The group searched for a long time, but they hadn't even found one-tenth of the pit. Song Lili felt like her back was about to give way.
But she was unwilling to give up and didn't want to let Luo Weijia and Xu Youcai go, so she gritted her teeth and continued searching.
Finally, Zhang Qinghua stopped Zhang Qingguo and asked, "Do you have a general idea of the area? Point it out, and we'll search around there."
There are so many potholes here that if we really tried to find them one by one, we wouldn't finish even by dawn.
Zhang Qingguo looked at his brother with a puzzled expression. "No, it's just this area. They all look the same here, so I can't tell the difference."
If he had known, Zhang Qingguo would have said so already, because he was also getting impatient with the search and wanted to go home.
Zhang Qinghua tried a different approach, asking, "When you saw it, was there anything else particularly memorable?"
Finding one is always easier than sifting through thousands, right?
Song Lili also stopped, her eyes sparkling as she looked at Zhang Qinghua, hoping he could come up with something useful.
Zhang Qingguo thought about it for a long time but still couldn't come up with a solution; he really couldn't think of anything.
Finally, just as Song Lili was about to give up, she spoke somewhat uncertainly, "I think I heard Xu Youcai curse and say, 'Whose death clothes are these? Why are they thrown here?'"
"Then I saw him kick his legs hard, several times, and that's all I can think of."
He racked his brains, and this was the only "special" thing he could think of.
Song Lili, however, found inspiration here: "When Xu Youcai mentioned the death clothes, he even kicked his legs, which means that the strips of cloth were hanging on his feet, that is to say, the strips of cloth were on the surface."
"And Xu Youcai stopped them all from coming out, because he glared at them several times," Zhang Qinghua added.
Daqing also realized, "Therefore, if we find those strips of cloth, we might be able to find food?"
Zhang Qingguo's eyes lit up too. "That's right. Finding the strip of cloth means the grain is nearby, which makes things much easier."
The group of people immediately became excited, as if they had been injected with adrenaline. Even Zhang Qinghua, who rarely showed any expression, had his eyes light up.
That would be wonderful if we could actually find it.
Zhang Qinghua pulled Zhang Qingguo aside and asked him to stand in the same spot he had been standing in during the day to point, saying that this would be more accurate.
Zhang Qingguo was very obedient. He ran to the place where he had been hiding during the day and pointed to a spot not far from Daqing, saying, "It's just to the right of my brother Qinghua."
"Really?" Song Lili was overjoyed. Were they getting closer?
"Pretty much. Today, Accountant Xu was standing there cursing, saying there were dead clothes."
Several people immediately gathered around Li Qinghua, and then scattered outwards to search for him.
It was completely dark by now, and none of them had a flashlight, so they had to feel their way. If anyone were to pass by at this moment, they would probably be terrified.
This would slow us down even more, and Song Lili was worried, "Won't we be caught by Luo Weijia and Xu Youcai?"
If we get caught in the act, that would be a serious problem.
"No, there are still many people out and about in the village right now, including a lot of children running around on the roads. Those two people won't be here at this time."
In order to maintain their position in the village, they will not do anything too obvious.
"Even so, let's hurry up and look for it. We're afraid that if we run into it too late, we'll have to confront it head-on."
She simply doesn't have the ability to confront the two of them head-on right now, so she can only resort to indirect tactics, attacking them from the side to weaken them.
"Ah... I found it!" Zhang Qingguo suddenly shouted in surprise, and kept calling to the others, "Brother, Brother Qinghua, I found it, come quickly."
"Really?" Song Lili immediately ran towards Zhang Qingguo, also very surprised.
It was dark and she couldn't see where she was going, so she almost fell. Luckily, Zhang Qinghua was right behind her and caught her in time, preventing her from falling.
Song Lili pushed Zhang Qinghua away, and after regaining her balance, she was about to run again. At this moment, she really wanted to see the grain immediately.
Zhang Qinghua stopped her, saying, "Don't run, it's so dark you'll easily fall. Walk slowly across."
"Okay, I understand," Song Lili replied, but her pace didn't slow down.
Zhang Qinghua was somewhat helpless. How come this girl suddenly became so childish?
He didn't know that Song Lili had been holding back her anger, and hearing that the grain had been found was like finding an outlet for her frustration, making her feel much better.
So it's normal for her to be excited and happy right now.
Zhang Qinghua had no choice but to follow closely behind her to prevent her from falling again.
This time, however, Song Lili did not fall. She reached Zhang Qingguo smoothly, bent down and touched the spot Zhang Qingguo pointed to, and immediately narrowed her eyes.
"It's really here! That's wonderful!" She clenched her fists tightly, suppressing her excitement, afraid that she would shout out in joy.
She spun around in circles a few times, waving her little fists wildly, as if she had won a battle.
Seeing her expression, Zhang Qinghua smiled slightly and said, "If you've found it, hurry up and leave. It's about time."
According to the usual daily routine of everyone in Hongqi Village, this should be the time when everyone is going to sleep.
Song Lili couldn't guess either, but hearing Zhang Qinghua say that, she quickly agreed, "Then let's go quickly."
Zhang Qinghua and Li Qinghua carried the grain sacks, while Song Lili and Zhang Qingguo walked ahead of them, essentially scouting the way.
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