Since there was no one in the pond in front of the house, Shi Ce took Zheng Ming to the door of Wei Lei's house to call for help. The door, which was composed of two leaves, was closed and unlocked. It could be pushed open, but they did not push it. Shi Ce stood here and called Aunt Wei, but there was no response. Zheng Ming said, isn’t her husband at home either?
His husband works at the brigade's farm kiln, didn't you know? Shi Ce replied.
Zheng Ming said "Oh" and raised his voice anxiously, "Aunt Wei, where are you?"
Still no reply. Shi Ce pushed open the door of her house and went in to look for it. He found the bedroom from the main room and the toilet in the backyard from the side room. Zheng Ming followed him, but there was still no trace of Aunt Wei.
After exiting, they closed the door as it had been at the beginning. Zheng Ming said, Shi Ce, since the door is unlocked, it means Aunt Wei must not have gone far. You go and find her for me, I'll wait here. Shi Ce was silent and said thoughtfully, "I'll go check into the pond in front of the door to see if Aunt Wei fell into the water."
Zheng Ming became nervous when he heard this, and a voice seemed to be saying in his heart: What if Aunt Wei drowned? If she was fished out of the water and I knelt down and kowtowed to her body, would it count?
At this moment, while calling Aunt Wei, Shi Ce went to the pond bank in front of the door to take a look. He also walked to the pier where the laundry was done and took a closer look. Then he looked at Zheng Ming who was following him and said, Secretary Zheng, I analyze that Aunt Wei did not fall into the water. She went to other places. Went there. Did you go to the vegetable garden? But it was also strange that since she was doing laundry, she would go to the yard in front of the house to dry the clothes on the bamboo poles set up, but she was not seen drying the clothes, so where did she dry the clothes?
The lion-haired dog stood on the pond looking at Shi Ce and barked several times, but Shi Ce ignored it. Shi Ce knew that if Zheng Ming, who was a stranger to dogs, wasn't following him, then it would be him wagging his tail and begging for mercy.
Does the poodle bark a few times to compete for his favor? Shi Ce didn't think much about it, and just as he was stepping ashore, Zheng Ming patted his shoulder and asked with a frown, "What's the basis for you to say that Aunt Wei didn't fall into the water?"
Secretary Zheng, I woke up early in the morning and saw Aunt Wei carrying a wooden basin to the pier of Menqiantang to do laundry. Think about it, if Aunt Wei fell into the water, even if Aunt Wei didn't know how to swim, that wooden basin wouldn't sink into the water. If it sinks into water, does it have buoyancy? ! As he spoke, Shi Ce raised his bearded face and looked at Zheng Ming's long, horse-like face covered with a layer of clouds.
I believe what you said, so where did she go? Zheng Ming asked gloomily.
Shi Ce said, then I don’t know. According to his own idea, he took Zheng Ming to Wei Lei's vegetable garden on the hill opposite the house to search, but still couldn't find it, so he had to return. Shi Ce glanced at the poodle that was following behind, keeping a distance from Zheng Ming, and suddenly said to the frustrated Zheng Ming, Secretary Zheng, I have come up with a way to see if I can find Aunt Wei. Not quite sure yet.
any solution? You tell me. Zheng Ming couldn't wait to know, so he urged him to speak.
Shi Ce seemed to be afraid that the lid would be removed too early, so he didn't say anything about what he could do. He only said, "Secretary Zheng, just watch and I look for it."
OK Shi Ce said, I am counting on you.
I saw Shi Ce running forward a few steps, with his mouth curled up, and called out "oooh". When the poodle with its tail dropped saw its owner leaving the stranger, it jumped up and crossed from behind to the front. , came straight to Shi Ce’s feet.
Shi Ce continued to trot and ran to the door of Wei Lei's house. He opened the door and went in, and the poodle also followed. Shi Ce wanted to find Wei Lei's clothes for him to smell, but couldn't find them. He pulled down a towel that Wei Lei had used on the lanyard and let the poodle sniff it. The poodle understood the meaning. This can be said to be the result of Shi Ce’s training.
Two years ago, he caught hares and let the dog sniff them. Soon, the dog, which had developed an olfactory conditioned reflex for hares, went hunting many times and bit back wild animals such as hares. Now the poodle understood Shi Ce's intention, which was to ask it to find the owner of this home.
At this time, Zheng Ming also followed. He stood in front of the door of Wei Lei's house. When he saw the poodle coming out with a towel in its mouth, he got out of the way. Then, like Shi Ce, he walked behind the poodle and watched. The poodle walked out of the gate, passed through the threshing field, went around the back of the house, and flew into the forest full of trees and thorns.
Shi Ce and Zheng Ming, who were following, could no longer see the shadow of the poodle. After a while, they heard a dog barking in the forest, and they got into the forest. When they looked up, they saw Wei Lei, a fat middle-aged woman, holding a wooden basin in both hands, hiding deeper in the forest. The poodle dropped the towel it was holding and barked after her. Wei Lei had nowhere to hide and her body was shaking, which showed that she was quite frightened.
Aunt Wei, don't run away, Secretary Zheng is looking for you.
When Shi Ce said this, Wei Lei became even more nervous and she ran faster.
Zheng Ming called me, Aunt Wei, don't worry, I won't do anything to you, I won't mobilize the masses to arrest you, put on a paper hat, put a black card on you and come to the stage to criticize you. After saying this many times, Wei Lei finally believed it or half-believed it. She turned around, leaning against a sapodilla tree with her body and holding the wooden basin filled with clothes in both hands. She looked into the distance with a white face and mouth. Zheng Ming, who was not far away, said, is it true? Secretary Zheng.
it is true. Zheng Ming said with certainty.
