Dare to ask where the road is, the road is at your feet.

Lu Zhengping hummed the few songs he knew, and seemed to wander in the wilderness like a leisurely stroll, with a clear direction but an unclear goal. Use the soles of your feet to measure the distance between you and the target, so you have to entertain yourself and take a leisurely stroll.

When a deformed figure pulled by the heat appeared in the distant sky, this distance Ben kept getting closer and the figure became clearer. Lu Zhengping never relaxed his guard against anyone.

Lu Zhengping rode on the back of the giant deer, condescendingly watching the transformation of the person wearing a pale yellow linen robe and a white scarf wrapped around his head from the back to the silhouette to the front, which was just a reincarnation process of the four thighs of the giant deer.

When the four eyes looked at each other, Lu Zhengping didn't feel any difference, just like a stranger passing by, but there was some accident when he met a person in the wilderness, so this kind of encounter was just a little passing by for a long time.

But the other person's eyes lit up, and just when Lu Zhengping's head was about to turn, she waved her hand and said hurriedly: "This brother, can you give me a ride." "Another woman.

Lu Zhengping, who was about to return to the right, twisted his head back and stopped the giant deer.

The man hurried up, looked up at Lu Zhengping, and said with crooked eyebrows: "I didn't expect to meet someone here, your mount is really mighty." ”

Lu Zhengping looked at her and asked, "Where are you going?" ”

She pointed forward and said, "Square City." What about you? ”

She felt that this person had been staring into her eyes, and the person who was watching was strangely uncomfortable, consciously or unconsciously avoiding his gaze.

Staring into people's eyes and talking is a habit that Lu Zhengping has developed for many years, he likes to observe the psychological changes of others through his eyes, and it is also one of the important bases for him to judge whether others are lying.

"I'll go there too!" Lu Zhengping's answer was not processed by the brain at all, and subconsciously followed the wishes of others.

"That's great." She looked pleased. Hesitantly, he glanced at the giant deer under Lu Zhengping, and said, "Can you take me?" ”

Lu Zhengping also wanted to find a guide, even if the woman's behavior across the wasteland made him suspicious. He didn't think it was directed at him, though. Lu Zhengping leaned down and stretched out his hand to signal that she could pull him up.

The woman smiled, stretched out her hand to hold Lu Zhengping, and the two of them worked together, pulling the woman up at once, and putting her in front of Lu Zhengping for easy monitoring.

The giant deer's broad back was not crowded, and the woman was busy thanking Lu Zhengping for his kindness, until the giant deer moved, she quieted down, and looked at the front motionlessly.

As if falling into a short silence, Lu Zhengping took the initiative to ask, "Where are you from?" ”

The woman looked reserved, probably because she was too close, and she stiffened and replied, "Toyosu." ”

"Isn't it dangerous to walk such a long way alone?" Lu Zhengping asked seemingly casually.

The woman subconsciously wrapped a somewhat loose scarf and whispered, "I didn't think so far." ”

"How long have you been out?"

"It's been more than a month."

"Your family is relieved that you will come out alone?"

"They don't know yet."

"You sneaked out?"

The woman nodded yes.

"Why?"

"If you want to come out, you can come out."

"Having a conflict with your parents?"

The woman shook her head.

"Forced marriage?"

The woman shook her head.

"It's not going to be a tour, is it?"

"What? What does tourism mean? The woman asked, turning her head sideways.

"It's like a ranger."

"No, I just wanted to come out and have a look. There are relatives in the city of the four directions. ”

"You're headstrong!"

"You think I'm willful, too?" The woman's eyes wandered, and finally fixed on Lu Zhengping's face, carefully identifying whether he was joking.

Lu Zhengping's face was expressionless, his expression was superfluous to him, he just guessed from the woman's words, which did not contain any emotional color.

But his appearance made the woman think that he was serious, and he didn't mean to joke.

She turned her head and whispered, "I just want to see my mother, this is also willful?" ”

Lu Zhengping didn't know how to answer, but he couldn't help but speak, so he said casually: "It depends on the situation, just like now, regardless of the dissuasion of others, you insist on going your own way, thousands of miles, difficulties and dangers, if you have an accident on the road, in my opinion, it is willful." ”

The woman suddenly turned her head and said unconvinced: "You men can, why can't we women?" ”

Lu Zhengping shrugged his shoulders and said that he was just saying it by the way, you don't have to mean it seriously.

The woman did not relent, and continued: "My mother broke into the world alone, and most men were defeated by her. I like my mother's free and easy energy, don't think that we women are inferior to you men? ”

yes, she's still a feminist.

Lu Zhengping avoided her unconvinced eyes and looked at the sky farther away, to be honest, if what she said was true, Lu Zhengping still admired her, and he didn't believe that this woman didn't have the skills to support herself, otherwise, she would definitely not be able to go now.

