One foot high and one foot low, running wildly.
Thanks to the flashlight prepared by Company Commander Wang, it was already past nine o'clock in the evening when we reached Longquanzhuang.
Although walking at night is not a problem for the two warriors Wang Ke and Gu Maolin, walking in the barren mountains and ridges with the autumn wind blowing is not scary. This flashlight is just to give themselves a sense of courage.
Seeing a sparse light, the two recognized Longquanzhuang on the top of the mountain.
"Platoon leader, it seems we can't walk at night." Gu Maolin walked all the way and didn't speak until now.
"Well, luckily you don't need a flashlight for your eyes."
"How could it be?" Seeing that Wang Ke didn't answer, Gu Maolin said again: "Platoon leader, what do you think is going on in the cave of the female soldier company? Why does it smell so bad?"
"You shouldn't be concerned, so don't ask. Go back quickly. Why do I feel like a guest has arrived today!" Wang Ke quickened his pace down the mountain and almost entered the village. The road was obviously much easier.
They came back from the east side of Longquanzhuang. This is a road down the mountain. Due to the terrain, it is already easy to walk. Just now on the road, a group of people appeared in front of him, talking in his room. Could it be that Professor Ye has arrived?
There was no time to carefully identify the scene that popped up in his mind. Wang Ke, who had been running for a day, just wanted to rush back to the station as soon as possible. Even if no one came, he could just boil some hot water and soak his feet. In just a few days, I ran away a lot.
Arriving outside the yard of Uncle Geng's house, I saw a familiar van parked there. Wang Ke was a little confused. Are there really guests? At this moment, a string of laughter like silver bells was heard, and then a familiar girl's voice came out: "Dad, should we go pick it up? It's so dark?"
"How to pick it up? Do you know which road they took?"
"There are many wolves in the mountains, what should we do if we encounter one?" The girl seemed very anxious.
Ah, how could it be Ye Pianpian. Why did this little witch come to Longquanzhuang? Wang Ke and Gu Maolin have already entered the courtyard. I saw only one person walking out of the main room carrying a washbasin. Wang Ke took a look through the light and was overjoyed.
"Godfather Wen!"
When Professor Wen heard the sound, the room was bright and dark outside. He squinted and quickly put down the washbasin and said, "Is it Wang Ke? Are you back?"
It was so unexpected that Wang Ke hurried forward to greet him. "Daddy Wen, why are you here?"
Professor Wen took a step forward, hugged Wang Ke who was about to salute, and at the same time shouted to the back room: "The boys are back!"
People in the room poured out, including Professor Ye Rongguang, Ye Qianpian, and an unknown gay man who also ran out from the east room, following Uncle Geng.
Ye Pianqian ran out like a gust of wind and gave Wang Ke a "pink punch", "Brother Bing, you want us to die!"
"Hello, Professor Ye!" Wang Ke quickly saluted Ye Rongguang and also made up for Professor Wen's salute.
"Where's mine? Come on, give me one too." Ye Pian said from the side.
"You haven't eaten yet, the rice is left in the pot." Uncle Geng said, stepping forward to pull Wang Ke.
"After eating, we still have a few pieces of pie in our bags. Let's put them together." Wang Ke said, taking off his satchel and following the others into the house.
"You went to give a report to the neighboring troops?" Under the light, Professor Wen looked at Wang Ke with a smile. They broke up only a few months ago, but they left in a daze for several years.
"Daddy Wen, yes, but it's not a report. It's just about sharing with them the experience of being a soldier."
Wang Ke replied, turning to look at Ye Rongguang, "Professor Ye, no, no, Uncle Ye, why did you just come today? The troops have been gone for two days."
Ye Rongguang kept looking at Wang Ke with a smile. He found that he, who was not good at emotions, began to like this young soldier more and more. "Well, we walked around Nanshao Village again and invited Professor Wen here."
Ah, this is it!
"Daddy Wen, how is the archeology of the ancient river in Nanshao Village going?" Wang Ke turned around and asked.
"Exceeded expectations, exceeded expectations, very good." Godfather Wen, whom he hadn't seen for several months, was obviously a little thin, but he was in good spirits.
"Brother Bing, don't you have anything to ask me?" Ye Pianqian pouted, already starting to feel a little unhappy, because since Wang Ke entered the room, he hasn't said a word to her directly.
"Haha, Teacher Xiaoye, it's hard to drive."
"No, say it again."
When Wang Ke saw Ye Xianqian's attitude, he couldn't pass the test if he didn't say something nice today. So he said: "By the way, I will take you to see Muling tomorrow."
That's pretty much it. Gu Maolin smiled on the side and quickly stepped forward to say hello. "Hello Professor Wen, hello Teacher Xiaoye."
Only then did everyone notice Gu Maolin. Professor Wen pulled Gu Maolin to introduce it to everyone, and Wang Ke walked into the inner room. When he saw that his quilt was still there, Gu Maolin's had been moved away, and a new luggage roll was piled next to it.
"Huh?" As soon as Wang Ke said this, he immediately understood and quickly started to roll up his quilt.
Ye Xian followed in. "Brother Bing, what are you doing?"
"I'll make a room for you. You can sleep on this kang. Gu Maolin and I will live in the west wing."
"People just live here."
"Get out!" Wang Ke lowered his voice, looked at the outer room and said, "If you keep talking nonsense, be careful I'll beat you up."
"If you want to hit me as soon as we meet, then you should do it." Ye Xianqian said, leaning his limp body towards this side.
Wang Ke was so frightened that he immediately shouted: "Gu Maolin, come in and help me move my things. Let's go to the west wing."
