"Mr. Cheng, how efficient are you to find Qin Chuan's location so quickly? It's very close to here. Qin Chuan's call yesterday and your call just now came from the same signal tower."
Cheng Yu replied: "Okay, then you continue to keep track of his phone number and let me know if there are any changes."
Over there, Asen had finished eating the bread, but he still couldn't bear to open the drink.
Cheng Yu followed suit and helped Ah Sen unscrew the bottle of drink, then took out a bag of bread and a bottle of drink from the donkey cart and gave them to Ah Sen, who then drank the drink with confidence.
"Does this road lead directly to Yao Village? Are there any forks in the middle?"
Asen looked at it, shook his head and said: "There is another branch road, but that road is very small and you can't see it unless you look carefully. My donkey cart will definitely not be able to get in."
"That is to say, from now on there is only one road that can pass by a donkey cart to that Yao village, right?" Seeing Asen nodded, Cheng Yu asked again: "How far is it approximately?"
"It only takes ten minutes if you walk. It may take a little longer by donkey cart, but you can definitely get there in half an hour."
Without saying a word, Cheng Yu immediately took out the bag of food and water from the donkey cart for emergencies, and then took out three hundred yuan in cash and handed it to Asen.
"This is three hundred yuan. Even if your father guides me, I can't get more. When you go back and see your father and give him the money, he will know that I gave you a lot of money."
Asen excitedly took the three hundred-dollar bills, carefully rubbed the money in his hands again and again, and then put it into his pocket.
After patting him gently twice, it seemed that he was finally safe, but Asen said a little uneasily: "Don't you need me to continue to lead the way?"
Cheng Yu nodded, picked up the bag of food and water, and warned: "It's getting late, you should go down the mountain and go home as soon as possible. If you meet other people on the way, don't talk too much, let alone brag to others that you made three hundred yuan."
money."
After Ah Sen said oh, he said a little worriedly: "Although we are very close to the village, the mountain road here is not easy to walk. How about I drive you to the village in a donkey cart? Although I don't know
I have to ask you how much I want, but I believe you gave me a lot, and no one has ever given me these things." Asen pointed to the bottle of drink that had not yet been finished.
Cheng Yu rubbed Asen's little head and said with a smile: "No need, you go home quickly, I can just walk the rest of the way by myself." Finally, he rubbed Asen's head vigorously, and Cheng Yu carried the
With a bag of food, he strode towards the road down the mountain. Asen looked behind him again and again until Cheng Yu's figure was hidden among the trees in the mountain. The little guy turned the donkey's head and let the donkey pull him.
Went back the way we came.
Following Asen's instructions, Cheng Yu quickly arrived in the valley.
Ahead, the Diaojiaolou of Yaozhai could be seen dimly hidden behind the trees. Cheng Yu walked for a few more minutes. The road under his feet had turned into steps covered with weeds and moss. Climbing up the short steps, Cheng Yu
I felt like my eyes were suddenly enlightened.
Below, there are bluestone steps of varying widths that stretch down. The terraces are laid out in an orderly manner in front of Cheng Yu's eyes. Follow the downward bluestone steps to the end and turn to the right, turning into upward steps again.
, on both sides of the steps are the stilted buildings behind the tree shadows that Cheng Yu just saw across the hill.
There are not all stilted buildings in the village, but Cheng Yu could only see a few stilted buildings across the hillside just now. The Yao buildings in the village are all built against the mountains. On the gentle slopes, there are ordinary civil buildings, the highest ones.
Most of them are only three-story houses. Those stilted buildings are located at the highest point of the hillside. Because the slope is steeper, they were built. From the front, they look like stilted buildings, but from the back, they are built on the higher hillside.
The appearance above.
It has a sense of age, with dilapidated earthen walls, wooden pillars hidden for support, and earthen tiles fired in earthen kilns on top. All of this looks completely unrelated to modern society.
Only when he could occasionally see the tops of one or two houses covered with plastic sheets did Cheng Yu feel that this was indeed a backward village in modern society. Even though they were far apart, Cheng Yu could see that those houses were
Among them, it seems that more than half are in dilapidated condition and are not suitable for human habitation at all. The situation of ruined walls is not uncommon.
This is not surprising. As Ade introduced before, not many decades ago, there were nearly a thousand families in this Yao village. However, before liberation, a large number of young people were drafted and left the village.
, most of them never came back. In the past 20 to 30 years, young people have begun to leave Yao Village to work abroad. Naturally, no one lives in the houses in Yao Village.
Even the terraces on the slopes around the valley, especially on the two slopes to the north and east, although the original appearance of the terraces can still be seen, they have been sparsely maintained for a long time and have become overgrown with weeds. It is estimated that there will be no more
In ten years, it will be completely annihilated by weeds and shrubs. Only the terraces on the southwest side closer to the house still look like they are being cultivated. However, they are not planted too densely. It can be seen that there is really nothing left in the village.
