Chapter 26
"You lost yourself?!" Tang Qingqing was incredulous. "What about the sheep? Are they all lost too?"
When Zhao Dahua heard this, he immediately became unhappy.
"Your brother is missing, how come you only care about sheep?"
"I'm asking about the specific situation. You're still blaming me. Your son is missing and you still remember to scold me. I don't think you're that worried."
Zhao Dahua was already extremely anxious, and he almost exploded when he heard this. He pointed at Tang Qingqing's nose and started to scold her again.
Tang Qiaoqiao quickly stepped in between and separated the two people.
"Auntie, my second cousin's matter is urgent. If we delay for too long, it will be harder to find him."
"Yes, yes, yes, I'm so angry. Tang Qingqing, aren't you the best at finding people? Hurry up and find your eldest brother back."
Zhao Dahua was about to pull over with his big hand again, and Tang Qingqing quickly dodged to the side.
"Why are you so anxious? You haven't asked anything clearly. How can I find him? Didn't he go to herd sheep with Wang Erxi? Is Wang Erxi missing too?"
"Wang Erxi wasn't lost. He came back with his sheep. That's why we knew Xingwang was missing."
Tang Qingqing quickly turned around and ran away.
Zhao Dahua was stunned for a moment, then slapped her thigh in anxiety and anger and cursed:
"You damn girl, you are going to die. You don't even care about your brother's life. What's the point of me raising you to this age? The Public Security Bureau is still praising little heroes. How can there be such an inhuman hero?"
Tang Qiaoqiao grew up following Tang Qingqing, and as soon as she saw Tang Qingqing's attitude, she knew what she wanted to do.
"Auntie, please stop scolding me. Sister Qingqing is going to look for Brother Erxi."
Zhao Dahua immediately fell silent. He stopped so suddenly that he even burped.
"real?"
"Really? Didn't you see that this direction is Erxi's home? Only after I found Erxi did I know how my second cousin got lost. Otherwise, even if I were Sun Wukong, I wouldn't have anywhere to look for him."
Tang Qiaoqiao has now finished reading the entire "Journey to the West". Although she only looked at the pictures, she has a general idea of the story.
Her favorite is Sun Wukong, and now she likes to mention Sun Wukong from time to time.
After hearing this, Zhao Dahua wiped away her tears and hurried over.
"Erxi is also a bastard. He came back on his own when Xingwang got lost. Why didn't he follow to look for him? I said at the beginning that Erxi was unreliable. How could he be a partner with Xingwang to herd sheep?
If anything happens to Xingwang, I will definitely not let Wang Erxi's family have an easy time, what the hell! "
Zhao Dahua was crying and swearing, and Tang Qiaoqiao had short legs and could only jog after her. She did not comment on what Zhao Dahua said.
When Tang Qiaoqiao ran to Wang Erxi's house, there were already many people gathered near his house.
"If anything happens to my prosperous family, I will not live anymore. I will hang myself at your doorstep!"
"My Xingwang, my poor Xingwang, how did you end up in such trouble? Someone is deliberately trying to harm you!"
As soon as Tang Qingqing got closer, she heard Old Lady Wu crying. If you didn’t know, you would have thought that Tang Xingwang was dead.
"Qingqing, you are finally here."
As soon as Tang Qingqing approached, someone noticed her and called out to her.
The crowd watching the excitement suddenly made way for them tacitly, as if they were following some instructions.
Tang Qingqing saw that in the room, Old Lady Wu was sitting on the ground, slapping her thighs and swearing, while Tang Jianjun was stiff-necked and glaring at Wang Erxi's family.
The team leader and several team officials also arrived and comforted the two families respectively.
When Old Lady Wu saw Tang Qingqing, she immediately became excited.
"Qingqing, my precious granddaughter, your eldest brother is missing. The younger brother who will support you when you get married is missing!"
Old Mrs. Wu started howling again. She was really sad, otherwise she would not dare to sit on the ground in the middle of winter.
This was the first time that Old Lady Wu called Tang Qingqing affectionately. If it wasn't for the wrong occasion, she would have been covered in goosebumps.
Tang Jianjun still looked serious when he saw her coming.
"You don't know how to find anything, hurry up and find your brother."
Tang Qingqing couldn't help but frown. Who was being commanded in this tone?
The captain came over quickly and said, "Qingqing, you have to take action in this matter. Not only is Tang Xingwang missing, but two sheep are also missing."
