Traveling between the 70s and the modern world

When the captain heard the village chief's cold snort, he stopped talking nonsense.

"The 20 of you will be divided into two groups for patrol. Li Ergou and Wang Jianguo, you two will lead a team each." The captain directly called out the names of two people and asked them to come out and stand in front.

Li Ergou’s surname is Li and he is a relative of theirs, while Wang Jianguo is the nephew of the village chief.

"Xu Jianshan, you educated youth should also be divided into two groups and join them."

The crowd suddenly became chaotic. Those who were on good terms with each other automatically stood together. Gu Yizhou and Fang Yunxing went directly to Wang Jianguo's team. When Xu Jianshan saw that Wang Cheng was on Li Ergou's side, he stood directly behind Gu Yizhou.

The captain saw that they had divided into teams and continued,

"You bring gongs and some tools from the brigade headquarters. One group will start from the east entrance of the village, and the other group will start from the west entrance of the village. Try not to go up the mountain. If anything happens, remember to ring the gong."

After quickly explaining everything, he let the patrol team go.

Gu Yizhou followed Wang Jianguo and the others to the west entrance of the village. There was a man in the team named Daniu.

Then I heard him say, "Last night, Hu Zi's father next door was on patrol. Nothing happened the whole night, except that it was too cold! If you don't walk outside at night in this winter, you will freeze to death."

"That's right. It's too cold tonight. I put on my father's coat when I went out today, and it's still very cold." Others in the team continued.

"I also put on my brother's coat. Now my body is not cold, but my feet are cold."

"There shouldn't be anything to do tonight. Once it gets light, we shouldn't have to patrol tomorrow."

Gu Yizhou and Fang Yunxing were both wearing gloves given by Lin Qingyan, holding a hot water bottle in their arms, and their jackets were relatively thick, so they were not cold.

At the educated youth point, Lin Qingyan and Ye Yi were lying on the kang and had fallen asleep, unaware that they would have to fight a tough battle tonight.

The patrolmen could still hold on in the village in the first half of the night, but by the second half, they were cold and sleepy, and some of them could no longer hold on.

"Captain, it looks like everything is fine. Let's find a sheltered place and warm ourselves by the fire. We're all very cold."

Wang Jianguo looked at the people shivering from the cold, and was worried that they would freeze to death. He looked at the village that was so quiet that it seemed to be sleeping, then looked back at the mountains that were also very quiet, and nodded in agreement.

While their small team was looking for a place to warm themselves by a fire, another patrol team had already set up a fire at the east entrance of the village.

By the time Wang Jianguo and his men found a place where they could warm themselves by the fire without wind, it was already past 2 a.m., which is also the time when people are most likely to feel sleepy.

Ten people lit two fires and sat around them. After a while, some of them dozed off with their eyes closed. Dozing off might be contagious, as fewer and fewer people could stay awake.

In the end, only Gu Yizhou, Fang Yunxing and Wang Jianguo were left, but surprisingly, Xu Jianshan was also awake at this time.

Gu Yizhou glanced at him. He had a good impression of Xu Jianshan. He was a man who knew what he needed and understood the ways of the world, but he was not as unscrupulous as Wang Cheng.

He has his own bottom line, and such a person is worth associating with.

Gu Yizhou took two of the candies that Lin Qingyan had given him and gave them to Wang Jianguo.

"Take one, to replenish your energy."

Wang Jianguo was a little surprised to see a grown man taking candy out of his pocket, so he asked about it.

"You're a grown man and you're bringing candy with you?"

However, Fang Yunxing and Xu Jianshan both took out candies from their pockets, peeled off the candy skins, and put them in their mouths.

Wang Jianguo looked at the three grown men in surprise, not knowing what to say.

Fortunately, Gu Yizhou answered him, "Lin Zhiqing gave it to us when we came out, so we could eat it when we were hungry at night."

"Xiao Lin is the most thoughtful one."

Wang Jianguo didn't have much impression of Lin Qingyan at first. After all, she was an educated youth, and they were not comparable to the peasants, so he would not pay too much attention to her.

I knew her when Wang Cheng was about to marry the team leader Jia Cuihua.

When he saw the other three people eating the second piece, he finally couldn't help but peel the candy in his hand and put it into his mouth. The candy tasted better than all the candies he had ever eaten. He had only eaten rock candy before.

It was locked in the bedside cabinet by his grandfather. After eating one, he felt a little regretful. He should have taken the candy back home for his children and wife. There was only one left, so he could only give it to the child.

"I don't know where Lin Zhiqing bought the candy from, but it tastes so good. I've never seen candy like this in Beijing before, and the packaging is also very delicate."

After eating a few candies, Fang Yunxing studied the candy wrapper in his hand. The color of the candy wrapper was very bright.

"If you want to eat it, you can ask her tomorrow." Gu Yizhou also liked the taste of this candy.

A few people chatted around the fire, trying to keep each other awake. When it was four o'clock, they all breathed a sigh of relief.

It was almost dawn, and judging from tonight's patrol, the wolves should have returned to the mountains, and they could now live their lives as normal.

At this moment, Lin Qingyan, who was sleeping, heard footsteps. She opened her sleepy eyes and looked out the window. It was still pitch dark and it was not dawn yet. It should not be Gu Yizhou and the others coming back.

No, it’s not Gu Yizhou and the others who came back. Why are there footsteps outside? Could it be that Sun Qiu Shui and the others got up to go to the bathroom?

Lin Qingyan was completely awake at this moment. She listened carefully and found that the footsteps of the person coming were very light, as if they did not want to disturb the sleeping person. The sound was getting closer and closer.

Lin Qingyan pushed Ye Yi, who was still sleeping, with one hand and put the other hand on her mouth to prevent her from screaming.

After pushing a few times, Ye Yi wanted to speak in a daze. Lin Qingyan leaned over and whispered in her ear, "Don't talk, don't shout, there are people outside."

Ye Yi subconsciously wanted to speak, but fortunately Lin Qingyan had foresight and covered her mouth with her hand.

He whispered again, "Are you awake? Don't talk."

When he felt Ye Yi nodding, he took his hand away from her mouth. Ye Yi breathed deeply.

Only when she felt Lin Qingyan's fingers on her mouth did she breathe gently.

The footsteps outside had stopped at the door. I reached out to push the door, but it didn't budge. Then I heard a rustling sound, as if something was using to open the door.

At this time, Ye Yi was fully awake and was too frightened to move. Lin Qingyan got up and put on her jacket. Fortunately, they slept together last night and she didn't have to take off many clothes like she usually did when she slept alone. She only took off her outer jacket, otherwise it would have taken a lot of time to put on her clothes.

Lin Qingyan got dressed and got out of bed, motioning Ye Yi to get dressed quickly. She didn't even put on her shoes, and tiptoed to the door.

She picked up the stick at the door and held it in her hand. Ever since she lived alone, she kept a stick as thick as her arm behind the door.

"Girl, why is the door locked?" A man's voice came from outside the door.

The two people inside the door were sweating in their hands and holding their breath.