Chapter 73 The Intelligent Educated Youth 7
Although the sound of the rain was loud, the screams were louder.
On the roof, Yan Xia was looking around in the rain. It was too dark and the rain blocked his vision, so he couldn't see anything, but the sound just now was definitely there.
He was very sure that he had not heard it wrong, there was more than one voice.
But why would anyone be here in the middle of the night, in such a rainy place, and in such a remote place?
Unable to figure it out, the most urgent thing was to get down from the roof first to avoid slipping again. Yan Xia carefully moved to the front of the ladder, but before he completely got down, he lowered his head and asked his elder brother: "Did you hear any sound just now?"
Although Yan Xia believed his ears, various seemingly unlikely factors combined together made him a little uncertain and began to doubt himself.
Who knew that just when he started to suspect something, Yan Ji beside him said with great certainty: "Yes, it was a man's shout."
Yan Xia held onto his elder brother's arm, his feet firmly planted on the ground. While Yan Ji was moving the ladder away, Yan Xia went around to the back of the house to take a look, and muttered uncertainly, "What are you doing here at this time?"
When something is abnormal, there must be something wrong.
Not normal, this is very abnormal.
There aren't many people coming to their place during the day, let alone in the middle of the night when it's raining heavily.
Yan Xia's heart, which had long been no longer sleepy, began to stir, so much so that after Yan Ji came back from putting away the ladder, he saw his brother peeking towards the back of the house.
Yan Ji asked, "Not going in?"
Yan Xia thought for two seconds: "Brother, boil some water first, I'll go to the back to take a look."
There was not a single dry spot on the two brothers' bodies, and they couldn't sleep without taking a shower. Boiling water would take time anyway, so instead of just waiting, they might as well go and see what was going on.
Yan Ji did not object, but just said: "Be careful."
Yan Xia waved his hand: "I know."
After saying that, Yan Xia took the broken flashlight and walked into the rain. There was actually another good flashlight at home, but knowing that there might be someone nearby, wouldn't it be a sign of alerting the enemy if he shone the flashlight around?
A broken flashlight does not have this problem. Not only does it not provide bright light, it can also be used as a self-defense weapon when necessary.
Yan Xia, who had read many stories, was very cautious in this regard and groped his way towards the approximate location of the source of the sound.
I had just been in the dark for a while, and my eyes had already adapted to the darkness, so I could still see a little bit of the road.
Even as he headed in that direction, the three people who were hidden by the grass piles and small trees on the roadside had not yet completely calmed down.
The three people who dared to work together to steal food, however, didn't have the courage to do it in the middle of the night.
Wang Mazi held a small sapling in front of him and trembled: "That, that is... Widow Yang, her husband?"
These few simple words were like bringing a breath of cold air, and Er Laizi and Xu Dazhui shivered at the same time.
Er Laizi was covered in mud. He pulled Wang Mazi and said, "Stop, stop talking."
The three of them fell silent for a while. After a while, Wang Mazi couldn't stand it anymore: "Now, what should we do?"
The little bit of courage he had was already scared away. Er Laizi, who was already a little annoyed by the weather, began to back out: "Go back?"
Xu Dazhui, who had been silent, gritted his teeth, feeling a little unwilling. They had come from such a long way and were about to arrive. Just two bags of food would be enough for them to eat for a while.
If you get a lot, you can secretly dry it and sell it on the black market. This is free money, and it hurts to feel it slipping through your fingers.
Xu Dazhu hardened his heart and said, "Maybe we are just seeing things. Hasn't this house been uninhabited for 800 years? How could a person suddenly appear?"
"People in the city are shouting about breaking feudal superstition every day, which means that thing doesn't exist at all. We must have seen it wrong."
The more Xu Dazhu spoke, the more confident his tone became. It was unclear whether he was trying to convince the two people in front of him or himself.
Er Laizi, who had already started to back down, said irritably, "It's okay to be wrong once, but how can you be wrong twice?"
"Besides, can people... climb onto the roof without sleeping in such a rainy day?"
This question is very convincing. Which normal person would stay awake and lie on the roof in the middle of the night? Since he is not a normal person, then it can only be...
When they thought of this, the three of them shuddered again.
Xu Dazhu's determination, which he had made with great difficulty, collapsed in an instant. At this moment, another flash of lightning streaked across the sky.
Although they were already frightened, when the light flashed, the three of them still subconsciously looked towards the rooftop in the distance.
The ceiling was very high, and they could see everything clearly even if they sat down on the ground.
Upon closer inspection, there was clearly nothing on it.
Wang Mazi said uncertainly: "No, it's gone?"
It was very clear just now that the roof was empty, without any human face or hands.
It was a perfectly normal roof, and the scene they saw before seemed to be just an illusion.
