Sleeping in the open
Long and desolate road
I'll take you
Returning to hometown in the wind
one
One thousand kilometers to the destination
Wu Siqi pulled over. The sun was about to set and visibility was poor at night, so she didn't dare drive any further. Yi Ning didn't wake up again along the way, and the injury to his soul was not as easy to heal as she had imagined.
She opened the map on her phone and found that there were no hotels nearby. There were some restaurants, but they were all open until seven o'clock. When she got there at six o'clock, they were also closed.
Unfortunately, the town they passed by was not very developed. She drove the car in. Fortunately, there was a small store there. She bought some mineral water and dry food such as instant noodles and chocolate. The enthusiastic female boss lent her the toilet and hot water.
The female boss helped her bring the kettle of hot water over and asked with concern, "Beautiful girl, are you traveling by car?"
When you go out, you give yourself the identity you want.
Wu Siqi shook his head and said nonchalantly, "I also wish I had time to play. I was sent out on business by my company and wanted to rush back tonight, but the meeting lasted a long time and I got delayed. Is there any place nearby where I can spend the night?"
"So she's a young and promising female leader. There are no hotels nearby. If you want to find a place to stay, drive a few kilometers ahead. There's a hotel in the town over there."
The female boss stood at the entrance of the convenience store, one foot on a stool, her hand on it fanning herself with a sunflower fan, and raised her hand to point her in the direction.
Wu Siqi threw the empty instant noodle bucket into the trash can and thanked her: "Thank you, I'm leaving now. I wish your business will prosper."
The female boss waved the sunflower fan in her hand and said, "Oh, you're so polite. There are a lot of dump trucks on the road here. Please drive carefully, beautiful lady."
Wu Siqi got in the car and turned on the navigation to locate the place the female boss mentioned. Sure enough, there was a hotel there. It took about half an hour to drive there. Although it was almost night and the visibility was poor, if she drove slowly, she should be able to arrive before dark.
She arrived at her destination safely, but the dump truck on the road really scared her so much that her heart, liver, spleen, lungs and kidneys were dislocated. She checked in a room at the front desk and walked up to the third floor carrying the fish and the cat on her back.
After opening the door, a few of the beautiful women's playing cards fell to the ground. Wu Siqi paused and thought, "Never mind, one day is better than another day..."
After putting up the isolation formation on the wall, she took out sticky notes and put them on all the suspicious-looking places. Then she opened the cat bag, and Yi Ning was still sleeping.
She whispered to herself, "Little lazy pig," and carried her to the special cushion for Yi Ning that she had brought with her. The little one fell asleep peacefully, and Wu Siqi reached out to touch her newly grown hair.
The touch was soft and smooth, her warm body temperature was transmitted to the palm of my hand, and she whispered: It will pass, right?
When people are highly concentrated, their spirit will be particularly exhausted. Wu Siqi stood under the shower for a long time. The hot water took away the tiredness of her body. She covered her chest with her hands. She did it today, and she did it very well. It was great.
She still placed the sleeping Yi Ning next to her pillow. She did not dare to cover herself with the quilt of this hotel. She took a coat from her luggage bag and covered herself with it. She hugged her arms and leaned against Yi Ning, curled up and fell into a deep sleep.
two
There are still 700 kilometers to the destination
Yi Nian would wake up intermittently for a while on the road. When she woke up, Wu Siqi would pull the car over and buy some hot meat for her.
Early in the morning, Wu Siqi checked out of the hotel. The hotel she stayed in this time was much better than the ones she stayed in the previous two nights, and she had a comfortable sleep.
She carried the fish and the cat on her back and walked to a nearby breakfast stall to sit down. She placed the fish bowl on the dining table and stood in front of the steaming steamer to order: "I want some pan-fried buns and salty soy milk, and please pack me some beef skin. Thank you."
Wu Siqi ate her breakfast leisurely. The breakfast owner's child was probably asked to help during the summer vacation, and reluctantly took the beef membrane that she wanted to pack.
She took it with a smile, said thank you, and continued to eat breakfast.
As she was concentrating on chewing the pan-fried bun, the voice of the reluctant little girl rang in her ears: "Sister, what kind of fish is this? It's so beautiful."