Will Secretary Zheng lie to you? Give advice and support. He heard something interesting in Aunt Wei's words, what exactly was it? He didn't know, so he couldn't ask. He just looked at Wei Lei and said, "Go home quickly. It'll be okay." The Keeshond stopped barking, like a victorious warrior asking for a tassel. It walked around Shi Ce's feet, sniffing and licking it, and wagging its tail, as if asking for credit and reward.
Shi Ce knelt down, touched the poodle's head, and said only one sentence, "You are so good!"
When Zheng Ming saw Wei Lei coming from the woods, he went up to her. He originally planned to kneel down and kowtow to admit his mistake, but Shi Ce was here and he couldn't lose his dignity. He was also afraid of losing ground, so he didn't want to do that. I just want to do it in front of Wei Lei alone. If others don't know, it doesn't matter.
But with this thought, his stomach started to hurt again. He covered his stomach with his hands and screamed. Shi Ce looked at it and said, Secretary Zheng, what's wrong with you? If you are sick, I will take you to the commune health center to see a doctor.
No, I came out of the commune health center early this morning. Zheng Ming said so. He heard another voice saying in his ear, you must kneel down and kowtow to Aunt Wei in front of everyone to admit your mistake, otherwise, I, Lady White, will not be able to spare you.
Okay, okay, it’s up to you.
Zheng Ming talked to himself like this, which made Shi Ce feel confused. He couldn't ask any more questions, he just said, "Secretary Zheng, are you feeling better?"
Good point. When Zheng Ming said this, he understood the power of White Snake Spirit. He just said "Okay, okay, it's up to you" in a promising tone, and sure enough, his stomach pain stopped.
At this moment, Wei Lei, who was looking away from him, had walked through a forest and was about to leave the mountain. Zheng Ming followed and shouted, "Aunt Wei, wait, I have something to tell you, don't leave."
Wei Lei refused to listen to him and walked out of the forest with her head buried. She walked around the back of the house, passed through the threshing field, and walked straight to the door of her house. She originally wanted to take out the wet clothes she had washed in the tub one by one. She hung it to dry on the clothes pole, but found that Zheng Ming, Shi Ce and the poodle were following her, so she carried the wooden basin into the house and immediately closed the door.
Zheng Ming's stomach started to hurt again, and he couldn't bear it, so he told Shi Ce, "Please call Aunt Wei out!" As long as she comes out, my stomachache will be cured.
Shi Ce laughed secretly: How is that possible? This was really ridiculous, but he also wanted to witness whether Wei Lei's stomachache was okay after Wei Lei came out. So, Shi Ce stood at the door and said, Aunt Wei, Secretary Zheng said that if you come out, his stomachache will be cured.
I'm not a doctor and I don't know how to treat illnesses. He has abdominal pain and needs to see a doctor. What's the point of me coming out? Wei Lei in the room replied.
Please, Aunt Wei. Come out quickly. Zheng Ming also stood by the door, urging and knocking on the door.
The well-behaved poodle took the towel back again. It wanted to get in through the dog's eye on the wall of the gate, but it was too fat and couldn't get in, so it stuffed the towel into the dog's eye. Then he quit and stood in front of the door barking.
Now it is very close to the stranger Zheng Ming, but it is not afraid of him anymore. The poodle has realized that it is cooperating with others to do something that its owner cares about, and it behaves very devotedly and actively. At this moment, he was still barking.
At this time, the commune members who were walking to the fields to go to work saw several people standing in front of Wei Lei's house. They didn't know what was going on, and most of them rushed over to take a look. When they saw Zheng Ming here, Dadu shouted in a close voice, "Secretary Zheng, do you have anything to do with Aunt Wei?"
Secretary Zheng just smiled bitterly and didn't say anything specific, just that it was something.
Wei Lei finally opened the door and came out. As soon as she walked to the aisle, the club members who were watching the excitement all stepped aside. Shi Ce and the poodle also stepped aside, but Zheng Ming did not. He took the opportunity to kneel in front of Wei Lei, and then kowtowed like a chicken pecking at rice, saying, I'm sorry, I was wrong, I was wrong.
Everyone was talking in whispers, and some said, what happened between them? Some people said, Wei Lei, a weak woman who is not powerful, how can she let a grown man kneel down and kowtow to admit his mistake? Some even said that this grown man was not just any grown man, he was the father-in-law of Shi Jiafan! As the leader of the rebels, he often fights about this and criticizes that. Now that he is doing this, does he still have any prestige?
You see, Wei Lei didn't accept Zheng Ming's plan. She turned her uncombed and uncombed head to the side and said, Secretary Zheng, although I knelt down and kowtowed to you yesterday to admit my mistake, but who Do you want me to kneel down and kowtow to admit my mistake? If you kneel down and kowtow to admit my mistake in return, your stomachache will be cured?
I will, I will. Zheng Ming answered like this. He stood up and covered his face with his hands, as if covering his face would not cause him any shame. In fact, the leader of the rebel group was completely embarrassed and humiliated in front of everyone at this moment. Of course, he also gained something - his stomach ached no more.
At the same time, at Shi Jiuming's house, She Qingye was lying on the bed and had just gotten up. She said in her heart: Since he has become honest, I will spare him. Of course he is Zheng Ming. It turned out that there was a woman's voice in Zheng Ming's ear, which was caused by the white snake spirit that had left its possession.
When she left the possession, of course the current She Qingye was lying on the bed at home. Before, she always said to Shi Jiuming, I will "wake up" after I lie down for a while. Before I "wake up", you must not touch me. , do not let outsiders into the house, and close the door tightly as before.
After coming back for a few days, what made Shi Jiuming unhappy was that She Qingye now said that she was going to Baji Mountain to become a monk and could not stay in a layman's house for a long time. Shi Jiuming asked, wasn't it good for you to live at home before? She offered no explanation.
