Ji Conan has a little impression of this madman in front of him.

It was at the beginning of April, and he and Shen Jing visited the village together, and went to the highest place in the village of the five groups.

It is a state-run forest farm, where Lao Tan was on duty when he was young, serving as the caretaker of the forest farm, and the duty hut there has been completely abandoned and nowhere to be found.

The forest farm was subcontracted to the villagers, although it has experienced the era of metal smelting, the trees have been cut down cleanly, and the surviving trees have grown wildly in recent years, which may be related to the special environment of the Three Gorges.

The weather has arrived in April, the flowers that can't wait for the mountain have bloomed, and the mountain is still hibernating, but the snow has melted and there is no sign of snow falling.

The air was very humid, and it rained every once in a while.

As the water level of the Three Gorges Reservoir rises, the rain has become more abundant in recent years, and the rain frequents frequently, and the top of the mountain always contains moisture, and the clouds and mist shuttle between the mountains non-stop. Between the clouds and mist, it seems to be a fairyland, which makes people feel like they are retreating to the mountains and forests. This place is suitable for cultivating, attaining enlightenment, ascending to immortality, or becoming a master in the world, you can go to the world after enlightenment, help those who live in confusion, and also save some sentient beings in the rolling red dust. In short, in the mountains, the years are long, the life expectancy of people, natural health, can get one side of the benefits. Compared with the length of life expectancy, it is better to be glamorous in the world, than simple and simple in the mountains and forests, and in the end the latter lives a long life, and the former does not necessarily die at any time, whether it is a star, a superstar, or an ordinary person. Ordinary people are a bit uneconomical, becoming a foil for superstars or stars, like green leaves foil safflowers, and finally withering together.

Even on a sunny day, I felt a deep coolness. Summer clothes are worn at the bottom of the mountain, and it is still spring and autumn clothes here, and even at the beginning of spring and autumn at the bottom of the mountain, it is still cold here, and there is snow on the top of the mountain, and frost and ice are formed at night.

Shen Jing was in a dense forest, he didn't dare to walk in front, he always hid behind Conan, too dark place, and didn't dare to lag too far behind, he followed him step by step, followed him closely, and when he reached the open place, Shen Jing walked boldly ahead.

There is a house in front of it, with green tile stone walls, no door in the yard, relatively clean and refreshing, and very quiet, there may be no one, only a white watchdog, with a bell around his neck, coming out from afar, barking at them non-stop.

Shen Jing remembered what happened to Song Sanpi in Hongshan Village, at this time, she didn't dare to move, waiting for Conan to come together, and then followed Conan forward normally, Conan was not afraid. For dogs, Conan knows the nature of dogs, the reason why dogs bark first is to be tempted, in fact, dogs are also afraid of people. If you are weak, the dog is strong, and if you are strong, the dog runs away with its tail between its legs. Except for the vicious dog mad dog, good people don't fight mad dogs, that's the reason.

In short, he knows that the more afraid people are, the more bullying dogs are, and people are not afraid of dogs, and dogs are naturally timid.

Sure enough, when the dog saw that the two men were bold enough, he stopped running forward, but retreated to his master's yard, and ran about the corner, but did not attack them. This performance will please the dog owner, the dog is in the nursing home, not in vain.

Conan took Shen Jing very calmly and left the house and this courtyard, and walked to the open area, and Shen Jing ran to the front singing a little song again.

After a while, there was a sound of Yiyi babbling from the valley, echoing in the valley, like singing some song, and like some kind of opera, listening carefully, and feeling that it was nothing, just ordinary people were shouting, I couldn't tell whether it was a female voice or a male voice, I couldn't see people, because a thick fog rose in the valley, the fog was hazy, the visibility was very low, and it was about three meters away from Shen Jing, so I couldn't see where the people were.

Shen Jing didn't leave. Stand still and dare not move.

"Why don't you leave?" Conan asked her.

"You go first." Shen Jing said.

"Nothing. I don't believe it, there are really ghosts in the world, and I'm not afraid, I have my God. Demons are afraid of God. ”

"I can't see the gods and ghosts now. It sounded creepy, and my spine felt cold. ”

"Listen to the sound, it should be not far away. Don't be afraid, let's go. ”

Shen Jing walked almost side by side with Conan, the two were very close, and just after walking a few steps, a thick fog drifted over, and a figure appeared in front of him, and Shen Jing screamed "ah" in fright.

