Yang Lixuan looked at everyone with just a look, and everyone understood.
"Oh, it seems that I am still too naive. It turns out that the danger Uncle Long mentioned is really dangerous." Chen Tao thought silently in his heart.
"Mrs. Boss, when did your son develop this symptom? Has he ever been to a place where he was exposed to this bug, or had contact with people infected with this bug?" Yang Lixuan asked.
"I...I don't know either. A month ago, when he came back, he said that his body was itchy. Then he started to have a fever and was in a coma for several days. When he woke up, he looked like this."
"Judging from the size of the pupa, it's impossible for it to grow that big in a month. The only possibility is that this kind of insect has been parasitic in his body for a long time!" Yang Lixuan said.
"Oh, it's all my fault. I usually can't control him. He hasn't listened to me since he was a child. I don't know when he got into trouble with this kind of bug."
Yang Lixuan looked at Uncle Long, stood up and walked into the crowd. Uncle Long understood what he meant and said to the woman: "Well... boss lady, we all know the situation of your child. This time we are going to do geological survey. I don’t know if we can find the kind of grass that can save your son. You’d better send him to a big hospital as soon as possible to avoid delaying the best treatment time.”
"I..." The woman also stood up. Seeing what everyone was about to say, Uncle Long took out a stack of red tickets from his body and said:
"It's not easy for you either. We have collected this money together. You can take it to the county seat and find a big hospital to treat your child!"
"This...I..." The woman looked at everyone with red eyes.
"Oh, boss lady, just take it if it's given to you. That's all we have. We won't have any more. Take it quickly and take the kids to see it!" Seeing the woman's hesitation, the mountain ghost couldn't stand it any longer, so he went directly from Uncle Long took the money and stuffed it into the woman's hand.
The woman's eyes were red and red, and the hand holding the money was shaking. She bent her knees and looked like she was about to kneel down in front of everyone again. Seeing this, Uncle Long quickly pulled her up and said:
"Hey, hey, no, no, no, boss lady, we can't bear it if you kneel to us like this again!"
The woman wiped away her tears and said, "You are all good people. You are all good people. You are all my great benefactors! I... don't know how to thank you!"
"If you want to thank me, please get us something to eat. After working on it for so long, I'm really hungry." Chen Tao touched his stomach and said with a smile.
"Hey, hey, I'm going to cook right now, my benefactors will sit down and wait for a while!"
"No need to go to so much trouble, just eat a few buckets of instant noodles." Uncle Long said.
"How about that? You are all my great benefactors. I will cook you something delicious."
Everyone was stubborn and had to stay. The woman went to wash her hands and cook. There was no room in the store, so she moved a big table and sat outside his store. The woman cooked several hot dishes in succession, and wine and meat were ready at the canteen. Everyone also took this opportunity to eat, drink, and rest.
After the meal, the woman went to clean up and wash the dishes. Boss Zhang came over and asked Uncle Long in a low voice: "Oh, Mr. Long, do you really want to care about her son?"
"What's wrong?" Uncle Long looked up at him.
"With so many of us, we can't even take care of ourselves after we go there. How can we care about other people's affairs?" Boss Zhang patted Uncle Long on the shoulder.
Uncle Long took a swab and took a breath and said: "As the saying goes, saving a life is better than building a seven-level pagoda. Anyway, it's just a matter of convenience. If you do this in our profession, it will harm your moral character, so you should do good deeds." Be blessed."
"Hey...you...you..." Seeing Uncle Long's tone, Boss Zhang knew that it was useless to say anything else. After sighing for a long time, he could only sigh:
"Forget it, I don't care about this matter. When the time comes, I will only care about my people, my things, and the treasures I deserve. You can take care of other things by yourself." After that, go and mind your own business. Lying down in the car.
Chen Tao came up and asked: "Uncle, you..."
Before Chen Tao finished speaking, Uncle Long waved his hand and interrupted: "It's okay. You don't need to ask anything. Remember what I told you. We are tomb keepers, not tomb robbers. We have no choice but to do this. It’s not what I wanted to do...helping this landlady can be considered as a way to find some comfort in my heart."
Uncle Long looked at Boss Zhang's driveway in the distance: "They are here for money, and we have our own mission. People die for money, and birds die for food. Don't lose your duty as a human being because of these external things! The man named Zhang and him Be careful with the few people you bring with you, don't have any intention of harming others, and don't have the intention of being on guard against others, so pay attention to yourself."