People.
According to Ade's introduction, there are about a hundred people in the village, most of whom are old, weak, women and children, and more than half of the young and middle-aged are working outside.
Of course they will come back during the holidays, but their daily life is no longer here. Those old people have no intention of moving out, probably for the same reason as Ade’s parents. Here, they can still make a living by farming their own food, and when their children come back
Bringing some supplies from the city, the cost of living is relatively low. But if you follow your children out of the mountains and into the city, not to mention expenses such as renting a house, these old people will have no work to do, and they will have to rely entirely on their children to support them.
It is enough to make them overwhelmed. Therefore, no matter how much the young people in Yao Village want their parents to enjoy their old age, they are just powerless. Being able to come back to see the elderly more often is the greatest effort they can do.
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Along the bluestone steps that had been built bit by bit by an unknown number of generations, Cheng Yu walked down slowly, carefully observing the situation in the village as he walked.
From a distance, you can see people walking around in the village. Going a little further down, you can see the Yao people crouching in the terraces at the bottom of the village, farming and harvesting. The reason why you can tell at a glance that they are Yao people.
Yao people, because although their clothes may not be as exaggerated as those seen on TV, judging from the style of their clothes, they are also quite out of tune with modern society. At first glance, they are the unique clothing characteristics of ethnic minorities.
Cheng Yu stopped. He didn't intend to go any further. At least, he didn't intend to appear in front of the Yao people.
Not surprisingly, Cheng Fu had already arrived at this Yao Village yesterday.
According to the information Cheng Yu has received so far, Cheng Fu must have hired someone to rent a car in the market town to take them into the mountains. When he arrived at the place where the mobile phone signal started to appear just now, Cheng Fu made a call. Not surprisingly, this was at
Notify the person who will respond to them. Ninety percent of this person will be a member of this Yao village.
Although in the Yao Village so deep in the mountains, the sudden arrival of a few outsiders is quite disturbing, but because there are people from the village to help, there is always an explanation. And now that Cheng Yu has come alone, let alone whether it will
Alarming Cheng Fu, the people in the Yao Village alone are enough to be surprised and confused. Who would come to such a Yao Village that is almost isolated from the world?
Therefore, no matter what the reason was, Cheng Yu had better sneak into the village instead of breaking in so brazenly.
Of course, the stealth technique can be used, but Cheng Yu is not in a hurry. Entering the village after dark is also an option. In fact, even if the residents of Yao Village rest at sunrise and sunset, it is absolutely impossible for Cheng Fu and others to do this.
They will definitely need lights. After dark, it will be helpful for Cheng Yu to find the hiding place of Cheng Fu and his accomplices.
Next to the bluestone steps, he found a gentle slope with relatively flat terrain and sat down on it without many trees. Cheng Yu took out some food and water from his bag to replenish himself with some energy.
It was already approaching evening, and the sky in the valley became darker earlier than on the plains. Before seven o'clock, it was almost completely dark.
Because he had the experience of lying down in the Russian valley and the time this time was not long, Cheng Yu did not feel too uncomfortable.
During this period, Cheng Yu's mobile phone has always had a signal, but Xiao Nie did not receive any information. This means that Cheng Fu has nothing new. But this is normal. If Cheng Fu does not intend to directly use force to snatch the base of the crown,
, he can only find ways here to get people in the village to sell him the base.
Cheng Yu actually almost figured this out.
Cheng Fu was on the road, from Wuhan to a small town in Hunan, and then to Fangchenggang. During this period, at least one accomplice followed him, and if there were more, there should not be more than three or four people.
On the hillside behind him, after his mobile phone had a signal, Cheng Fu contacted his responder. That person was most likely someone who had returned to Yao Village early or was already living in Yao Village.
Then the two sides met, and the man took Cheng Fu and others into Yao Village and arranged for them to stay.
Judging from the time, Cheng Fu arrived at Yaozhai no earlier than Cheng Yu yesterday. Normally it would have been dark. Cheng Yu guessed that this matter would not be discussed at night, but Cheng Fu would definitely
Take advantage of the cover of night to explore the way.
Even Cheng Yu knew that the base of the crown was usually enshrined in the ancestral hall of Yao Village. Cheng Fu also had his own insiders, so he knew better. But obviously, it was not easy to enter the ancestral hall and steal the base of the crown.
Easy, otherwise, Cheng Fu should have succeeded last night and should have left this Yao village long ago. Before this, Xiao Nie could not locate Cheng Fu because he did not know his phone number, but yesterday he was nearby
After receiving a call signal, it was basically determined that it was Cheng Fu's mobile phone. If Cheng Fu had obtained it last night and returned to the city today, unless he threw away the mobile phone or never turned it on, Xiao Nie should
It has been discovered a long time ago.
Based on this information, it was enough for Cheng Yu to judge that Cheng Fu had not succeeded yet. He and the base of the back crown were still in this Yao village.