The figure slowly became clear, his mouth was still babbling, he was standing on a boulder, his hands were dancing, his mouth was babbling, through the mist, Conan saw the man, his hair was very long, spread out, and the clothes on his body were also stranded one by one, fluttering in the wind, his face was not clear, but his beard was quite long.

In this deep mountain and old forest, the sudden appearance of such a monster is indeed terrifying.

The two of them didn't know what the man was going to do next, so they all stood there, and the man was covered by the fog again, and he couldn't see clearly, and the voice was still echoing in the valley.

Conan still didn't move, and Shen Jing said, "The man is gone, let's go." ”

"Wait a little longer." Conan said.

It wasn't until a burst of fog thinned and dispersed, and the people on the boulder were gone, that Conan had the courage to move slowly with Shen Jing.

After taking two steps, there is no danger, and after two more steps, it is still no problem. A stone in his heart was put down.

After passing through a bamboo forest, the fog gradually disappeared, and it was only then that I could see the scenery clearly, and it turned out that the mountain, the slope and the mountain were different. The sun was shining down the mountain. It's really weird.

Since that chance encounter with the man in the fog, I haven't seen him again, but I didn't expect to see the true face of Lushan at Lao Tan's house in Hecun today.

This man was crying and crying, and he didn't know what to say, and he was gesturing and gesturing, and no one understood.

Mr. Tan, the brother of the old Tan of Hecun, stood up, he had learned some sign language from his colleagues at school before, and he knew a little bit about it, so he asked him to be a translator, and what this person said was: "There is no way to do it in his pool, he doesn't know how to do it, and his mother is too old to do it." Can you help his family make a new pool? ”

Lao Tan of Hecun said to Lao Tan (assistant to the general manager) of the branch: "This person's name is Tan Mingfa, he is over 60 this year, and his old mother is also in his 80s, his mother is crazy, and his son is mute, and he looks like a madman." ”

"How many people in the village are lonely elderly and disabled?" Assistant Tan asked.

"There are about twenty or thirty households." Hecun Lao Tan said.

"You count it, report the list, and we will study it, and if there is a surplus of funds, we will take care of it in terms of materials and labor." Assistant Tan asked.

Old Tan nodded yes, and Teacher Tan immediately translated the good news to the mute. The dumb man was very happy, he smiled, and wanted to shake hands with Assistant Tan, but Assistant Tan didn't stretch out his hand, and the dumb man saw it, wiped his hands, and stood to the side embarrassedly, his hand didn't know how to put it, one moment in front, one moment behind. I don't know how to stand on my feet, and I don't mean to be quiet after a while.

Lao Tan asked him to go, and Mr. Tan translated it for him, and he understood, so he staggered away with one foot high and one foot high, if he didn't know the inside story, he thought he was making a movie, and he was the hero inside.

Lao Tan said: "Tan Mingfa's mother is the wife of a bandit, and the bandit later became a national army, and her husband brought more than 1,000 soldiers. Later, her husband defected again, which was regarded as an uprising, and was incorporated into the people's army and participated in the Liberation War. Everyone was happy. There were no twists and turns, but who knew that she later encountered a 'special period', because she loved beauty, had long hair, braided her hair, said that she was pursuing a petty-bourgeois lifestyle, she was forced by them to cut her braids, she swore to defend her braids to the death, how can a woman resist the past? In the end, her braids still didn't survive. And that's not all, her husband was characterized as a bad agent, a hidden agent, and her husband was tortured to death. She also fell into madness, and a beautiful woman became crazy. The bitterness is that they have a son, who could speak, but when they had a fever, the medical conditions in the mountainous area were poor, and when they were sent to the hospital, they were dying, and then they were injected, but they didn't expect to get the wrong injection, and they became dumb. The family used to be quite happy, but who knows, it has become like this now. At the beginning, it is said that her husband's old superiors and servants persuaded her to move away, but he didn't listen, saying that his hometown was good, and the tree was thousands of feet tall and couldn't do without the roots. Now he lives on subsistence allowance, and in addition, his family is also a targeted poverty alleviation household. Because I live far away, I got the news later. ”

Conan and Shen Jing couldn't help but sigh when they heard this. Assistant Tan also shook his head, however, he didn't have any expression, neither in favor nor against, he was just doing things, and was appointed by Mr. Jia to coordinate the project of the entire county as the assistant to the general manager, and handed in a perfect answer. Except for the importance of this matter, everything else is secondary. Historical problems should be solved by history, and the problems of the present must be solved at the moment. The human heart is deeper than the sea, and if a problem is solved, ten new problems will appear, and every day there will be new ones, and there will be no repetition. Different people have different problems. There is no panacea for everything.

