&;srn&;Old Shadow of the Republic of China 61

After spending all the tickets to the border area at home, I got a bag of grain. It weighed dozens of kilograms, and all kinds of grains were mixed with several kilograms of white flour, black noodles, and a few kilograms of rice and ten kilograms of millet. Soybeans, mung beans, peas, buckwheat and sorghum, all the same little bit anyway. Baiyun could carry it back by carrying it alone.

The tight bulk goods blocked in the border area cannot be circulated. This resulted in the soaring price in the border area, but at the same time, the price of more than ten times inside and outside also caused some people to see the profit. Jiang would be convicted of any goods transported to the border area as smuggling. Any existing smuggler is a death penalty. Big merchants dare not test the law with their own body, but what about the common people? They can't even survive and still care about this? So more people from the border area have increased. Some people can only smuggle a few kilograms of grain with cloth bags wrapped around their waists. Some people sew cotton into the clothes on their bodies, and when they enter the border area, they take out some bottles as big as a palm to secretly get oil to the border area, and then make the difference in the middle. So the world is still doing business, but the amount of goods is small, and the price is naturally ridiculously high.

Lin Yutong dared not waste the food he bought, so he put it away. No matter what it is, it is not as real as the food. He also had to secretly go into these food bags, and he could do as much as he could. At night, Lin Yutong whispered: "Sometimes, it's not entirely a good thing to be equipped with a guard." The action was too restricted. Only the Fourth Master knew the secrets on her, and none of the children knew about them. What's more, they were others.

The Fourth Master patted her: "Go to sleep. No matter when, don't rely on that thing. What if there is a possibility? What if you don't know why you lose it? We are not alive yet. You said that we have lived until now, have never seen anything, have not passed by, and have earned all the days for us. You must always have this mentality."

That's right.

In a daze, Lin Yutong fell asleep. The room was warm and the kang was very hot. At night, she slept in a bed with her child in her arms. The child was in her arms, and the Fourth Master was close behind her. The two stoves in front and back were sandwiched between her, so she slept very comfortably. It was a luxury for the child to sleep until dawn. It had to touch the child if he had peed after two hours. It was only now that Lin Yutong moved a little, then turned on the flashlight, and then whispered Changsheng, "We're up and swearing." He had to urinate for the child.

Lin Yutong got up and picked up the child. The Fourth Master came over with the child's small urine basin and then whistled softly. Chang Sheng hummed twice with his eyes closed and then released the water safely. When it was over, let alone the child, even Lin Yutong fell asleep without even awakening. In a daze, he could still feel the Fourth Master covering the quilt, and then suddenly heard footsteps outside, which was very messy. She woke up with a shiver.

The Fourth Master pressed her down and said, "Don't move, look at the child, don't be shocked." As he said that, he got up and put on his clothes, "This is the footsteps of the guard squad, I'm afraid something will appear."

This is the first time. The guard squad is on duty every night, but there is only one time when there is any movement.

Lin Yutong handed the gun to the Fourth Master: "Be careful."

The Fourth Master loaded the gun, Lin Yutong also sat up wearing clothes, hugged her child in the corner of the wall. There was a window next to the kang, and there were bullets flying in. The position in the center of the kang was not safe at all. However, the corner of the wall next to the window was considered a dead corner. Unless it was shot at close range, it was impossible to shoot at this position.

Lin Yutong's emergency response made the Fourth Master feel relieved, and then turned around and walked out, and brought the door of the house. Lin Yutong put the earmuffs on Chang Sheng's ears, hugged him and listened quietly to the movement outside.

The Fourth Master left the bedroom door, and Bai Yuan and Qian Ni were already in the main hall. "What's going on?" He pointed outside and asked.

Bai Yuan looked outside vigilantly, "The person on duty on the guard duty heard movements on the cave. At first, he was not sure whether it was a human or an animal, so he didn't say anything and just hit people to see it. But after going up, the cave was staring at many footprints left by women's feet. He suspected that someone was haunted, leaving half of the people guarding the cave, and the others looked around and there were no clues."

It was the footprints of a woman's little feet again. This reminded people of the haunted rumors I heard in the market and the rumors of a woman with red shoes, which were particularly impressed.

