"Brother Ka, did you borrow this car?"
"That's right, a friend who runs around in the world."
Waiting at a red light ahead, Lao Ka released his foot from the accelerator and applied the handbrake. He turned around and asked, "Did you buy this big package this afternoon?"
I said yes, and I asked someone about the gas bottles and boxes of medicine I bought at the market.
The red light turned green. At my suggestion, Lao Ka did not go through Tianguang Cave, but stopped at the foot of Jiantouling Mountain. Then we walked with our things on our backs from Xiancun to Guizailing.
At this moment. It was around 11 noon on Sunday.
Unexpectedly, when I arrived at Guizailing and took a look from a distance, I immediately dragged Lao Ka and hid behind a tree.
"what happened?"
"What happened today? There are so many people in Guizailing?"
I saw dozens of people at the pond, most of whom were underage men and women. Some were holding small flags with some school written on them.
Lao Ka asked in a low voice: "What's going on? How do we get down?"
I said with a dark face: "This should be a spring outing organized by some school. How the hell could this happen?"
I looked out again, and this time I could see clearly.
The reason why they all stayed around the pond was because there was a person blocking the entrance to Zailing on the slope, preventing them from entering.
Forest ranger Lao Hu stood at the entrance of Guizailing with a stick in his hand and an angry look on his face. Two people, a man and a woman, wearing peaked caps who looked like teachers, were talking to Lao Hu.
They probably wanted to take the students in to take a look, but Lao Hu stayed there and refused to let them in. There was a stalemate.
It's not a problem to wait like this. I took a careful detour because I was afraid that Wu Chou might hurt himself. If these people didn't leave, were they supposed to make me wait until night?
Then isn’t all the time spent traveling all the way wasted?
"Brother Ka, you stay here and look at the bag. I'll go over and take a look."
"Okay, be careful."
I buttoned up my clothes and walked out from behind the big tree, pretending that I happened to be passing by and leaned over.
A half-year-old child thought the waiting time was too long, so he cursed and threw stones into the pond, causing ripples in the water.
They yelled to each other about how good they were in water and wanted to perform swimming and catching fish in front of their female classmates.
"Don't stay here, go somewhere else to play." I walked over and said.
"Who are you? Why do you care about us?" the fat boy asked me.
I frowned and said, "There's so much nonsense, get out of here."
"Brother Xing, let's go over there," the fat boy wanted to rush over, but was held back by another person.
I thought to myself, you kids, do you know what’s in the water? The corpses of dragons and monkeys can scare you to death. If you want to attack me even when you are young, I can kick you away with one kick.
"Let's go, let's all go, don't squat here."
I drove all the students away and went to the entrance again.
The school teacher who led the team was still arguing with Lao Hu. When she saw me approaching, the female teacher immediately said: "You are a local villager, how can you help us evaluate?"
"Guizailing is the cultural tourism industry of Dao County, and it does not belong to individuals. Why are we not allowed in? We have formal procedures."
"What procedures do you have?" I asked.
The female teacher said there was some special approval from the tourism bureau for school spring outings.
I said that doesn't work, what kind of situation doesn't work here, Uncle Hu has the final say, you just can't get in, please leave quickly.
"I won't tell you anymore."
When the female teacher saw that I was unreasonable, she said angrily: "I just called the tourism bureau. Is there any more advice? This place belongs to the country, not to individuals!"
My heart skipped a beat, if people from the tourism bureau really came, then this matter would be a big deal. They were still waiting under the water, and I felt like something would happen.
"Don't call it a tourist bureau."
"Teacher, you are right. This belongs to the country, not to individuals. I advise you."
"Master Hu."
I pulled Lao Hu aside and whispered: "How about we let them lead the students in to see? There are just those rocks inside, there is nothing interesting to see. They found it boring and left."
Lao Hu frowned: "It's Sunday today. You can't enter Guiziling after 2 noon. Have you forgotten? I told you two months ago."
Of course I remember this. It was the first day we came to Guiziling. Later, Lao Hu explained that we couldn’t enter the forest at this point because it was easy to hit Yin soldiers crossing the road.
I thought for a while and said: "Master Hu, look, it's past 12 o'clock and there's still time before 2 o'clock. You can let them go in and have a look. They will definitely come out in an hour. If the people from the tourism bureau really come, you won't Easy to handle."
Old Hu also took out his broken watch and looked at it. After hesitating for a moment or two, he turned and walked towards the female teacher. Looking at the expression on his face, he might have agreed with what I said.
This group of students and teachers suddenly came for a spring outing. I don’t know which city they are from, but they are definitely not from Daoxian County, because the locals have always talked about Guizailing and avoided it on foot. They will never bring their children here for a spring outing.
Lao Hu made way for the entrance, and I watched the group of male and female students chattering and laughing with each other as they entered one after another. The female teacher leading the group promised Lao Hu that she would take them away before 2 o'clock and would not call anyone from the tourism bureau again.
I was temporarily relieved, but immediately my heart started to rise again.
The wind is beautiful and the sun is shining, the sky is blue and the clouds are white, and the intermittent chirping of birds comes from the woods. It would have been nice, but why do I feel so uneasy?
I retreated behind the tree, where Lao Ka was squatting.
"We can't wait any longer. Let's change clothes now."
Lao Ka took a look and whispered: "Little brother, are you so brave? What will you do if you are seen?"
I said I had considered it.
The students have just entered and will not be coming out for a short time. Lao Hu is about two hundred meters away from here. He is guarding the entrance with his back to us, and it only takes ten seconds for us to get from here to the pond.
The only thing we need to pay attention to is to make less noise when entering the water. As long as we enter the water, they will not be able to find us.
Lao Ka smoothed back his long hair and sighed: "You newcomers to the industry are so brave now. You are really not afraid of going to jail."
ten minutes later.
Lao Hu had his back to us. He was looking at the entrance of Guizailing and smoking.
I made a walking gesture.
Lao Ka tried on the mask and without hesitation, he carried his bag and walked directly to the opposite pond.
I scanned my surroundings nervously, and if there was any movement, I would immediately send out a movement alert.
Lao Ka quickly walked to the pond, threw his bag directly into the water, and then walked lightly to the pond, barely hearing the sound of entering the water.
Just as I was about to go over, I suddenly saw Lao Hu turning around, and I immediately issued a reminder.
Lao Ka pulled the package and slowly sank, and a series of small bubbles appeared on the water.
After Lao Hu turned around, he turned his head and looked around.
Maybe I was looking for it but couldn't find it.
He looked down at the time, threw away the cigarette butt, stamped it out, turned around, and continued to look at the entrance of Guizailing.
