Liu Ting walked into the pavilion with a smile, she was still wearing the same clothes as when she was at Li Sanjiang's house, simple and loose, easy to work, I didn't know, I thought she was a chef who didn't know the rules in the back kitchen of the club.
"I heard that Xiaoyuan is here?"
Liu Yumei looked up slightly towards the southwest corner, Liu Ting looked along, and on the stone bench, boys and girls sat next to each other.
At that location, there is a lotus pond on the left and a high mountain city on the right, which can be described as an excellent place to enjoy the scenery.
The boy was very engaged in what he was talking about.
The girl leaned sideways, holding her jaw with both hands, looked at him with bright eyes, and listened carefully.
Whenever the boy laughs, the girl will also raise the corners of her mouth, and when the boy talks about the excitement and unconsciously opens her hands, the girl will also shake her head lightly to cooperate.
In the past, in daily life, the boy gave Liu Ting the feeling that he was cute and vivid on the outside, but in his bones there was a mature and calm that did not match his age.
Now, he actually sat on the haystack like a little boy in the village and said with great interest: "Let me tell you a secret, don't tell anyone else, I told you yesterday ......"
No, the fact is that before the boy came here, she was still cold, but when the boy came, she was like a normal little sister who didn't know anything about the world, always so curious and admired the stories told by her brother in the courtyard.
Liu Ting sighed: "We Ah Li and Xiaoyuan are really unexpectedly able to play together."
"Heh, kid, it's all like this."
Liu Ting just covered her mouth and laughed lightly, not daring to deliberately provoke and ask: Which child can be like these two children?
She knew the stubbornness in the old lady's heart, but this did not prevent her from having a little fun mentality to see how long the old lady could hold on.
"When I came here before, I saw a woman in the front hall making trouble, it was the youngest son of Ding Laoer's family, who had just left the main room and wanted to help the person who was pregnant outside.
Liu Yumei asked: "Is he willing to meet Ding Laoer?"
"I didn't want to, but I couldn't stand my youngest son's bitterness, so I nodded."
"Then this Ding family may not have many good years. When Boss Ding was here, he could barely hold on to a rule, but now that Boss Ding is gone, this huge shelf is probably not far away. Alas, it's a joke, even the matter of spoiling concubines and destroying wives can be clearly put on the table."
"Look at what you said, the times are different after all."
"Yes, times are different, but some truths remain the same, and we cannot enjoy the benefits of the old school while clamoring for the freedom of the new school.
People, long legs and short legs are not a big problem, but if you want to walk separately, you will definitely have to stumble."
"Ding Lao Er talked to me, I hope you can enjoy a face and eat a bowl of tea that the juniors revere."
"Eating tea?"
Liu Yumei smiled and pointed to the boys and girls over there who had finished chatting and had started playing chess in the air:
"Call the two children, it's time for dinner."
Liu Ting turned around, stood on the edge of the pavilion and shouted to the other end:
"Dinner!"
Li Zhuiyuan directly "threw" and admitted defeat, holding the girl's hand and standing up.
After being away from home for many days, the boy seemed to hear nostalgia in Aunt Liu's cry.
Passing through the lotus pond, and then walking along the winding path into an open-air stone door, there are all kinds of potted plants placed on the stone platforms, all of which have been trimmed and designed to be exquisitely and charmingly, and should be taken care of regularly.
Along the way, Aunt Liu took the initiative to introduce Li Chaiyuan, such as visiting scenic spots.
When I walked to the end, I saw two steps, one up and the other down, and Ding Lao Er was leading a group of sons, walking down quickly from above.
His eldest brother originally had a son and a daughter, but they all left earlier than the old man, so the Ding family was supported by the second house very early.
Ding Lao Er has five sons, each born to three mothers, and the age gap between his wives is very large, which leads to a larger gap between his sons.
The closer he got to Liu Yumei, the more smiling on Ding Laoer's face became, almost flattering, and at the same time, his body bowed lower.
"Young grandma."
This claim is indeed not so suitable for Liu Yumei's age.
But Li Chaiyuan heard that the Ding family should have belonged to the Qin family before.
It's like going to a couple's house, if you kiss the man, you call the woman's sister-in-law, and if you kiss the woman, you call the man's brother-in-law.
"The young grandmother hasn't been out for a long time, and it's rare to show her face, so I will lead the little ones in the family to meet the young grandma, and please take a seat in the room and let the little ones serve tea to the young grandma."
The second-generation men all followed forward, standing in a row, with flattering smiles on their faces.