With the reward from the Public Security Bureau, no one doubts Tang Qingqing's ability anymore.
"The sheep is lost too? What's going on?"
Old Lady Wu howled, "It was this bastard who made our Xingwang go looking for sheep. He wanted to kill our Xingwang!"
Tang Jianjun: "You are also responsible for this matter. You insisted on forcing them to learn coding. If it weren't for you..."
Tang Qingqing glared and immediately became unhappy:
"Wait, what do you mean I asked Tang Xingwang to learn the code? Didn't you ask me to teach them? Can you blame me for this? Besides, they didn't even learn it."
Seeing that this family was about to start a quarrel, the captain felt a headache and shouted loudly:
"You guys think you have too many mouths! Others have nothing to say! You guys have so much free time, get off the ground now!"
The team leader has been a cadre for so many years and has great prestige in the team. Normally, everyone has a close relationship with each other, but when something really happens, he is like Yan Luo and his words are very effective.
The scene suddenly became quiet, and Old Lady Wu could only sob.
The captain glared at Tang Jianjun and said, "Why don't you pull your mother up quickly? You are so old and still sitting on the ground. Aren't you afraid that your mother will freeze to death?"
Tang Jianjun quickly helped Mrs. Wu up. The captain hadn't lost his temper just now, so Mrs. Wu dared to yell like that. But now that she was really angry, she behaved herself.
Besides, the ground was really cold and she couldn't sit still any longer.
The other officers pulled the two of them aside, and the noisy room finally quieted down and no longer caused headaches from the noise.
The captain pulled Wang Erxi to Tang Qingqing and said, "I'll let Erxi explain it to you in detail."
On the other hand, he did not forget to remind Wang Erxi: "You kid, explain the matter clearly, don't miss anything and cause delays."
Wang Erxi nodded repeatedly and said:
"Today, Tang Xingwang didn't come over for a long time, so I was very angry and gave him a few lectures. He then started to get angry with me and ignored me the whole way."
"You know there are fewer things in winter, so after walking through a place, we have to move to another place to continue looking for food. We arrived at a date field, and the sheep used their mouths to dig out the unwanted small dates and grass stems that had fallen from the snow. After a while, I thought it was enough and wanted to chase the sheep away. But Tang Xingwang insisted that he would not leave because there was still some on the ground."
"There was no more on the ground. It was obvious that he was too lazy to walk and felt that it was too far to walk and his feet would hurt. We had been arguing from the beginning, and it got even more intense at this point. In the end, he said, 'You can leave if you want, but I'm not leaving anyway.'
I had no choice at the time. I couldn't let the sheep go hungry, so I drove them away. But two sheep were still unwilling to move and kept digging in the ground to look for dates. I asked Tang Xingwang to watch those sheep and catch up when they ran out of food.
But I never met Tang Xingwang again when I came back, and I didn’t know where he had chased the two sheep away.”
When Old Lady Wu heard this, she started crying again: "How dare you leave Xingwang alone in the mountains? You wanted to kill him. How can you be so mean at such a young age? How did you teach your child?"
Wang Erxi couldn't bear it any longer after being scolded: "Why don't you say that he was lazy and didn't work hard, and left me in the mountains? He was twelve years old, and I was only ten. Who wants whose life? It's a pity to team up with him. Every time, I was the one who did the hard work, and he just stood there like a young master and did nothing.
I won’t say any more about these. You guys are blaming me for the loss of my life. What does this have to do with me? "
Wang Erxi felt extremely aggrieved. This had nothing to do with him. Was he just going to stay there and let the sheep go hungry just to please Tang Xingwang?
Or should he carry Tang Xingwang, who is even bigger than him, on his back and move forward together? He had the will but not the energy.
In winter, sheep herders have to walk a long way to ensure that the sheep are well fed. Now he is tired and hungry, and he is also being scolded.
The family members also said that the Tang family was sad about the loss of their child and it was okay for them to say a few words, which was why he had remained silent just now.
But this doesn't mean they are soft persimmons that can be squeezed however you want.
When Mrs. Wu heard this, she became even more angry: "What's wrong with asking you to take care of him? My uncle Xingwang is the factory director, and my sister has joined the art troupe. They are all with big leaders, and they will be able to eat commercial grain in the future. You actually lost him!"
