I was excited about the news that Li Shi brought, and told her on the phone that she must find a way to drag the girl surnamed Su, and then rushed over overnight today.

After hurriedly explaining the affairs of the hostel, and settling Lin Ke in the hostel, I drove to Tongwei County, Dingxi, where Li Shi was located.

Driving on the winding mountain road is more mind-consuming, I drove safely, I took a half-hour break and continued on the road, the night shrouded in no end, infinitely curved and extended highway, I was bent on speed, and had to stop and go, only half of the trip made me a little anxious, and there was not even a person around to speak, this is destined to be a lonely trip.

Finally, in the afternoon of the next day, I arrived at the place where Li Shi was, a slightly desolate small village, which is also typical of the northwest, and the houses are made of local materials, mostly made of loess, rough, free and barren.

By the time I arrived, Li Shi was already standing at the entrance of the village waiting for me, wearing a gray silk scarf wrapped around her head, wearing pale yellow culottes, and a braided hair on her chest.

I stopped by her side, beckoned her to get into the car, and followed her directions into the village.

In the car, Li Shi untied the silk scarf, looked at me with some incredulity, and said, "Why don't you come by plane, you haven't closed your eyes all day and night, right?" ”

"I slept for a while, I didn't sleep much, it's not that I'm afraid of using more cars in the back, and it's inconvenient to have no car!"

"That's fine, we'll take turns meeting when we go back."

"Where's the girl who knows the truth?"

"I'm not sure if she can find exactly the clues we want, but it's certain that she should know something, but she doesn't seem to have a good temper, in the past few days, in addition to teaching at school, she is sitting in the valley in a daze, and it's strange to say, she doesn't belong to this village, but she is deeply respected by the villagers, and everyone calls her Miss Xiaosu."

I nodded, thinking in my heart that this little Su girl might leave at any time, so without further ado, I discussed with Li Shi: "It's still early, why don't we go to her tonight?" ”

I have been chatting with her, but when I talked about visiting Miss Xiaosu, she suddenly lost her chatting posture, and her words were full of seriousness: "I knew that you were coming, so I made an appointment with her in advance, and tonight she said to take us to a very nice restaurant for dinner, you clean up and try to adjust a good state." ”

"Why did you suddenly become so serious?"

"Judging from the conversation, I can feel that she is not an ordinary person, maybe she is just here to seek a new way of life, maybe from her, we can learn some ideas to solve the difficulties of youth hostels."

Listening to Li Shi say this, no wonder she is so serious, of course it is a very important thing to find a foothold in the hostel, I didn't dare to slack off, I immediately nodded, and said, "I understand!" ”

……

In the evening, Li Shi and I carefully cleaned up, and then drove to the agreed place to wait for Miss Su, the empty mountains and fields avoided the hustle and bustle of the city, and the evening seemed extraordinarily quiet, and a few noises from the distance were the cries of the old cow calling the calf, calling the red remnant sun, calling the night.

Time passed little by little, the night was completely dark, the night in the mountains came earlier than the city, and it was even more deadly, I was a little irritable, I raised my wrist and looked at my watch, but I was still wondering when Miss Su would come, so that we could leave this place quickly.

In the long wait, the time is already eight o'clock in the night, a day and a night of running, has already made my physical strength completely overdrawn, and Li Shi is not much better, she is in the faint light of the mobile phone, her eyes are calm, because the signal is very poor, simply click on the music player, listen to music quietly.

"Yu Hang, are you afraid?"

"Afraid of what?"

"Miss Su's news for us......"

"I'm afraid, I'm not afraid, after all, this is just an attempt, and we don't need to blame ourselves whether we can get useful information or not."

Li Shi looked at me, but did not take over the topic, arms around her legs, still looking at the dark distance, it seems that she has been used to such a distant view, such a move makes me feel a little distressed, maybe after she came here, she often maintained such a posture of looking!

It's just that I'm not sure if it's the dawn or the long night behind the darkness......

Finally, a dazzling light tore through the dark curtain of the night, and a car with frequent switching of high and low beams finally appeared in front of me.

After the car stopped, Miss Su in Li Shi's mouth walked out of the car with her handbag, and I looked at the tired but beautiful face in front of me in the hazy light emitted by the flash of my mobile phone, and I couldn't help but sigh how partial God is to concentrate so many advantages on one person.

In deep thought, she finally came to me, didn't look at me with a tired face, smiled and asked, "I'm sorry two, have you waited a long time?" ”

I originally thought that this should be an extremely cold woman, but I didn't expect her words to be so peaceful, and all the waiting didn't seem so annoying, Li Shi and I smiled and said that we didn't wait long, but it was a little cold here.

……

I moved the car to an open space, and the three of us were together in the dark, turning around in the sheep intestine path, I was thinking, there will be a place to eat here, and finally I really found a small restaurant that specializes in Tibetan hot pot.

The boss had already slept, but when he opened the door, he found that it was this Xiao Su girl, so he received us warmly and prepared the ingredients for us with a yawn.

In the room that is not exquisitely decorated, there are several small wooden tables under the dim light, and the milky white yak bone broth is rattling in the old brass pot on the table, and the aroma of boiling ingredients and seasonings is also wantonly diffused in the air, I am indeed hungry.

Li Shi went to the counter and asked for a bottle of wine, and then waited for the arrival of the ingredients, and after a while, I saw the boss bring up the pot, which was full of yak meat, and a few huge meatballs, surrounded by carrots and white radish, lettuce, fungus, vermicelli, etc......

"I don't know if you like to eat or not, anyway, I didn't like to eat hot pot before, but a friend of mine loves to eat it, and over time, I have developed a habit with him, and I will eat hot pot when I don't know what to eat."

"We should be grateful for your hospitality to us, it's so nice to have such a hearty hot pot this night."

After Li Shi finished speaking, Miss Su smiled, I suddenly had a sense of relief, and even my tone became a little more relaxed, and said to Miss Su: "We drank openly tonight, and slept in the car when we were drunk, but girl, you have to tell us what you want to know, after all, my sister is in danger, waiting for clues to save her life!" ”

"I've already told this Miss Li, don't ask me about this, I invited you to eat this meal because Miss Li taught the children to draw here, do you understand?"

"Looks like you must know." I'm sure.

"You're talking so much about forcing me to do something I don't want to do?"

Her sudden strength made me a little helpless, but I still chose the less nagging she asked for.

After seeing that I was restrained, she poured half a glass of liquor for us and herself, put down the bottle and said, "Don't throw such a heavy responsibility for "human life" on me, it's too heavy!" Miss Li did provide me with a lot of detailed information, but I still have the same attitude as before, and I don't want to say ......"

Seeing her resoluteness and temper so intense, my mood was extremely dull, and I asked for a long time: "Maybe you think I'm too brainless, but I still want to know what's wrong, after all, it's really a matter of human life, since you know, ......"

Li Shi kicked me with her foot, signaling me not to ask too hard, so as not to be disgusted again.

The girl surnamed Su lowered her head during my questioning, and the strands of her hair covered her face, and she seemed to be engaged in a fierce game with herself, and it was almost past the time of a cigarette before she raised her head and said to me: "Since you are so insistent, I can tell you, but you must promise me one condition." ”