For a moment, I was holding Qingqing and was stunned next to the stone tripod. Maybe my previous thoughts were too simple. I thought that as long as there was a way to go back to the past and find Qingyu when the Dayanpo incident happened, I could get it from her mouth.
I got the answer about the bird's beak inscription. I did go back to the past and found the whisper, but what I got was just a more vague sentence.
My silence aroused the curiosity of Qingqing, who was just half a year old. She stretched out her little hand to touch my face, and mumbled indistinct syllables in her mouth. Her childish voice made me stop thinking, and I felt so self-conscious.
Smiling, pinching Qingqing's little face, he turned his attention to Shiding again.
Among the densely packed bird beak inscriptions, I could only recognize two of them. I carefully circled these two inscriptions with a knife to make them look slightly different from other inscriptions. I don't know why I did this.
I only know that Qingqing will discover this stone tripod sooner or later, and then she will touch these two inscriptions on the stone tripod. Interpreting the two inscriptions may not be of great use, but it will also help her to have more self-protection skills.
OK.
However, when I just carved a circle outside the inscription, I was stunned. What was I thinking? Have I already acquiesced to the separation from Qingqing?
This problem has been bothering me, making me sleepless and uneasy. I took great care of Qingqing. The weather was not as cold as when she was born, so even when I was cooking, I would hold her in my arms, almost twenty-four hours a day.
I have been guarding this little life for hours. In my opinion, Barren Mountain is still so quiet and normal, as if nothing can threaten her.
This is the second autumn I have experienced since arriving in Barren Mountain. I can’t say that I have changed much, but when I occasionally see my reflection in the river, I realize that I haven’t shaved my beard for a long time. I look worse in the water than in the past.
I have learned a lot. The vicissitudes of life come from the heart. If people don’t experience it, they will never grow and mature.
To be honest, I am somewhat accustomed to the life in the barren mountains, but in the past few days, I have begun to think about my retreat. I want to take Qingqing away from the barren mountains, but when I think of her mother, I can’t bear to leave. Sometimes, I look at the barren mountains.
In every corner of my mind, I will think of Qingyu’s ashes scattered here. At that moment, I will be in a trance and feel that she is not actually dead, but is just sleeping somewhere. One day, she will wake up. If only
If I were alone, I could stay here for another year or two, but I have to consider Qingqing.
I was ready to leave, and I took Qingqing with me. I packed up the things that needed to be packed. I couldn’t say there was anything good about this place, but once I decided to leave, I was always so reluctant to leave.
Two days before going on the road, I took a good rest to ensure that I had plenty of energy. Qingqing was very well-behaved and rarely made trouble. She may have been accustomed to loneliness since she was young. She would sit on the bed and play by herself.
I sorted out the few clothes I had changed and took Qingqing to the river to wash and dry them. After these clothes were washed and dried, I could wear them and take Qingqing away.
Having lived here for so long, I am very familiar with the surrounding environment. I walked to the small river with Qingqing in my arms. I had just filled half a basin of water, and before I had time to soak my clothes, I saw that I was coming from the direction of the mountain.
, a few people vaguely walked over. After seeing the tall and thin guy, I was very cautious, grabbed the telescope hanging on my chest, and looked over.
I saw five people in civilian clothes, two of whom had guns on their backs. They were looking around as they walked. It was probably their first time here.
Looking at these people with guns, I immediately became nervous, and couldn't help but think of the tall and thin man and the short man who died here. Those two people died a long time ago, and nothing happened after that, but this
It can't be ruled out that things will calm down completely.
A serious accident happened in Dayanpo. Mr. Chen must have survived. When explaining the situation to his superiors afterwards, he could not truthfully confess that Qing Qing was the one who kicked him into the hole. He could only say that he did not know about his wife's death.
Whereabouts. Qingyu's body cannot be found underground. The people above may think that Qingyu is still alive but escaped for various reasons. The information she interpreted is so important that she must keep looking for it, plus she is thin.
With the disappearance of the tall man and the short man, and with no other clues at all, the barren hills had to be searched again.
Thinking like this, I felt that I was in a very dangerous situation. I was not sure that I could deal with five people at the same time, especially if they had guns. But it was impossible for me to catch them without mercy. Qingqing in my arms suddenly became a very heavy burden, and she didn't know anything about it.
, stretched out his hand to pull my telescope, and made a babbling sound.
My forehead suddenly started to sweat. What should I do? What should I do? If I escape with Qingqing, once the opponent catches up or intercepts me, there will inevitably be a fierce battle. I can't let Qingqing have any accidents. She is too
Fragile.
