Chapter 002: Baxian Boundary
Autumn is high and crisp, the sky is so high and blue, and the air exudes the fragrance of earth and plants, without a trace of the taste of later industrial society.
Sneakers walking on dirt roads, softer than cement roads, Muyang has not had this feeling for a long time, he was born in the capital and grew up in the capital, even most of his relatives are also from the capital, so there is very little experience in living in other places, except for a few times with friends to travel experience, rarely to this kind of close to nature.
There are dealers all around, after the initial sorghum field, Muyang saw corn field, soybean field, cotton field, although Muyang has no experience in farming, but also knows that these crops should be crops in the north, here should be the north undoubtedly.
As he walked, he observed the scenery around him, but his mind was on the first mission.
According to the literal meaning of the mission, he was probably sent to the period of the Anti-Japanese War, otherwise how could there be a ghost soldier, this period is not fun, the Japanese burned, killed and looted all kinds of evil, and they were not accidentally killed by the Japanese soldiers.
After walking for half an hour, after turning a cornfield, Muyang saw a person in a field planted with low crops, forty or fifty meters away from the small dirt road where Muyang was located, and from a distance, it was an old man, about 50 years old.
The old man was wearing a gray patched gray short coat, dark trousers, and a pair of cloth shoes that had been trampled on. The old man was digging in the ground with his back to Muyang with his back to Muyang.
"Uncle, I'll ask you for directions." Muyang shouted at the old man on the dirt road.
When the old man heard the voice, his body shook, and then he looked up at Muyang, and after seeing that Muyang was just a person, he looked around vigilantly, and found that there were no outsiders, so he relaxed slightly.
Muyang didn't pay attention to all this, and finally ran into a person, he naturally wouldn't let it go, stepped on the ditch and went directly to the field, and ran towards the old man.
The old man clutched the hoe in his hand and looked at this young man in strange clothes, but his eyes revealed vigilance.
Mu Yang didn't know that the current Chinese have been poisoned by the Japanese for a long time, and even ordinary people will be deeply wary of strangers, let alone such a strange guy like Mu Yang.
After approaching, Muyang found that the old man was digging sweet potatoes in the ground, "Uncle, digging sweet potatoes, ask you, what kind of place is this, what year is this year." ”
Muyang's question is completely the standard interrogation rhythm of the traverser, as if the first sentence of every traversal is this sentence, what kind of place is this, what year is it, hehe, Muyang is no exception, absolutely follow the experience of his predecessors.
"I heard that the accent of Housheng is from Beijing." The old man did not answer Mu Yang's question directly, but asked.
"Yes, a native of Beijing." Mu Yang replied.
"What did you do here, how did you get here?" The old man continued to ask.
"I'm still a student, I'm in college, and I'm just out and about." Muyang didn't know the current situation, so he could only answer ambiguously.
"It's not a good time to come out to play, the old man advises you, it's better to go home and live a peaceful life, don't come out and run around." Although the old man saw that Muyang was dressed strangely, his accent was indeed an authentic Beijing accent, and his tone of voice was like that of a student, so he kindly reminded him.
"Thank you Uncle for reminding me, you haven't told me where this is, what year is this year?" Mu Yang continued to ask.
"Oh, this is Wufangqiao Village, which belongs to the boundary of Ba County, this year is the 33rd year of the Republic of China, today is the 21st day of the seventh month of the lunar calendar, you said that you are a college student, why don't you even remember the days, it seems that it has been out for a long time, or hurry home, the soldiers are in chaos, and the families in the province are worried." The old man kindly reminded again.
At the boundary of Baxian County, on the twenty-first day of the seventh lunar month in the 33rd year of the Republic of China, Muyang silently remembered these pieces of information.
He seems to have some impressions in Baxian County, it is in the eastern part of Hebei Province, it seems that it is not too far from the capital, as for the year of the 33rd year of the Republic of China, Muyang really doesn't know, he needs to go back to check.
"Uncle, how do you go to Ba County?" Muyang asked.
"There is a big road more than a mile to the east, go directly to the north on the avenue, and you can see the city wall of Baxian County after walking for eleven or twelve miles." The old man pointed to the road and said.
"It's not too far, then thank you uncle, by the way, uncle, ask you, are there any devils around here." Mu Yang finally asked in a low voice.
The old man immediately became vigilant, his hand holding the hoe tightened again, and asked in a deep voice, "What are you asking for?" ”
"I'm afraid that I will encounter devils on the road and have some accidents." Muyang also felt that he was a little abrupt, and explained.
"Oh, there are devils' turrets everywhere in North China, sometimes they also drive sidecar trucks out to patrol, there are hundreds of devil soldiers in Baxian County, I think you should be careful, if they see you dressed like this, they will probably be arrested and interrogated directly."
The old man was still a little unaccustomed to Muyang's strange dress, and kindly reminded him again.
Muyang also knows that his outfit is indeed a bit unusual for this era, this outdoor outfit, no matter how he looks at it, does not look like a person in this era, it seems that he really needs to prepare well.
"Thank you, uncle, I'm leaving."
Muyang said goodbye to the old man and walked in the direction pointed out by the old man.
But I didn't hear the old man standing there muttering: "I don't know if this baby is stupid, I dare to run out by myself these years, don't you look for death, I hope he can get home safely all the way." ”
Muyang walked out for more than a mile, and really saw a big road, which was a gray slag road with a width of more than ten meters, looking at the ruts and footprints on the road, there should be people passing by often.
There are many people passing by here, Mu Yang didn't dare to go further, for fear that he would really encounter Japanese soldiers, so he estimated that he would be really in danger, so he should go back and prepare to come back, and besides, he also needs to go back and check the information of the current era.
didn't go on the road, went directly into a dense cornfield on the side of the road, and then went back silently, Muyang returned to his home.
Exhaled deeply, Mu Yang's nervous mood was relieved, he put down his backpack, took out a can of Wang Laoji from the refrigerator and poured it in one go.
Walk to the computer, open a word document after turning on the computer, and start typing in what you need to consider, this is Muyang's habit, write it down, summarize it and then solve it one by one.
"Determine the time, the twenty-first day of the seventh lunar month in the 33rd year of the Republic of China, the location is outside Baxian County, more than ten miles away from the county seat, you need to prepare a dress suitable for that era, some money, and weapons, by the way, and whether the time is synchronized, how did you forget it just now."
He muttered while typing, suddenly remembered this incident, and then raised his hand to look at his watch, the time was 9:34 in the morning, well, he crossed over at eight o'clock in the morning, he walked for half an hour, and then talked with the uncle for a while, this time is estimated to be about the same.
But when he looked up and swept to the computer clock, he was stunned, this is not right, why is the time on the computer 8:47 on April 5, 2009, he has obviously passed nearly an hour, why only ten minutes have passed on the computer, is the computer broken?
He ran to the living room and looked at the quartz clock hanging on the wall, it was indeed 8:47 in the morning, it was impossible that all the watches in the house were broken, that is, there was a problem with the time on both sides, as if he had just worn it back, and he was resting and drinking, and it took more than ten minutes, didn't he take up time in the past.