Infinite escape

09

I couldn't imagine how painful it would be, but the howling of the man behind me was like being tortured. I didn't look back. Now that I had passed the guards of the [-]th Battalion, there was no better opportunity than now, and I ran forward with all my strength.

In the dark night, I can't tell where I am, I just move forward with my instinctive sense of direction. No matter how tired my body is, I will not stop. If I relax, I will completely lose the strength to stand up again. I will never stop before I fall down .

"This time, I will definitely escape."

With this in mind, when I heard voices from outside the Thirteenth Battalion, when the night sky was full of stars, when I saw lights in the distance, I finally lost my strength and sat down on the ground, leaning against a piece of wood. Stone, in front of him is a brook glowing with white light.

I rested for a while, moved to the stream, drank a few sips of water, washed my face, and then found a larger stone to lie on. Looking at the stars in the sky, I had the urge to cry, and slowly the tiredness hit me. I closed my eyes and fell asleep.

This night was the most peaceful night I slept.

Wang!Wang!Wang!

I suddenly opened my eyes, sat up and searched for the hounds around, but saw an old yellow dog across the creek, wagging its tail and staring at me, I couldn't help laughing.

At this time, the sky was already bright, and the fresh air rushed towards us, carrying a unique fragrance of the mountains, and the stream was gurgling, and the shadow of the Thirteenth Battalion could not be felt at all, and everything in the eyes became beautiful.

I stood up and walked towards the house on the other side of the creek. Maybe someone can tell me how to get out. I took off my shoes and stepped into the water carefully. The dog barked at me twice and ran to the front house.

There are only a few scattered families by the stream of the mountain stream, not even a village. I followed the yellow dog to a low earth-walled house. My stomach couldn't help but growl twice.

I went up and knocked on the door lightly twice, and asked, "Is anyone there?"

After a while, a half-old woman came out, looked me up and down and said, "Oh! Young man, where did you come from? You made it like this!"

"Me, my friend and I went out to climb the mountain, but we got separated and got lost. We walked in the mountain for two days!" I lowered my head and said softly.

The woman patted me on the shoulder and said, "Come in quickly, I also have a son who went to school in the city a few years ago, he looks a few years older than you."

The woman enthusiastically pulled me into the house, and I couldn't help being moved. Such a pure and gentle person seemed as far away as a world to me. She not only served me a big bowl of hot rice, but also brought me He took his son's clothes and changed my filthy clothes for me.Finally, after thanking the woman repeatedly, I asked her the way out of the mountain. She babbled on for a long time but couldn't make it clear. In the end, she still asked her wife to drive me to the small town at the foot of the mountain in a bullock cart.

I don't have the impression of an ox cart in my memory, but I felt a sense of novelty when I saw it for the first time. This novelty made me feel like I had completely put aside the [-]th Battalion, and I couldn't help but feel cheerful when I sat on it.

The old man talked to me from time to time along the way, the whip hit the cow's buttocks, and he sang folk songs. Although it was bumpy, the eyes were full of green mountains and green waters, and the sun was very good.

After leaving the mountain stream, it didn’t become open, and I still walked down the mountain road round and round. I don’t know how long it took, but the sun was already so strong that I couldn’t open my eyes. The old man brought me some water, gurgling I took a few sips.

"It's almost here, just go around the mountain."

I watched the old man pointing at the ravine in front of me, and nodded blankly, knowing that it would be troublesome enough for someone to send me down, let alone complain that the road was too long and the walk was too slow.

After going down the mountain this way, my mood has calmed down a lot, but it still feels like a dream, and I am afraid that I will return to the deserted city of the [-]th Battalion when I open my eyes.

Maybe it was because the sun was too strong, I fell asleep unknowingly, and when I opened my eyes again in a daze, the old man's face came close to me.

"Here we go, lad!"

I hummed and climbed up from the cart together, but what appeared in front of me was a military outpost. A man in military uniform stood in front of the door not far away and stared at me. I will forget that it is the mark of the [-]th Battalion.