Chapter 8 Chapter 8 I really can’t believe it
It lasts for ten days, from the fourth day to the fourteenth day of the twelfth lunar month.
Qingmei always meets Zhao Wuhe on the top of the mountain.
On the fifteenth day of the twelfth lunar month, Qingmei thought she would see her again, but she searched the mountain for half the night and found no sign of Zhao Wuhe.
The reason was that Zhao Wuhe was old after all, and she and Qingmei finally couldn't stand it anymore, so she slept at home for two days without getting up.
The back mountain is neither big nor small. There was a dilapidated temple there that had not been searched.
Qingmei found the dilapidated temple according to her memory and saw a Buddha statue that had been knocked down during the Four Olds Campaign.
Her heart leaped into her throat, remembering the author's words about "a place that is both conspicuous and easily overlooked." She simply turned on the borrowed flashlight and groped her way over.
After searching around the Buddha statue, Qingmei was almost certain that the stolen money was buried nearby. Because of the "Four Olds" campaign, red armbands would raid the area around the temple to see if anyone still believed in evil spirits.
As a result, the temple became a place that could only be viewed from a distance and not approached.
What better place to hide than here?
Qingmei searched around and finally locked her sights on a Buddha statue lying on the ground.
The snow was thick everywhere else, but thinner near the Buddha statue. She picked up a branch and swept it, revealing clear footprints on the icy surface beneath the snow.
Qingmei found the place with the most footprints, facing the body of the Buddha statue.
She squatted down, listened to the sounds around her first to make sure there was no other movement, and then carefully reached into the belly of the Buddha statue.
Soon, he grabbed a corner of the fertilizer bag.
She desperately pulled the pocket out of the damaged place, untied the hemp rope on it, and shone the flashlight over there. Qingmei gasped.
So much unity!
A whole sack of solidarity.
That wasn't enough, she shone the flashlight into the Buddha statue's belly and found a bag of fertilizer inside!
Just like the previous pocket, it is a solid pocket of unity.
Qingmei's breathing became heavy. This scene was really exciting.
She quickly placed one of the bags across the basket and dragged the other bag down the mountain.
Thanks to carrying the bicycle these days, my physical strength is much better than before.
After resting several times along the way, we finally managed to transport the two bags back home before dawn.
Grandma said in surprise: "You——"
Qingmei quickly made a "hush" gesture, not wanting to scare the old man, and lied, saying she had found it in the mountains. She wanted to go to the city and hand the bag over to the police before daybreak.
Grandma said, "It is indeed necessary to hand it over to the public security comrades. I will go with you?"
Qingmei said, "No need, I can just carry the bicycle over." She has been carrying the bicycle these days, and it's time for the old man to help.
The repaired bicycle was pushed effortlessly. Qingmei didn't let her grandmother go out and specifically told her that if anyone asked her where she was going, she should say she was going to sell shepherd's purse cakes.
This is a well-known fact. It won't be too late for her to go after she turns over the stolen money.
Halfway through the journey, Qingmei remembered what Chen Qiaoxiang had said about her family having an official in the city. If she got a scratch on her face, she would have nowhere to complain.
Qingmei stopped and thought by the roadside.
Many of her colleagues who worked in the city passed by her, and no one knew how big a thing this little girl covered in mud had done.
She had two heavy bags in her car, but people didn't know because she was going to the market to sell local specialties. She never dreamed that they were full of money.
I won’t go to the Public Security Bureau anymore.
It is better to be safe than sorry. Qingmei walked to the crossroads and thought of the kind-hearted male officer she met there.
She looked down and saw that her cotton jacket was already dirty, but she would repay the other person's kindness.
Qingmei turned the steering wheel and pushed the bicycle straight towards the 014th Independent Division a few blocks away.
The army gate was heavily guarded, and all the soldiers standing guard were armed.
On either side of the gate, where the armored convoys pass through, are inscribed "Serious" and "Mighty." The guardhouse behind the soldiers reads "Soldiers Inviolable."
When Qingmei was still about six or seven meters away, the soldier on guard signaled her, "This is a military restricted area, please do not approach!"
Qingmei had covered her head, mouth, and nose with a scarf before arriving, fearing recognition. She spoke in accentless Mandarin, "Comrade Commander, these are local specialties our village sent to the troops. I've put them here."
The soldier on duty signaled to his companion, stepped down from the guard post, and asked her, "Who is the specific recipient?"
Qingmei thought for a moment and said, "The man who saved me had a small mole on the left side of his nose and was very handsome. ... I'm in a hurry, so I'll leave first."
"Comrade, please wait." The soldier on duty said, "You can't leave yet. You need to register all the donated items one by one."
There are so many villagers coming here to give us their produce, all from far away, and they look just like green plums. They all need to be strictly registered, and you can't just give them away.
Qingmei didn't dare to register. If she did, wouldn't it be revealed that she had taken the stolen money? Would Chen Qiaoxiang let her go then?
She quickly thought of an excuse and pointed to the small restaurant across the street and said, "Then let my partner come. I can't read, so let my partner do the registration."
The soldier on duty had just been assigned to the company from the recruit company. Seeing Qingmei's pockets full of mud and her face covered in dirt, he believed her and turned to his comrades, "Do you know who has a mole? It's on the bridge of the nose."
The other party was not much better than him, also a rookie: "I'll go make a phone call and ask, just stand there and don't move."
Seeing that they were willing to accept the property, Qingmei pushed her bicycle towards the restaurant.
