A deep voice sounded.
Meng Yao couldn't help but smile and let out a breath as if a heavy burden had been lifted off her shoulders.
The staff applauded and congratulated him.
Han Mei seemed a little absent-minded, and no one knew what she was thinking about.
*
Since returning from the village chief's house last time, Meng Qingqing and Li Jin have been searching for the "return stone" more and more frantically. Once they had an argument with villagers over digging in the fields, and since then they have almost always gone out with their faces covered.
"How long are we going to stay here?"
Li Jin walked towards Meng Qingqing: "Qingqing, we have almost finished searching other places. The topography of those fields is really strange. The more I think about it, the more I think there is a high possibility that the return stone is hidden inside! Why don't we..."
Meng Qingqing took out a silk scarf from her pocket and wiped her forehead. As the search was too difficult, she picked up the tools and started digging.
"The fields here are all planted with crops. We have already caused dissatisfaction among the villagers. If this happens again, I'm afraid..."
Li Jin said indifferently: "The more they try to stop us, the more it means there is something in the field. Besides, we can just give them some money when we go back."
Meng Qingqing felt relieved and hesitated for a moment, but finally agreed.
Just as the two were discussing the excavation method enthusiastically, they were suddenly attracted by the staff in blue clothes.
The two stopped their movements, looking slightly impatient. Because of the last time they were "tricked", their favorable impression of the program team plummeted.
"Is there something wrong?" Li Jin asked in an annoyed voice.
The staff member was not affected by their tone. He just said in a statement: "I am here to announce the program team's notice. Please gather at the village entrance."
"Gather? What's there to gather? I don't have time to play house with you. Can't you see I'm looking for stones? Why is your production team always busy with so many messes?" If Li Jin hadn't cared about his image, he would have wanted to spit on the ground.
"I am so unlucky to be with your production team!"
The staff member had a complicated expression and curled his lips: "A group has successfully obtained the return stone. Next, please ask the two of you to go to the village head and prepare to return to the capital!"
“Done…Done?!”
At this point Meng Qingqing and Li Jin's expressions changed completely.
*
The program team had clearly stipulated at the beginning that no extra items were allowed, so Meng Yao picked up her coat and went out with Han Mei.
There were quite a lot of supplies delivered last time. After receiving them, Meng Yao and her friends gave a lot of them to the villagers with whom they had good relations. They were just finished today, thus eliminating waste.
After receiving her cell phone and her parcel from the staff, Meng Yao felt extremely happy. The only bad thing was that she had no snacks. She regretted it a little. If she had known earlier, she should have prepared more snacks so that the return journey would not be too boring.
The sun was too strong, so Meng Yao found a big tree to cool down.
A shadow suddenly appeared in front of her. Meng Yao looked up and saw the tour guide congratulating her with a smile: "You got the return stone. Congratulations."
"Thanks."
"The mission this time is not easy, and the program team gave very little information. How did you think of a way to obtain the return stone?" His eyes revealed some inquiry.
"At first, I just lived a normal life. It wasn't until you told me to integrate into life that I started to have some ideas. It was only when the village chief invited me that I finally understood everything."
"So that's how it is." The tour guide nodded with a smile.
It wasn't long before we saw Zhang Jiamin and his group, and all the guests were rushing here.
Meng Qingqing couldn't help herself in the end: "Meng Yao, how did you... get the return stone?"
“From the villagers.”
"From the villagers... ? How could it be from the villagers? Or did you find it from a villager's house?"
"I'm not that rude."
These simple words made Meng Qingqing's cheeks blush. After all, they had done a lot of "rude" things.
"It seems that everyone is here. Congratulations to Meng Yao and Han Mei for successfully completing the mission. We will return immediately!" The tour guide's voice came through the loudspeaker.
"Everyone has worked hard during this period. I believe you must have gained a lot from here. This journey has been accompanied by difficulties and warmth."
Hearing about the return trip, all the guests perked up a little. No matter what, as long as they could go back, it was good.
"Everyone has had such a wonderful journey in Stone Village, and there will definitely be a lot of reluctance to leave..."
There was a sound of brakes coming from the front, the tires rubbing on the ground, and then many familiar faces appeared in front of me: Aunt Li and Shitou, the village chief's family, the old Zhang family in the east, the old Wang family in the west...
The village chief was a serious person, but at this moment his face showed some emotion and reluctance.
"During this period, you have helped the village do a lot of farm work and solved many problems. We really thank you. If you have time, you are welcome to come and visit us!"
Meng Qingqing looked a little unnatural, because what the village chief said had nothing to do with her. After coming here, she did the most digging, and even had many disputes with the villagers because of this.
Ranran ran to Meng Yao and handed two paper cranes to Meng Yao and Han Mei respectively: "Big brother and big sister, Ranran will miss you!"
Meng Yao took it solemnly and thanked him: "Thank you, Ranran."
Shitou looked shy, and half-covered himself as he took out a beautiful pebble from his pocket: "Sister, this is what Erhu and I picked up from the river. It's just as beautiful as the last one. I'll give it to you!"
Meng Yao felt a little complicated, she lowered her eyes and said softly, "Thank you Shitou."
Before leaving, Ran Ran suddenly hugged Meng Yao's legs and refused to let her go, choking with sobs, "I don't want you to leave..."
Xie Ying quickly held her back: "Brother and sister still have work to do when they go back, Ranran can't delay their time."
Ranran still shook her head and cried.
Meng Yao rummaged through her backpack and finally pulled out a rabbit doll: "Take this, look at it when you miss us."
Ranran hugged the rabbit doll in her arms and her crying gradually stopped.
Sitting on the return bus, Meng Yao looked out the window at the scenery, feeling a little dazed and lost. This emotion was very complicated and wonderful. She hadn't felt such a real feeling from the heart for a long time.
She had to admit that she had too many emotions of her own in this world. Whether it was joy or sadness...
Meng Yao closed her eyes, sighed slowly, and stopped thinking about this question.
(End of this chapter)