The captain frowned upon hearing this and shouted at Tang Jianjun:
"Look at what your mother said. Does she want to make a mistake? What? She still looks down on us farmers and thinks we farmers have to give in to him, the future leader?"
Tang Jianjun didn't think that what Old Lady Wu said was wrong, but seeing the captain's gloomy face, he also knew that a good man would not suffer a loss in front of him.
"Mom, please stop talking. What's the point of saying all this now? People can't fly back."
Tang Qingqing looked at the farce in front of her and felt very bored.
She said directly to the captain: "We have to start from where Wang Erxi and Tang Xingwang separated to see if there are any clues there."
"Okay, I'll just wait for you to speak."
Zhao Dahua also rushed over at this time, and when he heard this, he shouted:
"Then what are you still doing here? Go find someone!"
Tang Qingqing was too lazy to pay attention to her. "Captain, it's getting dark now. We need to prepare torches and flashlights. It's better to have flashlights. It's windy at night now. The light from the torches will flicker easily, which will affect my ability to see the footprints on the ground."
"Okay, I'll go find some flashlights," the captain said. "If you need anything else, just let me know."
Tang Qingqing shook her head: "No, let's go as soon as possible. The longer we delay, the harder it will be to find people."
Old Lady Wu and Zhao Dahua were both yelling, "Hurry up and don't delay any longer. If you delay for so long, it will be all over if something happens."
Tang Qingqing was too lazy to pay attention to them and was stopped by Wang Erxi's mother before she even walked out the door.
Wang Erxi's mother hurried over and stuffed an oilcloth bag into her hand.
“青青，你還沒吃飯吧？你帶着點餅子在路上吃，別把自己給餓着。”
唐青青被塞了個滿懷，能感受到包裹是溫的。
“嬸兒，謝謝你。”
