Chapter 3: Exploring the Ruins (1/2)

The sun in the countryside is exceptionally bright, the air is exceptionally fresh, Ju Mu drove to the settlement village at noon, but the normal journey of more than an hour because of traffic jams, walked for more than three hours.

Ju Pheasant has not been to his grandmother's house for more than two months, when he saw a familiar friend of the same age outside the window, he happily rolled down the window and beckoned. Soon after, the car stopped at the door of a farmer's house, Ju Mu and Ju Pheasant got out of the car, and took out the luggage from the trunk and entered the house together, at this time I saw an old woman sitting alone on the kang watching a TV program, heard the sound of someone entering the house, and slowly turned her head, and saw that it was two familiar faces, but for a while I couldn't remember who it was.

Grandma Ju: "Who?" Who's coming"

Ju Mother: "Mom, it's me"

With tears shining in his eyes, he sat down beside his grandmother and held his mother's hand with both hands.

Grandma Ju may be because of her age, her memory has become worse and worse in recent years, and she often says some strange things, but more often she is awake, and insists on staying at home, refusing to follow her daughter into the city, in the words of Grandma Ju, "This is her home, she can't go, if she leaves, Grandpa Ju can't find her when he comes back", in fact, Grandpa Ju has been dead for many years, but Grandpa Ju has always been thinking about him in her heart.

The old man struggled to open his eyes wide, looking at the face of the familiar man in front of him, and suddenly as if he remembered something, his eyes shone brightly, and a smile appeared on his face, and he touched Ju Mu's hair with his other dry hand. The mother and daughter have tears in their eyes every time they meet, probably realizing that there are not many opportunities to meet......

Mother and daughter chatted together about family life, Ju's mother was more concerned about her mother's recent situation, worried about whether she ate well and whether she could sleep peacefully at night, while Ju's grandmother told Ju's mother to pay attention to rest, and now she is busy with work and taking care of children, but don't be tired. The mother and daughter chatted for a while, and Ju's mother motioned for Ju Pheasant to come over and talk to her grandmother, and Ju Pheasant obediently walked to her grandmother's side and bent down to let her grandmother see her face clearly.

Ju Pheasant: "Grandma, it's me, I'm Ju Pheasant"

Grandma Ju didn't know what she thought, so she reached out and pinched Ju Pheasant's face with her thumb and forefinger, and this gentle pinch made Ju Pheasant's originally beautiful face immediately become funny. Ju Mu couldn't help but laugh out loud when she saw this scene.

Grandma Ju: "Tangerine, you're fat again"

Ju Pheasant: "Grandma, don't say that, I'm not fat"

Ju mother: "It's good to be fat, all girls nowadays regard thinness as beauty, in order to be able to lose weight, there are many people who are dieting and vomiting, and they are all embarrassing their bodies."

Grandma Ju let go of the hand that was pinching Ju Pheasant's face, and suddenly her expression became sad, and Ju Mother and Ju Pheasant didn't know what was going on......

Grandma Ju: "It's all my fault......"

Ju Mu: "Mom, what's wrong with you?" Why did you apologize suddenly? ”

Grandma Ju: "If it weren't for me, Fat Orange wouldn't have been lost!" ”

Ju Mother: "Huh!?" ”

Grandma Ju: "I don't know what happened to Fat Orange now, if there are any good people to take him (it)"

Ju Pheasant: "Mom, I see that my grandmother is confused again......"

Ju Mother: "Don't talk too much!! ”

Ju's mother looked at her sad mother and listened to her mother's words of self-reproach.

There are actually two versions of what my mother said about 'lost fat orange', both of which are nonsense that my mother suddenly started saying in recent years.

One is a chubby orange cat raised at home in the early years, because of the ability to catch mice is very famous, and then a neighbor's house to borrow a cat from the mother's house, the result is that the orange cat is lost, never returned.

The second is the "Ju Meow", that is, Ju Pheasant's own brother, at that time Ju Mother's family still lived with Ju Grandma, in the year Ju Mother was pregnant with Ju Pheasant, close to the delivery period was sent to the city hospital to wait for delivery, Ju Father naturally had to go over to accompany his wife, and Ju Meow was handed over to Ju Grandma to take care of, I don't want to one day Ju Grandma took her grandson Ju Meow out for a walk, suddenly a strange woman ran over and said that she was a neighbor next door to go relatives, just found that Ju Grandpa fainted at home, so he hurriedly ran over to report, Ju Meow was in a hurry and didn't think so much, in the process of rushing back, forgot to take care of Ju Meow next to her, after all, Ju Meow is 6 years old, can already walk and jump on her own, I thought Ju Meow would go home with her, but when I got home, I found that Ju Meow did not faint at all, but basking in the sun in the yard, only then did I find out that Ju Meow did not follow him, so he mobilized the whole village to look for the child, but in the end he did not find it, for this matter Ju Grandma blamed herself very much......

