Chapter 684: Searching the Mountain

After Qin Erqiang finished speaking, Du Fei raised his hand and looked at his watch. It was already past eleven o'clock.

Du Fei looked around the crowd and said in a deep voice, "Comrades, it's getting late now. Don't stay here. Rest now. We'll continue looking for people at dawn tomorrow."

Just now Wang Dacheng specifically elevated Du Fei's identity.

It made his words carry more weight, and everyone was tired.

Both the two communes from the county and the militia company commander from the commune had a busy day.

No one is made of iron.

Qin Erqiang had already made arrangements.

Naturally, there is no guest house in the village. No matter who comes from outside, they have to stay in the homes of fellow villagers.

Du Fei and Wang Dacheng were called by Qin Huairou, and they should all live in Qin Huairou's house.

Although Qin Huairou is a widow, her father is still in the Chan family, so there is no need to be taboo.

Moreover, the conditions of Qin Huairou's family are relatively good in the village. Qin Huairou renovated three large tile-roofed houses for the family, but it has only been a few years now.

After coming out of the village committee, Wang Dacheng drove the car into the courtyard.

This thing is very expensive, and Qin Erqiang is afraid that some naughty boy's hand will be damaged if he leaves it outside.

Then he went to Qin Huairou's house with Du Fei.

Outside is a large courtyard surrounded by earth walls.

The main house in the courtyard is a three-room large tiled house made of blue bricks, and the left and right wings are the original earthen houses.

Qin Huairou's parents were watching Xiaodang and Huaihua at home. When they noticed they were back, they immediately greeted them.

Qin's mother had seen Du Fei, and Qin's father had a sick look on his face.

It seems that the last time I got sick, even though I was admitted to the hospital, the root cause of the disease was still there.

In addition, the eldest grandson was missing and he had to live alone for two more days. No wonder it was like this.

After a brief chat at home, Qin Huairou and Qin's mother quickly tidied up the house.

I packed up the east room of the north room, got bedding for Du Fei and Wang Dacheng, and then put on the fire.

Mother Qin also arranged to boil some hot water for Du Fei and Wang Dacheng to scald their feet to relieve their fatigue.

But Du Fei declined politely, saying that it was getting late and he should go to bed and rest so that he could find someone tomorrow.

Only the village committee in Qinjiatun has electricity, mainly for the use of loudspeakers for radio broadcasts.

In theory, other villagers can also pull wires to use electricity, but they have to bear the poles and monthly electricity bills themselves.

These days, we don’t even have a TV at home, so we just use a light bulb to connect the wires.

It was so expensive that it didn't burn much brighter than an oil lamp at night, so no one was willing to pull the string.

In the west room, Qin Huairou and his family were lying on the big kang.

Father Qin was at the head of the kang, then Mother Qin, with Xiaodang and Sophora japonica in the middle, and finally Qin Huairou.

Although it is said that children avoid their mothers, daughters avoid their fathers.

But in the north, especially in very cold places, it is common for the whole family to sleep on a large bunk bed in winter.

After all, firewood is not plentiful in winter, and ordinary people have more

One stove will waste twice as much firewood.

Blow out the oil lamp.

Xiaodang and Huaihua had fallen asleep long ago.

As soon as Qin Huairou got into bed, she heard Qin's mother sigh, "Girl, this Xiao Du is a kind person. As soon as he heard that you had something to do, he came here overnight."

Qin Huairou said "hmm", but she was a little absent-minded.

She really wanted to lean into Du Fei's arms now, so that she wouldn't feel so empty in her heart.

After two days of searching, although she still didn't give up hope, Qin Huairou knew in her heart that Bang Bang'er's hope of survival was getting smaller and smaller.

Calling Du Fei here was her last straw.

On Du Fei's side, after understanding the situation, Wang Dacheng was also not optimistic about finding the three children.

But he would never say these depressing words.

In the dark room, Wang Dacheng couldn't help but ask, "Brother, how do you want to find me tomorrow?"

Du Fei's words were concise and concise, saying only two words: "Enter the mountain!"

Wang Dacheng said, "Do you think they have entered the mountain?"

Du Fei said, "What else? The intensity of the search in the past two days has not been small. More than a hundred people have pulled the net. If something happened, it is impossible that there will be no traces. The most likely thing is that the three children have already died for some reason. Far away from the search range, the most likely way is to go into the mountains. "

Wang Dacheng said "Yeah" in agreement.

In fact, Du Fei coincided with what he had in mind.

Neither of them spoke again, but neither fell asleep.

After a while, Du Fei got up from the kang, put on his clothes, and went to the ground to put on his shoes.

Although Wang Dacheng was not asleep, he didn't ask any more questions.

Du Fei passed by the outhouse, opened the door and entered the courtyard.

Suddenly a cold wind hit my face.

In the rural areas on the outskirts, it seems to be colder than in the capital.

Du Fei did not go to the latrine, but casually took out a cigarette from his pocket and lit it.

At the same time, with a thought, Xiao Hei, No. 2, and No. 3 were all released.