趙大花冷哼：“這是他們家該的。”
唐青青懶得理會她，揉了揉王二喜的腦袋：“不用擔心，我會把人和羊找回來的。”
雖然這事不能怪王二喜，可既然安排組隊，就有責任和義務跟自己的同伴和羊一塊回來。
小男孩心裏其實也很難受，只不過被罵狠了才忍不住解釋幾句。
他挨罵就算了，全家人跟着一塊挨罵，心裏很是不痛快。
王二喜紅了眼，低下了頭。
“你也準備準備，晚上外頭涼，別給凍着了。”
王二喜知道地方，他也得跟着一塊去。
大隊長很快安排好人手，準備一塊出發找人。
丢了小孩和羊，光靠唐青青一個人肯定是不行的，得全大隊的壯勞力一塊行動，才能盡早将人找回來。
唐青青和王二喜一行人先走，後面的人集結好了再分頭行動。
唐青青正準備出村口時，身後有人叫着他的名字。
轉過頭一看，是大伯母跑來了。
“大伯母，您怎麽來了？”
大伯母将手裏的衣服往唐青青手裏一放，“這是你大伯的襖子，比你的襖子要厚，披上就凍不着了。”
大伯不僅腿殘疾，身體也比普通人要虛，因此衣服也更厚，否則熬不住。
“這咋行，我穿了大伯穿上啊，會把他給凍着的。”
唐青青想推回來，大伯母卻硬塞給他。
“他就在炕上，哪也不去，不會被凍着的。你在外頭不一樣，得穿得厚點。行啦，別磨蹭了，大家都等着呢。”
大伯母說完就跑了，不給唐青青拒絕的機會。
唐青青抓着外套，心中百感交集。
之前她心裏不是沒有別扭的，大伯母是後來嫁進來的有可能不知情，可大伯卻一直在家的，難道他沒發覺她被替換了嗎？
可現在覺得，有時候沒必要把事情想太清楚，有些事情也并沒有那麽重要。
大伯在這個家一直沒啥存在感，要不是大伯母嫁進來，把他帶活了，興許死了也沒幾個人記得他。
他是個殘疾人，養活自己都不容易，被視為這個家的累贅，他又有什麽能力伸張正義呢，沒人在意他的意見。
唐青青将棉襖披在身上，身體頓時暖了不少。
而當她的手摸進兜裏，發現裏面還藏着兩個熱乎乎的雞蛋。
大伯因為殘疾，身量并不高，所以唐青青穿着雖然大了些卻也沒有影響行動。
雪又漸漸地落了下來，而且又越下越大的趨勢，這讓大家都不由皺起眉頭。
大隊長：“青青，下雪了會不會影響你看腳印找人？”
唐青青老實道：“雪要是下得太大，肯定會影響找人，不過将雪清理了，還是能看到腳印的，只是速度會放慢很多。”
大隊長眉頭皺得緊緊的，“希望那孩子機靈點，要是冷了就抱着羊，別把自己凍個好歹來。”
唐青青穿得厚是不冷了，可走路的速度也被放慢，大隊長看她走得艱難，半提着她往前走。
沒走一會，又看到兩個身影站在那。
“你們兩個怎麽站在這裏？”大隊長看到兩人，很是詫異。
這兩人正是王黑子和翟弘毅。
王黑子嬉皮笑臉：“大爺爺，這麽大的事，沒有我們三劍客那是不行的。”
“啥玩意？啥三賤客？還有人說自己賤的？”
“大爺爺，你罵我就算了，咋還能把唐青青和翟知青罵了？”
翟弘毅：“大隊長，我們都聽說了隊裏丢了個小孩，也過來一塊找人。”
大隊長聽這話對翟弘毅的印象更好了，一開始還以為這是個刺頭，以後肯定不好管。
事實上，也确實很無組織無紀律，憑借自己家世好，家裏有人經常給他寄東西不怕沒吃的，幹活特別不積極。
每次都是幹半天，另外半天怎麽叫他都不搭理。
後來發現他雖然只看半天，卻比其他知青幹一天的活還要多。
他只是不喜歡往死裏幹，可賺的工分也還算能看。
而且他不似其他知青一樣喜歡作妖，每次一聽說有工農兵大學名額或者回城名額，各種心思就起來了，他完全不在意，該幹啥幹啥。
現在翟弘毅知道隊裏走丢了孩子，大晚上下雪天，還知道跑過來幫忙，思想上是個進步的，以前錯怪他了。
大隊長肯定的點點頭：“好樣的。”
走着走着，翟弘毅和王黑子不知不覺就開始替代大隊長攬着唐青青往前走。
唐青青很是高興，“你們怎麽來了？”
王黑子：“說好了，咱們三是一夥的，這麽大的事肯定得一起啊。我們也算有些經驗，能幹不少事呢。草兒也想來，被我給攔住了。”
翟弘毅：“反正閑着也是閑着。”
走了沒一會，翟弘毅就拿出個軍用水壺遞給唐青青：“喝點水。”
唐青青：“我不渴。”
“廢什麽話啊。”翟弘毅一臉的不耐煩。
唐青青無奈，只能拿起水壺灌了一口，還好沒喝太多，否則就被燙着了。
翟弘毅懊惱：“啊，差點忘了，這水是剛燒開灌進去的。你沒事吧？”
唐青青搖了搖頭，天氣冷倒也沒怎麽燙到，只是她沒想到竟然是紅糖姜茶。
不僅甜滋滋的，喝下肚身上還暖洋洋的。
唐青青身上雖然穿得暖和，可鞋子薄又踩着雪，腳還是冰的。
現在有了熱烘烘的紅糖姜茶，裏面姜放得多，整個人都覺得熱烘烘的。
“你們剛剛熬的？”
