Chapter 59
"Brother Xiaoyuan, Runsheng, our seats are here, oh, it's still a soft sleeper, Brother Liang is awesome!"
Xue Liangliang smiled at Tan Wenbin and said: "It's not the Spring Festival travel rush. Soft sleeper tickets are not that difficult to get."
This room has four bunk beds and can be occupied by four people.
After the train left the station, Li Zhuiyuan climbed into the upper bunk. On the opposite side was Xue Liangliang, and Runsheng and Tan Wenbin were in the lower bunk.
At this moment, Tan Wenbin had already taken out the exercise book and put it on the small table and started working on the questions.
"Hey, do your homework as soon as you get in the car." Xue Liangliang joked, "Working so hard will test our Haihe Qucai. Let's apply to those two universities in Beijing."
Tan Wenbin said frankly: "I have a poor foundation and wasted too much time. If I can get into Shanghai He, I should be a high achiever."
"Would you like some incense?" Runsheng handed over a stick of incense.
Xue Liangliang reminded: "Runsheng, if you want to smoke, go to the connection between the carriages."
"Okay, got it."
Runsheng put the incense into the iron box. This was the incense specially made for him by Aunt Liu. It was also wrapped with a layer of paper, which was short but thick.
He stood up and pushed the door out, and came to the connection between the carriages. There were two people standing there smoking cigarettes. Runsheng also walked over, took out a fire bag, turned off his hat, and blew on it.
Aunt Liu also made the fire dumplings. After all, it is troublesome to light the short and thick incense with matches.
After lighting the incense, Runsheng took a sip and blew out the smoke ring. The rich fragrance began to fill the air, and most of it was taken away by the gap in the car door.
The two people nearby were very curious when they saw this.
"Brother, what did he smoke?"
"Don't you understand this? It's shown in movies, cigars."
After smoking a stick of incense, Runsheng walked back. On the way, he saw a white-haired old woman in black sitting on a small seat in the aisle. There was a girl in red in front of the old woman.
"Grandma, I'm hungry."
The old woman sighed and wiped her tears with the back of her hand.
Runsheng touched his pocket, took out a few candies, and handed them to the little girl.
"Thank you, big brother." The little girl smiled happily.
Returning to the soft bedroom, Runsheng lay on the bed and slept.
When he woke up, he was hungry. After asking other people, they all said they were hungry, so he took out the food he had brought from home.
There was dry food, salty bacon, and a bottle of wine.
Li Sanjiang put the wine on the table, saying that it was quite artistic to sit on the train and drink some wine while looking out the window.
But none of the four young people drank.
After dinner, Tan Wenbin has been doing homework without stopping.
Li Zhuiyuan and Xue Liangliang were chatting while looking at the passing scenery outside the car window. Most of the time, Li Zhuiyuan was listening and Xue Liangliang was talking, like a night tea party in a university dormitory.
From rural housing structures, to living standards in various places, and even industrial development planning, Xue Liangliang mainly studied water conservancy and construction, but he also knew something about other industries, although he was not very proficient.
However, in this era where access to information is extremely inconvenient, it is a rare skill to know so many things.
It was getting dark, and the scenery outside could not be seen. Only the conductor would know where he was when he came to announce the station every once in a while.
Xue Liangliang got off the bed and said he was going to buy a lunch box.
On the way, I met an old woman in black and a little girl in red standing next to her.
"Grandma, I'm so hungry."
Xue Liangliang passed by them, went to the carriage restaurant, bought ten meat-packed lunches, and walked back with a big bag. When he passed by the little girl, he took out one and handed it to her.
"Thank you, brother."
Xue Liangliang smiled, walked back to the soft bedroom, and distributed the lunch boxes to everyone.
He and Xiaoyuan each had one portion, Tan Wenbin had three portions, and Runsheng had four portions.
Li Zhuiyuan felt that the food in the white plastic box had an unexpected aroma, especially the gluten-roasted pork, which was really delicious.
After Tan Wenbin ate three portions, he untied his belt and opened his belly. He was full, so he continued to take out the exercise book, intending to digest it by doing the exercises.
