Volume 1 The Year of the Rising Phoenix, Chapter 7: Water has the fragrance of wheat
Qingyu Mountain is not big, at most it is a slightly higher hill, but the grass and trees are extremely lush, insects, birds and beasts are multiplied, it is easy to identify the direction of the town in a mixed and unfamiliar jungle, but it is a bumpy road to go out.
With the strength he gained from refining his body, Zhao Yun held a wooden stick in his hand, and ran towards the front along the way, but these shrubs seemed to have no end, until he ran out of strength, and still did not touch this wood.
"Brother Yun, let's take a break. The little girl raised her head from Zhao Yun's chest and whispered.
Stroking the little girl's hair, which was blown by his own breathing, Zhao Yun took a deep breath and said, "It's okay, my brother is not tired." ”
said this, but there were bursts of soreness and numbness on his legs, coupled with the lack of oxygen in the brain, his head was dizzy, and his steps out began to float.
The weeds on the ground covered the reality of the ground, and suddenly his feet were empty, and his body suddenly lost his balance, Zhao Yun hugged the little girl tightly and fell down.
The surroundings were a little dim, only a little light was cast, the little girl sobbed slightly in her arms, Zhao Yun quickly looked at the surrounding environment, only to find that this was a pit, about a foot deep.
"Sister, are you okay, did you fall somewhere?" Zhao Yun hurriedly asked.
"Woo woo~ Brother Yun, I'm fine, but it's so dark here, I'm so scared. ”
patting the little girl's back, Zhao Yun comforted softly: "Don't be afraid of my brother." ”
Put the little girl down, take out the fire fold from the package and light it, it turns out that this is a pit that is narrow at the top and wide at the bottom, Zhao Yun heard his grandfather say that this is a trap specially used for hunting, but fortunately this is an abandoned trap, and there is no mechanism to arrange.
Zhao Yun tried several times and wanted to climb out of the trap, but this trap was narrow at the top and wide at the bottom, easy to come down and difficult to go up.
Fallen leaves piled up inside the trap, and Zhao Yun gathered the leaves together and laid a thick layer of mats.
"Sister is hungry, eat something first, and when we have strength, we will find a way to climb up." ”
"Brother Yun, my name is Xue Ling, you can call me Ling'er. The little girl took a bite of the dry food, as if she was no longer so afraid.
"Snow to crystal clear and alive, a very nice name, then I will call you Sister Ling'er in the future. ”
"Brother Yun, you know a lot. ”
"That's what was written in the book, and I just memorized it again. Zhao Yun scratched his head a little modestly.
"Brother Yun, why are you called Zhao Yun, do you want to be as free as the clouds in the sky?"
"Free as the clouds? Zhao Yun raised his head and looked at the top of his head, "Actually, I don't know what the meaning of this name is, my grandfather once told me that this is the name my parents gave me, I think I should hope that I can have the ambition of Lingyun." ”
"Brother Yun, do you have ambitions?"
"Of course there is! I will be a general in the future, commanding thousands of armies and horses!"
When it comes to his ambitions, Zhao Yunfang has changed as a person, in Ling'er's eyes, Brother Yun, who is holding his head up at this moment, is like a hero falling from the sky, although the surroundings are dim, she seems to see a gradually brighter light.
"Sister Ling'er, what kind of person do you want to be in the future?"
"I want to be even more powerful than the general!"
"Someone more powerful than a general?
Ling'er's big eyes rolled, and she replied innocently: "My mother told me that no matter how powerful a man is, he is not as powerful as her wife, so if you are a general, I will be a general's wife!"
"Mrs. General?!Sister Ling'er, in this case, you... You can't talk nonsense. Zhao Yun turned his face a little speechlessly, not daring to look at Ling'er again.
Seeing Brother Yun, who was still ambitious just now, turned into a shy appearance in a blink of an eye, Ling'er finally couldn't hold back a little and giggled.
In such an environment, the two teenagers began to use the most innocent and simple questions to get closer to each other, perhaps so that they could rely on their hearts more.
The fallen leaves were as soft as cotton wool, the two teenagers curled up and slept, in the haze, Zhao Yun noticed that someone was flashing above his head, and vaguely accompanied by the call of the old man Zhao, Zhao Yun straightened his neck and shouted in his mouth: Grandpa, we are here!
The firelight gradually grew, someone took a torch and walked to the side of the trap, and probed inside, and through the firelight, he could clearly see that it was grandpa and a few villagers, Zhao Yun was excited in his heart, grandpa They finally found themselves.
But when Zhao Yun was about to turn around and wake up the sleeping Ling'er, the fire above his head began to dim again, and Grandpa and the others actually shouted their names again and looked elsewhere.
Zhao Yun didn't understand why there was such a sudden change, grandpa, didn't they see themselves just now? But he was already shouting very loudly, and the anxiety in his heart made Zhao Yun jump up, shouting as he jumped: Grandpa, come back quickly! We are here! But there was no movement on it after all, and it was dark inside the trap.
"Brother Yun, wake up!"
Feeling that someone next to him was pushing himself, it seemed to be Ling'er, Zhao Yun slowly opened his eyes, there was sky light at the mouth of the trap, and a green leaf was dangling on it, the sky was already bright, it turned out that he had a dream just now.
"Is Grandpa coming to rescue us?"
Zhao Yun's head was a little heavy, and he shook his head and said, "I had a dream just now, I dreamed that grandpa and they came, but I don't know why they left again." ”
"Woo~" Ling'er crashed into Zhao Yun's arms and began to cry.