Xu Dazhu also breathed a sigh of relief, and felt more confident. He said firmly, "It seems that I was wrong."
After he finished speaking, Xu Dazhu took the lead and prepared to stand up, pulling the sapling next to him. However, his feet slipped and he fell on his butt just after he stood up a little.
Er Laizi couldn't help but let out a laugh. Xu Dazhu couldn't bear it and yelled, "Why don't you get up quickly? You'll be in trouble if you wait until dawn!"
Er Laizi curled his lips and wanted to say something back but held it back. They had indeed wasted too long here.
At the same time, Yan Xia groped his way in the dark and had already reached the vicinity.
He looked left and right but didn't see anyone, as if the previous shouting was really his illusion.
Could it be that he has already left? ? Then wouldn’t he have made a wasted trip? !
Just when Yan Xia was wondering, he didn't pay attention to his feet, his feet slipped, and he slid straight down the downhill road ahead.
Yan Xia screamed "Oh my god" and exerted force on his upper body, but fortunately he managed to balance himself.
But the downhill road is a bit long. The rain sprinkled on the road for half a night. The mud and rain mixed together, making the downhill road particularly slippery.
Yan Xia stabilized his body, but his feet couldn't stop at all and kept sliding downwards.
After making sure you don't fall on your butt, it's somehow fun.
When Yan Xia was still childish on a rainy night, the three of them finally got up from their quarrel among the grass and small trees next to them and prepared to continue their unfinished plan.
As a result, when they stood up, the three of them clearly saw...
Not far away, there was a man-like figure, with his lower legs blocked by weeds on the roadside, and then... he, he floated! Over! !!!
Floating, floating, floating over here!!
Floating upright! !
There is no point in walking!!!
The three of them stared at the same time: "!!!!!!!"
His pupils seemed to be about to pop out of their sockets, and the rain hit his eyes, but he didn't react.
One second later...
“Aaaaaaaaaah!!!”
“Ah ...!!”
“Ghost! There’s a ghost!! Aaaaaaaah!!!”
After the screams, the three of them finally couldn't hold on any longer after being frightened one after another, and rolled their eyes...
Fainted.
Yan Xia, who was still sliding, was frightened by three loud screams. He lost control of his feet and fell straight backwards.
After falling down with a solid squat, his body slid uncontrollably for two or three meters.
Yan Xia: “????”
After being stunned for a second, Yan Xia turned sideways and covered his butt.
Damn it!!!
Who is it?? ! !
Why are you not sleeping in the middle of the night and coming here to scare people? ? Do you have any good intentions? ? !
The downhill road was extremely slippery, and Yan Xia almost fell flat on his face when he stood up.
Furious, Yan Xia walked towards the place where the scream came from. He wanted to see who was playing tricks here in the middle of the night! !
What he heard at home earlier was probably also caused by these people. Is this something a normal person can do? ?
Yan Xia held a broken flashlight in his hand, walked around to the small path nearby, and parted the bushes to take a look.
Yan Xia: “!!!!”
“Oh my god!!”
Three dead people?!
No, no, no, no…that’s not right.
Yan Xia stepped forward cautiously and stretched out a finger to probe...
Still breathing, not dead.
Yan Xia breathed a sigh of relief. At least they were not dead. It would be scary to see three dead people in the middle of the night.
But, they were the ones who called just now? ?
What is this operation of fainting after screaming? ?
Yan Xia took a closer look and found that these three people did not look like they were from the Pingtan Brigade.
Although he did not recognize all the people in Pingtan Brigade, during the autumn harvest in the past few days, almost all the comrades of similar age to him had carried sacks together. He might not be able to match their names with their faces, but at least he was familiar with them.
These three faces had never appeared in his memory.
Yan Xia has great confidence in his brain which has been modified by the bureau. If he has no impression, then it must be from another team.
Someone from another brigade came to their brigade in the middle of the night without sleeping, and just after screaming like a ghost, he fainted again.
There are problems, everyone has problems!!
Yan Xia couldn't understand, and someone began to shake in his sea of consciousness.
[Another person]: "Brother, brother, brother, I found three men I don't know fainted on the side of the road."
Inside the house, Yan Ji, who was still boiling water, did not expect this to happen. He paused for two seconds before replying, "Are they the ones you just called?"
[Another person]: "That's right!! I heard it with all my heart! I was so scared that I fell down, and then these people fainted. I didn't faint, so why did they? Are you trying to put the blame on me? If I didn't understand the situation, I would have called them in to ask..."
In the middle of the night, some people who were frightened talked a lot.
Yan Ji listened quietly to the man's long chatter, and only asked after it was over: "Can't you wake up for the time being?"
After hearing this, Yan Xia observed carefully.
[Another person]: "He's pretty dizzy, what should we do now? We can't just leave him here, can we?"
