Cross-border surveillance

Qian Province, Meixian County.

A bus was driving on the highway, the scenery outside the window was receding rapidly, and the air-conditioning in the bus was fully turned on, so that even in the middle of summer, the passengers did not feel a trace of heat.

Sitting by the window, Tao An put on headphones and closed his eyes to listen to music.

He moved to the provincial capital with his parents more than ten years ago. Since his grandparents passed away a few years ago, he rarely returns to his hometown.

Tao An returned to his hometown this time because his job had not yet been confirmed not long after he graduated from college. His parents saw that he was idle, so they asked him to come back and tidy up his hometown.

His parents said they would come back to live when they were old, and the fallen leaves would return to their roots.

Tao An has no objections to his parents' arrangements. He often sees unzipped videos of house repairs on short videos. He hasn't started work yet, so he can experience it himself.

Of course, he himself also knew that it was quite relaxing to watch others do this kind of thing, but it would definitely not be that easy for him to do it himself, and he was already prepared to endure hardships.

Use this time to buffer yourself from the transition from student life to social life. To use the words of the teacher at graduation, you will still have to endure a lot of hardships in the future.

Unknowingly, the bus had already got off the expressway and entered the county town. Tao An felt the unbearable heat as he dragged his suitcase off the bus.

With this damn weather, it would be nice if it rained a little. After all, as a famous summer resort province, rain is like winter.

After wiping the sweat from his forehead, Tao An had no choice but to walk out of the station under the scorching sun.

I ate a bowl of beef noodles outside the station to fill my stomach, and then boarded a minibus that stopped at the roadside and headed to the town near my hometown.

When he arrived in the town and went to the countryside, he had to either take a motorcycle or take an online ride-hailing service. Tao An chose the former. He hadn't taken one in a long time and wanted to experience it again.

When you leave the town on a motorcycle and drive on the country road, you can see beautiful houses in the new rural areas everywhere. They are simply the ideal houses that countless city people yearn for.

"Who are you, young man? What are you going to do in Linjian'ao?"

On the country road, the motorcycle master's curious inquiry came from the chugging sound of the motorcycle. He spoke in dialect, which Tao An, a local, could naturally understand.

In fact, the dialects of Southwest F4 are all similar, the difference is that the accents are mostly the same.

Tao An responded with a smile in the same dialect: "My family is the one with Kaka."

"Yeah~, I often ride motorcycles in this generation, and I'm very familiar with it. I've never seen you do it before."

"I've been away from home for many years. If I don't come back here, it's normal for the master not to recognize me."

"Make a fuss~"

During the simple exchange, Tao An was also looking at the scenery along the way, and returned to the door of his hometown half an hour later. Before the motorcycle master left, Tao An left his phone number. It is not easy to get online taxis in this place, so be prepared.

His hometown is relatively remote, but a cement road was built in front of his home a few years ago, but now there are no neighbors around for several hundred meters.

The reason for this is that in recent years, the neighbors who occupied the land for highway construction have moved away, but his old house is not within the land area and has not been demolished, which is quite speechless...

Standing outside the yard of his hometown, Tao An first called his father Tao Youlin to report that he was safe. After the call was answered, he said: "Dad, I have arrived at my hometown."

"We're here in Suo. Is there nothing to worry about on the way?"

“It’s okay to have a car for a few hours.”

The father and son also communicated in their hometown dialect.

"That's okay, I understand. I won't tell you anymore. I'm so busy that I'll spank you with my heel and I'll die."

After a simple exchange, Tao An took the hung up mobile phone and put it away with a slight shrug. He knew that his father was busy at this time. As a restaurant owner and chef, how could he not be busy during meal time? He was still talking on the phone. I can hear the sound of excitement coming from over there.

Tao Youlin's cooking skills are very good. He started working alone when he earned some money in the early years. A few years ago, when Tao An was studying in college, he opened his own restaurant in the provincial capital. The business was okay, but now he is not a wealthy family. It can be regarded as having no worries about food and clothing.

His old house was also renovated seven or eight years ago to build a two-story bungalow with a yard and a half-person-high wall. Now it looks a bit rustic.

Standing outside the yard of the old house, what Tao An could see was covered with weeds and fallen leaves. Moss had grown on the tiles in many places outside the house. It was fine when his grandparents were around a few years ago, but in recent years it has become almost deserted without anyone taking care of it. , not a bit popular at all.

Dragging the suitcase into the yard, walked through the grass to the door, took out the key and opened it. There was a layer of dust visible inside the house, and there was also a pungent musty smell.

The layout of the home has almost not changed from the last time I remember Tao An came back. It seems that what it was like when he left is still the same now.

