Chapter 121 First Camping
The wind on Daluo Peak is too strong and it is not suitable for setting up tents.
He Shu and Qi Xue followed the crowd and slowly walked up the mountain, setting up their tent on the saddle between the Big and Small Luan Peaks.
This is a camping area specially designated in the scenic area. Many people choose to camp here. I heard that you can see the beautiful scenery of sunrise and sunset here.
The two set up their tents, had lunch and then looked at the beautiful scenery nearby. Before sunset in the afternoon, Qi Xue pulled He Shu up the hillside.
We stopped near the top of the mountain.
Looking down, the colorful tents are like countless flowers dotted among the mountains, as beautiful as a painting.
Looking into the distance, the buildings in the city are connected to the horizon because of the small distance.
Looking around, there were only mountains, a huge setting sun, and clouds dyed red by the sunset.
There is clearly only one sun, but when it is hanging above your head and seems very far away, you will feel that the sun is very hot, very hot and very dazzling.
And when it slowly sets and seems very close to me, I feel that the sun at this time is warm and approachable.
"When my aunt was little, she did something stupid."
"That means chasing the sunset for a long, long time."
Qi Xue raised her hand and made a grabbing motion: "I always feel that it is not far ahead of me. As long as I run fast, I can run to the sun and hug it."
Qi Xue laughed and said, "That day I ran along the fields and plains, looking at the setting sun right in front of me. I always felt that I could touch it in the next step."
He Shu listened carefully: "And then?"
Qi Xue laughed and said, "Then I ran too far, and when it got dark I got lost and couldn't find the way home."
"It was your uncle and your mother who took me out to play that day. I ran far away, and your uncle chased me. Your mother ran home crying and said she lost me, and everyone in the family went out to look for me."
"At that time, there were many people in the Qi family, including the entire family and the surrounding neighbors. They all came out."
"As for me, I didn't catch the sun, so I had to go back. I didn't know if I was going the right way. Anyway, in the end, I met my family who took me back."
Qi Xue burst into laughter when she said this: "After returning home, your uncle was beaten to a pulp by your grandfather because of this incident."
He Shu didn't understand: "Why did you hit my uncle?"
"Because your eldest uncle is the oldest. He was already a teenager at that time, and he took his sister out to play without watching her carefully."
Qi Xue's smile subsided a little: "From childhood to adulthood, your uncle was the one who got beaten the most. Your mother had the worst health when she was young and was always sick. She was younger than me, so your grandparents naturally didn't want to beat him."
"As for me, I'm the youngest and a girl. So, sometimes when your mother and I made mistakes, your grandfather would beat your uncle and blame him for not raising his sister well."
He Shu felt very sympathetic towards his uncle after hearing this. Qi Xue then said, "In fact, your uncle has had a very hard life."
"He is the oldest. When we were young, he always had to give in to us. He couldn't cry when he was wronged because he was a boy. Your grandfather is old now. He used to be very strict with your uncle."
"Your uncle got married and had children, and sometimes he was beaten. He was also a filial son and listened to your grandfather all his life."
"After Guangxing passed away, your aunt was traumatized, and the family almost broke up in the first year."
"Now that we have finally made it through, he is old..."
Qi Xue hugged He Shu's shoulders and said, "When my aunt went to see you before, she also had selfish motives."
At this time, the setting sun was close to the horizon, like a big round orange.
"The Qi family is now like the setting sun. Without descendants, once it sets, it will never rise again."
"He Shu, you are the hope of the Qi family now. Didn't your aunt ask you to take care of your uncle and aunt in their old age?"
"It's just that when you get old, without children or grandchildren to take care of you, it's really sad."
"Your grandpa still has me, your uncle, and your aunt, but what about your uncle after that?"
" Promise your aunt that you will come home often when you have nothing to do."
He Shu stared at the setting sun and suddenly felt like running down the mountain to chase the light.
"Yes, auntie, I will."
…
Without waiting for the afterglow of the sunset to completely disappear, He Shu and his aunt went down the hillside and returned to the camping place.
There were people I didn't know around me, including a family of three, a young couple, and a middle-aged couple.
Everyone gathered together. Even though they didn’t know each other, they just came out to have fun and camp in the same place, so it was more lively with more people.
He Shu ate a lot of food for dinner. Since we couldn't make a fire here, everyone put all the things they brought on the big tablecloth and turned the camping into a buffet.
Everyone brought a lot of things, not only food, but some people also brought musical instruments.
In the valley at night, someone plucked the strings of a musical instrument under the illumination of several lights...
How could I fall in love with you
I'm asking myself
I can give up anything
It's hard to leave today
You are not beautiful
But you are so cute
Oh Cinderella
My Cinderella
…
The song was called "Cinderella" and the person playing the guitar was a man who looked to be about thirty years old.
He has a neat short haircut and his voice is very attractive when he sings.
The people sitting together couldn't help but quiet down and listened to his singing and playing.
Not far from him, there was a girl with long hair and a fisherman's hat, who stared at him intently the whole time.
I wonder if this girl is his Cinderella?
This mountain climbing experience was something He Shu had never had before. He saw the beautiful scenery, watched the sunset, set up a tent, and watched the stars blinking and the bright moon smiling.
This experience made He Shu feel that both his body and mind were cleansed.
He is surrounded by nature, far away from the hustle and bustle of the city, but not far away from the world.
But such a night also makes it particularly easy for people to relax and feel happy.
The young couple in love hugged each other, leaned their heads together, and looked at each other from time to time, their faces full of sweetness.
The young couple in the family of three, the wife hugged their lovely child, and the husband hugged his wife, listening very attentively.
The middle-aged couple covered each other with clothes to keep out the night chill.
Everything before my eyes seems to be a blend of the most beautiful emotions in the world, and includes all living beings.
Here, everyone doesn’t have to worry about work, doesn’t have to be busy with household chores, and doesn’t have to worry about their children.
Without the mundane world of firewood, rice, oil and salt, it seems that even the worries are gone.
At night, He Shu lay in the tent prepared by his aunt, with a thick moisture-proof mat under him and a thin blanket on his body. He didn't feel cold at all.
But it was He Shu’s first time camping in the wild, and he couldn’t sleep for a while, perhaps because he was too excited.
He unzipped the tent and stuck his head out. All the lights outside were moved inside the small tent.
The light dimmed and the stars in the sky became brighter.
The wind was very strong at night. They were located in a valley between two mountains, which could block some of the wind but not the sound of the wind.
He Shu suddenly had an idea. He took out his empty backpack and used it as a pillow under his head. He then got into the tent and zipped it up.
Just lying on my back with my head exposed, looking at the stars in the sky and listening to the intermittent sound of the wind...
