After the truck rolled over and fell into the valley, the body of the truck turned over on its side, and half of the body of the truck was stuck in the mud in the ditch. At this time, the body of the truck was severely deformed and all the window glass was shattered.
Driver Li’s body was not seen near the truck wreckage, not even a trace of blood. Also, some daily necessities that Driver Li carried with him were not found on the passenger seat. It looked like someone had taken them away.
Gao Mingcheng and the other two walked around the wreckage of the truck. Since they didn't see any bodies, Xiao Jinfeng was secretly relieved and said, "There may be a village nearby. Let's go look for it and ask someone about the situation."
A truckload of coal was missing. It could have been taken away by people from a nearby village, but it could also have been taken away by a passing driver.
You need to look for it along the way. If there is a village nearby, the probability of the villagers taking it away will be much greater.
The three of them climbed up the hill again and drove to look for it. This time Xiao Jinfeng drove the car himself, while Gao Mingcheng and Gao Mingwan helped to look out the windows.
Less than two minutes into the drive, Gao Mingcheng noticed something. He pointed to a spot and said, "Look, does this look like the traces of someone falling?"
Xiao Jinfeng immediately stopped the car, and the three of them got out to check. Standing on the edge of the hillside, they saw some loose soil and rocks and signs of trees being crushed. In addition, there were some bloodstains.
Gao Mingcheng quickly followed the blood trail to check the situation.
There are a lot of footprints near the bloodstains, but because a few days have passed, the crushed weeds have grown up again, and soon these traces will be erased by nature.
Still, the body was not found, which made it impossible for them to determine whether the bloodstains were left by driver Li or by someone else.
Gao Mingcheng reached out and grabbed the bamboo growing on the hillside, using it to climb up. This kind of bamboo was very thin and grew in clusters, and was very lush.
"Keep looking forward." Gao Mingcheng stomped his feet to shake off the mud on the soles of his shoes before getting into the car.
Xiao Jinfeng continued driving, driving slowly all the way. After about five minutes, the mountain road began to go downhill, and then the road became smooth.
In the distance, there is a village. The houses in the village are built against the mountain, with fertile fields at the bottom and terraces on the gentle slopes for growing vegetables.
From a distance, there are only about ten households, it is a very small village.
When the three people in the car saw this, their eyes lit up instantly. There was a village near where the truck had the accident, which meant that Driver Li was very likely rescued!
With this hope in mind, Xiao Jinfeng drove the car quickly until there was no road left, then he pulled over.
He casually picked up the bag he had brought with him, which contained some cigarettes that he could use to pass out cigarettes to people and ask them questions.
"Let's go."
The three got out of the car and walked towards the village.
At this time, the villagers living in a remote corner still live a life of working from sunrise to sunset and returning home at sunset. There are people working in the rice fields and land.
Among the crisscrossing paths, there are naughty children chasing and playing.
The village is built against the mountain, and on the other side of the mountain, there is a two-meter-high waterfall sliding down, gathering into a small pool in the low-lying area. The excess water flows along the ditch and becomes the source of water for irrigating rice fields.
The sound of the water is quite pleasant to the ears, and also brings a hint of coolness to the June day.
With cigarettes as a guide, it was easy to strike up a conversation with the villagers. The man who spoke to Xiao Jinfeng was a man in his forties. After hearing their purpose, he immediately smiled and said, "The comrade Li you are looking for is at the home of our village chief! He broke his leg and can't move. We can't send him to the city for medical treatment, so we can only apply some herbal compresses on him."
"Come with me, I will take you to find him."
Led by a local, they soon arrived at a house. While walking around the village, Gao Mingcheng found that the village was relatively poor. Although people did not live in thatched houses, there were still mud brick houses and even wooden houses.
The village chief's house is made of blue bricks, but some parts of the walls are plastered with mud, which can save some blue bricks.
The sturdy man found the village chief and explained the purpose of Gao Mingcheng and others' visit, and then they soon met driver Li.
"Old Li! I'm glad you're okay!" After seeing driver Li, Xiao Jinfeng finally let go of the worry that had been weighing on his mind.
Gao Mingwan also stepped forward to say hello: "Brother Li, we are here to see you!"
Driver Li is in his thirties. His skin is tanned from frequent sports car driving and his teeth are a little yellow from smoking. But what attracts people the most attention are the wounds of varying sizes on his body and his immobile right leg.
