Tian Jiu looked at Chen Pingping in bewilderment. The two had grown up together since childhood. She knew each other very well. Although Chen Pingping spent all day eating and waiting to die, he had great ideas.
This is reflected in the fact that his mind is very single-minded.
Once something is decided by Chen Pingping, it is usually difficult to get him back.
"Do you really have to go to the mountain?" Tianjiu asked with red eyes.
Chen Pingping nodded firmly.
"Well, before you go, we two have to get married!"
Chen Pingping fell silent for a moment. He looked at Tian Jiu with a serious expression, and after a long time he said softly: "I will most likely die on the mountain and never come back!"
"Since you know you will die, why do you have to go?" Tianjiu murmured.
Chen Pingping said: "That is my dream, have you forgotten? I once said that I must be a god, and I want this village to change because of me."
Chen Pingping suddenly turned around and said slowly: "Your mother has a disease in her legs. She can't stand the pain when it's cloudy or rainy. It hurts when she rolls over in bed. Your father's lungs are not good. He coughs every time."
They would cough up a piece of old blood. Widow Li, who has a short head, cannot see with her eyes and can only see clearly what is in front of her. Mr. Wang at the end of the village is lame in one leg and it is very difficult to walk. "
Tianjiu looked at him blankly.
"And the old woman in the backyard has been taking care of her son who is paralyzed in bed... There are too many people in the village who have problems." Chen Pingping lowered his head and said softly: "I want to be a god, but only
Only by becoming a god can the people in the village no longer suffer from such sufferings, because gods are omnipotent. I don't need to spread beans to make soldiers and call for wind and rain, I only need to heal them... After all,
I grew up eating Baijia food."
This is an obsession in Chen Pingping's heart. He has never mentioned it to anyone, and it is deeply suppressed in his heart.
Does he want to be a god and do nothing, just to save the villagers who made him eat a lot of food and grow up?
Tianjiu burst into tears instantly and threw herself into his arms, then whispered: "Let's get married. My father said that you are the only one in the family. You can't have no children. And what if you really don't come from the mountain?"
When you come back, I can still miss you after I give birth to the baby, right?"
Chen Pingping pursed his lips and said in a hoarse voice: "Don't you regret it?"
"I grew up with you, and I always wanted to be your wife in the future..."
That night, Chen Pingping didn't have time to leave, so he and Tianjiu returned to the house.
This pair of children who have grown up together since childhood, in fact, no matter what the reason is, they will definitely come together in the end. This is already destined for them.
The oil lamp in the house came on and off, and clothes were scattered on the floor.
Chen Pingping calmly looked at Tianjiu below him, who closed his eyes shyly, and then turned his head.
"Wait for me, no matter what, I will come back..."
Chen Pingping slowly lowered his body and said.
More than two hours later, the sky turned white.
Chen Pingping got dressed, picked up the package on the ground and carried it on his back.
Tianjiu was on the bed, covered with a quilt, and whispered with her head inside: "You said you must come back."
"Wait for me!" Chen Pingping packed up and walked out of the house without looking back.
In the room, Tianjiu got out of the quilt and looked worriedly at Chen Pingping's back outside. She knew whether he would be able to come back, and if he couldn't come back, what would he do in the future?
After all, there are people in the village who have been to the mountain many times, but no one has been able to come back.
After Chen Pingping came out of the village, he walked steadily and quickly towards Buzhou Mountain behind.
The mountain is not far from the village, but it is so high that you can't even see the end. The top of the mountain is always in the distance. There are only a few days in a year when the weather is good that you can see the top of the mountain.
At that time, the mountains were always illuminated by thousands of colorful rays of light, which looked particularly desirable. During festivals, villagers at the foot of the mountain would always bring sacrifices to the foot of the mountain to pay homage to the mountain.
Although there have been flash floods on Buzhou Mountain and some villagers have disappeared in the mountain, this does not prevent them from treating Buzhou Mountain as their own sacred mountain.
Because legend has it that there are immortals there.
When Chen Pingping entered the mountain, everything was normal at the beginning. Apart from spending a lot of energy and not being able to climb much distance in a day, he did not encounter any danger.
There were no wild beasts or poisonous insects in the mountain. It was just like an ordinary hill, as peaceful as if it were asleep.
But Chen Pingping has never relaxed. He is always alert to the surrounding environment. The calmer the atmosphere, the more likely it is that unknown dangers may be hidden.
A few days later, Chen Pingping stood on a raised rock in the mountain and looked back. The small village at the foot of the mountain had become a dot that could barely be seen clearly.
"I don't know if she is looking at me..." Chen Pingping muttered while chewing the steamed bun.
It has been more than ten days since he entered the mountains. Chen Pingping is very frugal in eating and drinking. One steamed bun, some dried meat, and some edible wild vegetables from the mountains. This is basically his day's food.
Although he was so economical, after more than ten days, half of the food and meat that Chen Pingping brought was gone. This was the result of him trying to eat as little as possible, but he did not expect that going up the mountain would be so time-consuming. He estimated that he might not even be able to continue.
He didn't even walk halfway, and by the time he got halfway there, his food rations would no longer be enough.
It's not that Chen Pingping miscalculated his speed and time, but that Buzhou Mountain is so big and high that you can't judge the exact distance from the bottom of the mountain to the top of the mountain when you look at it from a distance.
A month later, Chen Pingping's face turned sallow and he looked tired, and the package behind him was completely deflated. All the food had been consumed, leaving only a bottle of water.
But the good thing is that with a little effort and patience in the mountains, you can still find something to eat.
"I finally know why the villagers who came here can't go back. It's not because they died at the mouths of ferocious beasts, but because they were exhausted and starved to death after coming in..."
Having climbed halfway up the mountain, Chen Pingping had never encountered any of the ferocious beasts described by others, except for occasionally encountering some small livestock.
If there really are some in the mountains, it's impossible that we haven't encountered them until now, and it's even less likely that they are hiding from us.
Therefore, Chen Pingping understood that people who entered the mountains would either die of exhaustion or starve to death, because even if he wanted to go back now, it would be useless. He would not be able to get out on his own.