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Chapter 160 Weird Bamboo Forest and People

According to the route Xue Xiaojie indicated on the phone, Zhong Lin, Plum Blossom and Lark went straight to Beiwangzhuang along the mountain road...

The journey of more than ten kilometers is a piece of cake for these three people. It was not until Zhong Lin felt that he was about to arrive that he signaled the plum blossoms and larks to slow down. Since he wanted to dress up as a high school student, he had to dress up like a little. He couldn't tell others that Xue Xiaojie's three classmates were all physical education students.

In order to maintain consistency, Zhong Lin also gave himself a nickname - the Owl. Although it is not as nice as the plum blossom bird and the lark, it is just a temporary use and can't take care of it.

It is hard to imagine that the economy is so developed and there are still such backward places. The road to the village can basically only run hand tractors. As for what to do, high-end cars such as Baolu want to go through, unless the territory is removed or replaced with special tires! Even in this way, you can only walk...

The road is covered with bamboo, but what makes people feel strange is that it is just summer, but the leaves of the bamboo that should have been tender green have turned into dark green or even yellow in late autumn. The ground is filled with thick fallen leaves, and looking around, it is a desolate and bleak scene.

A gust of wind blew, and a "crying" sound came from the bamboo forest. It was a sound that only dead bamboos could make. Except for this sound, there was no other sound in the bamboo forest!

"Strange, why is this place so deserted? It's so deserted that it makes people feel panicked!"

The plum blossom bird looked around and frowned.

"Yes, I thought I could go around the mountains and rivers this time, but I didn't expect it to be such a desolate place. This is really a place where birds don't poop. No, it should be said that there is not even a bird..."

The lark also felt very strange. It was only a dozen kilometers away from Qingshui Town, and it should have been a mountain and clear water scholar.

While talking, the three of them came to the entrance of the village. On the side of the road at the entrance of the village stood a large stone more than one person tall, with the three big words "Beiwangzhuang" written on it.

Just when the three of them were glad that they had not gone to the wrong place, they walked out of the bamboo forest by the roadside.

"What are you three here for? Are you here to play? Or are you looking for someone?"

When the three of them saw the person coming, they were stunned. They saw that the man looked about forty years old and looked like a full-time man. Zhong Lin said calmly: "Oh, we are here to play with classmates."

"Look for classmates, are your classmates from Beiwangzhuang?"

The man asked in a standard Mandarin.

"Yes, she is from Beiwangzhuang. By the way, uncle, we have never been here before. Do you know where Xue Xiaojie's house is?"

Zhong Lin asked at the dozens of two-story villas in front of him that were out of place with the surrounding environment.

"Oh, I have something to do, please go ahead and ask."

As the man said, he had turned around and returned to the bamboo forest, and disappeared after turning two turns.

"What is this man doing? So strange!"

The lark continued strangely: "Boss, are you sure we are here? Why do I feel that there are strange things everywhere, strange bamboo forest, strange people, strange villa..."

Yes, although there were dozens of small villas in front of the three people, there was no one on the street, as deserted as a ghost village.

"Yes, it's here!"

Zhong Lin smiled, then called Xue Xiaojie. After waiting for half an hour, he saw a figure walking down a mountain road next to the village.

The man was Xue Xiaojie, who was still wearing the clothes he wore when he first met Zhong Lin a few days ago.

"Brother Zhong, are you here?"

Xue Xiaojie walked quickly to Zhong Lin and said excitedly.

"Xiaojie, don't call me Brother Zhong. I'll call me 'owl' these days. I'm just angry. This is a lark, this is a plum blossom bird. The three of us are your high school classmates now." Zhong Lin introduced to Xue Xiaojie.

After hearing Zhong Lin's words, Xue Xiaojie was stunned at first, then subconsciously looked at the direction where the person Zhong Lin and the others had just met disappeared, and then said, "Okay, owl, I understand."

"Boss, I understand too. The person who came out of the bamboo forest just now was not from Beiwangzhuang!" Meihuaque suddenly realized and said in a low voice.

"That's right, I knew it from the moment he opened his mouth. I remember Xue Xiaojie's accent very clearly, but the man spoke in standard Mandarin and was obviously questioning us."

"Hey, the boss is still foresighted! Let's pretend to be Xiaojie's classmates." Lark also said.

"Don't rush to flatter me, what should you call me?"

Zhong Lin frowned and said.

"owl!"

The plum blossom bird and the lark said in unison.