After meeting driver Li, Gao Mingcheng and his friends finally understood what had happened.
It turned out that Driver Li had been queuing on the day of loading, and it was not until after ten o'clock in the morning that he finally loaded a truck of coal. After loading the truck and setting it on the road, he did not delay and kept rushing back.
He was so focused on driving that he didn't pay any attention to the situation of the coal behind him. It was not until he passed through the village that he was seen by villagers working in the fields. They followed his car and told him loudly that his car was on fire.
Driver Li said ashamedly: "I heard someone shouting, and when I looked back, I saw the coal was on fire. I panicked and stepped on the brakes. As a result, I jumped out of the car before it stopped, and fell down the hillside in a panic!"
"After I jumped out of the car, it slid forward for a while, then lost balance and rolled over."
"I was lucky. I was rescued quickly. They also helped put out the fire with water on the truckload of coal. It took another two days to carry all the coal back to the village on a shoulder pole."
"Old Xiao, the people in this village are all good people! I originally thought they wanted to take possession of the coal, but the village chief said they moved the coal to the village because they were afraid that leaving it there would cause a forest fire, and that passers-by would take the coal away. He also said that they would take the coal away when my leg heals or someone comes to look for me!"
At this point, Driver Li's eyes turned red and tears welled up in his eyes.
He has been driving a sports car for several years and has encountered many things along the way. Now that he has met a kind person, he naturally feels very moved.
Xiao Jinfeng hadn't expected this to happen, but he had already decided in his heart that he didn't want the coal.
Firstly, his truck was completely written off and there was no need to repair it, so he had no truck to load the goods. Secondly, even if he had a truck to load the goods, he would not dare to ship the goods back!
Who knows if there will be another incident of spontaneous combustion of coal along the way?
Because of spontaneous combustion and rollover, the quantity of coal must have been less. Even if he found a way to transport the coal back, the owner would ask him to pay liquidated damages on the grounds that he had signed a contract.
Instead of this, they might as well just give up the truckload of coal as a way of thanking them for saving Driver Li!
Xiao Jinfeng thought so and did so. When the villagers heard that they didn't want the coal, they were stunned for a moment. The village chief wanted to persuade them to take the coal away, but Xiao Jinfeng had made up his mind and refused to take it.
After thanking the villagers, Xiao Jinfeng was about to take the injured driver Li away, but was kept by the enthusiastic village chief.
"It's almost eleven o'clock. If you leave now, you'll be hungry! How about this, have lunch at my house, and then leave!"
The village chief warmly invited them to stay, and they couldn't refuse, so they agreed to stay for lunch.
So the village chief's wife and a few other women started to get busy. They prepared a table of farm dishes, including fish from the pond, loaches and eels from the fields, and various seasonal vegetables from the land. They looked delicious.
Taking advantage of the time before dinner, Gao Mingcheng strolled around the village. Although it was also a small mountain village, this village was different from Gaojia Village.
There are high and tough mountains, streams and waterfalls, and clear ponds here. The people living here definitely have a different perception of life from the villagers of Gaojia Village.
He also saw the coal piled up in the threshing ground.
All the coal was piled together instead of being divided among the villagers, which proved that what the village chief said before was true.
The coal had spontaneously combusted and had been wetted by villagers who poured water on it, but after being piled up for two days, the surface looked very dry.
If such dry coal is not sprinkled with water regularly, there is a risk of spontaneous combustion during transportation.
These coals are pure coal. If you want to make them into coal balls for household use, you also need to add loess in a certain proportion, stir them evenly, press them into honeycomb coal with a mold, and then dry them.
This sounds simple, but it is quite difficult to do. You have to master the ratio of coal and loess. If there is too much loess, the fire produced by the coal balls will be too small. If there is too little loess, the coal balls will burn quickly and the fire will be fierce, which will be a bit of a waste.
After returning to the village chief's home, Gao Mingcheng suggested that the village chief distribute the coal to the villagers and then put it in a cool place instead of exposing it to the sun.
The village chief was quite worried about this and said, "Why don't you take the coal away? We don't have the tools to make coal briquettes in our village! We only need firewood from the mountains to burn it all year round!"
Only people in the city use honeycomb coal. People in the small mountain villages live off the mountains and the water. They can pick up a lot of firewood by taking a trip to the mountains.
Gao Mingcheng was a little speechless. It was the first time he met someone who returned lost property to the owner!
Maybe coal is really hard to handle?
