Su Yuehe dug the homestead for two days in a row, and she was fast, and she had already dug more than 30 square meters.

At noon, when she came home, her grandfather was treating a man with an abscess on his neck, and she listened to his grandfather and went to help.

Old Man Su was very happy to see Su He coming to study, and he taught him very carefully.

This patient's family was poor, and Mr. Su confiscated his money and pasted a few pairs of Chinese herbal medicines.

The fact that Su He studied medicine with his grandfather caused some discussion in the Su family.

The old man is okay, mainly because Su Laosan and his wife are unbalanced in their hearts, especially Su Laosan, obviously he is a disciple of the "heir", he doesn't understand, why does the old man have to teach another girl.

Just because she wants to recruit a son-in-law? The more Su Laosan thought about it, the more angry he became, but he couldn't help it.

At noon that day, Zhuang Shunlan fried a serving of beans and a portion of chili pickles, but there was no meat today.

The food on the table has been set, and the younger sister has not come back yet, and their family rules are that they must wait for everyone to move the chopsticks.

The third sister said: "Mom, I have to rush back to school after dinner to help the teacher mark the papers." ”

The fourth sister came back from the neighbor's house to inquire about the news, saying that several elementary school students had not come home, and it was estimated that they were together.

Zhuang Shunlan thought that with so many children together, nothing should happen, so she said, "Take a bowl and leave some food for my sister." ”

After lunch, the third sister went directly to school, and Su Yuehe didn't rest at noon, taking advantage of the fact that she didn't have to go to work today, and continued to dig the homestead.

Walking on the road, Su Yuehe heard a voice behind her, and looked back to see that it was the fourth sister who followed with a hoe.

"Fourth sister, why don't you go to school yet?"

The fourth sister is the most considerate child in the family, and she smiled: "I don't have to go to school so early, I can dig for an hour." ”

The two sisters worked together to excavate, and Su Yuehe was very fast, so fast that the fourth sister was full of admiration.

"Sister, don't work so hard, aren't you tired?" The fourth sister handed Su Yuehe a green military kettle.

Su Yuehe gulped and drank a few sips of cold water, "When I think of us building our own house, I'm not tired." ”

"Me too, I really want to build it sooner." The fourth sister wants a room of her own.

While the two were talking, their mother came.

said that the younger sister had not come back yet, Zhuang Shunlan asked the fourth sister to go to the school to take a look and urge her to go home immediately.

The primary and middle schools of the Yannan Brigade are very close to each other, and it is very convenient for the fourth sister to go there.

After the fourth sister left, Zhuang Shunlan looked at the location that was almost the size of two rooms dug in front of her, and said in surprise: "Dig so fast? Big sister, don't do it too hard, don't be awkward to your waist. ”

"Yes, I'll take notice."

"It seems that we can dig out the homestead ourselves in the early stage."

"Yes, we can dig it ourselves, we don't have to ask others. Uncle Dafu said that when the bricks were made, he called everyone to help. ”

Zhuang Shunlan picked up the hoe and worked together, digging for a while, her heart was always hanging, so she went home first to see if her sister had come back.

As a result, when it was time for class, my sister still didn't come back, and Mei's sister-in-law's son, Zhao Erfu's youngest daughter, and four or five children didn't come back.

The others are not in a hurry, maybe the baby is too crazy at school and is too lazy to come back.

The production team shouted that they were going to work, and Zhuang Shunlan had no choice but to go to work first.

As soon as she went out, the fourth sister ran back panting.

She said that her younger sister was not at school, and the other children who did not come home were not at school, and the teacher said that they would go home after school at noon.

The fourth sister looked around the school and on the way back, but didn't see anyone.

Parents were in a hurry.

Returning home from Yannan Primary School, they had to cross a rope bridge, and they were worried that some children would accidentally fall into the river, and then others would go to rescue them, but they didn't have enough strength to save them, and they were all washed away one by one.

This kind of thing happened more than ten years ago.

Some time ago, it rained heavily, and it was when the water was turbulent, Zhuang Shunlan's head was buzzing with fright, and Sister-in-law Mei cried on the spot.

