Sun Zhicheng's friend was very reliable, and he sent an excavator over that afternoon, and the quarry in Wohu Mountain was restarted. However, this matter has just been resolved, and Ye Zheng is haunted by another troublesome matter.

"Lose money!"

A swarthy peasant woman crossed her waist and blocked in front of Ye Zhengzhì's grandfather's house, with anger on her face.

Under the heavy rain yesterday, the new mud dug up from Wohu Mountain was washed into two barren fields under the mountain, directly causing the loss of her fixed assets.

With the advancement of China's reform and opening up, foreign low-cost agricultural products poured into the Chinese market, and the income of Chinese peasants was probably ten times worse than that of workers. It is under this circumstance that there have been more and more wastelands in the ancient village over the years, not to mention the two thin fields under Wohu Mountain.

It's just that even if it is deserted, this land is still the lifeblood of everyone. Now that the new mud excavated by Ye Zheng zhì in Wohu Mountain flows there, this compensation is naturally inevitable.

Fortunately, everyone is an acquaintance in the village, and Gu Xiongfei has a lot of prestige in the village, so this matter finally became anticlimactic. The peasant woman and Gu Xiongfei discussed in the living room for a while, and finally reached a reasonable compensation agreement.

Ye Zheng only learned about this from his grandmother after returning home, and the money was naturally given by Gu Xiongfei.

Whoa......

A rusty water cage dragon in the yard was unscrewed, and water gushed out, and an old woman was crouching there cleaning wild mushrooms that had just been picked from the backyard. These mushrooms are large and plump enough to make a delicious soup.

"Your grandfather just went out, you should pay attention when you come back, don't talk to him." Grandma washed the soil from the mushrooms in a basin and told a young man behind her.

Ye Zhengzhì's grandmother was a kind old woman, with fair skin and a fairly tough body, who liked to wear an iron headband and comb all her shoulder-length hair back. But the years are merciless, not only whitening her head, but also carving wrinkles on her face.

"How could I go against my grandfather? Grandma, what did Aunt Chun say about me this afternoon? Ye Zheng took a bite of an apple and inquired curiously.

"Say you don't respect her, you didn't discuss this kind of thing with her first!" Grandma stretched out her hand to turn off the water tap, and her tone was also increased, "I also said that you have a share of the credit for this mountain, but I didn't expect you to take revenge and say that you are not good!" ”

Although talking to Ye Zhengzhì, her grandmother's hand did not stop, she scooped up the mushrooms and put them on the bamboo basket next to her, planning to cook a mushroom pork rib soup with the pork ribs.

The good thing about the rainy season is that you can often eat fresh wild mushrooms.

"Grandma, I actually looked for Aunt Chun, but didn't she go back to her parents' house a few days ago?" Ye Zhengzhì's mouth was bitter, and he defended in a low voice.

In fact, he can't be blamed entirely, the previous plan was to mine the stone in the south of Crouching Tiger Mountain, but who knew that the bones were dug up on the first day. As a result, he mistakenly believed Ah Niu's crooked theory, so he ran to the north to dig a pit again. The next day, he personally looked for the owner of the wasteland under the mountain, who knew that Aunt Chun had returned to her parents' house.

It's not a rush to do this, but who knew that there was a heavy rainstorm yesterday, and the potential problem was immediately brought to the table. Coincidentally, Aunt Huang happened to accompany his mother's family to Lion Ridge to see the mountain, and sure enough, she found that most of her barren land was flooded with yellow mud, so you can imagine how vivid her expression would be at that time.

No, she didn't even go home, so she immediately came to Ye Zhengzhì's house to ask for money, and regarded Ye Zhengzhì as a big villain who bullied him.

"I understand Amena's temperament, she is impatient and impatient, and small things can be taken care of by her, and this time she is just worried that we will not lose money. Forget about this in the past, next time you should pay attention, there are a lot of pink eye people in the village. Grandma stood up with her waist and placed the washed mushrooms on the bamboo basket.