Even though the village chief didn't want it in any way, he would never take it away.
The car that Gao Mingcheng drove was a new car!
When he brings back a truckload of coal, his brand new white truck will turn several shades darker in a blink of an eye!
Besides, even if his car was fully loaded, it could only hold a quarter of the coal... So, there was no need, really no need!
At noon, they had a sumptuous lunch at the village chief's house. Xiao Jinfeng gave all the cigarettes he brought to the village chief as a token of his gratitude.
"Goodbye!" Xiao Jinfeng waved goodbye to the village chief and others.
"Thank you for saving me, thank you!" Driver Li also thanked with gratitude on his face.
After the two sides said goodbye, Xiao Jinfeng and Gao Mingwan helped driver Li get into the car, while Gao Mingcheng sat in the driver's seat, ready to drive back.
This time I went out to look for a car and people. Although the car and the cargo were lost and the people were injured, no one died, which is a blessing in disguise.
Driver Li felt very guilty about the losses he had caused to the company, but Xiao Jinfeng did not blame him.
He was the one who took the order, and if there was any profit, he would get the lion's share. Driver Li was the one driving the car, and now that an accident had happened, the main responsibility also lies with him.
Xiao Jinfeng saw it clearly and reflected on it.
Since there is a contract, even if the other party is deliberately trying to harm him, he can only accept it.
As the saying goes, every failure makes you wiser. He will definitely not make the same mistake again.
Xiao Jinfeng thought calmly, but the more he thought about it, the angrier he became.
He accepted the compensation!
But you must beat the other party up to relieve your anger!
After we get back, we’ll find a dark and moonlit night and start walking with the sack!
Xiao Jinfeng was secretly thinking of a bad idea in his heart, while Gao Mingcheng drove steadily all the way. However, no matter how fast he drove, he could not get back to the county on the same day. He could only find a hotel to stay in and continue his journey the next day.
The next morning, they returned to the county, but they did not go home directly. Instead, they sent driver Li to the hospital for treatment first.
The small mountain village that rescued Driver Li was too remote. Not to mention the health center, there wasn't even a decent barefoot doctor. However, some of the older people in the village still knew how to use some common herbal remedies.
They know a little about which herbs can stop bleeding and which herbs can induce sweating.
The wounds on driver Li's body were also treated with the herbal medicine they got, which played a role in stopping bleeding and reducing inflammation. However, since the bones were broken, it was not enough to just stop the bleeding and reduce inflammation. The bones had to be straightened and then he had to rest.
After finishing all this work, it was already noon when Gao Mingcheng returned to the clothing store.
Looking at the car covered in mud, he felt that he should wash the car, but in his previous life, when the car needed washing, he always sent it to the car wash, and he himself had never done this job!
I want to wash my car, but I don't want to do the work!
Holding the thick red envelope given by Xiao Jinfeng, Gao Mingcheng decided to spend money to avoid disaster and find someone to wash his car!
Gao Mingcheng originally wanted to find someone nearby to help him wash his car, but when many people found out, they disagreed.
It's just washing the car, there's no need to spend money to hire someone to wash it!
Many ladies rolled up their sleeves and wanted to work, but they had to accompany Xiao Xuxu for a nap first. Gao Shufang and Zhang Jinling were also willing to wash the car, but the store had so many customers coming to the store, so they had to give priority to selling goods!
In the end, the car was cleaned by Gao Mingli who came back from get off work.
Gao Mingli didn't ask his second brother for money, but wanted his second brother to teach him how to drive!
When he can drive, then when his second brother doesn't need the car, can he drive it by himself?
With this idea in mind, Gao Mingli worked very seriously and said that as long as Gao Mingcheng taught him how to drive, the maintenance of the car would be left to him in the future!
Seeing that his attitude was quite positive, Gao Mingcheng naturally agreed.
For Gao Mingcheng, the trip only broadened his horizons. As for the matters between Xiao Jinfeng and the cargo owner who was suspected of harming him, Xiao Jinfeng did not ask him for help, and he did not rush to help. However, he did mention it to Xiao Jinfeng, asking him to bring back more seasonings for him when Xiao Jinfeng's car went to the provincial capital.
The county does not have a complete range of seasonings, and the retail prices are a bit more expensive, but in the provincial capital there are already places that specialize in wholesale seasonings, and if you buy more of each, the price can be cheaper.
These seasonings are for the later Western fast food. (End of this chapter)
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