Seeing that rhubarb could still eat, Qi Hai breathed a sigh of relief. Rhubarb is a big yellow wolf dog that was raised by Qi Ye since he was a child, and now he is very tall and mighty.

A few years ago, there were jackals in the mountains who jumped into the chicken pen and bit a few chickens raised by Qi Ye, Qi Ye tied the rhubarb to the chicken pen, and sure enough, at night, I heard the rhubarb "Wang" screaming, Qi Ye got up and looked, scared a shiver, only to see a pair of blue eyes with cold light, the jackal really came again, and the rhubarb stood in front and confronted it.

Qi Ye hurriedly took out the earthen gun he made from the house, and the jackal saw that there was a gun, turned around and ran into the mountains, Qi Ye was afraid that it would run out again, so he held the earthen gun and chased the rhubarb into the mountain.

The road was steep in the dark, chased to the mountain, Qi Ye's feet were unstable, and he fell into a cliff pit, and the jackal saw Qi Ye falling, and suddenly became difficult and flew over. The earthen gun that Qi Ye was holding was not like a regular machine gun, the earthen gun used an iron marble, which needed to be ignited, and it was very troublesome to put a shot.

Before it had time to load, the jackal pounced and bit it, and in an instant, Rhubarb saw that the owner was in trouble, so he also flew over and bit the jackal, and then a wolf and a dog tore it up.

Qi Ye freed his hand, hurriedly loaded the earthen gun, and shot at the jackal, and the jackal fell to the ground in response.

After killing the jackal, Qi Ye saw that Rhubarb had been bitten with several blood holes.

Qi Hai recalled this past, and then looked at the current appearance of rhubarb's dying breath, and couldn't help but feel a little uncomfortable. He didn't understand why Rhubarb was injured and why his home was empty.

He took the rest of the buns to Rhubarb, and then entered the house with Gao Chuan, this house is the most common bungalow style in the countryside, divided into three rooms, one is Qi Ye's bedroom, the other is Qi Hai's bedroom, he has lived in it for many years, and now he still lives in it when he comes back occasionally, and a small room is Qi Ye's study.

The kitchen is in the yard, a separate room. The mountains are no better than the cities, and the kitchen uses bricks and mud stoves for cooking. Later, Qi Hai bought gas and induction cookers, and the stove was rarely used, but it was never removed.

They came to the kitchen and saw that there was still unfinished rice in the pot, because it was hot and humid now, and it had been spoiled, and it seemed that it had been left for at least three or four days.

Gao Chuan said: "It seems that there has been no one at home for several days, what's the matter, where did you go?" ”

Then he immediately ran into the yard and said, "I need to come into my house and have a look." ”

Qi Hai also came out of the kitchen, and he said, "Wait a minute, the door of your house is also locked, how do you enter?" I'll get you a ladder, and you can climb over the wall. ”

Qi Hai moved a bamboo ladder from the corner of the courtyard and leaned against the wall, the courtyard of his house and the courtyard of Gao Chuan's house were separated by a wall, and the courtyard wall was not high, so he could climb over it at once.

Gao Chuan climbed over the wall, and Qi Hai followed suit. Sure enough, it was also quiet, without any sound.

Sure that there was no one at home, the two of them sat on the sofa in the room, Gao Chuan kept thinking about the middle-aged man he met yesterday, thinking about the strange and incomprehensible words he said to himself, and at the same time he also believed those words more and more, it seems that something really happened to the two old men.

Qi Hai also felt that the appearance of that person was not accidental at this moment, and he began to confirm the details of their conversation with Gao Chuan repeatedly, and Gao Chuan told him carefully and word for word.

Of course, Gao Chuan concealed the information that the man said that Qi Hai was sick, and the more he believed that person's words, the more worried he was that it was true.

Qi Hai asked, "You said that person claimed to be our grandfather's comrade-in-arms, right?" But didn't you say he looked like he was only in his forties? ”

"He does look like he's only in his forties, and he says he's in his seventies, but that's not possible, he says he's young, and he says he is immortal, but it's like a joke."

Qi Hai pondered for a while, then asked, "What if it's not a joke?" ”

Gao Chuan shook his head and said, "I'm not sure, but that person told me not to ask anything, and he disappeared after speaking." ”

Qi Hai bit his lip and remained silent, and after a while, he said, "If what that person said is true, if he is really a very old person..."

Gao Chuan immediately retorted: "No, it's impossible, you haven't seen it, and if you do, you won't believe it." ”

Qi Hai said: "I mean what if, besides, didn't he also mention the method of immortality!" ”

"Do you believe that?" Takakawa asked.

Qi Hai replied: "It doesn't matter if I believe it or not, what matters is where the two old men went." ”

Qi Hai saw that Gao Chuan stopped talking, so he continued: "If what that person said is true, he is over seventy years old and has fought with two old men, then how many years have passed, and what is the purpose of appearing now?" ”

Gao Chuan had thought about these questions countless times in his heart, but he didn't have any eyebrows. Faced with Qi Hai's questioning of these speculations, he could only keep shaking his head.

Qi Hai looked at the rattle on his head, so he didn't ask anymore, he said, "Let's stop guessing without a head, do you remember what that person looks like?" We managed to find him and ask him about it. ”

Gao Chuan recalled the appearance of the middle-aged man, and thought of the sharp eyes that seemed to be able to see through people's hearts, and he was still a little frightened, he said: "I guess it's hard to find, I don't know the name or surname, and I've never seen it before, I don't know where I'm from, where to find it?" ”

Qi Hai thought for a while and said, "That's right, but let's look for it, now let's go out for a walk and see if we can find a clue over there." ”

Gao Chuan stood up: "Okay, let's go." ”

The two went out, bypassing the iron fence, behind the house is the forest farm, this area has long been no to cut down trees, just when it was just contracted down, it was cut for a period of time, and because the transportation is very troublesome, the tractor can not drive in, can only be put on a donkey cart to transport out.

After about half a year of operation, Gao Ye and Qi Ye turned it off, and planted peach trees in all the places that were cut down before, and now, those peach trees have already grown into a thick bowl, and in March and April every year, the peach blossoms are in full bloom, pink and bright.

Gao Chuan and Qi Hai walked slowly along the peach forest, next to the peach forest was a large vegetable garden, the vegetable garden planted a lot of vegetables, the cucumbers and loofahs on the fence were planted one after another, and no one had picked them for several days.

After the vegetable garden, there was a wooden house, which was used for stacking miscellaneous items, and the door of the wooden house was wrapped with iron chains.

Gao Chuan and Qi Hai took off the iron chain and walked into the wooden house, there was a musty smell, there was a pile of wood in the wooden house, which was cut in the half year when the forest farm was in operation, and then it was stopped, and the wood was not transported out, and it has been piled here. On top of the wood were some old furniture that had been replaced, an old carpet that had been laid many years ago in my grandfather's room, and some of the logging tools of the past, which had long since grown thick rust, and I don't know if they could still be used.

Qi Hai picked up the earthen gun and tried it, but it could still be used, and there was a box of rusty iron marbles next to it.

Walked out of the hut, locked the door again with chains, and walked around the woods, they hadn't walked through the area so completely in a long time.

After going around the forest farm, they found nothing, and there was not the slightest trace of their grandfathers, so they had to return home.

Now they don't have any clue, and in desperation, there is only one way to wait.