Early the next morning, Qin Caihou said goodbye to the Chubanovs and his wife, left the cabin, and walked towards the fort. When he was about to reach the fort, he spotted a group of border patrolmen of country S approaching him, so he quickly climbed a big tree and hid, and took a fifteen-fold all-metal military telescope given to him by Chubanov to observe.

The patrolmen wore short tunics, red collar badges, a large five-pointed star in front of their helmets, cowhide boots on their feet, and rifles in their hands. None of them spoke, but some of them had cigarettes in their mouths and all of them staggered over.

When these patrolmen were far away, Qin Caihou got down from the tree, came to the fort, and got into the tunnel.

After he crawled out of the well unconsciously, he walked out of the Kamigawa Temple and walked towards Shi Po's house. Passing by the team site, I saw the big bear lady leading the family to break into the team site noisily. Qin Caihou was curious and followed in.

It turned out that Da Xiong's father took Da Xiong into the mountains to hunt, and he hadn't come back for a month, and Da Xiong's mother wanted to ask the branch secretary Fulin to send someone to find the two of them.

Fulin spread his hands and said, "Such a big ridge, where do you let us find it?" ”

Big Bear's sister Chunni said: "We suspect that they went up to Weidiao Mountain and into the poppy field. ”

"That's even more troublesome." "That place is a maze with no return," said Forin, "and it is full of traps, hidden arrows, mines, tripwires, hooks...... Not to mention people, even if a bird with wings flies in, it will never come out alive. ”

The big bear lady was anxious and shouted: "Then I will go to the commune and let the commune find a way to save people?" ”

"The Commune can't help it." Fulin said: "Unless you go to the Shengjing Military Region and let them send a helicopter to fly into the poppy field from the sky." ”

Qin Caihou was listening, his mind was bright, and he interjected on a whim: "We don't have a helicopter, but we can make a hot air balloon and fly into the poppy field." ”

Forint, who was a scout in the army and was well-informed, had heard of hot air balloons, so he said, "Hot air balloons can fly into poppy fields." However, we don't know how to make a hot air balloon. ”

Qin Caihou casually picked up a handbag on the table, broke a thin wooden stick, and tied both ends to the two handbags of the handbag; I found another ball of cotton, dipped it in some kerosene, and wrapped it in the middle of the stick. Then he lit the cotton ball, and a miracle happened, and the handbag actually flew. Qin Caihou pointed to the handbag floating in the air and said, "See, this is a simple little hot air balloon." We can make a big hot air balloon in this way. sew a large bag out of animal skins, and weave a large willow basket; Tie the animal skin bag and the big willow basket together with a dozen hemp ropes, that is to say, when the animal skin bag flies, it can hang the big willow basket and fly with it like hanging a hanging basket; There is a stove in the willow basket, which is lit and burned, just like this small cotton ball, and the heat generated will puff up the animal skin bag and fly, which is a hot air balloon. ”

As soon as Fulin heard that it made sense, he immediately mobilized the people of Quantun to collect animal skins and make hot air balloons. In less than two days, the hot air balloon was made and propped up on the barnyard. Da Xiong Niang anxiously urged Qin Caihou: "Doctor Qin, when are you going to take off?" ”

Qin Caihou looked at the sky in the west, and said in a frustration: "Everything is ready, only the west wind is owed." ”

When Fulin heard this, he understood what was going on, so he explained to Da Xiong Niang: "Weidiao Mountain is to the east of us, and we can't take off until the west wind blows. ”

"When will the west wind blow?" Chunni is also very anxious.

Qin Caihou squinted at Chunni and said, "I observed the celestial phenomena just now, and tomorrow will be a west wind. Then, Qin Caihou said to Fu Lin again: "The east side of Weidiao Mountain is Daqingshantun, you can let someone drive a carriage to Daqingshantun to pick me up now." ”

Flynn grabbed a handful of broken grass from the ground and threw it upward, causing it to fall northeast. Fulin pointed to the direction of the wind and said to Qin Caihou: "You see that the southwest wind is blowing now, but the climate here is like the face of a three-year-old child, it will change." Maybe a minute later, the southeast wind will blow. In addition, Dr. Qin, the climate in the ridge is even more unpredictable. We have a saying here, which is called 'one mountain looks at the four seasons, ten miles of different days'. In other words, there may be a west wind blowing on this side of the mountain, and a north wind is likely blowing on the other side of the mountain; It may be sunny on the east side of the mountain, but it is likely to rain on the north side of the mountain......"