Every time I hear my mother talk about this, I can see that my mother's solemn expression is full of self-blame, and Ju's mother can't help it, although she has persuaded her mother many times, these things have never happened, maybe it's just a dream of Ju's grandmother, and even brought Ju Meow over to show Ju Meow, but after Ju Meow saw Ju Meow, she blamed herself even more, and apologized to her grandson vigorously, saying that she didn't take good care of him back then, and she is still very guilty.

Said Ju Meow is also confused.

Ju's mother continued to talk to her mother, and Ju Pheasant, a girl who loved to be boisterous, saw through the window that a few familiar friends outside had been watching her, so she found an opportunity to run out of the house and go to play with them.

Soon Ju Pheasant met with a few friends, a total of six people, two men and four women. Among the two boys, the tall and thin ones are called skinny monkeys, the ones who are a little hunchback are called camels, and among the three girls, the ones whose faces are covered with pockmarks are called confident sisters, those who are a little fat and clumsy are called pig girls, and those who have a somewhat awkward personality are called eccentric girls

The age is about 16 years old, Ju Pheasant because he grew up in the city, so the dress is very different from the girls in the village, plus there is no need to do farm work, the skin is not as rough and black as theirs, and the appearance is online since childhood, which makes several little girls very envious of her, and she feels that she is as beautiful as a little princess, and the two boys have also reached the age of being attracted to the opposite sex, although they dare not express anything with Ju Pheasant, but they still like to talk to her, and they can't help but stare at Ju Pheasant's iconic face.

Sister Confident: "Tangerine, welcome home"

Pheasant: "Thank you"

Skinny Monkey: "Tangerine, I haven't seen you for two months, you seem to be getting better"

Hurriedly interjected.

Weird girl: "We're not blind, we need to say it!" ”

Glared at the skinny monkey.

Pig Girl: "Tangerine, your dress is so beautiful"

As he spoke, he stretched out his hand and touched the blue pleated skirt of the pheasant, feeling that the fabric of this skirt was much better than the one he was wearing.

Weird girl: "Don't touch it blindly, you can't afford to pay for it, and you'll have to sell your favorite duckling!" ”

Hearing the strange girl say this, Pig Girl hurriedly retracted her hand and looked at Ju Pheasant timidly, her eyes full of apologies.

Ju Pheasant: "It's okay, this dress is not so sturdy, and it is not expensive, don't care"

Hearing Ju Pheasant say this, Pig Pig Girl reluctantly squeezed out an apologetic smile.

Camel: "Hey, I said thin monkey, it's rare for everyone to get together, let's go to the strange cave together!" ”

Sister Confident: "That's a good idea"

Ju Pheasant: "Strange hole? ”

Skinny Monkey: "That's right! It's the sinkhole we often went to when we were children, when we went to play recently, we found a strange hole by chance, never found before, the last time the three of us went, halfway to a little afraid of getting lost and ran out, this time let's bring food and candles and flashlights to go again, it's fun"

Ju Pheasant is a playful character, as soon as he heard that he could explore, he immediately became interested, nodded and agreed to go, but at this moment, the pig girl on the side suddenly spoke.

Pig Girl: "Tangerine, I heard from the adults in the village that the sinkhole is not clean, let's not go, let's play around here." ”

Weird girl: "Just you talk a lot!" As long as you are timid, everyone says to go, why don't you go! ”

Thin Monkey: "Don't worry, orange, let's go during the day, there's nothing to be afraid of, even if there is, there is a brother!" I protect you."

Ju Pheasant didn't know what to say for a while, so he could only hide his embarrassment with a smile.

Camel: "You don't have to be afraid of oranges, even if you don't worry about the thin monkey, there is me!" ”

Weird Girl: "Annoying camel! You have to go on an expedition in the first place, in case the hole collapses, the first one will kill you."

Everyone knew the character of the weird girl, so they didn't say anything, but agreed to go home for dinner first, and then bring things and leave on time at 1 o'clock in the afternoon. So the children went home to eat. Ju Pheasant also returned to his grandmother's house to help his mother cook lunch together, after all, he hadn't eaten with his grandmother for a long time, Ju Pheasant seemed very happy, and he didn't know if he was happy to see his grandmother, or because he was going on an adventure in the afternoon......

