C23 (1/2)

The Regiment Commander of the County Committee found a car to send Zhu Ying to the great pass at the foot of the Wu Lun Mountain.

Wei Hua, the regiment commander, and Zhu Ying went back to the city.

Wei Hua stood at the side of the road and stretched his legs as he looked at Zhu Ying and said: ”Miss Zhu, we will be walking on the 20 Li mountain road next;

Without waiting for Zhu Ying to reply, Wei Hua continued, ”If Miss Zhu cannot hold on, then we have to think of another way!”

Zhu Ying hadn't walked over twenty li on the mountain road. Hearing Wei Hua's words, he glanced at her with a reddened face, and said: ”Big Sis Yu … Saying... Think of something else... Method... ”What do you mean …”

Wei Hua was 28 years old, so it was natural for Zhu Ying to call her Big Sis.

Wei Hua pulled his scattered bangs back from his forehead and said: ”The other way is to get a few of our people from the Tong Village, then we can get a slide pole and carry you into the mountains!”

Zhu Ying shook her head like a rattle drum, and said embarrassedly: ”No no no no, big sister Yu; Zhu Ying is not the rich lady from the old days, how can she ride a slide pole and let the villagers carry him!”

Wei Hua laughed loudly, he stopped laughing and stared at Zhu Ying: ”Miss Zhu, you misunderstood! The glider on the Five Wheels Mountain is not only the rich wife of the old days, but also the ladies of the common people; for example, in marriage, the bride is carried all the way by the pole! ”

Zhu Ying stared at Wei Hua with a flushed face and said: ”I'm not a bride, how can I ride it!”

Wei Hua paused for a moment, then chuckled: ”But Miss Zhu is a teacher of Tong Village! ”Fellow villagers will carry you up the mountain with a slide pole!”

”We won't sit, we won't sit!” Zhu Ying stubbornly waved her arms in the air, saying, ”Even if I die today, Zhu Ying will die on the mountain path rushing to the Tong Village!”

Wei Hua saw that Zhu Ying had made up her mind and chuckled. The two of them were just about to leave, when I caught up from behind.

That year, I was about the same size as I am now. If I were to say that I was not as tall as I am now, I would only be two to three centimeters; I should be more than 180 centimeters.

I used the 50 li mountain road from the county town to my home Tong Village as a training ground for long distance running.

The road from the county town to Grand Junction was almost flat, and I ran at the speed of a marathon.

The mountain road from the Great Junction to the Tong Village is a little steep, and there was a line of Scorpion River in the middle; I did rock climbing.

When we arrived at the Mu Yun Villa that day, I saw a car passing by by as it drove towards the Tong Village. However, I didn't know that it was Zhu Ying, Wei Hua and the others.

Only when they saw Wei Hua and Zhu Ying at the entrance of the fortress did they know that they were going to Tong Village.

I said a little excitedly: ”Sisters, my name is Tong Guzi, I am from Tong Village and I attended high school in the county. I will be returning home Saturday to prepare my food for next week!”

When Zhu Ying heard that I was running all the way from school, she was so shocked that her mouth dropped open; she stood on the ground for a long time without uttering a single word.

Zhu Ying stared blankly at her, thinking that she had said the wrong thing. She looked at her foolishly, not knowing what to do.

Wei Hua walked in front of me and smiled: ”Student Guzi!” Pointing to Zhu Ying, he said: ”This sister is a university student from the capital, she works as a teacher at Tong Village primary school!”

Qing Shui cleared his throat and raised his voice, ”You said that running all the way from the county has scared Miss Zhu. She just stood there in a daze and did not say anything!”

Wei Hua said with a carefree smile as he pointed forward with his finger, ”There's some fate between him and us, we're actually people from Tong Village!”

Pausing for a moment, she looked at Zhu Ying and said: ”Miss Zhu has a guarantee now, if you are unable to walk, you can ask little brother Gu Zi to help you!”

Zhu Ying looked at me with a friendly face and blushed. She bit her lips with her white teeth and smiled: ”I won't let her help! Zhu Ying has to get to the Tong Village! ”

Even though Zhu Ying had said that, the mountain road to Tong Village from the Great Bend was too hard to traverse; she had only walked four to five miles before she started to grind bloody blisters on the ground.

It was only then that I learned what it meant to be pampered. Although Zhu Ying was not so pampered, but she had the ability to brag even after walking four to five miles. It was enough to say that previously, she had very few opportunities to come into contact with mountain regions.

With her feet on fire, she insisted on walking down. It seemed that Zhu Ying was very stubborn.

Then again, if Zhu Ying really wants my help, it's simply carrying her on her back on the mountain path.

The mountain kids had suffered since they were young, walking for tens of miles while carrying things that weighed more than 100 jin. If I were to carry Zhu Ying who weighed 70 kg, it would be as easy as carrying Hu Sanniang on Lu Zhi's back.

But Zhu Ying's feet were covered in blisters, and she didn't open her mouth to look at me; I actually felt a sense of loss.