Runsheng ate four portions and still wasn't satisfied, but he still had some dry food and salty sauce brought from home, so he could still make up for it.
After dinner, the tea party started again. During the day, it was realism and future development reports, and in the evening, it was historical interpretation.
Li Zhuiyuan was able to participate in this topic, but he mainly listened to Xue Liangliang. Only when Xue Liangliang asked "Who is that?"
Xue Liangliang felt very satisfied with the praise he received.
It wasn't until late at night that everyone fell asleep.
When he got up in the morning, Runsheng went to get water for everyone to wash up. Tan Wenbin washed up first. When the train stopped, he went down to buy breakfast for everyone.
On the way, I met a grandma with her granddaughter. The granddaughter shouted to her that she was hungry, and the grandma was sad and shed tears.
When he came back, Tan Wenbin gave them some steamed buns and a bag of soy milk.
The soy milk was packed in a bag. After bringing it back, Tan Wenbin opened a bag and poured it into cups for everyone.
After breakfast, Xue Liangliang took out some design drawings from his backpack. Li Zhuiyuan saw them and simply left his bunk and went to Xue Liangliang's shop. The two of them stood next to each other and looked at them together.
What surprised Xue Liangliang was that Xiaoyuan could actually understand the annotations and data above, so he took advantage of the situation and told the boy some professional things.
Near lunch time, a conductor helped sell roasted sweet potatoes on the train. Li Zhuiyuan walked to the train aisle and bought a bag.
It wasn't the conductor who was selling, she just shouted twice for help, and then the seller on the platform came over to collect money and give the items.
While walking back with the bag, Li Zhuiyuan passed by an old woman, who was sitting there with a dull expression.
At her feet, there was an altar-like object wrapped in cloth, like an urn.
Li Zhuiyuan didn't stop and went back to the soft sleeper room.
Runsheng was heartbroken while eating roasted sweet potatoes: "How can it be sold so expensively?"
When eating, Runsheng licked the inside of the sweet potato skin carefully, for fear of wasting any bit.
At around one o'clock in the afternoon, the train once again entered a small county town called Mishui. Then the radio and loudspeaker began to announce that there was a road collapse ahead and the train could not move for the time being.
You can continue to wait in the car, or you can get a refund for the journey and get off here.
After asking the conductor to determine the specific location of the collapsed section, Xue Liangliang judged that it would probably take a day or two to reopen to traffic, so he led everyone off the train.
After leaving the train station, we first found a restaurant to eat. The roasted sweet potatoes we had for lunch digested too quickly, and everyone was hungry again.
There is a slogan posted on the outer wall of the small restaurant: "Kill the car gangster and road bully, and you will be rewarded if you are innocent!"
While eating, a person sitting next to him who was eating alone heard Runsheng's accent. He smiled and got up to ask in Nan Diao. He actually met a fellow countryman.
This man's surname was Zhu, and his name was Zhu Yang. He was a truck driver. When he learned that the four people came out of the train station and their destination was a mountain city, he enthusiastically invited them to take his car to the mountain city.
After all, he spoke with the accent of his hometown, and he indeed drove a truck with steel cables on it. The most important thing is that he said it very straightforwardly:
There is no charge for the ride, just treat it as a companion to avoid any unrest on the road.
After finishing the meal, Xue Liangliang helped Zhu Yang pay the bill, then went to the canteen to buy some drinks and two packs of cigarettes, and handed them to him.
Immediately, everyone got in the car.
The front of the car has been modified and there is a horizontal panel at the back so that the driver can lie down and rest.
Although the space is still very cramped, everyone still sat in it.
Tan Wenbin couldn't solve the problem, but he took out his English vocabulary book and started to memorize the words.
Runsheng envied the profession of truck driver and said with emotion: "It's great. You can travel all over the world while making money."
Zhu Yang smiled bitterly and replied: "I will just sit in this small car if I travel all over the country. If it weren't for my wife and children at home, I wouldn't be happy to be trapped here for half my life."
Li Zhuiyuan noticed that there were several thick novels under Zhu Yang's seat. They were pirated mimeographed books. It seemed that he relied on these to pass the time on weekdays.
In addition, Li Zhuiyuan also saw two steel pipes and a knife.
