Who knows! As soon as I returned to the mountains to farm, I encountered a natural disaster.

The two of them only took Xiaohong with them when they went out, while the leopard and the dog stayed at home to look after the house.

After the weather gets colder, you can always feel the slightest desolation. The deeper you go into the meadow, the higher the altitude becomes, and the cold and wet autumn wind blows into your collar.

Mu Xi reached out and helped her pull the zipper that had slipped down to the top.

It had been more than ten hours since they came out, and they were gradually moving away from their original place. The meadows that were originally full of small hills gradually turned into arched ridges.

There are a few tall pine trees growing sporadically on the nearby meadow, and there is a pine forest in the distance. In late autumn, the leaves have turned dark green, revealing a bit of darkness.

Farther away, you can see the already towering peaks covered with white snow.

It rained last night and it just cleared up this morning.

The misty mountain fog, with its coldness, hung around the waist of the distant mountains, and was blown to the meadows by the wind and dissipated.

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The ground was still damp.

When Zhao Yeqing got tired from walking, he climbed on the horse and let Xiao Hong carry him for a while.

Xiaohong is not big, so she can pull a cart just fine, but carrying two people on her back is a bit difficult.

Mu Xi looks thin, but he has a lot of muscle and is very heavy. The combined weight of the two of them is a bit heavy for a horse of this size.

In the afternoon, I didn't see any houses nearby.

Mu Xi found two big trees and looked around. There were no animal droppings or footprints.

"Just prepare to spend the night here."

It gets dark a little earlier now. When the temperature was high before, it was still bright after eight o'clock. Now it's only early six o'clock and it's getting dark.

The two of them didn't bring much with them when they went out. In addition to sleeping bags and tarpaulins to keep out the rain, they also had two pieces of clothing, food and medicine.

I didn't bring a pot with me when I went out this time. The food was bread collected from the mountains and had expired for a few days.

A few days after the expiration date is not considered expired, so the two of them filled their stomachs with small bread and cold water.

This direction was taken by Xiaohong, so there should be nothing wrong with it. When it came time to stop, Xiaohong was still a little reluctant, probably because she thought she was going back to her original home.

Mu Xi fixed the tarp to the tree with a rope and made a simple shelter.

"I'll go around and see if there are any small streams."

When we chose a campsite just now, we observed the growth of grass on the ground, and based on experience, we concluded that the water source should not be far away.

"Be careful."

Zhao Yeqing gave instructions.

Before Mu Xi came back, she took out her sleeping bag.

We still have to build a campfire. It rained last night and the meadow is a little damp. We have to look for dry wood.

But there were too few trees on the meadow, and most of the dead branches that fell were wet.

Zhao Yeqing found a long branch and knocked down the dry branches from the pine tree that had not yet fallen.

The fallen leaves at the base of the tree are covered with some dry moss. You can light a fire by adding moss and twigs.

If these are not burned, they can only be used as tinder to start a fire.

Mu Xi came back, fetching some water and holding a small bundle of firewood. "There are too few trees nearby. These are the only ones that are dry. I'll go take a look in the distant woods later."

Zhao Yeqing looked at the deep forest in the distance, always feeling inexplicably flustered, "I won't go, there are no traces of people here, and there are probably a lot of animals in there, so just use these to burn first, and put the wet ones aside to dry."

At around seven o'clock, it was completely dark.

There are more stars on the meadow than in the mountains.

Maybe it was because there was no artificial light around except for the bonfire in front of them.

It was pitch black, and the stars looked very dazzling, some of them almost joined together, giving a sense of déjà vu to the Milky Way.

When she was in the city, she felt that there was no night. The city was brightly lit at night, making the sky bright.

Not to mention being able to see the stars.

Mu Xi went to bed first at night, and she watched the stars for half the night.

When the fire reaches ten o'clock, you have to add more firewood. The dry firewood next to it is still a little moist. After adding it and burning, there is still some smoke. It is not choking, but it just smokes out the mosquitoes on the meadow.

When she woke up in the morning, Mu Xi had already brought back the washing water.

After finishing packing, she continued to set off. She didn't sleep well at night and was a little drowsy at first.

But the mountain fog was as thick as clouds, pressing low on the meadow. It was as if my face was facing a humidifier filled with ice, and my drowsiness disappeared instantly.

Finally, in the afternoon, I saw a row of white houses in front of me from a distance.

The two of them quickened their pace and approached. The house was made of light steel. It should be the kind of house that can be dismantled.

There are three rooms in a row, and the doors of two rooms are wide open. They are full of dust and do not look like they are inhabited.

After checking the three houses, not only were there no people, but there were no bones either.

One is a bedroom, the rest is the kitchen, toilet and bathroom, and there is a barn surrounding the outside.

There's nothing about horses in it.

Zhao Yeqing touched Xiaohong's bangs, "Isn't this your home?"

Xiaohong looked uninterested and not enthusiastic about this place.

Mu Xi only found some clothes and bows and arrows inside.

Zhao Yeqing discovered that the barn was not used to raise sheep. Judging from the traces inside, it should be cattle, but now there are no cattle left.

The door of the barn was knocked open from the inside, and he probably escaped by himself.

There was still some rice and noodles in the kitchen, so the two of them had to continue walking, so they didn't take anything.

However, this mobile board house can be built here because there is either a road nearby or there are other people living here.

The meadow is ecologically good and has many species. Only with a large number of people can it be less likely to be attacked by animals. The original owner of the house they live in now is a special case.

The two of them continued walking for only half an hour when they saw other houses.

It's not just two or three rooms, it's a large house. At a rough look, there are probably more than a dozen rooms.

The houses are not close together. Some are mobile houses built a little further away, some are in the style of yurts, and some are small wooden buildings.

There are some signs outside, I guess this is the tourist attraction.

Zhao Yeqing was tired from walking and was still lying on the horse. When Xiaohong saw the house, she ran forward.

He almost threw her off.

She pulled the reins to remind Xiaohong not to forget that there was someone on her back, and her speed slowed down.

Xiaohong walked to the mobile house built a little further away and stopped.

Xiao Hong ran too fast. Zhao Yeqing got off the horse and waited for a few minutes before Mu Xi arrived.

This house is obviously for raising horses. In addition to the stables, there are also a series of equipment such as saddles, horseshoes, reins, horse bits and so on.

But there was still no one inside.

The two did not collect supplies and planned to take a look around first.

Mongolian yurts and small wooden buildings are both restaurants of B&Bs in tourist areas. The doors of many houses are open, but there are no people or bones inside.

The two walked to the second floor of the small wooden building. When they looked around, they saw a large pit for burning things not far away.

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