On the train, Fang Lubai leaned back on the chair and fell asleep, and as the train announcer announced the name of the destination, Fang Lubai quickly got up and got off the train.

There was a feeling of silence in the empty carriage, and there were surprisingly few people at this station, almost all of them were old people.

Before getting off the train, Fang Lubai bought a map at the newsstand at the station, and after some research, he found that Xiaotang Village was in the suburbs, and it took two hours to take a taxi.

Fang Lu took a long time to stop a taxi, and as soon as he reported the name of Xiaotang Village, the driver stretched out his hand to refuse, saying that the place was far away and he couldn't pick up people when he came back.

Fortunately, when Fang Lubai was about to give up, he passed by a taxi again, stretched out his hand to stop it, and when asked, the driver readily agreed.

"Xiaotang Village, okay, but you have to add some money, three hundred yuan." The driver held out three fingers and shook them.

Money is not an issue, the top priority is to find Tang Minxia, ask about what happened in the orphanage in 1985, and find the little girl, Fang Lubai immediately cared.

The driver stepped on the accelerator and drove quite steadily, and after driving for a long time, the driver asked, "I heard your accent seems to be from Jiangcheng?" ”

Fang Lubai nodded.

"I've spent a lot of time in Jiangcheng before," the driver explained, "Brother, I have to explain in advance that I can't drive up this small soup village, and you have to walk on your own for the second half of the mountain." ”

Fang Lubai snorted and expressed his understanding, the map showed that Xiaotang Village was surrounded by mountains, and there was indeed a difficult mountain road, and if you entered the village, you had to pass through a rope bridge.

There is also a note on the map about this rope bridge, saying that it is very old and can be classified as an antiquity in a few years.

As the car drove away, the surrounding scene became more and more rural over time, and the strong smell of the countryside had begun to drift into the square nose with the breeze, and the towering mountains were neatly arranged in a row like well-trained soldiers, and the melodious bird calls kept echoing in the ears.

Fang Lubai took a deep breath, it was very fresh, this was the most smelly air he had smelled in five years.

Fang Lubai was hooked by the beautiful scenery, and the whole person relaxed, and even the driver would occasionally desert to enjoy the surroundings. Just as the two of us were indulging in the beautiful scenery, the car suddenly bumped back and forth.

"Big brother, be steady, the small mountain road is not easy to drive." The driver reminded, holding the steering wheel with both hands.

The driver paused and said: "After this, there is the mountain road in Xiaotang Village in front, and then you will only walk up by yourself, according to your footsteps, I estimate that it will take fifteen minutes." ”

"It's fine." Fang Lubai replied lightly.

The driver was probably a talker, and when he saw that Fang Lubai was so cold, he put his face on his cold ass and sighed.

In the end, I couldn't stand it, and said: "The history of this small soup village is a bit long, I didn't expect that the countryside of thirty or forty people would come to the countryside at once today." ”

Fang Lubai's eyes lit up, he was interested, and at the same time he was a little worried, could it be that Xiao Zhen had already sent someone? Or is it that the people who designed this bureau are starting to act?

"Besides me, there are people coming to Xiaotang Village today?"

"Including you, there are probably six or seven. It's really strange, this small soup village is not a tourist development zone, and it is not famous, so it is strange that so many people suddenly came. ”

The driver was afraid that Fang Lubai would suspect that he was talking nonsense, and added: "The taxis at the station don't want to come here, they don't think they can carry repeat customers here, in fact, they don't know that only adding fifty yuan is much more cost-effective than that repeat customer." Fang Lubai was not interested in these, he was interested in those few people.

"And who are they?"

"There seems to be some photographer, boss, old lady, anyway, they are all serious people, but there is a black-faced man I don't like, very unqualified, I think this guy Xiaoyucun has some purpose."

A man with a black face? Fang Lubai rubbed his chin, feeling a little suspicious.

As mentioned just now, there are only thirty or forty people in Xiaotang Village, which should not be the number of people in a rural area, if the black-faced man really went to find Tang Minxia, wouldn't it be a disadvantage in the urn.

But fortunately, after Fang Lubai's careful questioning, he learned that the black-faced man went to the nearby Huangpigou after getting off the car, and the driver told Fang Lubai that the black-faced man likes game, and there are many hares and pheasants in the Huangpigou.

Fang Lubai breathed a sigh of relief, if the black-faced man really came to Tang Minxia, then he shouldn't go hunting game, I'm afraid he thought too much.

Fang Lubai asked, "How can there only be so many people in a rural village?" ”

"Maybe not!" The driver sighed, and the colleague was very relieved, and finally opened the chatter box of the stuffy gourd.

The driver explained: "When everyone is gone, who would want to stay in a place like this!" Now the rest of the village is some women and old people, and the young people have gone out to work hard. ”

Fang Lubai looked around and asked again, "With such a good view here, how can no one be willing to buy here?" Although it is some distance from the city, if you build a tourist area here, the economic benefits are unimaginable. ”

"If they had been willing, this would have become a tourist area long ago." The driver sighed, "The 30-odd people in Xiaotang Village are all stubborn, they would rather die than sell it, I heard that a few months ago a large company wanted to buy here, but the result was not in vain." ”

"Why don't you sell it?" Fang Lubai thought that the old people were nostalgic, but after thinking about it carefully, the old people were nostalgic, and the young people were always advanced in thought, not to mention that the demolition would be a rich second generation.

Fang Lubai looked at the driver on the side and found that his face had changed greatly, and there was an inexplicable fear in his eyes.

"Just for the family that was burned to death in the fire ten years ago." The driver, who was silent for a moment, suddenly said something unexpected.

The car gradually stopped, and the driver pointed to the Eshan Road in front of him and said, "Walk up this mountain road, pass through a forest, and see the suspension bridge, and after passing it, it will be a small soup." ”

Fang Lubai stretched his waist for a long time, although he was curious about what the driver said just now, but he was worried that the black-faced man was really coming to Tang Minxia, as soon as the car stopped, he paid and walked towards the mountain.

The mountain road is tortuous, the road is a little difficult to walk, but in Fang Lubai's opinion, it is still a piece of cake, Fang Lubai walked quickly, and when he walked through the forest, his back suddenly stumbled, he turned around, and a shadow disappeared into the early grass.

Fang Lubai swallowed, he couldn't see whether it was the shadow of a man or the shadow of a beast.

Look around, are dense bamboo, at a glance can not see the inside of the forest at all, here barren mountains and mountains, since there are also hares and pheasants, there must be beasts.

He shook his head, feeling a little dizzy in his head, and guessed that he had just read it wrong.