Awakening Day Collection

Chapter 34 Grave (1)
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Sure enough, the whole village was looking for Feng Si.

Feng Si looked down from the cliff, and the villagers began to search for his whereabouts in batches like an ant colony with a tacit division of labor.And the only road leading to the outside of the village was guarded by seven or eight people, and it was impossible for him to slip out from under their noses.Although the mountains are vast, it is not difficult to hide them, but with this half-drunk bottle of mineral water and a little snack on your body, how many days can you survive?Not to mention the sudden drop in temperature at night in the mountains.

Do you really want to die here?Feng Si felt tense in his heart.He judged the situation quickly, and found that he had only two ways to try: the first way was to climb over the mountain, which was of course a very risky way.The mountains here are steep, and I don’t have professional climbing tools. If I accidentally fall, I will be smashed to pieces, and then I left a few words in the news, “A college student in Beijing accidentally crossed the scenic spot and accidentally fell to his death” for netizens to laugh at. Flogging "another idiot has died".The second way is to surrender, before the other party kills himself, and speak out his identity aloud.Although this vague identity is difficult to explain clearly in a few words, after all, even he himself does not know the truth, but once explained, the attitude of the villagers is likely to change.Up to now, I have encountered several different groups of people, all of whom are interested in me, but no one tried to kill him, which shows that he is probably useful.

But there is no way out of this approach.These villagers will spare his life because they think he is useful. This is just a speculation. What if this group of people is completely opposite to the previous ones, but they feel that they must get rid of him and quickly?
After much deliberation, suddenly the third method popped out of my mind.Sitting and waiting is not the solution, or else - take the initiative to attack?This group of people searched blindly in the mountains, so they decided that they would hide away from them.If you do the opposite, find a way to find a lonely villager, attack and intimidate him, and hide in his house first, maybe it will work.Firstly, the most important survival problem was solved, and secondly, the so-called darkness under the lights was the same reason. While the villagers searched wildly, they might not have thought that the person they were looking for was hiding inside them.

Then be a criminal, Feng Si clenched his fists and made up his mind.

He patiently hid in the middle of the mountain, during which he cleverly avoided two rounds of searches and ate up the remaining food. Fortunately, the local mountain spring water was clear and clean, and there was no sign of diarrhea after drinking it.After the sun slowly sank to the west, under the cover of night, he began to walk down the mountain cautiously.However, he didn't go far when he noticed a dark figure groping towards the mountain.

Is this a lone villager?Feng Si was secretly happy.He thought to himself that with his fighting skills, it shouldn't be difficult to subdue a person, not to mention that this black shadow doesn't seem to be of great stature.He slowly shrunk behind a big tree, holding a pebble in his hand, ready to rush up and sneak attack when the black shadow approached.But the sky did not fulfill the wishes of the people, and it seemed that the people were approaching, so they stopped in their tracks.

Hell!Feng Si scolded his mother in his heart.Brother, please go forward another ten meters, okay?I only need to walk an extra ten meters, and I can jump out and run to you in a big stride, and reward you with a pebble.But now the distance is too far, and he will definitely be discovered. At that time, he only needs to yell in time, and Feng Si will be finished.

While he was anxious, the black shadow made an unexpected move.He suddenly made a strange sound, like playing a flute, but much rougher than a flute; like blowing a whistle, but the sound was far less sharp than a whistle.

This should be blowing leaves of grass, Feng Si judged.When he was in elementary school, there was a child transferred from the countryside in his class who taught them the skill of blowing grass leaves.It is said that some talented people can blow melodious tunes out of an ordinary blade of grass.Although the black figure in front of him was blowing out of tune, his voice was quite loud.

Strange, on such a night when the whole village was mobilized, how could someone break away from the main force and run to the mountains alone to blow grass and leaves?Thinking about it, Feng Si ventured out a little bit of his head, wanting to see who it was.With the help of the moonlight, he managed to see the other person's figure clearly, and he couldn't help being greatly surprised.

——This is the dumb girl who was beaten by her father the night before!At this moment, she was blowing the blades of grass while looking around anxiously, as if she was waiting for someone to appear.

Feng Si suddenly understood: this girl is calling him!She is a mute, unable to speak, and can only make sounds by blowing grass leaves.The person she wants to see is herself.

He recalled what happened the night before, and everything in front of him was not difficult to guess.The rough middle-aged man was about to beat her with the metal head of the belt—it was no different from a murder weapon—at that time, he stopped the man and helped her, probably because she was grateful and wanted to repay herself.Although she was just an ordinary country girl who was skinny and bullied, she was born and raised in the local area after all, and she could always find a way to help herself hide and find food and warm items for herself, which was a huge help.

The question is, is this girl trustworthy?

