Chapter 123 Tourist Area

The two of them only took Xiaohong with them when they went out, while Leopard and Gouzi were left at home to look after the house.

When the weather turns cold, you can always feel a slight chill. The deeper you go into the meadow, the higher the altitude becomes, and the damp and cold autumn wind blows into your collar.

Mu Xi reached out and helped her pull the zipper that had slipped down to the top.

They had been out for more than ten hours, gradually moving away from the original place. The surrounding meadows that were originally full of small hills gradually turned into arched ridges.

There are a few tall pine trees growing sporadically on the nearby meadow, and there is a pine forest in the distance. In late autumn, the leaves have turned dark green, revealing a deep and mysterious feeling.

Further away, you can see the towering mountains covered with snow.

It rained last night and it just cleared up this morning.

The misty mountain fog, with a chill, hung around the waists of the distant mountains, then dissipated when the wind blew it toward the meadow.

The ground was still damp.

When Zhao Yeqing got tired, he climbed onto the horse's back and let Xiaohong carry him for a while.

Xiaohong is not big in size, so she can pull the cart just fine, but it would be a bit difficult for her to carry two people on her back.

Mu Xi looks thin, but he has a lot of muscles and is very heavy. The combined weight of the two is a bit too much for a horse of this size.

By the afternoon, there were no houses to be seen nearby.

Mu Xi found two big trees and looked around, but there was no animal feces or footprints.

"Let's prepare to spend the night here."

It gets dark a little earlier now. When the temperature was high before, it was still light after eight o'clock. Now it's just after six o'clock and it's getting dark.

The two of them didn't bring much with them, just a sleeping bag, a tarpaulin to keep out the rain, two sets of clothes, and food and medicine.

I didn't bring a pot this time. The food was some bread I collected from the foot of the mountain, which had expired a few days ago.

A few days past the expiration date was not considered expired, so the two of them filled their stomachs with small pieces of bread and cold water.

This direction was led by Xiaohong, so it should be correct. When we were about to stop, Xiaohong was a little reluctant, probably because she thought she was going back to her original home.

Mu Xi fixed the tarpaulin to the tree with ropes and made a simple canopy.

"I'll go look around and see if there's any streams."

When I was choosing the campsite just now, I also observed the growth of the grass on the ground. Based on experience, I inferred that the water source should not be far away.

"Be careful."

Zhao Yeqing gave an instruction.

She took out the sleeping bag before Mu Xi came back.

We also need to light a campfire. It rained last night and the meadow is a little wet, so we need to look hard for dry wood.

But there were too few trees on the meadow, and most of the fallen branches were wet.

Zhao Yeqing found a long branch and knocked down the dry but still fallen branches of the pine tree.

Under the fallen leaves at the roots of the trees are covered with some dry moss, which can be used to start a fire by adding small branches to the moss.

These cannot be burned and can only be used as tinder to start a fire.

Mu Xi came back, fetched some water and carried a small bundle of firewood. "There are too few trees nearby, and these are the only dry ones. I'll go to the distant woods to have a look later."

Zhao Yeqing looked towards the deep forest in the distance, feeling inexplicably uneasy. "No, there are no signs of human life here, and there are probably a lot of animals in there. Let's burn these first and put the wet ones aside to dry."

It was past seven o'clock and it was completely dark.

There are more stars above the meadow than in the mountains.

Maybe it was because apart from the bonfire burning in front of him, there was no other artificial light around.

It was pitch black, and the stars seemed very dazzling, some of them were almost connected into a piece, giving a sense of the Milky Way.

When she was in the city, she felt like there was no night. The city lights were bright at night, illuminating the entire sky.

Not to mention being able to see the stars.

Mu Xi went to bed first at night, and she stayed up for the first half of the night looking at the stars.

When the fire burns to ten o'clock, you have to add firewood. The dried firewood next to it is still a little damp. After it is added in and burns, there is some smoke, which is not too choking and is just right for scaring away the mosquitoes on the meadow.

When she woke up in the morning, Mu Xi had already brought back the water for washing.

After finishing her packing, she continued on her journey. She had not slept well that night and was a little groggy.

But the mountain fog was as thick as clouds, pressing low over the meadow. My face felt like I was facing a humidifier with ice in it, and my sleepiness disappeared in an instant.

Finally, in the afternoon, I saw a row of white houses in the distance.

The two men quickened their pace and approached. The house was made of light steel, so it should be the kind of house that could be disassembled.

There were three rooms in a row, two of which had their doors wide open and were covered in dust. It looked like no one lived there.

After checking the three houses, not only was there no one, but there was no body either.

One room is a bedroom, the rest are the kitchen, toilet and bathroom, and there is a barn outside.

There is nothing about horses in it.

Zhao Yeqing touched Xiaohong's bangs and said, "Isn't this your home?"

Xiaohong looked uninterested and not enthusiastic about this place.

Mu Xi only found some clothes and bows and arrows inside.

Zhao Yeqing discovered that the animal shed was not used to raise sheep. Judging from the traces inside, it should have been used to raise cows, but now there is not a single one left.

The door of the barn was knocked open from the inside, and it was probably someone who escaped on his own.

There was still some rice and flour in the kitchen, but the two had to move on, so they didn't take anything.

However, this mobile house can be built here because there is either a road nearby or other people live here.

The meadow has a good ecology and a wide variety of species. Only when there are many people will it be less likely to be attacked by animals. The original owner of the house they live in now is an exception.

The two continued walking forward for only half an hour before they saw another house.

It's not two or three rooms, it's a large building, and at a glance, there are probably more than a dozen rooms.

The houses are not built close to each other. Some are mobile houses built a little further away, some are in the style of yurts, and some are small wooden buildings.

There are some signboards outside, and I guess this is the tourist attraction.

Zhao Yeqing was tired from walking and was still lying on the horse's back. When Xiaohong saw the house, she spread her legs and ran forward.

Almost threw her off.

She pulled the reins to remind Xiaohong not to forget that there was someone on its back, and only then did it slow down.

Xiaohong walked to the mobile house built a little further away and stopped.

Xiaohong ran too fast, so Zhao Yeqing got off the horse and waited for a few minutes before Mu Xi arrived.

It is obvious that this house is for raising horses. In addition to the stables, there are also a series of tools such as saddles, horseshoes, reins, bits, etc.

But there was still no one inside.

The two did not collect supplies and planned to take a look around first.

The yurts and small wooden buildings are all homestays and restaurants in the tourist area. The doors of many houses are open, but there are no people or corpses inside.

The two men walked up to the second floor of the small wooden building, and when they looked around, they saw a large pit of burning things not far away.

“Could it be that someone here survived the outbreak?”