Chapter 193 Stone Cliff

Lin Yue was absent-mindedly helping Zhang Yuandong pack his luggage. Zhang Yuandong sensed her mood, took the clothes from her hands, and forcefully pushed her to sit on the kang, comforting her: "You should take a rest. I can pack this little luggage by myself."

Lin Yue did not refuse. He sat on the kang and watched him pack up. Suddenly he said, "I want to go to Shitou Cliff to take a look. I have always felt uneasy since you mentioned it just now."

Zhang Yuandong stuffed the last piece of clothing into his bag, checked the time, and nodded, "Okay, I'll go borrow a bicycle from Lao Lu, and it will save some time."

Lin Yue followed him and said, "I'll go with you. Let's go quickly and come back quickly. Don't delay your mission."

The two of them didn't even look at the three children standing neatly, and quickly walked out of the house.

The kids next door were also being scolded. Zhou Aixiang was holding a feather whisk and forced Dongkai to run around the yard. Dongkai begged for mercy but his mother's anger was not appeased. He was hit hard on the buttocks several times without paying attention.

He saw Zhang Yuandong and Lin Yue appear at the door, with resentful looks on their faces, as if they had seen some treacherous people. Zhou Aixiang took advantage of his distraction, took off her cotton shoes, and threw them at his back with great precision, knocking him off balance.

Dongkai covered his back and turned around. Seeing that his mother was still angry, he immediately wanted to run farther away, but Zhou Aixiang stopped him with a loud shout.

Zhou Aixiang stood on one foot in the snow and said unhappily, "Why are you standing there? Bring me my shoes!"

Dongkai didn't want to do it at first, but when he met his mother's gaze, he froze immediately and obediently picked up the thick cotton shoe and handed it over.

Lin Yue laughed out loud, but she did not stop them. These kids were so brave that they needed to be taught a lesson, so that they would not be ignorant of the seriousness of the matter and run to dangerous places in the future.

As they pushed their bicycles out, they vaguely heard the sound of beating children coming from Auntie Hua's house in front of them. Today was destined to be a day that many children would never forget.

Zhang Yuandong heard the screams of other children being beaten, but he slowly exhaled a breath of hot air and sighed: "I don't want to punish them anymore. I also want to find a stick to beat them."

Lin Yue smiled and pushed him, got on the back of the bike, and put his arm around his waist, urging him, "Let's go, let's go quickly and come back quickly!"

Zhang Yuandong did not leave. He looked around and saw that there was no one on the street. He pulled Lin Yue's hand tightly around his waist until he felt Lin Yue's face pressed against his back. Then he let go of his hand with satisfaction and turned his head to whisper to Lin Yue: "How about we buy a bicycle too? I have enough tickets."

Lin Yue pushed him unhappily and said with a smile: "We can't use it now, so why do we need a bicycle?" As soon as she said this, she suddenly remembered the classic line from later generations and immediately found it funny.

Zhang Yuandong laughed, took her hand back, put it on his waist, stepped on the pedal, and rode forward.

The geographical environment of Shitouyazi was similar to what Zhang Yuandong had described. Standing at the foot of the hillside and looking up at the mountain, Lin Yue saw a frozen stream hanging on the bare rock wall, winding all the way to the foot of the mountain, forming a not-so-wide stream.

The place where the stream flows is not entirely flat, but rather uneven, with cracks in some places. Although they are not large, a child as small as a mushroom could easily step on one of their feet if they are not careful.

The mountain was really steep, and it would be very dangerous for the children to slide down. She was afraid when she thought of the children who had come to such a dangerous place to play almost every day. She had an impulse to store the entire rock wall in the space to stop the children from coming to play.

But this was obviously impossible, so she suppressed the impulse, found a big hammer from the space, climbed up the hillside, and started hammering at the more dangerous protrusions on the rock wall. She was strong and could knock off a rock in just a few hits without any effort.

Lin Yue moved upwards little by little and soon stopped at a relatively large gap. This gap was a must-go for the stream and it was very easy to hurt people, so Lin Yue planned to plug it.

She thought that if she couldn't ensure that the children would not sneak over to play, she should at least deal with these dangerous places. She found some stones and a small shovel from the space, first dug out all the debris inside, and then stuffed the stones back in.

This gap is not small, and there is a mess of everything in it, including pebbles, leaves, and even a straw sandal. I don't know which child dropped it here.

