The noodle restaurant owner's speech lacked the subject, but Zhai Chen understood it. The mine is located in Qingshu Town, and the boss said that the bareness is also the Qingshu Town, and the tree grows in Lihe Town. There is a river from Qingshu Town to Lihe Town, and five tung trees grow by the river.
"What kind of mine is that? I've been in the provincial capital for so many years, but I've never heard of a mine in Wutong." Zhai Chen asked curiously.
This is the truth. People in this province should be able to know about the large-scale resources in the province, such as minerals. Where there is coal and where there is iron, these are all things that must be mentioned in propaganda in various places. If it wasn't for this, Zhai Chen would never have heard of Wutong's mine.
"The iron ore has been discontinued a long time ago, and now it's an abandoned mine," the boss sighed. "In the past, when this mine was still open, Wutong was prosperous. Once that mine was abandoned, this place would be abandoned."
The young employees had never experienced that time, so when they heard that, they raised their heads: "I heard that there were many million-dollar households in Qingshu Town at that time, right?"
"Yeah." The boss uttered an affirmation from his nose, and then heaved a long sigh, lamenting that life is difficult now, there are fewer and fewer people in the county, and this noodle restaurant will no longer be able to open.
"How come there are fewer and fewer people, aren't all rural people moving to the county seat now?" Zhai Chen said oddly, he did find that the county seat was relatively desolate, there were not many people on the street, and the shops on the street looked listless.
The boss pouted and lowered his voice: "That's why you don't know, this county..."
"jijijiji!" The car outside suddenly sounded a sharp siren, Zhai Chen dropped his chopsticks and ran out. There is also a box with snow head gold in the car, but it cannot be touched.
Next to the off-road vehicle, a thin man like a hemp pole was cutting the window with a glass knife, as if he hadn't heard the sound of the car, and was still working as if no one else was there. The window glass had been slashed open, and it could be broken with two more taps.
"What are you doing!" Zhai Chen shouted loudly, causing the man to shiver. He turned his head and was about to run, when Zhai Chen grabbed the collar.
The man struggled for a while, then suddenly turned his head, showing a weird smile, grabbed Zhai Chen's wrist and was about to bite it. Zhai Chen didn't take oxygen, so he couldn't throw the person over his shoulder in time. Seeing the person's yellow teeth, he panicked and had to let go. But instead of taking the opportunity to escape, the thief grabbed Zhai Chen harder and harder, and had to bite him.
"Boom!" A long leg in black trousers stretched out, kicked the thief to the ground violently, and pulled Zhai Chen behind him.
"Don't get close to him." Gao Yusheng looked at the man lying still on the ground with cold eyes. Perhaps he was too weak. He had exhausted his strength when he grabbed Zhai Chen just now, and he couldn't get up now.
"Hey hey, I have syphilis and AIDS. If you have the ability, come and catch me."
"Fuck you motherfucker and come to Lao Tzu's door again." The boss came out with a big broom, waving to beat him. He seems to be a repeat offender, and everyone around here knows him.
The small county town is only two or three blocks away. The police came over quickly, and when they saw this man, they were full of disgust: "It's you again, how did I tell you last time! Let's go to the drug rehab center."
The police didn't want to touch him either, so they handcuffed him, threw a rope at him, and drove him to the police car with a baton.
Co-authoring and taking drugs? Zhai Chen watched the man who was familiar with the road tie himself up, tied himself to the back of the police car, and then followed the slow-moving police car, very speechless.
"The economy here is in decline, the fish and dragons are mixed, and there are many drug addicts," Gao Yusheng said in a low voice, "Don't buy cigarettes indiscriminately."
"Okay, it's fine, I don't usually smoke." Zhai Chen looked at the time, it was already more than three o'clock, which was a bit embarrassing. It's too late to go to Qingshu Town in a hurry, but I'm afraid I won't be able to come back, so I have to stay there for one night.
"We live in the county seat and leave tomorrow morning." Gao Yusheng made a direct decision. The mine is over there. I don't know if the radiation has spread to the surrounding area. Besides, if you are not familiar with the place, it is better not to spend the night in the town.
Looking for the best hotel in the county, it is also old enough. This is not a tourist county, and after the disappearance of industry, it is no different from a larger township. The best hotel is the county guest house, which is rustic and resplendent, and the lobby smells of oil smoke.
If you want the most expensive standard room, the decoration is just like that. The walls are painted white, the wooden ceiling, and the plywood heating edging, which is completely the decoration style of 20 years ago. In the cracks of the aluminum alloy windows, there is also a thick layer of ash, mixed with two or three corpses of insects that have accidentally and heroically here.
Gao Yusheng sat on the edge of the bed, frowning slightly. The hostel didn't know what to think, and put the two bedside tables together, side by side in the middle of the two beds, so that the beds were far apart.