As for the female relatives, they all stayed on the steps, also standing in a row, and the rest were dressed appropriately and put their hands together in front of them, at the very end, with wavy curls and thick makeup, holding a bag in their left hand and hanging a beaded chain in their right hand.
She is a "standout chicken", but these decent chickens are not a good thing in Liu Yumei's eyes.
No matter how much you fight in the private house, it's normal, put the bad things inside and leave them outside, I can only say that the rules of this family are already rotten.
"No need, it's all crooked melons and dates, there's nothing good to see."
These words really didn't give face at all.
Many people present changed their expressions.
Ding Lao Er and his eldest son, both of them showed fear.
The rest of the sons were dissatisfied, especially the youngest, who opened his mouth as if he wanted to scold, but was dragged back by the eldest brother next to him.
The women standing above also had their chests rising and falling, relying on the distance, they began to murmur in a low voice, and the waves rolled thinking that they had found a good opportunity to integrate into the sisters-in-law, and immediately raised their voices:
"Yo, which aunt am I from, it's really a big show, come here, eat other people's houses, and kick your nose on your face!"
"Poof!"
Ding Lao Er knelt down in fright.
The eldest son also knelt down, but it was a little slower, after all, he was not as skilled at kneeling as his own son.
Seeing this, the remaining sons were stunned for a moment, and then they followed, and even the youngest son, who had been the most angry before, finally calmed down and knelt down together.
The wave curl that had just made a sound behind her opened her mouth, but she couldn't make a sound, and she realized that she had stabbed the big basket.
Ding Lao Er immediately hated his youngest son and said: "Tell that, she never wants to enter my Ding family in her life, and the child in her belly doesn't want to be surnamed Ding!"
When the youngest son heard this, he didn't dare to refute it anymore.
Ding Lao Er raised his head again and looked up: "Young grandma, I ......"
"I'm not interested in your family's troubles, so let's go pay homage to your brother."
Liu Yumei bypassed the group of people kneeling in front of her and walked down the steps, from beginning to end, she didn't even look at the waves.
The cicadas in summer are indeed upsetting, but who has the kung fu to really look at which cicada is calling?
There is a relatively wide platform below, with several round tables in the front hall, and a group of old people are sitting, and there is one behind each old man.
The closer the old man is to the main seat, the younger the person behind him is, obviously the grandchildren, there are two empty seats or so, and the people standing behind them are actually grandchildren, about the same age as Ali.
The older the old man sitting down, the older he is, and some of them are obviously his sons, and they have gray hair on their heads.
The ancestral home of the Qin and Liu families is on the river, but if you really calculate it carefully, Shancheng is one of their hometowns, and the people here now are also the two "relatives and friends" of the former mountain city.
As soon as Liu Yumei came, everyone got up one after another, each dropped their crutches, and pushed away the support of the young man behind her.
There are those who lean forward with their right arms to perform the old salute, those who raise their thumbs up to bow, and there are also those who kneel directly like Ding Lao Er just now.
Even that title is divided into two types:
"I've seen the young lady."
"I've seen the eldest lady."
Liu Yumei stood still and accepted their salute.
Then he waved his hand and said with a smile: "What era is it, it's okay, this old-fashioned thing is out of fashion, it's out of fashion."
When everyone heard this, their faces showed smiles in cooperation.
Some old people even deliberately looked back at the juniors they brought, which gave them a childlike feeling of showing off.
They don't need this old gift for a long time, one is that it is really out of fashion, and the other is that they are at home on weekdays, and they really can't meet anyone who can make them bow.
But after this bow, I really felt like I was reminiscing about the past, as if I and others were dozens of years younger all of a sudden.
The two old men who brought their little grandson and granddaughter spoke one after another: "Miss, my old bones only feel a little useful when I give you a salute."
"Young lady, in terms of flattery skills, I obey this old dog."
"Hahahaha."
"Hahahaha."
Liu Yumei put her left hand on Ah Li's shoulder, but leaned towards Li Chaiyuan, pointed to the two old men, and introduced:
"This is called Zhen Mubai, and that one is Su Wenluo."
Liu Yumei only introduced these two, obviously, the rest were not qualified to let her introduce her names alone,
Li Chaiyuan smiled and bowed slightly: "Hello Grandpa Zhen." , bowed slightly, "Hello Grandpa Su." Finally, he bowed deeply to all the elderly people, "Hello grandfathers."
The old people responded enthusiastically, muttering in their hearts while various praises sounded, who is this boy?
They all knew that the girl next to her was the only remaining bloodline of the Qin and Liu families, could it be that this boy was a child husband specially brought by the young lady (eldest lady) to cultivate by her side?
