"Uncle, you've made me miserable!!" Chu Xiaohe, who learned the facts, was full of resentment.

Ning Qing glanced at her expressionlessly, and the meaning was very clear.

I didn't force you to tie you up, you have to follow, I would rather someone not carry this black pot!

However, thinking that the other party was estimated to be just a little girl, she complained twice, and then withdrew her gaze.

Well?

Wrong!

Why didn't you see Wang Guangsheng?

If Zhang Zhengguo hadn't mentioned Wang Guangsheng in his words, Ning Qing wouldn't have noticed that Wang Guangsheng hadn't been in the crowd.

"What about Master Wang, why didn't you see him with you?"

"When we stopped to rest, Master Wang went back to the village with the ingredients first, saying that he would go back to tidy up the house and prepare dinner by the way, so as to save us from having to work when we arrived."

Lin Yu, who hadn't spoken much, interjected, and after thinking about it, he added: "But he also pointed out the way to us, saying that his family's old house is very easy to recognize, as long as you go down this dirt road, after arriving in the village, the largest house is his house." ”

Lin Yu gestured with his finger as he spoke, and Ning Qing's gaze could already see the shadow of the building.

No problem,

Before the departure, the price they negotiated with Wang Guangsheng was 1,000 yuan for round trip, food and accommodation, and tour guide, which was actually not a loss.

The living is in Wang Guangsheng's old house, and the ingredients he eats are pulled back all the way from the city.

At this time, Zhang Zhengguo stood up and glanced around at everyone, and then asked, "Everyone is almost rested, right?" The wind is getting stronger and stronger, or we are in the village? ”

"Okay, anyway, if you arrive early, you can feel at ease early." Lin Yu got up from the ground without saying a word and patted the dirt on his pants.

Ning Qing nodded in agreement.

As for the others, they didn't say anything, they all got up from the ground, and I don't think many people like to waste too much time in the wilderness.

......

As you enter the village, you will be greeted by unknown vines growing wildly on the low stone hedges, the long-collapsed roofs, the old yellowed walls, and even a small tree rooted in the wall, clinging to the cracked cracks with its own rhizome.

The path between the houses and the courtyard through the low fence are full of wild flowers and grasses, as well as moths, insects and ants that are constantly pounced on the flashlights.

In the past, the well that could be used for the whole village to survive and drink, the time has passed, the wellhead has long been covered with dark green moss, and there is no continuous spring water flowing out of the well, leaving only a few handfuls of loess at the bottom of the well.

Desolate, dilapidated, full of traces left by the years, is the first impression of the deserted village to Ning Qing.

He used to have a friend whose hometown was in the mountains, and from the beginning of their acquaintance, he found that his friend would return to his hometown every once in a while.

Ning Qing also teased his friend with great interest, saying, you don't have any relatives in your hometown, what do you always go back to do, is it because you fall in love with the village flower in the village?

My friend replied very seriously, if a house is not inhabited, it will lose popularity, and if he does not come back often to clean it for a few days, it will not take three or five years for his ancestral house to be deserted to the point that it is impossible to live in.

At that time, Ning Qing still didn't believe it after hearing it, and felt that his friend was casually looking for a reason to perfunctory himself.

But now that he believes it, the image of the village in front of him made him realize for the first time what the word "waste" in a deserted village represents, and how dilapidated a village can be after being abandoned for more than ten years.

If a house is inhabited all year round, even the most humble thatched huts and mud-tiled houses can withstand decades of wind and rain.

But once the uninhabited building loses popularity, even if it is a small cement red brick bungalow, and then seal the house impermeable before leaving, there will still be insects and ants that will corrode the structure of the house, spiders will weave webs in the house to settle down, and rats will leave their own droppings.

Then it crumbles every day at a speed visible to the naked eye, until it collapses and falls apart.

After many twists and turns, everyone finally saw the largest house in the village.

It is a small three-story building, which is incompatible with the surrounding low tiled houses and thatched houses, and it always shows its unique status.

The reason why it is said to be a small third floor is because of the rainfall in the south, and most of the houses are built with herringbone sloping roofs to avoid water accumulation.

The same is true of Wang Guangsheng's old house, the top floor is a combination of a sloping roof and an attic, and the actual usable space is only two and a half floors.

When Ning Qing saw the dilapidated houses in the village before, she kept wondering if Wang Guangsheng's house was the same, worried about whether it could survive the super typhoon.

Now it seems that this house is far better than I expected, and I can't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

Everyone looked from a distance, and they could still see the hazy candle shadows lit in the darkness of the house, presumably Wang Guangsheng was already preparing dinner.

Seeing this, the people who were already hungry involuntarily quickened their pace and walked towards the old mansion.

A large rusty iron gate connects the stone walls on both sides to lock the house and courtyard, making it difficult to see inside.

When everyone was still more than ten meters away from the gate, there was a sudden change, and the only hazy candlelight in the house was blown out, and it fell into the darkness where they couldn't see their fingers.

This was followed by a creaking sound from the large iron gate that crossed everyone's eyes.

The door was pushed open, and a figure stepped out.

"Master Wang, we have arrived, so you don't need to come out to find us."

Lin Yu thought that Wang Guangsheng was afraid that his people would get lost, so he came out to look for them, so he opened his mouth to say hello.

But the sound that followed made everyone pause.

"Who are you?"

There was a hint of panicked trills in the other party's tone, and his voice was a little sharp, not like Wang Guangsheng's honest voice.

Everyone who noticed the abnormality instantly shone the beam of the flashlight on each other, leaving him with nothing to hide.

The person who came out of the mansion was not their driver Wang Guangsheng at all, but a strange man he had never met.

The man was carrying a large duffel bag, not tall and thin.

The gray shirt and middle-aged brown suit pants are stained with visible dirt and dust, as if the clothes picked up from the roadside are forced on themselves, loose and unfitting, and very incongruous.

The crowd immediately approached him, but they also kept a safe distance and asked questions.

"Who are you?"

"Why isn't it Master Wang?"

The man put the duffel bag in front of him, his face was full of vigilance, and he hesitated for a while before he burst into a tone: "I don't know what you are talking about, Master Wang!" Get out of the way, I'm going back. ”

I don't know when Zhang Zhengguo, Lin Yu and Ning Qing were standing, faintly surrounding the man in front of the iron gate.