Siheyuan: Starting from a Truck Driver

Outside the tent, among the five prospecting team members, Liu Diquan was the last to be brought in. From this, it can be inferred that Liu Tianquan's situation...

As expected, when his brother's name was mentioned, Liu Diquan's face suddenly turned gloomy. He just nodded slightly and sighed softly.

"My brother and the experts from the expedition team..."

Surprisingly, when Liu Diquan talked about his brother, his face was not sad, nor did he feel aggrieved. This was perhaps natural. Before they joined the prospecting team, they knew that the road ahead was full of risks, and they might even pay with their lives.

The loss of control just now was not so much a result of fear for life as it was a struggle against the grievances and misunderstandings during the investigation.

"Don't worry, the rescue has already begun, and brother Tianquan will definitely be rescued." Li Aiguo comforted him.

"I can do it!" Liu Diquan's lips were dry and hoarse, as if he was whispering to himself to boost his confidence.

Li Aiguo noticed that Liu Diquan was feeling unwell and asked him with concern if he needed water and food, to which he hurriedly agreed.

Soon, Yan'er came in with an enamel cup and a lunch box. The water in the cup was boiling water, and the lunch box was filled with fried noodles. He had eaten it before, and the taste was as spicy as strong liquor to Li Aiguo, going straight down his throat.

However, for Liu Diquan, it was like a rare delicacy. He could not wait to take the lunch box and swallow it, finishing the soup and noodles. After eating, he dipped his finger in the remaining soup, trying not to miss a drop. Has he not tasted food for many days? Li Aiguo turned his head and cast a puzzled look at Lao Hei, who nodded and raised his chin.

This group of people were trapped in an unknown situation, so it was inconvenient to use force. But it was against the rules to let someone suffer from hunger. Besides, when a person was extremely hungry, his strength gradually faded, and it would be difficult for him to resist or escape. Therefore, Li Aiguo could understand Lao Hei's strategy.

After the full meal, Liu Diquan's spirits gradually improved. He took Li Aiguo's hand affectionately and asked, "Aiguo, why are you here? And you are so familiar with them?" He glanced at Lao Hei and quickly looked away.

Although the investigation team did not resort to violence, they all looked dignified, especially the beautiful Yan Zi, who always gestured with a knife at her waist during the interrogation, claiming to be interested in traditional... uh... skills, which made people feel scared. Lao Hei was even more frightening, and his catchphrase was that he wanted to give everyone some peanuts to keep them company. But their attitude towards Li Aiguo was always kind.

Liu Diquan was puzzled: "What is the identity of this little brother from the neighboring house?"

Li Aiguo felt that the confidentiality regulations were really practical. When he encountered a problem that he couldn't explain, he could easily get through it by citing this regulation, and the other party would have no objection. So he said, "Brother Diquan, these are confidential matters, you understand."

Liu Diquan finished smoking a cigarette and threw the butt to the ground. "Aiguo, I want another one, okay?" he continued to ask.

Li Aiguo lit a cigarette for him again, and his nervousness was relieved. While smoking, he asked, "How is Aunt Liu at home?" He was very concerned about this topic.

"Aunt Liu is in very good health. We can eat the black steamed bread she makes herself, accompanied by a bowl of sorghum porridge." Hearing this reply, Liu Diquan's worries were temporarily relieved.

Think about it, their peers are already husbands and fathers, shouldering the responsibility of continuing the family. However, my brother and I have been wandering in these mountains for a long time. After joining the survey team, I always feel that I owe Aunt Liu at home.

"By the way, Aunt Liu has found a good sister for you." As he said that, Li Aiguo glanced at Lao Hei next to him.

Heige nodded in understanding and left the tent with Yan Zi.

Yan Zi originally planned to stay here and found it interesting to meet her fellow villager Lao Li.

Heige whispered, "Old Li seems to be chatting about family matters in order to relax Liu Diquan's vigilance and extract unknown information from us."

When people are under stress, they tend to selectively forget.

Yan Zi knew this very well, and for the sake of the overall interest, she had to suppress her curiosity.

After the two left, Liu Diquan immediately felt a lot more relaxed. He straightened his back and showed a happy expression for the first time.

"Little sister? My mother brought us a little sister? That's awesome."

"My mother is very unique. Others like boys, but she only likes girls."

"When I was little, I often heard her regret that both of us were boys."

The corners of his eyes are upturned and the corners of his lips are slightly raised, as if he is recalling some interesting experience.

"Once, my brother borrowed a beautiful floral dress from our neighbor, Sister Wang—"

"But my mother gave me a severe lesson."

Li Aiguo clarified: "She was not picked up, but He Yushui, the younger sister of Shazhu next door."

"He Yushui is a virtuous woman. My mother will definitely like her very much." Liu Diquan suddenly frowned and said, "But if Shazhu agrees, he is a well-known unscrupulous person in our courtyard. Don't cause trouble for your mother because of this."

In this courtyard, Shazhu is undoubtedly the source of trouble.

Compared with Xu Damao's selfish desires, Sha Zhu is even worse, and his evil deeds claim to be righteous.

