Chapter 202 Haruji
Su Tong didn't expect him to say this.
This "she" should be the "Swallow".
This swallow, in his heart, obviously matters more than anything else!
She didn't ask any more questions.
She should be able to see Yan Zi soon.
Ma Liu insisted that she accompany him because the swallows flew "south".
What the black boy said was not "difficult" to fly, but "flying south".
Swallow was brought from the north to the south by the people over there. If nothing unexpected happens, we should be able to meet her during this operation.
Su Tong stood up and looked through the gaps between the trees at the undulating mountains in the distance that stretched endlessly to the horizon, desolate and lonely.
Around four in the afternoon, the temperature dropped sharply and snow began to fall.
Visibility in the dense forest was getting lower and lower.
Qin Yi looked at the sky and told Li Song in front to find a camp in advance.
The weather is bad and it is unsafe to travel in the dark.
After walking for about another twenty minutes, the team camped next to a cliff. The cliff provided shelter from the wind and there was water at the bottom of the cliff. Everyone immediately started to get busy.
However, the tent here has not been set up yet. Cheng Gang, who was responsible for fetching water from the bottom of the cliff, came back with a serious face and said:
"Boss! Something's happening!"
There was a person hanging on a branch at the bottom of the cliff, a young woman who looked no more than seventeen or eighteen years old.
It looked like it was rushing down from upstream and was blocked by the branches growing across the cliff.
The man was still breathing when he was fished out, but he had lost consciousness due to the cold.
Qin Yi asked someone to light a fire and placed the woman next to the fire.
Having come here, every step has to be taken with caution, as no one can tell whether this woman who suddenly appears is an enemy or a friend.
In the current situation, it is obvious that we need to rescue the person first.
Su Tong helped her take off her wet and heavy cotton jacket, cotton pants, shoes and socks, and asked Zhou Jin to warm her with firewood. Then he inserted silver needles into the palms of her hands and the soles of her feet to help her blood circulation as quickly as possible, and stuffed a pill into her mouth.
She noticed that the woman's cotton-padded jacket was made of old coarse cloth, the buttons were old-style buttons, the shoes had hand-knitted thousand-layer soles, and even her braids were tied with a hairband instead of a rubber band.
It is consistent with the characteristics of living in the mountains for a long time.
Not long after, the woman woke up slowly and was shocked to see people all around her.
Su Tong comforted him, "Don't be afraid! We rescued you from the water! You were frozen unconscious!"
The woman took a moment to understand her situation before she sat up and expressed her gratitude.
"My name is Chunzhi, and I live in Crow's Mouth Rock a few miles away. I came out to collect herbs for my brother, and I accidentally fell into the mountain stream. Fortunately, I met you, otherwise... I would have been drowned or frozen to death."
Crow’s Beak Rock? I’ve never heard of this name before!
Sure enough, there is a village that is not marked on the map?
Everyone couldn't help but cheer up.
Chunzhi warmly invited everyone to go to her village. Qin Yi nodded and agreed, and asked everyone to pack up. The snow was getting heavier and heavier. No matter what the purpose was, if there was a village, they had to go.
When Chunzhi's clothes were almost dried, she struggled to get up. Fortunately, she was not seriously injured. She just froze in the water. Now she had recovered most of her strength.
The girls from the mountains are really not spoiled at all.
Su Tong handed her a pill, "This is for driving away the cold. You just soaked in water, and I'm afraid there will be sequelae. Take another pill as a precaution."
Chunzhi was very happy to see the pill. She took it and swallowed it without thinking.
She was still unconscious when she ate the previous one, and Su Tong thought it would take some effort to convince her to eat the next one, but she swallowed it directly.
He quickly took his teacup and handed it over. There was freshly boiled water in it. "Drink some water smoothly, don't choke."
Chunzhi took a few gulps of water from the cup, then looked up and said a little embarrassedly:
"Thank you for the medicine, sister!"
"Aren't you wary of strangers?" Su Tong asked with a smile.
Chunzhi said, "When I woke up just now, I felt my chest warm, and my hands and feet were not as stiff and cold as before. It must be that my sister gave me medicine in advance. Although I am a girl from the mountains and have never seen the world, I know what is good and what is bad!"
Su Tong was a little surprised by her answer and glanced at Qin Yi, who had been paying attention to this side. Hearing this, he nodded at her.
Haruji behaved normally and was not on guard against them, nor did she seem to be trying to get close to them on purpose.
When everyone had packed up and were ready to leave, Chunzhi suddenly and frantically rummaged through her backpack.
She fell into the ravine just because she was collecting herbs.
The backpack was on her back the whole time, and it was brought up with her when she was rescued. It was thanks to the backpack that she got caught on the tree branch.
But there are only a few herbs left in the backpack.
Chunzhi was a little frustrated, but she soon figured it out, "It's okay! I'll rest for a few days before going back to pick them. The mountain won't go away anyway."
Su Tong admired her mentality.
With Chunzhi leading the way, the team walked for less than an hour and saw a primitive village.
It is called primitive because the shape of the house is basically a simplified version of Qing Dynasty architecture. The roof is a densely woven straw mat, and the walls are mostly earth bricks and bluestone. Even compared with Wushanao, it seems to be separated by an era.
As Chunzhi entered the village, she let out a long whistle.
Then, people came out from the houses one after another, and soon a group of people stood in front of the team with curiosity.
Until an old man with a black scarf on his head came out, Chunzhi ran up to him happily and shouted, "Grandpa!"
Then I saw her using gestures to talk to the old man. She spoke very fast and mixed her words with dialect, so I couldn't hear what she was saying at all.
Su Tong also realized at this moment that Chunzhi had just spoken Mandarin to them. Although it was not very standard, it proved that this village was connected to the outside world.
Soon, the old man glanced over here, walked over and looked around, as if he was looking for the leader.
Qin Yi was just about to ask Li Song to come forward and say hello when he heard Ma Liu shouting from behind:
"Ayi! Give me a hand!"
Since Ma Liu followed the team into the mountains, he has been talking little except for traveling and sleeping. The few words he said were mostly sarcastic. He rarely spoke seriously, and even less often called Qin Yi so formally.
When he said this at this moment, it was like a signal, and everyone couldn't help but feel nervous.
Qin Yi glanced at everyone, signaling them to be alert, then stepped back a few steps and held Ma Liu's arm, "Master Liu, slow down!"
The old man saw that Ma Liu who came forward was the oldest, so he bowed and said:
"I am Mingsan, a young man. Thank you very much for saving my granddaughter!"
Chunzhi was lucky, as she met them not long after she fell into the water. She secretly went out to collect herbs, and the villagers had not even noticed that she was gone, let alone rescue her.
Otherwise, she would either be drowned or frozen to death.
Continue read on readnovelmtl.com
