Chapter 2577

Just when the old man was about to discover our trace, I rushed out first.

"Good evening, uncle!"

"Ouch!"

The old man staggered and almost fell due to my fright. He held up a flashlight and said in shock: "Young man, you scared me to death! What are you doing here in the middle of the night!"

"Don't be afraid, sir! I'm a tourist who came to the mountain to play in the afternoon! I accidentally got lost in the cave! I just came out!"

I blocked the stone with my body to prevent the other party from looking.

After hearing my explanation, the old man said doubtfully: "I haven't seen any tourists on the mountain in the past week. Why don't you wait a minute and I'll call Director Wang and ask."

"Don't ask, uncle."

I went over and grabbed the person's arm and said, "I...I didn't come up from the ticket gate!"

The old man glared and said, "You're evading the fare, right? The ticket is only two yuan, and you won't give me even two yuan?"

"What two dollars? I didn't mean to evade the fare. Uncle, look at what I'm wearing! My coat is from Anima, my pants are from Guirenniao, and my shoes are from Guirenniao too. I'll give you two dollars." Yuan? I didn’t see a ticket office here.”

"Okay, stop arguing. I don't think you look like someone who is short of those two dollars. Do you want to go down the mountain now or wait for dawn?"

I immediately said: "It's too dark to walk on the mountain road. I'd better wait until dawn before going down the mountain. Uncle, if it's convenient, can I go to your place and sit for a while."

"Okay, I'll live alone. You can come with me to the house to warm up by the fire."

"Okay! Wait for me for a minute! I'll get my bag!"

I quickly ran behind the stone and pretended to take my bag, and gave Gao Bing a look, and Gao Bing nodded to me.

Forty minutes later.

"Uncle, your cabin is quite warm."

The big black dog was lying next to the bed. The old man added coal to the stove and said with a smile: "It's not bad. Electricity was only available two years ago. It's good for me, a lonely person, to live here."

It was dark outside just now, so I couldn't see clearly. I noticed that this old man had heavy dark circles under his eyes. How heavy were they? It's like being punched in the eye. Generally, only people who have not slept well all year round or have severe kidney deficiency have such heavy dark circles.

As if he saw what I was thinking, the old man said, "That's just me. I've had dark circles under my eyes since I was a child."

I lit the fire and said, "Sir, let me tell you the truth. Do you know that there are major safety hazards in our scenic spot? There is nothing going on in the first two hundred meters of Fangla Cave. It is easy to get lost as you walk in."

"I know what you're saying, young man, but that's not something we can take care of. That's all the officials worry about."

"Originally, the cave was sealed with bricks after 200 meters. Three years ago, the originally sealed area was opened due to cleaning up the stone accumulation due to the collapse of the house. No one has taken care of it until now."

I thought to myself that it was no wonder there were so many broken stones. It turned out that it had collapsed before.

The old man yawned and said, "I earn five hundred yuan a month as a gatekeeper here, and the total tickets sold this year are only a few hundred yuan."

I nodded. This place is not suitable for developing tourist attractions. I guess it is just those officials who want to do something too much.

I asked curiously: "I heard someone said that Fang La's treasure is hidden in the cave. Uncle, do you know about this?"

The old man immediately smiled and said: "That's not clear, but something did come out of the cave before, and the comrades engaged in cultural relics work also inspected it, and I even kept a knife."

"What knife?