After looking around for a while, Tao An went up and downstairs to open the doors and windows for ventilation, and then checked the water and electricity. They were functioning normally. Although almost no one lived in the old house over the years, his parents paid the water and electricity bills on time every month, so the cost was almost negligible.

I took the suitcase to the room on the second floor that I had not lived in much, and opened the dustproof cloth. The bed was still clean, but there was a musty smell. I needed to take the sheets and bedding outside to dry them. During this period of time when I came back, the living aspect was quite good. Don't worry anymore.

Next, he took the sheets and quilts and spread them out to dry on the clothesline that could still be used in the yard. Then Tao An walked around the old house inside and out, already thinking about it.

"The whole house is in good condition. No major construction work is needed. All we need to do is clean up the weeds in the yard and do some sanitation. It can be done in a few days."

If the old house was renovated both inside and outside, the amount of work would be huge, but his family felt that it was not necessary and they just needed to improve the hygiene.

As soon as he got home, Tao An didn't take action immediately. He had to think about his life problems during this period. There was nothing to eat at home, and there were no neighbors around. There were relatives who lived further away, but after many years, Even though weddings and funerals were done with courtesy, they were all unfamiliar, and Tao An didn't want to bother others. He couldn't go hungry.

The sound of his cell phone ringing interrupted his thoughts. He took it out and saw that it was a courier call. The camera he bought online had arrived at the courier station in the town. The old house was too remote and no one would deliver it, so he had to pick it up himself. .

Tao An and his parents hit it off immediately when it came to installing cameras in their old home, so they decided to fill in the address of their hometown online in advance.

His father, Tao Youlin, wanted to install a camera to occasionally take a look at his hometown, but Tao An planned to keep the footage of himself cleaning up the old house, edit it and send it to a short video platform to see if he could get a few views.

As for making money from popular short videos, he has never thought about it.

"I installed the camera first and then started cleaning up the old house. I happened to do some shopping in town when I picked up the express delivery."

Tao An made a plan and dialed the number of the previous motorcycle master. However, before he could return to town, he called him back...

The process went smoothly. I went to town to pick up express delivery and buy daily necessities, and bought some tools and food. In the afternoon, Tao An took a taxi online to return to his old home. He didn't take a motorcycle again because there were too many large and small bags and it was difficult to carry them.

After returning, Tao An immediately used the tools he bought to install the camera and fixed it under the eaves on the right side of the second floor.

The camera he ordered online cost more than 3,000 yuan. It was not very good. It can be used online by plugging in a 5G network card without the need for additional network cables.

There is a signal base station on the hilltop a few hundred meters opposite his house, so there is no need to worry about network problems.

After installing the camera and plugging in the power cord, he got busy. When he was downloading the operating software, Tao An discovered that the sky had turned cloudy at some point, which made him look forward to it. The weather was too hot, and a little rain would be a welcome relief.

When he thought of this, he realized that he was covered in sweat and dust from jumping up and down, and he was very uncomfortable. He was not in a hurry to adjust the camera to see the effect, so he went to take a shower first.

After taking a shower, he felt hungry again. He didn't turn on the fire at home for a long time, so he just had to cook. Fortunately, he bought a self-heating hot pot in town in advance and just added some water, which was very convenient.

The food is placed on a simple table, and the mobile phone with the operating software installed is placed on it, so that you can see the effect while eating.

Click, boom~!

There was a sudden thunder in the sky outside, and the world in front of Tianwei seemed to be trembling slightly.

“It’s finally going to rain”

After taking a look at the sky outside, Tao An reached out to click on the camera operating software on his phone. However, when he touched the phone, his fingers felt a slight numbness and he subconsciously retracted his hand.

"Hi~, is your phone running out of battery? Or are you saying you really can't play with your phone when there's thunder?"

Tao An, who shrank his neck and muttered, looked at the sky outside again, and was speechless. After the previous thunder, there were signs of clouds and fog in the sky, and he was afraid that there would be no hope of rain.

It's depressing, but the weather problem is beyond Tao An's control.

Hungry, he first picked up a fish ball and put it in his mouth to chew, then continued to click on the camera operating software on his mobile phone, and soon a surveillance picture appeared on the screen.

Um?

There seemed to be something wrong, but Tao An didn't react for a while.

Then looking at the surveillance screen on the screen, Tao An was stunned for a moment. He even forgot to chew the fish balls in his mouth. He blinked in disbelief, then turned to look at the yard outside and the screen of his mobile phone. Compared.

After confirming again and again, he was a little confused. What was displayed on the screen of his mobile phone was not what his old house should be like!

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