"Yes!" As soon as the words came out, Professor Wen was followed by Gu Maolin, who also opened the door curtain and squeezed in.
"Xiao Wang Ke, you have to help us arrange the little girl. She is the most difficult to take care of."
"Uncle Wen, why am I so difficult to take care of? Believe it or not, I detained Brother Bing and asked him to live with me."
"Nonsense." Professor Ye Rongguang also squeezed in to help clean up.
Gu Maolin took Wang Ke's luggage, and Wang Ke began to pack the washbasin and toothbrush, as well as his shoes and shell box.
"Why did you move all your things?" Ye Qianqian took a look and saw that there was nothing left.
"Okay, I'll keep these smelly shoes and smoke you to death." Wang Ke also deliberately said to tease her who was pouting.
"I don't think you stink. Stay here and I'll clean it for you. I'll wash the dirty clothes as well." Ye Pian hit the snake on the pole and immediately grabbed Wang Ke's hand holding the shoe.
At this time, Wang Ke deceived himself and escaped. Everyone came to the west wing again laughing and joking. The Kang where the reconnaissance team used to live now has four beds of luggage. The innermost one is Ye Rongguang, next to him is Professor Wen's luggage, the middle one is the teacher who came with Ye Rongguang, and the outermost kang is reserved for Gu Maolin and Wang Ke.
"Daddy Wen, why don't you and Professor Ye sleep outside, and Gu Maolin and I sleep inside?" Wang Ke suggested, because the weather was getting colder and the kang had to be heated from time to time, and the kang head outside was the hottest.
"It's not time to burn the kang yet, let's do this. We two old guys, one on each side, and you three young people sleep in the middle." Professor Wen suggested.
"Okay." Wang Ke moved Professor Wen's luggage to the innermost place, next to him. Then Gu Maolin slept in the middle, and the teacher slept next to Professor Ye Rongguang.
Everything is in order. Everyone went to the main house to find some stools and moved them to the west wing. Some people got on the kang and some sat below. Professor Wen then said to Wang Ke, "Are you a little surprised that Ye Pian and I came here?"
Wang Ke nodded, indeed surprised. But then I thought about it, Professor Ye Rongguang was able to drag Professor Wen here, which shows that this matter is of great importance and has unusual importance.
"Wuwu is a solitary village guest, two generations of people, forgetting their health in dreams, and feeling miserable when they are drunk." Professor Wen was inspired by poetry again and couldn't help but recite a poem. Wang Ke knew that this was a poem by Lu You. poetry. But I just don’t understand.
"We are uninvited guests. It's a bit unexpected to come here uninvited." Professor Wen was still laughing at himself.
"Daddy Wen, I just sent a letter to each of the three of you today." Wang Ke blurted out, which meant that he didn't need to send it until he knew you were coming.
"Sending a letter today, the three of us?" Upon hearing this, Professor Wen immediately followed. Suddenly, he figured it out again. Two godfathers plus one Ye Pianpian, why should I break this statement?
Wang Ke hadn't reacted yet, but Ye Zhan heard it, and there was his own letter, and he immediately narrowed the corners of his eyes with happiness.
Ye Rongguang also heard that Wang Ke had been keeping in touch with his daughter, and a smile appeared on his face.
"Okay, stop talking, Wang Ke, please introduce the situation here." He said.
Work always comes first. He wrote the letter. Wang Ke knew the importance of this trip. So he told Professor Ye Rongguang in detail about the two golden cobras with eagle mouths and the discovery of the five-fingered peach in Mulingli.
After saying that, Wang Ke suddenly remembered something. "By the way, I still have some five-fingered peaches, and Uncle Geng also picked a lot of them. Let me make some water for everyone to drink."
Wang Ke jumped off the kang and went to look for the five-finger peach left by the health worker Yu Deben for him, while Gu Maolin had already gone to pick up the kettle and find a bowl.
Here, except for Professor Ye Rongguang, including Professor Wen and Ye Pianqian, they only heard the name of the five-fingered peach but never saw the thing. Naturally, they were very interested in it, and they forgot about the hard work of running around.
Gu Maolin brought a stack of bowls and made a bowl for everyone.
"This is a good thing. It can strengthen the spleen and lungs. It can eliminate edema, relieve coughs, promote qi and diuresis, relax muscles and activate blood circulation, and relieve rheumatism and arthralgia. Tomorrow we will buy some pig's trotters or an old hen and stew it." Professor Rongguang picked up the bowl and took a sip. The significance of discovering the five-fingered peach in the North China Plain, including the discovery of the golden cobra, was beyond the meaning of botany and zoology.
Yes, this is something only found in the south. How could it appear in the north? Just like the emergence of marine animal fossils in the Himalayas, it can only show that the earth's crust is moving. What else can it mean?
"Wang Ke, our Xiao Zhang is a snake expert, but from a safety perspective, we will start working tomorrow, starting with Muling's five-fingered peach."
"Okay, but Professor Ye, let me tell you some bad news. One of the three five-fingered peach trees has been cut down, and the other one is not guaranteed to survive, so only one is left." Wang Ke added.
"What? Who cut it?"
"It was the landlord, Uncle Geng. He didn't recognize it and thought it was a miscellaneous tree. Later I told him that he regretted it too, but from now on this tree will be a treasure and Uncle Geng will look at it seriously."
"It's a pity, it's a pity." Professor Ye Rongguang sighed. Ignorance is too destructive. Fortunately, there is finally one tree left.
Everyone said that it was getting late.
"Go to bed early. We will officially start at nine o'clock tomorrow morning." Professor Ye Rongguang suggested.
"Okay, let's go to bed."
