Except for Lao Tian, I have never seen anyone else. The underground cave is very big. Uncle Xue's old friend Wang Junhua, as well as the handsome guy from the Southern School and Brother Guanxi who were recorded in the notes, have not been seen.
The road is not easy to walk.
After dipping into water, drilling holes, and climbing hills, we checked the time and found that we were returning around 9:30 that night. We didn’t stop all the way. At around 4 a.m., we discovered the reflective sign posted a few days ago.
Following the road signs, we found the gas bottles that were piled together before. My mobile phone did not have a night shooting function. I took a dozen photos with a flashlight along the way. I looked at a few of them randomly. The photos were not good and they were too blurry.
He put on the air bottle and pointed his head at the water surface.
Dou Sprout said OK, took the lead, and jumped into the water with a plop, and then we followed suit.
Around 6 o'clock in the morning.
The water in Guizailing Reservoir rippled, and several human heads surfaced one after another.
I took off my mask and wiped my face. I looked around first, then at the small bungalow where Lao Hu lived not far away.
It's not the first month yet, the days are short and the nights are long, and it's still half dark at this time.
In rural areas, I get up late in the winter. At five or six o'clock in the morning, I would go out to empty the urinal and then go back to the house to sleep. I hid in the water and waited for seven or eight minutes. I saw no one around, so I raised my head to see no one.
With a gesture, he took the lead and swam towards the shore.
When we got ashore, we quickly removed the gas cylinders and dug out the cardboard boxes we had hidden in advance. At that time, we came here holding the boxes, and all the dry clothes were hidden inside.
Hiding behind a tree, he raised his head and said:
"Hurry up, find your own clothes and change quickly. Achun and Xiaoxuan change first, and the rest of us will stay out of the way."
The four of us men turned around and quickly heard the sound of changing clothes coming from behind.
Dou Sprout could not move his head and his eyes were always slanted. I stepped on him.
"Wang Boss, we are ready." Achun's voice came from behind.
"Hurry up, let's change it quickly."
He looked around, found a pair of jeans from the box and threw it to me.
I hurriedly changed, put the diving suit in the box, and then breathed a sigh of relief.
He handed the key to Brother Yu and said, "Wen Bin, the three of you go first. If passers-by ask questions, just tell them that you drove to Ningyuan for a trip. We will go back in an hour."
"I didn't take my cell phone. If anything happens, call Xiaoxuan."
"Okay, let's go back first."
"Go." He waved his head and his hands.
After crossing the field path, dozens of minutes later, the three of us walked to the entrance of the village carrying our bags.
"You guys, where are you going to have some fun during dinner?"
At the entrance of the village, an old man sitting under a tree greeted us. I knew him and had given him a pack of cigarettes before.
I carried my bag, waved my hands and said with a smile, "Hey, uncle, you got up very early. We went to Ningyuan to play and just came back."
The old man sat on the stone with a paper shell under his buttocks. He grinned and said, "You guys are not straight-hearted. A dog has a gut and cannot turn around."
"Damn it," Douyazai leaned against me and said, "Fengzi, this old guy is calling us dogs' guts."
"No, if you don't understand, don't talk nonsense. What he should be saying is that we are straight-minded and can't lie, what he meant straight away."
"Ignore him and let's go."
I pushed Bean Sprouts over and heard the old man mutter something, but I didn't hear it clearly. I looked back and saw that he was leaning against the tree and looking at us with a smile.
"Oh, it's the street kid who's back."
When I entered the village, I saw Xiao Tang's female classmate. She was holding a small red leather bucket in her hand.
I smiled awkwardly, but I couldn't let it happen. I could just let it be what she said.
I stopped when I passed by the door of Tang Gui's house. The door was closed and locked. I thought to myself, could it be that Tang Gui's wife was sent away by the village?
Because according to previous experience, Tang Gui's wife would not sleep day or night. Whenever someone passed by, she would push and kick the door with all her strength, making a rattling sound of the swinging iron chain, which was very scary.
When we arrived at the small courtyard where we lived, Brother Yu looked around, took out the key given to him and prepared to open the door.
"Squeak..."
With just a slight touch, the door opened.
Brother Yu turned around in confusion and asked me if I forgot to lock the door before leaving.
"No, it can't be."
As soon as I finished speaking, I suddenly saw the door to the west room open.
A middle-aged man in the courtyard was holding a toothbrush cup, and foam came out of his mouth.
"Uncle Xue..."