Ye Zheng nodded yes, and helped his grandmother put the mushrooms under the eaves and hung them to dry.

As night fell, the mountain village backed by green mountains was lit up. The troupe of the past few days has left, and the evening is less lively than before, and the village seems more quiet, only occasionally there are a few dog barks, and the sound of the bamboo forest at the edge of the village being shaken by the night wind.

After dinner, my grandmother went to the neighbor's house, while Guli was washing the dishes and chopsticks in the kitchen. Because the TV series she is chasing has come to an end, she seems not to be in a hurry.

"Got into trouble?" Gu Li watched Ye Zheng come in to look for something, and asked with a smile.

"It's not a trouble, is it?" Ye Zheng said tangledly.

"You haven't seen it, your grandfather's face has been stinky all afternoon, you have to be careful." Guli dried her hands with a rag and admonished earnestly.

"Okay, I'll close the door and read when I get back to my room!" Ye Zheng waved his hand disapplausively, and then asked again, "Where did our family's fruit knife go, why can't I find it?" ”

"Look at your eyes, you really need glasses!" Gu Li counted down, picked up a fruit knife from the table next to her, and handed it to her.

"Didn't you say I didn't look good with glasses?" Ye Zheng took the fruit knife and said casually.

"Nope! You have to wear glasses, so that you are more handsome. Gu Li was silent, with a smile in her eyes.

"That's not what you said last time!" Ye Zheng unscrewed the water tap and washed the fruit knife with clean water.

"Is there one? How come I don't remember? Beware of my slander against you! Gu Li turned her face to the side and put on a posture of denial.

Although the two are nominally aunts and nephews, they are actually more like two sisters and brothers. Since the age difference is not very big, Gu Li treats Ye Zhengzhì as a younger brother, and Ye Zhengzhì also treats her as an older sister, and there is no generation gap between the two.

Ye Zheng came out of the kitchen and planned to go back to the room to stay honestly, but he was stopped by Gu Xiongfei and called into his room.

Gu Xiongfei is a skilled craftsman, in addition to the craft of making drums, he can also make some wood carvings. You can't imagine that this ruffian who was once famous in Aoba Town, and who made a name for himself in the town, has a patient side to wood.

When Ye Zheng came in, his eyes unexpectedly found a rattle on the shelf. The main body of this rattle is a small drum with two projectiles on both sides, and there is a wooden handle under the drum.

When he was very young, he liked to pester his grandfather to make him zuò toys, and this was one of his favorites. It's just that as I grew older, I lost the enthusiasm for these wooden toys, especially after appreciating the magic of video game consoles, and it seemed that these toys lost their status.

Knock Knock......

Ye Zheng took the rattle in his hand, turned it skillfully, and there was a crisp drum sound, which made him grin.

Gu Xiongfei turned his head unexpectedly when he heard the sound, and saw Ye Zheng shaking the rattle, and his eyes flashed with a touch of confusion and reminiscence.

This little hairy boy who used to make wood noisily asked him to make wood has grown taller. Sometimes people are so strange, he is undoubtedly an obedient and well-behaved child, such as Ye Zhengzhì, who was well-behaved and reviewed in high school, but more memories in his mind stayed in the noisy little hairy time.

At that time, this kid couldn't wait to be knocked over by the roof of the house, it was simply the reincarnation of Sun Wukong, and he was still shouting all day long that he wanted to be a wooden figure himself, which was not likable at all.

Looking at Ye Zhengzhì, who was having a good time, there was an inadvertent smile on his face, as if he had returned to that time.

"Grandpa, how much did Aunt Chun lose over there?" Ye Zheng put down the rattle, turned around and asked.

"This matter has been taken care of, you don't need to pay attention to it!" Gu Xiongfei put on a straight face again and sat down at the desk, but the next sentence made Ye Zhengzhì almost jump up, "Zhengzhì, that Crouching Tiger Mountain can't be dug anymore!" ”

"Why?" Ye Zheng asked rhetorically.