It's just that the old people present are all old enough to be comparable to Jiang Li Wang Ba, so they can naturally see the kind of temperament that is neither humble nor arrogant that this child exudes.
Dressing is easy, but temperament is difficult to change.
What can be taught, what is truly calm from the heart, cannot be hidden from their eyes.
In fact, even Liu Yumei was quite surprised by the boy's reaction.
The reason why she called the boy to call someone was also because Ah Li couldn't speak yet.
Liu Ting, who was standing behind her, watched this scene silently, she really wanted to know how hard her mouth would last.
This kind of meeting occasion is the handover of personal connections and the transmission of human feelings.
Where is this the treatment that future registered disciples can enjoy?
"I'm going to pay my respects to the old thing surnamed Ding."
Liu Yumei walked through the front hall to the back hall, and the old people followed behind.
There is a mourning hall in the back hall, which has been specially maintained and cleaned due to Liu Yumei's arrival, and it has obviously been gone for more than a month, and it looks like a funeral that has just left yesterday.
At this time, Ding Laoer took his eldest son and ran quickly from the side corridor.
Ding Lao Er knelt on the futon, ready to return the gift, and his eldest son personally took the incense and handed it over.
Combined with the reactions of the elderly during the previous salute, Li Chaiyuan guessed that the Ding family should have belonged to the Qin family's servant family in their early years.
Liu Yumei stayed in the Ding family, which was to enter the servant's house, as a servant's family, she naturally had to kneel to the master.
Although it is an old habit, there are still old people who still recognize this.
Of course, the reason they believe this is certainly not because they respect "traditional customs".
Li Chaiyuan couldn't help but wonder, in today's Qin Liu family, the population has withered to this point, what else can make these old people continue to willingly bow their heads and pick up old habits?
Liu Yumei lit incense and inserted it into the incense burner.
Take two steps back and look at the futon in front of you.
Ding Lao Er immediately bowed his head and said: "Young grandma, no, my brother can't stand your courtesy."
Many elderly people behind him also spoke out to persuade him, which was not in accordance with the rules.
Liu Yumei didn't insist on saluting, but looked at Li Chaiyuan: "Xiaoyuan, Ah Li should have replaced me, so you can work hard and replace Ah Li.
Boss Ding was also a man back then, and even grandma and I had to look up to him."
"Hmm."
Li Chaiyuan stepped forward and began to worship.
To be honest, this set of processes, even if something like Li Sanjiang comes, is far less professional than that of boys.
There is no way, one is a local customist, the other is a senior researcher, so many books for boys are not in vain.
After the worship, Ding Lao Er began to return the salute, only to see his left thumb raised, his right hand clasped up, ascended, and then crossed in front of him, and finally his arms were hemmed.
This is the door salute.
Liu Yumei was just about to speak, saying that Xiaoyuan didn't understand this.
But I saw the boy's right little finger standing upright, his left hand holding it, jumping down, and then bending his arm on his chest, and nodding three times in response.
All the old people around him showed appreciation and remembrance.
Liu Yumei immediately looked puzzled, who taught him?
In fact, in the "Qin's Observation of the Jiao Method", it is recorded at the beginning that this set of actions is the internal ritual of the Qin family, but it originates from the earliest action of observing feng shui meteorology.
Ding Lao Er bowed, and the python walked around; Li Zhuiyuan saluted, and the dragon guarded the door.
The boy naturally knew that after he did it, he would be suspected by Liu Yumei, he did it on purpose, he had been admitted to Haihe University in advance, and Ah Li was recovering better and better, and some things would have a showdown sooner or later.
"Qin's Observation of the Jiao Method" and "Liu's Qiwangqi Technique", he will definitely tell Liu Yumei in the future.
Ding Lao Er burst into tears, at least at this moment, he was not pretending, he was indeed revealing his true feelings.
Because of this scene, it reminded him of the scene when he followed his eldest brother and saluted several masters of the Qin family.
The head of the family, who is not good at managing the family and is easily swayed by the youngest son's soft grinding family affection, is a bit confused, but such a person is still mostly emotional and sensitive in his bones.
At this time, Zhen Mubai and Su Wenluo, who were standing behind him, looked at another old man at the same time, his surname was Sheng, who had previously sat at the tail, and was originally a servant of the Liu family.
Old man Sheng unconsciously wiped the sweat from his forehead, then turned his head to look at his son beside him and pointed at him: "Go."
His son's hair was already half white, and now he walked out of the crowd and began to pay his respects to Li Chaiyuan.
