"That's right, a friend who runs around in the world."
Waiting at a red light ahead, Lao Ka released his foot from the accelerator and applied the handbrake. He turned around and asked, "Did you buy this big bag in the afternoon?"
I said yes. I asked someone about the gas bottles and boxes of medicine I bought at the market.
When the red light turned green, Lao Ka did not go through Tianguang Cave at my suggestion, but stopped at the foot of Jiantouling Mountain. Then we walked with our things on our backs from Xiacun to Guizailing.
At this time, it was around 11 noon on Sunday.
Unexpectedly, when I arrived at Guizailing and took a look from a distance, I immediately dragged Lao Ka and hid behind a tree.
"what happened?"
"What happened today? There are so many people in Guizailing?"
I saw dozens of people at the pond, most of whom were underage men and women. Some were holding small flags with some school written on them.
Lao Ka asked in a low voice: "What's going on? How do we get down?"
I said with a dark face: "This should be some school's spring outing, how the hell could this happen."
I looked out with my head and saw clearly this time.
The reason why they all stayed around the pond was because there was a person blocking the entrance to Zailing on the slope, preventing them from entering.
Forest ranger Lao Hu was standing at the entrance of Guizailing with a stick in his hand and an angry look on his face. Two people, a man and a woman wearing peaked caps who looked like teachers, were talking to Lao Hu.
They probably wanted to take the students in to take a look, but Lao Hu stayed there and refused to let them in. There was a stalemate.
It's not a problem to wait like this. I was careful to take a detour because I was afraid that the five ugly people would hurt themselves. If these people didn't leave, were they supposed to make me wait until night?
Then isn’t all the time spent traveling all the way wasted?
"Brother Ka, you stay here and look at the bag. I'll go over and take a look."
"Okay, be careful."
I buttoned up my clothes and walked out from behind the big tree, pretending that I happened to be passing by and leaned over.
A half-year-old child thought the wait was too long, so he cursed and threw stones into the pond, causing ripples in the water.
They yelled to each other about how good they were in water and wanted to perform swimming and catching fish in front of their female classmates.
"Don't stay here, go somewhere else to play." I walked over and said.
"Who are you? Why do you care about us?" the fat boy asked me.
I frowned and said, "There's so much nonsense, get out of here."
"Brother Xing, let's go over there," the fat boy wanted to rush over, but was held back by another person.
I thought to myself, you kids, do you know what's in the water? The corpse of a dragon or a monkey can scare you to death. If you want to fight me even when you are young, I can kick you away with one kick.
"Let's go, all of us, don't squat here."
I drove all the students away and then went to the entrance.
The school teacher who led the team was still arguing with Lao Hu. When she saw me approaching, the female teacher immediately said: "You are a local villager, how can you help us evaluate?"
"Guizailing is Dao County's cultural tourism industry, and it does not belong to individuals. Why are we not allowed in? We have formal procedures."
"What procedures do you have?" I asked.
The female teacher said there was some special approval from the tourism bureau for school spring outings.
I said that doesn't work, what kind of situation doesn't work here, Uncle Hu has the final say, you just can't get in, so hurry up and leave.
"I won't tell you anymore."
When the female teacher saw that I was unreasonable, she said angrily: "I just called the tourism bureau. Is there any more advice? This place belongs to the country, not to individuals!"
My heart skipped a beat, if people from the tourism bureau really came, then the matter would become a big deal. They were still waiting under the water, and I felt like something would happen.
"Don't call it a tourist bureau."
"Teacher, you are right. This belongs to the country, not to individuals. I advise you."
"Master Hu."
I pulled Lao Hu aside and whispered, "How about we let them lead the students in to take a look? There are just those rocks inside, there is nothing interesting to see. They found it boring and left."
Lao Hu frowned: "It's Sunday today. You can't enter Guiziling after 2 o'clock noon. Have you forgotten? I told you two months ago."
Of course I remember this. It was the first day we came to Guiziling. Later, Lao Hu explained that we couldn't go into the forest at this point because it was easy to hit the Yin soldiers crossing the road.
I thought for a while and said, "Master Hu, look, it's past 12 o'clock and there's still time before 2 o'clock. You can let them go in and have a look. They will definitely be out in an hour. If the people from the tourism bureau really come, you won't
Easy to handle.”
Lao Hu also took out his broken watch and looked at it. After hesitating for a moment or two, he turned and walked towards the female teacher. Looking at the expression on his face, he might have agreed with what I said.
This group of students and teachers suddenly came for a spring outing. I don’t know which city they are from, but they are definitely not from Daoxian County, because the locals have always talked about Guizailing and avoided it on foot. They will never bring their children here for a spring outing.
Lao Hu gave way to the entrance, and I watched the group of male and female students chattering and laughing with each other as they entered one after another. The female teacher leading the group promised Lao Hu that she would take them away before 2 o'clock and would not call the tourism bureau again.
people.
I breathed a sigh of relief for a moment, but immediately my heart started to grow again.
The wind is warm and sunny, the sky is blue and the clouds are white, and the intermittent chirping of birds comes from the forest. It's nice, but why do I feel so uneasy?
I retreated behind the tree and Lao Ka was squatting there.
"We can't wait any longer. Let's change clothes now."
Lao Ka took a look and whispered: "Little brother, are you so brave? What will you do if you are seen?"
I said I had considered it.
The students have just entered and will not be coming out for a short time. Lao Hu is about two hundred meters away from here. He is guarding the entrance with his back to us, and it only takes ten seconds for us to get from here to the pond.
The only thing we need to pay attention to is to make less noise when entering the water. As long as we enter the water, they will not be able to find us.
Lao Ka smoothed back his long hair and sighed: "You newcomers to the industry are so brave now. You are really not afraid of going to jail."
ten minutes later.
Lao Hu had his back to us. He was looking at the entrance of Guiziling and smoking.
I made a walking gesture.
Lao Ka tried on the mask and without hesitation, he took his bag and walked directly to the opposite pond.
I glance around nervously, and if there is any movement, I will immediately send out a movement reminder.
Lao Ka quickly walked to the pond, threw his bag directly into the water, and then walked gently to the pond, barely hearing the sound of entering the water.
Just as I was about to go over, I suddenly saw Lao Hu turning around, and I immediately issued a reminder.
Lao Ka dragged the package and slowly sank, and a series of small blisters appeared on the water.
After Lao Hu turned around, he turned his head and looked around.
Maybe I was looking for it but couldn't find it.
He lowered his head and looked at the time, threw away the cigarette butt and stamped it out before turning around and continuing to look at the entrance of Guiziling.