As the two were talking, the old lady came in with a pot of hot water and said, "Our conditions here are not as good as those under the mountain, so you two young people can get together for the night." Come, drink some hot water first......"

When Yuan Muye heard this, he hurriedly thanked him and said, "Auntie, the conditions in this mountain are so poor, why do you and your uncle still live here!" ”

Zeng Nannan, who was on the side, also echoed when he heard this, "That's it! There's no electricity here, how boring! ”

The old lady smiled and said, "We used to be workers in the mine, but after the mine was shut down, the leaders of the mine said that the houses and equipment here are state-owned assets and must be guarded. But at that time, most people wanted to go outside to earn money, and no one wanted to go up to the mountains to guard the mines...... At that time, I was not in good health and could not afford to go out to work, so I finally discussed with the old man, it is better for the two of us to go up the mountain to see the mine! Although the salary is not high, it is enough to eat and drink. As a result, no one expected this to be more than 20 years ......"

"Ahh You've been in such a tough place for twenty years? How can you stand this?! Zeng Nannan said with an exaggerated expression.

When the old lady heard this, she sighed softly and said, "Alas...... It's good to get used to it, but now you let us go down the mountain to live, but it's not used to it. ”

Yuan Muye felt some sympathy for the old couple in his heart, so he asked softly, "Then is there anyone still paying your second elder's salary now?" ”

The old lady shook her head helplessly and said, "Actually, a few years after the two of us went up the mountain, the unit said that there was no money and we couldn't pay our salaries...... Fortunately, although we live in the mountains, although life is a little harder, there is no place to use money, except for rice and white flour, we can grow our own things, and we don't have to spend money to buy them. It's just that we don't have to spend money, but children do! At that time, we kept the eldest in his uncle's house, and he had to pay for food and clothing, and he had to go to school, so we had a hard time in those years...... Later, the leader of the unit asked the two of us to buy out the seniority, saying that we could still get tens of thousands of yuan in this way, so we went down the mountain to sign, so that we had money for the boss to study. ”

The old lady's eyes turned red as she spoke, but she immediately came back to her senses and said, "Look at me patronizing and talking, the house is cleaned up for you, you go and rest!" ”

Yuan Muye took out two hundred yuan from his pocket at this time and said, "Auntie, this money is accommodation expenses, you can take it." ”

The old lady was very happy to take the money, and said with a smile, "Have you eaten?" I just cooked a meal...... Would you like to have something together? ”

Zeng Nannan hurriedly refused, "No, no, we just ate a few bites on the road, and we're not hungry at this time, you can go eat quickly, let's go back to the house to rest." ”

Then the old lady led the two of them to the last room of the row of houses and said, "This is the house, go in and rest!" ”

Yuan Muye and the two of them went in to take a look and found that the inside of the house was quite clean...... It doesn't look like an old house that has been vacant for many years. The old lady also came in at this time and said, "This is the house where the eldest of my family lived when he went up the mountain, and it is not dirty...... Let's get together for the night, and there's water in the jar behind the door to wash up. ”

After sending the old lady away, Zeng Nannan said with a puzzled face, "Since the mine didn't pay their wages more than ten years ago, why do they still stay in this deep mountain and old forest?!" ”

Yuan Muye looked at the gradually setting sun outside the window at this time, and said faintly, "Naturally, there is a reason why they have to stay......

Zeng Nannan said with an incomprehensible look on his face, "What reason can there be?" Not to mention that there is no electricity or internet here, what should I do if I get sick? It takes at least 5 hours to drive from here to the county seat, and if there is any sudden illness, it is estimated that it will not be possible to send people to the hospital. ”

Yuan Muye didn't speak after hearing this, but turned his head to look at the awards posted on the wall, from elementary school to junior high school, this classmate named Ni Kai has always had excellent grades, and he has won three good students every year.

Zeng Nannan saw that Yuan Muye had been staring at the award certificate on the wall, so he also came over and said, "The old couple's surname is Ni? ”

Yuan Muye nodded and said, "Well, it should be...... This Ni Kai may be the boss in the old lady's mouth. ”

Zeng Nannan thought for a while after hearing this and said, "Since there is a boss, there must be a second one!" Why didn't you see anything here? ”

"Who knows? Maybe the second child didn't keep him by his side......" After Yuan Muye finished speaking, he turned his head and whispered to Zeng Nannan, "We have to take turns on duty tonight, you go to sleep first." ”

Zeng Nannan frowned when he heard this, "You didn't sleep well last night, you go to bed first!" ”

But Yuan Muye shook his head and said, "I can't sleep now...... You go to sleep! ”

Zeng Nannan was no longer polite after hearing this, climbed onto the kang, and fell asleep. In fact, Yuan Muye didn't lie to Zeng Nannan, he really couldn't sleep, especially in this strange environment full of unknowns......

Then Yuan Muye used the satellite phone in his bag to report to Forging Feng and them that they were safe, and told them where they were now, as well as the fact that they had met an old couple...... Talk to them.

Compared with Yuan Muye's "hot kang head" on their side, Forging Feng and the army were much more miserable, and after they followed Yuan Muye and them to the periphery of the mining area, they did not continue to move forward, because if they continued to move forward, they would only be able to meet at the old couple's house.

So Forge Feng and the army parked their cars in a forest not far from the mine, and then they got out of the car and lit a fire to keep warm. Although they all had tents on their cars when they came out this time, they were still far from a house with walls on all sides.

Zhang Kai and Huo Ran are not much stronger, the only advantage is that there are many people on their side, the two met a few donkey friends on an unknown mountain, everyone met each other, and it was quite interesting to chat around the fire for a night.

Although Yuan Muye has always been a little uneasy in his heart, but the first half of the night passed peacefully, Zeng Nannan didn't need him to wake up and got up from the kang by himself, and then urged him to say, "Go and sleep for a while, and I'll watch ...... for me."

Yuan Muye still couldn't sleep when he first lay down, his mind was full of things about the suicide of Skywalker and Dajun's daughter-in-law, and now as long as he was free...... will ponder these two cases.

Later, Yuan Muye slowly fell asleep after thinking about it, but just when he was about to fall into a deep sleep, he suddenly heard a terrible howl from outside the house, and he was so startled that he sat up from the kang suddenly.

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