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Chapter 374: Reunited

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Reunited

Zhang Feng was stunned for a moment, and said, "What is the trouble? Is it in the provincial capital?"

Zhou Yong’s twin sister, Zhou Ting, was in the Provincial Medical University. Zhang Feng had met several times and was still impressed. Although the two hadn’t said a few words, they were still familiar with each other because of Zhou Yong. Yes, if Zhou Ting encounters any trouble in the provincial capital, there is no reason not to contact Zhang Feng.

Zhou Yong shook his head and said, "It's not a big trouble. It's just being harassed by a few gangsters. Those people are just like dog skin plasters. It's very annoying. I'll go back and deal with it." He naturally knew what Zhang Feng meant. If there is any serious trouble, Zhang Feng will not need to say, he will also let Zhang Feng help. After all, Zhang Feng also has a lot of relationships in the provincial capital. As long as he takes action, there are few things that can't be done.

Zhang Feng nodded and said, "Also, if you need help, just speak up, um, or else, let me have a look at it first?"

Zhou Yong smiled and said, "No, it's not a big deal. If it is really serious, I will go back."

Zhang Feng said: "Find a place where you can call. I'll let someone go and see it first. It's best if it's okay."

It is because of the deep affection between sister and brother. Zhou Yong will naturally not be polite to Zhang Feng on this kind of thing. When the jeep passed a small town, it stopped at the door of the post and telecommunications office. Zhang Feng went down and called Zhou Ruiying. Zhou Ting’s address was said, let her go over and see if there was any trouble and deal with it easily, and then returned to the car and said to Zhou Yong: “Let’s go, it’s okay for the time being.”

Although Zhang Feng has a lot of connections in the provincial capital, Zhou Ruiying is the most suitable one to do this kind of thing, and only Zhou Ruiying can reassure him the most. If Zhou Ruiying is not in the city's State Security Bureau, Zhang Feng can only let Ye Qing. It's not appropriate for other people to help him do this kind of thing.

Zhou Yong naturally didn’t know who Zhang Feng asked to take care of Zhou Ting. However, since Zhang Feng said that he was okay for the time being, he felt uneasy. He still admired Zhang Feng’s methods, especially in When dealing with his enemies, Zhang Feng had a bit of heart to cut the roots. Not everyone can do this. Zhou Yong has been around Zhang Feng for more than a year, and he still has some understanding of Zhang Feng's disposition.

In the morning, the jeeps traveled through the state and counties. After lunch in a small town, the car started to enter the mountains. After more than three hours of bumps and bumps on the rugged mountain roads, many road sections were very difficult and dangerous. Yes, until the evening, he stopped near a small mountain village, Zhou Yong said: "The car can only go here, the rest of the road is all on foot, usually only mules send things here."

Zhang Feng curled his lips and saw that although this place is remote, it is not as bad as Zhou Yong described. The parking place is a small flat field. It should be a place where people in the countryside can get food in autumn and summer. Zhang Feng can still vaguely. Seeing the mark of the rubber wheel, that is to say, in addition to today's jeep, there are other motor vehicles that have stayed, but he didn't say much.

Said it is a small mountain village, there are actually not a few households. There are a few houses scattered among the trees. The mountain dwelling is full of flavor. Zhou Yong locked the car door and said, "Let’s go here for ten days. There may not be a few outsiders in half a month, and the car is very safe."

Maybe it’s really not easy going down the mountain once. Zhou Yong went down the mountain and bought a lot of daily necessities, packed two big backpacks, and a big leather suitcase, full of them, and carried them all with him now. When Zhang Feng came, he only had a small suitcase with him, so he pulled a backpack from Zhou Yong and hung it on his shoulder, and said, "Isn't there a shortage of supplies in the mountain? Look at you once down the mountain and bring so many things. come back."

Zhou Yong smiled and said, "How many things can I use? These are all prepared for you. Well, unlike our north, it is not only humid, but also mosquitoes are particularly numerous. It is also very vicious. If you don’t prepare, you can’t do it at night. Fortunately, the diet is not a big problem. Although there is a shortage of other things on the mountain, there are so many wild products and wild game. As long as there are seasonings, you can make good things to eat at any time."

From the parking place to Zhou Yong’s foothold, there are dozens of miles of mountain roads. The two of them talked and laughed, and they walked for more than two hours. Although Zhang Feng has excellent physical fitness, he has not insisted on training for two or three years. Now, walking so many mountain roads all at once is really a bit tired and panicked, sweating all over, and there is no place to stay along the way, and there is not even a single figure on the mountain road for dozens of miles.

