"No, he almost died when we found him. He also said that he would never travel or go to the mountains again in his life." The old village chief said with a smile, "But we have lived in the mountains since childhood.
People, if you let us leave here, we really don’t know how to live.”
"If you ask me, it's just the difference in living habits. If he gets used to staying in this place, I believe he won't want to leave."
"He...just left alone?" Zhou Meng's eyes turned slightly red, and everything he had believed in before collapsed at this moment.
She really didn't know how to describe her current mood. She was in a mess and she really didn't know what to do.
"Yes, girl, what's wrong with you?" The old village chief saw that something was wrong with her expression, and couldn't help but ask with concern.
"It's okay, thank you, old village chief." Zhou Meng quickly wiped away his tears and forced a smile.
"Haha, it's fine. If you need anything, call me. Our ancestors have been living here for generations, and we rarely have visitors. If you need anything, just call me. I'm not afraid of trouble."
The old village chief said with a smile, and then he turned and left.
After the old village chief left, Zhou Meng's tears couldn't stop falling. She lay on the table and sobbed quietly.
Chen Yu stood aside helplessly. This situation was actually not a big problem. She could just cry for a while and be fine.
After a while, Zhou Meng's condition improved, and Chen Yu took out a few tissues and handed them to her.
Zhou Meng took the tissue and whispered thank you.
"You're welcome. In fact, you have been mentally prepared for this, right?" Chen Yu said.
"Yes, I was mentally prepared for a long time, but when the facts were really put in front of me, I couldn't accept it." Zhou Meng wiped away his tears.
"Young people, it's normal to be emotionally hurt sometimes. Later you will find that the person you shed tears for is actually not worth it." Chen Yu said with a smile.
"You're not that old, right?" Zhou Meng raised his head and looked at Chen Yu: "Why do you sound so old-fashioned when you talk, as if you are so old?"
"Ha, I'm older than you, but I've experienced a lot." Chen Yu smiled slightly and said, "And there are many things that are difficult for you to understand."
"Then tell me, what is it that is difficult for me to understand?" Zhou Meng raised his head and asked.
This girl has a better personality. She was crying very sadly just now, but she will be fine now.
Chen Yu prefers this kind of character. He smiled and said: "I won't talk about my affairs. If I really talk about it to you, I won't be able to finish it in three days and three nights."
"He actually left me alone." Zhou Meng gritted his teeth: "I thought he would come back to save me."
"Wake up, no one would have thought you could survive in your situation at that time," Chen Yu said.
"And for an ordinary person, he has escaped death this time. It is impossible for him to return to the mountain forest full of towering trees to die."
Zhou Meng covered her face, remembering her boyfriend's sweet words to her before, and she felt heartbroken.
"But he really doesn't care about me anymore. Don't say I'm his girlfriend. Even if I'm just a passerby, you can't just ignore me, right?" Zhou Meng said.
"Not everyone has a righteous heart." Chen Yu said: "When faced with life and death, most people will choose life."
"Maybe I have too high hopes for him." Zhou Meng sighed slightly, then she cheered up and forcibly cheered up: "Forget it, just treat it as a thing of the past, and we will never see each other again.
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"That's right. Let's go and have a look at the village. The customs here seem to be good." Chen Yu said.
"Okay." Zhou Meng nodded and went out with Chen Yu.
It is the hunting season in the village now. Before winter, all the young adults go into the village to hunt and store food for the whole winter.
"Old man, why are all the livestock being slaughtered in the village?" Zhou Mengcheng, a native of the city, had never seen these things before, so he couldn't help but ask curiously.
"Girl, you're just passing by." The old man smiled and said, "In a few months, the mountain will be closed due to heavy snow, so we need to store enough food before the mountain is closed."
"These wild boars are all brought from the mountains. We dry them together and make them into cured meat for easy preservation," the old man said.
"Can I take a look?" Zhou Meng asked curiously.
"Of course, if you want to learn, I'll teach you." The old man said with a smile.
I saw a wild boar being lifted out of a large pot. The hair on the wild boar's body was scalded clean.
The wild boar, weighing more than 200 kilograms, was carried out by several people with iron hooks and then placed on a large table to be cut up.
These wild boars are active in the mountains on weekdays, and the food they eat is all natural, and they move enough, so the meat is very solid.
The fat and thin wild boar meat was cut into strips, soaked in homemade rice wine, sprinkled with spices, salted, smoked and air-dried.
The craft of making cured meat in this place is very unique and retains a very ancient technique. The cured meat produced in this way is easy to preserve and tastes very fragrant.
Zhou Meng is a very curious girl. She felt novel after watching it for a while, so she got started.
And the people here taught her patiently. In the blink of an eye, a few hours passed, and it was already dark.
Chen Yu and Zhou Meng were called to a simple wooden house for dinner.
The people here are very united. Every family sends out young men to hunt, and then the things they get are distributed uniformly. Especially during the hunting period, everyone eats together.
The wild boar meat in the mountains, combined with the wild mushrooms, has a particularly fragrant taste.
In addition to meat, there are also dried vegetables from the mountains, which taste very good. This makes Zhou Meng, who has never experienced life in the mountains, very happy.
As for her boyfriend, she had long ago left him in the dust.
After the meal, a bonfire party started again.
The folk songs and home-brewed rice wine made Chen Yu wonder if he had gone to some scenic spot.
Zhou Meng herself is the kind of heartless girl, and this play made her forget her sorrow.
After holding hands with the local girls for a long time, she finally got tired and ran to Chen Yu to sit down. Then her face turned red: "Chen Yu, I..."
"What's wrong?" Chen Yu couldn't help but feel a little confused when he saw the way she hesitated to speak.
"I'm worried." Zhou Meng blushed and finally managed to choke out these words.
"The toilet is over there, or behind the forest, whatever you want." Chen Yu said with a smile.
"Hey, I'm afraid." Zhou Meng looked at Chen Yu pitifully: "You go with me."
"Aren't you afraid of me peeping?" Chen Yu couldn't help being surprised.
"You shouldn't be so boring. You are also a doctor after all, and you are not interested in the human body, right?" Zhou Meng said with some uncertainty: "Besides, I only know you, so I won't tell you who to call."