Grandpa

After almost two hours, the train attendant sent Shao Yun the latest news about the two traffickers.

"The woman caught and the man ran away."

There was no way, who told the train to come into the station at that time, the door of the carriage was open, and before everyone could react, the two of them had already rushed out.

Because the place where the train stopped was a small station, the fence facilities beside the railway hadn't been set up yet. Fortunately, the police officers at the station responded in a timely manner and rushed out when they heard the shouts.After chasing for several miles, I finally caught the exhausted middle-aged woman, but the middle-aged man had already disappeared without a trace.

"By the way," the flight attendant asked as if remembering something, "The destination of the two human traffickers seems to be Bianxingtu County. I remember that you also went there, brother."

Shao Yun nodded.

The flight attendant frowned: "The traffickers usually come in groups, what goes online and goes offline, maybe Tuxian is their transit point. Brother, you go out alone, you must pay attention to safety on the road. You are broken now Don't be retaliated against for their good deeds."

Shao Yun curled his lips and said casually, "Thank you, brother, for your concern. Don't worry, my two uncles live in Tu County. I'll call them as soon as I get off the bus. Nothing will happen."

"That's good." Hearing what Shao Yun said, the flight attendant immediately felt relieved: "That's all right, brother, take a rest, and you will arrive in Tu County in one stop."

Shao Yun nodded, stood up, and watched the flight attendant leave.

Shao Yunqu didn't take his words to heart. After all, he hated the country's punishment for human traffickers was too low. They dared to join him. With his means, he didn't mind letting them come and go.

Two hours later, the train pulled into the station.

After leaving the train station, Shao Yun went to buy a detailed map of Tu County from the newsstand.After a night of recuperation in the hotel in the county seat, early the next morning, one person and one cat boarded the bus to Beizhen.

Beizhen is located at the foot of Changbai Mountain, and it is the only way for nearby counties and cities to go to Changbai Mountain.

After getting off the bus, it was already noon, Shao Yun went to buy two braised duck legs from a roadside stall, handed one to the orange cat lying on the backpack, and stuffed the other into his mouth.Check the map while chewing.

His fingers moved forward, and finally stopped on the villages that were the deepest in Laoyeling, Changbai Mountain.

"Go to... Shanxia Village first," he clicked on the pitiful small red circle on the map, "Renovate in Shanxia Village for one night, and enter the mountain tomorrow."

"Meow." The orange cat pressed the duck's leg, raised its chin and tore off a piece of meat from the duck's leg. It had no objection, and everything was arranged by Shao Yun.

Throwing away the duck bones in his hand, Shao Yun went to fetch a motorcycle, negotiated the price, and headed straight to the village at the foot of the mountain.

The spacious concrete road leads directly to Shanxia Village. Two hours later, the motorcycle stopped on the side of the road, and there were orderly four-story western-style buildings in front of it.Under the sunlight, the tiles of various colors on the walls are shining brightly.

Shanxia Village is surrounded by mountains and rivers. The mountain is naturally Changbai Mountain, and the water is the river water formed by the melting of glaciers on Changbai Mountain. Shanxia Village is built next to Wenchuan River.

After getting off the motorcycle and walking along the concrete road, the first thing you see is the ancestral hall of Shanxia Village.There are two big stone lions lying at the entrance of the ancestral hall, seven or eight old people are sitting under the eaves, and many children are playing around in the open space in front of the ancestral hall.

Seeing Shao Yun walking towards him from a distance, several old people stopped talking and turned to look at him.After he approached and confirmed that he was not from their village, several old people stood up one after another and shouted, "Who are you? What are you doing in our village?"

Shao Yunqian was taken aback for a moment, looking at the vigilant elderly people, he always wondered if their reaction was a bit extreme.

He closed his eyes and opened them again, and when he looked again, the villagers in the mountain village in front of him, whether they were old people or children, were covered with a layer of haze, and there was an inaudible transparent thread, one end of which was tied to their left foot. up, one end submerged in the ground.

He hugged the orange cat, with a smile on his face, showing four big white teeth: "I came to Changbai Mountain for hiking, Guicun is the last stop, it's getting late now, I hope I can stay overnight and leave early tomorrow morning. "

The old man with the white beard who spoke just now looked Shao Yun up and down, and saw that the person who came was just a boy with a house cat in his arms. .

An old man in gray clothes standing next to him rolled his eyes, and without waiting for the old man with white beard to refuse, he said directly: "So I'm here for a trip. Xiaowa looks quite courageous at a young age. Okay, just right My... the eldest son is alone in his house now, let me tell you, let you stay at his house for one night. "

"Okay, thank you, grandpa." Shao Yun lowered his eyes.

The white-bearded old man still wanted to talk, but the gray-clothed old man passed him directly and walked towards the grateful Shao Yun: "Let's go, I'll take you there."

"This..." The white-bearded old man frowned, not understanding what Zheng Haoli was planning.

Zheng Haoli walked ahead and asked casually, "Where is Xiaowa from?"

"Geng Province." Shao Yun replied truthfully.

"Geng province? It's far enough from here." Zheng Haoli rubbed his fingers, smiling meaningfully.

"Yes." Shao Yun pinched the orange cat's paw, and asked cautiously, "By the way, grandpa, I think that white-bearded grandpa just now doesn't seem to want me to live in the village?"

Zheng Haoli squinted his eyes: "You said Secretary Chen, he is also scared. Do you know what our village does?"

Shao Yun shook his head.