Hao Aidi, who was not at home at noon and came to work just after returning from the market, seemed to be a little gloating: "What are you crying about, go along the river to find it." ”

The production team and the brigade quickly organized people to find it.

After Su Yuehe heard the news, she put down her hoe and followed everyone downstream to search, and found that at night, she didn't find a trace.

When I got home in the dark, only the fourth sister was chopping pig vegetables at home, and she said that her mother and third sister were at the captain's house.

When Su Yuehe rushed to Zhao Dafu's house, sister-in-law Mei sat at the door and wiped her tears.

The room was crowded with people, there were melon seeds on the table, and Hao Aidi stood aside and ate melon seeds, her eyes glazed.

Her man was so angry that he pushed her: "It's all this time, and you still want to eat and eat, didn't you give birth to the tree baby?" ”

It turned out that in the evening, they found that Su Baishu was also lost, and Su Laosan was so anxious that he became angry.

Hao Aidi seemed to be woken up, and hurriedly explained: "What are you doing, who is rare with a few melon seeds?" I just didn't dare to think about it, so I was looking for something to do. ”

On the other side, Zhuang Shunlan's calf was scratched by bamboo and was bleeding, she rubbed her brows and pursed her dry lips without speaking, her face was very ugly, and the third sister squatted on the ground to bandage her mother.

Su Yuehe hurried over to help.

Everyone came back one after another, and several nearby brigades went to look for any place where there was water.

There are five children in total, and if something really happens, it is impossible to be completely gone. Even if they all drown, they have to float, right?

Zhao Dafu said that the secretary of the brigade had already gone to report the situation to the leaders of the commune, and people downstream would also be sent to keep an eye on it.

Everyone was talking about what to do next.

After helping her mother bandage it, Su Yuehe stood up and said, "Uncle Dafu, is it possible that the children got lost in the mountains to collect mushrooms?" ”

Zhao Dafu: "Let people go to Xiaoyan Mountain to find it, but there are no nearby mountains." Besides, mushroom picking can't go far, these children all know the road, and they usually don't go less, so it's impossible to get lost. Unless...... They went deep into the mountains. ”

Hao Aidi stood up abruptly and echoed: "Could it be that it is not in Xiaoyan Mountain, but in Dayan Mountain?" ”

Sister-in-law Mei wiped her tears: "My hairy baby has been beaten, and she knows that Dayan Mountain is dangerous, so she doesn't dare to enter the mountain." ”

"yes, what are they going to Dayan Mountain for?"

Hao Aidi: "Picking herbs." I...... If you pick herbs, can't you all change them for sugar? ”

Mountain herbs for sugar?

Su Yuehe looked at Hao Aidi suspiciously, and asked, "Third aunt, how do you know?" ”

Hao Aidi's eyes flickered, she licked her lips, and her tone was very firm: "These babies, they will exchange sugar with your grandfather after picking medicine for two heads in three days......"

Su Laosan poked his own woman with his elbow and signaled her not to talk nonsense, in case something happened to the children in the mountains, some of them were not clear-headed, maybe they would really find the old man to take the blame.

Hao Aidi didn't care: "I didn't say the wrong thing." ”

Now is not the time to hold accountable, and everyone skips mentioning it.

Zhao Erfu's daughter-in-law nodded and said, "My Xiwa has exchanged a lot of sugar with Old Man Su for mountain herbs. ”

"Dayan Mountain has more mountain herbs than Xiaoyan Mountain."

"As long as there is one person who pouts and walks inside, these melon babies really dare to go."

"Dayan Mountain is so big, it's hard to find."

Everyone talked about it, but it was hard to find, and getting lost in the mountains was better than falling into the river and having almost no hope of surviving.

"Captain, let's gather together and divide into several groups of people to go into the mountains to find the baby."

Zhao Dafu divided the people into three groups, each group of six or seven people, and the middle-aged people who had experience and knew the road took the young ones together.

After that, they each went home to find a flashlight, and asked the militia company commander to borrow a gun/stick, and went into the mountains in different directions to look for the child.

