Chapter 124: The Engagement Storm 1
That's weird! ”
Yang Guoshan was also puzzled.
Regardless of whether there was an earthquake or not, the small lake in front of me was real, and it appeared overnight, and even if it wasn't an earthquake, something must have happened here.
The vicissitudes of life are nothing in nature, but it will take tens of thousands of years, where did so much water come from in just one night......
There were black pieces of wood floating on the surface of the water, and from time to time a few pieces would suddenly "burrow" from the bottom of the water, and bubbles the size of cow's eyes would bubble.
I then remembered what Uncle Shi said last night, so I scanned the crowd and didn't find the two graduate students.
"What about Professor Gu's two students?" I hurriedly asked Yang Guoshan.
"I didn't find them this morning...... These two children don't belong to our unit, it doesn't matter if they come or not, just don't have an accident! ”
Hearing Yang Guoshan say this, my scalp was numb, and I said in my heart: Could it be that what Uncle Shi said is true? These two are just souls.
At this time, two young people were crowded in the crowd, a man and a woman, who looked less than thirty years old, both wearing glasses.
The two of them held two slender bottles, one large and one small, carefully walked to the water's edge, took some water, took out a small box from their pockets, pinched something with tweezers and put it in the slender bottle, and then shook it.
After more than ten seconds, the woman glanced back at the crowd and said, "This is the water of the Yellow River!"
Everyone was shocked.
It is at least three or four miles away from the Yellow River, and now that the Yellow River has been cut off, how can water flow here?
Everyone pondered that the only possibility was that there was an underground river in this pit, which led to the underground of the Yellow River.
Since the big pit has been flooded, such a large pit, even if it is pumped with a pump, it will take a month, and this does not take into account other difficulties, so this method will not work at all.
At this point, the coffin with the monkey ghost and the huge coffin will have to sleep under the water, and maybe one day the water in the pit will disappear overnight, but that will be for later.
As for what was inside the huge coffin, I am afraid that we will not know until the day when the water falls into the coffin.
The mystery of Professor Gu's disappearance was solved two days later.
In fact, it is not unraveled, but his body was found in a deep puddle in the Yellow River, and the bodies of the two graduate students were also found.
Forensic examinations revealed that the three bodies had been spotted and had died at least five days earlier.
This made the police incomprehensible, three days ago they had inspected the big pit in the western suburbs of Laomiao Village together, how could the time of death be five days ago! There was a conflict between the forensic doctor and the members of the task force, and the two sides insisted on each other's words.
The task force felt that other external circumstances interfered with the medical examiner's judgment of the time of death, and the medical examiner believed in his professional judgment and said that all possible factors had been taken into account.
The cause of death of Professor Gu's three people was drowning, and the autopsy results confirmed that it was just an accident, and there was no sign of homicide, but what the forensic doctor didn't understand was that the three bodies had no traces of struggle before they died, how could this be possible!
In the end, the case was still closed, and since it was certain that he died in an accident, the police were very busy, and they were not willing to investigate whether he died two days early or two days late.
When Zhang Kailong told me about this, I chuckled in my heart, thinking that Uncle Shi's judgment was indeed right, and the people we saw at that time were not people at all.
A lake suddenly appeared in the west of the village, which was also a rare thing, and it was rumored for a while, at least within a radius of a hundred miles, it was known about it, and the more it spread, the more bizarre it became. It is said that one of the shepherds in their village was looking for his lost sheep and found the lake, and it was late in the evening, when the shepherd suddenly heard someone calling for him from behind. He looked back and saw a faceless man.
Others say that on a rainy afternoon, he saw a lot of people in raincoats circling around the lake, and they all ended up jumping into the lake.
Later, even I believed the rumors a little.
……
That morning, in addition to the people from the Public Security Bureau and the Cultural Center, many experts from the city and province also came, and after seeing the photos of the archaeological site passed by the Cultural Center, they rushed over overnight, but they didn't expect it to be a step too late.
I don't know what conclusions these experts came to later, and I don't really care.
Before leaving, Zhang Kailong told me that he would first go to the hospital and the bureau to learn about the latest progress of his condition and the case, and then he would come to me.
Chen Laosan said that he liked Laomiao Village very much, so I let him live in Yanlijia temporarily.
In the morning, there was nothing to do, so Chen Laosan and I cleaned up the gorgeous house, dried the quilt, and at lunchtime, Wang Jiliang called us to go to his house for dinner.
"Xiao Zhen! Accompany me to see a few people in the afternoon. ”
On the way to Wang Jiliang's house, he said to me.
"Who are you seeing?" I asked.
A few sick people from our village have returned, and I will go to see them on behalf of the village committee.
"Li He and Hao Xiaoyu are back?" I asked again.
"It's all back, but it's a little weak, and everything else is fine!" Wang Jiliang replied casually.
After lunch, I helped Wang Jiliang carry a few boxes of tangerines and went to Li He's house first. Li He is rarely in the village, but during this time, the Yellow River was cut off, and he experienced the terrible night before, and he had decided in his heart that he would no longer rely on the river to eat the river in the future.