He didn't notice that Gu Xiongfei didn't say "don't", but used "can't".

"There is a legend in our ancient village! Our ancestor was a general of the barbarian country, who fought bravely, killed countless enemies, helped the barbarian king to expand the territory, and made many military exploits. It's a pity that he was slandered by traitors and was unjustly imprisoned. Later, the barbarian princess came to power, and the ancestor was reactivated, and eventually became one of the three major generals of the barbarian kingdom. The barbarian princess died, the ancestor faked his death, and took the family transcript to guard the tomb of the barbarian princess. ”

"Didn't you say it was fake?" Ye Zheng frowned, a little puzzled.

"Now I didn't say it was true!" Gu Xiongfei glanced at him, and then continued, "This legend has been passed down from generation to generation, and we Guzhai people are also proud of it. This was nothing, but after hearing this, the people outside suspected that we really had a big tomb here. In particular, some tomb robbers tried to find the tomb of the barbarian princess here, but they really found some clues. When I was in the Republic of China, there was also an army, but unfortunately it was in vain. ”

"About 20 years ago, it attracted another group of tomb robbers. I had met five of them at the time, and all of them were good hands, and two of them were probably killed, so I kept an eye on them. These people claimed to be here to survey the stone mines, which was nothing, anyway, after so many years, no one could find them, and everyone did not believe that these tomb robbers would have any ability to reach the sky. ”

"Found it?" Ye Zheng interjected curiously.

"You wait for me to finish first!" Gu Xiongfei blew his beard and glared, then continued, "Not long after this group of people came, a little girl in the village disappeared, which caused everyone to be nervous. Someone found her red shoes by the Qingxi on Shizipo, and then we continued to look along the Qingxi, but we couldn't find the little girl. ”

"Tomb robbers?" Ye Zheng muttered quietly.

Gu Xiongfei glared at him again, but nodded this time, "We also suspect that those people did it, but there was no little girl in their camp at all, and at that time we were not sure if the little girl was greedy and ran into Lion Ridge and got lost, or was really abducted by someone abducted, so everyone continued to look for it." ”

"And after that?" Ye Zheng frowned, and found that this matter had nothing to do with his stone mine.

"We didn't give up and continued to look for people everywhere. At noon the next day, I met people from Shahe Village, who were also looking for children, and two children were missing from their village. Gu Xiongfei shook his head with a wry smile, looking very helpless, "We all decided that there were people here, and we began to pay attention to strangers who came here. ”

"Found out to be a tomb robber?" Ye Zheng had already listened to this as a story.

"Nope!" Gu Xiongfei shook his head, then sighed, "Those tomb robbers left on the third day, and we found some tomb robbers in their camp, which also verified that these people were tomb robbers who came to find the tomb of the barbarian princess!" ”

"Where are those children...... Ye Zheng asked in confusion, but when he was halfway through, he was shocked, and he didn't dare to continue thinking about it in his mind.

Gu Xiongfei held the chair handle tightly, his palms white, "Last week, you dug up four corpses in the south of Crouching Tiger Mountain, and we have determined that one of them is the little girl who disappeared in our ancient village. The mystery of more than 20 years ago can be regarded as unraveling, and the three children were not abducted, but should have been killed by those tomb robbers. ”

Airplanes!

Ye Zheng felt the blood suddenly surge up, his brain went blank, and his body trembled slightly. He didn't expect that those bones really hid a murder, and it was also a brutal act of a mad tomb robber who brutally killed three children.

"Is this true?" For a long time, he swallowed his saliva with difficulty and asked seriously.

"It's been more than 20 years, but their parents are still alive, so how can they not remember what their children are wearing?" Gu Xiongfei was a little melancholy.

Ye Zhengzhì's mouth moved, but in the end he didn't continue to ask.