The weather was fine, the sky was high and blue, and the midday sun shone nakedly, coating the mountains in the distance with a layer of gold.

The scenery of the plateau has never been so clear in her eyes.

She looked at everything in the distance with surprise and decided not to let this rare afternoon go by and go out for a walk!

"Taotao!" Someone called her in excitement.

Looking back, it turned out to be Mrs. Yu.

"Sister-in-law Yu, what are you holding in your hand?" She saw Sister-in-law Yu carrying a pocket filled with green leaves.

"Oh! These are wild vegetables! Let's make wild vegetable cakes later! Tigers love them the most! I'll prepare them later and give you a bowl to try!" Sister-in-law Yu shook a handful of fresh and tender wild vegetable leaves.

Show it to her.

"There are wild vegetables so early?" Tao Zi was slightly surprised. Could it be that spring has come early?

"Yes!" Sister-in-law Yu said with a smile, "The southern slope where Wangzhishi passes is facing the sun and has warmed up early. It has already turned green two days ago!"

Really? She went to see Wife Stone twice. The first time was at night and she saw nothing except a dark patch; the second time she went to scatter paper dumplings.

I couldn't help but think about those Kelsang flowers, and asked quickly, "What about the Kelsang flowers? Have they sprouted too?"

"It seems to be there! The flowers usually only see buds in April, or as early as March, but this year it warmed up early, especially on the southern slope. It seems that there are buds!" Sister-in-law Yu recalled.

"Really?! Where does that slope go down? Wangzhishi?" She was overjoyed and asked urgently.

"You have to take another road. There are soldiers standing guard. There is a cliff at Wangzhu Stone and you can't get down!" Sister-in-law Yu said.

"I got it! Thank you, Sister-in-law Yu!" She went back to the house, picked up half a bowl of rice in two or three mouths, opened the cupboard door, found the oldest enamel bowl from inside, and went out, heading straight to the Wife-Watching Stone.

After walking through the playground and approaching the woods, she saw another fork in the road. It was the place where Chief Ning caught insects for her last time she fell down. She had never noticed it before passing by.

Walking down this road, there were soldiers standing guard at the mountain pass. When they saw her, they gave a standard military salute and shouted, "Hello, sister-in-law!"

She smiled politely at the soldiers. To be honest, she felt that she could not afford such a military salute. She was just Ning Zhenqian's wife and had no great achievements in battle. Why should the soldiers salute her?

"I'm going to go for a walk and get some sunshine!" she said to the soldier with a smile.

The soldier straightened his back and said, "Yes! Sister-in-law, please!"

She walked towards the southern slope that Sister-in-law Yu mentioned, but she didn't expect that it would be a very long road to reach the destination not far away.

As I walked along, I looked at both sides of the path, and sure enough I saw new green spots.

She looked for it among the new greenery based on the appearance of the new buds of the Gesang flower in the picture album in her memory, but she didn't find it along the way.

The field of vision gradually broadens and the green becomes thicker. Unknowingly, it seems that we are approaching the depths of early spring.

I was looking for the seedlings of Galsang flower in the new green bushes wholeheartedly, but I walked farther and farther and lost track of time.

When she finally found a green seedling that looked like a Kelsang flower, she couldn't help but feel so happy that she squatted down and started digging carefully.

I dug many plants in succession, squatted on the ground and picked slowly, and finally selected the three plants I was most satisfied with.

I filled the enamel bowl I brought with soil and planted the seedlings in it. As if I had completed a major event, I lay down on the newly dyed green ground and began to enjoy the breath of early spring, with the scent of earth and herbs.

Drilling into her nose, this breath was particularly kind to her, making her have the illusion of dreaming back to her childhood and her hometown. She couldn't help but close her eyes, let herself relax, and enjoy this breath...

However, she had been exhausted by Ning Zhenqian in the past two days, and she had walked for such a long time. As soon as she lay down like this, her tiredness suddenly surged towards her like a tide. She couldn't resist it for a while, and indulged herself along the way.

I was so sleepy that I fell asleep just like that.

She also had a silly dream, dreaming that the Gesang flower she had moved back into the pot had eight petals blooming, pink and purple in color, and extremely beautiful. She and her brother Tangtang were guarding the eight-petal Gesang flower.

Holding hands, smiling happily...

However, later, dark clouds rolled in, lightning thundered, and it started to rain. The raindrops pattered on the Gesang flower petals, and the petals fell off...

She was shocked. The Gesang flower was damaged by the raindrops and withered. Is this a sign that happiness will be broken?

She hurriedly hugged Gesanghua and blocked the rain with her body.

The rain was heavy and it hurt and felt cold on her body, but the Gesang flowers in her arms fell irreversibly one by one. She panicked and lost her mind. She looked back to look for her Brother Tangtang, but there was no one around her.

There are only dark clouds that are gradually closing in, and the light is getting darker and darker.

It seemed that a bigger storm was coming. The wind picked up and the chill spread everywhere. She shivered with cold...

This is how she was woken up by the cold...

I found myself still lying on the ground, just like in my dream. It was raining on a sunny day just now. No wonder, the feeling of being wet by the rain in my dream was so real.