Li Chaiyuan noticed that Liu Yumei's eyes had narrowed slightly, and it was obvious that the old man was angry.
When a lion is tempted, no matter how the lion reacts, in the eyes of outsiders, the lion is already weak.
This is the rivers and lakes, big fish eat small fish, small fish eat dried shrimp, even if they are respectful on the surface, but there are still undercurrents surging in private.
The two old men just wanted to test what Liu Yumei's positioning was for the boy, which forced the Sheng family to come forward.
Liu Yumei turned her anger into a smile: "Xiaoyuan, what are you stunned about, return the favor."
Although she didn't know where the boy learned the Qin family etiquette, Liu Yumei believed that since he knew the Qin family, there was no reason not to belong to the Liu family.
Seeing that Grandma Liu had spoken, Li Chaiyuan also bowed to the white-haired man.
At the moment after the ceremony, Zhen Mubai and Su Wenluo both subconsciously straightened their backs, and the rest of the old people behind them also silently concentrated and re-examined the boy.
That's right, if you can perform the door salute of the Qin and Liu families in public, the young lady (eldest lady) is deliberately trying to let him inherit the lintel of the Qin and Liu families in the future.
Ding Lao Er bowed over at this time and asked in a low voice: "Young lady, can you take a seat?"
Liu Yumei nodded.
Everyone was seated, and the empty seat in the main seat was naturally Liu Yumei sitting.
The older generation sits at two tables, and the younger generation sits at the other two tables.
Li Chaiyuan originally wanted to accompany Ah Li to eat alone, but Aunt Liu came over and motioned for him to come to the table, and she took Ah Li away.
He was also the main seat, flanked by peers surnamed Zhen and Su, and the rest were much older than them.
The table was lively, with tables close to each other, talking to each other and listening to each other.
The older generation is indeed very artistic, while the younger generation is imitating art here.
Li Chaiyuan heard it, they were deliberately covering their words around the corner, wanting to know more information about themselves, the man and woman beside them were all calling "Brother Chaiyuan" affectionately, but the most meticulous.
These two were precocious, thinking that they had pinched this boy of the same age, and after speaking, they unconsciously hooked the corners of their mouths, holding back not to show a smug look.
The questions were all trivial in life, and Li Chaiyuan generously told the details of his past life.
As he spoke, the old guys at the next table were listening with their ears perked up at the moment.
But the more I listened to this, the more frightened I became, and my courage began to jump.
Childlike words, how can the details of life that the boy said are accessible to ordinary children in Beijing?
Everyone couldn't help but guess in their hearts, making eye contact to confirm what others think, the young grandmother (eldest lady), should she really ask for a big marriage for her granddaughter?
Liu Yumei was actually listening to the words at the next table, and it was the first time she had heard so many details, but she knew how smart the boy's brain was, maybe the boy was deliberately teasing them, but it was funny.
Three glasses of wine, drink slowly, Liu Yumei turned the wine glass upside down.
She accompanied these three cups, which was already giving a lot of face.
Buckle the glass upside down, the meaning is also very clear, the wine is enjoyed, and the words are finished.
Before they came, they had actually prepared a "gift list", which was their own property division.
But Liu Yumei's attitude is clearly not to mention business, that is, she doesn't want to accept gifts at all.
There was no need to cut the meat, but the old people here were all terrified because of this.
They didn't believe that Liu Yumei had come to worship Boss Ding, after all, Boss Ding had been buried for more than a month.
But it's not here to erect stakes again...... It's impossible to find a reason to come to the mountain city, right?
Liu Yumei got up and shouted: "Xiaoyuan."
"Here it is, grandma." Li Chaiyuan also got up and followed.
As soon as an old man and a young man left the table, the old people saluted one after another, Zhen Mubai and Su Wenluo, this time they simply knelt down and knelt down for a while.
We're just doing things the old way, even if you're angry, don't just lift the table. "Young Grandma......"
"Miss ......"
Liu Yumei's cold eyes swept away, and she immediately stopped all of them talking.
Immediately afterwards, she pointed to her upside-down wine glass on the table.
Then, she took the boy's hand and walked out.
The old people who were left behind all looked frightened, some were regretful, some howled, some pointed at Ding Laoer and scolded him for poor hospitality, and some insinuated Zhen Mubai and Su Wenluo.
The juniors could only stand around and watch, most of them were the first time they had seen such an embarrassing side of their family head, as if offending that woman was like piercing a hole in the sky above their heads.
