Qian Hui and Xu Hongxia stayed in Shen Anning's courtyard and left only when it was almost time for dinner.
Ana Shen looked at the two people who were determined to leave, "Let's eat here tonight. It's just sticky bean curd with pickles, nothing special."
"No, we didn't say we wouldn't go back for dinner this afternoon. They must have cooked our portion. Besides, we'll eat sticky rice dumplings when we go back, too."
After hearing what the two said, Shen Anning didn't try to persuade them much. He sent them out with a flashlight. He stood at the door and watched them walk into the educated youth point before putting the flashlight away and going into the yard.
The mutton soup was finished, the pot was cleaned, some hot water was boiled, and the sticky rice dumplings were put on the pot to steam. The whole day was a bit scary. The farm must have heard the noise, and my parents, brother and sister-in-law must be worried too.
This happened not long after Liu Jiaman left, and she was probably thinking about this as well.
Shen An Ning was really in no mood to make delicious food. She looked at her younger brother and sister and said, "An Yu and An Xuan, let's make milk powder and eat sticky bean buns tonight."
"Okay, sister, you scared me today." Shen Anxuan has finally recovered. He was in a bad mood all afternoon, but now he can joke with Shen Anning.
Shen Anning smiled, soaked the milk powder for his younger brother and sister first, gave four sticky rice dumplings to each of them, and the three of them sat around the coal stove to eat, which was quite interesting.
Shen Zixi was lying in the nest basket. Her dinner was a bottle of milk powder. Although the little girl was a little dissatisfied, she hadn't slept much in the afternoon. Now she was very sleepy and kept yawning. She hummed a few times and fell asleep after drinking enough.
As soon as Shen Anning lay down with her younger brother and sister, there was a knock on the door of the courtyard. Today, there were waves of knocks.
He sighed, covered Shen Zixi with the quilt, put on his military coat, and went out, shivering with cold. He opened the door to the courtyard and looked at the group of people with some surprise.
"What's going on? What's this?"
Xu Hongxia looked at Shen Anning, feeling somewhat helpless, “Li Haotian and Yang Zhengcheng are missing, Brother Zhao went to find the village chief and the branch secretary, and now everyone in the village probably knows about it, so we have to go look for them.”
Shen Anning nodded. She was an educated youth, so she should be involved in this matter.
"Wait a moment, I'll talk to An Yu and An Xuan."
Run into the house.
"Sister, what's wrong?"
"It's okay. You and Zixi will sleep in the same bed tonight. Keep an eye on her and don't let her kick off the quilt. I'm going out to look for someone. I'll lock the outside of the yard and ask my brother to come over and keep you company."
As Shen Anning spoke, he put on his clothes one by one, put on waterproof cotton boots, put on his military coat, touched his sister's head and went out.
When we arrived at the gate of the educated youth site, we met the village chief and the party secretary who were with the villagers. The two old men were very old and it was cold at night, so their son took the educated youth and the village militia to look for people.
Wang Qinglin looked at the group, thought for a moment, and made some arrangements. "So, the female comrades, just shout and look for them in the village. The male educated youth and militiamen, let's go to the back mountain to check. Zhao Zhiqing, did they tell us where they were going when they left this afternoon?"
Zhao Aiguo recalled the two's behavior during lunch; there wasn't anything unusual. "They just said they were a little bored staying inside and wanted to walk around outside, but they didn't say where they were going."
For a moment, I had no idea.
Cao Yu and Zhao Jie stood behind the crowd, their hands clasped together. Their hearts were already filled with turmoil, and they had to control their emotions with great effort to avoid trembling.
They didn't know much, at least neither of them knew anything about today's action.
"Let's do this for now. The ladies should split into two groups. Don't act alone. Just shout and search along the main road in the village."
"Men, divide yourself into four teams. Let's go up the back mountain and check. If we still can't find anyone before dawn tomorrow, the village will have to report this to the higher authorities."
Everyone did not delay. Shen Anning, Xu Hongxia, Qian Hui, and Li Meng were in a group. Qian Hui and Shen Anning had flashlights, and Cao Yu and Wang Xinhua in another group also had flashlights. With the light in their hands, everyone was not so scared.
"Li Zhiqing, Yang Zhiqing, where are you? If you hear any noise, please let me know."
"Li Haotian."
"Yang Zhengcheng."
Shouts were heard one after another in the village and on the back mountain. Although some villagers were dissatisfied, it was a matter of life and death for two educated youths, so no one said anything. They just plugged their children's ears with cotton.
Xu Hongxia walked from one end of the village to the other, her throat almost smoking. Along the way, she didn't see a single person except the educated youth who came out to look for someone.
"These two are really something. They usually seem quite reliable, but what happened? They didn't even come back when it was so late, and they don't have any letters of introduction. Even if they wanted to run away, they would have nowhere to go."
Looking at Xu Hongxia holding her waist and chattering incessantly, Shen Anning sat down on a stone by the road. She had a bold guess in her mind that the two people might be on Black Mountain - the mountain that exploded today.
Just as she expected.
At this time, Li Haotian and Yang Zhengcheng were in the mountain stream, both covered in bruises. They did not expect that Hu Daniu's men would touch the mechanism, trigger the minefield, and cause an explosion.
The group suffered heavy casualties, but the two of them were only slightly injured because they were standing some distance apart.
"Haotian, what should we do?"
Yang Zhengcheng leaned against a big rock, supporting his injured arm.
"Hu Daniu is dead, but his gang of brothers are still alive. We are hiding now, and they can't find us for the time being, but this is not a solution. We have to find a way to go back first."
"We went out this afternoon and haven't returned yet. The people at the educated youth camp and in the village might be looking for us right now. Let's climb up and go back to the village before those people react." Li Haotian knew that the most important thing now was to go back first. If they stayed in the mountains, even if they were not found by those people, they would freeze to death here.
As for the treasure, he has to have the life to spend it before he can get it. Anyway, it’s here and it won’t run away.
The two men found the place where they came down from the cliff in the afternoon. The ropes were still there. After all, they were both trained. Enduring the pain in their bodies, the two climbed up carefully.
At night, the forest was pitch black. With the help of the moonlight shining on the snow, Li Haotian and Yang Zhengcheng started to take a detour. They had to return to the mountain behind Wangtu Village before they could make any plans.
However, what the two men didn't know was that in addition to the educated youth and the village militia, the bearded man in the mountain and his remaining brothers were also looking for them.
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