These days, these are considered standard equipment for long-distance truck drivers.
Near dusk, the truck drove into the mountain road. As it was driving, Zhu Yang felt something was wrong. He stopped the truck, got out, and cursed:
"He who loses his conscience has a nail in his tire."
Tan Wenbin wondered: "Is it a nail that fell from the car in front?"
Zhu Yang snorted coldly, lit up a cigarette, and pointed ahead: "Go forward, there should be a car repair shop in front of you."
Tan Wenbin was smart and didn't say "I'm so lucky". Instead, he immediately cursed: "Are you so shameless?"
Zhu Yang sighed: "This is already a literary fight."
Immediately, he looked at Runsheng and said, "Come with me to pressure the market. Let's increase our momentum and lower the price."
Runsheng: "Win!"
Zhu Yang took Runsheng forward to find a car repair shop. Tan Wenbin continued to recite words in the car, and Li Zhuiyuan and Xue Liangliang came to the roadside.
There is a slope below, and there is a river at the bottom of the slope. Because the leaves are starting to wither, the view becomes quite good.
Li Zhuiyuan couldn't help but sigh: "The feng shui here is really good."
Crouching dragons and nesting phoenixes, this magical place on earth, was a good place to build villages and towns in ancient times. However, due to the development of modern transportation methods, this place seems to be a little out of the way.
Xue Liangliang suffered from an occupational disease and nodded: "It is indeed a good place, suitable for building a small hydroelectric power station."
Sure enough, there was a car repair shop not far ahead, because soon Zhu Yang and Runsheng came with a middle-aged man and a young apprentice.
At first, Li Zhuiyuan thought Zhu Yang was acting because he was very enthusiastic about the car repairman.
But gradually, Li Zhuiyuan discovered that no, Zhu Yang was sincere, because the price the other party asked was not outrageous at all, but was very close to the people.
At this price, even if the nail was really thrown in by the car repairman, Zhu Yang would have to say "Well done!"
Finally, after the repairs were completed, Zhu Yang wanted to give him a pack of cigarettes, but was pushed away by the other party, who only took the agreed portion of the money.
However, the car repairman said lightly: "It's getting late and there are fewer cars on the road, so don't drive any further. There will be trouble ahead."
Zhu Yang asked curiously: "How to say?"
The car repairman shook his head: "It's hard to say."
Zhu Yang mustered up his courage: "There are many of us, it will be okay."
"They have trolls."
Zhu Yang was dumbfounded.
The car repairman pointed down: "Have you seen that small road when you came here? Turn in and there is a village. Go there to rest for a night. When it gets dark tomorrow, we will drive forward again."
Zhu Yang asked: "Is that the village where you live?"
"No, I live in front."
"This..."
"Oh, believe it or not, it's up to you."
The car mechanic left with his apprentice.
Zhu Yang got into the car and rummaged for his "weapons" under the seat. But after hesitating, he gave up and stuck his head out of the car window and said to everyone:
"To be on the safe side, let's go back a little bit and rest for the night until dawn."
When turning around and driving back, Tan Wenbin said: "I have heard my dad talk about this before, but I didn't expect it to be so exaggerated."
Zhu Yang responded while paying attention to the path: "Actually, it's not that exaggerated. It just happened to happen. I took over my own work this time and couldn't ride with the convoy."
Runsheng was quite excited and said: "This is Jianghu!"
The trail was found, and not long after driving down, a small village appeared, with only a few dozen households, many of which had lights on.
Zhu Yang apologized and said: "Everyone will take a break and set off at dawn. Tomorrow we will just hit the accelerator and reach our destination."
He had no intention of entering the village, nor did he consider staying overnight. He just wanted to find a popular place to park his car and rest.
It is really dangerous to park on the side of the road where a bird doesn't poop.
There was dry food in Zhu Yang's car and in Runsheng's snakeskin bag. Everyone ate some at will and got ready to rest.
Li Zhuiyuan and Xue Liangliang slept in the car, and Runsheng, Tan Wenbin, and Zhu Yang slept together with Hou Tou Cable, covering them with clothes and plastic wrap.
