Long Xiangzhi's topographic map was very accurate. Although Tang Zhan escaped, he still alarmed Brother Hu and others.
Brother Hu led his men to chase him all the way. Tang Zhan was shot twice, but he managed to cross the border.
Life in the dungeon was tough; he hadn't had any proper food in days! Due to his lack of energy and excessive blood loss, he collapsed before he could even reach the camp.
The sun was warm near noon, but he was shivering with cold. Was he going to die? He hadn't even said goodbye to his wife and children. What would they do?
She must be very sad, right? Because of this bastard, this irresponsible husband who married her and left her!
Why had he been so selfish in possessing her? Couldn't he have just protected her? How could someone like him, who spent his days surviving under the hail of bullets, have the qualifications and right to marry her?
She must blame herself, right?
Resent her! Hate her! If this can help her get out of the pain sooner, he is willing to let her hate him! It is best to forget him forever!
She was still so young, like a bud, so beautiful that he couldn't help but be moved at the sight of her! How could he bear to let her wither away the rest of her life alone like this!
But he wanted to see her again, even just for a moment...
Lan Guoer and the others passed through the bamboo forest they came from. The bamboo leaves swayed in the wind, making rustling sounds.
Lan Guoer glanced casually at the forest and said, "The bamboo is growing really well. It should be great for making bamboo rice."
"Guo'er, is there any difference between bamboo tube rice and bamboo tube rice dumplings?" Long Xiangling asked curiously.
In their tribe, when new bamboo shoots grow nodes and leaves, they use bamboo tubes to make rice dumplings. New bamboo is more juicy and more durable, making the cooked glutinous rice more fragrant.
The method is also very simple. Choose a bamboo joint with a diameter of about 6 cm, drill a small hole at one end to hold the rice, put the glutinous rice soaked for about 12 hours into it, add appropriate amount of spring water, and then seal the small hole with palm leaves or bamboo leaves.
Of course, based on your personal preferences, you can also add some meat, pickles, red dates, chestnuts... and so on.
Finally, place the bamboo joints upright in a blazing fire and burn until the aroma of the rice dumpling fills the air, then you can cut the bamboo and enjoy it.
Take a bite and you’ll be filled with the fragrance of nature, the color, the taste! It’s so delicious!
Only then did Lan Guoer realize that the famous bamboo tube rice in her previous life was a specialty food of the Miao people. She was really showing off her skills in front of Guan Gong!
"Yes, yes! It's the bamboo tube rice dumplings you have here!"
"Now is not the time to eat this! We have to wait until spring, when the ones made in Hsinchu are the best!" Long Xiangling held Lan Guoer's arm affectionately, smiling beautifully, "I'll make it for you next spring! I'm a very good cook!"
A few people were talking and laughing as they were about to pass through the bamboo forest. Suddenly, Lan Guoer felt a vibration in her pocket - the tracking compass issued a warning!
Is he back?
Lan Guoer was so excited that she stopped and looked around nervously.
After the last bombing, the area was deserted. Looking around, apart from them, there was no one else around.
A tracking compass can't be wrong!
She clearly remembered Yuan Lanxi saying that as long as the compass was wrapped with the clothes worn by the person being looked for, once that person appeared within a hundred meters of the compass, the compass would sense that person's presence and issue a warning.
So after arriving here yesterday, she couldn't wait to ask Chen Lin for Tang Zhan's clothes, cut them into handkerchief size, wrapped the compass in them, and put them in her pocket.
But where was he? The compass was still vibrating, and Lan Guoer knew he was within a hundred meters!
Within a hundred meters! Lan Guoer's gaze was fixed on the bamboo forest!
"Guo'er, what's wrong with you?" Long Xiangling noticed her abnormality.
Su Jin also noticed that something was wrong with his little sister! He followed her gaze towards the bamboo forest, "Guo'er! Is there anything there?"
Lan Guoer seemed to no longer be able to hear any sounds around her. She broke free from Long Xiangling's hand and rushed towards the bamboo forest!
Long Xiangling staggered after being pushed, and steadied herself. She felt that Lan Guoer's reaction just now was too abnormal. She was worried and took a step forward to chase after her.
Su Jin and his men followed closely behind.
The closer Lan Guoer got to the bamboo forest, the stronger the compass vibrated! When it reached the center of the bamboo forest, the compass even emitted a low hum!
It was also here that Lan Guoer saw the man she had been thinking about day and night!
The man was covered in blood, his face as pale as if he had lost his life, lying quietly in the wet mud.
Lan Guoer covered her mouth tightly, not daring to make a sound! It was as if he would disappear from her sight if she made a sound! Tears flowed uncontrollably down her cheeks as she walked towards him step by step.
Although she had been told that he was not dead, seeing the man like this, Lan Guoer's mind was already in chaos!
She carefully tested his breath until she was sure that the man was still alive. Only then did a flash of clarity come to her mind.
When Long Xiangling and the others caught up with him, Lan Guoer had already fed him the scar-removing liquid.
"He, he, he is..."
Long Xiangling stared at the man who was held tightly in Lan Guoer's arms with her eyes widened.
She had seen this man before! On the day her home was bombed and she had nowhere to go, it was this man and his comrades who told her that they had set up a camp for refugees and that she could live there first.
Could this man be the lover Guo'er is waiting for?
Su Jin also saw Tang Zhan on the ground. He could hardly believe his eyes! He was not dead, he was still alive!
The first to get excited were the soldiers who followed!
Most of them were comrades who had come here with Tang Zhan! Seeing their Tang Tuan, although he was injured and still unconscious, his slightly rising and falling chest seemed to be beating and greeting them! He was announcing to the world that he was still alive!
Their Tang group did not lose all their bodies, their Tang group came back alive and well!
Unable to hug their Tang group, they all hugged each other tightly and shouted: "Mighty! Mighty! Captain is mighty..."
Tang Zhan felt like he had a very long dream. In the dream, he saw his young wife running towards him crying, calling his name.
He wanted to reach out and hug her, to tell her that he was fine, but his body couldn't move.
Then he heard many familiar voices, the team's bugle call, the shouts of his comrades, and even the voices of other women besides his wife...
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