The driver is Wang Ping, the driver of the factory-run small garage. Liu Chunjiang and his entourage took a van and crossed the mountains and mountains all the way, and after a two-day journey, they came to Hexi County. When I got here, I looked at my watch, and it was already half past three in the afternoon.

Several people were also tired. They found a small restaurant and ate a few bites of food, Wang Xuefei looked at his watch and said:

"There's still time, we can go to the cement factory before dark. After speaking, regardless of fatigue, he dragged Liu Chunjiang and the others and got into the van again.

From the county seat to the cement factory in Hexi County, there are several mountains separated by it. Along the way, there are winding mountain roads, and they are all dirt roads, and the roads are potholed and dusty everywhere.

The driver, Wang Ping, drove cautiously, and several of them sat in the car, looking at the bottomless ravine, and they were also very panicked.

When it was almost six o'clock, they finally came to the Hexi cement factory.

The gate of the factory is made of iron. The door was closed, leaving only a small window. It's very quiet inside.

They got out of the car, walked into the factory gate, and knocked hard.

It seems that the factory has long been on holiday, and only a few guards are left inside. I knocked on the door for a long time, and finally a voice came from inside.

"Here we are...... Here we ......" a man in his fifties with a full beard trotted all the way, panting as he opened the door.

Liu Chunjiang took out the letter of introduction and explained his intention to them, and the bearded man looked at it and immediately led them into the factory.

This is also a machine kiln. The equipment looks pretty good, Wang Xuefei is a mechanic, and he is quite satisfied with the machinery here.

"Master, is the equipment here still functioning?" Liu Chunjiang asked the bearded master who was accompanying him as he walked.

"There is no problem with the operation. Luo Hu said with a smile, "It's just that the clinker that comes out is always unqualified, and it is said that the free calcium is high, and the flexural strength is also unqualified." Anyway, the quality can't pass the test. I don't know what's going on. ”

Liu Chunjiang walked while checking the surrounding environment and machinery and equipment of the plant, because it was late, he could not check it carefully, so he just took a general look.

"Let's take a closer look tomorrow, this black light is blind, and I can't see any fame. The bearded master of the guard said as he locked one of the doors of the workshop room.

"That's it for today, let's take a good look tomorrow. Liu Yingying said to Wang Xuefei.

"That's it. Wang Xuefei patted the dust on his body with both hands, because the factory had been uncleaned for a long time, many machines were covered with dust.

"Then why don't we go back to the hotel in the county seat to rest now?" Liu Yingying looked at Wang Xuefei and asked.

Wang Xuefei glanced at the driver, and when the driver Wang Ping heard it, his head shook like a rattle, and he said again and again:

"No, no, that's not a joke. Where do you think it's with us? I'm not saying I've been driving for a day and I'm afraid of getting tired. Rather, the roads here are all winding mountain roads, twists and turns, ditches and bumps, and driving in broad daylight is a little overhanging, and you let me drive at night, you don't want to live anymore? Besides, even if you drive back, it's almost the middle of the night. I think everyone is in my car, or just find a random place to be confused for a while before dawn. ”

When Wang Xuefei heard this, he also felt that it was too dangerous to go back. So, Wang Xuefei pulled the willow warbler, the two got into the car, and the driver turned on the heater.

Xue Kemei looked at the van, shook his head and said:

"You can sleep in the car, I won't go up, such a van, just a few seats, no one can sleep well. ”

Liu Yingying looked at the van, and indeed couldn't sleep a few people, she asked with concern:

"And where are you going?"

刘春江 says:

"Let's go find the caretaker just now and ask him to find a place.

Liu Yingying nodded, then took two military coats from the car, put them on the two of them, and said:

"If there's really no place, get in the car. ”

The two of them returned to the factory, and as soon as the guard's beard heard that he was looking for a place to sleep, he scratched his scalp, thought for a while, and said:

"There are a lot of sleeping places, but it's a little cold, and the stoves have been dismantled and locked in the storeroom. I don't have a key either. ”

Xue Kemei had an idea and asked:

"You should have the key to the lab, right?"

The beard slapped his thigh and said:

"Yes, there's an electric stove there, and it can be used for a night," he said, pulling out the key, leading them to the door of the laboratory, and opening the door. And then he left.

Xue Kemei and Liu Chunjiang walked around the room, and there were six or seven rooms in this laboratory, one of which was a high-temperature room.

Liu Chunjiang closed the gate of the high-temperature furnace, then found a long chair, placed it next to the high-temperature furnace, and said:

"After a day in the car, you must be tired, you can sleep here. ”

Xue Kemei looked at him and asked with concern:

"And where do you sleep?"

"There's also a fineness room with an electric stove, and I'm sleeping there. ”

"I'll take a look. Xue Kemei was a little worried, she followed Liu Chunjiang to the fineness room.

There is indeed an electric stove here, and in addition, there is a drying oven, and if it is all turned on, the temperature is okay.

Xue Kemei looked at it, and then he was relieved.

Liu Chunjiang found a few wooden chairs, found a place to nest the wind, covered himself with a military coat, and lay down.

Due to the day's car, the road was full of dirt roads, and the bumps were very bad, Liu Chunjiang was already sleepy, and soon, he fell asleep in a few minutes.

…… I don't know when, Liu Chunjiang faintly heard a shouting sound in his sleep, he was dazed, and suddenly woke up, not good, it was Xue Kemei who was calling, he quickly turned over and went to the ground, pushed the door and came to Xue Kemei's house, which was whirring and whirring, and he couldn't see anything clearly, he touched the wall with both hands, and wanted to turn on the light, but he touched it for a long time, and he didn't find the switch, Liu Chunjiang had an idea, and took out a lighter:

At this time, I saw Xue Kemei lying there, shouting incessantly, while his two hands were still scratching around......

“…… What's the matter, Ke Mei, wake up...... Wake up...... What are you dreaming about?" Liu Chunjiang stepped forward and shook her arm vigorously.

After shaking for a while, Xue Kemei woke up, she sat up, looked at Liu Chunjiang with dazed eyes, and broke out in a cold sweat. Apparently, she hadn't recovered from the nightmare yet.

"What's the matter, what are you?" Liu Chunjiang sat down next to her, took her hand and asked, "Ke Mei, what did you dream about just now, scaring you like this?"