Although she didn't study aquatic animals, she still knew this common species. She replied, "This is a tetra. You can also call them traffic lights."
"Traffic Light, what a cute name. My dad also raises this kind of fish, but his is not this color, and not as pretty as yours." The little girl stared at the little fish in the fish tank without blinking, her mouth slightly open, looking very cute.
Wu Siqi asked her, "Do you like this kind of fish?"
"I like it! I love beautiful fish the most." The little girl nodded repeatedly, "I will ask my dad to buy some traffic lights to take home and raise them."
Wu Siqi smiled and said, "Since you like it so much, I'll give it to you. Do you want it?"
The little girl's eyes widened and turned into stars: "Can you really give it to me?"
Wu Siqi pushed the small fish tank towards her and said, "As a gift to thank you for bringing breakfast to me, they will probably be happier living with your fish."
The little girl hugged the fish tank and said happily, "Thank you, sister!" Then she ran into the kitchen to show off to her parents.
Wu Siqi was also full. She picked up her luggage bag and the breakfast she had packed for Yi Ning and walked towards the car. Yi Ning said to her from inside the cat bag, "Xiao Wu, I'm hungry! I want some beef mash! Hurry, it's getting cold."
"I know, little greedy cat." Wu Siqi smiled and shook the bag on his shoulder.
The man and the cat ignored the voices behind them calling out, "Hey, beautiful lady, children can't just take your things. How much is the fish? I'll give it to you. Don't leave!"
"Boss, give me some beef tamarind, take it away!"
"Hey, here I come."
The interior of the car was also covered with isolation talismans, so Yi Ning could move freely in the car for a while.
The damage to her soul prevented her from transforming into a human form temporarily. Wu Siqi was disgusted by her having food crumbs all over the car, so he sat in the back seat, held her in his arms, and fed her one bite at a time.
three
400 kilometers from the destination
"It's worthy of being called an unethical navigation..."
Wu Siqi looked at the mountains and the road that stretched to the horizon, his eyes went dark, and he couldn't help but complain.
The inexperienced Master Wu missed the right turn and was accidentally led by the navigation system to an unplanned road, driving towards the hotel address of his destination, and then driving further and further away.
There was no village in front and no shop behind. She opened the map and saw that the road was mountainous for more than ten kilometers. It was getting dark and there was not even a street light on this mountain road.
She drove the car slowly along the edge of the road. After a while, she saw a flat earth slope. She turned the steering wheel and drove up the mud. Wherever the headlights illuminated, there was grass half a person's height.
Apart from the occasional large truck rumbling by at high speed, there was no one here.
They could only stay in the car for one night, and then drive to a place to take a shower and rest early tomorrow morning.
Fortunately, she bought a lot of food and water and put them in the car. This guy would be hungry as soon as he woke up, so she prepared a lot of dried meat and snacks.
Wu Siqi put the empty mineral water bottle into the trash bag. The car was well-equipped with a panoramic sunroof. She lowered the seat back and looked up at the night sky. The air in the mountains was good, and the stars and the moon were particularly shining.
Yi Ning unzipped the cat bag, climbed onto her body lightly, and yawned, "Xiao Wu, where is this?"
"I accidentally took the wrong road near Taihang Mountain. There are no lights on this road, so I can't drive on. I'm sorry." Wu Siqi reached out and touched her little cat's head. "Bear with me, let's spend the night in this wilderness."
Yi Ning rubbed her palm and whined, "I think I've wronged you, Xiaowu. I'm happy wherever I am as long as I'm with you."
"That's good." Wu Siqi patted the base of her tail from time to time. "Are you hungry? What do you want to eat?"
“I want to eat beef jerky~”
Yi Ning rubbed her neck coquettishly.
Wu Siqi sat up and opened the package of dried beef. He tore the meat into pieces and fed them to her. He asked softly, "When you return to Datong, is there anything you want to do?"
Swallowing the small piece of dried meat in her mouth, she tilted her head and thought for a moment, "Hmm... Let me think about it."
Wu Siqi continued to tear dried meat for her without rushing her, and fed her quietly.
"Ah! I've got it." Wu Siqi looked up at her, waiting for her to continue. "I'm going to take you to see the jujube trees!"
jujube.
