Chapter 22: Paper Ash in the Forest
Lin Chen remembered that by bypassing the back hill of the temple, you could also reach the main gate of the temple, and this way of walking could avoid the flow of people, and the two of them could have a more comfortable time.
Along the way, the two of them were already out of breath.
Lin Chen stood on the dirt slope, holding a pergola with his hands, and looking into the distance.
There was not a single cloud in the sky, nor a trace of wind, the sky was slightly dark, the trees looked listless, and there was no sound for dozens of miles.
"The temperature here is really special, sometimes high, sometimes low! That's a big difference! ”
Xu Aqi fastened her shoelaces, stood up, followed Lin Chen's example, and also put her hands on the pergola and looked down the mountain.
The hillsides here are full of cypress and pine trees, and the air is filled with the bitter smell of cypress leaves. On the hillside in front, a wisp of green smoke rose straight into the sky.
"Well, it's so remote here, and there aren't a single tourist!" Lin Chen said.
"Why not, on the hillside ahead, someone seems to be burning something! I guess it's a barbecue! Otherwise, where did the green smoke come from! ”
"Hmmm! It seems to be! The forest here is dense, sparsely populated, but quiet, put on a grill, and chat while eating is pleasant! It's just..."
There was a bush in front of him, and Lin Chen squinted his eyes for a long time, but he didn't see anything clearly.
"The weather is dry and dry, and making barbecue in the mountains and forests is easy to cause forest fires! This is who is looking for death! Let's go and have a look! ”
"Hmm!" Xu Aqi thought for a moment and seemed to hesitate.
"What if people are actually barbecuing? Tell people to stop barbecuing, don't eat, will people listen to us? ”
Lin Chen frowned, slung the backpack on his body upward, and silently looked at the green smoke in front of him.
In fact, contrary to what the leader Shi Chunzhu said, Lin Chen is a person with a strong sense of responsibility, both for the company and the society. Lin Chen was just disgusted by Shi Chunzhu's unprovoked assignment of work under the pretext of being able to work more, and Lin Chen hastily coped with the work that should not have been undertaken by him, which was actually a silent rebellion against Shi Chunzhu.
Just as he maintains an inherent habit of cleanliness, he also adheres to the sense of safety and protection, which he feels is his responsibility.
Lin Chen remembered that not long ago, someone uploaded the scene of the forest fire in the United States in the WeChat circle of friends, the fire was raging, black smoke rose up, and after the "crackling" explosion, only a piece of scorched earth and a layer of ashes remained.
"Let's go, let's go and have a look!"
"Hmm!"
Walking down the stone road, when I walked only more than 100 meters, I saw a little fire in front of me from a distance, and when I got a little closer, I saw a pile of burned paper ashes on the ground, and there were some small unburned sparks mixed with sporadically, it seemed that someone had just burned it.
"Who did this! Why is the fire not completely extinguished, and the people are gone! It's full of trees, what if you start a fire! ”
Lin Chen looked around, but he didn't see anyone else.
Xu Aqi followed, wiped the sweat on his forehead with his sleeve, and looked at the pile of ash on the ground.
"Hmmm! It's too dangerous! The paper ash of this spark is easily blown away by the wind, and it can cause a forest fire at any time! Who did the immoral thing! Such people caught should be shot! ”
Xu Aqi stepped on one foot with agility and directly trampled on the spark.
Lin Chen was stunned for a moment, suddenly realized something, and pulled Xu Aqi over.
"My little aunt! Don't you know that you can't step on burning paper? ”
"Why?"
The corners of Xu Aqi's lips moved slightly, he glanced at the paper ashes on the ground, and then looked at Lin Chen, "Burn paper?" No, it won't! If it is to pay tribute to the dead, it should be burned at the street corner, bridgehead, or in front of the house, where is there burning in this forest! It's daylight again! I think someone might have burned it! ”
"Wait!"
With an idea, Lin Chen picked up a small wooden branch from the ground, gently flicked the paper ashes, and pointed to a small piece of paper that had not been completely burned out for Xu Aqi to see, the yellowed paper was printed with the remnants of a pattern that neither of them could understand, it was certain that it was a dark coin.
The two looked at each other for a while, and Xu Aqi said uneasily: "It's really what you said!" But we can't just look at the sparks in this forest! If we don't care, what if it catches fire! ”
Lin Chen nodded, took off the bud hat on his head, and wiped the sweat on his head with his sleeve.
"Yes! It's really annoying to burn this thing here! Dangerous and polluting the environment! If you get caught by the forest rangers, you will definitely be fined! This kind of person should be punished severely! Otherwise, they won't learn their lesson! Let's go! No need to be superstitious, it's fine! ”
Xu Aqi looked at her watch.
"Well, it's not too early, we're too far off! It's noon, so let's go back the same way! ”
Without waiting for Lin Chen to answer, a pleasant ringtone came, and it was Lin Chen's mobile phone ringing.
"Hey, are you Lin Chen? It's me, Kim Se-woo! ”
"Kim Shiyou?" Lin Chen thought about it, reacted suddenly, and said with a smile, "Oh, fat man! You say fat people don't have it! Why aren't you busy today? Call me?"
"I'm looking for you!"
"What's the matter?"
Lin Chen leaned his body against a tree next to him.
"We are here, the new buddy is called Ye Jiangchuan, this person! Alas! How to say it! Especially pediatrics, just curious about everything! As for the well I told you last time, he said that he doesn't believe in this evil, so he must take me and go over to see it together! ”
"Huh! He doesn't believe it either, just like I do! ”
A smile appeared on Lin Chen's face.