It is entirely possible that she was coerced by the village head and others, and deliberately ran here to deceive herself.They could also deduce that since this girl had been favored by Fons, she was likely to be the only person he could trust in this village.Then, using her to trick him into showing up is also a feasible method.

So, should you trust her?

Feng Si hesitated, but the gradually darkening night and the increasingly cold mountain wind were really an invisible warning to him, as well as a negative temptation.It is indeed too hard to endure hunger and starvation in such a mountainous area. If you follow this dumb girl, you may be able to get bedding, hot water, and food...

At the thought of food, Feng Si couldn't help but let out a loud "grunt" in his empty stomach.Of course, it was only loud to his own ears. Under the cover of the mountain wind and grass whistle, people a few steps away should not be able to hear clearly.But Feng Si noticed that the dumb girl who was blowing the blades of grass trembled slightly, and then turned slightly sideways in her direction.

She heard this faint voice!Feng Si sighed in his heart, saying that blind people have very good ears, but he didn't expect the mute to have such good hearing.Now that she's been discovered, there's nothing to hide. Regardless of whether she has good intentions or malicious intentions, let's meet her first before talking.

Feng Si recalled some of the simplest dumb words he had seen in various film and television works, and was about to get out, but suddenly found that the girl was holding a blade of grass with her right hand and blowing it to her lips, while her left hand was hanging over her. own chest.She kept her elbow still, but used her wrist to gently shake her left palm.

This shaking palm is undoubtedly sending a message, and the interpretation of this message is not difficult, that is, four words: don't come out.

Of course Fons will not go out.He also sorted out the facts: this girl was indeed forced by the villagers to seduce him, but she did not follow the instructions completely, but chose to give Fence a life-saving signal at the most critical moment, warning him not to be fooled .

After being fooled by this world for a long time, Feng Si finally discovered that it turns out that acting like a good person occasionally can still get good rewards.

I can't go out now.After another 2 minutes, there were a few shouts from the mountain path below, and the dumb girl stopped blowing the grass leaves, turned around and walked back.Sure enough, the villagers who came to arrest were ambushing below. If Feng Si really showed up, he would probably turn into a ball of meat soon.

Feng Si didn't dare to sigh until the girl was gone.He realized that this group of weird villagers was determined to win him, and if he rushed into the village rashly, he would probably have to be turned into meat.The dumb girl is the only hope to get rid of the tragic fate of being reduced to flesh.Judging from the actions just now, this girl is quite flexible, maybe she will come back to find Feng Si.In other words, he had a strong premonition that this girl would definitely come back to him.

He made up his mind and bet on this one.

The temperature dropped rapidly in the mountains at night. Fons wrapped his coat tightly and shrunk his body into a ball. He only felt that his body was as cold as ice, but his stomach felt bursts of fire due to hunger.This feeling is not too unfamiliar.Many years ago, after his mother's body was cremated, he didn't eat for two days in order to get angry with his father, until he fainted from hunger and was taken to the hospital for IV drip.

But now, not only can't I get dizzy, I don't even dare to close my eyes for a little bit, it's really hard.He didn't dare to waste the power of his mobile phone casually, so he started to recite English words in boredom.He couldn't help thinking that if all the college students in the world were put into such a predicament to memorize vocabulary, maybe the fourth and sixth grades would not be so stumbling blocks.

After a few hours like this, his eyelids became as heavy as lead, and some hallucinations appeared in his vision. Just when he gradually felt that he could not hold on anymore, the sound of blowing grass leaves sounded again.He quickly saw that it was the dumb girl who came again, but this time, her gesture was an upturned thumb.

Feng Si stood up exhaustedly, moved his numb hands and feet, and forced a smile: "Hello."

The girl looked at him quietly, and suddenly, she also showed an innocent smile.Her face had been washed clean, and she no longer had the panicked and helpless expression of a day ago. It was only then that Feng Si noticed that this girl was actually very delicate, with a pair of smart eyes that seemed to be able to speak.

The girl beckoned to him, calling out silently, "Follow me".Feng Si obediently followed behind her, struggling to climb a narrow mountain path that could hardly be counted as a road, and came to a bush.The girl stretched out her hand and pushed aside the vegetation covering the outside, revealing a small dark hole.She bent down and slipped into the hole, followed by Fons.He found that the hole was extremely narrow, just enough to accommodate an adult. He was not small, and it was quite difficult to get through. He was even worried that he would be stuck in it like the scenes depicted in martial arts novels.

Fortunately, this kind of downfall didn't happen after all, and he managed to squeeze in smoothly.After drilling through a narrow hole about 20 meters long, there is a relatively spacious space inside, about half the size of a university dormitory.A pile of old clothes had already been laid out on the ground, a quilt was placed on top of the clothes, and there was a plastic bag, which smelled like rice.

