Back to the Northeast 1970

Chapter 79

Yan Baoshu couldn't walk too fast due to his foot injury. In order to buy time, he tried to touch the ground with his toes as much as possible to relieve the pain from the soles of his feet.This method can only make him walk faster for a while, but after a long time, the toes can't bear it anymore, and he has no choice but to walk on his heels again.Repeatedly back and forth like this, when he arrived at the foot of the mountain, it was completely dark, and the cold wind whizzed past his ears, even blowing his two ears of the dog fur hat.The further you go, the closer you are to the road into the mountain. This place is in the wind outlet area, and the strong wind has formed an unavoidable obstacle.Yan Baoshu entered the mountain against the cold wind, and climbed up with difficulty. While climbing, he would shout, "Lu Xiangbei, Gu Jun... Where are you? Please answer me if you hear it."

Those who entered the mountains during this period had already returned home, sat cross-legged on the kang with a hot pot of wine, and ate dinner. After Yan Baoshu yelled for a few minutes, he could no longer yell. He swallowed his saliva and returned. Turning his head and looking at the way he came, he has been in the mountain for a while, why does it feel like he hasn't gone far.

The injury on his foot was aching, and the quilt on his back became a burden, plus the two bottles of liquor in his pocket, everything made it difficult for Yan Baoshu to move forward.But these things must be brought with him, he can't throw them away, because he can't predict what kind of things Lu Xiangbei will encounter in the mountains, the mountains at night are undoubtedly a terrifying existence, quilts and liquor can be used To keep out the cold, at the same time liquor can also become a self-help weapon in times of crisis.

Yan Baoshu rested his feet and continued walking towards the mountain. He kept shouting along the way, but the response he got was nothing but the wind sound like ghosts crying and wolves howling in the mountain.Yan Baoshu also thought of another possibility, could it be that Lu Xiangbei had already returned to the farm, and they failed to meet on the only way up and down the mountain?

Yan Baoshu is not familiar with this mountain, he has never been there before, so he has no other choice but to climb up this road.Yan Baoshu had thought of a countermeasure. If Lu Xiangbei was not seen after another half an hour of climbing up, he would go down the mountain and return to the farm to have a look. In addition, if he ran into the adults who came from the farm when he was going down the mountain, That also meant that Lu Xiangbei didn't go back, and he could continue to follow them in search.

Yan Baoshu continued to shout while walking, and gradually he realized that the colder the more he climbed up, the feet and hands began to feel a precursor to freezing.Yan Baoshu was worried about the injury on his feet. Don't expect that when Lu Xiangbei is fine, his feet will suffer a second injury due to the cold.Thinking of this, Yan Baoshu gritted his teeth and endured the pain and jumped on the spot a few times, trying to use exercise to activate his body, and then continued on his way.

Yan Baoshu climbed up for another 10 minutes. Suddenly, snowflakes fell from the sky.The snow came too suddenly, and what was even more disturbing was that the snow spread from small to large, with goose-feather flakes blurring his vision, and Yan Baoshu scratched his hand, which was already wet with cold sweat, irritably. Then he raised his head and shouted with all his strength, "Lu Xiangbei, Gu Jun, where are you guys?"

"Aw... woo"

Suddenly there was a shrill sound from the mountain, and then another sound.Yan Baoshu was stunned, the hairs all over his body stood on end, listening to the voice quietly.

"Aw... woo"

There was another sound, and Yan Baoshu's heart skipped a beat, he heard it, he really heard it, this sound was exactly the one he was worried about, it was "the wolf howling."

Yan Baoshu's head was blank, and he turned around subconsciously. He squinted his eyes, trying to see the surrounding situation clearly through the heavy snow. Is there a pair of yellow-green eyes peeping at him through the darkness of the night? Wanted to wait in the wings and treat him as a delicacy tonight.

Yan Baoshu couldn't call Lu Xiangbei's name anymore, because it would attract wolves, but he couldn't stand still and wait to die. The only way was to go back the same way, hoping to meet the adults who came up the mountain to look for them.Yan Baoshu swallowed, and after cheering himself up in his heart, he tugged at the rope that tied the quilt around his body, and then went down the mountain slowly and charmingly.