"Yeah!" Chen Tao nodded, packed his and Uncle Long's backpacks and went to the car to take a lunch break.
In the afternoon, everyone had almost rested and got up to pack their luggage and backpacks. During this period, the boy on the bed was unconscious. Yang Lixuan handed the proprietress of the canteen two bottles of potion and said: "You can give this to the child three times a day, dilute it with one drop of water each time." He drank it. Dilute three drops of this bottle with hot water and let him soak it for half an hour before going to bed every day. Although it cannot cure the disease, it can slow down the toxins caused by the bloodworm."
"Thank you, my great benefactor, thank you, my great benefactor!" The woman quickly nodded in thanks.
"Take him to a big hospital as soon as possible. If you delay like this, the disease will not be cured." Chen Tao said.
"Yes, yes, I know! I will pack my things today and ask someone to take us two to the county town tomorrow," the woman said.
"Well, there is one more thing." Uncle Long stepped forward and said, "Is there anyone in the village who is familiar with this mountain? We need a guide to lead the way."
"This... let me think about it..." The woman put down her work, rubbed her face and thought seriously. After a while, he suddenly slapped his thigh and said, "Yes! I know someone!"
"Oh?" Everyone's eyes lit up, and Chen Tao hurriedly asked: "How's it going, auntie, who is it?"
"Hey... there is an old bachelor Liu in our village. He has never married a wife in his life. He goes to the mountains to herd sheep every day. He must know the way best!"
"Then...where is this old man Liu now?" Uncle Long hesitated and asked. When Chen Tao saw him, he couldn't help but feel a little strange. Could it be that Uncle Long knew about this old man Liu?
"Hmm... I don't know about that. I guess he went out to herd sheep at this point." The woman said. "However, if you look for him, he may not follow you. This old man has a very stubborn temper!"
"It doesn't matter, we won't let him work in vain, we will give him hard-earned money."
"That's it, my benefactors, please wait for a while. I'll go out to look for him. This village is not big, so someone must have seen him. I'll go look for him!"
After that, the woman got up, straightened her clothes and went out.
"Tsk tsk tsk, this woman has a big heart. With so many of us here, she dares to leave the store and run away without fear of losing anything!" Boss Zhang came over at some point and saw the woman. After walking away, he smacked his lips angrily.
"This is called simple folk customs! The landlady's family is so miserable, why do you still want to get something?" Uncle Long joked.
"Oh, Mr. Long, it's wrong for you to say that. Am I Zhang Furong that kind of person? Besides, her family is so poor, and such a big canteen can't even compare to my bathroom! Who would care about her? These crappy things!" Boss Zhang said, patting his chest, and the fat on his belly swayed a little.
Seeing Boss Zhang speaking solemnly, Chen Tao couldn't help but feel funny, and said to himself: "Zhang Furong, this name is amazing! Ronghua Fugui, Fugui Ronghua, the name is quite interesting, but the character is a bit poor."
"Hey, hey, little boss of the Chen family, what are you laughing at? Why am I wrong?" Seeing Chen Tao looking at him with a silly smile, Boss Zhang stared and said.
"No, it's okay. I just remembered that once when I was walking on the street in winter, I saw a fat man who slipped and fell on the steps and fell down!" Chen Tao said hurriedly.
Boss Zhang rolled his eyes at Chen Tao angrily and said: "Forget it, forget it, your uncle and nephew both wear the same pair of pants. I won't talk to you anymore. We will set off when the old man comes over."
After saying that, he turned around and left to go back to his modified mountain pickup truck.
"You bastard, don't get me into trouble, I'm telling you!" Uncle Long looked at Chen Tao and cursed with a smile.
Chen Tao knew that Uncle Long was just talking about him and was not really angry. At this time, he couldn't help it anymore and burst out laughing. Uncle Long couldn't hold back when he saw this, and he unkindly followed Chen Tao to laugh. Boss Zhang saw Chen Tao's uncle and nephew laughing in the car, and couldn't help but sneered,
"I support you two old mothers, one old and one young, two street boys. You will feel better when we get down there."
After about half an hour, everyone heard a group of sheep braying in the distance. Then, a refreshing smell that made people burst into tears filled the air around them, and they saw big sheep one after another. Sheep of all sizes are coming here in piles,
Snapped! Bang bang!
"Hey! Sigh!"
The sound of whips being whipped one after another, accompanied by a loud whistle, reached everyone's ears.