In order to make them more convenient to use, Du Fei once again fed them some white light from the portable space on the way here.

These three crows have become more powerful, and their IQs are also stronger than before.

But overall, Du Fei is still very restrained in upgrading them.

It's not too much beyond the upper limit of ordinary animals.

The three crows flew up, quacked twice in the air, and then flew north along different routes.

Du Fei's order to them was very simple: report any "abnormality" immediately.

As for the specific abnormality, it is up to them to understand it themselves.

Du Fei did not directly ask them to find someone.

Because these children haven't come back for so long, if they are still alive, they must be trapped. If you look for them directly, you may not be able to find them, but you may miss important clues.

This is why Du Fei wants to upgrade them. The main purpose is to improve their intelligence so that they can communicate better and identify useful information.

After releasing the three crows, Du Fei had another thought.

"Meow!"

Xiao Wu appeared in front of him.

It raised its big furry head and looked around vigilantly and curiously.

This is obviously not its home, let alone its territory.

This made Xiao Wu a little excited. Du Fei was going to take it to expand its territory!

It immediately "meowed" again.

Just like the three crows just now.

On the way here, Du Fei also added weight to Xiao Wu.

Although its size has not changed significantly, its muscles and strength have been strengthened.

This makes Xiao Wu's combat effectiveness at least 20 more than before.

Although there are no large beasts such as tigers and black bears in the mountains near the capital, lynxes, wolves, and foxes are relatively common in this era.

Du Fei must make sure to release Xiao Wu, and don't use meat buns to hit dogs, which will never come back.

On the other hand, Xiao Wu was full of confidence.

Suddenly, he jumped onto the roof of the Qin family, then swayed and disappeared into the night.

Du Fei brought Xiao Wu with him because he was familiar with Bangganer.

They were old enemies.

Xiao Wu had a very deep impression of Bangganer in his memory.

Perhaps it would be more conducive to finding clues about Bangganer.

Letting Xiao Wu out now was to let it get familiar with the wild environment outside the village.

After finishing the work, Du Fei was not in a hurry to go back to the house.

He stood outside the door silently until he finished smoking a cigarette, and then went back to the house.

At this time, Wang Dacheng had fallen asleep.

In any place, taking a quick rest and resting energy are basic survival skills on the battlefield.

Therefore, if Wang Dacheng wanted to sleep, he could fall into deep sleep in less than five minutes.

In this case, sleeping for twenty minutes can be equivalent to two or three hours of sleep for ordinary people.

Du Fei also lay down, glanced at the dark room, and closed his eyes.

I hope everything goes well tomorrow, and I hope that Bangganer and the other two children are strong enough...

The next morning, it was just dawn.

Du Fei and Wang Dacheng got up early.

Looking at the watch, it was not yet six o'clock.

Qin Ma got up early and made breakfast.

Hot cornmeal porridge, plus two-grain steamed buns for the New Year.

This thing is not available in the countryside at ordinary times, and it must be eaten during the New Year.

Du Fei was not polite, Qin Huairou's conditions are good now.

It's not that a few buns will make her family poor.

They ate a full meal with pickled vegetable shreds and bean sprouts.

Then Du Fei and Wang Dacheng went to the village committee together.

They didn't come early, and the village secretary Qin Erqiang and the militia company commander of the commune had already arrived.

The two county officials also arrived before and after.

There is no need for nagging at this time.

Du Fei took the lead and gave orders directly.

Standing beside the blackboard, he picked up the chalk and drew some dotted lines on the simple map.

"Comrades, next we will conduct a grid-based investigation. One militiaman will lead one villager to form a group, responsible for one grid, and extend along the boundary of the previous search into Dayang Mountain..."

After that, he emphasized safety again.

Du Fei finally said in a deep voice, "Comrades, we can only succeed and not fail! Because... today may be the last hope of survival for the three children and the missing villager."

Everyone's expression was solemn.

Then Du Fei waved his hand, "Comrades, let's go!"

At the same time, outside the village committee, the militiamen and the villagers of Qinjiatun, a total of more than 100 people, had gathered.

In this era, especially in rural areas, people's organization and discipline are very strong.

Led by Qin Erqiang and the militia company commander, a group of people marched out of the village and headed for Dayang Mountain in the north.

Dayang Mountain is not high in altitude, and there are no towering mountains.

In winter, the vegetation on the mountain withers, and the treetops are bare.

This brings some convenience to the search and rescue work.

Du Fei had only talked about the idea of ​​a grid search before.

As for the specific arrangements, he did not personally command.

First, Du Fei did not think that his command ability was very strong.

Second, he did not expect to find the stick with these people.

Du Fei really counted on Xiao Hei and the others.

Three crows circled in the air, overlooking the bare hillside, and they could search a large area in a short time.

The efficiency was much higher than that of these hundreds of people.

However, the situation did not develop smoothly.

Time was like a galloping wild donkey.

In a blink of an eye, a morning passed.

But the crowd still made no progress, and even Xiao Hei, No. 2, and No. 3 did not find anything.

In this case, Du Fei was a little impatient.

Should we continue to expand the search range?