Originally, Tan Wenbin could have slept in the front of the car, but he said that he was the son of a policeman and insisted on guarding outside.
Li Zhuiyuan took a light sleep and woke up soon. He planned to go down and take a pee.
He opened the car door and got out of the car. It was really cold in the middle of the night in the mountains, so he subconsciously rubbed his arms.
Because he had experienced accidents several times when he went out to urinate at night, Li Zhuiyuan was now very cautious about getting up at night in unfamiliar environments. He went to see Runsheng immediately after going down.
Runsheng was holding a steel pipe in his hand, with his eyes open and not sleeping.
Seeing this, he immediately got out of the car and accompanied him.
Not daring to go far, only a few steps, Runsheng unbuckled his trousers. Li Zhuiyuan didn't need to wear elastic trousers.
After solving the problem, Runsheng took out a bottle of water and poured it for Li Zhuiyuan to wash his hands.
"Haha, the irrigating stream."
"Brother Runsheng, are you sleepy?"
“I’m not sleepy, it’s okay, I can just sleep in the car during the day.”
"Then let me sit with you."
Climbing into the carriage, the two sat back in the corner where they had been.
Tan Wenbin's snoring was very loud, like a solo in the silent night. After all, he was equivalent to maintaining the intensity of studying in the senior year of high school while still working hard on the road. How could he not be tired?
"That's not right..."
Li Zhuiyuan's ears trembled. He didn't hear Zhu Yang's movement. Even if he wasn't snoring, he still had to breathe, right?
He got up, went to the corner where Zhu Yang slept, opened the plastic film, and found that there was only a coat inside, but the person was missing.
"Ah?" Runsheng was also confused, "He won't poop, right?"
"Brother Runsheng, did you talk to each other last night?"
"No, I always thought he was sleeping there, covered with quilts and plastic wrap."
"When did you officially go on sentry duty?"
"After Binbin fell asleep, no one talked to me, so I just looked around. Could he have gotten off the car when we were peeing just now?"
"Maybe I got off the bus very early."
"He won't go into the village, right? He thinks it's too hard to sleep outside in the car, so he goes into the village to find a house to live in?"
"Then why didn't he call us?"
"Afraid of paying for our accommodation?" Runsheng shook his head after finishing speaking, "He wouldn't do that."
Although Zhu Yang didn't get along with him for a short time, he was still a good person. For example, he let himself and Brother Liangliang sleep in the front of the car while he slept in the back.
And the most important thing is that whenever he wants to stay in the village, he doesn't have to pay for the accommodation. Brother Liangliang has always behaved well.
After waiting for a while, Zhu Yang still didn't come back.
Li Zhuiyuan went to wake up Tan Wenbin and Xue Liangliang, and everyone gathered in the carriage to discuss the situation.
This kind of move is actually a bit overwhelming.
But fortunately, all four of them had experienced that kind of thing, and no one thought it was a big deal.
"How about looking for it?" Xue Liangliang suggested.
"No." Li Zhuiyuan rejected the proposal directly. "Before Zhu Yang comes back, we will change shifts in pairs and take turns to squint for a while and stay up until dawn."
Everyone agreed.
Next, the time passed little by little. Finally, the sky turned white and the vision became much brighter.
But deep down, everyone felt heavier and heavier because Zhu Yang hadn't come back yet.
When the sun really rose, it was already eight o'clock in the morning, and everyone still didn't see Zhu Yang. Even if he did go to the village to stay alone last night, he should be back now.
How could a truck driver stay away from his car?
Tan Wenbin asked puzzledly while eating dry food: "Is this person really missing? Or is he sure that none of us can drive a truck?"
Keep waiting, and at ten o'clock, everyone finally decided to do something. No matter what, they had to find someone.
The first place to look for is undoubtedly the small village ahead.
"Have you noticed?" Li Zhuiyuan glanced at the other three people, "We have not seen a single villager passing in front of our car from morning to now."
This is the only way out of the village to the main road. Behind the village is a mountain.
The truck was parked on the roadside where you could see the entrance to the village.
Of course, it can also be understood that the villagers in this village are completely self-sufficient and have little need to communicate with the outside world.