The Fourth Master wanted to go out to see it, but Bai Yuan stopped him and refused: "Who knows whether these people are going to create chaos or want to be unfavorable to you. If someone pulls the tiger out of the mountain and shoots a cold gun in the dark, it will be too late to regret it. Even if there is a quarrel outside, you can't go out. Your safety comes first, and this is not negotiable."

Qian Ni looked back and forth, pointing to the inside of the cave, "These caves were dug, sitting in the study, and working as bedrooms. I think we should also dig another hole in the cave." She pointed to the window of the cave, "The caves are all good, but this window is not good. If you throw a grenade inside, the consequences will be unimaginable!

Who can go into the yard and throw grenades inside, but it is just a scare of yourself.

The Fourth Master did not argue with the two of them, but only ordered Bai Yuan, "I told Zhongshan not to chase him anymore. People at night were not sure and dared not come close. Let's withdraw first. I have to tell the security department about this matter. No matter what I want to do, it's time to check it out."

As he said that, he entered the house and could still sleep.

Lin Yutong leaned against the corner of the wall and didn't move. When she saw the Fourth Master coming back, she asked in a low voice: "How is it?"

The Fourth Master laughed: "It's okay, go to bed. What's going on? Let's see if it's going to get up tomorrow morning."

But there was no child who dared to take risks in Lin Yutong, so he didn't dare to lie down. He still felt that it was safer to hold the child. The Fourth Master had no choice but to lean over, and next to the mother and son, and asked Lin Yutong to lean on her: "Sleep. You have to go to the hospital tomorrow. Can you have surgery if you are not in good spirits?"

But the next day, Lin Yutong had no intention of going to the hospital and asked Qian Ni to ask. She knew that there was no emergency and she couldn't get over. Someone was haunted and was at home. Safety was obviously threatened, so who could work and study with peace of mind.

She followed the Fourth Master with the child in her arms, followed Liao Kai, Wen Feng and several comrades from the security department.

"I looked at it. There were no footprints in the yard, and there were no small footprints on the road at the door, only on the top of the cave." Liao Kai said, then pointed to the ground, "It seems that they did not have the chance to enter the yard. They didn't even dare to approach the front door."

But this cave can be found from the mountain. You can't seal the entire mountain. This is unrealistic!

Zhong Shan pointed to the heights, "We thought so last night, just following the ridge, but after almost a few dozen meters, the footprints disappeared. There was nothing. I also looked around this morning. There were also footprints on the top of the cave in the school hospital. But there were no other places. It was only concentrated in this small piece. We don't believe in the superstitious one, but this is not scientific. Women with small feet should not walk so fast, and in the middle of the night, walking in the mountains, except for no footprints. This is not realistic. We all have some doubts whether this is left by humans, or what kind of animal's hooves grow like this? I have little knowledge, but the leaders are more knowledgeable. Think about it, is there such a possibility? We reacted quickly last night. The soldiers I accepted were well-trained. It is absolutely impossible for so many people to catch a woman."

The Fourth Master glanced at Lin Yutong, "What did you see?"

Lin Yutong stuffed Chang Sheng into the arms of the Fourth Master, then squatted down and looked roughly at the footprints, "This should not be left by one person. These footprints look like women wearing three-inch golden lotus, but these footprints are big and three inches, and only about two and a half inches. To be honest, there are not many women who can wrap their feet so standard now. If they were not wealthy families, they would not be able to underestimate them. But what about the soles of these shoes? The patterns are very rough, and ordinary peasant women can make such shoes. However, these do not mean anything. Look at the depth of the footprints, with my height and weight, if I have such a pair of small feet, I can't step on it so deeply."

Thanks to the heavy rain for more than a month, the soil is still very wet and the footprints are very clear. The more the area of ​​the stress is, the greater the pressure. This footprint looks a little deeper.

Liao Kai stopped the Fourth Master and then asked Lin Yutong: "What do you mean, is this a man tied something on his feet?"

