Chapter 353 The Inconspicuous Old Man Who Picks Up Trash
Ye Xiaomei counted on her fingers and thought, the black toad can balance the venom of the white snake, so the snakes will basically choose places with black toads to raise their offspring.
However, the reproduction of black toads is very special. The venom secreted in their bodies can turn into stone and wrap the young eggs in it to protect the children. This is a self-preservation reproduction law that conforms to the laws of nature.
Well, the only thing that can dissolve the black toad's hard shell is the white snake venom, otherwise the black toad's own venom will wrap itself up, right?
Yes, that must be the case. The more Ye Xiaomei thought about it, the more excited she became. She had actually come into contact with these two species of creatures living in such a perverted symbiosis in her lifetime. Nature was truly amazing and magical.
However, Ye Xiaomei calmed down after coming to her senses. Everything was just speculation and she had to give it a try.
Thinking of this, Ye Xiaomei quickly wrapped up the stones, pulled open the curtains and opened the windows. It was such a bad time for these two little white snakes to run away. It was a critical moment. Couldn't they have run away a day later?
Ye Xiaomei was somewhat disappointed. Such a significant discovery, ah...
At this moment, there was a knock on the door, and Heizi said outside: "Sister-in-law, the boss is busy, so let me accompany you to the cafeteria for dinner."
"Here it comes." Ye Xiaomei placed the tightly wrapped stone egg under the bed and kicked it a few times. She felt relieved when she was sure it was difficult to find.
As soon as I went out, I saw that Heizi's face was not very happy.
"What's wrong with you?" Ye Xiaomei asked as she walked with her lunch box.
Heizi scratched his head and said, "I think Erquan, that naughty kid, will not be able to escape this time."
It turned out to be because of this matter. Ye Xiaomei didn't know how to comfort her:
"Maybe he is young and doesn't think things through. Besides, he has caused such a big mess that your leader can't cover it up."
Heizi sighed, "You don't know, although our leader is very strict, he has never hit his brothers. This time, he was so angry that he even hit them. You can imagine how angry our leader must be."
In Heizi's eyes, Zhang Erquan was actually a very good newcomer in Captain Ma's eyes. He treated him no worse than he treated himself. If nothing unexpected happened, within three years at most, Zhang Erquan would have no problem becoming a team leader or squad leader. But now, all his hopes were ruined.
How could Ye Xiaomei not know? She was there at the time. The slap was so powerful that it almost knocked a 1.8-meter-tall adult man flying. She must have used all her strength.
Ye Xiaomei suddenly remembered something: "Has Zhang Erquan been punished?"
Heizi nodded and said, "The results have been announced. I guess I won't see him anymore from now on."
Ye Xiaomei felt a little regretful: "So he has been deported now?"
Heizi shook his head and said, "We should leave after the meeting tonight."
Ye Xiaomei quickly asked where Zhang Erquan was now, and there was no doubt that he was squatting in the custody room.
Ye Xiaomei immediately begged Heizi to take her there, and then went back to the cafeteria to eat.
Inside the custody room.
Zhang Erquan was indeed squatting, he was squatting on a chair with his head buried in his knees, no one knew what he was thinking about.
Seeing Ye Xiaomei coming, he stood up and walked over: "Hello, sister-in-law."
Heizi didn't even look at him. He turned around in disgust and went to chat with his brothers in the department.
Ye Xiaomei whispered through the gate, "In fact, some things cannot be solved by your own strength. Also, don't do anything radical when you go back. Your boss was so angry at you that he skipped two meals."
Zhang Erquan's pupils shrank, and his eyes instantly turned red. He quickly turned around in shame to hide his tears. After adjusting his emotions for a while, he turned his head again:
"My sister-in-law told the eldest brother that it was not worth it to be angry about me. You should also reassure him that I will never do anything that will let down the country and the nation."
Ye Xiaomei nodded. What she wanted to say the most was: "Zhang Erquan, let me tell you, not all the people in Changshou Village are dead. So far, besides you and Heizi, I have met three other people from Changshou Village. They just don't live there anymore."