But on the basis of Zhu Yang's disappearance, coupled with this discovery, everyone began to murmur in their hearts.
Li Zhuiyuan said: "Let's go into the village and look for it together."
Xue Liangliang: "Do you want someone to look after the car?"
Li Zhuiyuan shook his head: "No need, the goods and oil were stolen, they were stolen. If we really find Zhu Yang, we'll break it up later. It's not our fault anyway.
If you leave someone to look after the car, what will you do if the person you left behind disappears?
Or, if those who stay behind wait and wait for those who have left to come back, how anxious and fearful they must be. ”
Xue Liangliang and Tan Wenbin looked at each other and nodded. Yes, this scene is scary even thinking about it.
The four of them got out of the car together and walked towards the village.
Li Zhuiyuan feels that the team is quite easy to lead, at least the ideas can be integrated together.
This is probably because I have been with my grandfather for a long time, and I feel a little uncomfortable playing with so many normal teammates all at once.
The villagers' houses are not simple, and there are obvious traces of living people living there. When the car drove in last night, I saw a lot of lights in the village, but when I walked in, I saw no human movement.
Tan Wenbin: "Do people in this village get up so late? Are they still sleeping in at noon?"
Xue Liangliang looked around: "How about we continue walking inside?"
Li Zhuiyuan stopped and said, "No, let's move back."
Everyone didn't ask why and followed the boy back towards the entrance of the village.
When he came to the first house at the entrance of the village, Li Zhuiyuan stopped: "Brother Runsheng, knock on the door."
"Okay!"
Runsheng walked to the door and knocked on the door with his left hand.
There is a steel pipe hidden in the cuff of his right hand.
Xue Liangliang and Tan Wenbin each had a knife and steel pipe hidden on their bodies. When they got out of the car, they took Zhu Yang's stuff with them.
Of course, these things cannot be shown before danger is encountered, otherwise it will really look like a gangster robbing a house.
"Bang bang bang!"
I knocked on the door for a long time, but no one responded.
Runsheng turned around and shouted: "Xiaoyuan, there seems to be no one inside."
"Knock harder!"
"Okay!"
Runsheng started banging on the door so hard that the door panel shook.
There was still no response from inside, and the neighbors didn't make any move either.
"Brother Runsheng, smash the door!"
"Okay!"
"Boom!"
The door panel was kicked open by Runsheng.
Li Zhuiyuan and others walked in.
This behavior was indeed wrong, but no one in the team accused Li Zhuiyuan of being too cautious.
If there is a misunderstanding, the worst possible outcome is to apologize.
Unlike the things hanging outside, the house was dusty and looked like no one had lived in it for a long time.
There was a large puddle of sticky stuff on the bed in the bedroom.
Runsheng put his nose up and smelled it, and said firmly: "Xiaoyuan, this is the smell of corpse water!"
Li Zhuiyuan believed in Runsheng's judgment and said: "Let's go, let's open another door."
"Boom!"
The door of the second house was also kicked open by Runsheng. The inside was still covered with dust. There were dishes and chopsticks on the dining table, and there was food inside that had long since become moldy.
It can be vaguely seen that the last meal was noodles.
There wasn't that kind of dirty stuff on the bed in the bedroom, but after Runsheng sniffed his nose, he walked to the cabinet and reached out to open the cabinet door. There were several layers of mucus that had turned into a solid state.
"It still smells like corpse water."
Tan Wenbin and Xue Liangliang had already taken out their weapons at this time, and there was nothing to worry about. Who in a normal village would have corpses and water left in their houses?
"Brother Xiaoyuan, what should I do next, continue to open the box?"
"No."
Li Zhuiyuan walked out of the house, motioned for everyone to follow him, and then walked directly out of the village.
Xue Liangliang and the others followed them and asked in a low voice: "Are we going out now?"
"Yeah."
"Aren't you looking for Zhu Yang?"
"When you get out, call the police."
"Oh, okay."
Li Zhuiyuan simply gave up. He didn't count on continuing to explore the village, because there was really no need to take the risk when he wasn't ready.
However, when the four of them walked out of the village for a while, everyone was dumbfounded.
The truck is missing!