Lin Yutong nodded, feeling like an adult was wearing children's shoes. "If you use wood or something to make small feet, and make one end into a platform, tied to the feet, it's the same as walking on stilts. Put a pair of small shoes on the other side of the feet and tied them firmly." She pointed to these footprints, "This is what makes it so slippery, but the footprints are very clean and neat. Looking back at our own footprints, there were several times when we were wet mud belts and almost lost their shoes, but these footprints didn't. And you looked at the arrangement, all the turns were very loud, and the footprints were the most dense in the turn, and when walking the straight road, the stride was almost the same. They were not used to wearing that thing."

Not to mention it, it really makes me feel more and more like it.

This explains why you will never see anyone after chasing this area, because as long as you take off the things on your feet, you will be two men who can walk normally. And on this mountain, there are almost the same footprints of men everywhere. Everyone usually comes to farm, and no one will take their hearts even if there are fresh footprints. This is the area where everyone often moves.

The Fourth Master nodded, which was basically consistent with his judgment. He then added: "They came here, probably to check the terrain. Have you noticed that their activity is not too close to the top of the entrance of the cave." He said, and stood on the edge of the footprint on the inside, then looked down at the yard below, and then squatted down a little, "This person put on that thing on his feet, probably because I was bent with my legs so high. From this perspective, I could see the situation in the yard, but I would not be seen by the guards standing on the corridor at the entrance of the second floor cave. The angle of this line of sight was just right. If you take a step forward, you could see the outermost side of the corridor on the second floor cave."

Liao Kai tried it with him, "It seems that this is roughly the case. The situation you reacted yesterday must be related to what happened last night. I think I'll call Ba Ge back, he will keep my guard, so I can rest assured. This kid Zhong Shan has a little less experience."

Bago was talking about stuttering. He had been watching in the factory. Now that he needed to take care of him, he had to be transferred out. It seemed that he was a powerful man.

Lin Yutong didn't say anything, so she reached out to take Changsheng and went down first. The Fourth Master must have something to say to them. What is the origin of this group of men? Why did they find their own heads? Is it a sure thing that they live here? Or is it a test? What is their purpose? Is it to get something? Or is it for assassination?

It seems that you have to be careful during this period.

Qian Ni followed her with her hands on the mullet gun box on her waist, ready to take it out at any time. And Lin Yutong knew that her gun was loaded. Of course, it was not just Qian Ni, but also the guard squad. She became nervous like never before.

But Lin Yutong said that it may not be the case.

Fang Yun was already waiting in the yard, took a boiled egg and stuffed it directly to Changsheng, and then whispered to Lin Yutong: "The students and the nurses in the hospital were frightened. They said that there was a noise at the door of the dormitory last night. When they woke up this morning, they saw a few trash, and some people said they heard a strange noise. There are some rumors now. I think it's time to hold a meeting. What the hell is this strange thing, it's all fictitious."

But if we say that the enemy is involved, we are afraid that everyone will be even more confused.

Lin Yutong looked up and said, "It's just that the gods nearby are making trouble. If they don't make ghosts, no one will ask him to exorcise ghosts. If no one asks him to exorcise ghosts, no one will earn anyone. It's reasonable for birds to eat and die for money."

Fang Yun clapped his hands: "Finish! I'll call everyone to have a meeting now. By the way, it doesn't matter if people don't evacuate. If there is really deliberate destruction, we can't afford to lose whether it's the wounded in the hospital or the students in the school."

Then it's really hard to say. If anyone sneaked into the explosives, everyone would have to finish it. Lin Yutong couldn't easily make it, so she could only say: "The security department has a conclusion, and I will notify you as soon as possible."

"Okay." Fang Yun said, turning around and about to leave. After walking two steps, he suddenly stopped. He turned around and stopped talking to Lin Yutong, "Do you think this matter will have something to do with him?"

Who is he referring to? The wilderness?

Lin Yutong didn't know why Fang Yun thought so, so she smiled and comforted: "Aren't we all explained it? He is now secretly detained and the news cannot be leaked. Don't worry."

Fang Yun smiled reluctantly. This became a piece of her heart. She didn't need to question whether it was a relationship between the wilderness. She was not careful in her guarding, and whether she had taken advantage of the loopholes in some place. This feeling would still make her wake up every night. Seeing Lin Yutong denied so firmly, she breathed a sigh of relief, but she couldn't take off the burden in her heart.