"It looks like it's going to rain today." Zhai Chen opened the window and smelled a puff of water vapor. In the morning, the sky is still clear, and it will change how you say it on this day. Originally, the county town was desolate enough. There were fewer people on the street when it rained, and it felt desolate when looking at it.
Originally, I was thinking of going out for a walk, but when I turned my head and saw the magnesium-aluminum alloy box on the TV cabinet, I immediately gave up my plan to go out. Zhai Chen was lying on his bed and turned on the TV to watch.
The old TV had no internet and only played a few local channels. Wutong 1, Wutong 2, yes, the county also has its own TV station, but...
"Men have broad minds like the sea and aspirations as lofty as the sky, but impotence and premature ejaculation make them unable to lift their heads." When they opened it, such an advertisement popped up, shouting in a cadenced tone.
Gao Yusheng turned to look at him.
Zhai Chen coughed awkwardly and quickly changed the channel.
A frowning woman stood at the head of the village: "Second aunt, my man can't work, what should I do?"
Second Aunt winked and said, "Tell you a secret recipe, give him Red Donkey Brand Kidney Treasure, most people Second Aunt won't tell her." After speaking, she showed a "you know" look.
Zhai Chen: "... The advertisements made by grassroots TV stations are really particular."
I couldn't watch the TV, so I turned it off, and pulled Gao Yusheng to play an online mobile game with him. Gao Yusheng doesn't usually play games. Hearing what he said, he placed one at the scene and looked up at Zhai Chen: "I haven't played this before."
Zhai Chen immediately beckoned him to come over: "Come on, brother will teach you."
Gao Yusheng climbed onto Zhai Chen's bed logically, but he couldn't get down once he got up. At night, he still stayed on Zhai Chen's bed: "I'm by the window over there, it's a little cold in the rain."
It was indeed raining outside, and the autumn rain was very cool. The damp wind came in through the cracks in the aluminum alloy windows that were not tightly closed, and the quilt was covered with cool moisture.
"Then I'll sleep." Zhai Chen was about to get up, but was held down by Gao Yusheng.
"Let's squeeze, how can I feel at ease when you sleep in a bed with poor conditions?" Gao Yusheng half propped himself up and said seriously.
"It's okay, I can fall asleep on the floor." Zhai Chen doesn't care, maybe it's because of the elasticity of his own muscles, he thinks it's okay for other people to think that the bed is hard, and he's not picky about the sleeping environment.
Gao Yusheng sat up and said in a muffled voice: "Forget it, I'll sleep." The tall back turned against the street lights outside the window, looking particularly desolate in the wind and rain. He didn't wear shoes on his feet, so he just stepped on the old carpet with bare feet. superior.
"Okay, okay, let's sleep together." Zhai grabbed the angry child.
Gao Yusheng immediately reversed a step back to the bed, fell down, retracted into the bed, and closed his eyes. Although Mr. Gao did not make a sound, all the movements were in order without any rush, but there was a strange rhythm that had been foreshadowed long ago.
Zhai Chen: "..."
The next morning, when it was just dawn, the two started heading towards the mountains. Wutong County is very mountainous, except for the county seat, there are basically undulating slopes going down. To go to Qingshu Town, take a long stretch of winding mountain road. The road is quite spacious. It is said that it was built for the transportation of ore.
The road is not steep, but there are a lot of turns. Gao Yusheng's driving skills are top-notch, driving smoothly and steadily.
"Hey, there's no signal here." Zhai Chen took the mobile phone and wanted to send a message to Mengmeng, but found that there was no signal, let alone the network.
"It's good to get out of this mountain road," Gao Yusheng comforted him. "You can look at the car navigation if you want to see the map."
"No, I just think that this place is barren and wild, and there is no mobile phone signal. It is a good place to kill people and steal money." Zhai Chen opened the window and looked out, rubbing his chin.
"This place is called Bahuiling. It is said that there were mountain bandits stationed in ancient times." Gao Yusheng turned around with ease, and smoothly passed the 180-degree turn, talking to Zhai Chen in a warm voice.
Zhai Chen turned his head to look at him, the deep and pleasant voice could be listened to as a radio story, even without the Internet, he would not be bored on this mountain road that seemed to never be able to get out: "Then I bring the medical oxygen pillow back. It was the right one."
Gao Yusheng swallowed the fact that "there is no robbery now": "Brother's decisions are always right."
"I said," Zhai Chen was itchy all over by the flattery, and reached out and tugged at his ears, "You tell me these exaggerated compliments every day, what are you trying to do?"
"Don't you know what I'm doing?" Gao Yusheng's pulled ear quickly turned red.
Zhai Chen felt hot, and took it back embarrassingly: "I, how do I know."
Turning around again, the car drove out of the long winding mountain road. Gao Yusheng slowed down and turned to look at him: "I'm after you."