He has only one daughter, and now he is married, and he has saved a lot over the years, enough for the rest of his life, and he still has a metal fish in his hand (he thinks it should be silver), and if he is lucky, he can sell it for more than 100,000 yuan.
I really want to persuade him to dispose of this metal fish no matter what, even if he throws it away, I always feel that this thing is unlucky.
Hao Xiaoyu has fully recovered, she was drying clothes when we entered her house, girl, she was clean by nature, she stayed in the hospital for several days, and she had to wash all the clothes she had recently worn when she got home.
Seeing me and Wang Jiliang enter the door one after another, he looked at Wang Jiliang with great respect, and shouted with a smile, "Uncle Wang is here", but as soon as he saw me behind Wang Jiliang, the smile on his face immediately changed to frost.
"Little rascal, you're here too!"
Wang Jiliang and Hao Xiaoyu's parents, who had just come out, both smiled awkwardly.
They didn't actually know why Hao Xiaoyu kept calling me a hooligan, and as soon as I saw her angry expression, I immediately thought of what happened that night, and my body reacted.
"Secretary Wang, Xiao Zhen! Sit in your room! Hao Xiaoyu's father hurriedly invited us into the house, and then symbolically reprimanded Hao Xiaoyu.
Making tea and pouring water, and having a polite conversation, I didn't care about any of this, my attention was always focused on Hao Xiaoyu.
Maybe it was because she was unwell a few days ago, and she couldn't eat or drink well in the hospital, she lost a lot of weight, so she looked a lot slimmer, and she was just recovering from a serious illness, and she added a little shyness to her already handsome appearance, and she looked more beautiful.
Hao Xiaoyu's mother seemed to see the clue and kept smiling at me, not knowing what was going on in her heart.
Before leaving, Hao Xiaoyu's mother stopped me and whispered to me: "If you come to my house in the evening, I have something to talk about......
I thought about it in my heart, but I didn't expect what she would do with me. It won't be that you like me and want to marry my daughter!
After dinner, I went to Hao Xiaoyu's house as promised.
"Xiao Zhen! How old are you today? Hao Xiaoyu's parents sat in front of me one by one.
"Auntie, I'm going to be eighteen soon!"
"Ao, Xiaoyu is nineteen this year, more than a year older than you, it's good to find a wife, it's better!"
I was excited, and I said, "What is this?" Could it be that you really fell in love with me and let me be my son-in-law?
Hao Xiaoyu's mother said again: "I know about you and Yanli...... The boy is also pitiful...... But human life is destined, this is also a helpless thing, you have to look away! ”
"I ...... I can see it! I replied.
Hao Xiaoyu's father continued: "That's the case, our two are getting older and older, just such a girl, always worrying, I hope she has a good home...... But lately she's been getting dirty, and I'm really worried......"
"Let's talk about it!" Hao Xiaoyu's mother tugged at her father. "Xiao Zhen! You are the child we watched grow up, and you have suffered a lot in the past few years, but now you have come to the bitter end, we think that you are a good child, good conduct, and can do it, we want to ask you if you like Xiaoyu! ”
When I heard this, I immediately became excited, but I still pretended to be indifferent on my face, and just nodded slightly.
Seeing that I was not enthusiastic, Hao Xiaoyu's mother hurriedly explained: "Xiaoyu, this child actually has a good heart, and he ...... you It's not really that fierce to you, she'...... She's actually grateful to you! ”
I hurriedly explained: "Uncle, aunt, I actually like Sister Xiaoyu very much, if you really feel at ease to leave it to me, I will definitely take care of her, and I also have some money in my hand......"
"It doesn't matter if you have money or not, you can just get along well!"
Hao Xiaoyu's father said first.
"Besides, I have to bury the gorgeous body for ...... first."
Hao Xiaoyu's mother hurriedly interjected: "These are all as they should be, we ...... We'll all help you put on a grand funeral for this poor child. ”
I was happy in my heart, continued to pretend to be very calm, and asked, "I understand what you mean, but I don't know Sister Xiaoyu'......"
"Don't worry about this, I don't understand my daughter's mind yet! She likes you for a long time, but you don't understand this girl's mind, and sometimes what she shows and what she thinks in her heart will be inconsistent. ”
Before leaving, Hao Xiaoyu's mother still didn't seem to be at ease, worried that I would go back on my word, I walked out more than ten meters, and she shouted again: "Xiaozhen, since you are also willing, let's settle the marriage first, so be it!" You can send some dowry gifts tomorrow, hey! That is, symbolic, anything! ”
On the way home, I didn't think about the beauty in my heart.
I didn't say anything that night, I went to the bank in the town early the next morning, and the bank clerk withdrew 100,000 yuan from me, and I ran to the automatic shutdown machine to withdraw 20,000 yuan, thinking: Just use 20,000 yuan to buy a piece of jewelry for Hao Xiaoyu, and the 100,000 yuan should be regarded as a bride price!