王黑子嘿嘿笑道：“要不然我們怎麽這麽久才出現，去你師父那兒熬的。可惜咱們沒有木炭，否則給弄個木炭簍子，手也暖和了。”
唐青青很是感動：“謝謝你們。”
王黑子打了個哆嗦：“你突然這麽客氣，我這怎麽聽着別扭。你要謝也要謝毅哥，我都不知道還要準備這些玩意。”
唐青青很是驚訝，完全沒有想到翟弘毅竟然這麽細心。
翟弘毅淡淡道：“女孩子不能凍着。”
唐青青笑得眉眼彎彎的，“毅哥，以後嫂子肯定可幸福了。”
翟弘毅難得耳根子紅了起來。
一行人走到王二喜所說的地方，天色已經徹底暗了下來，雪依然飄着，将之前地上的腳印全都給覆蓋住了。
大隊長走到唐青青身邊：“青青，這怎麽清理？直接掃了？”
唐青青叫來王二喜：“你最後見到唐興旺他是站在哪裏，你還記得嗎？”
王二喜點點頭：“就在那棵棗樹下面。”
唐青青走了過去，還沒發話翟弘毅就用樹枝紮的掃把在地面清掃。
大隊長見狀，心底也不由感嘆，城裏人就是比鄉下人更有眼色。
沒一會，淺淺的腳印露了出來。
唐青青走向前查看，也沒拿出尺子，而是用手比劃了幾下。
“這是唐興旺的腳印，繼續在附近清掃，記得別太用勁。”
大隊長連忙吩咐下去，讓大家學着翟弘毅在附近找樹枝，臨時紮掃帚。
唐青青也想幫忙，被王黑子攔住了。
“你負責用腦就行，這種體力活你就別摻和了，回頭沒體力找人了。”
唐青青也沒堅持，一直緊盯着大家的動作。
山坡上的積雪沒有那麽嚴重，因此也不需要費什麽工夫，就露出一大片地方。
唐青青用一根樹枝，在一點點地‘圈蹤’，研究唐興旺的腳印軌跡。
其他人都秉着氣不敢打擾她，生怕吵着了就找不着人了。
唐青青一步步往外走，有的地方沒有足跡，她依然用棍子在一個地方圈了起來。
王黑子是個好奇心強的，趁着唐青青站直身舒展身體的時候，詢問道：
“有的地方沒腳印，你怎麽也在畫圈圈啊？”
唐青青：“那些地方不是沒有腳印，而是看不清而已。把它們都圈出來，是為了琢磨人是往哪裏走的，預計會往哪個方向移動。”
很多時候腳印都不是一路都有的，一些地面比較硬的地方，又沒有塵土，腳印就不見了。
這時候就需要敏銳去觀察和推測，追查對象是往哪裏走。
不管是人還是羊，行走都是有規律的，抓住規律就能找到‘消失的足跡’。
随着唐青青的移動，大家發現唐興旺既沒有順着路去找王二喜，也沒有趕着羊回大隊，而是往一條小路前行。
大隊長：“這孩子怎麽走這條道？那邊又沒什麽吃的，山路還不好走。”
唐青青：“是那兩只羊往那邊跑的，當時兩只羊應該是沒吃的了，就想跟着大部隊一塊走，唐興旺不想跑這麽遠，想拉着兩只羊往回趕，結果兩只羊生氣就給跑了。一追一跑的，就往那條岔道走了。
那兩只羊脾氣最差，平常最是不聽話。要是有頭羊在還好，沒有頭羊在，羊倌又壓不住它們，就很容易鬧起來。”
羊和人一樣，都是有自己脾氣的。
唐青青放了這麽長時間的羊，對所有羊都非常熟悉和了解。
一看羊蹄印就知道丢了哪兩只羊，在看地上紛亂的腳印，當時發生的事就仿佛電影一樣在她的腦海裏轉悠。
“回頭找到它們，第一件事就把他們拿到公社給賣了！”大隊長惡狠狠道。
唐青青繼續沿着那條岔路走，這條道又窄又不好走，時不時聽到石頭落下去的聲音。
大隊長心裏着急，別把人給摔下去，那可就麻煩了。
還好唐青青一直往前走沒停，讓大隊長安心不少。
可沒一會，他的心又提了起來。
遠處，有狼嚎的聲音。
“大隊長，狼不會下山了吧？可別被唐興旺給遇上啊！”
跟着一起尋人的一個民兵說道。
冬天野外是最不安全的，別的時候山上有吃的，野獸不容易下山。
可大冬天山上沒吃的，可就不一定了。
之前沒到冬天的時候，別的大隊就曾出現過狼，還好發現及時沒讓那狼把小孩給叼走。
可大家夥也沒有逮住那只狼，而且狼都是群居的，也不知道有多少只狼在山上藏着。
大隊長臉色不好看，“大家都警惕着些，槍都給拿穩了，別沖動打錯了人。”
出來的民兵都是扛着槍的，這年頭比較亂，出門在外得注意防身。
“青丫頭，沒看到有狼腳印吧？”
唐青青搖搖頭：“沒有，這一片都幹淨的。”
一群人繼續迎着風雪往前走，大約走了七八裏路，唐青青又停了下來，她皺起眉頭一臉嚴肅。
翟弘毅：“怎麽了？”
“唐興旺在這裏和兩只羊岔開走了。”
“啥？”大隊長聽到這話，頓覺不妙。“咋就岔開走了？”
這麽冷的天，要是能跟羊在一塊，就不怕被凍着，可要是分開了，大人還好知道輕重，小孩子要是累着躺在地上，第二天可就沒了。
唐興旺是個被寵着的，脾氣還不小，可別真像他猜的一樣就麻煩了。
“看樣子是他跟不上那兩只羊，走丢了。”