Yan Baoshu observed the movements around while walking, but the wind was so loud that he couldn't give any news that was beneficial to him.Yan Baoshu silently recited "Amitabha" in his heart, but it's a pity that the Buddha went out to relax on vacation today, so he didn't have time to bless him, a poor man in danger.

A very clear voice sounded not far from Yan Baoshu, Yan Baoshu's back froze in fright, and he looked hard at the place where the sound came from.Time passed by every minute and every second, and the cold sweat that just broke out on Yan Baoshu's forehead was condensed on his cheeks by the bad weather before it slipped off. At this time, his eyebrows were white, and a layer of frost was hanging on his eyelashes. Personally, even if he has lived two lifetimes, this is the first time he has encountered such a thing. He is trembling nervously, but he can't back down. Once his spirit breaks down, he will never be able to walk out of this forest or this place again. It's a big mountain, and this will be his tomb, perhaps a tomb where no one will find even a piece of bone.

There is no longer any delay. Yan Baoshu must leave here as soon as possible. He walked down the mountain at a pace that seemed hurried but not fast. Perhaps Yan Baoshu's spirit was so concentrated that he didn't realize that the mountain road when he came was completely submerged by heavy snow. It wasn't until he walked into a forest with no road that he realized that he was lost.

Yan Baoshu panted heavily. He came to a tree and leaned his back on it to ensure that there would be no sudden attack by wolves or the like. In addition, he could take this opportunity to recover his strength.Yan Baoshu stood under the tree, looked around the black hole for a few times, suddenly an idea flashed through his mind, he quickly took the quilt he brought in front of him, tore open the quilt cover and took out a handful of cotton from inside , then took a bottle of wine from his pocket, first raised his head and took a few sips, and then soaked the cotton with wine.

Before Yan Baoshu came, he asked Yan Baoshan for a match. He took it out from his pocket and struck it tremblingly, but before he could light the ball of cotton, a gust of wind came and the match went out.I am afraid that there is nothing in this world that can make Yan Baoshu collapse. Yan Baoshu struck three matches in a row, no matter how he tried to protect the sporadic lights, they would eventually be blown out by the ruthless cold wind.

"Damn it." Yan Baoshu uttered swear words out of desperation, that is, when the words fell, there were a lot of "creaking" sounds not far away, which undoubtedly made people frightened and even felt danger Close to death, Yan Baoshu crouched under the tree and stared at the front without moving. Suddenly... clusters of green will-o'-the-wisps appeared not far away, and they were slowly moving towards Yan Baoshu.

Yan Baoshu thought to himself that this is the end of the game, and those who survived really encountered wolves, and not just one, but a whole pack.

Yan Baoshu remained motionless, because he knew that the more frightened he was at this moment, the more the wolves would attack unscrupulously. He must not lose in terms of arrogance. A silver lining.

Yan Baoshu supported the tree and stood up. While his vision was widened, it also allowed him to see the surrounding situation clearly.At this time, he was already surrounded by wolves. They showed fierce eyes, grinned their teeth, and made grunting noises. They circled around and observed Yan Baoshu, as if they wanted to win with one move. .

Yan Baoshu clenched his fists tightly, his eyes widened, and he roared loudly at the leading wolf: "Ah."

The wolves were startled by Yan Baoshu's sound, they all backed away furiously, and then observed Yan Baoshu as usual.Yan Baoshu's tears were already rolling in his eyes, and his mentality was on the verge of collapse. At this moment, he sniffed and cursed: "Lu Xiangbei, you bastard, you know I regret it the most now. What's the matter, it's just..."

"What do you regret, I'm here with you."

Yan Baoshu was startled by the sudden sound, turned his head to look, and Lu Xiangbei ran out from behind the tree with a hatchet, the handle of the hatchet was tied to a tree branch, and it looked like it was still there to the naked eye. It was quite thick, and when Lu Xiangbei rushed in with a hatchet, all of them retreated.

Lu Xiangbei panted heavily, leaning against the tree like Yan Baoshu, "Why are you here?"

Yan Baoshu stammered: "I...I...I'm worried about you, so I just..."