Li Chaiyuan followed Liu Yumei as he walked, and the other party didn't seem to want to go straight back to the house, but was distracted along the wooden railing on the edge of the cliff outside.
After a long time, Liu Yumei stopped and looked at the lights of thousands of houses in the mountain city below.
"Stinky boy, today's performance is good, and he is a good shelf that can be put on a decent display."
"Because of Grandma Liu, you support me."
In fact, when she was in Beijing, although the relationship between Grandma Bei and Li Lan's mother-in-law and daughter-in-law was not good, Grandma Bei did like herself and would take her out to meet those old comrades-in-arms whenever she had the opportunity.
"Heh, how can I support you, grandma, my own waist is already gone."
"But they are really afraid of you."
"They are not afraid of me."
"Then are they afraid of the Qin family and the Liu family?"
"Haven't you seen those tablets in the east room, people are dying, only I, an orphan and widow, are left, where are the Qin and Liu families?"
After learning "Qin's Observation of the Jiao Method" and "Liu's Qijue", Li Chaiyuan had no doubt that the former Qin and Liu families were definitely transcendent on the river.
But now that my family is gone, how could it be that as soon as you take your granddaughter to treat her illness and escape from the world, the former servants and subordinates will all bow their heads again in an orderly manner?
This is simply unreasonable.
The reason why kindness and righteousness can be highly sought after and praised in the rivers and lakes is also because this thing is so rare in the rivers and lakes.
But it just so happened that those people were really afraid, and Grandma Liu was also quite confident.
Liu Yumei stretched out her hand and stroked the boy's head, and said calmly:
"Half of the tablet in the east house was set up when I followed the fourth master to fight the devils; and half of them were established when crossing the river."
……
After having supper with Ali, Li Chaiyuan was arranged to get in the car and go back to the hotel.
The car was driving by the river, and the boy looked through the window at the river at night, which was now soft.
I got out of the car at the door of the hotel lobby, and when I was about to go inside, I saw Xue Liangliang sitting by the flower bed.
"Xiaoyuan, you're back."
"Brother Liangliang, you are ......"
"Runsheng and Binbin went out in the afternoon and haven't come back yet, I can't get out, I'm afraid there will be no one when you come back, now it's okay, let's go out to find them."
"Hmm."
After all, there are two big living people, and there is still Runsheng, so there is no need to worry about any accidents happening to them.
Saying that you are looking for it is actually equivalent to taking a walk.
Xue Liangliang introduced his new job, he could stay in the mountain city for two more days, and then he would go to Wanzhou below.
There was a project there that was in the exploration and site selection stage, and he was going to join the study, and at the same time, Luo Tingrui also ordered him to take his junior brother with him.
When he first heard the title "junior brother", Li Chaiyuan was still a little unaccustomed to it, especially Xue Liangliang also described him as Luo Gong's "closed disciple".
The boy knew that this was a choice between two things, and if he couldn't get used to having a "master", he would have to get used to the boring college life.
Xue Liangliang also exaggerated and ridiculed: Look at you, you can't fall in love in college.
Li Chaiyuan also asked rhetorically: Did you fall in love in college?
Just walking and chatting, I didn't deliberately run to find it, but I happened to run into Tan Wenbin and Runsheng who were coming back together, and they were both very excited.
Xue Liangliang found a barbecue stall on the side of the road, asked for three bottles of beer and a bottle of soy milk, and the four of them chatted while eating, during which they learned what Tan Wenbin and Runsheng had done since the afternoon.
Although Nantong also has an urban area, the population is far worse than that of the mountain city, far less lively than here.
When the two of them got tired of shopping, it was getting dark, so they ate something on the roadside stall to cushion their stomachs, and asked the stall owner about where to have fun nearby.
Then according to the stall owner's suggestion, the two came to a building, heard the sound of billiards hitting from a distance, and Tan Wenbin proposed to teach Runsheng to play billiards.
Entering the building, I saw the sign of the billiard room - Midnight Impact.
The two opened the table and played with each other, and saw that people kept entering the billiards hall and then going up to the second floor, and when they were playing, they could still hear the continuous singing from the stairs on the second floor.
Driven by curiosity, the two went up to see, there were tickets sold at the door, not expensive, after buying two tickets and going in, there were so many people inside.
A large group of men and women danced on the dance floor, not dispersed, but everyone hugged their dance partners and kept squeezing into the crowd.
At the end of a song, the lights will turn on again, and some will not continue to dance, and then the man will pay the woman, the woman will stand in the outer circle, and the man will wander around looking for it, and then choose his favorite dance partner.
