Empty house
There was some gray haze in the pale blue sky, and after the sunlight hid into the clouds at a time when no one was noticing, dark clouds began to gather above the heads of Siqi and the others, and it looked like it was going to rain heavily.
This made them a little worried that if the rain fell, the only clue they could rely on might be washed away by the rain. At that point, everything will not be easy. However, this time they were lucky, and Lady Luck was on their side. Just after crossing a muddy country road, they came across a somewhat dilapidated farmstead with a striking sign on the outside, Forgen Farm, but what they saw as a farmhouse in disrepair. And as they looked inside along the muddy yellow tire prints, there happened to be a radio truck parked next to the well in the middle of the yard.
"Judging by the yellowed tires and knocked out glass, it looks like the guy got off here." Walnut whispered, "Wait a minute, try not to make a noise when we go in, Peanut, look at my face." ”
"Are you stupid, how can I see your face when I follow you" Peanut still lives up to her nature of complaining, and her strength has damaged Walnut.
"Okay, then it's up to me to make gestures." Walnut was obviously accustomed to peanuts' behavior, but instead focused on Yu Siqi and said, "Look at you have been carrying a shotgun, you must have good marksmanship, wait, don't be polite to me, shoot if you see it." ”
In the face of such heavy expectations, what else could Yu Siqi say, he could only forcibly squeeze out a confident smile to hide the uneasiness in his heart.
Following Walnut to push open the unlocked door and enter the old-fashioned wooden building less than three stories high, Yu Siqi immediately smelled a bad smell, like someone took out a broken can and cooked it to eat.
In fact, not only him, but other people, including Hu Dou, all looked unspeakable. But at this time, I have to praise Hu Dou's sensibility, in such a grim environment, he can still calm down, what an obedient dog.
There was no TV in the living room, only some old furniture with paint off the wall piled up haphazardly, and one of the very conspicuous rotten sofas had a lot of springs and cotton coming out of the worn skin.
When I came to the kitchen, there was a handmade bellows next to the cement stove, which opened a lot of eyes for Yu Siqi. You must know that this thing may be an obsolete product that he only saw when his grandmother was alive.
The concrete wall near the stove was blackened and dirty with firewood, and some pots and pans were thrown to the floor next to the dining table.
Looking at the big iron pot with a wooden lid on the stove, Yu Siqi had some ideas in his heart. But before he could decide whether he wanted to do it, the peanut, which was already a little unbearable, rushed directly in front of the walnut and lifted the wooden cover.
Sadly, there is nothing inside. And Yu Siqi also noticed that after Peanut put down the wooden cover, he deliberately rubbed his hand on his clothes, and complained in his mouth, "Hell, this family hasn't eaten for a long time, and the lid is full of special dust." ”
More than a little dust fell on the lid of the pot. I'm afraid I don't need to be reminded of what this means, Yu Siqi can guess the reason himself.
But this leads to a new question, isn't the family going to eat unless they're all dead?
Dead people may not be able to eat, that is in a normal society, but unfortunately in this town of Mendu, this idea is not reasonable.
Yu Siqi, who had ruled it out after a little thought, shifted his gaze to the upstairs, because Walnut had already come out of the bathroom, and shook his head without saying anything, undoubtedly confirming his course of action.
Walking on the old-fashioned wooden steps, looking at the staircase handrails covered in thick dust, Yu Siqi suddenly felt that there might not be any useful discoveries upstairs.
You must know that although this staircase is not steep, it is also a little scary to climb because the slope is too vertical. If it weren't for the help of handrails, Yu Siqi wouldn't think this second floor was so good.
After coming to the second floor, Yu Siqi saw three bedrooms that didn't even have doors. And judging from the almost impoverished condition inside, a wooden bed, a lamp and a large wooden cabinet for clothes, the family may have been plagued by financial problems.
Especially in the slightly larger room, when Yu Siqi saw a TV set that was even older than Xie Baozhen's house, he even had the illusion of returning to twenty years ago.
With nothing to be found on the second floor, they could only turn all their eyes to the attic above, after making eye contact with each other. Walnut climbed up the stairs, and then he quickly stepped back from it and said, "Nothing." ”
"Did he go," Peanut asked in disappointment.
"I don't think so, think about it, if the other party really plans to leave, why don't you drive the stolen car away and fly away, why park the stolen car like a good student." Yu Siqi pondered and said, "I think he must still be somewhere in this room, but we didn't find out." ”
"Is it possible that the car ran out of gas and stopped here" Peanut began to find fault again, and Yu Siqi had already been fully prepared for this.
"Have you ever seen a person who parked his car so well when his car was out of gas, if he really had such a high quality, then I'm afraid he wouldn't have committed two car thefts in succession." Yu Siqi said categorically, "So this guy must be hiding somewhere in this house, such as the basement." ”
The words he said casually surprised Yu Siqi himself, and to be honest, he didn't know if there was a basement in this house, but he was probably talking fast.
However, Walnut hurried downstairs as if he had received a hint, which made Peanut and Yu Siqi a little overwhelmed. The two looked at each other for a moment, and then had to follow.
Returning to the first floor, they did not talk to each other, but instead resorted to a very extreme carpet search, surveying every corner of their location.
Sure enough, there is a good saying, called a proverb. The peanuts churning around in the kitchen accidentally touched a mechanism in the innermost layer of the cupboard, and the loud rumbling noise attracted Yu Siqi and the others, who were still carrying the sofa in the living room.
When they hurriedly threw the couch down and ran back to the kitchen, Peanut pointed to the wall of the stove and said, "This thing just turned a little bit, and I feel like I've hit a mechanism." ”
"Fools can hear it?"
Walnut was slightly annoyed, and Yu Siqi didn't know whether he was dissatisfied because Peanut touched everywhere and triggered the mechanism, or because he was angry because Peanut actually took the lead
But fortunately, these are no longer important, looking at this fairly clean wall, Yu Siqi already knows that what Peanut said is true.
Unlike the previous wall, which was blackened by firewood, this pure cement wall is undoubtedly the key.
Now, all you have to do is find the secret door on this wall.
It shouldn't be that hard, after all, it's such a big place. Sure enough, he and Walnut found a way underground under the stove. Looking at the dark aisle, Yu Siqi helplessly wondered if everyone here likes to dig basements so much