An Qingbai would glance at Zhuang Zhimeng every now and then while gathering pig feed to make sure she was safe before he could feel at ease.
After Hu Zi left, An Qingbai came over and said, "You seem to be quite popular with the kids. I've seen them bring you fruit several times in the last couple of days."
"That's right, I'm the kids' confidante! Let me tell you, if you treat me badly, I'll get the kids to teach you a lesson!"
"How could I dare to treat you badly? I love you dearly! Besides, if I dared to treat you badly, my mother would never forgive me!"
"Haha! Of course, my aunt is on my side."
An Qingbai affectionately pinched her small nose: "You're the best, aren't you?"
"That's a must! You have to face reality. Every time the kids see you, they're so scared they want to run away as far as they can. You're so handsome, how can you not be scary?"
An Qingbai didn't know why, but the children were all avoiding him, so when he saw Hu Zi there, he didn't come over, afraid of scaring Hu Zi away.
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Zhuang Zhimeng and An Qingbai were about to go home to cook after finishing the pig feed in the morning, thinking they would rest for a while before going up the mountain in the afternoon. However, the team leader came to announce that the mountain was closed and no one was allowed to go up the mountain on their own.
Zhuang Zhimeng guessed that it must be her second brother and the others who had arrived.
When the brigade leader returned home, Tian Cuie asked in surprise, "Why was the mountain suddenly closed? Did something happen to our mountain?"
"I don't know either, but the army told us to cooperate, so we cooperated! I don't think it's a bad thing. I even saw Zhuang Zhiqing's second brother inside!"
"That shouldn't be a big deal! Zhuang Zhiqing's second brother is a good person. Besides, Zhuang Zhiqing is in our village. If anything happens, her second brother will definitely talk to her!"
"I don't know how their parents raised them, both of them are so good!"
"Who can argue with that?"
The staff quarters of the Beijing Iron and Steel Plant.
"Xingzhou, I've also taken leave. Let's set off in the next couple of days, otherwise the roads will be too cold to travel!"
"Okay! Pack the things for Yaya, I'll go ask Grandpa if we can get sleeper tickets, and then we'll get ready to leave."
Since this wasn't an official business trip, Zhuang Xingzhou couldn't use his position as factory director to buy a sleeper ticket, so he had to ask the old man.
Hao Caiyun's request for leave also went through some twists and turns. It was only because the dean saw that she was very persistent and that she said she was looking after her daughter's boyfriend that the dean had no choice but to approve her leave and issue her a letter of introduction.
Zhuang Zhimeng's parents were coming, but she knew nothing about it.
Since there was no need to gather pig feed, she told the children that they would go to her house in the afternoon to learn to read.
The children cheered happily.
In the afternoon, several children arrived, and Tiger also invited his friends.
When Jiang Yanxia heard that it was about teaching children to recognize characters, she became interested and said she could join in, helping out after work or during her breaks.
Zhuang Zhimeng had no objection; whoever had the time could teach.
Finally, Su Mengmeng joined in, and after consulting with the children, she agreed to let An Qingbai join as well. Of course, it was Zhuang Zhimeng who said a lot of nice things before the children agreed.
When Zhuang Zhimeng began teaching the children to recognize some of the simplest vowels, Zhuang Zhiwu's troops had already arrived at the rocky area and started digging.
They dug a secret passage and entered a secret room.
Zhuang Zhiwu had heard An Qingbai say that the door could be pushed open, so he went forward and tried it himself, but it didn't budge.
They quickly called several soldiers forward, and together they pushed, but it still wasn't quite right. However, this time they made great progress, and it seemed to have moved in a little. They called a few more people forward, and together they finally managed to push the door open completely.
Upon opening the door, I saw many boxes. I opened them all and checked them; they were indeed as An Qingbai and the others had described.
Zhuang Zhiwu then directed the soldiers to start moving the boxes out. The soldiers carefully carried the boxes in pairs and moved them all away.
The troops had vehicles waiting to pick them up outside.
At the same time, the group of Japanese arrived at the other end of the secret passage.
This is an animal cave, and you have to walk a long way inside to reach the secret passage. The cave is pitch black, so dark you can't see your hand in front of your face, and you have to use a flashlight to get around.
As they walked, bats suddenly flew in from somewhere, startling the Japanese man who screamed in terror, while also having to be wary of the animals in the cave. They meandered and crawled for quite some distance.
Finally, as it was getting dark, we arrived at the entrance to the secret passage.
They hurried inside; the secret passage led quite a distance to the secret chamber. Unable to open the door, they decided to use explosives to detonate it.
The secret chamber opened, and the leader of the Japanese was dumbfounded, roaring, "Who stole my treasure? Who was it?"
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