Shi Tianliang was stunned for a moment. He really couldn't figure out what kind of tricks Comrade Zhou was going to use.
But he had to respond: "Okay, I'm going to gather the villagers, but I don't think Mu Xiaowan will be in the village. She has no family here, so there's no need for her to come back."
Before he could finish his words, he saw Zhou Shixun walking out. He was stunned for a moment and could only follow him.
I still feel that Comrade Zhou's style of doing things is different from the past two days, but I can't tell what's wrong.
Following Zhou Shixun out of the house, I saw him go straight to the village entrance and stand under a bell, which was rung to call the villagers to go to work or leave work.
Although Zhou Shixun didn't say anything and just stared at the clock, Shi Tianliang understood and hurried over to pull the rope and ring the bell.
The villagers, who had just finished work and were preparing to have lunch at home, had to come out of their homes when they heard the bell and walked lazily towards the village entrance.
After waiting for a long time, a group of people, including Sun Tiejun, gathered at the entrance of the village.
Zhou Shixun still stood tall and upright, standing aside with no intention of speaking.
Shi Tianliang looked back several times and saw that Zhou Shixun's brows were relaxed as if he was looking into the distance. His calm expression was really hard to guess.
He could only turn around and look at the villagers, cleared his throat, and began his performance: "Thank you all for your help these past two days. My family is in trouble because of you. I called you here today because I have something to ask of you."
"I don't know if you still remember Mu Xiaowan, the young educated youth who came to our village seven years ago. Comrade Zhou suspected that she disappeared in our village. If you have seen her, please tell me about it."
"Have you ever seen a strange girl?"
Shi Tianliang asked the question three times in a row, and the villagers looked at each other, all puzzled and puzzled.
Someone asked curiously, "I heard that Mu Xiaowan came here two days ago, but how come she disappeared in our village? Did we hide her?"
"Yes, Secretary, what do you mean? Our village is full of honest farmers. How could we hide a grown girl? If this gets out, our village will be like a den of bandits."
"That's right. I would definitely not be happy if this harmed the reputation of our village. It would be hard for our children to find a partner in the future."
The topic suddenly changed. No one cared about where Mu Xiaowan went. Instead, everyone was concerned about the reputation of the village.
Zhou Shixun put his hands behind his back, his eyes indifferently sliding across the seemingly simple and honest faces in front of him, and then turned his head to ask Shi Tianliang: "What did I tell you?"
Shi Tianliang panicked for a moment, then thought about it and felt that what he said was very obscure. The villagers just looked at him and spoke, but Comrade Zhou could find out?
I hurriedly explained: "It's a misunderstanding. The people in our village are very warm-hearted and kind, so it's a misunderstanding. We will go look for him right now."
Zhou Shixun pointed to the river outside and said, "Let's search upstream along the river. Maybe we'll find something. I'll leave it to you all."
Shi Tianliang, who was holding his breath, suddenly relaxed and secretly breathed a sigh of relief. He shouted to everyone, "Let's divide into two groups. One group will search in the village, and the other group will search upstream along the river as Comrade Zhou said."
Zhou Shixun still had no expression on his face. He walked upstream towards the river with the group of people, looking very serious about looking for someone. He did not miss any red willow bushes, bushes, or places with lush vegetation.
After walking upstream for more than two miles in one breath, the twenty or so people who came out together gradually dispersed.
Sun Tiejun finally had the chance to walk up to Zhou Shixun and asked nervously in a low voice, "Comrade Zhou, is Xiaowan really missing? When did she disappear and where did she disappear?"
Zhou Shixun glanced at the young man in front of him, who had a burning and concerned look in his eyes, and nodded: "I don't know where he went, so I'll look for him."
Sun Tiejun thought for a moment and said, "She shouldn't still be in the village. There are less than a hundred households and a thousand people in our village. I know them well. They won't hide Xiao Wan."
Zhou Shixun did not respond to his question, but changed the subject: "It looks like this river has been dry for some time. Is there no water recently?"
Sun Tiejun shook his head: "No, there has been no water recently and the crops are dying of drought. But it's strange to say, there was a lot of rain in the spring and summer this year. I don't know why the river has dried up in the past month."
Zhou Shixun nodded and looked at the land by the river. The soybeans planted after the wheat harvest were now withered and yellow. It was time to harvest them. "Is your production team short of labor? The soybeans are not growing well."
Sun Tiejun thought that Comrade Zhou from Beijing was curious about these things, and he said whatever he knew: "We didn't buy the right seeds this year, and I don't know why, but the land is not fertile this year."
While Zhou Shixun was talking, he did not stop and walked for a while. He stopped only when Sun Tiejun reminded him that they had reached the next village.
I looked at the vast mountains beside the village and then at the river.
He already had a bold guess in his mind that there was a gold mine in this mountain, which was secretly mined by private individuals, and there were also people growing drugs.
The river dried up because they blocked it upstream in the mountains and tried to sift gold out of the water.
The smell of potassium nitrate on Shi Tianliang's body was left over from blasting rocks.
As for the drugs, Zhou Shixun searched all the way here, looking at the bushes and red willows, and saw a few large fireworks dotted in the middle.
These must be seeds that floated down from the mountain and landed here.
Zhou Shixun followed Sun Tiejun back in silence. He was not a talkative person. Apart from the gossip that his wife liked to hear, he would take the initiative to chat. He couldn't think of anything else to ask.
Completely immersed in my own thoughts.
Sun Tiejun followed behind him and wanted to speak several times, but when he saw Zhou Shixun's cold face, he swallowed the words that were on the tip of his tongue and didn't know what to say.
The two of them walked all the way back to the village entrance. Shi Tianliang was still waiting at the entrance. When he saw Zhou Shixun coming back, he hurried over to greet him: "How is it, did you find anything? I took everyone to search the village, but we didn't find anything."
Zhou Shixun shook his head: "No, maybe she didn't come back. I'll look for her somewhere else. I'm sorry to bother you today."
Shi Tianliang didn't expect Zhou Shixun to leave so soon. He was just thinking that if he refused to leave and had to go to the mountains to look for him, don't blame him for being rude then.
When she heard that Zhou Shixun was leaving, she quickly smiled and said, "Yes, I also think that Mu Xiaowan can't stay in our village. If I see her later, I will definitely persuade her to go back quickly."
Zhou Shixun nodded silently, without saying a word, and walked out of the village.
Shi Tianliang was still worried, so he used his eyes to signal a trustworthy man to follow Zhou Shixun to see if he really left...
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