Zhao Yun regretted that he shouldn't have told his dream, so he had to comfort him gently.
"Sister Ling'er, don't be afraid, grandpa, they went to the inn and found that we were not there, they will definitely come back to find us, we are waiting here, maybe they are already nearby." ”
Ling'er suddenly stopped crying, looked up and asked, "Is it true?"
"Of course it's true, my brother won't lie to you, there are quite a few good hunters in the village, and they will definitely find us. Zhao Yun wiped the tears on Ling'er's face.
The sun sets and the sun rises, three days have passed, Zhao Yun's expected grandfather has not appeared, Ling'er has to cry a few times a day for this, Zhao Yun is also a child, but now in order to appease the little sister around him, he has to hide the fear in his heart and take on the role of brother.
Zhao Yun finally lit up the fallen leaves, hoping to let his grandfather and them find him through the smoke and fireworks.
Ling'er hid aside and coughed, Zhao Yun took out the last bit of water and poured it on Ling'er's sleeve, while he blew into the fire beside him.
At night, Zhao Yun tossed and turned, because the dry food and water had been exhausted, if the grandfather and the others could not find him again, then they would probably starve to death in the trap, and he had to find a way to escape.
It was already the fifth day, Ling'er had no strength to cry, and was lying on the side, Zhao Yun looked distressed, so he walked over and held Ling'er in his arms, Ling'er was hot and shivering.
"It's all my fault, I hurt you, why don't I have a way to go, I have to go here!" Zhao Yun couldn't hold back any longer, tears burst out of his eyes.
Hearing Zhao Yun's self-blame, Ling'er comforted in a weak voice: "Brother Yun, it's not your fault, it was you and Grandpa who took us in, you are Ling'er's life-saving benefactor, if you want to blame, blame those bad people, sister, they will definitely be able to find us, right?"
At this time, it was replaced by Ling'er to comfort Zhao Yun.
Zhao Yun wiped his tears and nodded vigorously, "Well, they will find us, but we can't starve to death here." ”
"Then do we still have anything to eat, Ling'er is so hungry... ”
Zhao Yun flipped through the package, worried, not even a single piece of dry food was gone, and suddenly frowned again, as if he had thought of something, hurriedly crawled to the burned ashes, gently pushed the ashes away, carefully picked up some things and put them in his hands, and crawled back to Ling'er and said happily: "Ling'er, look, what is this!"
Ling'er barely opened her eyes wide, staring at Zhao Yun's outstretched palm, and then frowned slightly-
"Bugs ... ”
"Yes, it's bugs, but it's our food now. Zhao Yun flipped his palm with some joy, blew the dust away, and then pinched one and put it to Ling'er's mouth, "Come to Ling'er, you taste it." ”
Ling'er tilted her head to the side with some disgust, seeing Ling'er like this, Zhao Yun smiled, threw the insect into his mouth, and chewed it with relish.
"Well, it tastes good, it's fragrant. ”
Ling'er stared at Zhao Yun with some disbelief, and asked softly, "Really?"
"Really, my brother won't lie to you, you see I ate it all. As he spoke, he threw another one into his mouth.
The strong feeling of hunger finally overcame the fear in his heart, Ling'er finally ate all the remaining insects into his stomach, Zhao Yun looked at it from the side, and shook his head with a smile.
"Brother, I'm so thirsty. ”
Food can be replaced by insects, but what about water? Zhao Yun knows that it's okay not to eat, but if people don't drink water, they won't last long.
But where is there water in this trap, unless it rains heavily, Zhao Yun takes a bamboo tube containing water and walks around in the trap.
Suddenly, Zhao Yun stopped hesitating, walked to Ling'er's side and whispered: "Ling'er, my brother has thought of a way to get water, but you can't look at this method, otherwise you will fail and won't be able to get water." ”
Ling'er nodded a little uncertainly, "Okay, Ling'er doesn't look at it." He closed his eyes as he spoke.
Zhao Yun turned Ling'er's body again, facing the cave wall, and then quietly walked to the other side of the trap with a bamboo tube, a slight sound of running water sounded in the bamboo tube, Zhao Yun had already shouted happily: "There is water! Ling'er, you can open your eyes." ”
Ling'er was just about to take the bamboo tube, but Zhao Yun hurriedly took it back, and said solemnly: "Ling'er, this water... The taste may be a little weird, but you must promise me that you won't spit it out later, otherwise we won't wait for Grandpa and them to find us, and we will die of thirst in this trap due to lack of water. ”
"Okay, Ling'er agreed, don't spit it out. ”
Zhao Yun took a sip first, then swallowed it with a frown, and handed the bamboo tube to Ling'er, Ling'er took a sip, frowned slightly, and then in Zhao Yun's surprised gaze, he smashed his mouth twice and said: "The taste in front is weird, but there seems to be a little wheat fragrance in the back... ”
"Mai... Fragrant... ?”
Looking at Ling'er's savoring appearance, Zhao Yun's face turned red, and he turned his head aside with some shame.
Many years later, every time the two met, they never talked about water.
After a night of thinking, Zhao Yun finally thought of a way to get out, he decided to use his brute strength to dig a slope on the trap wall, although the project is huge, but this is the only feasible way at present.
Zhao Yun found a branch, and dug the wall, the branch was cut off, and he found a stone to continue digging.