The next morning, the bright and warm sunlight shone directly on Xu Che's face through the gaps between the leaves, gently waking him up.

He rubbed his eyes and sat up, stretched his waist again, jumped to the ground, picked up a few wild fruits left on the ground yesterday, wiped them on his clothes, ate and walked, and continued to the north.

After that, there was no word all the way.

By the twilight of the third day, he had finally walked out of the forest. However, although it is out of the forest, outside the forest, there is still no trace, and there are no boundless mountains and ravines.

Xu Che looked at the mountains in front of him, and felt a sigh of emotion in his heart, and couldn't help but rejoice in the kung fu he had learned by chance.

After that, another four days passed over the mountains and mountains, and at noon on the fifth day, he finally saw the first person in the past six months, except for Lu Yuanhuai.

The man was a little shepherd boy herding sheep, Xu Che saw him in the middle of the mountain, and the little shepherd boy was driving a group of black goats to the foot of the mountain at a very fast speed.

But seeing the living people, Xu Che was so excited that he raised his arms and shouted. But it was good that he did not cry out, but this cry caused a disturbance, and the sheep at the foot of the mountain were frightened by his thunderous roar and fled in all directions, and the shepherd boy was also startled, and fell to the ground with a stumble under his feet, and when he came to his senses, he did not bother to look for the source of the sound, but shouted loudly, trying to gather the frightened sheep.

Seeing this, Xu Che hurriedly covered his mouth, and secretly shouted in his heart: "Why do I unconsciously use my internal strength every time I shout loudly?

Wu thought about it for a while, but he still couldn't figure it out, so he had to put down his thoughts first, and hurried down the hill with his feet, wanting to help the shepherd boy find the frightened sheep.

When he arrived at the foot of the mountain, he first caught up with the little shepherd boy, and said with a smile: "Little brother, I was not good just now, and I surprised your sheep by yelling and screaming." Teach me your trumpet of calling the sheep, and I will help you drive the sheep from the south back. ”

The little shepherd boy looked back, and Xu Che saw that he was about eleven or twelve years old, with big eyes and a garlic nose, a mouthful of buckteeth, a shabby undershirt, and straw sandals on his feet, and his bare dark skin was shining in the sun.

The shepherd boy rolled his eyes and looked at Xu Che, the culprit, and sneered: "You also made my trumpet come, you go away quickly, don't delay me, otherwise the sheep will not be able to come back after entering the mountain stream!"

Xu Che still smiled and said, "Isn't it just a circle of sheep and a round of balls, you will get it?"

The little shepherd boy listened to his words with terminology, and knew that he had probably done the work of shepherding, and his brows could not help but move, and when he saw that the goat had gone far, he no longer hid his selfishness, and now put the index finger and thumb of his right hand in a ring on his lips, and then puffed out his cheeks and blew out a "porphyry" sound.

Xu Che did the same, and also bent the two fingers of his right hand into a ring and rested on his lips, and then puffed up his cheeks and blew, but the sound he blew was not a "porphyry" sound, but a "poof" sound.

When the little shepherd boy saw that he was a skilled hand, he didn't care about him at the moment, but just ran to the north by himself, and called out "porphyry" in his mouth, inviting the goats around him to gather.

Xu Che tried two more times, and by the third time, he had mastered the vocal skills, and immediately blew the trumpet and ran south.

After some chase between the two, the sheep finally gathered again. Xu Che glanced at the sheep and asked, "But do you have to count them to see if there are any omissions?"

The little shepherd boy shook his head and said: "That's not necessary, I'm in a hurry to get the sheep back, but I'm afraid that these sheep have strayed into the territory of the red-haired monkey, and if they enter his territory, then my sheep will not come back." ”

Xu Che let out a "huh" and said strangely: "What is that red-haired monkey? Could it be a beast?"

The little shepherd boy shook his head and said, "The red-haired monkey is not a thing..." Aren't you a local? You don't even know about the red-haired monkeys?"

Xu Che smiled: "I am from Yunnan, my name is Xu Che, and it is the first time I have been here. And what's your name?"

The little shepherd boy suddenly said, "Oh, I see, no wonder your accent sounds a little strange... I don't have a name, so you can just call me Liu Shiyi. ”

Xu Che frowned and said, "How could you not have a name?"

Liu Shiyi said: "I don't have a father or a mother, Liu Shiyi was named to me by my employer, anyway, if you can call me, having a name is the same as not having a name, it doesn't matter." ”

Xu Che nodded slowly, and said in his heart: "Although this person's life experience is pitiful, his temperament is free and easy. Hey, when I'm his age, I'm not in a much better mood than he is!" smiled and asked, "What is this place, and which way should I go back to Yunnan?"

Liu Shiyi said: "We are called Qiubei Village here, and the village is over there..."

Xu Che looked at it and saw that there were people at the foot of the big mountain in the east, but there were not many houses from a distance, and it was just a small village.

Liu Shiyi continued: "I don't know which place you are talking about Kunming, but I can take you to ask the employer, he has been to many places, and he must know where Kunming you are talking about." ”

Xu Chexi said: "Thank you so much! Then let's go over." ”

Liu Shiyi shook his head and said: "My sheep haven't eaten enough, I can't go back, otherwise I will be beaten by my employer!"

Xu Che said: "In that case, then you tell me the name of your employer, and I will go to him myself to ask for directions." ”

Liu Shiyi still shook his head and said: "The only crossing here to the outside world is in the north, and today is the day when the red-haired monkey blocks the crossing, so even if you ask the path, you can't get out." ”

Xu Che heard him mention the "red-haired monkey" three times and twice, and he was extremely curious, and hurriedly asked, "What is the red-haired monkey you are talking about? Isn't it a monkey with red hair?"

Liu Shiyi said: "The red-haired monkey I am talking about is a robber, just because he has red hair and red beard, and he looks a little monkey-like, so everyone calls him a red-haired monkey." ”。

After listening to this description, Xu Che secretly imagined in his heart, and couldn't help but be interested in this red-haired monkey with red hair and red beard, after all, there are not many people who are born with red hair.

Liu Shiyi saw that Xu Che was in a trance, so he called: "I see that you also know the way to herd sheep, or help me herd sheep today, and then go back with me in the evening, then I will beg the employer to take you in for one night, and when the red-haired monkey does not guard the crossing tomorrow, you can go out of the mountain again." ”