I don’t know how long she slept for, but the sky had turned gray, and it was obviously approaching dusk. The weather was good at noon, and before I knew it, I was far away from the camp. I don’t know how long it would take to walk back from here.

She looked at this unfamiliar and uninhabited environment with a little fear. She had to rush back before it was completely dark!

Not daring to waste another minute, I picked up the enamel bowl with the Gesang flowers planted on the ground and left.

The weather in early spring brought chills when it rained. She walked in the rain and soon got wet. She held the bowl tightly, and the chill penetrated bit by bit, just like in a dream. She shivered slightly in the rain.

.

Under the afternoon light on a sunny day, she walked back based on her feeling.

However, after walking for more than half an hour, I felt vaguely that something was wrong. Could I have gone astray?

This large mountain is sparsely populated, has no roads at all, and is completely covered with vegetation.

At noon, I was completely attracted by the new green of early spring, and I was looking for the Gesang flowers wholeheartedly, so I plunged into the green without paying attention to where I went or what direction I was going, let alone how to go back...

The rain continued to fall, and she was already soaked to the skin. It was about to turn dark. She stood in the cold, rainy darkness and lost her way...

Looking around, she was sure that she had indeed gone the wrong way. After walking for more than half an hour, even if she couldn't reach the army, she should be close. At least she should be able to see the lights of the army. But now, it was pitch black and she couldn't see anything.

not see……

So, are there three roads before her now, front, left, or right?

Although she grew up in a rural area, she had no real experience in surviving in the wild. In this uninhabited mountain, she didn't know if any wild beasts or poisonous insects would emerge, and her heart suddenly tightened.

Looking at the dark places where there might be noise at any time, she was so scared that she ran away. No matter what, it was better than sitting here and waiting to die!

She kept running wildly in the rain, and the only sounds around her were the sound of rain and her own footsteps in the wetland. What was frightening was that the wind whizzed by with echoes, and occasionally, unknown sounds.

The chirping of birds and animals made her hair stand on end, and she ran faster in the rain.

After running for a while, she was out of breath from exhaustion and returned to the place where she had laid down in the afternoon. The Gesang flowers she had dug out and picked out were scattered all over the ground by the rain.

She squinted her eyes and looked up at the sky, but there was not a single star. Otherwise, she would have been able to tell the difference between east, west, east and west by relying on her forgotten geographical knowledge. But now, only the rain hit her face, which was cold and cold, and her vision was blurred.

Vague……

what to do?

She believed that there was no perfect way! She would definitely be able to find a way back! Otherwise, he would be worried to death when he returned to the dormitory! Well, would he be worried? She asked herself this question timidly...

She walked around here, taking advantage of the last light before dusk, looking for any features that could point her way.

A memorable words rang in my ears, "Brother Xiao Zhen, you win again! Why are you so powerful? Aren't you from Beijing? How can you tell the direction?"

This was the summer vacation when he was twelve years old. He came from Beijing and brought Lin Kun a compass, but they used the compass to make a bet. Ning Zhenqian said that for him, the compass was useless, and he himself was the compass!

Lin Kun didn't believe it and made a bet with him that he could accurately point to the north every time!

What did he say at that time?

"Look at the rocks! The rocks with moss are on the north side! The smooth ones are on the south side! Look at the ant holes! The entrance to the ant holes faces south! Look at the trees! The ones with lush branches and leaves are on the south side! Look at the open space! The grass is on the south side!"

Under this kind of light, you can't see the ant holes, but there are rocks! There are grass!

She stood in front of the unique karst rocks in the Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau, looked at the vegetation, and smiled in the rain. Although it was not liverwort, the principle is the same, isn't it?

She ran quickly towards the determined direction.

The sound of rain and unknown animal noises still scare her, but having a direction in her heart is like having a bright light!

As she ran, she thought, what should she say when she saw him later?

Should I take the initiative to admit that I was wrong and should not have run so far alone without the discipline?

Or should she hold up the Gesang flower and brag to him that she has found the flower of happiness! And his daughter is very powerful. She still clearly remembers what he said many years ago, so she can find her way home today?

Well! She is a military wife! She must not embarrass him! Nor can she increase his burden! When encountering problems in the future, she must find a way to solve them herself just like today!

The rain was still falling, "Cuckoo, Cuckoo! Cuckoo, Cuckoo!" Several shouts came from the forest, and the night was completely enveloped.

She was running wildly alone, and the fear in her heart was completely replaced by the light of hope. This light was him, and it was his direction that she was trying to run towards...

This light of hope even made her ignore the coldness of the rain hitting her body. Even though her whole body was wet, she could not feel the chill. There was only one thought in her mind: Run! Run! Run home! Run into his arms.

go!

Of course, she did not forget her Gesang flower. She took off her clothes and covered the flower in her clothes like a treasure, as if she were cherishing her happiness...

Suddenly, I saw the light of a flashlight from a distance, and someone was shouting: "Taotao - Taotao -" "Sister-in-law - sister-in-law -"

It's him! It's them!

They are coming for her! She knows it! Her Tangtang brother will not ignore her! He will not not worry about her!

The feeling of happiness surged up like a warm current at this moment. With the blood circulation, it spread to every cell in the body, even the toes were warm!

She shouted excitedly, "Here - I'm here -"
To be continued...