Chapter Twenty-Three: Hurry Back
"Don't fight that fish idea, look at that guy, it's not certain which of you will eat whoever!"
Ah Jin went to retrieve the torches, and we sat on the ground a little overwhelmed.
On the one hand, I was very worried about Qin Huai, if she really followed that man and planned to come in from the bottom of the lake, then she would definitely not be able to avoid the big fish I saw just now.
I rely on the fish's eyes are so big, its mouth must be even bigger and more scary, I guess adults in front of it is just a matter of opening their mouths and sucking, there will be no difficulty at all.
On the other hand, I'm a little scared, and there's no escaping the fact that there's no way around it.
Big snake, big fish, not to mention anything else, the size alone is beyond my cognition, what strange things will I encounter if I go down, and will I encounter any other animals?
I sat on the ground and persuaded myself to wait a little longer, while Ah Jin walked around the base of the wall and brought three other torches.
The torch in his hand burned for another seven or eight minutes and was extinguished.
We sat in the dark and waited in fear for a while, until Ah Jin was a little scared, and then I lit a new torch.
Eighteen minutes later, the torch was extinguished again.
In this way, we waited for more than ten minutes after burning a torch, and waited for more than ten minutes after burning one, until the four torches were completely burned, and more than an hour passed, but we never waited for Qin Huai.
"Are you going back?" I used my phone to shine a picture of Ah Jin's face.
Ah Jin's little face was pale and her expression was very nervous, but after she glanced at me, she resolutely told me, "Wait." ”
I knew that she was always there to overcome her fears for me, and she also knew that Qin Huai was a very important friend to me, so she was willing to wait.
But I can't do that, I can't consume her kindness, I can't let her fears go.
"Let's go, go back, Ah Jin, let's go back and pack up and bring more equipment to be brought in again, it's too unfair for you to wait like this." With that, I got up and walked to the mouth of the snake cave.
Ah Jin gently pulled me, and when she saw that I was very resolute, she followed.
I went back to the snake "hole" with extremely complicated feelings, this time I nodded, and the phone was still held by Ah Jin, she was willing to accompany me on such a trip, I must not be frightened by her anymore.
I didn't encounter anything along the way, and it seems that my wind paralysis spell still works.
Back to Rentougou, we looked at the big snake from afar, it was already lying on the ground at this time and no longer moving, I was a little complicated in my heart and wanted to disperse the curse, but thinking about Qin Huai, I still ruthlessly dispelled this idea.
After returning to the dilapidated building in the village, fortunately my backpack was still there, and Ah Jin was also called home by me to rest.
I went up to the third floor to take a look, and after making sure that there was no one, I lay down on the big bunk on the second floor and took out the mantra to summon evil spirits and study carefully, until dawn and fell asleep.
I slept soundly this night, and when I woke up, it was already ten o'clock in the morning, I called back to the unit to inform the section chief that I had to invite another week, and the section chief actually told me that Qin Huai also invited a week, and asked if we were traveling together.
I hung up hastily and quickly dialed Qin Huai's phone, but the other end still prompted me that the user had turned off the phone.
In this way, I can't figure it out, what has to avoid me, I can call the leader and ask for leave in a friendly manner, but he doesn't contact me.
What the hell is in this, I wonder if I haven't offended Qin Huai.
At noon, I went back to Gangzi's house for a meal and charged the mobile phone, and the broken beam on the top of the head did not know who re-nailed it, although the craftsmanship was not as good as the old carpenter, but there must be no big problem in the top thirty or fifty years.
But that's not the point, the most terrible thing is that I found that Gangzi was actually able to get out of that turn, watching him limp out of the door, I couldn't help but start to doubt my skills.
I really don't know if it's because my spell is too vegetable, or if Gangzi's physique is too peculiar, it's a tendon breaking spell, although the quality of the powder used at the time is a bit inferior, but just the literal meaning of the first two words will not be restored overnight.
At four o'clock in the afternoon, the old man returned home with some wine and food.
"Xiao Wu, let's have a drink at night, I really can't pay off what you did for me in my life." The old man laid out the cold dishes on the table, and I stood aside and didn't know how to shirk it.
I really want to go to Qin Huai, but I really don't know where to start, I have no plan to go to the snake cave again like this, maybe I can only wait.
"Uncle, I'm really embarrassed to do this, I actually didn't make any effort, it's all crooked things, and it's not as hard as your daughter." I helped serve the food and poured the wine, and said modestly.
Uncle suddenly raised his head, "The little girl who has been standing next to you yesterday, is she your girlfriend?" I don't think you're too close and not very close, I guess you should be a colleague or a friend or something. ”
Uncle lived to this age, and he guessed the relationship between me and Qin Huai at once, and I also confessed, "Uncle, your eyes are really poisonous, she is my colleague, I went back first if there was an urgent matter at home last night, and I have to stay here for a few more days." ”
The food and drinks are all ready, just wait for Gangzi to come back now.
Gangzi said that he had something to see a few friends and went out, and I guess it was the three bastard friends who helped him on the train.
But it doesn't matter now, the grudge between me and Gangzi is almost gone, as long as Gangzi is not an ungrateful person, then they shouldn't be any threat to me.
The uncle sat opposite me and looked at me with a smile, "Xiao Wu, my daughter is very good-looking, right?" and spirit, only in his early twenties, you see if you like it, my old man has no objection, I have also seen through your personality, such a good son-in-law can't ask for it. ”
I said in my heart whether this uncle had ever engaged in human trafficking when he was young, why was he in such a hurry to send his daughter out.
Even if I helped him a lot, I wouldn't have sent my daughter to me like a salesman.
"Uncle, what, I believe in freedom of marriage and freedom of love, Ah Jin didn't even ask how bad it was to give her a marriage like this, let's still worry about the parties' own thoughts, are you right?"
As he spoke, Gangzi, who was sweating profusely outside, came back, and I found that his legs and feet were actually a little sharper.
"Dad, there are a few people in the village, saying that they are looking for a guide to go to Heishui Lake and give five thousand!"