"Let's go, old classmates, let's go up the mountain!" Xue Xiaojie obviously amplified the volume when she said this.

"Going the mountain? Why do you have to go up the mountain?! Isn't your house ahead?" asked Meihua Bird in confusion.

"There is indeed a villa built by the islander in front of us, but now almost no one lives there because the well water there can no longer be drunk..."

Xue Xiaojie said while walking up the mountain. A faint sadness appeared in her words.

"Yingshui? Do you have no running water here yet?" asked Lark with some confusion.

Xue Xiaojie looked at the lark and smiled bitterly, saying, "We are in a mountainous area. Our ancestors have drunk mountain spring water and groundwater for generations. The water you get is scooped up with a scoop and you can drink it directly, and the water tastes a little sweet. By the way, there is an advertisement you have heard, 'Fisherman's spring is a little sweet'. Yes, the mineral water here is a bit sweet, sweet and refreshing, and is even better than the mineral water sold in the town. If you are used to drinking such mountain spring water, people here don't like the smell of tap water..."

When talking about mountain spring water, the expression on Xue Xiaojie's face seemed to be much more relaxed, and her thoughts seemed to float to the happy time she had used a scoop to directly scoop water to drink.

"Then can't even drink water now?"

"I can't drink it anymore. There is a strange smell in the water. Many people are sick. Everyone suspects it is related to water, so they moved to the mountain. Only the mountain spring water pollution on the mountain is less. " Xue Xiaojie said helplessly.

"Large, don't talk about these unhappy things first. We are here to play." Zhong Lin said in a low voice, blinking at the Lark.

The lark immediately understood, and the three of them stopped talking and followed Xue Xiaojie to their residence on the mountain.

Soon, several temporary wooden houses appeared on the open space on a hillside, and it seemed that there were three or four families living there.

Xue Xiaojie's mother was preparing lunch, while Xue Xiaojie's father was lying on the bed in the wooden house. Just now, after Zhong Lin called, Xue Xiaojie had just been going down for so long, just decocting medicine for her father. After Xue Xiaojie gave a brief introduction to her mother, she hurried into the room to feed her father medicine.

"Hello aunt!"

"Hello, aunty!"

Several people stepped forward one by one to say hello to Xue Xiaojie's mother. Xue Xiaojie's mother looked at the three people, squeezed a smile on her face, rubbed her hands on the apron, stretched out her hand and shook hands with the three, then looked around and said awkwardly: "Student Xiaojie, look, we don't even have a decent stool here, I'm so embarrassed."

"Auntie, you are busy with yours, don't worry about us. Let's go in and see uncle first." Zhong Lin said as he greeted the plum blossom bird and the larks to carry the nutritional supplements they bought for Xue Xiaojie's father in the town into the room.

The wooden house is not big, with a bed more than one meter wide, which can almost sleep with two people. There is nothing else in the wooden house except for some simple living necessities.

The medicine that Xue Xiaojie's father took had a very special smell, which was a bit pungent. Xue Xiaojie was sending the medicine into her father's mouth with a spoonful of spoonfuls. After all the medicine was delivered, Xue Xiaojie's frown was relaxed...

"Uncle, what do you think? We are Xiaojie's classmates, come and see you."

Zhong Lin stepped forward and asked in a low voice.

Xiaojie's father struggled twice and wanted to sit up, but due to the pain, his eyebrows that had just been stretched suddenly frowned, and sweat instantly emerged from the forehead.

"Uncle, lie down and don't move."

"Thank you for running so far to see me. Thank you. I felt so painful all over when I moved. I couldn't treat you. Alas..."

Xue Xiaojie's father sighed, "He is loyal and honest, and when he sees a few children coming to see him, he feels warm."

"Uncle, my ancestors know medical skills for generations. Let me show you?"

"this……"

Xiaojie's father looked at Zhong Lin with a little confused look.

"Dad, my classmate, his parents are both doctors, and he is also very good. If we have any headaches and fevers, we will ask him to see..."

Xue Xiaojie nodded to Zhong Lin, her eyes full of gratitude and hope. He did not doubt Zhong Lin's "medical skills" at all. She hoped that Zhong Lin could create miracles again.

Zhong Lin leaned over and gently placed his finger on Xue Xiaojie's wrist. The bed was very short and Zhong Lin was tall, so it was very difficult for him to bend down. Xue Xiaojie hurriedly found a bamboo chair from outside for Zhong Lin to sit down.
Chapter completed!
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