Grandpa, your granddaughter and her grandson-in-law are wearing it back.

Ye Jinhua really wanted to tell him that, yes, he had, and that he had been killed by a single finger. This was a novel Ye Jinhua had read in her previous life, when she was in junior high school. The hero, after a car accident, was finally rescued, only to be stabbed to death by the heroine's finger. She cried all night because of this, mainly because the hero was too perfect, too good, while the heroine was hard to describe, with too many flaws. This was also a rare feeling of regret in Ye Jinhua's youth.

Let's get back to the present. Ye Jinhua stopped Li Yulin's actions. Li Yulin also calmed down and looked at Grandpa Ye with hopeful eyes, waiting for Grandpa Ye's answer.

Grandpa lowered his head in thought, his index finger tapping rhythmically on the table. After a long moment, he looked up at Li Yulin and said, "Do you want us to help you go into the mountains and find your comrades?"

"Yes, I know it's difficult, but I really can't think of any other way." Li Yulin knew the difficulty of going into the mountains in the dead of winter, but now that he had no news from his comrades and he himself was unable to move, he was really worried.

"We can go into the mountains to look for them, but we can't be sure we can find them. Even if we do, we can't guarantee they're intact. But no matter what, we, the people's soldiers, will do our best to find them."

After saying this, Grandpa Ye looked at Li Yulin, who nodded gratefully, and continued, "Also, we need to notify the county police station about your situation, and they will send people to support us. Furthermore, you can't contact the military right now, and we're not sure when your memory will be fully restored. I plan to have the police station chief use his connections in the military to find out about you and see if he can contact your superiors as soon as possible."

"You can trust Director Zhang. He's absolutely reliable. He was also a soldier for many years before being injured and retired. He has a wide network of contacts in the army."

Li Yulin thought about it for a moment and agreed: "Okay, but please ask him to keep a low profile and not be too ostentatious, because our mission may need to be kept secret." In fact, this was a bit inappropriate, but he had no better way, so he could only take a gamble and bet that these people were trustworthy.

"Okay, that's settled. Jinyi, you stay here to look after Comrade Xiao Li and take his medicine on time. Huahua, go to the county police station today and explain everything to Chief Zhang, and call your third brother back to help. Your father and I will discuss going into the mountains to search for people, and we'll set off as soon as possible." Grandpa Ye is usually very gentle and kind, but when he talks about serious matters, the solemn aura of a veteran is fully exposed. Li Yulin admires the old man's decisiveness.

After the matter was settled, Grandpa Ye and Ye Jinhua returned home together. As soon as they entered the house, they called the family together to discuss the matter. Everyone was in the main hall, except Ye Jianguo. Liu Guiying went in to look for him: "Ye Jianguo, stop messing around with that crap. We're waiting for you. Dad has something to tell you."

"Hey, don't despise me for this broken thing, wait until I tinker with it and you'll know how powerful it is." Silly old woman, humph! This is a magical tool.

"Grandpa, tell my dad and the others that I'm going to the county town first."

"Huahua, wait a moment. Guiying, go get some money for Huahua so she can buy some snacks she likes." When Ye Jianguo heard that his daughter was leaving, he quickly asked Liu Guiying to get the money.

Ye Jinhua did not refuse. She had originally wanted to take the opportunity to get some things out of the county town today, and having some money would be helpful in making up for the mistake.

Liu Guiying took 20 yuan and several food coupons, as well as several snack coupons and sugar coupons. Together with the original owner's assets of 22 yuan, the total amount was more than 5 yuan, which was not a small amount, almost as much as an ordinary worker's monthly salary.

Before leaving, Liu Guiying had told her to ask her third brother to go to the state-owned restaurant for lunch. Her mother was just like that. Grandpa and Dad made the decisions about the family affairs, and she never interfered. Besides helping with her grandmother to take care of the family's daily needs, she doted on the children and tried to treat them equally, favoring the daughters a little but not neglecting the sons. The children were all well-behaved. The older brothers acted like older brothers, caring for, loving, and yielding to their younger siblings. The younger siblings, in turn, knew how to respect and care for their older brothers. When children are sensible, adults worry less.

In order to come back and pack her things, Ye Jinhua also carried a large backpack and took the skis she made of bamboo strips. After leaving the house and taking the main road to the county town, Ye Jinhua walked for a distance and observed that there was no one around before entering the space.

She changed into her professional ski gear, donning her skis, goggles, headgear, and ski gloves. She didn't change into her ski suit; it would have been too conspicuous, and besides, she was already wearing something warm. Underneath, she wore the latest nanotechnology thermostatic suit—light, quick-drying, and warm. She also wore a lightweight down jacket, a cotton-padded jacket and trousers from that era, and down pants underneath. Finally, she draped a white cotton cape over her head, tying the bottom corners around her ankles to prevent her from flying off when skiing fast. After gearing up and making sure no one was around, she exited the space and quickly skied towards the county town. From the space, one could observe the outside world.

Ye Jinhua couldn't help but sigh as she sped across the snow. The skis she'd spent nearly 30,000 RMB on were incredibly comfortable and smooth. Of course, she also had a single board, but for now, a double board was more suitable.

The speed of skiing cannot be compared with walking. She reached the outside of the county town in less than an hour. Ye Jinhua entered the space again in a secluded place, took off her ski equipment, took off her cloak, folded it, put it in the backpack and carried it out.

It was around 10 o'clock in the morning. She went to the food factory to look for Ye Jingang first. Ye Jingang was surprised to see his younger sister looking for him. He had just come to work yesterday, and his younger sister came to look for him today. Since he started working, his family had not come to look for him. Something must have happened at home. He quickly asked Ye Jinhua: "Little sister, why are you here? What happened at home?"

"Don't worry, third brother. Everything is fine at home. Go back to the factory and ask for a few days off. Then come with me to find Uncle Zhang and I'll talk to you all." Ye Jinhua knew that his third brother had misunderstood as soon as he saw his look, so he quickly explained to reassure him.

"I'm glad everything's fine at home. How many days of leave should I take?"

"Well... it's hard to say at the moment. Please try to ask for a few more days." It's really hard to say when to go into the mountains to find someone.

"Okay, then I'll find someone to cover for me for a few days. It's not appropriate to take a long leave." After saying that, Ye Jingang asked Ye Jinhua to wait for him for a while before running off. Nowadays, jobs are so individualized that it would be inappropriate for him to miss several days of leave. It would be best to find someone to cover for me and pay them a few days' salary for the few days they cover.