"Yes, I heard from my great-grandmother that we have a distant relative who used to run a security escort agency in Beijing."
"And now?"
"I don't know, they're searching everywhere, who knows where they are!"
Do you have their home address?
"No, I've never heard my great-grandmother mention it."
"It's alright. Our country has only been established for less than 20 years. We'll ask around when we get to Beijing."
"Qian Weidong is right."
Sitting in the back seat, after overhearing their conversation, I wondered if Comrade Liu Weiguo's mention of the old security escort agency in Beijing was perhaps from my maternal grandfather's family.
I have never heard of any other people with the surname Liu in Beijing in the last fifty years who have worked as bodyguards or run a bodyguard agency.
What a coincidence! I've run into a relative from my maternal grandparents' side, but judging from their tone, they don't seem to know anything about my maternal grandparents' family. I guess I'll pass and not go over to acknowledge them, to avoid any trouble later!
The train would stop at each county town or other place. Several people boarded the carriage one after another. When they saw the Red Guards wearing red armbands, they didn't dare to say anything. They just sat in their seats, either reading "quotations" or sleeping somewhere.
After having lunch in the car, less than two hours later, I heard that we had arrived in Tongshi, so I quickly got up and got off the car.
After asking around near the train station to find out how far away Jinchang Commune was, I quickly found a secluded spot, took my bicycle out of my spatial storage, and rode straight to Hongqi Commune.
When they were almost at the commune, they put the bicycle into their spatial storage. After arriving at the commune, they found an inn, took out their letter of introduction, and booked a double room. After getting the key and entering the room, they glanced at it with concern and then went out again, thinking of asking someone for directions to Xiangyang Brigade.
While eating at a state-run restaurant after going out for a while, I overheard someone talking about how the son of the brigade leader of Xiangyang Brigade had come home to visit his family. They said that matchmakers from all around had been going to their house to propose marriage to the brigade leader's son. They also mentioned that the brigade had been quite lively lately.
Upon hearing this news, I thought to myself, there's no need to ask around about where Xiangyang Brigade is anymore; this gives me a general idea, doesn't it?
Back at the hotel, I went into my room and, finding no one there, quickly slipped into my spatial dimension. I put down some of the things I had prepared beforehand, and then took out two burlap sacks to pack the dried vegetables I had dried this year, as well as other dried goods I had collected on the mountain.
After finishing my walk, I set an alarm and went to sleep. The next day, just as dawn broke, I took advantage of the quiet streets and rode my bicycle to Xiangyang Brigade, arriving in less than two hours.
He didn't openly enter the village; instead, he surveyed the area around the village before finding the location of the cowshed. He threw a stone inside and left a mark on the wall of the cowshed.
This mark is unique to the Liu Family Escort Agency. Previously, only the head of the Liu family knew about it, and now only his own family and a few members of the Shen family know about it.
After leaving the mark, I turned around and went into the mountains behind the cowshed.
Hearing the noise, Shen Bowen, who was sleeping, quickly got up and went to check the yard. He didn't find anything, but still felt uneasy. He went outside the yard and checked again, but didn't find anyone. However, there was a mark on the east wall.
He immediately understood that someone had arrived, and it was one of their own, but he didn't know who it was.
But he didn't go into the mountains immediately; instead, he returned to the cowshed with a blank expression. The couple now live in the cowshed.
Back at the cowshed, even his wife got up and said, "After we go to work, keep an eye on things for me. I'll see if I can find a chance to go into the mountains."
"Old Shen, these mountains aren't easy to climb, and neither you nor I know what's going on inside. What if something happens to you when you go in?"
"Don't worry! I'm not going deep into the mountains, I'm just going to see someone."
"To see someone? Who?"
"I don't know. I heard a noise in the yard, so I went out. I didn't find anyone else, either inside or outside the yard, but I found a symbol and a few footprints in the east corner of the wall."
"Symbols? What symbols? And who is that person?"
"I recognize the symbol, but I don't know who it represents, though I have a general idea."
"Who is it, and how do you recognize that symbol?"
"It should be Mianmian, right? This place is the closest to her. As for the symbol, Dongzi told me about it after he came home last time. He said that if the situation is unclear, and you're unsure whether someone is forging a letter, you draw a symbol on it. He also said that only a few of them and Mianmian know this symbol." As he spoke, he drew a mark on the ground with a fire poker and then quickly wiped it away.
"If that's the case, then why did Mianmian come here? Didn't we tell her not to worry about us?"
"What if not trying to make her worry even more?"
"What should we do then? Can you go up the mountain and find her?"
"There shouldn't be any problem. She left a mark; she should be somewhere on the mountain."
"You know, this kid was really something, going into the mountains without even knowing what the conditions were like."
"Don't worry about that. She knows this mountain better than anyone else in the production team. Don't underestimate her just because she's young. She's been going into the mountains with Shen Dong and the others since she was little, and she learned a lot of skills from Old Li and his wife. Plus, those years she spent in the military compound weren't for nothing. Even if she can't fight Black Bear one-on-one, she can definitely protect herself."
"Oh well"
After entering the mountains, he didn't go far. Instead, he put down the several burlap sacks he had just taken out of his space in a place not far from the cowshed, in the grass nearby.
Knowing that Uncle Shen wouldn't be coming up the mountain anytime soon, I gathered up all the edible things nearby, including herbs, and put them next to the sack.
Around 12:30 in the morning, I saw Uncle Shen arrive, so I quickly stood up and said, "Uncle Shen."
"Mianmian, Uncle Shen knew it was you."
"hey-hey"
"Didn't I tell you that your Aunt Zhou and I are doing fine here, so you don't need to worry?"
"Uncle Shen, how could I not be worried if I didn't come and check on things?"
"How did you get here? Did Gu Zhengrong let you go?"
Upon hearing this, I quickly recounted how I had asked for leave the day before yesterday. Uncle Shen then said, "So, this Gu Zhengrong is actually a decent person."
"It's actually not bad."
"However, while Gu Zhengrong's family will be grateful for what you've done, the elderly Mr. and Mrs. Gu, along with their daughter, will likely hate you."
"Uncle Shen, there's no such thing as having it all. Besides, whether it's the Gu family or the production team, the brigade leader is in charge now. Even if Secretary Gu is doing this for Gu Cuicui..."
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