"Fuck, what are you doing here? If you don't want your feet anymore, why don't you let Gu Jun come?"

Yan Baoshu was taken aback, "Gu Jun came first, but he didn't go back, so I decided to go up the mountain."

"This kid..." Before Lu Xiangbei finished speaking, he quickly pouted his nose, "Did you bring wine?"

Yan Baoshu nodded, "Well, I brought two bottles of wine and a quilt."

"Well, give me the wine."

Yan Baoshu handed the wine to Lu Xiangbei, and saw him break the stick tied with the hatchet, "Did you bring the match?"

"Bring it." Yan Baoshu handed it over again.

"Okay, I'll start a fire later to scare those stupid wolves, and you quickly climb up the tree by stepping on my back."

"Ah? Ah... I see."

"Well, I'm ready." Lu Xiangbei took off the collar around his neck in order to prevent the lit fire from going out midway, "You take the hatchet first." After speaking, Lu Xiangbei handed the hatchet to After picking up Yan Baoshu, he himself protected the match with his collar, and lit the wine-soaked collar with a single stroke. The fire burst into flames, and Lu Xiangbei took the opportunity to set the whole branch soaked in liquor on fire with his neck collar, "Ready , one, two, three... climb."

Lu Xiangbei shouted, waving a tree branch in his hand and cursing: "Come on, if you have a species, come here, come here and kill one."

Yan Baoshu didn't dare to delay, and Lu Xiangbei's collar stepped on his back, and both feet were hard at the same time. Yan Baoshu was so painful that he didn't dare to breathe. He could only grit his teeth and climb up the tree. Fortunately, the tree was the lowest. The branch of the tree can be reached with his height, and Yan Baoshu used all his strength to finally push on the trunk and sit astride the branch.

"Xiangbei, come up quickly."

"Well, take the quilt and wine first." While observing the movement of the wolves, Lu Xiangbei handed the quilt and liquor to Yan Baoshu who was on the tree, and then he stuck the unburned branches into the snowdrift , turned around and held hands with Yan Baoshu, and climbed up the tree by stepping on the trunk with all his strength.

The wolves had already started to move when Lu Xiangbei climbed the tree, but there was a burning branch stuck under the tree, so they didn't dare to go forward...

Lu Xiangbei sat behind Yan Baoshu, leaned against the tree trunk and breathed out, "Fuck, I didn't read the almanac when I went out today, and I almost died."

Yan Baoshu's mouth was already parched, "I have to drink some wine to strengthen my courage."

"It's about the same for me, just about peeing my pants, I'll take a drink first."

The two drank a few sips of wine from the bottle. Yan Baoshu took a look under the tree with the bottle in his hand. The pack of wolves circled around the big tree, and some of them tried to jump up... Yan Baoshu let out a long breath, "Xiangbei, why did you go, why didn't you go down the mountain earlier."

Lu Xiangbei said helplessly: "Today I went to the mountain to catch a roe deer or a pheasant, okay, I didn't catch the roe deer, I just fell into the pit, you touch..." Lu Xiangbei pulled Yan Baoshu's hand from him The place where the front door opened stretched in, "I fell into a trap, and I don't know who set it up. There are also barbs in it, which stuck in my leg."

Although the posture was indecent, Yan Baoshu didn't have time to think about it. He quickly pulled out his hand, carefully supported the tree branch and turned around. When the two faced each other, Yan Baoshu reached in through the front door of Lu Xiangbei's trousers again. "Have you bandaged yourself?"

Lu Xiangbei nodded wearily: "It took me a lot of effort to pull out the barb from my leg, and finally climbed out of the hole, it was almost dark, and I finally found the wolf pack again." , I can only sneak down the mountain." After speaking, Lu Xiangbei suddenly lowered his head and leaned on Yan Baoshu's shoulder, "Baoshu, I thought I was going to die at that time."

Yan Baoshu sighed, took the initiative to hug Lu Xiangbei and said, "It's okay, I'll be with you forever."

The author has something to say:

I also read the habits of wolves from the animal world. The description here may be a little flawed. Don’t worry about it, let’s just watch the interactions of the protagonists, hahaha.