"Why don't you speak? Do you think I'm right? The woman thought her words had the upper hand, and asked.

Lu Zhengping's eyes moved down slightly and looked at the woman's eyes, he looked at people sharply, forcing the woman to dodge frequently, Lu Zhengping said: "You're right, can I ask you something?" ”

The woman's eyebrows and eyes relaxed, and she said, "Even if you are open-minded, what do you want to inquire about?" ”

"Have you ever heard of the Gu family? The strength should be quite large. ”

The woman raised her eyebrows and pondered, and only said after a while: "Gu family? I haven't heard of it in Toyosu. Looking for relatives? ”

"Sort of. I came out of the mountains and didn't know much about the outside. ”

"No wonder you have such a mighty mount."

"It's not my mount, it's my friend."

"You're riding it yet, aren't you?"

"It goes faster than I do, so I ride it, and that doesn't mean anything."

"I said if, if I paid for it, would you sell it?"

"Of course not!"

"What if it's a lot of money?"

"You don't have to test me with money. I don't need it either. ”

"You're boring."

"You're not the first person to say that about me."

The woman turned her head in a daze, craned her neck to look at the road in the distance, and the vast wasteland seemed to have no end in sight.

"Can you tell me about the outside world?" Lu Zhengping's voice is just like the wind on a desolate road, at least it doesn't make people feel lonely.

The woman turned her head several times and turned back and said, "I don't know much, what do you want to hear?" ”

"Let's start with your hometown."

"You say Toyosu? It's a great place to live......"

Lu Zhengping's world view is still narrow, if it is as the woman said, Fengzhou is probably not a weak country. It is said that there are 81 places like Toyosu. There are countless mountains and seas, in short, the world is unimaginable, and it is even more strange.

And Fengzhou, where her home is located, is just one corner of it, and Sifang City is the easternmost part of Fengzhou. It also belongs to the land of Toyoshu. Of course, Fengzhou in the geographical sense may be bigger, but like that kind of no-man's land, the people of Fengzhou in the deep mountains and old forests don't seem to care, and strictly speaking, Juluzhuang also belongs to the land of Fengzhou. It's just that it belongs to the kind of place that no one cares about, even if the people in the village die, no one knows, and no one cares.

It was getting dark, and a river blocked the way, so I didn't plan to cross the river tonight, so I found a sheltered place by the river to rest.

The woman intentionally or unintentionally caught a glimpse of the strange package that Lu Zhengping was carrying, and finally couldn't help but say, "Your bag is very special." ”

Lu Zhengping put the package at his feet and said, "Well, it's unique." ”

The package was put down and made a dingling sound, the woman became more and more curious, seeing that she wanted to speak and stopped, Lu Zhengping didn't want to satisfy her curiosity, and changed the topic: "I see that you seem to have a map in your hand, how far is it to Sifang City?" ”

The woman retracted her gaze and said, "It's almost a day away." ”

Lu Zhengping pointed to the big river in front of him: "Do you have a way to cross the river?" ”

The woman shook her head and said, "I don't have any way to cross the river." ”

She lifted her linen robe, took it out for a long time, pinched out two shriveled cakes, and handed one to Lu Zhengping. "Don't look at it as unpretty, it tastes okay."

Lu Zhengping glanced at the shriveled cake, stretched out his hand to take it, and said, "You rely on it to satisfy your hunger all the way?" ”

"I have a small amount of food, two a day is enough."

Lu Zhengping took a bite, the cake was very hard, and he took a small bite with great difficulty, chewed it, and swallowed it with his neck tilted.

"How's it taste?" The woman looked at Lu Zhengping in a daze and asked.

"It's edible, it smells of sweat."

The woman's face suddenly turned red. "I'm going to get some dry firewood...... "Turn around and walk away."

Lu Zhengping hooked the corners of his mouth, put the cake into the package, took out the air-dried jerky, and chewed it.

The woman walked back from a distance with dry wood in her arms and set up a fire together. Then she took out a delicate little pot from her linen robe and put it on the fire, made a portable water bladder, and poured the water into the pot. Looking at her skillful appearance, you know that she often does this.

"Biscuits, with hot water are better to swallow." She said as she set it up.

Lu Zhengping watched her busy work, and when she arranged it, he handed her a piece of jerky. "I made it, you taste it."

"This is meat?" She asked, pointing to the black jerky.

"Air-dried cured meat."

The woman took it, sniffed it, tore off a trace of it, lifted the corner of the scarf to expose her mouth, and put it in her mouth to chew slowly. My eyes lit up. Hurriedly nodded and said, "Hmm! Delicious. ”

Lu Zhengping sat down and ate the jerky in one bite. Look at the dancing flames and get fascinated.