"Yes! I told him, the well is not safe, the more I say, hey! This guy is really energetic, and he wants to go anyway! It's really nine donkeys that can't be pulled back! ”
"Then go check it out!"
"Well, but I thought about it, it's not a matter for this guy to go alone, if something happens, I won't be responsible! I'll go with him, I'm so fat, I guess I can't go down that well! Didn't I think of you, didn't you say you wanted to see it last time! I just wanted to call you! Besides, it's a remote place, and it's night, if you don't find the gold, and you run into some bad guys, we're also a lot of people! So, I just want to ask you if you're going? Be brave! ”
Lin Chen smiled and said to the other end of the phone, "I thought it was something!" Yes! Anyway, I'm also curious, I'll go, you say, when? ”
"Hey, hey?"
"Have you decided what time it is?"
"Tomorrow night, okay? I have a lot of work during the day, and I can't leave. Our boss follows one every day. Follow a.. Owl-like, it's a lot of hard work. ”
Lin Chen was happy, and squirted into the phone: "Fatty, listen to your tone, you kid Northeast Yin'er!" It's still tight, and the Northeast silver is bold! Why are you so cowardly! ”
"No runs!" The fat man said.
"Okay, tomorrow night, tomorrow night, eight o'clock! I'll be waiting for you under the willow tree at the entrance of the village. ”
"Okay, see you soon!"
The other party hung up the phone first.
After tidying up the backpack, Xu Aqi glanced at Lin Chen and asked, "Who is Jin Shiyou?" Where are you going? ”
"As far as the fat man I told you, the fat man on the construction site where I ate meatloaf with me, there is a buddy in their construction team who is curious and wants to go to see the well at night, and asks me if I want to go with me."
"As you said, the well that can pick up gold and shine a woman's face by the moonlight at night, right?"
"Hmmm! That's right! ”
Xu Aqi flicked her wind-blown hair, and took a few steps to follow.
"Really? There are still such strange things in the world! You really believe it! ”
"I don't believe it! I'm just curious! Like the fat people, they are curious! How? Are you also curious? ”
"I'm more curious about getting rich! Hey, is there a well where you can pick up dollars? Anyway, I'm not rich, if I can really pick up gold, let alone gold, dollars, I can pick up a little ruble, I can pick up a little VND, whatever you want! What do you think? I'm not asking for too much! ”
"Huh! I thought how Comrade Xu Aqi regarded money like dung! It turns out that even rubles and Vietnamese dong are acceptable! ”
"What's going on!"
"Not much! Very good! ”
Lin Chen put away his mobile phone, "That's it!" Tomorrow, you eat by yourself, don't wait for me, I may come back late!" ”
"Well, what? Hey, are you really going? ”
"Of course it's true!"
"I thought you were joking! Talk to him! ”
"Go! I've said yes! How can you not go! ”
"Then take me, and I'll go too! I'm going crazy thinking about money! This time, I can't say, I'll turn over! Get rich! I can eat fragrant food and drink spicy food! How can I not go to this kind of beautiful thing!"
Xu Aqi tugged Lin Chen's sleeve, looking very excited, and his face was exaggeratedly happy.
"You go too, be careful and curious to kill the cat! However, cats have nine lives, and you can't die! ”
"Ahh
Out of the blue!
Xu Aqi roared in a low voice under Lin Chen's ears, startling Lin Chen. He clutched his chest and breathed a sigh of relief.
"Girl, can you be quiet? Ouch! My poor little heart! Your cold howl almost scared me to death! ”
"I'm a lion, who said I'm a cat!"
"Okay, good, lion, to be precise, Comrade Lioness, Comrade Lioness who will roar in Hedong, will you still go to the apse?" Lin Chen asked.
"Let's go back!"
After a while, the temperature suddenly rose, Xu Aqi raised his head, squinted, and looked at the sun above his head.
"The weather has changed incredible! Hot and cold! ”
"It's so abnormal! Even you're abnormal! If you don't stay at home comfortably, you have to follow me to the village to see the well in the dark! There is no one in that place, and you go at night, aren't you afraid? ”
"You know what? I have one characteristic, no, it is an advantage, that is, a thief is bold! ”
"Know! But I don't know how bold a thief is? ”
"Seven floors, how's it going? Is it high or not? ”
Lin Chen's face was stunned, this girl wouldn't have anything to think about! Unconsciously raised the sound by several decibels.
"High! High! High enough! What? Do you dare to jump? ”
"I dare to sit outside the windowsill!"
"Oh! I dare too! It's nothing! ”
Lin Chen breathed a long sigh of relief.
"How about a 10-meter jump?"
"Okay! Do you dare to jump on this? ”
"That's, don't learn from me! I learned to dive. ”
"Can you not talk halfway! Otherwise, I would have thought you were a heroine! ”
"Ah, you're right! The heroine is the deity! In addition to being brave, I am also very enthusiastic and kind! Did you find any? Hey, you're talking! ”
"Yes! Warm-hearted and kind! A heroine of the new era! That's it! ”
"Hmmm! Don't put a big hat on me! It's not a hero, but at least it's braver than you! However, bravery is also conditional! See! My muscles! ”
Xu Aqi stretched out an arm and rolled up his sleeves, revealing smooth skin. She bent her arms up into a toned standard pose, "How's that?" Pretty, right? ”
"Beautiful! How can it not be pretty! I think you're looking like a tomboy too! Where do you look like a girl! ”
"My feet are bigger than the average girl!"
"You won't really be reincarnated as a chivalrous woman!"
"I can't say! Don't bully me! Beware of getting beaten! ”
Xu Aqi pretended to be serious.
Lin Chen smiled lightly, "Huh! Where are your muscles and your fearless spirit when you climbed the stairs just now? ”