How come...he won't come back until tomorrow night?
We bumped into each other, and Brother Yu and I both looked unhappy.
Uncle Xue rinsed his mouth and spit out the toothbrushing water.
"Yunfeng is back. I see you are carrying your bags. Have you borrowed your things?" Uncle Xue asked with a smile.
Borrow something? What thing? I didn't react.
Uncle Xue casually put the toothbrush cup on the window sill and said: "I came back yesterday afternoon, and Xiansheng called me. We also talked on the phone in the evening, and he said that you went to borrow firewood (explosives) from other places."
I don't understand it anymore.
last night?
Last night we were digging a well under the cave! There was no cell phone signal at all! How to make a call! Also, the boss said he didn’t bring a cell phone!
Brother Yu touched me, and I came back to my senses. I immediately said with a smile: "Yes, that's right, Uncle Master. We went to borrow a fire from another place. The inspection is strict now and it's not easy to handle. It's in Brother Yu's bag. Yes."
Brother Yu?"
"yes."
Brother Yu immediately took off his bag, took out the wooden box from the bag and opened it.
"That's it, old-fashioned fire detonators, very powerful."
"Okay, quickly cover it."
Uncle Xue glanced at the detonator and let us in, closed the door, and then called the boss in front of us and turned on the speakerphone. I heard clearly.
The reason why Master Xue didn't suspect anything was because during the few days he was in the hospital, the "boss" called him every day, mainly to ask how Li Tiecheng was injured, when he would be back, and so on.
I even told Uncle Xue yesterday that we were going to find someone in another place to borrow a detonator.
The instant reaction in my mind was that this was definitely not Boutou. Boutou had been with us from beginning to end. Besides, how could we make a phone call when there was no signal under the pond, and we made one call every day.
Is it Ah Chun?
That’s not right... Achun was also with us the whole time.
Uncle Xue didn't see what I was thinking. He sighed and said, "Hey, Lao Li's condition is temporarily stable, but he still has sequelae. I heard the doctor said he needs to take medicine all year round, and he can't speak clearly after he wakes up."
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"We are about to go into the water. Without one person to help, we don't know if we can still find Lao Wang." A trace of worry flashed in Uncle Xue's eyes."
The kettle was turned on in the house, and I poured two cups of hot water. With the excuse that the water was too hot and I needed to dry it, I quietly left the hospital and ran to the toilet.
"Xiaoxuan, where's the boss? Give him the phone quickly."
"Yunfeng."
"Boss, something happened."
I hid in the toilet and lowered my voice and said, "Uncle Xue came back early and saw a few of us. What should I do? When will you come back?"
Unexpectedly, he couldn't hear the panic in his head, so he said: "I understand, don't panic, everything is expected, just pretend you haven't seen me in the past two days, and don't worry about anything else."
As he said this, his voice gradually became deeper and deeper.
"If he were my junior brother, he would be able to tell."
"On the contrary, if he can't see it...then he's not my junior brother."
"I'll go back right away and hang up."
An hour later, Baotou and the others also came back. Uncle Xue chatted with Baotou for a while, but saw nothing unusual.
While the two of them were chatting and drinking tea, I gave Ah Chun a wink, meaning to go out and talk.
When I walked outside the gate, I couldn't help it anymore. I frowned and asked: "What's going on? The fake leader who has been calling these days is not you. Who is it?"
"Fake leader?"
Ah Chun covered his mouth and said with a smile: "I've heard of the fake handle, but I've never heard of the fake handle. You're still too young. Wang had arranged these things ten days ago."
"Since you are his apprentice and the king is so interested in you, come with me. Do you think I got you three hundred thousand for nothing?"
There are many unoccupied old houses in the village. When young people get married, the women ask for new houses. In recent years, fewer and fewer old houses have been renovated in the village. Those who have some savings in their families have gone to the county to buy houses.
Baotou and Uncle Xue were still drinking tea and chatting in the house. Ah Chun took me around a few corners and finally stopped in front of a villager's old house. He stretched out his hand and knocked on the door three times.
Someone opened the door, and I saw a young girl in her early twenties standing behind the door. The girl had long hair and wore jeans. She was a little strange. She wore a metal mask with half of her face, only half of her face was exposed.
The girl hugged Ah Chun, took out a mobile phone from her pocket, and handed it to me.
When I looked, it was the cell phone in front of me.
Ah Chun turned to look at me and said, "Excuse me, she doesn't like to talk."