"Comrade, bicycles cannot be pushed in." It was the first time that the waiter at the small restaurant encountered someone pushing a bicycle into the restaurant to eat.
After Qingmei came in, she said anxiously, "Is there a back door? Quick, back door!"
The waiter pointed behind him and said, "You can go through the back kitchen—"
Qingmei picked up the bicycle and ran away without saying a word!
The waiter felt a gust of wind blowing past him and couldn't help rubbing his eyes. "Strange things happen every year, but this year there are especially many."
The soldier on duty waited and waited but Qingmei didn't show up, and realized something was wrong.
The fertilizer bag was still some distance away from the sentry box, so he walked over quickly and tentatively opened the bag.
Everyone present gasped!
money!
It's all money!
"Hurry, hurry and notify the leader!" The new recruit had never seen such a scene and stuttered.
It just so happens that Muren is on duty today.
After hearing such a strange thing, he hung up the phone, put on his military coat and said to Gu Qingzhou: "Let's go, I'll take you to see something new."
Gu Qingzhou asked: "What's the matter?"
Mu Ran said, "A fellow villager gave us two bags of fertilizer as a 'local specialty'. Do you know what it is?"
Gu Qingzhou asked, "Sorghum, winter melon, or cabbage?"
Mu Ran said: "Great unity."
Even someone as calm as Gu Qingzhou couldn't hold back any longer: "Are the enemy spies trying to corrupt us?"
Mu Ran said, "Let's go and take a look."
Gu Qingzhou stood up and walked with him to the gate. As they walked, he heard Mu Ran say, "That fellow comrade even specifically asked to give this gift to a handsome officer in our army with a small mole on his nose. Isn't that funny? We have more than 50,000 soldiers in training. This is like fishing in a haystack... Damn it, fishing for you!"
Gu Qingzhou raised his index finger and scratched the bridge of his nose with his fingertip.
The corners of Mu Ran's lips twitched: "Is there such a beautiful thing about being handsome?"
Gu Qingzhou said helplessly: "Let's go and take a look first."
"What are the characteristics of the enemy?" When they arrived at the guard post, Mu Ran asked the new recruit seriously, "Are you going to accept him just like that?"
Afraid of being criticized by the leader, the other party stammered, "It's wrapped up tightly, leaving only a pair of big eyes exposed. The eyelashes are very, very long, very nice!"
Gu Qingzhou frowned and said, "You're not vigilant enough. How can you tell that the pockets are not filled with explosives but local specialties? What if the enemy spies are sent to blow up the gate?"
At this moment, they have poured all the money in their pockets into the duty room, and the floor is full of it and someone is counting it.
The new recruit said aggrievedly, "But she was wearing our disaster relief cotton jacket. I recognized it at a glance and I'm sure there's no mistake."
Disaster relief?
Gu Qingzhou and Mu Ran looked at each other and felt something was wrong.
The place they went to last time was more than 300 kilometers away from the 014th Unit. It was impossible for one person to deliver a huge sum of money on a bicycle. If they really wanted to, couldn't they use remittance?
And the biggest problem is that the villages receiving disaster relief are extremely poor and it is impossible for them to have such a large sum of money.
"Report to the commander, the count is done." A company commander on duty stood up. The Great Unity had been counted by more than ten people and organized into a square.
"Speak." Mu Ran couldn't sit still anymore. The troops had been carrying out rescue operations continuously during the winter and were short on funds. The other party had clearly stated that they wanted to donate, and he was eager to know how much money it was.
The company commander said excitedly, "That's a full 107,930 yuan."
Mu Ran saw two bags of fertilizer lying on the ground, each weighing 50 kg. They were both full.
Gu Qingzhou saw Bao Mi coming back from the opposite side and asked, "What did the people in the hotel say? What are the characteristics?"
Bao Mi didn't frown too deeply, and said uncertainly, "It also means that the only eye that's exposed is very beautiful, Sishuang's charming almond-shaped eyes. But there's one thing, the other party is very sure of it, but I can't guarantee it's true."
Gu Qingzhou said doubtfully: "You tell me, and I'll judge."
Bao Mi scratched his temples. "She was slender, so she must be a woman. But, but when she left, she didn't ride a bicycle. She ran with it on her shoulder. Commander, let's just say, are there people in the world who don't ride bicycles but have to carry them?"
Gu Qingzhou pursed his lips and asked, "Did you see any wild mushrooms in the kitchen?"
Bao Mi suppressed a laugh and said, "No."
Mu Ran slapped his thigh and said, "It's donated to private individuals. Take the donation first, and we'll figure out the rest later."
The new recruit saw Gu Qingzhou's high nose bridge... and he looked handsome even with a mole!
The other party's goal is very clear.
He was so shocked that he almost hiccuped. He had just arrived and knew that Captain Gu was full of merits, otherwise he would not have become the captain at such a young age. He had fought his way through bullets and shells.
He never dared to look directly at Gu Qingzhou when he was training his soldiers, otherwise how would he not know.
"Okay, go back and write the report." Mu Ran patted Gu Qingzhou's shoulder: "Let's not disappoint kind people. We have to spend our money wisely, right?"
Gu Qingzhou nodded slightly: "This is the only way for now."
On the way back, Gu Qingzhou carefully searched his memory for eyes that met the requirements. After much deliberation, a girl who had flashed by and amazed him emerged in his mind.
She ran with her bicycle?
Hiss, that's impossible.
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