Siheyuan, my new life

Zhou Huang casually left a trace of spiritual consciousness on the other party, and then continued to explore the types and quantities of Chinese herbal medicines in the nearby mountains and forests, only occasionally paying attention to the situation of the skinny young man.

The products in the mountains and forests near Tongjiadong are quite rich and diverse. Zhou Huang discovered through his divine sense that there are not only some precious Chinese herbal medicines, but also many large and small beasts and animals. You know, these beasts and animals can not only provide some meat to fill the stomachs of the villagers, but their fur can also be used to make warm clothing.

When Zhou Huang observed the skinny young man through his spiritual sense again, he suddenly found something wrong. Every two or three hundred steps, the young man would stop and look for something on the nearby tree trunks. This aroused Zhou Huang's curiosity, so he stopped checking the supplies in the forest and paid close attention to this guy's every move.

More than half an hour later, Zhou Huang finally understood what the young man was looking for from his actions. It turned out that every two or three hundred steps, there would be a gap the size of a child's palm on the surrounding tree trunks. From the analysis of the traces of the gap, it was obvious that it was a mark left deliberately by someone with a machete.

Zhou Huang couldn't help but frown. Who was this skinny young man? Who left the marks on the tree trunks? From the skinny young man's actions, it can be concluded that he definitely didn't leave these marks himself, otherwise he wouldn't have spent so much effort searching every two or three hundred steps.

Zhou Huang didn't intend to waste time with the skinny young man. He quickly found the mark ahead through his spiritual sense. He ignored the skinny young man who was still trying to find the mark, and extended his spiritual sense directly forward in the direction of the mark.

A few minutes later, when Zhou Huang detected the last mark through his spiritual sense, he couldn't help but admire the wonders of nature.

The location of the last mark is at the mouth of a canyon that is less than three meters wide. When you get here, you can clearly see the traces of footsteps left by people who often pass by. A narrow path has been formed that leads directly to the depths of the canyon.

His spiritual consciousness passed through the entrance of the canyon. After only five or six meters, the view in front of him suddenly became clear. What appeared in Zhou Huang's spiritual consciousness was a small plain with an area of ​​more than 20 acres. It had been planted with a large area of ​​plants with purple, red and yellow flowers in full bloom. There was a thatched hut built on both sides of the entrance of the canyon. In each hut, there were two men with long rifles on their backs, leaning listlessly against pillars. Zhou Huang also found that each hut had a light machine gun mounted on it facing the direction of the canyon passage.

Zhou Huang quickly explored the valley with his spiritual sense, and the following discovery made him determine the identity of the mob living here. At the end of the valley, there was a row of more than ten thatched huts. In each hut, there were three or four young men wearing a variety of clothes. The weapons in their hands were also miscellaneous, including old-style sleeves, Hanyang-made, Type 38 rifles, as well as American Springfield rifles.

These people were lying on their beds with their legs spread out, some were smoking, some were chatting, and more were snoring.

On the mountain wall behind the thatched house, there is a cave more than two meters high and three or four meters wide. Two men wearing Kuomintang military uniforms and carrying American carbines stand on both sides of the cave entrance.

When the divine consciousness entered the cave entrance, it was discovered that there was a different world inside the cave. From the traces left on the cave wall, it could be concluded that it was obviously modified on the original basis. Eight small caves were dug out on the cave wall of more than 20 meters. Each cave was decorated. The ground was covered with thick wooden boards, and pieces of grass-green military blankets were hung on the stone walls. The simple beds made of logs were covered with whole animal skins.

Zhou Huang used his spiritual sense to investigate and found that in each of these caves lived two or three men in the uniform of the National Army. In the innermost cave lived a middle-aged man in his forties with a fierce appearance and a young woman in her early twenties. The middle-aged man had a gold star on his uniform, and the young woman was also wearing the uniform of a major in the National Army.

From the clothes of these people, Zhou Huang could preliminarily determine their identities. They must be some scattered soldiers of the National Army who were dispersed by the Xinlong Army. I don't know how this group of people can hide in such a hidden place. After the founding of Xinlong, the bandits and defeated soldiers who were entrenched in the deep mountains and forests were intensified, and a large number of remaining reactionary forces were eliminated. I didn't expect that there was such a force in the deep mountains less than 20 miles away from Tongjiadong.

At this time, how could Zhou Huang not think of the purpose of the skinny young man? He and Zhou Xuan not only sent a lot of food, canned food, and milk powder to the seven martyrs' families in Tongjiadong, but also built brick houses for these martyrs' families. If Tongjiadong had no value at all in the eyes of these wandering soldiers, then now he and Zhou Xuan were two walking golden babies.

It is estimated that the dark and thin young man is the spy developed by the group of vagrant soldiers in the deep mountains. Now that guy is rushing into the mountains in a hurry, he must be going to tip off the enemy.

Zhou Huang couldn't help but sneer in his heart. They say a mouse licks a cat? He is looking for death. This thin and dark young man is definitely a fighter who is looking for death. If he doesn't cause trouble for those vagrant soldiers, it would be considered a blessing from their ancestors. Now that they are exposed to him because of the actions of that thin and dark young man, he can only deal with them. He can't let these guys continue to be active in the nearby mountains and forests. It is estimated that with the nature of those people, sooner or later they will set their sights on the ordinary people of Tongjiadong.

However, Zhou Huang did not start to clean up those miscellaneous things immediately. He wanted to wait for Zhou Xuan to come back to discuss it. He decided to leave the thinking work to Zhou Xuan. He would rather do it himself than waste brain cells.

At this moment, Zhou Xuan, who was paying money and going through formalities accompanied by the main leaders of the township government, suddenly sneezed. He couldn't help but frowned secretly. Who was talking about him behind his back?

Just now, accompanied by the accountant of Tongjiadong, Zhou Xuan met the main leader of the township government, a thin middle-aged man in his forties. After reading Zhou Xuan's letter of introduction and listening to the accountant's report that he was going to pay for the construction of brick and tile houses for all the martyrs' families in Tongjiadong, the township leader was extremely excited and shook Zhou Xuan's hands tightly and thanked him repeatedly.

Although there were some people who had retired from the army in the past who would give money and supplies to the families of their former comrades, I have never seen such a large amount of money. Moreover, the person represented by Zhou Xuan has the highest identity and status that I have ever come into contact with. As the main leader of the township government, his administrative level is at the section level, which is a world of difference from the deputy secretary and deputy director of the Jingcheng Public Security Bureau. Although the young man named Zhou Xuan in front of him is only a secretary on his work permit, his administrative level is deputy division level. If he can have a deputy division level secretary, then the administrative level of Comrade Lin Yu is definitely above the bureau level.