Tan Wenbin: "Could it be that Zhu Yang is back and he just drives away? We went to find him, but he didn't wait for us anymore?"
"No." Xue Liangliang squatted down and pointed ahead, "Not only is the car gone, but the rut marks are also gone."
Tan Wenbin wondered: "What's going on?"
Xue Liangliang stood up, swinging the knife in his right hand and akimbo with his left hand: "It's going to happen this time."
It is normal for the goods or gasoline in the truck to be stolen. Even some thieves can drive. It is not incomprehensible to start the car by yourself without the car key and drive away with a wire;
But the question is, who stole something and then cleaned up the place? Are you so dedicated?
Li Zhuiyuan walked to the place where he and Runsheng urinated last night. He remembered that Runsheng urinated here last night and made a groove. Now, the groove is gone.
"I think the car may not have been stolen. The car is still where it is. The four of us are not in the same place."
As soon as these words were said, the remaining three people looked at each other.
Xue Liangliang immediately followed the train of thought and asked: "Then Zhu Yang is not missing?"
Li Zhuiyuan nodded: "Maybe, Zhu Yang is looking for us who are missing now."
Xue Liangliang waved his hand and said: "This is too ridiculous and bizarre."
"Brother Liangliang, no matter how ridiculous it is, can it be more ridiculous than your experience?"
"This..."
Tan Wenbin scratched the soil with his soles: "Then where are we now?"
"Brother Runsheng, compass."
Runsheng immediately took out the compass and handed it to Xiaoyuan.
Li Zhuiyuan held the compass and began to observe the Feng Shui weather around him.
The result is... normal.
He looked again and still couldn't find any clues.
"Brother Runsheng, hold me up for a minute."
"Understood."
Li Zhuiyuan closed his eyes, lightly covered his face with the compass, and then leaned towards Runsheng after his body swayed for a while.
After Runsheng caught it, he grabbed Li Zhuiyuan's arm and began to count in his mind.
Li Zhuiyuan went into hiding.
The surrounding environment has not changed, but Xue Liangliang and the other three are missing.
Then, Li Zhuiyuan heard noise, coming from the village.
He turned around and looked towards the direction of the village. He saw many figures walking around inside, and many people gathered at the two houses at the entrance of the village.
Someone is shouting:
"Whoever broke the door of my house, who broke the door of my house!"
“The door panel of my house was also smashed, who did it?”
Suddenly, a gust of cold wind blew by, making Li Zhuiyuan shiver with cold, and the people in the village suddenly became quiet.
They were still there, not disappearing, but the next moment, like a silent film, the group of figures turned collectively and started walking towards the road outside the village.
The pain hit, the time was up, and Runsheng was waking himself up.
Li Zhuiyuan opened his eyes and said without hesitation: "Let's go!"
The car was gone and there was no luggage. Everyone ran after the boy without saying a word.
After running out of the path and onto the main road, Li Zhuiyuan chose a direction to go back and led everyone up.
The three of them all realized that the situation had changed. No one asked why, they all followed closely, and they had everything in their hands.
Fortunately, we didn't see any vehicles along the way, otherwise the driver would have mistaken him for a road robber.
"Let's run a little further, don't stop!"
This was said to Tan Wenbin and Xue Liangliang. Li Zhuiyuan had developed endurance by doing Zamabu exercises, and Runsheng's physical fitness was already ridiculously good. However, Tan Wenbin and Xue Liangliang were more traditional wasteful college students.
A short burst is fine, but if you really have to run a long distance, you will soon be exhausted and out of breath.
Li Zhuiyuan asked them to continue because according to past experience, this kind of weird effect often has a certain range, just like the time with Zheng Haiyang's family, once they get out of the dam, everything will be fine.
This time, there should be only Jian...
Li Zhuiyuan stopped and so did Runsheng.
Xue Liangliang and Tan Wenbin bent over and gasped.
"Brother Xiaoyuan, are we out yet?"
"Xiaoyuan, are we safe?"
Without waiting for a timely reply, the two of them raised their heads and looked forward, and then they saw the path they came out of earlier.
They had obviously been running in the direction back for so long, but they ended up running back again.
Li Zhuiyuan turned around: "Let's try and run in this direction."