When the next song started, the lights went dark again.
Xue Liangliang asked them if they had jumped in, and both of them shook their heads.
During the period, the only consumption other than the ticket money was to ask for two cups of tea and two bottles of boiling water from the bar.
After hearing this, Xue Liangliang bent over with a smile.
After chatting, everyone went back to the hotel to rest, and in the next two days, Xue Liangliang took them to visit many mountain city scenic spots, ate hot pot, rabbit meat, and took the Yangtze River Cableway.
When the river surged under his feet, Li Zhuiyuan felt a sense of mystery and shock.
However, what made the four of them most happy in these two nights was that every night after the unit got off work, Xue Liangliang would go downstairs to the office of the unit, borrow a car under the pretense of connections, and take everyone for a drive in the mountainous urban area.
Xue Liangliang stretched out his hand out of the window while driving, pointed out a future plan to a place, saying what new bridges would be built here in the future, what kind of development would be carried out here in the future, and how prosperous the mountain city would become in the future.
He should have read the government planning materials, but many of the things he said were his own "conjectures", he really regarded himself as the future designer of the city, sharing his inner blueprint with his friends.
Whenever this time, Xue Liangliang seems to have a very special charm, everyone will easily immerse themselves in his "perspective", the still lifes in front of him are fast-forwarding, bridges are being erected, roads are being paved, buildings are rising from the ground, and the whole city is "changing with each passing day" at a speed visible to the naked eye.
After driving around, Xue Liangliang would fill up the gas when he returned the car to the unit.
Before leaving the mountain city, the four of them went to the Liberation Monument and had another hot pot meal nearby.
Li Chaiyuan originally felt that he didn't like spicy food, including Tan Wenbin, but after eating it a few more times, he felt addicted again, as if the spiciness was just the appearance of Shancheng hot pot, and its core was fragrant.
The car to Wanzhou is also sent by the unit, and Xue Liangliang still drives it himself as the driver, the difference is that the refueling fee on this journey can be reimbursed.
After leaving the mountain city, the scenery along the way is extremely beautiful, but the road is a bit difficult to drive, and the destination is not in Wanzhou city, but under Wanzhou.
It was late at night when I arrived at the workplace, and although the conditions of the town guest house were relatively simple, the room was very spacious.
Li Chaiyuan pushed open the window, and below vertically was the river, even if Nantong liked to build houses by the river, but it was a gentle river, but it was not so turbulent.
Those who like fishing can sit in the house and cast the rod, and then drink tea and listen to the radio while waiting for the fish to take the bait.
Xue Liangliang went down and came up again, saying that the meeting was still open, do you want to listen together, of course Li Zhuiyuan agreed, and came to the conference hall on the first floor of the guest house with Xue Liangliang.
Here, the table and the walls were all covered with drawings, and the group was divided into two factions, arguing, and the table was slapped several times, and the already mottled table was now unknown how much red paint had fallen.
Halfway through, the leaders of the two sides stopped very tacitly, drinking water, eating and eating, but it seemed that it was not over yet, and they had to quarrel again before they could go back to the room to sleep.
Xue Liangliang did not participate in the argument, but just sat next to him and listened carefully.
Li Chaiyuan was curious about these drawings and kept observing them.
The two sides finally got over the quarrel and decided to come up with a plan for each of them, and then leave it to their superiors to make a choice.
Early the next morning, the whistle sounded, followed by a knock on the door, calling for everyone to get up and continue to go to the field.
Xue Liangliang has an identity, although Li Chaiyuan has not yet entered school but also has half an identity, as for Runsheng and Tan Wenbin, the group also expressed their welcome, after all, who doesn't like two more strong laborers.
When I set off this time, in addition to equipment, I also brought tents and food.
The road was being built in the direction of the road, and when the car reached the area where it could not continue, everyone began to carry things and walk.
It's not too far, but it's not too close, the main thing is that this road is not easy to walk, and you have to climb several hillsides to cross streams and ditches.
This can't help but make Li Chaiyuan sigh that the wolf mountain in Nantong, which is regarded as a treasure, is a real mountainous area, that is, a small highland marked with a string of numbers on the drawings.
When they arrived at the ground, they set up camp first, set up a fire and boiled some boiling water, and then everyone ate biscuits with canned food.
Then the work began, and Li Zhuiyuan and the three of them followed Xue Liangliang to a slope and began to measure.
The boy learns things quickly, while Tan Wenbin has a little difficulty, but he is still very positive, after all, he is sure that he will also be a major in the future.
