Chapter 207 I'll Go Back! You Stay Here!
Yan Shaoyu didn't know whether he had heard it or not. He glanced at her calmly and said, "Are you full? If you are full, then take a rest."
Gu Yuehuai smiled and did not refute him. He lay down in the corner of the wooden house he had tidied up, covered himself with some straw, looked at the black sweater on Yan Shaoyu, and asked, "Aren't you cold?"
Yan Shaoyu suddenly turned his head to look at her, and said in a slightly fierce tone: "Go to sleep."
Gu Yuehuai curled his lips, closed his eyes and fell asleep.
She has a fever today, her body functions are exhausted, and she is very tired. She really needs enough sleep to recuperate.
The cabin was completely silent, save for the crackling sound of the fire.
The warm orange light shines out, adding a sense of daily life and tranquility to this small wooden house.
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The other side.
The people from the Dalaozi Production Brigade were also trapped halfway up the mountain.
Landslides and fallen trees prevented the group from seeking help.
Wang Fu squatted at the edge of the cave with a dejected look on his face, holding his head in his hands and looking at the continuous rain outside. Thinking of Gu Yuehuai, Tian Jing, Yan Shaoyu and Song Jinan whose lives were unknown, he felt pain in his head, body, and whole body!
As the brigade secretary, he cannot escape blame if anything happens to the members and educated youth!
Wang Peisheng looked at Wang Fu with a worried look on his face.
He walked over to Wang Fu, and before he could speak, the latter asked in a hoarse voice, "Have you settled everyone?"
"Oh, there's no need to settle down. Everyone is in a panic. They only rest when they are tired. If the rain keeps falling, when can we go back? Being trapped here without food, something bad will happen sooner or later." Wang Peisheng's voice sounded bitter.
Wang Fu laughed at himself and said, "What else can I do?"
Just as Wang Peisheng was about to speak, he heard footsteps. He stopped talking and looked at the person who came: "Ting Huai?"
Gu Tinghuai's face was not looking good either. He clenched his fists at his sides and said in a very straightforward tone, "Secretary, Director Wang, I'm going to go back and ask the commune's militia for help. My sister and the two educated youth are both in danger of death. We can't just sit there and wait!"
As soon as he finished speaking, Wang Fu and Wang Peisheng couldn't help but look at each other.
Wang Fu said disapprovingly, "Go back? How can you go back? It's raining so hard outside, the mountain is unstable, and the slope is slippery. If you go back now, you're courting death, right? And your father, will he let you go back?"
At this time, Gu Zhifeng's slightly vicissitudes of life voice sounded: "Go back! I'll go back! You stay here!"
"Dad!" Gu Tinghuai exclaimed, frowning and said, "No, I'm young and I can run fast if I encounter danger. How can I let you go back? You just stay here safely. If Nannan comes back, you can be the first to see her."
As soon as he saw Gu Zhifeng, Wang Fu stopped talking.
This man used to be like a tiger, with a loud voice and great strength, but now he looks like a sick cat.
He couldn't help but sigh. He knew in his heart that Gu Yuehuai was the apple of Gu Zhifeng's eye. Now that his beloved was gone, he might not even be able to come back alive. It would be strange for him to feel good about it.
However, the father and son of the Gu family were really desperate and were scrambling to get back.
Gu Zhifeng glared at him: "Are you the boss or am I the boss? I will reply if I say so, stop talking nonsense!"
Gu Tinghuai's face turned pale: "Is this the time to argue about this?"
Gu Zhifeng was too lazy to care about him and said to Wang Fu, "Secretary, I will go back now and report to the commune as soon as possible so that the militia can come to rescue us earlier. Otherwise, everyone in our brigade will be trapped here and something bad will happen sooner or later."
Wang Fu moved his lips, not wanting to agree, but suddenly he heard Gu Zhifeng say, "Alright, don't say anything more. Someone will come back sooner or later. If I can't come back alive, you must find my daughter!"
Hearing this, Wang Fu's eyes became sore and he raised his hand to pat Gu Zhifeng on the shoulder.
Gu Tinghuai's eyes also turned red, and he said, "Dad, I'll go back with you! We can have someone to take care of us along the way."
"Bullshit, just stay here and wait for your sister to come back!" After saying that, Gu Zhifeng prepared to leave.
"Wait! Take this!" Wang Fu called out to Gu Zhifeng and handed him his hunting rifle.
There are many wild animals in the mountains. It's okay if you encounter rabbits and roe deer, but if you encounter wolves, wild boars and the like, there is nowhere to escape. It always makes you feel more at ease if you have a weapon in your hand. Gu Zhifeng went back for everyone, and he was grateful in his heart and didn't want to be stingy.
"Thank you." Gu Zhifeng took the shotgun, said thank you, looked at Gu Tinghuai again, and then stepped into the rain without hesitation. He walked neither fast nor slow, taking one step and sliding three steps, and soon disappeared from everyone's sight.
At this time, members came out of the cave one after another.
"I used to dislike Gu Zhifeng. He was always wandering around and never worked hard. I didn't expect that he could be relied upon when something happened. If he can really get the militia to rescue us, he will be my brother from now on!"
"Who said it wasn't? What was the reputation of the Gu family before? What is its reputation now?"
"Oh, how unlucky we are. We went up the mountain to look for some yam and ended up being stuck here. God bless us, and hope nothing happens to us again."
"You're unlucky? Can you be as unlucky as Gu Zhifeng's daughter? She never came back up after she went down. The slope is so deep and it's raining so hard. We don't know what's going on down there. No one can say for sure whether she can come back alive."
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The members were talking at once, and Gu Tinghuai felt like his chest was on fire listening to the noise.
However, he finally sat back in the cave without saying a word, silently waiting for a miracle to happen.
Deep in the cave, several intellectuals looked at each other with grim expressions.
A short, dark-skinned educated youth said bitterly, "Huang Sheng, tell me, why did Third Brother have to save people? If something really happens, how are we going to explain to the Song family when we return to the capital? We might even be implicated."
His name was Chen Bin. He did not come from a prominent family and rarely stood out among the educated youth.
Huang Sheng shouted angrily: "How should I know?! How can Third Brother tell us?"
He was obviously also angry. Just as Chen Bin said, if something happened to Song Jinan in the Dalaozi Production Brigade, they would be in trouble if they returned. This was the class system in the capital.
Lan Tian huddled in the corner in silence, treating himself as just a backdrop.
Yu Jianguo reached out and scratched his short hair, impatiently trying to stop Huang Sheng's anger: "Alright, what's the point of arguing now? Let's think of a way to rescue our third brother!"
At this time, an educated youth pushed his glasses up and asked in confusion, "Where's Pan Ruoyin?"
His name is Li Erxin. Like Chen Bin, he does not have an outstanding background and has little presence among the educated youth who went to the countryside.
As soon as he said this, the group of educated youth fell into a strange silence.
Pan Ruoyin?
The faces of several people suddenly became uglier. Their minds were all on Song Jinan, and they forgot about Pan Ruoyin. But speaking of it, the Pan family is no less difficult to deal with than the Song family. This pair of cousins is really a headache!
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