Even though Xu Damao was blatantly evil, if you were careful you wouldn't suffer too much.

However, once Sha Zhu starts doing bad things, his destructive power far exceeds that of Xu Damao.

From the beginning he had made up a reason, and the reason for getting the official half rooster was: the cook does not steal, and the warehouse is full of grain.

In that case, Liu Haizhong can also take away the giant hammer.

This became a misunderstanding: the blacksmith was not good and the product performance was poor.

Yi Zhonghai went even worse, taking the discarded steel plates as his own and using the excuse that the fitter was negligent in his duties, thus affecting production.

If the entire steel mill continues to operate like this, sooner or later it will be empty with only the wind left.

If you do something bad, you must take responsibility. Trying to make excuses for yourself will only seem false.

Evil people are not scary. What is scary are those hypocrites who think they are noble but do evil.

Liu Diquan,

Born in a courtyard,

Grew up in a courtyard house.

I know all about Sha Zhu's evil deeds.

He was worried that Sha Zhu would do something bad to Aunt Liu.

Li Aiguo noticed his uneasiness and chuckled:

"Don't worry, Sha Zhu has been detained at the railway police station."

"What's going on? Isn't there a deaf old lady and Yi Zhonghai protecting him?"

“It goes back to when I was ready to take over.”

Li Aiguo recounted in detail what had happened previously.

After listening to the narration, Liu Diquan pondered for a moment and smiled bitterly.

"It's all your own fault!"

Railway police stations are not local jurisdiction agencies.

It is no longer possible for Sha Zhu to get out easily by spending money to settle the matter as he did in the past.

"He Yuxi is a really good girl. I feel relieved to have a girl like her by your mother's side. If my brother knew about this, he would be very happy."

After seeing Liu Diquan speaking freely, Li Aiguo deliberately guided the direction of the conversation.

"Brother Diquan, how did you get into the rock properties group?"

"My brother and I were originally members of the 429th Geological Survey Team, mainly conducting preliminary surveys and explorations of various mineral resources in the central and southern regions. Because we performed well during the survey, I was transferred to the rock properties group."

There, the main task is to assist Professor Zheng in collecting biological samples.”

Listening to Liu Diquan's detailed description of the rock properties group's work, a bright light flashed in Li Aiguo's eyes.

"Have the members of your team ever had contact with the outside world?" he continued to ask.

"Absolutely not, it's against the rules! We were all sworn to secrecy."

Liu Diquan frowned and hesitated: "The rock property group is of a very high level. Equipment and supplies are delivered separately. Only..."

"Only what?" Li Aiguo asked anxiously.

"I don't know whether I should mention this, since it involves a professor." Liu Diquan shook his head, thinking that his guess was ridiculous, and responded with a stronger tone, "Professor Zheng is such a well-known researcher, he must be fine."

Professor Zheng is the leader of the rock properties group. He treats Liu Diquan very well, often teaching him mineral knowledge and how to operate magnetic measuring instruments. In his heart, he has long regarded Professor Zheng as his mentor.

In previous interrogations, the gangster had asked similar questions, and Liu Diquan instinctively avoided questions about Professor Zheng. At this moment, facing Li Aiguo, the boy next door, they were as casual and relaxed as if they were talking to old friends, and only then did he remember that key clue.

"Now the higher-ups are suspecting that the cave collapse was caused by criminals, and they are stepping up the investigation. Every suspicious detail is a clue to the case. Because of this, we must prove the professor's innocence. Your honesty now can greatly help Professor Zheng."

This sentence struck Liu Diquan's heart. He was silent for a while, took a deep breath of cigarette, and exhaled slowly: "Professor Zheng has poor digestion..."

At this time, Li Aiguo caught a flash of inspiration in his mind. The archives showed that Professor Zheng suffered from chronic gastroenteritis and often felt unwell due to not adapting to the climate in a foreign place. In the past outdoor adventures, the institute would dispatch medical staff and private chefs from Beijing to take care of him. However, due to the uniqueness of this mission, in order to keep it secret, Professor Zheng came to the rock properties group alone.

How a patient with chronic gastroenteritis could survive in Alashan for half a month in an environment to which he was not adapted is an intriguing question - after all, the water source there is only spring water, and the diet is limited to fried noodles, which is not something that everyone can endure.

"Did Professor Zheng hire a chef locally?" Li Aiguo asked immediately.

How could he guess like that? He thought to himself.

The words that came out of Liu Di's mouth made him look at Li Aiguo in surprise. After saying it, he touched his head and smiled awkwardly.

The fact that Li Aiguo could join the investigation team itself highlights his unusual identity, and it is reasonable that he could guess these questions.

"Strictly speaking, I'm not a chef." Liu Di, who now had no psychological pressure, spoke at a faster pace.

"Professor Zheng couldn't stand the food of the field expedition team, and there happened to be fish in the mountain stream next to us." He continued, "After the first mission, I accompanied Professor Zheng to the mountain stream to fish, hoping to improve the food."

"On the way back, we met a mountain villager who was chopping wood." Liu Di continued, "He was a young man who lived in a village at the foot of the mountain."