Chapter 57: The Way Back (4)
The dim world was dark and silent, but he wasn't afraid, because he was already familiar with it. At that time, Gesbudo was still six years away from the date of the coming-of-age ceremony.
Normal people are called adults after the age of eighteen, but for the wolf clan, thirty years old is the limit of their adulthood.
The granite pavement beneath his feet was smooth, and he didn't know when it had been, as if it had been a long, long time ago, when the people had come together to create their home. At that time, the home was not so big, but with the joint efforts of several generations, this home was already large enough, and even he felt that there were many spare places, and there was no need to open up these extra spaces. Of course, these are his own personal thoughts.
A few drops of groundwater seeping from elsewhere occasionally dripped from the distant rock wall, but the wolf clan's ears were strong enough to stand out from the crowd, and he could hear the sound of the water dripping clearly.
He didn't know how many people there were in this place, but it would definitely not be less than 100,000, and he had heard his father say it. His father was a member of the Wolf Tooth Army, and although his position was not high, it was enough for him to be proud of. Every time he played with his acquaintances, he felt a sense of superiority, because his father was the only one in the group who was a member of the Wolf Tooth Army!
"Gesbudo, your father is from the Wolf Tooth Army, right?"
"Gesbudo, what the Wolf Tooth Army looks like, your father must have told you, right?"
"Brother Gesbudo, can you tell me some stories about the Wolf Tooth Army?"
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At that time, they didn't know much about the Wolf Tooth Army, only that they defended their homeland and were the main reason why they could live in peace. Therefore, they all felt that the warriors of the Wolf Tooth Army must be the most powerful clansmen, they had the power to shake the heavens and the earth, they had intelligent minds, and they could easily kill the enemy with one look......
They talk about this every day. But Gesbudo knows that none of this is entirely true. As for his father, except that he was slightly stronger than the other uncles, he did not notice anything superior about his father. And whenever my father went out with the army, my mother would pack his bags very seriously, stand in front of the door and watch him go away silently, sometimes even leaving tears that seemed to be sad. Gesbudo watched this in the dark, and he felt inexplicably uneasy, as if there would be no meat to eat for the next week.
Unconsciously, he had doubts about the Wolf Tooth Army, because he vaguely realized that the Wolf Tooth Army didn't seem to be as simple as he thought.
Friends say that having a secret is a sign of growth, and he feels that this is his secret, which belongs to him. Therefore, he never told anyone about his doubts about the Wolf Tooth Army, and every time they talked about the Wolf Tooth Army, he would not show disgust.
But when he thought of these today, he didn't know if it was because he was the only one, he felt a wave of anger in his heart, but he didn't know why he was angry, and he couldn't help but feel bored again.
He kicked the rocks on the side of the road so hard that he seemed to be happy if he just kicked them away.
He watched as the stones cut a graceful arc through the air and finally fell into the pile of boulders in the distance, not to mention, he really felt better.
The discovery made him excited, so he looked around and saw that there were many of these stones on the ground. It has been detached from the main city, so there is a lot of gravel on the road, and the ground is undulating. He kicked each of them hard into the boulder. But just as he was kicking happily, suddenly there was an angry roar from the front, followed by some strange words. Although Gesbudo didn't understand it, listening to that tone, it didn't seem like a good thing.
Only then did he realize that the roar had come from a pile of rubble!
Oh no! Gesbudo screamed badly, he knew he was in trouble.
Sure enough, a man ran out of the pile of boulders with a ghost scream and looked around.
Gesbudo tried to hide, but there was not even a cover nearby, so he didn't think much about it and ran back in a panic.
The man looked around depressedly, in this corner where birds don't, it was a miracle to be able to see a human figure, but there were people, and unfortunately they were attacked by stones one after another in a nonsensical way, and the man felt a sense of ignorance in his heart.
It was a young man, and his back was extremely abrupt in this place. A mysterious smile hung on the corner of the man's mouth, and with a wave of one hand, the boy stopped.
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Gesbudo ran as hard as he could, and although he was crawling with a lot of rocks in such a place, he would tripped over if he was not careful, but the sound of the wind in his ears told him that he was already the fastest he could reach. He didn't allow himself to be caught! He couldn't even think of the consequences of being caught. A few days ago, he accidentally crippled one of Englian's legs, but he knew that it was not entirely his fault, and as long as Englian had been lying in bed for a year and a half, he would still be a good man after getting out of bed. But even so, he was beaten hard by his father. The thought of his father's big fan-like hands made him feel a chill between his teeth. But this time he got into trouble again! The threatening words of his father when he beat him echoed in his ears: "Boy, if you let me know next time that you are in trouble, especially if you hurt someone, Lao Tzu will drag you out to feed the bats!"
Bats? Those flying rats? Brain made up for the fact that he was wrapped in blood sucking by those disgusting things inside and out, and he was about to be cut off by his father's own "spiritual root" little brother, and the ghost cried wolf and shouted: "Dad, I don't dare anymore, really, even if someone hacks me to death, I don't dare!"
This is the most direct way that the wolf clan uses to scare children, and the father laughed, this trick never gets tired of trying.
So you can't let that unlucky guy know that he did it! Gesbudo had a kind of luck in his heart, he didn't think that the unlucky guy would be as fast as he was. Gesbudo thought that when he ran home, he could pretend to be the same as usual, and if his mother asked him why he had returned so early today, he could answer that it was because he was hungry, and then hide at home for a few days to avoid the limelight. Yes, that's it! Gesbudo suddenly realized that he was so talented, but he forgot that he had just come out of breakfast.