大隊長雖然心疼，卻毫不猶豫地下令道：“先找人，回頭再來找羊。”
羊丢失時間長了基本就不指望了，他們大隊前一陣剛損失了幾萬斤的糧食，現在再丢兩只羊，可謂屋漏偏遇見連夜雨，可兩只羊再昂貴也沒有人命重要。
唐青青用石頭在羊走失的方向做了個标記，然後就繼續跟蹤腳印去找唐興旺。
大雪天嚴重妨礙了找人的速度，唐青青經常在一個地方來回打轉，才能找到一絲線索。
時不時聽到的野獸叫聲，更是讓大家的心情變得很沉重。
中途，唐青青還發現了狼的腳印。
聽到唐青青的話，大家更是擔憂不已。
“隊長，唐興旺不會被狼叼走了吧？”一民兵說道。
唐青青否定道：“他們并沒有撞到一起，雖然間隔的時間不算很長，可目前唐興旺還是安全的。”
附近沒有血跡，而且狼的腳印來回都是一樣的深淺，也就沒有叼着東西走。
大家心裏頭雖然舒了一口氣，可依然覺得十分危險。
大隊長覺得這樣找太慢，他們這一隊的人太多了，就将一個隊伍分成兩個隊伍，讓其他人帶着火把往附近找人。
大隊其他人現在也拿着火把到處找人，有時候還會撞到一起。
得知對方都沒有找到線索，心裏都很着急。
“這孩子跑哪去了？找不到羊咋不知道趕緊回來，不會是迷路了吧？”大隊長擔憂道。
唐青青一開始也是這麽認為的，他确實在一塊地方來回轉，也導致她沒有什麽進展。
不過很快，唐青青發現唐興旺似乎發現了什麽，非常堅定的朝着一個方向走去。
“大隊長，這條道通向哪個大隊啊？”
大晚上的不好辨別，可大隊長對附近很熟悉，看了幾眼就看出來了。
“再往前走個一裏路，就會有一條道，那裏是通往平塘大隊的。”
“平塘大隊？”
“對。”
“大隊長，大晚上的你是咋認出來的？”
大隊長指着一個山頭，在月光的照耀下，能隐約看到一棵樹立在山頂尖上。
“你看到那棵樹沒有，長得尖尖的跟松樹似的，旁邊還有一塊大石頭，一看就能認出來了。”
唐青青順過去一看，果然很明顯，跟地标似的。
“大隊長，我大概猜到唐興旺現在在哪裏了。”
“哪？”
“平塘大隊是我奶的娘家，他以前經常跟我奶去平塘大隊，估摸他發現了這棵樹和石頭，就幹脆往平塘大隊走了。”
大隊長聽到這話，頓時提起了精神：“走，趕緊的！”
有了目标，一行人的速度加快。
唐青青并未因此放棄追蹤，還是會關注腳印。
上了大道後，唐青青越發肯定自己的猜測，也就不再一直半蹲着看腳印了。
一行人追蹤到平塘大隊，唐青青在村口發現唐興旺的腳印，整顆心徹底放了下來。
沒多久，他們找到了吳家。
此時吳家早就已經睡了，幾人剛靠近就聽到有狗叫聲。
大隊長讓唐青青幾人往後站，自己在門口吼起來。
“有人在家嗎，勞駕開個門。”
沒一會，屋子的燈亮了起來。
“誰啊，怎麽大半夜來叫門。”
“我們是榕山大隊的，唐興旺在不在這裏？”
一聽這話，房門頓時被打開了，一個披着外套的男人走了出來。
唐青青認出這個人就是大表叔吳大錘，她走向前道：“大伯，我是青青，興旺在您家嗎？”
吳大錘看到唐青青，尤其看到他旁邊跟着幾個拿着火把電筒的人，很是詫異。
“在啊，就在屋子裏睡着呢，你們咋大半夜過來找人啊？是家裏遇上事啦？”
唐青青聽這話不對，其他人也感受到了。
大隊長：“唐興旺啥時候到你們大隊的？ ”
“昨兒下午兩三點的時候啊，他說來家裏看看，咋的啦？”
一陣風吹過來，吳大錘感受到冷意，連忙招呼大家趕緊進來。
“先進屋再說，外頭冷，別給凍着。”
一群人都凍得夠嗆，抖了抖身上的雪，紛紛走進了屋子。
這時候吳家其他人聽到動靜，也爬起來了，也就孩子們睡得熟沒被吵醒
吳大錘：“這是咋回事啊？”
大隊長沒回答，只是問道：“他是咋跟你們說的啊？”
“就說想我們了，冬天在家裏沒事幹，就跑過來找他幾個兄弟玩。我還說他奶怎麽放心他一個人過來，他說他現在長大了，能自己一個人出門了。”
鄉下孩子都是散養的，十二歲确實能辦不少事了。
自個走遠路，也不是沒有的事。
唐興旺又經常跟着吳老太過來，跟家裏幾個小的玩得很好，這是兩家都喜聞樂見的。
吳家人聽他這麽說，也沒懷疑什麽。
榕山大隊一群人都不知道該說什麽才好了，他們找得人仰馬翻，唐興旺倒好自己跑過來玩得痛快。
他在床上躺得好好的，他們差點被凍死累死。
雖然知道這麽大的孩子怕擔責任，畢竟他把兩只羊給弄丢了，所以才不敢說實話。
可理解歸理解，生氣也是要生氣的。
要是他早一點坦白，吳家這邊派人回去說一聲，他們也不用整個大隊的人冒着風雪大晚上找人。
大隊長将事情原原本本跟吳家人說起，吳家人也沒想到事情鬧得這麽大。