Not to mention that after these people fainted, if the heavy rain created a small mud puddle next to them, they might drown.
What's more, the identities of these people are not very clear, and the time, place and characters are all problematic.
When in doubt, the team leader learns.
[Another person]: "I'll watch here for a while. Brother, go find the captain and ask him to take a look. We don't know them, but they have lived here for so many years. Maybe they can figure out something."
Didn’t Tan Dazhi tell them when he went to pick them up before that the educated youth could go to the team leader if they had any questions or problems?
He has a problem now.
Yan Ji, whose water was not yet heated, said: “…………”
He stood up and looked at the heavy rain outside, then turned back to look at the fire that had just been lit.
After a while, Yan Ji put out the fire, took a plastic film, covered himself from head to calves, then picked up the best flashlight at home and walked into the rain.
The muddy road after the rain is really difficult to walk on.
Yan Ji shone the flashlight ahead and before he knew it, he saw the captain's house.
In the room of Tan Kangshun and He Xianghong.
In fact, Tan Kangshun didn't sleep much. The sound of rain and thunder outside mixed together, making him feel a little nervous for some reason.
Listening to his wife's breathing next to him, Tan Kangshun turned over and thought of the incident of food being lost in the Dongfeng Brigade last year.
A few hundred kilograms of grain is neither a lot nor a little. Compared with all the harvests, it is certainly a small amount, but it is enough for one person to eat for a year, so it is quite a lot when you think about it.
At that time, the captain of the Dongfeng Brigade was criticized by the commune so badly that his face almost fell to the ground.
It was a rainy day when the Dongfeng Brigade lost its grain, and it is still raining now. Thinking of this, Tan Kangshun couldn't sleep even more.
I don’t know whether Dafeng and Xiaochangzi are guarding the warehouse well.
Dafeng is a reliable kid. If something happens to the granary, his father's job as the branch secretary will probably be over, so there shouldn't be any problem.
Tan Kangshun thought for a long time and felt a little relieved. But just as he closed his eyes, a few knocks on the door came in amid the sound of rain.
Tan Kangshun's heart trembled. He opened his eyes and looked outside, but the window was closed and he could not see anything.
Tan Kangshun asked tentatively: "Who is it?"
The voice was a little soft and Yan Ji didn't hear it at all. No one answered, so he knocked on the door a little harder.
Tan Kangshun listened for a while with his ears perked up, then he lifted the quilt, stood up, and put on his coat. He didn't go out, but opened a window and prepared to look outside.
As a result, Yan Ji, who was standing at the door, saw the movement from afar and subconsciously shone the flashlight over there.
As soon as he opened the window, a beam of white light hit Tan Kangshun’s face: “…………”
Which kid?!
Wherever the flashlight shone, the captain's frowning old face was reflected.
Yan Ji quickly realized the problem, moved the flashlight to the side, and said, "Captain, it's me."
Without the bright light in his eyes, Tan Kangshun could finally see more clearly and asked in confusion, "It's Comrade Yan Ji. Why are you not sleeping in the middle of the night? What's the matter?"
Yan Ji said succinctly: "My brother found three strange men fainted at the foot of the mountain."
Although he was actually skeptical about the inexplicable fainting of these three people, now was not the time to delve into it.
At this critical juncture, it was very sensitive to have outsiders appear in the team in the middle of the night.
When Tan Kangshun heard this, he frowned, closed the window, took an umbrella, opened the door and went out.
After a while, the courtyard door was opened, and Tan Kangshun turned sideways: "Come in and talk."
Yan Ji wanted to say no, but then he thought again and felt that it was not realistic to ask the captain to go with him alone. The captain had several sons at home, and it would take time to wake them up.
Yan Ji followed him in, and Tan Kangshun asked as he walked in, "Are you sure it's not from our team?"
Yan Ji nodded: "Yeah, never seen it before."
Tan Kangshun asked a few more questions, and Yan Ji told him everything he knew from Yan Xia. He could ask questions if he didn't know.
Tan Kangshun made a decision immediately after hearing this, and patted the doors of the nearby rooms: "Dazhi! Dagang! Dayong! Hurry up and get up!"
Tan Kangshun shouted several times, and the doors of several rooms were finally opened from the inside.
Tan Dazhi was half asleep, and before he even opened his eyes, he started to mumble, "What's the matter, Dad?"
He rubbed his eyes with both hands and staggered over. As soon as he opened his eyes a little, he saw Yan Ji sitting in a chair in the dark.
In the middle of the night, a strange figure appeared at home. Tan Dazhi jumped three feet high and took several steps back: "Oh my god! What the hell is this?"
Yan Ji: “…………”
Something to do in the middle of the night to keep yourself busy.
