“…… Sanmaozai...... Erya ...... Where are you? ”

"Sanmaozai, will the child be in school?"

"I don't know, let's go look for it......"

The light of the flashlight circled in the darkness and shone on the room where the left was built.

Zuo Jian, who was standing in front of the window, squinted his eyes and looked carefully, faintly, he could see a few figures, wearing hats that are usually difficult to see, walking towards this side with a deep foot and a shallow foot in the rainstorm.

The raindrops outside were connected in a dense line, and at this moment, it didn't look like it was raining, but it looked like someone was pouring down in the sky.

"Boom!"

A dazzling lightning suddenly slashed down from the sky, illuminating the night sky in an instant.

With the help of this opportunity, Zuo Jian finally saw those figures, one of them looked very familiar, if he didn't guess wrong, it should be the old village chief.

The men walked very fast, and after about two or three minutes, they came to the front of the house.

There was a knock on the door.

"Teacher Mu, Teacher Zuo, are you here?" A voice rang out outside.

Mu Yanbing hurriedly stood up and opened the door, "Huh? Chief? Uncle Niu, why are you here? ”

There were six or seven villagers standing outside the door, but most of them, Mu Yanbing didn't know them, they just knew the old village chief and Uncle Niu, by the way, she also saw a person she knew, Sanmaozai's mother, who was also among the uninvited guests in this line.

"It's raining out there, let's come in and talk about it."

The old village chief said a word and walked in first.

Zuo Jian lit the kerosene lamp on the table with a lighter, the dim light lit up in the room, the flames jumped, reflecting the figures in the room on the wall, and with the jumping of the flames, the figures on the wall were also shaking. It shows the appearance of a strange land.

Drops of water fell from the bodies of the old village chief and the others.

Zuo Jian was right, these villagers were wearing hats from the past, which were straw hats with large brims that could shield them from the rain.

After taking off the hat, these people's heads and bodies were all wet, the old village chief glanced around the house, frowned suddenly, and said to Mu Yanbing straight to the point: "Teacher Mu, Sanmaozi and Erya, aren't the two children here with you?" ”

Mu Yanbing was stunned for a moment, and subconsciously said, "No...... Didn't they come home after school? An ominous omen floated in her heart.

"Nope."

The person who spoke was Sanmaozai's mother, she wiped a handful of rain from her face, and said anxiously: "I have been working in the field today, and I didn't go home until it rained just now, and when I went back, I found that these two children were not at home." ”

Mu Yanbing chuckled in his heart, and hurriedly asked, "The two of them, will they play in someone else's house?" ”

"Not in someone else's house." Sanmaozai's mother shook her head and said, "I asked all the people with children in the village, but they are not there. ”

Mu Yanbing gasped, "Then where will they be?" ”

"I originally thought that the two children were in school." Sanmaozai's mother looked anxious, "But if they are not in school, they are not in other people's homes...... There was only one possibility, and the two children might have gone to the mountains to collect firewood after school......"

"What?"

Mu Yanbing's pretty face turned white all of a sudden, and he said in a trembling voice: "Go up the mountain to pick up firewood?" ”

"Well, Teacher Mu, the children of Narin Village, when there were no teachers before, they would go to the mountains together in the afternoon to pick up some firewood and come back for cooking." The old village chief nodded, and the eyebrows on his face almost wrinkled into a Sichuan character, "These two children seem to have really gone up the mountain." ”

"So what are you waiting for?" Mu Yanbing said without thinking: "Then let's hurry up and find it on the mountain!" ”

"Hmm." The old village chief nodded, "Teacher Mu, Teacher Zuo, what about the two of you, just stay here, and I will organize the villagers to go to the mountains to find out." ”

"No, I'm going too." When Mu Yanbing heard his words, he said without hesitation: "I'll go with you to find it." ”

"No need, Mr. Mu." The old Uncle Niu on the side stood up and said angrily: "You are not familiar with this place, and the road on the mountain is not easy to walk, so you should just stay here and wait." ”

"Yes, Mr. Mu, you don't need to help."

"Well, Mr. Mu, don't worry, there are so many villagers."

The rest of the people also spoke out in a gossipy. From their faces, it can be seen that these simple villagers are very happy that Mu Yanbing can say without hesitation that he wants to help find the child.

"No, I'll go with you, otherwise I won't worry." Mu Yanbing shook his head and said resolutely.

"This ......," the old village chief hesitated. I don't know if I should say yes or not.

"It's okay, let's go together."

