It can be said that the car is huge, but it looks extremely small among the high mountains and ridges.
Finally, the car stopped on a narrower mountain road.
Since it is no longer possible to drive in, we can only go in on foot.
After getting out of the car, Zuo Li held her chest and retched several times.
Today is the 25th, the first day of the new year.
Gu Feichen came over and patted Zuo Li's back gently: "Is it hard?"
He took out a cup of warm water and unscrewed it.
Zuo Li retched for a while and took the water glass.
First I took a sip of warm water and spit it out.
Take another sip to suppress the nauseating feeling.
"It's okay, luckily I didn't eat anything..."
She suddenly stopped talking because the scenery she saw in front of her was truly spectacular.
Their position here is extremely high, and at a glance, they can see mountains shrouded in clouds and mist.
The clouds and mist are swimming slowly, passing by various strange-shaped peaks.
One mountain peak is connected to another, so majestic that even just seeing it is enough to make people feel excited.
What's more, because it is still winter at this time, all the mountains that can be seen are covered with a layer of frost and the trees are full of a holy beauty.
At that moment, Zuo Li's heart seemed to be filled with depression, which also dissipated along with the scenery he saw in front of him.
Gu Fei hugged Zuo Li and whispered, "Do you like it?"
Zuo Li didn't look at him and just nodded.
In fact, she also traveled in her previous life, and mountain climbing was one of her favorite activities.
It's been almost four months since she came to this world, and it seems like she hasn't had a good time yet.
Even when I went to Beijing to take the green train, I didn't bother to take a good look at the scenery outside the window.
At this time, the scenery that she had seen in her previous life seemed to her like it was another life.
Zuo Li smiled bitterly in his heart, it was not like he was living in another world.
"I encountered a lot of things in the capital during this period, which must have put you in a bad mood. I thought I would take you to see them, if you like them."
Gu Feichen's words made Zuo Li's somewhat sad mood return to gentleness.
This time they could have taken a special plane or a train back to Sunshine City.
However, Gu Feichen took Zuo Li alone and decided to drive all the way back.
He said he was driving back, but Zuo Li knew clearly that Gu Feichen wanted to take her to have some fun.
To this end, he seems to have made travel plans.
This "honeymoon"-like trip really made Zuo Li feel a lot better.
Although the bumpy ride just now made me want to vomit.
But the scenery alone is worth it.
"Let's go, Mr. Gu. The village we are going to next will have to walk for a while."
Gu Feichen nodded, took out a huge backpack from the car, and also carried a bag.
The free hand held Zuo Li's hand: "Let's go, the mountain road is not easy to walk, so you must hold my hand."
Zuo Li felt a little embarrassed when she saw that she had nothing on her body.
"Don't I get something?"
Gu Feichen thought for a while and took out a pillow made by Zuo Li from the car.
"Take this?"
Zuo Li: "..."
She seemed to be treated like a child.
But this feeling of being pampered is really nice.
The mountain road is rugged and it is winter, so there is always broken ice on the road.
Fortunately, the shoes both of them wore were non-slip.
Gu Feichen, in particular, was obviously experienced. He was able to walk very steadily even with such a heavy backpack, and he even protected Zuo Li very well.
"Lili, we're here."
Just when Zuo Li felt that he could hardly walk anymore, they finally arrived.
It was evening at this time, and there was a stockade ahead. Most of the buildings in the stockade were made of stone. There were about thirty households in a village.
At this time in the evening, it was the time for cooking, smoke was rising, and a river was flowing in the center of the village.
This is a small village.
Zuo Li actually didn't know why Gu Feichen brought her here.
But Zuo Li noticed that when he saw this village, Gu Feichen's expression softened a lot.
This is a village that takes about ten hours to drive from the capital.
They weren't the only two who came to this place.
Only Zhao Jianshe and other bodyguards were waiting at the foot of the mountain.
As for the other four brothers and sisters of the Gu family, they should have rushed back to Sunshine City in the past few days.
And she and Gu Feichen will be the last ones to return to Sunshine City.
"here it is……"
Gu Feichen's expression was filled with nostalgia, and there was a hint of tenderness that Zuo Li didn't understand.
She had a feeling that this was a very important place to Gu Feichen.
And now, he brought her here.
There is a poplar tree with very thick roots at the entrance of the village. In winter, there is hanging ice on it, making it look like a frost tree, which is full of beauty.
"Woof woof!"
Two dog barks were heard from the house at the entrance of the village.
The barking of dogs was heard, and Zuo Li was so frightened that he tightened his grip on Gu Fei Chen.
She looked towards the barking dog.
It was a big black dog with only three legs and one hind limb missing, but when it bared its teeth, it looked extremely fierce.
This dog looks a bit like a wolf.
"Laifu, what's your name? Ahem."
A strong male voice came from the stone house at the entrance of the village.
Zuo Li pulled into Gu Feichen's sleeve.
