, the voice was far and near, as if it was beside him, and it seemed to be far away from himself, suddenly, This chaos began to change, conjuring up mountains and rivers, the four seas, they were connected together, became the earth, and then a piece of light shone on this land, and flowers and trees grew in the places it illuminated, Chen Zhiming could clearly feel that he seemed to be integrated with these mountains, rivers and plants, for a while he was in a dilemma, he couldn't tell whether he was a thing or a person, as the light became brighter and brighter, and then the sky appeared, it rotated day and night, and there were creatures on the earth, animals, all kinds of animals, There was a kind of advanced animal that could stand and walk, they gradually gave birth to spiritual intelligence, and began to learn to use the surrounding environment to survive, and then, they established towns, had their own civilization, they called themselves people, they ganged up, established their own countries, several countries were established, they began to fight, some were destroyed, Chen Zhiming watched like this, watched them die one by one, new dynasties appeared, and then the crazy laughter sounded again, and the surroundings began to change again, dynasties, cities, living beings, All things, heaven and earth turned into chaos again, and in this way, the surroundings were born, and then destroyed, and they were staged in front of Chen Zhiming's eyes over and over again.

Outside, it was already dawn, Gu Wen looked at Chen Zhiming who was sweating and trembling, she didn't know what to do, she could only keep calling Chen Zhiming and help him wipe the sweat off his face. At this moment, a faint light emanated from Chen Zhiming's heart.

In the dream, just when Chen Zhiming looked at himself trapped in this endless reincarnation and couldn't extricate himself, a glimmer of light lit up, Chen Zhiming looked up, and saw a girl's figure appear in the glimmer, "It's you" Chen Zhiming recognized that she was the girl who gave her jade that day, how could she appear here. At this moment, the girl in the faint light opened her eyes, looked at everything around her in confusion, looked at the young man in front of her, she stretched out her hand and grabbed Chen Zhiming, just when the two made physical contact, the surrounding scene changed, the two appeared in a academy, Chen Zhiming looked at himself, but he didn't expect that he was wearing a green shirt and robe, and there was a group of children sitting around him, at this moment they were reciting poetry and books, and among them, there was a girl, Chen Zhiming walked in front of the girl, the girl was also looking at him, she stretched out her little hand, Signaling Chen Zhiming to hold her hand, Chen Zhiming hesitated for a moment and stretched out his hand, but he didn't expect that the moment he held her hand, the surrounding scene changed again, and many people appeared around, they were all looking at themselves, Chen Zhiming turned his head and found that there was a woman in a wedding dress standing opposite, wearing a hijab on her head, and she was also wearing a red robe, holding one end of a red gauze in her hand, and the other end was in the hand of the bride opposite, and then the people around her shouted to send it into the cave room, Chen Zhiming couldn't control himself and walked forward, Then the scene changed again, he was wearing a suit of armor, riding a white horse, holding a spear, and next to him, a woman sobbed in a low voice, and then he felt a pain in his heart, and the surroundings changed, only to see the corpse mountain and blood sea in front of him, he himself was nailed to the ground by a spear, and the sky was densely packed with arrows, turned his head, and suddenly saw that the girl did not know when to block in front of him, and the arrows fell from the sky, but she turned her head and smiled softly at him, seeing this, Chen Zhiming didn't know why, his heart hurt suddenly, and then he shouted heartbreakingly……

"Don't"

Chen Zhiming woke up suddenly, cold sweat broke out on his back, Gu Wen hurriedly wiped the beads of sweat from his face for him, and asked worriedly, "It's okay, you've been shaking, and you've been sweating all the time, no matter how I call you, I can't wake you up, are you dreaming of something you're afraid of......

Chen Zhiming looked around, and after confirming that it was a dream, he breathed a sigh of relief, and looked at Gu Wen who was worried on the side, and he said comfortingly; "I'm fine, you don't have to worry about me"

"It's okay, you scared me to death just now" Gu Wen was still scared for a while when she thought about it. Then she stood up, walked to the river, did a simple cleaning, and looked at Chen Zhiming again; "Pack up, it's time for us to go"

At this time, Chen Zhiming reached out and touched the hanging jade on his chest, and said softly; "Thank you, it seems that in the future, this City of Ten Thousand Flowers will have to go" After finishing speaking, Chen Zhiming took out a yellowed book from the cage, looked at the four big characters on the cover, he muttered to himself, "This is, the big dream of spring and autumn" Then he put away the book, and also walked to the river to clean it briefly, after cleaning up, he put the cage on his back, looked at Gu Wen, and said; "Go, go home"

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After Chen Zhiming and Gu Wen left, two figures reappeared, one was dressed in white, and the other was sloppy, looking at their distant backs, the two smiled heartily, and then followed leisurely a hundred meters behind the two.

And after the two left, a crazy laughter sounded, the laughter flickered loud and small, far and near, the thousand leaves in the mountains flew horizontally, the river hung upside down, a paper folding boat drifted up with the water, through the ancient road, through the forest, fluttering and shaking, came to the end of the mountain waterfall, the end of the mountain white crane spread its wings, the paper boat from the waterfall swayed down, fell in the lake, suddenly squeaked, the door of the hut in front of the waterfall opened, that moment the river flowed, the leaves fell from the sky, out of the house came out of a rickety old woman, the old woman looked at the fallen leaves in the sky, reached for the broom beside him, and muttered quietly; "I don't know what's going on.,I've been dropping leaves lately.,Isn't it that the tree on the top of the mountain was pulled out by a naughty little baby.,But it's not a problem to fly me here all the time."

The old woman cleaned up to the lake, and when she saw the paper boat floating on the side, she scooped up the paper boat and wondered; "Huh? Didn't I remember to let it go a long time ago? Why are you still here, alas, forget it, people are old, and they can't remember things all the time"

After saying that, she put the paper boat into the lake again, stirred the lake with a broom, and sent the paper boat far away.

"But if you float farther, the farther the better, if you float to his side, remember to tell him, it doesn't matter if you can't come back, it doesn't matter if you look at me or not, the most important thing is that you must be safe and sound, and you must be happy and happy."

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There was a madman at the foot of the mountain, crazy, laughing and laughing, laughing and laughing and crying for some reason, laughing and crying, laughing and crying, laughing and crying bitterly......