After seeing off Fang Yun, Lin Yutong welcomed two unexpected people, Xingzi and her newlywed husband Chen Shi. Chen Shi came in with Xingzi, but Xingzi's face was pale and she didn't look healthy.

Lin Yutong had no prejudice against Chen Shi. Like most people, he worked diligently, but he was old and found a young girl he admired as his wife. The wife had no problem with her political stance. Just look at her brothers and sisters, you can know the general situation. This family situation is much better than his second wife. Moreover, she herself was a progressive student who studied in a medical school, took the initiative to participate in the revolution, married a guerrilla, and became a widow of a martyr.

Chen Shi stood in the yard awkwardly, not knowing what to call him, but as his wife called her eldest sister, her age was obviously not suitable. His eldest son in his hometown, according to his age, also gave this King of Yan Lin about the same age.

Lin Yutong smiled understandingly: "Secretary Chen, please sit." She didn't invite the two of them into the house, but sat on the stone bench in the yard. She took the initiative to speak, and she called the official title.

Chen Shi relaxed his shoulders and his expression became natural. He sat with Xingzi, then said, "Director Lin, come first and bothered me." He pointed to Xingzi, "She was a little uncomfortable, so I took her to the hospital, but she didn't trust other doctors. She only trusted your medical skills, so I had no choice but to come to her door."

Lin Yutong waved her hand before he could finish her words and pushed the person out, making her look a little unkind, but to be honest, just looking at Xingzi's expression, she knew that Xingzi was not a serious illness. She squinted her eyes and looked at Xingzi's somewhat dissipated pupils: "You're scared."

It's not a temptation of speculation, but a sure tone.

Chen Shi didn't see Lin Yutong take her pulse, but he never doubted this person's methods. No matter how serious the person was, no one who was injured was unsuccessful. Even on the front line, the ability to save one person was almost a myth. "Why were you scared?" He was a little confused, "Why were you scared for so long?"

He didn't know, and Lin Yutong had no idea. She shook her head, but the person in charge prescribed the medicine: "We are now nervous about medicine, so I won't prescribe medicine anymore. Go back and find some incense ash and pour it in boiling water." Of course, this water does not have the effect of curing diseases, but being frightened is a psychological problem. Drinking some of this thing is giving her psychological hints.

Chen Shi's expression immediately changed: "Director Chen, this is a feudal superstition, you can use this to cure the disease."

"Why is it feudal superstitious?" Lin Yutong smiled: "Now, scientific research has been found. According to this, you say it is invalid and unscientific. But I would like to ask, how much of the scientific research has studied?"

Chen Shi stopped talking.

Lin Yutong said, "We can call four percent of the observed ones, and ninety-six percent of things as non-nothing. Western medicine starts with the ones to treat diseases. They support them with experimental basis, which also determines that Western medicine studies the existence of medical treatment and diseases. The biggest difference between traditional Chinese medicine and Western medicine is that traditional Chinese medicine recognizes the existence of nothing. It is believed that a large part of the diseases in the human body are caused by nothing. Although traditional Chinese medicine is also unable to find nothing, traditional Chinese medicine believes that this method can be used, such as looking at the qi and judging the pulse to detect the state of nothing, and can also adjust and restore the normal state of nothing through some means, such as traditional Chinese medicine and acupuncture inflammation, so as to achieve the effect of curing diseases. Just like many Western medicines cannot understand the general sentence of yin and yang in traditional Chinese medicine.

If you use the part studied by Western medicine, it is absurd to question that 96% of the mistakes are wrong. Moreover, Western medicine has not yet studied these four percent, otherwise there would be so many incurable diseases? Do you think this is the reason? "This person is working in the publicity department, and Lin Yutong doesn't want to offend the pen. She called Chen Shi and took two steps aside, then added: "And after hundreds of years of experiments, Xiang Hui Water has proved that even if there is no benefit, there is absolutely no obvious harm." She pointed to her heart, "I was scared, it's not that there is a problem with the body's function. I think the prescription I prescribed, even if this prescription is to take two more breaths of air, many people feel at ease. The disease will naturally be cured."