At this time, the other party seemed to have discovered me, and his pace immediately quickened, almost running all the way on the rugged mountain road. I turned around and left. The only feasible way at the moment was to place Qingqing first, and then I took the risk to lure those people away.
Lead them deeper into the mountainous area. I am familiar with the environment. If everything goes well, I can lead them in a circle from a distance, then get rid of them, come back with Qingqing, and quickly leave from the road into the mountain.
This is probably the best way, other than that, I can't think of any other solution.
With almost no time to think about it, I ran back to the small cave behind the mountain, put Qingqing on the bed, and then hurriedly blocked the entrance of the cave with stones from outside the cave. After doing all this, I didn't stop for a moment, and started again.
I went around the back of the mountain, deliberately letting the pursuers discover my whereabouts.
"Stop! Stop!" The leader yelled loudly from a distance, and someone behind him fired a warning shot into the sky, but I ignored him and continued on the mountain road in the east and west.
As expected, a few people were fooled and took me as their only target, chasing after me. These people were all in good physical condition. I led them to run for at least half an hour, and no one fell behind. But training in the barren mountains
After such a long time, I am no longer what I used to be. I have quite a lot of energy and lead them to continue running tirelessly. However, I can’t run too fast. Otherwise, if they can’t keep up, they may go back the same way, and inevitably they will too.
I found my residence, so I controlled my speed, neither catching up with them nor leaving their sight.
"Stop! Stop..." The leader shouted to me loudly and with great difficulty while running: "I want to know something about the situation from you. I have no other intention. Please stop first..."
"What do you know?" I looked back at the pursuer and shouted back: "Are you looking for two people? One is tall and thin, and the other is short and fat?"
After hearing my reply, those few people went crazy. My judgment was correct. They were indeed related to the lanky man. The leader continued to shout loudly, but if I threw this bait, it was like hanging on to death.
He stopped them, so he stopped replying and kept running at the same speed, heading deeper into the mountainous area.
My advantage is that I am familiar with the terrain, which is very important in complex terrain. When I run deep, those people can't keep up. I faintly circled a large circle deep in the mountainous area. When I felt that the distance was far enough,
, then he suddenly exerted force, accelerated his speed, and quickly escaped from the opponent's pursuit through the rugged terrain.
I started running back from the other side. This pursuit lasted for at least three or four hours. I was very worried about Qingqing. On the way back, I kept feeling my heart beating strangely, which was a very bad premonition.
Then it came to me. This premonition made me increase my speed to the fastest. When I ran back to the cave, I was almost exhausted.
Suddenly, my footsteps stopped, and my eyes were a little straightened, because I saw the stones blocking the entrance of the cave rolling loosely into the cave, and the entrance of the cave was wide open.
"Qingqing...Qingqing..." I immediately started calling Qingqing's name, with a cry in my tone.
I ran towards the cave. The stones had obviously been knocked open by something from the outside. The cave was empty, and Qingqing's little figure was no longer on the bed.
"Qingqing!" I yelled, turned around and ran out of the cave, looking around like crazy.
From my understanding, Qingqing will be safe and sound, and she will survive until she meets me again. But sometimes, people can imagine what will happen in the future, and even imagine what they will do when they face those things.
reaction, but imagination and reality can never be equated. Only when things really happen to you can you realize that the emotions at the moment are completely different from imagination.
Qingqing was lost, and I felt as if my heart was also lost. I kept searching and turned around the barren mountain, but found nothing. Qingqing was gone.
While I was searching, I shouted Qingqing's name in despair. Everywhere I went, Qingyu's ashes were scattered. I felt extremely guilty. She reluctantly entrusted her daughter to me before she died.
But I felt guilty about her. That guilt was like a knife, ruthlessly cutting out the flesh on my body.
I don’t know how long I searched for it, but I was completely desperate. I lay down on the ground and burst into tears. I cried until my throat became hoarse. Then I turned over and leaned on the stone next to me. My tear-stained eyes looked at the sky.
The sky is full of Qingyu's gray eyes, and I can't understand the meaning of her eyes. That may not be a reproach, but it makes it difficult for me to face it.
I sat in a daze for a long time. When I stood up again, my waist was straight again. Because I finally figured out a problem.
Or maybe, I completely believed what Zheng Tong said to me.
What has happened in the past has happened, and no one can change it. It is the trajectory of history, the trajectory of time. Once that trajectory is extended, it is like water that is thrown away, and there is no possibility of taking it back.
I returned to the cave and burned everything with a fire, including me, Qingyu, and any traces left by Qingqing. After doing this, I walked out of the mountain.
Since the past cannot be changed, we can only face the future seriously.