Feng Si almost scrambled over and opened the plastic bag.There is a small bag in the plastic bag, which contains a piece of steaming rice with some kimchi on it.In addition, there is a pair of wooden chopsticks in the big bag.He picked up his chopsticks and ate up the rice with kimchi. He felt that he had never eaten such delicious food in his life.

The dumb girl sat aside, watching Feng Si devouring the food, she couldn't help smiling.Feng Si finished eating and was patting his stomach. Seeing the girl's mischievous eyes, he felt a little embarrassed: "Food is the paramount necessity of the people... I laugh at you. By the way, I haven't met you yet. My name is Feng Si. What's your name?"

After asking this sentence, he realized that the other party could not speak.But the girl quickly took out a dilapidated student workbook and a pencil from her body, and wrote three words on the book: Guan Xueying.

Feng Si was slightly taken aback.These are three simple Chinese characters, but the combination is not vulgar, not like the name that rude villager can come up with.In his imagination, it seems that this girl should be called Zhaodi, Erya or something like that, which is more suitable for her current situation.What he didn't know was that the word "Guan Xueying" was actually a unique term in Japan, referring to a kind of cherry blossom.In the tenth year of Taisho, the wife of the well-known painter Hashimoto Kanyuki planted this beautiful cherry tree beside the Philosophical Road in Kyoto, hence the name, and it has become a famous viewing spot in Kyoto.If he knew this, he might think more.

Guan Xueying seemed to see his thoughts, and wrote a few more words: "Mom took it. Mom died."

Feng Si said "oh" and muttered "sorry" in a low voice, Guan Xueying waved her hand to express that she didn't mind.Feng Si carefully looked at the handwriting she wrote. Although she obviously had no calligraphy training and looked like a primary school student's handwriting, every word was written neatly.This should be a girl who is eager for knowledge, Feng Si's heart trembled slightly.

"Then do you know why people in the village want to arrest me?" He asked again.

Guan Xueying shook her head, and wrote a few more lines on the paper: "I don't know, I'll help you find out, you rest first, I have to go back quickly, and bring you food tomorrow."

"Thank you." Feng Si nodded.He thought for a while, took out a signature pen and an unopened small notepad from his schoolbag, and handed them to Guan Xueying: "Sorry, I only have these two gadgets with me, give them to you .”

Guan Xueying declined for a while, but finally accepted it hesitantly, with joy shining in her pupils.

After Guan Xueying left, Feng Si wrapped the quilt tightly and quickly fell asleep.Although he was still in a dangerous situation and he didn't know what dangerous and unpredictable things would happen tomorrow, but being able to find someone who was sincerely willing to help him was enough to give him a rare sense of peace in his heart.

In the next few days, Guan Xueying bought some bread and instant noodles from the grocery store in the village with the money Feng Si gave her, and brought him some bread and instant noodles, and secretly cooked some eggs for him.Although she hadn't been able to eavesdrop on the real reason why the villagers were so close to the enemy, Guan Xueying still let Feng Si know as much as possible about the situation of the village through written conversations.

According to Guan Xueying, this mountain village is indeed strange enough.As long as she can remember, no one in the village has gone out to work and earn money, and no one, whether male or female, has ever moved.It wasn't an explicit rule, or even a verbal prohibition, but the adults in the village seemed to know it and obey it.In addition, Sihe Village does not restrict outsiders from traveling here, but their attitude towards foreign tourists is not good. It seems that they don't want to make money from tourism at all, and they have repeatedly rejected assisted travel from the government to investors. Willingness to develop.

In addition, Sihe Village has not had a high school student for decades. All the children either drop out of school early, or at most complete junior high school according to the bottom line of compulsory education.As for the elderly, there are many who are completely illiterate, so that when watching pirated DVDs, someone has to be responsible for explaining the subtitles.Moreover, none of the children went to school in a school with "outsiders". There was a school in the village, where the primary school and the junior high school were mixed together, and there was only one teacher in charge of teaching, that is, the old man who explained the subtitles.

It seems that my previous judgment was correct, Feng Si thought, this village deliberately pushed itself into a semi-closed situation.If they weren't all hereditary psychopathies, there must be some special purpose.For example, in order to minimize the frequency of the village being disturbed by the outside world, so as to keep certain secrets passed down from generation to generation...

The contents of the grandfather's letter came to mind again: "Remember, this is not a personal career, personal success or failure, but a family mission that has been watched for thousands of years. The wish is fulfilled." Now it seems that the so-called "watching for a thousand years" is really not an exaggeration.

Now I can only entrust everything to Guan Xueying.This girl looks weak, but she is very assertive, with a tenacity that is rarely seen in men.Every day she was busy doing all the chores at home, and at night she would sneak up to the mountains to find Fons and bring him food.The two talked in writing under the light of the flashlight, and at the same time Feng Si also taught her some new words and new words.

(End of this chapter)