After dark, the team returned to the camp, and Ma Yiming, the deputy team leader leading the team, organized a data summary and temporary discussion meeting.
The next day was a repetition of yesterday, still a four-person team was sent to measure data, and at noon, the four of them temporarily stopped and sat on a large rock eating and resting.
Xue Liangliang smiled and said to Tan Wenbin that it was too late to change his mind, and Tan Wenbin immediately shook his head and reiterated his determination.
"Our work is like this, whether it is the exploration and design stage or the construction stage, it is boring and repetitive day after day, and only on the day when the project is actually completed can we wake up from a dream and experience the romance that belongs to us."
In the afternoon, after two and a half days of groping and studying, Li Chaiyuan performed another romance for Xue Liangliang.
He integrated the method of feng shui observation into the measurement, and after Xue Liangliang continued to set up the equipment to calculate, he found that the error was actually within the allowable range, and even he himself couldn't judge which set of data was more accurate for a while.
However, Xue Liangliang still found a good way to take Xiaoyuan's data first, and then check and proofread it, which not only ensures the accuracy of the data but also saves a lot of processes.
It's a pity that this method is destined to be impossible to promote, it can only be convenient for his own team to be lazy, and other teams are in other positions and can't help, so at dusk, Xue Liangliang took the three of them down the stream to catch fish.
The rest of the people were cheerleaders, so they relied on Runsheng to plunge into the deep area and then throw the fish up one by one.
The four of them handled the fish by the stream, returned to the camp before dark, set up a pot, and cooked fish soup.
Although the weather is not too cold at this time, it is definitely a pleasure to come back after a hard day and have a delicious and hot meal.
The soup is stewed until milky white, and three large spoons are hung there, and everyone serves it themselves.
Chase Li picked up his bowl from a distance, added a little extra pepper to it, poured a little vinegar, and then held the tin box and drank it in small sips.
Time passed little by little, and it was almost time for everyone to go back to the tent to sleep, but the atmosphere in the camp became agitated, because there was a team that had not come back yet.
Ma Yiming had already gone to find it himself, but he couldn't find it, it stands to reason that the location where the team dispersed was not far from the camp, and they were all equipped with lighting equipment.
There was no way, Ma Yiming could only mobilize everyone to look for it together.
Wade through two streams, then cross through a ditch, and climb up, which is the surveying task point of the team.
At this time, up and down the slope, there were flashlight searches and shouts everywhere, but this three-person team not only couldn't find anyone now, but they couldn't even find the equipment.
Ma Yiming scolded: "Damn, I saw a ghost!"
If an accident occurs in a dangerous environment, it will happen, at least everyone can have a foreshadowing and construction in their hearts, but in this place, the biggest risk factor is just a broken foot when climbing a slope and crossing a stream.
How can these three living people say that they are gone?
Next, the survey team was divided into two groups, one group of people along the slope to the upstream of the stream, and the other group of people looking downstream.
Xue Liangliang's team was assigned to the upstream, and after searching for a distance with several other teams, they separated tacitly and communicated with each other by light.
"Xiaoyuan, let me carry you." Runsheng said.
"No, Brother Runsheng."
"Where did this person go?" Tan Wenbin was very puzzled, "Their measurement area is not as good as ours, we still have deep water areas, and their stream here is just enough to reach their ankles, and it is impossible to be swept away by the water."
Runsheng asked: "Is there a beast here?"
Xue Liangliang shook his head: "Team Leader Ma specially asked the locals beforehand, there are no beasts nearby, besides, even if it is a beast, it is impossible to take away three adult men at once, even if it chooses to eat it on the spot, it will leave a lot of traces."
At this time, a lantern voice came from the other end in the distance.
Xue Liangliang waved his hand and said: "Let's go, go over there and take a look."
The nearby teams also gathered at the Lantern Language.
After arriving at the place, under a large rock, everyone found a hat and a trekking pole broken in two, which were confirmed to belong to the missing team members.
Xue Liangliang took a flashlight and looked at it carefully, then he lay on his side into the big rock, put his trekking pole down horizontally, and got stuck on the ground and the edge of the stone.
He immediately shouted: "See if there are any traces over there, look carefully."
"Yes, I found it, there is a white scratch."
After Xue Liangliang checked the confirmation, he squatted down again, shined the flashlight on the small stones on the ground, and picked up several pieces and smelled them on the front and back.
"Look further forward to see if the small and medium-sized stones on the ground have been turned over, and see the color shade and the concentration of fishy smell."
Everyone immediately did so.
Soon, many people reported that there was.
