He Siwei's worries were not wrong. She led Zhang Yufang forward. When she saw a large forest, she wanted to hide in it with Zhang Yufang. However, she rejected the decision on second thought. Finally, she looked at the grass beside her and leaned against the road. She was silent for a while, then took Zhang Yufang to hide inside.
She first let Zhang Yufang lie inside. Then she walked out and took a look. The grass was so dense that she couldn't see anyone hiding inside unless she moved it aside.
He Siwei helped the two of them up in the grass again, looked around and found nothing wrong, then returned to Zhang Yufang, and she also lay down.
The sun was high in the sky and it was very bright at this time, but the grass was tall and blocked most of the sunlight.
Zhang Yufang said, "It turns out that the sun is so comfortable."
He Siwei asked, "Do you go back to the house during the day?"
Zhang Yufang hummed, "The yang energy is strong during the day, so the evil things will not come out. At night, I have to lie in the coffin, hook my nose with a scale hook, and then press it with a weight to suppress the evil things in my body."
Her voice paused, "My dad said it, and everyone in the company believed her."
He Siwei's chest felt tight, "Why do they trust your dad so much?"
As far as she knows, the current company is composed of people who were born in the corps, or soldiers who have retired and transferred to other professions. They cannot be so ignorant.
Then in Zhang Yufang's answer, He Siwei understood the reason. The employees in the eighth company were all moved from Guanli with their families, and they were not retired soldiers. There were more than 30 households in the company. Together we become a village. (There is no regional discrimination. My family moved from Guanli to Heilongjiang)
He Siwei understood that this kind of village was similar to the one in the Cui family, where everyone gathered together, but Captain Zhang and the others were a whole village, which proved that Captain Zhang had greater prestige among these villagers.
There are no outsiders in the village, and with the intention to conceal it, it is no wonder that no outsider knows about this matter for eighteen years.
I was on the road in the middle of the night last night and was carrying someone on my back. After lying down, He Siwei's eyelids became heavy. She said, "Let's sleep for a while and then drive on later. My guess is right. They will look for us on both sides when they come back. After a while, No matter what happens, don’t make a sound.”
Zhang Yufang hummed obediently.
With the sound of insects in his ears, He Siwei took out his clothes, thinking that it was a good thing he went back and bought more clothes this time, otherwise he would have used the clothes given by Wang Jianguo.
One piece was given to Zhang Yufang to cover her body, and the new clothes were given out. She didn't want to get them back. She tightened the tight-fitting gown, folded her hands on her chest, and fell asleep with her back to Zhang Yufang.
I don't know how long it took, but when there was any movement, He Siwei was immediately awakened.
He Siwei instinctively did not move. He pricked up his ears and listened carefully. Apart from the sound of the wind blowing in the grass, there was indeed the sound of tiny footsteps, and someone was walking not far away.
He Siwei didn't dare to move. As time passed, low voices of conversation could be heard.
"They can't go that far, they must be hiding somewhere."
"Go and have a look in the woods, it's the only place where people can be hidden."
"I'm going to tell Uncle Zhang and ask him to wait for us in front. This forest is long, let's walk through it."
The two agreed, and one of the footsteps came towards He Siwei and the others. The footsteps were getting closer and closer. He Siwei's heart was in her throat. She clenched the thing in her hand, which she found before going to bed. She didn't let Zhang Yufang see the wooden stick because she was afraid that Zhang Yufang would worry about it. If the other party found them... she could only...
He Siwei prepared for the worst, but fortunately someone walked past them, and not long after, Captain Zhang's voice rang out, telling them to look carefully and saying that he would wait for them in front.
When the surroundings became quiet, the sound of the carriage was far away, and there were no sounds of men's footsteps or conversations, He Siwei slowly turned over. It should be around two o'clock in the afternoon. Zhang Yufang also woke up, with his eyes open and his lips tightly closed. His lips were still trembling slightly.
He Siwei held her hand and said, "It's okay."
Tears fell from Zhang Yufang's eyes.
He Siwei pulled Zhang Yufang to sit up, "Let's both hurry up."
On the way, Zhang Yufang was still holding the bag, and He Siwei was carrying her. The two of them returned to the road this time. Even though He Siwei walked fast, he couldn't run with someone on his back, and it was even faster than walking alone. Go slower.
It's still far away from the field, even a hundred kilometers away.
He Siwei didn't know how many days she would have to walk, but she wasn't worried. There were biscuits in her bag and the two of them weren't hungry. Drinking water was a problem. They hadn't drank a drop of water since last night.
Along the way, He Siwei dared to stop and rest after it got dark.
The two of them were eating biscuits, and Zhang Yufang said, "Siwei, I'll leave by myself later. I have the strength now."
Afraid that He Siwei would disagree, she said, "I am really strong, there are no stones to hold me down, and I have something to eat. I have recovered now."
He Siwei thought about it and agreed, "That's okay, we can go faster."
After filling their stomachs, the two got up and continued on their way.
At this time, I saw light spots in the direction they were walking from a distance, or two light spots.
It's a car.
He Siwei pulled Zhang Yufang, and Zhang Yufang's body was trembling.
The two hid in the grass, and He Siwei watched from a distance. After seeing clearly that it was a green jeep, she asked Zhang Yufang to wait while she rushed out to stop the car.
Someone suddenly rushed out on the road. The jeep slowed down from a distance and stopped when it reached He Siwei.
The man who got off the passenger seat was wearing a military uniform and a mucang on his belt. At this time, he put his hands on the mucang at his waist and looked at He Siwei. He found that it was a little girl and put his hands down.
He Siwei was even more happy when he saw that it was a soldier, "Comrades from the People's Liberation Army, we are passing by. My sister and I encountered bad guys. Please help us and save us."
The People's Liberation Army looked at her, and He Siwei immediately turned back to the grass and said, "Sister, come out."
Zhang Yufang is not stupid. He Siwei said that they are sisters. She also emerged from the grass with a bag in hand. She looked so thin that the originally vigilant soldier relaxed.
At this time, the rear window of the jeep rolled down, and a woman stuck her head out and said, "Let them get in the car."
The woman was in her forties and very good-looking. She was wearing a popular cyan suit with a collared top and a white shirt underneath. She looked a bit serious, like a cadre.
He Siwei took Zhang Yufang into the car without hesitation, but thinking of Zhang Yufang's illness, she chose to sit in the middle to separate Zhang Yufang from the woman.
The other party was kind enough to take him in, so she couldn't harm him.
After the car started moving, the woman asked them, "Where did you run out from? Where are the bad guys chasing you?"
He Siwei said, "Comrade, I'm sorry for lying to you. We escaped, and there were people chasing us, but they were not bad people. They were Comrade Zhang Yufang's father. He engaged in feudal superstition and put Comrade Zhang Yufang in this place since he was a child. In the coffin, he pressed his chest with stones."
