When the He family saw the expression and performance of the fairy grandmother, they were all dumbfounded.

After He Xuanya's grandmother was stunned for a long time, she said to He Xuanya's parents, "Go find the baby." ”

He Zhongming and his family hurriedly went out.

The fairy grandmother shouted at them, "Don't go to school, she's not in school." Look for it where no one is. ”

Two "ohs" were heard outside the door.

"Go and find all your uncles and uncles who can run. The fairy grandmother said to He Zhongliang, who was standing dumbfounded.

He Zhongliang is the third son of He Lao'er and He Xuanya's uncle, who is eighteen or nineteen years old this year and is in high school in the county seat. Although he didn't study well, he had a pair of thick glasses, and we all called him He Siyan behind our backs.

He Siyan listened to the words of the fairy grandmother and ran out. In less than a quarter of an hour, dozens of people stood in the courtyard. Everyone was gossiping and talking, not knowing what was going on.

When the people were almost there, the fairy grandmother said to the crowd: "Don't talk about it, everyone, I'm not looking for you to settle accounts, I don't care about you a few days ago." There is an important thing for you to do today, put aside the things at hand in the past two days, and go to Xiaoya together, she is your relative, I believe you are all concerned about her safety, but she is very dangerous now. Don't ask why, let's start splitting up now, and do everything we can to get people back before sunset the day after tomorrow. ”

After listening to this, everyone began to talk again.

Many of them only knew that He Xuanya had died yesterday afternoon, and that the fairy grandmother had come to treat her in the evening, but they didn't know that He Xuanya had woken up in the morning. One by one, they stood in place and didn't know what to do.

He Xuanya's grandmother saw that everyone was not moving, and shouted anxiously: "Are you all deaf, haven't you heard the words of the living immortals? Hurry up and find it, if anything happens to my Xiaoya, I won't live anymore." ”

After saying that, he started crying.

Then they hurried out the door.

Seeing that everyone was gone, the fairy grandmother looked at me and said, "Baby, you go to school first." Your performance today is very good, which shows that I am not wrong. ”

She paused, then said to herself, "It seems that he is not wrong." ”

I walked out of the door of He's house with a worried mood, went home and got my schoolbag, and went to school without washing my face.

At school, I really didn't see He Xuanya.

I finally managed to stay up until the end of school, and I flew home as if I was flying.

As soon as I threw my bag away, I ran out.

"Xiao Yuan, you stop!" my dad called me.

"Tell me what the hell is going on today. Why did the He family look for Xuanya everywhere all day long? Your mother saw her in the morning, why did she disappear all of a sudden? What did the fairy woman do at the He family last night? Why did you rush out early in the morning?" My father threw out a lot of questions.

I didn't know how to answer at once. Stand still and remain motionless.

Just when I was at a loss, the fool in the village staggered over.

Zhiyong came up to me, babbling and gesturing with his hands.

I said, "Fool, what's wrong?"

He was even more anxious, and the "babbling" was louder and more hysterical.

"Are you hungry, I asked my mother to get you a bun to eat. "I said I was going to run into the house, trying to escape my dad.

Zhiyong grabbed my sleeve, didn't let go, and pointed into the alley with his other hand, meaning to let me go with him.

I turned back to my dad and said, "Dad, I'll take a look." ”

Then follow Zhiyong and run into the alley.

My dad was still shouting something in the back, and I pretended not to hear.

Zhiyong is deaf and mute, unable to speak or hear anything. The babies in the village all called him a fool.

He is the product of consanguineous marriage. At that time, his father married his cousin and gave birth to Zhiyong. When Zhiyong was 3 years old, his father went to the city to buy noodles, but he was arrested by the national army halfway through the road and never came back. Some people say that they were killed by the People's Liberation Army, and some people say that they fled to Taiwan with the Kuomintang. Leaving his mother to live with a mute son.

The people in the village looked at their mother and son pitifully, and usually took great care of them. No matter who Zhiyong goes to, as long as the family has food and clothing, they will give him a little. Zhiyong is also very friendly to the people in the village, and everyone smiles when he sees him. When I met someone who had a job, I took the initiative to run to do it.

I was surprised by the way he looked today, and I had a vague feeling that something might be wrong.

Zhiyong led me all the way to the end of the alley, where two mountain roads were connected.

Directly in front of me is the way up the hill that I usually take when I go to the shack. This mountain road is relatively wide, it is the only way for Zhuangli people to go to the mountain to farm, and it is also the road that people often take to go to the west slope and back to the mountain.

There is also a mountain road in front of the right, which is very small and usually not walked by people, and this road leads to the small stream at the west end of the village. Once you reach the creek, follow the creek upstream to the bottom of the hill on the front of the western slope, where you can go up the hill or up to the western slope. The babies in our village often take this road when they go to the stream to catch fish, and sometimes they also take this road when they go to the west slope to play.

Ji Yong did not take the road up the mountain directly ahead, but walked along the path in front of him. I followed, one foot deep and one foot shallow through the grass.

When he reached the creek, he did not stop, but jumped over the stream and continued on his way.

For children my age in the village, this stream is the boundary of the world. No one thought about what was on the other side of the creek, and no one ever thought of crossing it.

As he stepped across the stream, I began to hesitate. He stepped forward and grabbed him and said, "Fool, where are you going to take me?"

Zhiyong seemed to understand my words, and began to "babble" again, gesturing in his hands.

I knew I couldn't tell him clearly, so I said to him with a fierce heart, "Then let it be you, and see where you lead me." As long as you can come back in the evening. ”

Zhiyong seemed to understand my words again, stopped "babbling", and continued to walk.

After crossing the creek, the terrain suddenly became much steeper. On this side is another mountain, diagonally across the stream from the western slope, but steeper than the western slope.

I followed Zhiyong up the mountain. The mountain is also a stone mountain, but unlike the back mountain, there are only bare stones. The stones here are overgrown with various shrubs and weeds. Compared to the back mountain, it looks vibrant.

The mountain is not high, we climbed for a while and reached the top.

Standing on the top of the mountain and looking at the other side of the mountain, there is a higher mountain than this one on the other side. But there is a long distance between the two mountains, with a wide valley in between.

On both sides of the valley, people have carved into stairs one by one. Each staircase is lined with dense black semicircular dots. The whole valley was like countless black rosaries stacked horizontally. It's something I've never seen before.

I later learned that this valley was the steelmaking site of several nearby towns more than twenty years ago. The black spots layer by layer on the mountain are caves for the steelmaking masses to stay nearby in order to save money quickly.

Zhiyong, who was walking down the opposite mountain, saw me standing still on the top of the mountain, turned around and pulled my arm and was about to go down the mountain.

I swung my arm and shook off his hand.

That's when I discovered something incredible.