At this time, Ling Xiaohan's house in the urban garden in the north of Chidori City, because her sister and mother went out shopping, but her father worked overtime on weekends. There is only himself at home, Ling Xiaohan, who is too lazy to cook, suddenly wants to eat the hollow noodles and steaks of the western restaurant on the corner, he looked at the takeaway software, and found that a set meal in his house has been very popular recently, filet mignon with water pastry and fruit and vegetable salad package, Ling Xiaohan touched his hungry cooing stomach with his hand, and his eyes rolled to his heart, only to see Ling Xiaohan open the WeChat address book and find the meal ticket of "licking dog 28 years old with a monthly salary of 5000".

'Morning, dear, what are you busy with?' ’

Ling Xiaohan's message was sent.

'Cold? Aren't you mad at me? I've been sending you messages these days, I should have bothered you, I'm really sorry, I miss you so much, so I can't help but send you a message. ’

The second reply message is either licking the dog or the love saint!

'I understand you, I'm not mad at you at all, and I haven't eaten for a day, so I really don't have the strength to be angry with you'

By the way, he also made an aggrieved expression.

'Why don't you eat well?' I'm going to feel very sorry for you like this.'

Licking the dog immediately enters the role.

'I've been thinking about me and you these days, and I always feel so stressed, so I don't have much appetite......

Good hunters always disguise themselves as their prey and then wait for the real prey to take the bait.

'What? Have you been thinking about me? So what can I do for you? By the way, if there's anything you'd like to eat in particular right now, let me know! I'll take time off work to help you buy it! ’

Licking the dog is deeply integrated into its own role.

'What do you want to eat?' Let me think about it, I think of it, there is a western restaurant on the corner of my house, and his family has recently launched a 298 set menu, I would like to try it, but it is a bit expensive......

When he saw that the fish was hooked, he immediately closed the rod.

'Wait for me!' Arrive within 20 minutes. ’

Ling Xiaohan looked at the screen and couldn't help but let out a smug laugh, according to past experience, at this moment, this infatuated teenager must have asked for leave from the company and took a taxi to buy a package for himself, although Ling Xiaohan's family background is a little worse than Ju Meow, but at least it is a well-off family, and it is not a problem to eat this expensive takeaway once in a while, it's just ...... In Ling Xiaohan's view, in order to please himself, buying gifts or inviting him to eat is not how infatuated and good this boy is, but that he has enough charm, so whether it is a gift or a meal, it is his own spoils of war and he deserves it, such an idea makes him not only not feel indebted because he has received the benefits of others, but will feel that he is born a princess, And the princess is to enjoy the treatment of the stars holding the moon.

Soon at 1 o'clock in the afternoon, at the entrance of the settlement village, six children who looked like high school students had been assembled, the thin monkey as the captain, led the team to set off and went straight to the ruins of the sinkhole, several people brought it according to the agreement, umbrellas, flashlights, candles, lighters, and bread and chocolate, a group of people walked in the forest, there was a sense of relaxation in the green, four little girls chatted while walking, except for the quirky girl who occasionally said something that made everyone embarrassed, the other three people chatted very happily, The two boys were holding wooden sticks they had picked up from nowhere as emergency weapons, and they were discussing how to set up their course of action after arriving at the cave for a while, because the last time they went, they found that there were three or four passages in the cave in unknown directions. In the densely populated forest, it became extraordinarily quiet at this time, but fortunately it was not so scary during the day, but a few dark clouds drifted on the other side of the mountain.

Pig Girl: "It's not going to really rain, is it?" ”

Suddenly spoke.

Sister Confident: "What are you afraid of!" Let's bring umbrellas, it's me, I'm the smartest, I know it's going to rain."

Weird girl: "It's raining because you brought an umbrella!" ”

Sister Confident: "If you don't say a word, we won't treat you as a dumb person!" ”

Ju Pheasant couldn't help but laugh out loud when she heard their conversation, and Sister Pig also laughed when she heard it, only Sister Confident looked at the strange girl with a look of disgust.

After a while, the six people came to the top of the sinkhole, from the cliff down is still very high, about two or three stories high, the thin monkey led the team to find a gentle slope and walked down, it may be that a few people just want to go to the cave to explore,

No one noticed the weird flower in the middle of the ruins, the thin monkey led the way in front, five people lined up in a row and followed closely behind to the entrance of the cave, the hole entrance is probably smaller than the ordinary security door, you need to enter sideways, after entering the cave, the space began to become spacious, about 20 meters or so inside, the width of the cave can probably allow two people to walk side by side, at this time walking at the end of the line Pig Girl and Strange Sister are a little scared, hurriedly asked everyone to walk slowly, they are a little unable to keep up, The thin monkey looked back at them impatiently, and let the camel break off, so that the team has boys at the end of the defense, and the girls will feel at ease when they walk in the middle, this proposal was immediately agreed by the girls, and they all gave a thumbs up to the thin monkey to praise his thoughtfulness, the thin monkey saw that even the pheasant praised himself, and unconsciously blushed, so everyone walked about 100 meters or so into the depths of the hole, the light here became gradually dimmed, and there were four flashlights in the team at this time, However, the skinny monkey requires that only two can be opened at the same time, and the other two are used as emergency use. The walls and the ground in the cave are made of large pieces of bluestone, which is a little cold to the touch, and about 150 meters forward, everyone came to a spacious hall, about 20 square meters in size, there are three forks in the road, a few people saw it, they couldn't help but get excited, and began to discuss which way to go to explore.