After cleaning, Lin Yue was about to put the stones back in when she found that some of the small stones she had cleaned out were not right. She picked one out and put it under the sunlight, and saw that the stone was shining with a faint yellow light. Lin Yue was startled and shouted loudly: "Zhang Yuandong, come here quickly!"

Zhang Yuandong was also holding a large hammer, hammering quickly on the rock wall from the other side. When he heard his wife calling his full name, he quickly took a few leaps to her side.

Lin Yue had calmed down from her shock. She picked up the stone and showed it to Zhang Yuandong: "Take a look. Is there anything different about this stone?"

Zhang Yuandong took it and looked at it, wondering, "It's not that different, but Lingling might like it. I remember that she used to like smashing rocks. The color of this rock is a little special. It should be pretty if it's smashed into powder."

Lin Yue immediately lowered his head, and felt that he was being a little fanciful. If this really was a gold mine, some of it would have been washed into the river by the water, and it would not have remained undiscovered.

She didn't want to waste any more time here, so she pulled Zhang Yuandong up and said, "Let's go back first. I guess those kids don't dare to come here recently. Let's go home first and don't delay your departure."

The bicycle was parked in an open area at the foot of the mountain, and the two walked down the mountain side by side. Lin Yue was holding a few faintly yellow stones in his hand.

It wasn't even December yet, but the black market had officially entered its severe winter. After several heavy snowfalls, the camp had completely changed.

Every morning when Lin Yue got up, the first thing he did was to push open the door blocked by the heavy snow, and then use a long rake to shovel down the snow on the roof layer by layer. After doing this, he still had to dig out at least a path from the snow in the yard and outside the gate.

Every time there is a heavy snowfall, it is a major project. Sometimes, before we have even finished clearing the snow, another heavy snowfall will come, and all the previous work will be in vain.

Lin Yue found that her previous worries about the children sneaking to play at the Stone Cliff were completely unnecessary. After that day, the river surface froze solid soon. The children now had a new place to play and probably forgot about their "secret base". In addition, the mountain was closed due to heavy snow. At this time, except for the soldiers who were not afraid of the severe cold and insisted on training, almost no one else was willing to go into the mountain.

Early in the morning, Lin Yue pushed open the gate, only to find that there were several young soldiers in thick military coats sweeping the snow on the street.

When everyone saw Lin Yue coming out, they all greeted him. One of the warriors with a dark face smiled and said, "Sister-in-law, don't worry about the snow on the street. We will clean it up. By the way, have you cleaned the roof of your house? Let us help you clear the snow. At this time last year, many people's roofs were collapsed by the heavy snow. You have to pay more attention to it this year."

Lin Yue smiled and said, "Thank you, but it's not necessary. I have just cleaned it up."

The soldier nodded to indicate that he understood. T and Lin Yue said goodbye briefly and then returned to clearing the road with his comrades.

Wang Tingting also woke up early in the morning. She was not as strong as Lin Yue, so she had to wait for Lin Yue to clear the snow in front of her door before she could come out of the house.

She has been getting up early recently and has taken over the job of making breakfast, but Lin Yue and the children are big eaters, so she has to be busy in the kitchen early every morning.

A group of children, having just put on their clothes, ran into the yard and cheered. They aimed at the two high snow piles that Lin Yue had built, jumped up, and threw themselves on them.

Lin Yue was just thankful that he didn't put anything else in the snow pile when he was making it, otherwise they would probably get hurt if they jumped into it.

After breakfast, she took the rake that Lin Yue had used to clean the roof in the morning and went out to work.

After she went out, she ran straight towards the dormitory area. She had never lived in the newly assigned dormitory. If the roof collapsed under the heavy snow, she would definitely be choked to death.

It was freezing cold outside. She was wrapped in a black leather coat, a dog-skin hat on her head, a large army green towel around her neck, and gloves she had woven herself. She was naked from head to toe, with only her eyes exposed.

In such weather, apart from the warriors sweeping snow on the street, almost no one was willing to go out. However, there were exceptions. In front of Wang Tingting, there was a woman in full armor, crunching on the snow.

The man obviously heard the sound behind him. He turned around vigilantly and his gaze stayed on Wang Tingting for a second. Then he turned around and continued walking.

But even though the person was fully armed, Wang Tingting still recognized the person's identity. It was Zhang Yulan! Looking at the direction she was walking, it turned out to be the direction of the carriage team.

It was snowing so heavily and the roads were dangerous, but she still wanted to go out. I really don't know what she was obsessed with that made her go out at this time.