"Life and death have fate, wealth is in the sky, everything has a certainty. You better arrange for someone to go to Daqingshantun as soon as possible. Although Qin Caihou is stubborn, he also gives people a feeling of confidence.

"Okay." Although Fulin was suspicious, Qin Caihou's amazing strength exposed from time to time in Jiapigou for more than two months had already made Fulin secretly admire him, not only respect, but also obedient. So, he asked Liu Tie, the commander of the militia company, to quickly put on a carriage and rush to Daqingshantun. Then, he asked Qin Caihou again: "Liu Tie can rush to Daqingshantun in the afternoon the day after tomorrow at the earliest, when can you arrive?" ”

"I'll take off at dawn tomorrow, and the speed is estimated to be about the same as his carriage, but I walk in a straight line in the sky, and if it goes well, it is estimated that I will be able to reach Daqingshantun tomorrow night."

Chunni hurriedly asked, "What if it didn't go well?" ”

Qin Caihou sneered: "Then the ball will be ruined." ”

Everyone was silent. After a moment of silence, Fulin suddenly said: "When I was in the army, I used to serve as a guard in the sailing field, and I saw the athletes standing on the boat, changing the angle of the sail canopy with both hands to control the direction of the boat on the water at will. You can even drive against the wind. ”

reminded the dreamer that Fulin's words made Qin Caihou suddenly think of Zhuge Liang in "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" when he shot the sail canopy on Wu Jun's ship and pulled the sail canopy on his ship and jumped away from the tiger's mouth, he hurriedly asked Fulin: "Then will you make this sail canopy?" ”

"I was really interested in their sailboat, and I studied the whole hull, and I was able to make this canopy."

"Hurry up!"

Forin immediately led people to start making sail canopies. They fought at night, and installed a rectangular door frame in the big willow basket, and in the middle of the door frame was a rotating cross, on which several animal skins were tied to serve as a sail canopy. It was finally finished in the middle of the night.

The people dispersed, each returning to his own home, looking forward to the dawn.

Qin Caihou walked towards the Shenhe Temple alone, and as soon as he walked out of the tunkou, Chunni chased after him from behind. Qin Caihou asked, "Why are you here?" ”

Chunni trembled and said, "I want to ask you, can you take me on a hot air balloon ride up Weidiao Mountain tomorrow?" ”

"That's dangerous."

"But why are you still sitting?" Under the moonlight, Chunni's face was red and white, and she was extremely shy.

"I'm not here to save people."

"But the people you saved were my father and my brother, so I'm not afraid of danger, and I want to ride a hot air balloon with you on Weidiao Mountain!"

Qin Caihou pondered for a moment and said, "Yes, yes, but do you have a fear of heights?" ”

"What plaster?" Chunni didn't understand.

Qin Cai smiled and said, "The hot air balloon flew high, are you afraid of being high?" ”

"Ahh Chunni also smiled: "I'm not afraid! Since I was a child, I have been climbing trees to dig birds' nests, and I am not afraid of how tall I am. ”

Qin Caihou nodded and agreed: "Okay, tomorrow the two of us will take a hot air balloon up Weidiao Mountain to save your father and your brother." ”

"That's great!" Chunni excitedly stepped forward and kissed Qin Caihou.

There is such a good opportunity to pass on the good night, there is no reason to miss it, there happened to be a melon shed on the side of the road, Qin Caihou picked up Chunni and got into the melon shed at one end.

In the past, this was a watermelon field, I didn't want to lose money every year, but this year I didn't plant it, and all the melon fields were planted with corn, and the melon shed that took care of the watermelons was still here, and the supplies in it were all available.

After entering the melon shed, Qin Caihou put Chunni down on the bed. Then I went to light the kerosene lamp, and the melon shed suddenly brightened.