Although he knew that there was a high probability that Gu Feichen knew someone in this village, he still couldn't help but feel a little nervous at this moment.
A tall man with a cane came out.
He followed the direction the big black dog was looking and saw Gu Feichen and Zuo Li standing under the banyan tree.
The man's eyes widened, as if he didn't believe what he saw.
"Gu Feichen!"
The man shouted in disbelief.
Gu Feichen let go of Zuo Li's hand, stood up straight, and gave the man a military salute.
He said: "Gu Feichen, commander of the third battalion of the second company of the ninth legion, came to report!"
The man walked over quickly, leaning on a cane, and finally stopped three steps away from Gu Feichen.
He also gave a military salute to Gu Feichen, "Xu Bin, commander of the second company of the Ninth Army, welcomes Comrade Gu Feichen to join us!"
Zuo Li stood a little aside and did not disturb the conversation between the two men.
At the same time, the barking of dogs attracted the attention of more people in the village.
In particular, a boy in his early ten years stopped running not far away and started running towards the village.
While running, he shouted: "Uncle Gu is here! Uncle Gu is here!"
Then Zuo Li saw men one after another in their thirties and forties.
Some of them are blind, some have lame legs, some have broken hands... none of them are healthy.
But they had smiles on their faces.
Someone was shouting: "Gu team."
Some people also said: "That guy Gu Feichen is finally willing to come see me, but I don't know if he has brought any wine!"
Another woman was saying: "We just have food cooked at home, so Captain Gu can come to my house."
The children even cheered: "Uncle Gu is finally here. I want to listen to Uncle Gu tell stories."
"..."
The entire village, which had been quiet before, seemed to come alive at this moment.
Smoke rises from the kitchen, and in the distance, there is the fading glow.
*
"Sister, Captain Gu is really lucky to have such a beautiful wife like you."
Zuo Li's face turned red when he heard this straightforward compliment.
The woman in front of me is Xu Bin's mother-in-law, her surname is Wang, and her name is Wang Erya.
Tonight, Zuo Li and Gu Feichen will spend the night at their house.
At this time, she was cleaning up the room with Wang Erya.
This is the room where the Xu family's son used to live. It's quite big and very clean.
Now that the Xu family's son has entered the military camp, this room is empty.
"Sister-in-law Wang, don't praise me. Mr. Gu is very good. I am lucky to marry him."
Wang Erya laughed with the simplicity of a rural person, "Anyway, I think Captain Gu has made a lot of money. I never thought that Captain Gu could marry such a beautiful and gentle wife as you."
Zuo Li smiled, still feeling happy.
I'm still very happy to be praised so much.
Wang Erya was very familiar with her. After tidying up the room, she pulled Zuo Li outside.
At this time, a bonfire was burning in the square in the center of the village, and a roasted whole lamb and a roasted suckling pig had been set up.
In this era, roasting whole lamb and roasting suckling pig is definitely a "feast".
In addition, a tent was set up next to it, and there was a long table with many dishes on it, which was very rich.
But looking at the dishes and bowls, you can tell that this is not made by the same family.
Zuo Li knew that every household provided several dishes.
"This year, no one was planning to spend it together. But now that Captain Gu is here, we must spend it together."
"Thank you." Zuo Li was touched.
She had already understood before that this village had not been formed for a long time.
It was established by some people who were injured in the army. Most of them had no relatives, so they settled here.
Every year, the state also provides a lot of subsidies, and most of them have some carpentry skills, and the most indispensable thing here is all kinds of wood, so they can live like this.
Zuo Li knew from Wang Erya that Gu Feichen had not been here for three years.
Three years ago, he would come every year.
Why did Gu Feichen bring her here?
Zuo Li thought that maybe he really started to accept her.
Here, there is his past.
There are his friends.
What’s more, he has a belief that he will never regret it even if he dies a hundred times.
The people here are all heroes.
When he came to sit by the campfire, Zuo Li suddenly asked a question.
"Sister-in-law Wang, do you regret letting Brother Xu join the army?" Through the preliminary understanding before, Zuo Li already knew that Xu Bin and Wang Erya got married long before Xu Bin entered the military camp.
After all, twenty years ago, the age of marriage was much earlier than it is now.
Wang Erya did not answer immediately, but thought for a while, and finally shook his head with a smile: "Lili, after knowing that my man's leg was broken, I also cried and complained, but in the end I was only proud.
Even if I go out, some people will look down upon him and look at him with that kind of...well, sympathy. I will feel very uncomfortable when that happens.
However, I am more proud. The old man of the Xu family, my father-in-law, was also a soldier. Unfortunately, he died on the battlefield.
My mother-in-law still sent my husband to serve as a soldier. Didn’t she think that my husband might die too?
No, she also thought about it, but there are some things that must be done by someone. If you don't do it and I don't do it, what will happen to our country?"