The next morning, everything in the brigade was as usual, with members arranging their tasks and going to work. Projectionist Li even came into the east room and chatted with people for a few words. Guan Huashu spoke to him in a normal manner.

Generally, movies in the village are not shown once and then moved on, but for at least three to five days.

At dawn, people from the county public security bureau arrived, parked their car a mile away, and then walked into the village.

Two people were arranged to monitor the mountainside. They wanted to play the long game and catch the big fish, so they couldn't let too many strangers appear rashly. If there were any abnormalities or emergencies, they could only rely on the militia to solve them.

I sent him back to sleep before dawn and will come back to keep an eye on him tonight.

Guan Huashu couldn't figure out why the radio had been buried there, even discussing it with Fifth Grandpa over breakfast. Professor Dong listened to their conversation and offered several ideas: First, the person who might need the radio might still be on their way and hadn't arrived yet. Second, it's possible that one of these young people who had gone to the countryside—even though Guan Huashu hadn't trusted them for over six months—could be hiding somewhere and not yet be activated. Third, the most undesirable and fearful possibility was that there were spies among the villagers.

Grandpa Wu nodded repeatedly at Professor Dong's analysis, thinking it made perfect sense. He also said that even if the country had been liberated, Professor Dong would have had the potential to become an underground party member.

Professor Dong has always loved watching crime-solving and spy-warfare films and TV series. She's a big fan of shows like "The Hidden Gem," "Cheongsam," and "The Whisper of the Wind," watching each of them multiple times, including a fair share of foreign series. So, her analysis of this kind is surprisingly simple.

No matter which possibility it is, just go for it, Guan Huashu and Fifth Grandpa are not vegetarians.

The day passed peacefully without any incidents. After the movie was shown in the evening, Guanjia Village, which had been bustling all day, fell asleep.

At about the same time as last night, Projectionist Li quietly left the house. This time he didn't go to the mountain, but walked towards the village.

Suihe watched him walk away, quickly got down from the tree, and slowly followed him from a distance.

During the day, projectionist Li had become familiar with the terrain by strolling around the village. He went to a yard that had been abandoned for many years.

The original owner of this house passed away many years ago, and his only daughter married and moved to another village and never returned. She is now almost 60 years old. So the house in this yard must be 70 or 80 years old. The roof and other things have long since rotted away, and only the adobe bricks surrounding the house remain, which is called the mound.

Projectionist Li swiftly turned over and entered the yard, walked to the pile of earth in the middle, turned on the flashlight, and used a tool to dig the earth.

Suihe was hiding in a corner outside the yard. I couldn't see clearly what he was doing, but I could only feel that he was digging the soil.

After digging for a while, he took out something from the ground and looked at it. After a while, he heard the crisp sound of a gun being loaded. Then he put the thing back and buried it.

Suihe used to follow an old hunter to hunt in the mountains. Because he always had to listen to the footsteps of animals, his ears became very sensitive after a long period of training. In addition, in such a quiet environment, he could not have misheard the sound of the gun being loaded, he was very sure.

Projectionist Li took a few more things and looked at them for a while, then filled the hole, squatted there for a while, and then got up and went back.

Suihe followed him all the way back to the brigade headquarters, climbed up the tree and waited for about an hour. Seeing that there was no further movement, he climbed down the tree and quickly ran to Fifth Grandpa's house.