Chapter 183 Friends
Gu Ci followed them and glanced at his watch. It was now twelve thirty-eight.
After they left the gate, he locked the iron railing gate from the inside before he felt at ease to look for the hoe.
It doesn’t matter if he really can’t find a hoe or shovel. He has a hatchet in his bag and can try to dig the ground.
The only difference is that its speed and force are not as good as a hoe.
But he was lucky and actually found a hoe in the corner, and immediately went to the backyard.
There were also some broken carved cabinets piled up in the backyard, a well on the east side, and a ground pot in the corner.
Between the pomegranate tree and the pear tree, a rope was tied and a few clothes were hung out to dry.
Gu Ci first moved the wood piled next to the pomegranate tree, then found a good spot and started digging quickly.
After digging about half a meter deep, he was already sweating profusely. He looked at the direction carefully, made sure he was not wrong, and continued digging hard.
He was afraid that if he delayed too long, the staff who had gone to the hospital would come back.
It's already 1:07 in the afternoon, almost half an hour.
Gu Ci gave himself an hour, and it would be dangerous if he exceeded this time.
It would be terrible if people who used to work here saw it.
At this moment, Gu Ci was so tense that he didn't feel tired at all and kept digging very hard.
He felt that time had never passed so quickly.
It was already half past one, and just when Gu Ci was about to give up, the last blow of the hoe seemed to hit iron, making a bang.
This immediately made Gu Ci full of energy. He dug further to the side and soon dug out a large square iron box.
The iron box was wrapped with oil paper. I tore off the oil paper on the lock, took out the key and tried carefully several times before finally opening it.
Inside the iron box were two small wooden jewelry boxes. He took out the clothes from the big backpack and put the two heavy boxes back into the big backpack.
This way it won't be so obvious.
After that, he had to fill the soil back. At this moment, Chu Hong's voice came from outside: "Gu Ci, Xiao Cao and I are back, open the door!"
The main reason was that the supply and marketing cooperative was not far away, just on the street in front. Cao Li was worried that the person who was going to pick her up would arrive early. If she missed him, she would have to wait for the bus, which was very troublesome.
Therefore, Chu Hong has tried her best to delay it until now.
However, she also took the opportunity to hint to Gu Ci that only she and Cao Li were back, and if it was inconvenient for him to open the door, he should find a way to refuse.
Gu Ci also understood Chu Hong's reminder. He wiped the sweat off his forehead, put his backpack and coat in the house next door, and then quickly walked to the front yard.
He did not open the door, but said solemnly: "I also encountered a snake when I was looking for a book. I originally thought of using a stick to pick up the snake and take it to the backyard to kill it."
"Unexpectedly, the snake got into the firewood pile due to carelessness."
"Will you come in and help me carry the firewood and look for snakes, or will you wait outside?"
Without waiting for them to speak, he said to Chu Hong, "You are timid and always afraid of these things. You don't need to come in. Wait for me outside, okay?"
Chu Hong cooperated very well: "Ah, that's really scary, I won't go in, just be careful, okay?"
Cao Li didn't want to go in either. She was too embarrassed to ask for help. She couldn't let outsiders help here while she was sitting outside doing nothing.
But now that Chu Hong had spoken first, she immediately followed suit: "Then I won't go in either. Thank you for your hard work."
She certainly couldn't tell Gu Ci to stop looking, after all, her second brother still had to work here, and she was afraid that the next one to be bitten by a snake would be her second brother.
Gu Ci finally managed to calm them down, turned around and strode back, his words were particularly powerful: "It's okay, just wait and drink the dragon and phoenix soup."
In fact, if he really encountered such a situation, he might not be so brave and would probably just turn around and run away.
It was just that the staff member in front of him was bitten, and he thought this was a ready-made excuse, so he took the opportunity to borrow it.
Cao Li outside was still feeling lucky: "It's really thanks to meeting you guys today, otherwise I really don't know what to do."
Chu Hong thought of Gu Ci who came out earlier. Although he was sweating profusely, he was in high spirits and even raised an eyebrow at her. It seemed that he must have gained something, right?
Therefore, she felt more comfortable with Cao Li and said with a smile, "We are friends, why are you being so polite? Isn't this the way it should be?"
Chu Hong would not admit that she was a superstitious person.
But after she changed from Chu Hong to Song Chu Hong, she felt that she could still believe some things. Isn't it said that the end of science is metaphysics?
Now Chu Hong feels that good things have been happening to her since she met Cao Li and she has good luck, and they can interact more often in the future.
So we must be friends.
"Yes, we are good friends." Cao Li was also very happy to hear this. She now really felt that Chu Hong was a good person.
After returning, Gu Ci filled in all the soil he had dug out, jumped on it a few times, and then put the wood that was originally piled on it back.
Finally, after making sure that there was nothing unusual, he went to the room where he put his bag, randomly found a few books and put them on the side, then went to open the door: "I really can't find it. I'll remind the staff here to be careful later."
When Cao Li heard this, her heart began to beat fast. Even if he opened the door, she didn't want to come in.
Finally, she stood in the yard reluctantly: "Chu Hong, let's stay in the yard for a while?"
Chu Hong responded: "I'll go get a stool."
Gu Ci went into every room and took a look.
Unfortunately, what is precious now is iron. Many houses are filled with all kinds of scrap copper and iron, such as large broken wall clocks and uneven iron cabinets.
Or there could be old bicycles with missing wheels, or some bulky furniture.
There were also a few rooms that were indeed piled with newspapers, books and the like.
Gu Ci flipped through the things, picked up two bundles of newspapers and some newer books, tied them into two bundles, put on his coat first, then put on his backpack and went out.
Cao Li was shocked: "You brought so many newspapers back? Aren't they too heavy?"
Gu Ci was very calm: "The newspaper can be pasted on the wall. We will be riding in the car anyway, so we won't be tired."
Then he asked her, "Where do you put it to be weighed?"
Cao Li waved her hand: "No need to weigh it, just take it."
Afraid that they would misunderstand that he was putting personal interests above public interest, he whispered, "If you guys took the iron and camphorwood boxes, I really wouldn't dare give them away for free. They were weighed before being sent in."
"But these books and newspapers are okay. My brothers and their friends usually use them to light the stove and fire."
"Some books in particular must be burned and cannot be kept..."
Chu Hong was originally in an excited mood, but after hearing her words, she felt a little blocked in her heart.
But this was not something she could change, so Chu Hong did not force him. She thanked him, said a few more words, and then left with Gu Ci.
After walking for a while, Gu Ci whispered to her: "I dug it up."
Chu Hong's mood improved again: "You are really amazing. I was worried that you didn't find it, and I was also afraid that you would be caught red-handed."
"Don't worry," Gu Ci felt warm in his heart when he heard her caring words, "We are lucky this time."
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