Seeing the two colleagues bickering, Yan Xiaoqing also had a smile on his face.
It seemed that the longing for Lin Dong also dissipated a little at this moment.
"Boom~" A dull thunder made the two girls who were exposing each other in the car stop arguing.
"Boom~"
The thunder accompanied by the lightning sounded again, illuminating the dark green car curtains for an instant. Yan Xiaoqing looked at the curtains and said, "It finally thundered."
"Well, it's good if there's thunder, otherwise it would be really boring and uncomfortable today." Cao Lei said
Qu Qiuyan gently opened the curtain of the front door and asked, "Master, where are we?"
"This area is called Dilonggang." The driver replied loudly.
"Then how far are we from Yizhou?"
"It's less than a hundred miles away. Don't worry, we'll definitely get there before dark." The coachman said as he took out a large bamboo hat from the box next to him and put it on his head.
Yu Qiuyan looked up at the dark clouds in the sky, then looked at the coachman's bamboo hat, and continued to ask, "Is our car not leaking?"
"Don't worry, the roof of our car has been painted with three layers of paint. There will definitely not be a drop of water leaking into the car. If it leaks, our car will be completely free of charge." The driver said cheerfully, looking like he was very proud of himself. The carriage is very confident.
"Then can you hurry up? We are going to Yizhou to find someone. I'm afraid they will leave if we arrive late."
The coachman did not agree immediately, but looked at the sky and said, "It depends on whether it is raining hard. If it is raining hard, the road will be difficult to walk, and we will not be able to arrive early."
As he spoke, raindrops as big as beans fell down.
Yu Qiuyan also quickly retracted her head back into the car.
"The rain has finally come. I hope the little forest will not be hit by the rain." Yu Qiuyan, who returned to the carriage, looked at Yan Xiaoqing, who was still in a daze, and said sadly.
Behind the carriage, Lin Dong and Shen Fang rode a horse together, chasing forward leisurely along the ruts.
The heavy rain came in an instant, and the frightened horse snorted, shook its head vigorously, and started to show its temper.
Lin Dong's riding skills are not bad, and he can control a temperamental horse in just a few strokes.
After the horse regained its composure, Lin Dong said, "This horse is not good. It loses its temper when it is frightened. It cannot be a war horse!"
"I also want a war horse. It would be great if I could buy a horse in a small village like Xiaosongzhuang." Shen Fang, who was sitting in front, said.
"Aren't I just talking about things as they happen? I'm not picky." Lin Dong explained.
In the morning, after Cao Lei hired a carriage, Lin Dong and Shen Fang hurriedly bought a horse and followed.
Fortunately, it started to be cloudy in the morning, so the two of them bought raincoats and hats, otherwise they would have been soaked in water.
However, even if you have a raincoat, you will inevitably get wet in such a heavy rain.
The rainwater poured on the coir raincoat, flowed down the rice dumpling leaves, dripped on the arm, and then flowed onto the injured palm.
Lin Dong just glanced at it and did not loosen the reins. Instead, he continued to control the horse to run forward.
Seeing this, Shen Fang quickly took off her bamboo hat and covered his injured hand.
Lin Dong saw this and said quickly, "Sister Fang, put your hat on quickly, you will catch a cold if you are exposed to the rain like this."
"It's okay! Your sister, I'm in good health, but you, the little remnant, need to pay attention. If your wound is infected because of the rain, I won't have the shame to see Xiaoqing in the future." Shen Fang shouted loudly, because the wind was blowing at the moment. The sound of rain, thunder and thunder are intertwined together, just like a square dance scene. If you don't shout hard, you can't hear each other's voice even if you are close at hand.
The rain became heavier and heavier, and the air became colder and colder. Suddenly, hailstones the size of soybeans fell down, hitting the bamboo hat with a crackling sound.
When he saw the hailstorm, Lin Dong couldn't care less and immediately put the bamboo hat on Shen Fang's head.
"What are you doing! Your hands?" Before Shen Fang could finish her words, she quickly held the hat with her hands, because the hailstones began to get bigger at this moment, and the largest ones were almost the size of eggs.
"No more chasing!" Lin Dong muttered, then steered the horse into the jungle beside the road, and then found a big tree and stopped.
Hail fell from the sky, breaking branches and hitting horses.
This unobedient horse started to make trouble again after being hit, and began to run around restlessly. Fortunately, Lin Dong was good at equestrian skills, so he calmed it down and stopped under the tree.
The heavy rain and hail continued for about a quarter of an hour, and then gradually became lighter, and the sun emerged from the dark clouds, casting a ray of light on the earth.
The combination of sunshine and heavy rain adds a unique scenery to this roadside mountain forest.
"There's a rainbow! It's so beautiful!" Shen Fang looked at the rainbow in the sky and smiled like a little girl.
"But the rain hasn't stopped yet! It's raining so heavily that the ruts will disappear as soon as they are poured. I hope there are no forks in the road ahead, otherwise it will not be easy to catch up with them again."
"It's okay, I guess they are going to Yizhou." Shen Fang said calmly.
"Sister Fang, are you so sure? In addition to Yizhou, they have many places to go."
"Well, actually" Shen Fang hesitated, "We telegraph operators have a very narrow circle. When we encounter danger, we usually think of going to familiar places as soon as possible. I'm better. When Xiangshan Station was not built before, I followed you Wei My uncle has been to many places. However, the three of them all joined at a later stage. After joining, they basically stayed in Xiangshan Town. Except for a few villages around Xiangshan Town, the farthest they have been is Taiyuan and Yizhou. It’s too far to go, so the possibility of them going to Yizhou is very high.”
After listening to Shen Fang's analysis, Lin Dong thought for a while and asked, "Then they can't go back to their hometown?"
"Qiuyan's hometown is Gujiu Town, a small town on the edge of Luliang. It was occupied by the Japanese a few years ago, and she can't go back even if she wants to; Cao Lei is from Phoenix City. During the previous dynasty, several generations of her family had She was a scholar and came from a scholarly family. She came out to participate in the revolution without telling her family. She hasn’t gone back for several years and it is estimated that it is unlikely that she will go back this time. Xiaoqing’s hometown is Yanggu County, Shandong, and the journey is too long. Far away. So, they are most likely to go to Yizhou! Because only there can they find a radio station to send our message."
Speaking of sending telegrams, Lin Dong couldn't help but start to feel anxious again, "Sister Fang, you still don't know about our other intelligence stations, or guerrillas, etc. We must seize the time to send out the news of the destruction of Xiangshan Station. .”
Shen Fang smiled and said, "The news should have been sent out by now!"
"Sent it out? Who sent it out? How?" Lin Dong asked.
"Have you forgotten that there is Comrade Lu Feng? Also, sending messages is not just about sending telegrams."
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(End of chapter)