Sister Confident: "Do you still need to choose?" Naturally, you have to go to the left one, you see that this door is higher than the other two, which means that this hole must be the most special! ”

Pig Girl: "Why don't we take the middle road, I always think the side door is not good, how evil it is......"

Skinny Monkey: "Tangerine, which one do you want to go?" ”

Tangerine was suddenly asked, and he didn't know how to answer for a while, so he had to smile to hide his confusion.

When the thin monkey saw that Ju Pheasant was smiling so beautifully, he also smirked.

In the end, everyone decided to take the left side of the road, everyone decided the route, they no longer hesitated, and walked to the left side of the hole, indeed this door is much wider than the other two, and soon several people stepped into the cave on the left, just when one of the feet of the pheasant also stepped into the stone gate, suddenly a flash of light appeared in the mind, and then a familiar picture of the stone door appeared in the mind, but before he had time to think about the origin of the stone door, all the pictures disappeared in his mind, A moment of hesitation made Ju Pheasant stop, and the people behind did not expect Ju Pheasant to suddenly stop advancing, and suddenly collided with Ju Pheasant, Ju Pheasant instinctively looked back and found that it was a camel, Ju Pheasant hurriedly apologized, the camel lowered his head and did not speak, Ju Pheasant turned around and continued to walk forward, but the moment of collision just now Ju Pheasant felt that a hand touched his buttocks, although it was only for a moment. But Ju Pheasant felt that this was all his own problem, if he hadn't stopped suddenly, such a thing would not have happened, Ju Pheasant didn't care too much about this matter, so he continued to move forward, but his heart was thinking about the appearance of the stone gate just now, and suddenly Ju Pheasant remembered, the appearance of the stone gate seemed to be a bit similar to the stone gate on the right side of the fork just now, just when Ju Pheasant was thinking about these things, he was surprised to find a hand gently on his buttocks, and it was completely different from the unintentional touch just now, this time it was very dishonest to touch with his hand, Ju Pheasant couldn't believe that this was true, as he slowed down, the strength of that hand was also changing, from the beginning of the cautious to a very bold kneading, just like this through the pleated skirt boldly touched, Ju Pheasant turned to look at the camel behind him, the camel was proudly touching Ju Pheasant's buttocks, while looking at the snow-white calves and laughing.

Pheasant: "Hey! Do you know what you're doing? ”

Hearing Ju Pheasant's angry question, the camel froze for a moment, hurriedly let go of his hand, and then did not dare to raise his head, and stood there without moving. The group heard that Ju Pheasant's tone was unusual, and they all looked at it, but they didn't know what was going on for a while.

Ju Pheasant: "Forget it, I'll go to the back, you go to the front"

The camel walked to the first row with his head down, and the thin monkey watched him, wondering what he had just done to make Ju Pheasant so angry.

After what happened just now, Ju Pheasant suddenly lost interest in exploration, although he also had a boyfriend, but it has always been a scale of communication, at most he held hands when no one was around, and he didn't even kiss, let alone others, but just now, he was insulted by such a boy he didn't like at all, and he suddenly felt very aggrieved, Ju Pheasant lowered his head and walked forward, and he didn't care about the surrounding environment, so he walked and walked, I don't know how long he walked, Ju Pheasant only felt that his feet were a little painful, When Ju Pheasant squatted down to look at his feet, he suddenly realized that he hadn't heard his friends speak for a long time, and when Ju Pheasant looked up again, there was no one in front of him.

Pheasant: "Huh! What about people?"

Ju Pheasant stayed there for a moment, then Ju Pheasant took a careful look at the space he was in, the front and back were gone, and when he looked back, it was pitch black, and he couldn't see the way he came at all, and then he looked forward and the whole area was gray, Ju Pheasant took out his mobile phone from his pocket and wanted to ask for help, but found that the mobile phone had no signal at all. What makes Ju Pheasant feel even more incredible is that he obviously doesn't have any lighting around him, but he can see the light from about three feet away, although he doesn't know where this light comes from, but it can help him see the road under his feet, which has made him feel at ease to a certain extent. Ju Pheasant told himself to be calm, and it took about two minutes to sort out his emotions, and another three minutes to remember what had just happened......