When he said this, the boy had no confidence because he seemed to have predicted the result.
The same goes for everyone else. Everyone is relatively silent when running, so this time, everyone ran a little slower, without the strong desire to get out of danger quickly.
Finally, they walked back to the intersection from another direction.
"Down!"
Since we can't walk on the road, we go downhill.
The descent was dangerous and steep. Everyone was holding on to the tree and moving down bit by bit.
Li Zhuiyuan stared at the river below, but the original view on the road was good because you looked at it from a high point. When you actually walked into the forest, your view would definitely be blocked.
After peeling away the dead leaves in front of him, Li Zhuiyuan found that he had returned directly to the path this time.
Ahead is the open space where I waited for someone to park my car last night, and a little further up is the small village.
Tan Wenbin collapsed on the ground.
Xue Liangliang staggered a few more steps, and finally sat down on his knees. He swallowed hard and asked: "Xiaoyuan, is this a ghost beating a wall?"
"More or less, it should be considered a miasma. Let's take a rest."
The four of them all sat on the ground.
After a while, the sky began to become gloomy, as if it was going to rain.
We had no choice but to get up. We didn't dare to go to the village, so we found a big tree for shelter to prevent the rain from suddenly falling and drenching everyone.
At this moment, Tan Wenbin was able to take out an exercise book and a pen from his pants pocket.
He sat down with his back against the tree, spread the notebook on his lap, and really started to write.
This scene made everyone laugh, even him himself.
In fact, it was a lie that he was doing the questions at the moment, but he was really trying to liven up the depressed atmosphere.
Xue Liangliang said helplessly: "I feel like I passed on the bad luck to you, Xiaoyuan, every time you are with me, you will be implicated in something."
"Brother Liangliang, don't say that, I will blush."
Judging from the past frequency, it is really hard to say who is implicated in whom.
Li Zhuiyuan wondered if it was due to him. He had become depressed after the mass outbreak of death near his hometown village. Now that he was traveling far away, he began to attract them again.
Tan Wenbin yawned and said: "It seems that the old people are right when they say that you should read the almanac when going out. If you have known before, you should burn incense and bathe, and calculate the departure date."
Runsheng lit a stick of incense and stuck it in the soil in front of him.
Tan Wenbin couldn't help but rolled his eyes: "What's the use of burning incense now?"
The clouds are getting darker, the humidity in the air is getting heavier, and rain could fall at any time.
Li Zhuiyuan, who had been immersed in thinking about how to escape, raised his head and was immediately stunned.
Because Xue Liangliang's face showed a texture like heavy wood. Even though Li Zhuiyuan usually didn't show his face to the people around him, this kind of face was similar to the one that gave the sub-question very straightforwardly. Although it was not the same thing, it was close. A common refrain used by charlatans and liars: "I see your appearance is darkened!"
This is a sign of bad luck, bad luck has hit rock bottom, and disasters are easy to follow. Generally, people who are dying on the bed will have this look, because for them, any small accident or blow may extinguish their life lights. .
Li Zhuiyuan immediately looked at Runsheng and Tan Wenbin and found that the same was true for them.
Then isn’t that the same for myself?
The four of us are together all the way, and they are in the same spirit. If we want to memorize words, we must go together.
He reached out and picked up the knife that Xue Liangliang placed in front of him, used the blade as a mirror, and looked at himself.
Immediately, a strong feeling of nausea came over me.
Although I am not deducing my destiny for myself, although it is clear and easy to understand, it is also taboo to read fortunes to myself.
The most important thing is that the boy has turned what he has learned into an instinct. Even if he just wants to look at it briefly, his mind is already fully functioning, just like a person who sees the problem of one plus one and can calculate it without thinking. Answer.
Throwing away the knife, Li Zhuiyuan closed his eyes, soothing his dizziness and nausea.
After recovering, Li Zhuiyuan opened his eyes, filled with confusion and confusion.
Because he discovered that his appearance was normal, completely different from that of his three companions.
"Brothers, I have a very serious question to ask you."
All three of them raised their heads and looked at the boy, waiting for questions.
"Did you secretly do anything together behind my back on the way?"
(End of chapter)