Behind the sheep, a short, thin old man and a woman appeared in everyone's eyes. The old man has a white turban on his head. He is thin and dark-skinned. He wears a woolen jacket, a red cloth belt tied around his fat trousers, and a wine gourd on his waist. From a distance, the red belt is very eye-catching.
"Here we come." Mountain Ghost said.
Uncle Long nodded. Chen Tao, Uncle Long and others stood up and got ready. Boss Zhang and others also got out of the car.
"Oh my, what does this smell like? It's so unpleasant!" Boss Zhang muttered dissatisfiedly.
Chen Tao joked at the side, "Boss Zhang, this is the taste of nature, unique to the local area, how about it! It's not bad!"
"It's not bad for your size. You should be a young man. You should have more pursuits in life. You should have more contact with the upper class society in your life and improve your aesthetics!"
"When I was a kid, I often saw sheep herders in my hometown. Haozi and I would start cheering and chasing the sheep! The sheep were scattered by us, and the sheep herders would use sheep shovels to shovel dirt to scare us." Chen Tao looked aside. Haozi said with a smile.
Recalling what happened when he was a child, Haozi also said with a smile: "When I was a child, Taozi had the most clever ideas and could cause trouble!"
"Hey, hey, what you said is wrong. Can one slap make a sound? Can I accomplish so many earth-shattering things by myself?" Chen Tao was dissatisfied and asked.
Everyone laughed and listened to the two of them arguing. Uncle Long said: "Okay, okay, I want to drag you two back home. Let's go. That old man Liu is here. Let's go and meet."
When the proprietress of the canteen approached with Old Man Liu, Uncle Long stepped forward and said, "Hello, uncle! You must be Old Man Liu!"
Old man Liu drove the sheep to a small piece of grassland next to the small shop, stuck the whip on his back, walked over with the sheep shovel and said:
"It's me, I'm Old Man Liu, who are you? Are you looking for something to do with me?"
Old Man Liu's accent was much heavier than that of the female owner of the small shop. It was a bit difficult for everyone to listen. Fortunately, Uncle Chen Tao and Uncle Long were all from Shanxi, so they could barely understand him. As for Boss Zhang, he didn't know Liu at all. What is the old man talking about?
"Hello, old man, we are from the geological survey team. We are going into the mountains to do a geological survey. This person is unfamiliar with the place and would like to ask you to guide us. Don't worry, we won't treat you badly."
"Oh, what's the matter with the land? Aren't you going to dig soil to see the water? Why did you do other things?"
"Uh..." Chen Tao was speechless for a while, poked Hao Zi's lower back and muttered: "Look at the good thing you did!"
Haozi turned around and glanced at Chen Tao and said: "What are you doing? Isn't it just digging the soil to see the water? Am I wrong?"
"Uh..." Chen Tao was speechless again. I complained in my heart: "It's terrible to be uneducated!"
"It's the same thing!" Uncle Long explained: "We just look at the soil, the stones, the trees, flowers and grass. We study what soil is, what kind of stone is the stone, what kind of trees, flowers and grasses grow! "
"Oh...oh! Oh!" Old Man Liu nodded as if he understood: "The boss lady has already said that you are all scholars, big shots, and college students from big cities! Okay, I don't have anything to do. , how much money do you give me, I still have this flock of sheep to graze!"
"Fifty a day! How about it." Uncle Long stretched out five fingers and gestured.
Fifty yuan, in a small village like Heizigou, can buy a bag of noodles and several packets of salt, which is enough for Old Man Liu to eat alone for more than two months.
"Shizi? Fifty?" Old Man Liu stared.
"Yes, it's fifty a day. You always help us find the way. We'll take care of all the other food, drink, food and accommodation for you." Uncle Long said.
Old man Liu smacked his lips, pulled out a dry tobacco pipe from behind his waist, filled it with tobacco leaves, lit it, took a few puffs and said:
"This is a good deal, let me think about it! The main reason is that I have too many sheep. If I leave, it will be difficult to arrange."
"Don't worry, it won't take a few days. Just take us into the mountains and we'll be done. It'll only take two or three days at most."
"Oh...then that's okay. I'll show the sheep to Lao Liu for a look. It's okay if it's three to five days old!"
"Well, thank you very much!" The two parties had reached an agreement, and everyone was naturally happy. Old man Liu first went to hand over the sheep to the man he was talking about, Lao Liu. Everyone was waiting at the door of the small shop to rest.
Looking at the mountains not far away, Chen Tao clenched his fists.
"Cannibal Valley, here we come!"
