At this time, when Meng Zhe and the others looked at the village, they found it was already deserted. Collapsed houses could be seen everywhere. Where were the lights? ! Except for the snow on the ground and a series of messy footprints that prove that everything just happened really happened, there is nothing else...
At this time, Meng Zhe came to the place where the footprints disappeared, squatted down and took a closer look, and found that all the footprints of Song Jiang and the three people disappeared out of thin air as soon as they walked here, as if they stepped into another space.
After calming down, Song Jiang carefully recalled what happened after entering the village before, and understood that he and Zhou Shiwu must have accidentally entered the time and space in front of him while chasing Jin Weimin. The one thing he needs to figure out now is this How did space appear? !
Seeing that it was getting late, Zhao Laogou arranged for the three of them to rest in the room where Jin Weimin and his family lived that day, but where could the three of them sleep? Especially Jin Weimin, he was really afraid that he would be like last time when he woke up, so he wanted to wait until dawn and the snow stopped, and then immediately go down the mountain to find his family.
Song Jiang couldn't sleep because he kept thinking about a question. Li Meng said before that the Underworld Division did not have records of the ghosts of dozens of people in Qingshuihe Village, but in reality these people were indeed dead, so where did these ghosts go? And are the Qingshuihe Village and Zhao Laogou in front of them the answer to the problem?
Seeing that Song Jiang was always frowning, Zhou Shiwu comforted him and said, "Maybe we can go back at dawn tomorrow?"
Song Jiang shook his head after hearing this and said, "What if we can't go back? We can't stay here forever, right?!"
Zhou Shiwu laughed when he heard this, "Of course it's impossible! But even if you really can't go back, will your fifth brother's presence still put you in danger? Besides, Meng Zhe and the others must be thinking of a way, too. What we have to do now is to wait and see what happens, and don’t easily break the balance here..."
Song Jiang was stunned and said, "What do you mean?"
"Think about it, judging from Zhao Laogou's behavior, either he doesn't know that he and others are dead, or he knows it but keeps pretending to be stupid in front of outsiders like us. But no matter which case it is, we You can't easily clarify your words in front of him...otherwise no one knows what will happen." After Zhou Shiwu finished speaking, he glanced at Jin Weimin who was in a daze behind them, and then whispered, "And there's more That person...have you ever thought about it, if he was really a person in this time and space, then what is he?"
Song Jiang also remembered at this time that Zhao Laogou had said before that Jin Weimin had obviously gone down the mountain with his family, which meant that there should be another Jin Weimin in this time and space, and the two Jin Weimin must be one true and the other false, but who is the real one and who is the false one? Is it fake again? !
In the end, Song Jiang couldn't hold it anymore, and he fell asleep leaning on the quilt at some point. When he woke up again, he found that it was already dawn and he was covered with Zhou Shiwu's coat, so he quickly got up and ran out. , only to see Zhou Shiwuzheng and Zhao Laogou sitting around the dinner table talking and laughing...
Seeing that Song Jiang woke up, Jin Weimin quickly greeted him and said, "Xiao Song is awake? I'm waiting for you. Come and have breakfast, and then we can go down the mountain quickly..."
Song Jiang glanced at Zhou Shiwu in surprise, and the other party nodded to him, motioning for him to come over and sit next to him... Zhao Laogou also called Song Jiang over to have breakfast at this time, and Song Jiang did not hesitate after hearing this. I am indeed a little hungry.
Breakfast was just some porridge and sweet potatoes. Although it was very simple, the taste was much more normal than the new tea last night, so Song Jiang ate while listening to Zhou Shiwu and Zhao Laogou chatting...
"Brother Zhao, the road up the mountain is so difficult, why doesn't your village move down the mountain?!" Zhou Shiwu asked casually.
Zhao Laogou smiled and said, "It's easy to say... We have houses and land when we stay here. Who will grant us land to build houses when we go down the mountain? Besides, don't look at our Qingshuihe Village as small and dilapidated, but we already have everything here." For hundreds of years, there has been a bronze mirror enshrined in the ancestral hall behind our village, which was passed down from our ancestors. As long as we don’t leave this land, it will keep our village safe.”
When Zhou Shiwu heard this, he became interested and said, "A bronze mirror from hundreds of years ago? Is that an antique? If the people in your village sell the bronze mirror, it might be enough to cover the entire relocation of the village!"
Unexpectedly, Zhao Laogou shook his head and said, "I don't dare to think about this. I heard that no one had the idea of a bronze mirror decades ago, but in the end no one had a good ending, they all died. Death, crazy madness..."
Jin Weimin was obviously not interested in these things. He just wanted to go down the mountain to find his family, so he immediately made preparations to go down the mountain after breakfast, not wanting to stay for a minute longer.
Song Jiang thought that they were originally here to help Jin Weimin find his family, so there was nothing wrong with going down the mountain with him. The most important thing was that Song Jiang also wanted to see if the world outside the village had always stayed the same as it had been thirty years ago...
After saying goodbye to Zhao Laogou, they walked out of Zhao's house. At this time, a young man walked towards them. When he saw Jin Weimin, he greeted him warmly, "Mr. Jin? You brought your friends to play again." ?! You have so many friends!"
After hearing this, Jin Weimin said perfunctorily, "Yes, they... are my new friends."
The young man said with an envious look on his face, "You city dwellers have such a good life, and you drive out to play every now and then..."
After the young man left, Jin Weimin told Song and Jiang, "He is Xu Jie..."
"That village chief's brother?" Song Jiang asked.
Jin Weimin nodded and said, "Well..."
After the snow stopped, Qingshuihe Village gave people an indescribable sense of tranquility. Occasionally, there would be a few children playing and playing in the snow. If the clothes they were wearing were not too old, it would be hard to imagine that these people had been here long ago. He actually died thirty years ago.
When the three of them reached the entrance of the village, they suddenly discovered that there was a thorny problem that they needed to face, that is, they had no car and could only walk down the mountain... Jin Weimin disagreed with this, saying that he had to climb down the mountain even if he climbed.
Song Jiang and Zhou Shiwu had no choice but to accompany Jin Weimin and walk down the mountain. Not long after leaving Qingshuihe Village, the temperature in the mountain gradually began to rise, and the snow on the ground slowly melted... Even the road under their feet was better than before. I don’t know how many times it’s been better.
Jin Weimin said as he walked, "How is it? Is this road easy to walk? We will pass by the Sweet Home Campground in a while, and there should be many RVs camping there now."
(End of chapter)
