"I don't really want to eat bark." While thinking in his heart, he swallowed his dry throat with hunger, then rolled over and climbed to the edge of the tree, stroking the rough bark with his hand, suddenly remembered in his heart A story that my grandfather often told me when I was young.
He always taught me that people should know how to cherish the life in front of them. He said that when he was a child, the war brought a lot of pain to the people. In that era, many people starved to death. So let alone eating rice, even eating bark for every meal is already a luxury.
At that time, how could I understand what Grandpa said. It's all about grandpa scaring me not to let me leftovers. Although he grew up, he was also taught by the school in his textbooks to learn to cherish the peaceful and prosperous life earned by countless martyrs.
But those are all theoretical remarks. In real life for more than 20 years, how can I be hungry
At this moment, I can finally feel this kind of taste. I looked at this small tree about the size of my wrist, and my grandpa’s words came to my mind, as if I could feel the kind of hunger he had to have at that time. Eat the heart of the tree fruit.
I dug a piece of tree bark with my hand, and after peeling off the hard outer shell, I took it to my mouth with a solemn expression.
As soon as I touched my tongue, a faint bitter taste spread to my taste buds, stimulating my nerves. I shivered unconsciously, but still gritted my teeth and stuffed the rest of the bark in. Chewing in his mouth.
When I was young, I had a few friends of mine who ate the weeds on the roadside and the wild fruits from the mountains. But this bark, I really ate it for the first time. Although the wild fruit is unpalatable, compared with my bark, it is simply delicious in the world.
After waiting for me to chew a few mouthfuls, tears appeared in my eyes. I don't know whether it was the taste of the bark that caused my bitterness to tears, or I felt the bitterness of grandpa back then.
The sap from the bark stimulated my throat. Although it was bitter and astringent, I greedily drank them all because I was so thirsty. Everything is difficult at the beginning. After the first bite, I started to chew with relish. Although the taste is bitter, I imagined it as after chewing betel nuts. The astringent bitterness seems to be really good. Faded a lot.
I don’t know if the bark can be swallowed, but after I tried it, I found that the bark is just like betel nut. It can’t be swallowed at all. Maybe it can be swallowed after boiling it in water to soften it a bit. Bar.
But I don’t have this tool by my side now, so I chewed the bark clean and threw it away.
After eating this first piece, I continued to dig out a piece of bark like crazy, and then ate it more quickly. Even though I had overcome it psychologically, I still chewed unbelievably. Bark cried with tears.
I remember very clearly that I ate five pieces of bark. After I felt a little full, I stopped. This tree was almost completely eaten by me.
Damn it, this time I really lost my wife and broke down. I don’t know if the noodle shop is real, and I don’t know if the tree is real. Since they are all possible fakes, at that time, I hesitated, it would be better to eat two bowls of fragrant and delicious beef noodles.
At this moment, I am lying on the grass, and I really regret how much I regret it.
Although it is hard, my hunger and thirst have finally been supplemented, but my physical strength is almost at its limit. Although my injury is almost recovered, the physical fatigue is very strong, and I feel that my eyelids are about to start fighting. , But how dare I sleep in such a wild place.
"Papa... Papa..." In order to prevent myself from falling asleep, I raised my hand and slapped myself twice to improve my spirit.
Then, under the light of the moonlight, holding the Demon Slayer Sword, following the position of the moon, he walked forward. Although I don't know where I'm going now, but if I follow the moonlight, at least I won't get lost.
This is common sense in daily life. I don’t know if it will work in this ghost place, but I have no other choice. I don’t know where I am anyway. What is the difference between whether I am lost or not? , So it's better to give it a try.
The phone is broken, and I don’t know what time it is, but judging from the moonlight, it should be about midnight. I judged it based on the moonlight. As for whether it is true or not, then I don’t know.
I followed the moonlight while illuminating the surroundings with a flashlight. The scene here seemed to be really the same. Every two steps I took, I would stop and observe, eager to find whether it was trees or weeds on the ground. Almost all are exactly the same. If you walk blindly, you can't distinguish the position by identifying the trees.
So I thought of a way. After a certain distance, I would use the Demon Slashing Sword to carve a mark on a tree. In this way, even if I really get lost in a roundabout way, at least I can find it in time.
"Qua... quack..." Just as I concentrated on my journey, looking at the moonlight on the road, a frog's cry suddenly came from my ear.
This sudden sound really frightened me. I was so scared that I immediately fell down and bent over to continue listening...
"Tweet... Tweet..."
"Scuff...crawl...crawl...crawl" The squeaks of various small animals rang from my ears. What a familiar sound, the sound of such a small animal, when I was young, I could hear this sound every day in the mountains and fields.
But now it is in my ears, but it has brought me up to guard against the enemy, how can such a strange sound come out of thin air in such a place.
"Qiang..." The Demon Slashing Sword unsheathed, radiating bursts of cold light under the moonlight. The sound continued, but I still couldn't see the sound of any small animals. In order to make myself courageous, I raised my throat and shouted at the surrounding area: "Don't pretend to be here, and show up if you have the courage."
"Qua... quack..." The response to me was still the noise of various small animals, and there was no sound at all to answer me. For a while, I cautiously froze in place, guarding every move around me.
Before I figured out the situation, I didn't dare to move around. I was afraid that if I walked around, I might miss some clues.
But after waiting for a long time, there was still nothing around me except the sound of this little animal.
It's not really just a small animal around here, right? After facing the normal situation, my mood fluctuated, and then I took the courage and continued to walk forward.
"Huh... Huh..." But before I took two steps, a gloomy wind blew past me. (End of this chapter)