This is understandable. Conan knows that Assistant Tan doesn't care much, he is pragmatic, not pragmatic, starting from the grassroots level, growing up step by step, down-to-earth, serious, and the things he has explained must be completed, and the client is satisfied, and every step has been tested.

Although his education is not high, his age is not low, and there is very little hope of continuing to be promoted, so he is at ease with his own work, conscientiously completes the assigned tasks, and until he retires, he will have a smooth landing, and he does not want to participate in the discussion of these historical issues.

Lao Tan said the above words, and Conan also heard the words from the words, and he had some prejudices. It's just that he is still the project officer, the project leader in the village, and he still has some scruples when he speaks. Lao Tan is also more principled, and the things arranged are completed seriously, especially the issues closely related to people's lives, he attaches more importance to them, and the people who live on this mountain are all fathers and villagers, and they all have some connections, or some relationships. If you can't solve these small problems, it will make it difficult for people to sleep.

"Let's take a look today, it's not bad. Is there any need for it lately? Assistant Tan said.

"It's just that the cement can't keep up, and the phenomenon of stoppage is more prominent." Lao Tan said.

"Recently, cement from cement plants has been in short supply. The Three Gorges migrants and the surge in newly built buildings are all queuing up to buy cement. We have used a lot of relationships, it would be good to get the goods, the time lag is a little bit, I hope to understand more and be more inclusive. I'll urge you again when I go back, and you'll have to sort out the list of extremely poor households and see which peasant households we have, and we'll consider giving you some special help. Assistant Tan said.

"yes. I'll do it, and I'm responsible for informing the management committee of the cement shortage and hoping to slow it down a bit. Lao Tan said.

"The speed can't be slow, increase the amount of sand and gravel prepared, those things are very useful, whether it is to build a pool, or to build a pigsty, family infrastructure construction can be used." Assistant Tan said.

"yes, I see." Lao Tan said immediately.

"Officer Tan, our group needs cement, why haven't we sent it yet?" Someone in the crowd suddenly asked Lao Tan.

"Tan Xiaotian, Assistant Tan said just now, cement is in short supply, go back and help urge the manufacturer."

Old Tan replied.

"That's pretty much it. It was not easy for me to hire a mechanic, so I asked my son to come back from Shenzhen to help the family and wait for the pool to be finished. Tan Xiaotian said.

"That's not necessary, with these travel expenses, you can hire a worker. Besides, if you delay making money, you can't make money. Assistant Tan said.

"You can't count accounts like that. I asked my son to come back to help the family, so that he could experience the difficulty of family building; In addition, it is in response to the call of ** and the Mars Foundation to do a good job in the first phase of the project and pave the way for the new project. Tan Xiaotian said.

Conan took a closer look at the man, and he spoke in a set, it turned out that he was wearing shabby liberation shoes on his feet, his top was the work clothes of a manufacturer in Shenzhen, and he was wearing a pair of white jeans on his lower body, with a scruffy beard, slow and methodical speech, and cunning in his eyes. These people have worked outside, seen the world, met bad bosses, arrears of wages, deceived people, have prejudices against everyone, return to their hometowns, see relatives and friends, slightly better, but, when they meet strangers, they are like dogs, they are vigilant, ready to prevent being deceived, what to do, they have to see before they believe it, and they don't believe it when they say it.

After Lao Tan made these arrangements, he left the village with Conan Shen Jing and went down the mountain to return to the county seat.

Conan and Shen Jing said goodbye to Director Tan at the three-way intersection and went home separately.

Conan and Shen Jing arrived at the dormitory, and when they were about to open the door, they found a note posted on the door, and they didn't know what was written on it.