Zanthoxylum bungeanum

Chapter 39 Desolate World
Zhu Jianping hurriedly opened the car door and chased her out. Seeing that she was going up the mountain along the narrow path, she asked curiously, "Swallow, where are you taking me?"

"Aren't you going to fly far away with me? There is an abandoned village on the top of the mountain, how about the two of us learning from Xiaolongnv and Yang Guo and living in seclusion?" Li Yan looked at him and said with a half-smile.

When Zhu Jianping was in junior high school, he was punished to read a passage on the podium for watching The Legend of Condor Heroes in class, and he had to stutter at the time.

Later, the whole school knew about it, and some people who were familiar with him imitated his accent when they met, "Guoer..." "Aunt..."

It was a period of vivid memory, he sighed.

Of course, he has a thick skin now, and said with a smile, "Oh, Yanzi, I knew you were thinking about each other just like me."

"Let me declare in advance that there is no electricity on the mountain, the winter is cold and the summer is hot, and there is no way to go down the mountain if it rains or snows." Li Yan turned to look at him.

Zhu Jianping scratched his head, "I think it's better to find a big city and live in seclusion."

Hey, how dare you say it, Li Yan glared at him and quickened his pace of climbing the mountain.

After only climbing for a while, Zhu Jianping felt shortness of breath, like a bellows drawn by a blacksmith, so he could only slow down his pace.

After more than an hour, the two finally climbed to the top of the mountain.

"After all, I'm from the city, so I can take my time." If Li Yan was alone, Li Yan would have arrived in half an hour at most. Today, it took so long to stop and walk in order to wait for him.

Zhu Jianping didn't even have the strength to speak, he sat on the ground panting for breath.

After he calmed down, Li Yan took out a bottle of purified water from his backpack and handed it over.

Zhu Jianping took the water and gulped, drinking most of the bottle in one go.

Li Yan took out her mobile phone and called, "Uncle Liu, where are you in Lubatou Village? We'll go find you."

"Swallow, why are you here too? We are at the east end of the village, um, let me tell you first, there is someone old here." Liu Huaying didn't expect her to come.

Li Yan did not expect such a situation, "Yes, I see."

I hung up the phone, looked at Zhu Jianping and said, "I didn't think about the old people in the village. Are you waiting here for me to come out, or are you going into the village together?"

"Hey, you said it was abandoned, I thought no one lived there." Zhu Jianping took another sip of water, "It's not like I haven't seen the old man, let's go in together."

"Okay, let's go." Li Yan nodded, turned around and walked towards the path into the village.

Zhu Jianping followed, and belatedly asked, "Swallow, why didn't I see you drinking water?"

Li Yan drove back to the county from Lanzhou alone, and a bottle of water was enough, "I'm not thirsty."

I snatched her backpack and opened it to see. There was only a bag of bread, a flashlight, and a pack of tissues left inside.

Zhu Jianping said emotionally, "Swallow, you are so kind to me."

Li Yan didn't bother to talk to him, and quickened her pace.

It's already November, and the path that barely counts as a road is covered with withered and yellow weeds.

The two walked for more than ten minutes, and finally arrived at the entrance of Lubatou Village.

"It's so beautiful, I have to take some pictures." Zhu Jianping was stunned when he saw the houses covered with vines.

Li Yan looked at the desolate world silently, and memories flooded her mind.

When I was young, I followed my mother to Lubatou Village to attend the funeral of my aunt.

Four people from the village lifted the aunt's coffin and walked to the selected cemetery. A yellow dog that had lost its hair was also in the funeral procession. It wobbled as it walked, as if it would fall to the ground and die at any moment.

My mother said that my aunt's children and granddaughters all work outside to earn money, and it is the one who stays with my aunt all the year round.

The aunt is gone, and it is estimated that it will not live long.

Li Yan suddenly felt very fortunate that she made the right choice at that time, otherwise Pingya Village would sooner or later be flooded with plants just like the village in front of her.

　It's thirty years old, I wish you all a safe, healthy and healthy new year.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)