Suddenly, there was a sound of breaking wind behind him. Gesbodo's ears moved, and he knew that something was coming from behind, but it wasn't too big, because the sound was small and had a faint whistle, which he knew was only produced when small objects rubbed against the air in rapid motion. He was about to dodge, but there seemed to be a vertical line blocking the way. He hastily stopped, it was a dark green arrow with a dark tail, and Gesbudo could only see the tail of the arrow, which had actually been inserted into the granite, and the tail was still trembling.
How could it be so fast! Gesbudo suddenly broke out in a cold sweat. He had obviously just heard the sound of the breaking wind, but this arrow had already arrived in front of him, how could there be such a fast arrow?
Yes! Gusbudo suddenly remembered. Half a month ago, a group of guys with pointed ears passed by here, but not underground, but above. Of course, they didn't find out that there would be people underground. He heard from his father that each of those pointy-eared men carried a short bow and two quivers, and they were so good at archery that often the arrows were already in front of you as soon as you saw them raise their bows and arrows.
Did they find out about it? Gesbudo was starting to get scared, did he need to tell the elders about this?
He remembered a man, the man with black messy hair, who had come here half a month ago, and had heard that he had fallen in through a hole in the dark that connected him from the outside, and that the elders had talked with him secretly for a long time, and finally took him in, and warned the people that they must not say that they had taken in any outsiders when they went out.
Was that the man? He heard he was carrying a quiver on his back.
There were footsteps behind him, and they were getting closer, and Gesbudo knew that the guy was coming!
The man walked up to Gesbudo, pulled out the arrow, and put it back in the quiver behind his back.
Judging by the age of the wolf clan in them, this person should be around eighty years old. But he felt a little strange, that is, although this guy was messy, he didn't have any injuries!
He knew how hard he was kicking the rocks, and if they hit his head, it would be a bloody end in his head. And because he thought there was no one there, or he wouldn't use all his strength.
"Why aren't you hurt?" said this, and Gesbudo regretted it. Isn't it boring for you to kick a rock and hit someone, and then ask him why he was okay after being smashed? Just as he was about to change his words, the man pointed at him and cursed loudly.
The reason why he said it was swearing was that he guessed according to the man's expression, but in fact he didn't understand what he was talking about, but he felt a lot of saliva burst into his face.
What is this guy talking about? Gesbudo looked depressed, but he didn't dare to ask, he knew that you should never disturb a man when he was angry, he had been taught by his father in blood and tears.
After a long time, the man seemed to be tired of scolding, he licked his slightly dry lips and said, "Little guy, is there any water?"
Hmmm? Gesbudo was startled, this sentence of the man turned out to be the language of their wolf clan, that is, this person could speak wolf language!
The man's brow furrowed slightly when he saw Gesbudo standing stunned. Seeing the man's frown, Gesbudo immediately woke up.
"Water, water, yes, yes, yes, you...... You wait a minute. ”
Gesbudor ran to the rock wall. The man did not stop, as if he was confident that Gesbudo would not escape from his palm.
It wasn't long before the man saw Gesbudo running back, holding what looked like a stone trough in his hand.
Gesbudo trembled and handed the stone bowl to the man, who didn't look at it too much, and then drank the water in a few sips. The water is sweet, with a chilly twist, but it's refreshing.
The man handed back the stone bowl, "Where did this water come from?"
Gesbudo took back the stone bowl and said, "This ...... This is what I found before...... I felt that the water was delicious, so I came often. ”
"Oh, that's right. The man nodded, seeing that the boy had even prepared the bowl, and he thought that there would be no fake.
"Ahem. The man cleared his throat, "Boy, remember, Lao Tzu's name is Canglong!"
"Canglong?" Gesbudo was a little confused, "why are you telling me this?"
"Because I want more people to know about me. ”
"And why is that?" said Gesbudo, who did not understand.
"Boy, do you know what it's like to be alone?"
"Loneliness?"
"Yes, it's loneliness. It was a cold feeling, and everything in the world was a cloud of the past for him, without the slightest meaning. No one will know about him, and no one will know about him. No one cares whether such people live or die, their existence is as insignificant as a sick dog in the neighbor's house. ”
"Are you talking about yourself?" for he didn't know anything about the weird fellow.
"That's right, I'm talking about myself. ”
"Huh?" Gesbudo thought it was incredible, he just said it casually, but he didn't expect to be right.
"Boy, what's your name. ”
"Gesbudo!" Gesbudo resounded with his name, "Uncle Canglong, do you remember?"
When Canglong heard Gesbudo's name, he suddenly laughed, and the more he laughed, the louder he laughed, so that Gesbudo was overwhelmed to hear it.
After a long time, Canglong stopped laughing, "Boy, how many brothers do you have?"
"How many brothers? I'm the only kid in my family! Where did you get any brothers?"
Canglong just smiled, "Remember, if it's possible, you can learn Chinese." Well...... Your elders will do, you can ask them. ”
"But why should I learn?" said Gesbudo.
"Because that's the only way you can really communicate with me. Canglong pretended to be mysterious, "Oh, by the way, boy, what did you call me just now?"
"Uncle Canglong, ......"
"Uncle?" Canglong looked at him, "Do you know how old I am?
"Hmm...... It should be around eighty years old. ”
"Eighty years old, I'm so young!" Canglong laughed again.
Gesbudo felt like he was having a nervous break, "Why do you like to laugh so much?"
"Why? Because people don't know me......"