"There is a folk song in our border province: Guandong Mountain, Sanzong Bao, ginseng, mink fur, and Uralia grass. The villages near us are backed by Changbai Mountain. What is rich in Changbai Mountain? Ginseng, so everyone in our village is a mountain-lovers , that is, people digging ginseng. But now, the ginseng digging on this mountain is getting less and less, and the digging is getting smaller and smaller. So several villages near us have started cooperative farming of ginseng ten years ago. Relying on these two transactions, every household in the village became rich."

He sighed: "Once this person has money, some people will be jealous. Six years ago, a group of old thieves lived in our village under the pretense of staying overnight, and they stunned the six staying overnight with drugs. The head of the household stole all the old wild ginseng and cash hidden in the house, and each family lost at least hundreds of thousands. After this, strangers are generally not allowed to live in the village."

This explanation is probably to dispel his vigilance.

"Oh." Shao Yunqian nodded: "So that grandpa with white beard is the village secretary, what about you?"

Zheng Haoli chuckled: "I am the village head of this mountain village."

Just as he was talking, Zheng Haoli stopped, pointed to the yard in front of him and said, "Here we are."

He shouted: "Zheng Wenhui, Zheng Wenhui?"

After a while, a middle-aged man about 50 years old came out, "Dad, why are you here? This is—" Zheng Wenhui looked at Shao Yun with a puzzled expression.

Zheng Haoli pointed to Shao Yun: "This is..."

Shao Yun went quickly and said, "I'll call Shao Yun to go."

"Yes." Zheng Haoli said without refusal: "This little boy is here to travel, passing by our village, and wants to stay with us for one night. It just so happens that you are the only one left in your house, so you can arrange it."

"Okay." Zheng Wenhui hesitated for a while, then agreed.

"Okay then," Zheng Haoli turned his head to look at Shao Yun, "you can follow him, baby."

"Thank you, Grandpa Village Chief, thank you Uncle." Shao Yun said with a smile.

Seeing Shao Yun go and follow Zheng Wenhui into the house, Zheng Haoli turned and walked back contentedly, with his hands behind his back, his face full of complacency.

When he got home, the old man with white beard was waiting for him.

He drank the boiled water brought by his second daughter-in-law, and explained unhurriedly: "Do you still remember the call from Wang Laosan at noon?"

The white-bearded old man frowned: "Why don't I remember? He said that the goods he prepared for our village were lost on the train. Let's see if we can get another one from his downline." He was worried about this. It's on.

"I think this matter depends on Wang Laosan, hang on." Zheng Haoli said kindly: "Don't forget, there are only less than five days left before the river festival."

The white-bearded old man sighed: "I know that too, but we don't know anyone except Wang Laosan?" Don't expect him to count on anyone?

Zheng Haoli rolled his eyes at him, "Isn't there someone who sent it to your door?"

The white-bearded old man stared: "You mean?"

"The little boy came from Geng province, and it's thousands of miles away from us. The mountains are high and the water is long. Even if something happens, it's not just what we say." Fill it with tobacco leaves, "As long as we kill him without seeing him or he stays in our village for one night and then leaves, his family will not be able to make trouble even if they want to."

"This, it's not very good." The old man with white beard hesitated.

Zheng Haoli sneered: "What's wrong? Sacrifice him to ensure that our mountain village will have good weather and safe access for four years. If you don't want to, just use your daughter and son to make up for it."

Hearing what he said, the old man with white beard gave him a hard look.In other words, using this little baby to sacrifice to the river god is no different from buying one, and it can save tens of thousands of dollars to buy someone.

Thinking about it this way, he simply said, "Okay, you can do whatever you want."

Zheng Haoli took a puff of cigarette beautifully, as if he remembered something, he said: "By the way, bring me some of your drug. Now that you have an idea, let's strike while the iron is hot, and clean up people tonight." OK. Later, I will mix the medicine into the food and ask Zheng Wenhui to deliver it. He is the only one left in his family, and it would be the best way to lock people up."

"Success." The old man with white beard naturally agreed.

Here Shao Yun went to close the door, took off the backpack on his shoulders and went to the bed, and said leisurely while brushing the orange cat's fur: "It seems that we have entered the den of tigers and wolves."

The orange cat squinted and said nothing.

Shao Yunqu had no choice but to say to himself: "I want to see what secrets are hidden in this mountain village."

About half an hour later, there was a knock on the door.

Shao Yun went to open the door, and Zheng Wenhui stood at the door with a bowl of food: "Little brother, you haven't had dinner yet, come on, I'll bring it over for you."

Shao Yun froze for a moment, turned his body sideways to let Zheng Wenhui look at the pile of snacks on the table behind him, and said embarrassedly: "Uncle Zheng, I think I've been living with you, and I'm still here Eating is too troublesome. So I ate some snacks and my stomach is already full. Thank you Uncle Zheng for your kindness..."

Zheng Wenhui opened his mouth, looked at Shao Yun who looked embarrassed, and then looked at the food in the bowl, "Well... that's fine, you should have a good rest."

With that said, he turned and walked away depressed.

Shao Yun went to close the door, frowning slightly.

Zheng Wenhui turned around and told Zheng Haoli about the matter.

Zheng Haoli kowtowed on his cigarette, and frowned, thinking that this little boy dared to travel alone, this level of vigilance alone is not comparable to ordinary people.

Otherwise, use strength?

He thought about it for a while, now that it was late at night, if Shao Yun went alone in the room, he would definitely knock the door behind him and use force to scare the snake, and the other party was carrying a mobile phone, it would be a disaster if he missed it.

So we can only stabilize people first and then look for opportunities.

He said: "Let's put the matter of drug addiction aside. Tomorrow is your little nephew's full moon wine. You can coax that little baby over there and delay for a while. I'll think about it later."

Hearing the three words full moon wine, Zheng Wenhui's expression darkened immediately: "Okay."