I don’t know how many mountains have been turned over. When a small river valley was blocked in front of the two, Zhang Feng finally saw a mountain dwelling. This was the first time I saw such a large settlement area when I entered the mountain. No matter how you look at it, there are dozens of households. Zhou Yong pointed to a few huts on the side of the river valley and said, "There is the only school building in the mountain. Although it is not big, it includes both primary and secondary schools."

Zhang Feng was taken aback for a moment: "This is the school where Yang Xiaolan and Jiang Zhen support education?"

Although Zhang Feng did not miss Zhou Yong's report about the school during this period, when he really stood on the hillside and looked at the school, he was still a little unbelievable. It was not that he had not been to the impoverished mountainous area, such as Shi The mountain village where Yan's family is located, but I have never seen a school that is so rudimentary. It still includes a middle school and an elementary school together. The whole school, including the principal, has only three teachers.

From where they stood, you can see the whole picture of the school. There are only two rows of school buildings in total. Because the distance is a little far away, Zhang Feng can’t tell how many classrooms there are, but the school buildings look very simple, with less than One-third of the mud-tile houses, and the rest are houses built with thatch, seem to have just gone through a catastrophe, and several houses are still torn apart.

A rope is pulled diagonally in the corner of the simple playground, and a few clothes are hanging on it. The bright colors add some vitality to the place. Although the distance is still far away, Zhang Feng can already guess that these clothes are 80%. It's Jiang Zhen or Yang Xiaolan. The living conditions of the people in the mountains may not be able to wear such bright clothes. He shook his head secretly, and Zhang Feng said to Zhou Yong, "Where do you live?"

Zhou Yong pointed to the mountain col in the distance, and said: "Still in the village over there. This village is mainly composed of families with three surnames. It seems that these families settled here at the earliest, so it is called Sanxing Village. It is said that it has been around for hundreds of years. Of course, there are more than three surnames now, but the largest households still have three surnames. Well, there are about 46 households and 206 people in the whole village. There are some scattered households around."

Zhang Feng nodded slightly, and it could be seen that Zhou Yong had indeed worked hard to get to the bottom of the situation in Sanxing Village. Maybe everyone's information is already well known, right? For such a deserted and desolate mountain ravine, he could stay for so long. He had known that it was like this, so he had let him go back, and there was no danger here.

Zhou Yong seemed to have guessed Zhang Feng's thoughts, shook his head slightly, and said, "Let's go, find a place to settle down first."

Zhang Feng pondered for a moment before saying, "Yang Xiaolan is still at school, right?"

Zhou Yong nodded and said, "Well, there is Jiang Zhen. They don't have any holidays here. Since it is a holiday, there is nowhere to go."

Zhang Feng smiled bitterly. For Yang Xiaolan, the three- or two-day vacation is really useless in this kind of place. Just walking out of the mountains will probably not have enough time, let alone doing other things. There is no big difference if there is no holiday. He sighed, and said, "In this case, go straight to school." He has very limited time out this time, and he has no time to soak mushrooms here. It is better to be straightforward.

Zhou Yong was taken aback for a moment, then shook his head, and said, "Well, uh, really don't need to give you another place to rest at night?"

Zhang Feng said: "No need." With so many classrooms in the school, the classes may be a bit rudimentary. It shouldn't be a problem to serve as temporary beds.

In fact, deep down in his heart, he didn't have any other thoughts, but he still had to meet Yang Xiaolan's face. At this moment, Zhang Feng still had a little bit of anxiety in his heart. There was a lot of concern about the meeting between the two. Guess, I don't know what kind of attitude Yang Xiaolan will be in a while.

It looked not far, but it was a long distance to walk. When the two of them came down from the top of the mountain and walked to the entrance of the school, it was already more than an hour later. Zhou Yong pointed to the broken school gate and said, "Some time ago. Heavy rains, flash floods, river flooding, the school was also hit, even the gates were washed away, and the school building collapsed more than half. Although it was repaired once, it can be improvised."

Zhang Feng looked at the broken school gate, the fence and the playground that was still full of mud. He didn't know what it was like. He took a breath and said, "Just send it here. I'll go in alone."

Zhou Yong hesitated for a while before he said: "Okay, this bag is full of daily necessities, you also bring it in, um, I will carry a backpack."

Zhang Feng took the luggage handed over by Zhou Yong, carrying it on his shoulders and hands, all over his body, and then stepped into the broken gate of the school.

Perhaps because of the National Day holiday, Zhang Feng didn't see a figure from the mountain until he stepped into the school gate. The mountain village in the distance had faintly revealed a few lights, and there was a faint smoke in the air. There were a few sparse dog barks in his ears, and occasionally loud original ecological folk songs rippling in the void. Zhang Feng suddenly calmed down when he walked into this quiet mountain village campus.

An oncoming window was pushed abruptly from inside, and Yang Xiaolan stood in front of the window, staring at the man on the playground in amazement, her eyes getting blurred.