It sounds like this. Chen Shi was speechless, and Xingzi and her sister were not the same person at all.

Lin Yutong looked back at Xingzi, who had already relaxed, and said, "I think my prescription is a treatment for symptoms and you can cure the root cause. You have to ask, why was she scared? Only by following up and removing the inner demons in her heart can it be considered that she is really cured."

This really reminded him, "Yes! Why are you scared?" Chen Shi turned around and asked, and he was puzzled, "I just arrived at the cafeteria of our unit, and I was not used to it? It shouldn't be. Everyone is very kind. You cooked the dishes well, and you became the master of the spoon as soon as you go." There is no need to cut vegetables or wash vegetables. She holds the spoon every time she has dinner, and she just needs to arrange staff to work. "I won't be scared. Could it be that it's evening? Did I give birth to something when I was on duty at night?"

Lin Yutong was still surprised. If these two people had no children, they would have to live in the collective dormitory of the unit. According to this, they had a house. Did they take back the child given by Chen Shishang's wife, so they divided the house? She thought about this, but it was hard to ask.

Xingzi's eyes were a little flustered, "Last night, the yard was uneasy. Not only was our yard uneasy, but the nearby one was uneasy. The window was smashed by dirt, so I opened the window to look, and there was no one outside the window. I went out to see, and with the oil lamp, I saw footprints in the yard."

Lin Yutong's heart was shocked. It seemed that there were still many people making noise.

Xingzi grew up with Lin's mother. She accepted her fate, ghosts and gods, and it was a shame. These things have been heard since childhood. Now she has broken her superstition and talked about science, but she has only been able to bear this kind of education for a few days. When she suddenly encountered this, wouldn't she be scared?

Chen Shi's face turned pale. Everyone encountered such a thing, and no one was afraid! Not only were they not afraid, but everyone thought they had nothing to do, but they must have looked at the leader in the supervisor to report the problem. They kept silent, because they were afraid of causing panic. Everyone's awareness. This is his wife, who was so scared that she could not get up on the kang.

Xingzi saw Chen Shi's face and tears came down. She grabbed Lin Yutong's sleeve, "Sister! Sister! It's really not my courage, but her grandmother."

Huaer is Chen Shi's daughter. Her biological mother is a local, and this child used to live with his grandmother.

Lin Yutong pulled her sleeve back, and there was no need to ask that these two people really took the child back.

Chen Shi occupied two rounds in place, "Don't mess around, Huaer's grandmother is reasonable enough. She sent the child back to the evening and picked him up in the morning, which would not affect our work. Where can I find such an elderly person now?"

Xingzi shook her head and whispered: "Then she told me that Huaer's mother had tangled her feet when she was a child, but later she changed her feet and let go of them. I thought Huaer's mother had found the footprints in the yard. I thought she didn't want me to replace her position, so she came to me in the middle of the night, so how could I not be afraid?"

Lin Yutong sighed in her heart, you used someone else's child to change you, but in fact you didn't care about the child at all. You can still expect the man's ex-wife's mother to be kind to you. What's wrong with scaring you?

Xingzi thought wrongly, "Are they joining together to scare me? They just don't want me to live a good life with you?"

Lin Yutong really couldn't stand it anymore. Chen Shi obviously didn't want to call Xingzi here to embarrass her eyes. He hurriedly pulled Xingzi away, apologizing to Lin Yutong while walking, "It's really disturbing."

What's this all called!

After the two left, Lin Yutong thought about it. So many people said, what was the earth that appeared inexplicably? I went out to check it out. There was no one in the yard, and this piece of earth could not really fall from the sky. If I threw it down from the cave, it would not be thrown on the window, and it would not be even more smashed. But if I threw it outside the yard inside, everyone would see the door opening, and it would be unreasonable to do it silently.

Lin Yutong really can't understand this.

But another thing is certain that there is no dump in my yard.

Is there any inevitable connection? Why did the school appear? The hospital also appear, but there is no one in the yard?

And having small footprints can scare people, so why do you make such a sound?
To be continued...