That night, Helan and his party stayed in a post station, which was set up in a remote place, and the hotel was relatively cheap, so most merchants and pedestrians would choose here.

Because now is the time of lack of money, Wu's father chose to open a room when he chose to open a house.

Let Helan and the dog sleep in the house, and lay down in their own carriage in the yard of the post station for a night, fortunately, it is summer, except for more mosquitoes, everything else is fine.

According to Father Wu's thoughts, if Helan wasn't there, he might have chosen to find a safe place on the main road, and just sleep for a night, so that he wouldn't spend these dozens of dollars to stay in a store.

But Helan is a woman's family after all, or her daughter-in-law, and there is no reason to let her family sleep on the side of the road.

Wu's father went into the house to look around, and saw that the windows in the house were also locked tightly, except for the door, there was no other entrance, so he was relieved, and told the dog to leave the child and make a bunk at night, so he went back to sleep with peace of mind.

The next morning, when it was still a little bright, Father Wu got up and woke up the two of them.

It's just that this morning is not as hot and dry as before, and there is still a hint of coolness in it, and the smell of sweat on the body can't be stopped when the wind blows.

Father Wu looked at the sky and couldn't help frowning: "Today's day is not too good, but it must not rain."

"Probably not, yesterday the sky was full of stars, and it didn't look like there was rain." Helan's conclusion came from a proverb that Wu's mother told herself: one star is in charge of the middle of the night, and two stars are in charge of the dawn.

Helan has been here for so long, there is no weather forecast, and she has developed the habit of watching the sky, and she seems to have not encountered an accident for this sentence.

"Let's hurry up, eldest daughter-in-law, do you still recognize this way, I will do the math, it is not far from the place you said."

Hearing this, Helan lifted the gauze covering her face to the side, carefully recalling her impressions at the time.

"I have a vague impression that it's not far away, you go to the intersection in front of you and turn right, and you should be there in about half an hour."

As soon as he heard that it was not far away, Father Wu also came to the spirit, and he breathed a sigh of relief.

To tell the truth, it's such a long distance, and you can catch it last night, but it's dark, and most of the roads are not easy to walk, and there is no way to do it in case of an accident, so you can only rest here for one night, and then continue to rush the next day.

According to what Helan said, after turning right, after walking for half an hour, they encountered a problem.

The road ahead is relatively narrow, and it can only accommodate one horse, or one person can walk, and there are more vines and vines in it, and it may not be easy for horses to walk in.

Helan also scratched her head embarrassedly, she remembered that He Rumo chose this place because it was relatively remote, if you go forward, follow this path, fork the road, and just go to the house of the uncle and aunt.

Father Wu is also a little embarrassed, if he lets Helan's two children go forward, he is not at ease, but it is not appropriate to throw the carriage away, and he is worried about letting the dog stay.

Helan looked at it: "Dad, now this land is on a high place, look down, it is the big willow tree in front, there is not much way to go, I just have to go with the dog, you are watching us here, we will wave to you if there is anything."

Father Wu hesitated, and there was no other way but to nod and stand here waiting.

It can be seen that few people should come to this area, and most of the roads that have been stepped out of are uneven, and the grass on the side of the road has traces of being cut, which should be cut back to feed the poultry.

"Then you go quickly, hurry back, don't run into people."

"yes, got it."

Saying that, Father Wu also took out the sickle placed under the carriage and handed it to the two people.

Helan held the dog's hand while holding the sickle, not embarrassed, but felt warm, which is also a kind of love.

When he arrived at the place and saw that there was no one around, Helan felt the importance of carrying a sickle even more.

At first, I didn't think He Rumo had dug deeply, but now I realized that it was laborious.

Because it didn't rain for more than half a month, the road surface was a little dry, and at first it was like knocking on a stone, and it was easier to get started.

When it was half an arm's length, the dog couldn't help but sit on the ground tired.

"Sister-in-law Lan, are we digging in the wrong place!"

Helan smiled awkwardly: "That's right, I remember, it's an arm's deep place under the root of this tree, and I deliberately stuffed it into the root." ”

The dog tugged at the corners of his mouth: "You really know how to hide things." ”

After digging for about another twenty minutes, Helan also sat on the ground without an image, but she didn't find what she was looking for under the roots of the original tree.

Helan looked at the old willow tree stupidly and couldn't help but sigh.

Gou Yu also looked depressed: "It seems that it is really gone." ”

The two of them sat opposite each other, depressed for a while, and suddenly, Helan smiled: "This reminds me of a story." ”

"What?"

Because of a war, the little boy and his family had to flee, but there were too many valuable things to take with them, so his mother walked ten steps and buried them in the ground. The little boy followed his mother's example, walked ten steps, and buried his little treasure too. ”

Years later, when the war ended, the little boy followed his mother back to his former home, and his mother walked ten steps to dig up the treasure he had hidden. The little boy walked ten steps, but did not find his treasure, and was very sad. ”

Gou Yu looked puzzled: "Why?" Did you find it later? ”

"Because he was still young back then, his steps were inevitably smaller, and now that he is older, how can he be the same as back then? So he went back five more steps, and sure enough, he found it. ”

Gou Yu still looked puzzled: "So what does it have to do with us now!" ”

"I haven't been here for almost a year, time is changing, people are growing, and in the same way, the tree is growing, and I was in a place where the roots of the tree are elongated, and things will move with it?"

Gou Yu vaguely figured it out, but he couldn't figure it out.

"We just dig with the roots of this tree, and we can always find what we are looking for."

After saying this, Helan couldn't help but be full of vindictiveness, picked up the sickle and dug it up at just twice the speed.

Halfway through the digging, finally, the two men saw the corner of a wooden box.

"Haha, sure enough, people! If you still have to use your brain, coupled with perseverance and determination, you will not be too disappointed. ”

Helan dragged the box, pulled it out without much effort, blew the soil on it, shook it, and vaguely heard a sound inside, so he breathed a sigh of relief.

After looking around, he didn't dare to linger longer, buried the pit, and quickly left the scene.

Father Wu, who was on the hillside, was also relieved to see the two people turning their heads and walking back, because at this moment, he had vaguely seen someone walking in the opposite direction towards the place where they were staying.