“哎喲，這孩子可真是，我瞧他好像沒事人一樣，也就沒想那麽多，哪知道！我這就把他給叫起來！鬧這麽大的事，欠揍呢！”
大隊長擺擺手：“算了，現在鬧起來也沒意思，回頭再說吧。大晚上的別折騰了，今晚打擾了，你們都去睡吧。”
吳家人要給一行人安排住所，大隊長拒絕了。
“我們得回去通知其他人，讓他們別找了，明天勞駕你們把他送回來。”
大隊長又看向唐青青：“你就別折騰了，留下來休息吧，明天跟唐興旺一塊回去。”
唐青青看向王黑子和翟弘毅，也希望他們留下來。
兩人卻都表示出一副拒絕的态度，她也想跟着走了。
翟弘毅卻朝着她搖搖頭：“想想你的身體。”
“可是大隊的羊怎麽辦？現在去找興許還能找回來。”
大隊長：“別折騰了，有啥事明天再說吧。”
他不是不心疼兩只羊，可這種天實在太冷了。
唐青青的臉都凍白了，他也得顧着小姑娘的身體。
唐青青最終還是選擇留了下來，跟舅爺家的幾個女孩睡在炕上，沾上床沒一會就累得睡着了。
第二天醒來，就看到有小孩兒好奇地看着她，不明白她是怎麽冒出來的。
昨天晚上睡覺的時候還沒人，早上起來就看到她了。
唐興旺醒來的時候，看到舅公家的人表情都不太對，心裏莫名有些害怕。
直到他走到堂屋，看到了唐青青，臉色頓時變得難看起來。
“你怎麽在這？”
“你說我怎麽會在這？”
唐興旺吓了一跳，連忙叫嚷：“大舅，把她趕出去，快把她趕出去！”
Wu Dazhui slapped him on the back and said, "What are you yelling about? You didn't say a word about such a big thing! If the people from Rongshan Brigade hadn't come looking for us, we wouldn't have known that you hadn't even told your family!
Your grandma loves you so much, she would be so worried if you were gone!"
Tang Xingwang burst into tears when he heard this: "Uncle, don't listen to her nonsense. I didn't sneak out. She just can't stand seeing me doing well."
Wu Dazhui's brows furrowed even more when he heard this, and he yelled, "Tang Xingwang! Are you still a master? You are not afraid of doing something wrong, but you refuse to repent after doing something wrong, and you think you can get away with it by hiding it. You are a coward!"
Tang Xingwang shivered when he was yelled at. He never knew that the usually cheerful Wu Dachuen could be so scary when he got angry.
"Uncle, it's really her..."
"Don't call me uncle, pack your things quickly, I'll take you home now!"
Tang Xingwang wanted to cry again, but Wu Dachu glared at him and scolded him:
"What is a man thinking when he cries like that! You are the eldest son and grandson of the Tang family. You will be responsible for the future. Your grandma is counting on you, but what can you do in your current state?"