Tan Kangshun slapped Tan Dazhi on the back of his head: "What the hell are you yelling about! That's Yan Ji, the educated youth. Hurry up and put on your clothes and follow me."
Tan Dazhi woke up: "Where are you going?"
Thinking of a possibility, Tan Dazhi was shocked: "Something happened in the warehouse?!"
Otherwise, what else could have happened that would make his father wake up all of them in the middle of the night?
Tan Dazhi became anxious instantly, and his two brothers who came in behind him also quickly buttoned up their clothes.
Tan Kangshun glared: "You don't want to ask your father for help every day. Nothing happened in the warehouse. We'll talk about it on the way."
During this time, He Xianghong was also awakened. She wanted to come out to take a look but was comforted by Tan Kangshun.
After sitting in the captain's house for a few minutes, Yan Ji finally set out on his journey back.
On the road, the big man walked quickly.
The three brothers Tan Dazhi finally figured out the situation. Tan Dazhi didn't understand: "Are those people trying to get into the village by walking down the mountain? What are they doing here?"
After he finished speaking, he didn't wait for anyone to answer. He thought of a possibility and said in a stuttering tone, "Did he steal the food?"
Tan Kangshun didn't say anything, but his frown made it clear that he actually thought so too.
Tan Dazhi cursed angrily: "Damn it, what a curse, not working hard but thinking about sneaky things every day."
The few of them walked and talked all the way.
Yan Jidu just listened without interrupting.
They were only halfway there when Yan Xia got a little bored of waiting and poked his elder brother in his sea of consciousness.
[Another person]: "You guys are walking so slowly."
Yan Ji's words were filled with disdain: "They talk too much."
Yan Xia: “???”
There doesn't seem to be any necessary connection between the two, right?
But this is not important, what is important is...
[Another person]: "Why do I feel like they are about to wake up? Let's find a way to make the captain quicker."
Yan Ji turned his head and looked at the captain who was in his fifties and was still supported by his two sons in silence.
Two seconds later.
[Yan Ji]: "Knock him out if he wakes up."
Yan Xia: “???”
It was confirmed that his elder brother was a little irritable because he couldn't sleep late at night.
In the end, he thought of his brother who was now facing a one-on-three situation, and the irritable Yan Ji unconsciously quickened his pace.
With him leading the way, the four people including Tan Kangshun and his sons behind him also walked much faster. The team leader walked steadily with the support of his two sons.
Ten minutes later, the group of five finally began to approach where Yan Xia was.
At this moment, Yan Xia, who was holding up a large tree leaf to block the rain, felt that he seemed to have some skills in making a bad name.
The person lying in the middle, who had a calm face as if he was asleep, moved, and the fingers swung on both sides also moved, and it seemed that he was about to wake up.
Yan Xia was alert and shook the broken flashlight in his hand.
[Another person]: "Where are you?"
[Yan Ji]: "Soon, you'll be able to see me when you stand up."
Upon hearing this, Yan Xia stood up immediately and saw five people about ten meters away.
Yan Xia was about to wave his hand happily, but the broken flashlight in his other hand, which he had been shaking, suddenly lit up and shone on his face from bottom to top.
Yan Xia lowered his head under the light. Through the light, he clearly saw the person lying on the ground in the middle open his eyes, and then...
“Ahhhhhhhh!! Ghost ghost ghost ghost! There’s a ghost!!”
"Don't catch me! I was wrong! I was wrong!!"
Er Laizi was so frightened when he saw a pale face in front of him as soon as he woke up. He remembered the face on the roof and the figure floating over. The memory before he fainted came back to him, and warm liquid suddenly flowed out from under his body.
Er Laizi howled and crawled to the other side. He wanted to escape, but his legs were too weak to stand up. Er Laizi cried as he crawled: "I was wrong! I was really wrong!! I didn't think about Widow Yang, I shouldn't have stolen the food! I won't dare to do it again!!"
"Don't catch me! Don't catch me! Please don't catch me! I don't want to die!"
"Catch Xu Dazhu! He was the one who asked me to steal!! He was the one who stole the most last year! It wasn't me!!"
…………
…
In extreme panic, Er Laizi blurted out everything without restraint and even tried to sell out his teammates to protect himself.
Just as I walked up to them, I heard the captain and his four sons: “!!!!!!”
They actually came to steal food!!
They also stole the Dongfeng Brigade last year!!
Damn these people!!
When the captain and his two sons were so angry that their chests heaved, Yan Xia suddenly lost focus in the chaos.
No, who is the ghost?? ! !
How could such a suave, handsome, positive and sunny young man become a ghost? ! !
Yan Xia stared at the person who had been crawling on the ground for a long time but was actually slipping away, and was furious.
You are the ghost!!
Your whole family is a ghost!!
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