Qian Xiao's eyes lit up. Could these two be spies unique to this era?
It is said that from that era until the 1980s, spies were constantly emerging, and they still exist in modern times, only not as rampant as they are now.
So, should she follow them, or should she follow them?
It seemed that her body acted without her brain even thinking much. Qian Xiao carefully followed the Wang father and son from a distance, not daring to get too close at all, after all, she was not really that reckless.
Qian Xiao is quite familiar with the mountains. She has only been to the deep mountains once. She saw wild boars fighting and ran back in the chaos. She was almost scared to death. After that, she just wandered around outside. She can tell you the location of the terrain with her eyes closed.
The place the Wang family father and son were going to was a place few villagers frequented in her memory, mainly because there wasn't much of value there, just enough firewood and such. Strangely enough, even wild vegetables were scarce there, so over time, the villagers stopped liking to go there.
She only went there twice, but there was no prey, no wild vegetables or mushrooms, so she gave up on it.
Seeing that the Wang family father and son had stopped ahead, Qian Xiao quickly hid. Few people from this village came here, so the weeds and such were more lush than in other places, making it easy to hide a child.
Through the gap, Qian Xiao used his exceptionally good eyesight to observe the movements of the Wang father and son. The two of them first stopped and looked around, as if to make sure that no one was following them.
She sat there for a while, smoking a cigarette, before continuing to walk inside. Qian Xiao tilted her head and thought about what it looked like inside. It seemed to be a slope, but quite steep. It would be quite troublesome to walk down. Anyway, when she saw the slope, she gave up the idea of going down to take a look.
After waiting for quite a while, Qian Xiao cautiously came out and walked forward along the road. When he got to the vicinity of the slope and observed that no one was there, he walked to the slope and carefully observed. He immediately saw a rope hanging in an inconspicuous corner.
Going down was out of the question; knowing the general area was enough. She wasn't confident she could come out safely; she valued her life highly. As for what lay below, she'd let her father see for himself.
Thinking of this, she carefully tried not to make any noise and quickly walked down the mountain.
"You brat, you've run off to play again in the blink of an eye. Your injury hasn't fully healed yet," Li Guizhi said, wanting to give her daughter a good slap when she saw her return. She preferred her lively and energetic daughter.
"Hehe, I just went out for some fresh air. I'll be back soon. Next time I go out, I'll definitely tell you first. Don't be angry. I'm going to go inside and lie down now."
She probably lost a lot of blood this time, because she felt exhausted and weak even after only being out for a short while.
Seeing that her daughter's face was a little pale, Li Guizhi knew that her daughter was still not well. "Go inside and lie down. I'll make you a bowl of brown sugar water. You're such a worry."
Hearing his wife speak, Qian Jiefang quickly came out: "What's wrong?"
“Your daughter sneaked out again. When she came back, she looked unwell. I thought she wasn’t getting better. I made her a bowl of brown sugar water.” For people in the countryside, brown sugar water is a good thing.
"Then I'll go check on my daughter first."
This was Qian Jiefang's first child, so naturally he doted on her more, especially since she was their only daughter for seven or eight years.
The house his daughter lived in was a mud house he built with his two younger brothers five years ago when he came back. Their family was considered well-off, but the mud house still had a tiled roof.
He went into his daughter's room and saw her lying on the kang (a heated brick bed). Her face didn't look as good as it had before. "You silly girl, can't you wait until you're fully recovered before going out to play? Is there anything else that's bothering you? Should we call Doctor Zhang to come and take a look?"
Seeing her father come in, Qian Xiao quickly sat up: "No need, I'm just tired, I'll be fine after a rest. Dad, come here, I have something to tell you."
Li Guizhi, who brought in the sweet soup, chuckled: "This guy is acting all serious. What big deal could a little kid like you possibly have?"
"Mother, don't look down on me. I never lie."
"Alright, alright, you're not lying. So tell me what you want with your dad? Give him some sugar water first. You'd better stay home these next few days. If you sneak out again, I'll beat you up."
She's the only one in her own family who's willing to hit her daughter. This child is incredibly bold; if she doesn't discipline her, she'll be out of control.
Qian Xiao changed the subject, saying, "Mom, why does it look like Grandma is calling you?"
Upon hearing this, Li Guizhi quickly turned around and saw her mother-in-law in the yard: "Alright, you two talk, I'll go out and see what your grandma wants."
"Mother, did you call me?"
The old lady was taken aback: "Ah! I didn't call you, but it's good that you're here. Our comrades from the Liberation Army have come over. Do you want to go and exchange some meat?"
Li Guizhi knew immediately that her daughter had tricked her. But thinking that her daughter wanted to whisper something to her father, she wasn't angry: "Okay, I'll go see if anyone has any meat or something, and I'll exchange some with them."
Qian Jiefang tapped his daughter's head: "You little rascal."
Qian Xiao rubbed his forehead: "Hehe, it's just that what I said wasn't suitable for my mother to hear."
Qian Jiefang found it amusing. What secrets could a seven-year-old possibly have that she would keep from her mother? "Tell me, what secrets does my daughter want to tell me?"
Qian Xiao looked around and, seeing no one else at her door, whispered, "I went to the foot of the mountain to relax and saw Old Man Wang and Wang Hunzi going up the mountain. I noticed they were acting suspiciously, so I thought I'd follow them to see what was going on."
"Think about it, who goes up the mountain without any household chores? At least they'd have a basket or something, right? Those two people went up the mountain empty-handed. Isn't that strange?"
Qian Jiefang nodded. His daughter was observant and a good candidate to be a reconnaissance soldier.
"I quietly followed them from a distance, afraid that the two of them would discover that I was up to no good. Guess where those two went?"
Qian Jiefang frowned, thinking about the map of the mountain behind his house. He had hardly been there since he joined the army, and when asked so suddenly, he really couldn't match the place his good daughter had mentioned.
He shook his head, and Qian Xiao continued, "Do you remember that strange place on the south side of the back mountain? There were no wild vegetables or mushrooms at all, and the grass grew really tall. Nobody in our village even liked to go there to collect firewood?"
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