"Thank you for your reminder, Auntie. I understand." Shao Zheng touched the non-existent sweat on his head. Fortunately, he agreed with Zhou Xiang and asked Han Jiaguang. Otherwise, after returning, he might...
He carried Han Jiaguang into the cafeteria, where all the prisoners were. "Everyone, hurry up and eat. After dinner, Teams 1 and 2 will stay and continue digging with Captain Tang. Teams 3 and 4 will come back with me and return to the capital overnight."
"yes!"
"yes!"
…
Everyone responded loudly to Shao Zhengyi's order.
Zhou Xiang looked at Tang Ganwen, "You're not going?"
"We'll be busy here for a day or two. You go first. It's not safe to leave the prisoners and guns here."
Zhou Xiang had nothing more to ask, so after dinner, he went back to the tent to pack up his things. Although the things were not theirs, they still had to put them away after using them.
Zhou Yan excitedly followed his aunt, "I got four. I gave one to my uncle, one to Haohao and one to Dangdang. However, they can only see them when they get home."
As he spoke, he lowered the tent curtain and moved out the three rifles. Ling Ran immediately put them away. "You kid, you're too impatient. Can't you divide them up when you get back?"
"I'm so excited!" Zhou Yan touched his nose. "Aunt, please leave them two or three days' worth of food! Leave them some easily preserved food and hot pot."
Yes! I actually forgot about this. Zhou wanted to get up and leave the tent.
Zhou Yan whispered to Ling Ran, "We got quite a bit of valuables over there. Shao Zhengyi gave me two boxes of gold bars. I didn't want them, but he refused, saying they'd cost me a lot of money over the past few days. I couldn't refuse, so I had to accept them. But I also felt a little uneasy, as if someone had something against me. I was afraid my aunt would scold me, but after all, we don't need them."
"It's okay!" Ling Ran comforted him, "Those who go on special missions will have some gray income. Find an opportunity and split it with him."
"Okay!" Zhou Yan finally felt relieved. He really had no shortage of money, so he never thought about such property. Today, he was a little scared.
After collecting the mattress and folding the tent, Ling Ran carried all his belongings to the cafeteria. Those who were preparing to return to Beijing were waiting in the cafeteria.
Tang Ganwen once again sighed at the beauty of this wooden house, "Zhou Yan, what do you say I can't tear it down?"
"Saw it!" Zhou Yan didn't believe that Tang Ganwen had no way to do it on purpose.
"It's just a pity that such a nice house will be destroyed in a few days."
Nonsense! Zhou Yan rolled his eyes.
Time passed as Tang Ganwen chattered nonsense, and several helicopters that came to pick people up had already landed in the wasteland.
In the middle of the night, Zhou Xiang and the other two were dropped off at a helipad, and then taken by a large jeep to a heavily guarded courtyard.
In the darkness of night, under the dim street lights, I observed the courtyard here and found that it was very large. There was a low hill inside, many antique buildings on the hillside, and a tower on the top of the hill.
Zhou Xiang looked at Ling Ran, and Ling Ran grabbed his lover's hand and said, "Let's go!"
The three of them followed the soldier who came to pick them up. The soldier took them to the building complex at the foot of the mountain and pushed open a small courtyard. "You three will stay here for now. Someone will come to pick you up tomorrow."
After the soldiers left, Ling Ran pulled his lover into the brightly lit courtyard. Zhou Yan had already quickly checked all the rooms in the courtyard. "Three main rooms, two east and west wing rooms, and a bathroom in the back room. It looks exactly like our small courtyard house."
"Your uncle and I live in the east room, and you live in the west room. Don't run around here," Zhou wanted to warn his nephew, "where's the bathroom?"
"It's integrated with the bathroom." Zhou Yan pointed to the back seat on the south wall.
"I want to take a shower first!" Zhou Xiang ignored the two men and went to the back seat.
The back room is very nicely decorated, with a toilet, shower room, bathtub, even towels and disposable toiletries. It seems that this courtyard is a place to accommodate outsiders.
After quickly washing up, Zhou thought of the east room. There was heating in the room and it was comfortable. Finally, she didn't have to sleep wrapped in two quilts and in her husband's arms.
A large bed, a double-door wardrobe, a dressing table and a desk, these four pieces of furniture filled the east room completely.
Ling Ran and Zhou Yan also took a quick shower and went back to their rooms to rest.
Seeing his wife lying on the bed with her eyes wide open, Ling Ran climbed onto the bed, hugged his wife in his arms, and whispered, "First, prepare three or four bottles of liquid medicine, the same as the old leader's. After that, try not to release any more."
"Yeah!" Zhou Xiang nodded. "I've completely used up all the herbs I got. This is the last one I have."
"That's good, go to sleep!"
Zhou Xiang woke up again at dawn. He couldn't completely relax because he was not sleeping at home.
Ling Ran also woke up, and the couple simply got up, washed up, and then strolled in the yard.
Zhou Yan came out yawning, "Aunt, uncle, why are you here so early?"
“As I get older, I get less sleep!”
Zhou Yan was speechless at his aunt's answer. "Aunt, you're old, but what about grandpa and grandma? Don't always bring up your age. You're only in your forties, aren't you?"
Okay! What his nephew said was right. Zhou Xiang nodded in agreement. "Yes, I'm only in my forties and have just entered middle age."
Zhou Yan yawned and went to wash up. When he came out, he found his aunt and uncle-in-law chatting with the two old people.
After meeting these two elderly people, Zhou Xiang felt relieved. The fact that such leaders were willing to meet her showed that her previous contributions still existed.
Seeing Zhou Xiang's calm and composed demeanor, neither humble nor overbearing, the two old men looked at each other. One of them, who always had a smile on his face, asked, "Zhou Xiang, aren't you afraid?"
"What are you afraid of? I haven't done anything wrong. Everything I've done is good for the country and the people. No matter how people's hearts change, the final result is that evil will not prevail over good! You see, I escaped death time and time again, which proves that I am on the side of justice, walking openly in the sunshine."
"Hahaha," the old man laughed heartily. "What a magnanimous person walking in the sunshine, Zhou Xiang. From what I've observed, your greatest strength is your courage, commonly known as thick-skinned."
After saying this, the old man observed Zhou Xiang's reaction.
Zhou Xiang raised his hand and touched his face. "As the saying goes, a thick-skinned person will be able to eat as much as he can, and a bold person will die of overeating. As for me, just think of it as a compliment. After all, there are very few people who are both bold and thick-skinned. Add to that good luck, and there should be very few people who are both thick-skinned and lucky, right? Alas! God is partial to me, there's nothing I can do! There's nothing I can do."
Hahahaha, the old man laughed loudly.
This time, the other old man with a serious face couldn't help but curl up the corner of his mouth. Zhou thought that no matter what was said to her, she would take it as a compliment.
"Zhou Xiang, then tell me, why does God favor you?" the smiling old man continued to ask.
"That's a lot. Others envy and are jealous of it. Generally speaking, there is only one thing," Zhou Xiang stretched out his finger, "From the moment I got this treasure, it was God's favor. All the merits I gained later were given by God casually.
As for disasters, they are caused by the evil in people's hearts. To me, they are nothing. As long as my captors want to gain something from me, they will not take my life. If they do not take my life, that will be the beginning of their misfortune. "
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