Su Yuehe's family only had a flashlight, and the third and fourth sisters wanted to follow her, but she didn't agree.

With Su Yuehe, the eldest brother Su Baiqiao, Zhao Erfu and his wife, and two educated youths, six people carried three guns and marched to Dayan Mountain.

As he walked, there was one more person, and it turned out that Bai Jianguo also came to help find someone.

He was self-conscious, and he didn't die and begged to come forward to talk to Su Yuehe, Su Yuehe couldn't see the other party, and he only thought about finding his sister.

But this day it was dark and deep, and it was too difficult to find someone.

They could only flash flashlights and shout as they walked.

The other two groups could occasionally be heard shouting on the mountain, but other than that, there was only the sound of the wind and the howl of wolves coming from nowhere.

I don't know if it's a problem with the direction, or if it's too dark to see clearly, they searched for hours and didn't find any clues.

It stands to reason that the five children got lost in the mountains, and they would leave some traces anyway, but they didn't notice it at all.

At nearly twelve o'clock, they met another group of people walking back in a downhill woodland, everyone was tired, and the flashlight was getting dimmer and dimmer, so they all suggested going back first, maybe the other team had already found the child.

Su Yuehe had a gut feeling that the children hadn't been found yet, and she didn't want to go back, but this was a collective action, and she couldn't be willful, so she could only go back.

Back in the village, as Su Yuehe expected, the other team had just come back and had not found anyone. Everyone discussed, and after dawn, the labor force of the whole village put down their work and went to find someone.

This night is destined to be a sleepless night.

Su Yuehe slept on the first floor with her mother, she only squinted for a while, and in her sleep she was still looking for her sister in the mountains, and after a lot of hardships, she found her sister's shoes and a wolf who couldn't walk.

Su Yuehe rushed over like crazy, pinched the wolf's neck with her bare hands, and was tearing, she woke up.

It was still dark outside, and the clock on the table was about to be five o'clock, so she got up, found an old dress with a wear-resistant patch, put it on, and prepared to go up the mountain.

Mom woke up early and cooked pig food in the kitchen.

"Mom, I'm going to find my sister." Su Yuehe fetched water in the water tank outside the kitchen to wash her face.

Zhuang Shunlan disagreed: "You go alone? No, you wait until dawn and go with everyone. ”

In case something happens to the eldest sister, she can't afford it anymore.

Su Yuehe comforted: "It's okay, I usually go to Dayan Mountain to look for yams, and I am also alone." I know what's dangerous and what's not. And I have a gun, Mom, don't worry. ”

She took home a gun from the militia company in the early hours of the morning.

Seeing that her mother still wanted to stop her, Su Yuehe said again: "I want to find my sister as soon as possible, the longer it drags on, the more dangerous it becomes." ”

Zhuang Shunlan's nose was sour, and her eyes turned red instantly.

"If there is still hope in the mountains, ...... in the river" is afraid that it will be gone.

Last night, Zhuang Shunlan made a lot of steamed buns with several women in the production team, Su Yuehe took a few steamed buns, put on a kettle, found a bundle of hemp rope, and set off with a basket and a gun/piece on his back.

This search is a whole day and a night.

*

The Yanbei garrison, on the north side of Dayan Mountain, is a B division with 3 infantry regiments and 1 artillery regiment.

After eating at noon, Liang Zhengfeng received an urgent task from above, asking him to send people into Dayan Mountain to search for five missing primary school students.

Liang Zhengfeng's 3rd Infantry Regiment, the old commander of the regiment has returned to his hometown due to illness, and he is currently the deputy commander to manage the daily training and related affairs of the 3rd Infantry Regiment.

Five primary school students have been missing for more than 40 hours, and now they are in the golden rescue time, there are wild wolves, wild boars, and bumblebees in Dayan Mountain, as well as miasma in the mountains, broken arm cliffs, artificial traps, etc., no matter which one the children encounter, it is very dangerous, and they must race against time to search as soon as possible.

Without further ado, Liang Zhengfeng immediately ordered two platoons, and he personally led the team into the mountains to find the baby.