Zuo Jian followed Mu Yanbing's words on the side, and said with a smile: "More people is strength, so many people, there is also a care for each other." Besides, this mountain is so big, there are more people to find it, and the speed is faster. The most important thing now is to get the child back first. ”

“…… All right. ”

Hearing Zuo Jian's words, the old village chief knew in his heart that he was right, the most important thing at the moment was to get the child back first, "Teacher Mu, you can go with us." ”

"Okay."

Mu Yanbing nodded, and the group walked out of the house.

As soon as I went out, I was greeted by a torrential rain that split my head and covered my face, and I didn't feel anything in the house, but after I came out, I immediately felt the intensity of the rain.

After only a few seconds, Zuo Jian felt that his whole body was wet, and there was no dry place. I can't open my eyes at all, I can only squint.

"Teacher Zuo, you put this on." The old Uncle Niu on the side handed over a hat and said with a smile: "Although the effect is not very good, it is better than nothing after all." ”

Zuo Jian was not polite, he took it and buckled it on his head, with the hat as a buffer, this time, he was finally able to open his eyes.

Several other villagers ran to the villagers' houses to greet people, and after a few minutes, more than a dozen people came out, most of them were middle-aged men in their thirties, and a few of them had flashlights in their hands.

After the group gathered, they began to walk towards the mountain.

Mu Yanbing and Zuo Jian moved forward side by side.

"How is the girl, is it cold?" While walking, Zuo Jian asked.

Now is the weather in July, your province is adjacent to the northwest, the weather was originally cool very quickly, in the days of July and August, compared with Zhongzhou City, it is not very hot, every day at night, there is a little cool, and after this rainstorm, the temperature is now lower and dropped sharply.

The wet clothes stuck to her body, Mu Yanbing's goosebumps were about to freeze out, she shook her head and said, "It's okay uncle, I'm not cold." ”

Hearing a hint of trembling in her voice, Zuo Jian shook his head helplessly, thinking in his heart, this girl is really too strong.

The raindrops the size of soybeans continue to fall, and the rain does not seem to slow down in the slightest, but tends to get bigger and bigger.

"Ah......h

Suddenly, Mu Yanbing's body tilted, let out a scream, and fell to the side. Zuo Jian didn't think about it, he stretched out his arm sharply and grabbed Mu Yanbing.

Unexpectedly, the palm of his hand touched a soft thing, and it felt very good, Zuo Jian subconsciously pinched it completely by conditional launch.

"Hiss......" Mu Yanbing gasped, her pretty face suddenly turned crimson, and she secretly wondered in her heart, dead uncle, stinky uncle, where did you pinch people...... However, it was fortunate that Zuo Jian gave him such a hug to avoid the dilemma of Mu Yanbing falling into the muddy water.

"Well, walk slowly. The mountain road is difficult to walk, the rain is so heavy, the road is very slippery. Zuo Jian hurriedly retracted his hand and said without squinting.

In fact, the surroundings are so dark, if there is no light from the flashlight, basically you can't see your five fingers, these two people are pretending to be serious, in fact, no one can see the expression on anyone's face between the two.

"Sanmaozi ......"

"Erya!"

As they walked, the old village chief and the others shouted at the top of their voices, hoping to hear the response.

It's a pity that the rain is in a hurry at the moment, and the mountains are full of the sound of rain, coupled with the occasional dull thunder from time to time, it is difficult for these people's voices to be transmitted far away, at most only seven or eight meters away.

"Erya ......"

Sanmaozai's mother is the most anxious person among these people. These were her two biological children, and her throat was almost hoarse, but she still refused to stop.

"No, I can't. This is not the way to go. ”

Zuo Jian, who was walking with one foot deep and one foot shallow, groaned in his heart, and shouted loudly to the old village chief next to him: "Village chief, the efficiency of this search is too slow, we have to think of a way!" ”

"What did you say?"

The old village chief, whose whole body was soaked by the rain, and his ears were covered with rain, he saw Zuo Jian's lips moving, but he couldn't hear what he was saying.

At such a close distance, they couldn't hear each other's voices clearly, if Sanmaozi and Erya were on the mountain, how could they hear it?

"I said, this won't work, we have to find another way......" Zuo Jian had to raise his voice a few degrees and said loudly.

"What can you do?" The old village chief also shouted desperately at the top of his voice.

"Is there any oil in the village? Gasoline or diesel will do! Zuo Jian said loudly.

"Diesel has some!" The old village chief wiped a handful of rain from his face, "What do you want it for?" ”

"Ignition!"

Zuo Jian said loudly: "This mountain is so big, looking for two children is almost looking for a needle in a haystack, so we have to find a way to let them see us and let them take the initiative to come to us......"