Ye Xiaomei thought of the inconspicuous old scavenger and the seven or eight-year-old child he brought with him, whose name seemed to be Tiedan.
Zhang Erquan was obviously a little excited: "Really?"
"Really? There was an old man with a seven or eight-year-old child in Chaocheng. I opened a dumpling restaurant there, and he often came to order the leftover dumplings."
Ye Xiaomei told the whole story, but the old man thought that the people in the village had left and didn't know that so many people had died.
Zhang Erquan's eyes were full of the same spirit as before. "That's good. Since there are one or two people here, there must be more people from Changshou Village. Sister-in-law, if you have the chance to meet that old man again, you must tell him that there are still people in Changshou Village. Tell him not to wander around anymore and to come back anytime. If there is no one to go to, he can go to my mother's place."
Ye Xiaomei nodded and agreed, but said, "But I'm not sure when I can see him. I only heard that he went to Chaocheng to look for someone. If he found the person he was looking for, he might not be in Chaocheng anymore."
Zhang Erquan frowned slightly: "Then...what does he look like? How old is he?"
Zhang Erquan obviously wanted to ask clearly to see if he had any impression of him. After all, they were from the same village, and detailed physical characteristics could still remind him of some information.
Ye Xiaomei explained in detail. The old man said he was over 100 years old, but he didn't say exactly how old he was. He was very thin, and his biggest feature was that there was a soybean-sized depression on his forehead.
It's very smooth, a bit like a scar left by an accidental bump into a sharp object many years ago, but it's not very obvious when you're not smiling, but it becomes very obvious when you smile as the skin is pulled.
As Ye Xiaomei continued to talk, Zhang Erquan gradually fell into deep thought. He said to himself:
"Over 100... Who could that be? At that time, the people in the Longevity Village were really long-lived, and there were many people over 100."
Ye Xiaomei didn't say much else. She told him these things just to ease his inner resentment.
It is also very likely that the old man was looking for someone who was lost in Changshou Village.
canteen.
While eating, Heizi cursed and said that Zhang Erquan had no conscience and did not know how to be grateful.
It was already 9:10 when we finished our meal.
Heizi was still spitting on the way Ye Xiaomei was sent back: "Bah, if I had known he was an ungrateful person, I shouldn't have transferred him to our group. Our group is an independent group, not just any cat or dog can qualify. He really doesn't know how to cherish him.
Our boss is not unreasonable. If he had spoken directly and performed well, our boss might have transferred him to the Navy. If he wants to fight, just fight as hard as he can. Pah..."
Seeing him so righteous and angry, Ye Xiaomei couldn't help but sneer: "You've been scolding for more than an hour. Anyway, the people have been deported, so let's just let it go."
Early in the morning, when Ye Xiaomei got up, she found that the pillow next to her was cold.
It is obvious that Ma Qijun did not come back last night. I wonder if he was so angry about Zhang Erquan's incident that he was alone in the office to process his thoughts.
Ye Xiaomei felt distressed for a moment. She had originally thought of going to Dongshan early in the morning to see whether the white snake had been dug out. That would be a good opportunity to test whether her guess was correct.
At the moment, she went to the cafeteria to get two meals and then went to the regiment office.
Unexpectedly, as soon as I walked in, I saw Qin Rong and Lao Mi were all there, and Ma Qijun was sitting at the desk with his head down, listening.
Qin Rong didn't think much when he saw that it was Ye Xiaomei who came. He pleaded with a tired look on his face:
"Although we have caused you a lot of trouble, it is indeed very valuable for research. Please help me again this time."
Ye Xiaomei felt that the atmosphere in the office was very depressing, especially since Lao Mi kept sighing.
Ye Xiaomei instinctively became more curious, put her lunch box on the corner of the table and asked:
"What's wrong?"
Ma Qijun took the lunch box and was about to start eating when Qin Rong became anxious.
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