At this moment, everyone understood the meaning, and a similar picture came up in their minds, that is, something dragged a team member on the ground, and when passing here, the team member tried to use the trekking pole to jam the big rock and the ground, but the thing was so strong that it broke the trekking pole.
A person immediately asked: "Who did it?"
Xue Liangliang shook his head: "It's not a person, if it's a human, there is no need to use brute force."
"What is this?" Another person made a new discovery nearby, he picked up a smooth object the size of half a palm on the ground, and the flashlight could shine a little light when shined on it, like glass, but the texture was not like that.
When it was passed to Li Zhuiyuan, the boy put the thing under his nose and sniffed it, and then handed it to Runsheng.
"Xiaoyuan, there is an earthy smell."
"Earthy smell?" Xue Liangliang frowned and looked at Li Chaiyuan, "Xiaoyuan, can you guess what this is?"
Li Chaiyuan replied: "Could it be snake scales?"
This guess is a bit terrifying, if such a large piece is a snake scale, then how long and big does the snake's body have to be?
Several people around him laughed, only to feel that although this child had a good brain and could be admitted to college in advance, his imagination was still too rich.
Someone suggested that since they had found the lost thing, they should continue to look for it, and this proposal was quickly approved by most people, and everyone continued to move upstream along this slope.
Li Zhuiyuan stretched out his hand and pulled Xue Liangliang's sleeve: "Brother Liangliang, I don't think I should continue to walk forward, I have to wait for dawn to leave."
Xue Liangliang sighed helplessly: "If you don't find anyone before dawn, you have to suspend your work and call the police, and ask the police and the local government to mobilize nearby villagers to help find it. Moreover, those three people had just disappeared, even if something happened, this was the golden search and rescue time period.
The most important thing is that Xiaoyuan, here are all old qualifications, and my words don't work.
Let's do this, Runsheng, Binbin, you and Xiaoyuan stay here or go back to the camp first, you are not considered official members of the camp."
The implication is that he Xue Liangliang has to continue to search, which is also unavoidable, his colleague is missing, he has no reason not to rescue him, even if ...... Know that there may be danger ahead.
"Oh, let's go together, let everyone shine more flashlights on the ground to see if they can see the reflection again and find this kind of scale."
"Well, okay."
The further up the slope became, the steeper the slope on the left and the deeper the water flow on the right, the big guy could only travel on the flat beach in the middle.
However, although no similar scales could be found, a shoe was found in a small pit, and there were traces of blood around the shoe.
This is the first time it has been confirmed that one of the missing team members was injured.
Someone at the front end shouted: "There is a hole here."
Everyone ran over one after another, and sure enough, on the slope on the left, there was a two-person high hole, and when the flashlight shone inward, it quickly shone on the stone wall.
At first, I thought the cave was very shallow, but when someone shone a flashlight downwards, I found that there was a big hole in the middle of the cave, which was pitch black.
There seemed to be something hanging on the sharp stone thorns on the edge of the black hole, but facing this unknown cave, everyone still muttered in their hearts, and no one dared to be the first to go in to check.
He carefully came to the side of the cave, reached out and reached for the thing, it was a piece of cloth on a piece of clothing, which should be on the chest, work clothes, and there was still a name left on it, which was written "Feng Zhigao", which was one of the missing people.
When Xue Liangliang brought this thing out, everyone gathered together to check.
"So, people are down there?"
"Why did you run there?"
"What did you do?"
Li Zhuiyuan didn't go forward to look at the cloth strips, but stood at the entrance of the cave, his ears trembling slightly, he heard the sound of "whooshing" wind coming from the crypt, obviously the crypt was very deep, and there was a howling wind inside.
Huh? No, there are other sounds, what kind of friction sound?
Li Chaiyuan lay down and pressed his ears to the ground.
Seeing Xiaoyuan's move, Runsheng, Tan Wenbin and Xue Liangliang all quietly leaned over, and they all knew that the boy had good hearing.
At this time, everyone's positions were: Dongkou - Li Chaiyuan and the four people - the detectors - the river.
The sound of friction became clearer and clearer, Li Zhuiyuan listened and raised his eyes to look at the crypt in front of him, as if something was going to come out at the next moment.
When he was about to call everyone around him to run away from the cave, he immediately realized that something was wrong, this voice did not come from the crypt, but from the other side.
In the river, something is crawling from the river towards here, and it is coming!
Li Zhuyuan immediately straightened up and looked at the group of detectives who were still gathered at the river beach to check their clothes and discuss the situation, above all of their heads......
Suddenly, two large red lanterns lit up!
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