The drafty old house in Jiuli Brigade is hot in summer and cool in winter. It rained yesterday, and the whole house was extremely damp. From time to time, rats swaggered past.
Wang Xue huddled in a pile of straw, hungry, tired, and dizzy. There was a piece of solidified blood on her forehead. Her whole face was gray because she had used plant ash to stop the bleeding.
She was knocked unconscious by Fu Aiguo yesterday and woke up here. Her mouth was always blocked except when eating.
From yesterday to today, she only ate one cold steamed bun.
She felt like she was going to die.
Fu Aiguo was not far away from her, anxiously breaking off a dead branch. He had agreed with them to wait here and someone would come to pick them up and the boy from Lao Niu's family.
But the time was set at midnight last night, and no one has come yet.
Uncle Niu came and gave them two woofou, but he had no idea when he would leave.
He could only wait.
They can only wait.
…
"...I have always been alone, but I didn't go to other houses when I left, so I actually don't know if Wang Xue is in the scrapyard."
Lin Nianhe leaned on the pillow, opened her mouth like an uncle after speaking, and waited for Wang Shumei to feed her red dates.
Wang Shumei frowned slightly, thinking thoughtfully. The red dates rolled around in her fingers, and finally she subconsciously stuffed them into her mouth.
Lin Nianhe: "..."
Wang Shumei didn't look at her and muttered to herself: "No, if Fu Aiguo kidnapped her, it should have been... Xiaolan, do you remember how far Fu Aiguo took us before we got out? of?"
Wen Lan pinched the half-bitten red dates and thought for a while before saying, "It must have been more than ten minutes anyway. We were walking in a hurry yesterday."
"Then let him get out and go back to the educated youth point, even if it is twenty minutes after we left the educated youth point... Nianhe, were you kidnapped by then?"
Lin Nianhe was asked a question as soon as she stretched out her hand towards Hong Zao. She thought about it and nodded: "Definitely. They blocked me before I even reached the captain's uncle's house. I should have been far away from the brigade by then."
Wen Lan suddenly became curious: "They tied you up and you followed them?"
"Yes." Lin Nianhe nodded confidently, "There are many of them."
Wen Lan curled her lips and said in disgust: "Hey, you're such a coward, why don't you just scream."
Lin Nianhe rolled his eyes at her: "The strong laborers are all working. What's the point of calling Li Hehua out? At most, one more person will be kidnapped."
Sister Lan thought about it and realized that this was the truth.
But she still disliked it: "What's wrong with a few more people blocking you? There's nothing to be afraid of."
Lin Nianhe didn't want to argue with her about the survival issue of "how to protect yourself when being targeted by a shotgun." She finally grabbed the red dates on her own.
Wang Shumei slapped Wen Lan to shut up, then looked at Lin Nianhe and said, "So based on time, if Wang Xue was also tied to the scrap station, you should know about it."
Lin Nianhe looked at the red dates that were handed to his mouth, and then at Wang Shumei who was a little anxious. He could only answer her question first: "Theoretically, yes."
"So where is Wang Xue..."
Wang Shumei raised her hand and knocked her head, unable to figure it out.
Lin Nianhe also frowned, holding red dates and thinking about this matter.
According to her hearing, if Wang Xue was also tied to the scrapyard later, she would definitely be able to hear the noise.
Of course, this has to exclude the possibility that Wang Xue was taken there after she left.
But in that case, the police should have found her.
Lin Nianhe suddenly thought of what the old man said yesterday, the sentence about giving the big black dog some meat...
Wen Lan looked left and right, and couldn't help but say, "Have you ever thought about the possibility that they eloped and ran away?"
Lin Nianhe: "...!"
Wang Shumei: "...!"
Lin Nianhe looked at the uneaten red dates in his hand and handed it to Wen Lan: "Sister Lan, the red dates are for you to eat. Can you honestly explain how you came up with this possibility just now?"
This is not the wisdom Wen Lan should have!
Wen Lan snatched the red dates away from Lin Nianhe's hand, and then said, "What's the use of this? Two educated youths from my grandma's production team ran away, tsk tsk..."
"Then what?"
"The two melons went into the Qinling Mountains."
"Then what?"
"What else can happen? There are really wolves in the Qinling Mountains!"
Wen Lan took a bite of the red date and pointed at Lin Nianhe and Wang Shumei back and forth with her other hand: "So, if you two go to my house in the future, don't dare to go into the Qinling Mountains. You two are so cowardly that you will definitely encounter a wolf. Can’t escape…”
Lin Nianhe automatically ignored the next words, looked at Wang Shumei and asked: "So, the two of them will not be eaten by wolves, right?"
Wang Shumei's answer was very pertinent: "It could also be a tiger."
After saying that, they all fell silent.
Some people are said to be dead after searching for them.
At this moment, not only the three of them felt that Wang Xue was dead, but also Zhou Xu and Feng Wei over there felt that this female educated youth should be gone.
At this moment, the door of the ward was knocked open twice symbolically, and Liu Jianjun stepped in.
He glanced at Feng Zhou and raised his chin: "You two go out first."
Then he went to Lin Nianhe's hospital bed and said to Wang Shumei and Wen Lan: "You two lesbians, please leave first."
Feng Wei and Zhou Xu looked at each other and exchanged opinions.
'Brother Cheng looked at Sister Lin, are you leaving? '
"This is what Uncle Liu wants to ask. Isn't it appropriate for us to keep it?" '
The two of them moved slowly under the bed, trying to buy some time, so that Su Yuncheng would be back in the next second.
The next second, Su Yuncheng did not come back, but Wen Lan stood up.
She looked at the man in front of her and asked angrily: "Who are you? Hezi is a little girl, why do you want to be alone in a room with her?"
Liu Jianjun was stunned.
He looked at the public security uniform he was wearing and said, somewhat dumbfounded: "Comrade, I am a public security officer. I just have a few questions to ask Comrade Lin."
Wen Lan put her hands on her hips and said quite reasonably: "You said you are a police officer, so you are. I have never seen you and I don't know whether you are good or bad. If you want to ask, just ask. I have to watch the crops here."
After saying that, she sat directly at the end of Lin Nianhe's bed.
Liu Jianjun turned to look at the two guys who were still dawdling: "Tell me, am I a police officer?"
Feng Wei touched his nose: "Yes... right?"
Liu Jianjun: "..."
Is his identity a question worth hesitating about?
Wang Shumei, who was still sitting on the stool, suddenly laughed. She turned her head slightly and looked at Liu Jianjun, and said sincerely: "Comrade, it's not that we don't trust you, but Nianhe was so frightened yesterday, and now he just The fever has gone down. We are not worried about her being here. Could you please be considerate? We promise that we will never tell anyone what we heard here today."