Her hands ripping the dried meat paused, her expression froze for a second, then returned to normal, and she raised the corners of her lips: "Okay."
Yi Nian kept talking to her about why they wanted to see the jujube tree.
The land where the Lai family lived has been expropriated to build a city park, and the original jujube tree was cut down during the war and burned as firewood.
After the park was built, she secretly used the fruit core left from that tree to plant a new one in the park. When she passed by a few years ago, she saw that the jujube tree was growing well, quite similar to its old appearance, and she had made great contributions to the maintenance and management of the park.
Wu Siqi listened to her with a faint smile. After feeding her the dried meat at hand, he gave her some water and took out a wet tissue to wipe her little mouth. He sighed, "What a change! What else do you want to eat?"
"I'm full." Yi Ning sat on Wu Siqi's lap, licking his paws and fur. Wu Siqi wiped his hands with a wet towel and lay back in the chair.
Yi Ning lay on top of her, slightly raising his head, the starry sky above him sparkling.
A hundred years ago, they were just like now, lighting a bonfire and snuggling with each other on the way home, just like those days when wars were raging and people were freezing to death on the road, no matter what happened, Xiaowu would never abandon them.
Four
One hundred kilometers from the destination
Facing the afterglow of the setting sun, Wu Siqi drove into a car camp. He had overestimated his driving speed. The navigation predicted that he would reach his destination tonight, but now he still had to go over a hundred kilometers to get there.
Fortunately, they have entered the city of Datong.
Pulling over, she searched for a place to stay. The nearest one was this motorhome camp, which was very lively. She got out of the car and asked for directions before she realized that she had to go to the customer service center to rent a motorhome camp before she could stay.
She moved the car rickety-ricky into the small rented campsite. When she got out, she saw that the car was parked crookedly and had knocked over the triangular cones that divided the area on the ground.
“…”
Holding up the triangle, Wu Siqi walked into the rented RV with her cat bag in one hand and a luggage bag in the other. Although it was a small RV, it had everything inside and they could spend a comfortable night.
Although they had already entered Datong City, she was still worried and put an isolation talisman inside the RV before taking Yi Ning out of the cat bag.
Wu Siqi flicked her elastic ears and whispered, "Lazy cat."
The cat's ears moved a little, but she never woke up. For the past five days, she had been sleeping and waking in a daze.
The customer service center offers camping packages, and she bought a set meal for two, which included raw meat skewers, chicken wings and other foods. Even though she is not very good at cooking, she can still do barbecue.
The grill is electric, which saves the trouble of baking charcoal. Grilling is simple, and the meat is skewered. Just put the meat on, turn it over occasionally, sprinkle some spices and salt, and you can eat it.
The light from the lamp string was dim, the aroma of meat lingered in the night, cicadas were singing in the fields, and oil droplets were making crackling sounds on the heating tubes.
A small furry creature arched over at her feet. Wu Siqi lowered his head and asked her, "Now that you're here, can you move freely?"
"Well, my energy is everywhere in this city, and they can't tell it apart." Wu Siqi held her on his knees and smoothed the hair on her back.
A man and a cat sat leisurely on the moon stool. The kitten's black tail occasionally swept across the woman's calf. "Xiao Wu, I want to eat squid."
"good."
She picked up the squid skewer, blew on it in front of her to heat it up, and then handed it to the kitten. After the kitten took a piece, she put it to her own mouth and took a piece.
Just like that, you take a bite and I take a bite, and the little cat, feeling full, lies on the bed of the RV and shouts with great enjoyment, with its paws facing the sky, singing in its mouth: "Meat~Meat~I love meat~"
"I'm going to take a shower." Wu Siqi smiled and shook his head, then walked into the bathroom with a towel and clothes.
The bathroom is not small, an adult can stretch their arms in it, and the hot water washes away the fatigue of the whole day.
The hot water flowed, and she closed her eyes, enjoying the warmth.
The bathroom door opened from the outside, and the cold man pressed against Wu Siqi's back, but she did not open her eyes.
Yi Ning put his arms around her waist and pressed his face against her wet shoulder blades.
She deliberately dragged out the last syllable, and her sweet voice echoed in the bathroom.
"Xiaowu..."
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