"This matter..."

Sister Juan organized some conversation and then said, "This matter started in 2008, when my father passed away and we went to clean up his cave dwelling."

Having said this, Sister Juan raised her finger and pointed in the direction, "On the other side of the Hulu River, our village moved here from the other side more than ten years ago, and there are only empty cave dwellings left there.

My father used to be a carpenter who specialized in making coffins. Others thought that job was unlucky, so he usually worked in the old cave dwelling where our family used to live. Moreover, he was used to living in the cave dwelling and was unwilling to move here.

.”

"So the film was found in the cave?" Wei Ran asked promptly.

"right"

Sister Juan nodded and continued, "My family has three cave houses over there. One of them my father lives in, one he uses to raise sheep, and the other one he uses to store sundries."

Speaking of this, Sister Juan pointed to the glass bottle placed on the coffee table and said, "It was found in the cave where the sundries were kept. My father had just passed away at that time, and we went to pack his things. I saw that

There is a large wooden wardrobe in the cave, and I want my brother to help me move it back and put it in my own room."

"The big wardrobe is still there."

Yao Dajun added, "My father made the wardrobe himself, and the quality is good."

"Can you let me take a look?" Wei Ran asked.

"Yes! Then why not!" Yao Dajun is an upright person, "You can just look at our family's money saving book!"

This was no joke, and everyone couldn't help but burst into good-natured laughter. They stood up one after another and followed Yao Dajun out of the living room and into the side room that served as the kitchen. Then they saw a large solid wood wardrobe with varnish.

This large wardrobe was different from today's ones. The only door in the middle was inlaid with a large glass. There was also a piece of glass painted with peonies on both sides of the door. Under these three panels, there were two drawers.

"This cabinet door used to be a large mirror."

Yao Dajun opened the cabinet door as he spoke, and introduced it with a silly smile, "Later, my wife and I fought and broke the mirror. Later, my dad replaced it with a larger glass and moved it to the kitchen to use as a cupboard."

He glanced at the obvious partition at the back of the large wardrobe and the pots and pans placed on it. When Wei Ran was about to ask something, Yao Dajun and Sister Juan had already opened the bottom drawer one by one. The two of them had already opened the bottom drawer.

The drawers were filled with miscellaneous items such as plastic bags.

"I brushed this wardrobe carefully when I brought it back," Sister Juan introduced, "There are no other negatives."

"Where was that medicine bottle placed at that time?" Wei Ran asked.

“Under the cabinet legs”

Sister Juan pointed to a cabinet leg and said, "The floor in the cave dwelling is not as flat as the floor tiles. It is all dirt and has not even been paved with red bricks. The medicine jar was half buried in the soil and was supporting this leg.

.”

"Didn't you look for it in the dirt around there?" Wei Ran asked in a leisurely manner while gesturing for everyone to go out.

"The cave dwelling collapsed a lot at that time."

Sister Juan, who followed her out of the kitchen, shook her head, "If I hadn't fallen in love with this big wardrobe, I wouldn't have wanted to go in. In order to beg my brother to follow me in, I even asked my best friend..."

"Hey, hey! It's nothing!"

Yao Dajun quickly interrupted and at the same time glanced at his wife who was holding her shoulders behind him in fear.

"Uncle Yao, Sister Juan, and Brother Yao, if it's convenient for you today, can you take me to the cave dwelling to have a look?" Wei Ran requested in time, barely saving half of Yao Dajun's life.

"no problem!"

Uncle Yao agreed without thinking, "However, those three cave dwellings collapsed several years ago. I'm afraid..."

"If you're afraid of anything, just dig it up!"

Yao Dajun had already taken out his mobile phone while he was talking, "I'm going to call someone over and ask Cao Si'er to drive his big excavator over!"

"Then I'll take you there right now"

Before Uncle Yao finished speaking, he had already pushed out his electric tricycle, "Just drive behind me, it's close! It's on the opposite side."

"Secretary Bai, County Magistrate Ma, and Minister Lin, if it's convenient, why don't we take this one?" Wei Ran pointed to the Jinbei in the yard, "This one is spacious, everyone can fit in it."

"What's the inconvenience?" Secretary Bai said, already reaching out and opening the sliding door of the carriage and getting in first.

"I'll drive for you," Sister Juan said, already opening the driver's door and getting in.

"I'll organize the people, you guys go over first." After Yao Dajun finished speaking, he also rode a small electric donkey and left the yard in a hurry.

He specially invited Yao Dajun's wife to get into the passenger seat, and Wei Ran asked Mayor Lin and Miss Sun to get into the car as well, and then finally got into the car and closed the greasy sliding door.

After everyone was seated, Sister Juan skillfully drove the van out of the small courtyard, first left the village, then drove along a field road to the main road, crossed a national highway with few people and few cars, and finally drove along a seemingly

The old cement bridge has opened across the road.

"Everyone, sit tight"

While Sister Juan greeted everyone, she also stepped on the accelerator. With the engine roaring, she drove the big gold cup up a slope and finally stopped in a small open space in the field.

“I can’t drive up there.”

Sister Juan stopped the car and turned off the engine and pulled up the handbrake while explaining, "The reason why our village was moved to the opposite side is because it's either uphill or downhill, and it's hard to drive up, and it's inconvenient to draw water."

"Isn't there a river? Isn't it convenient to draw water like this?"

Wei Ran, who was the first to get out of the car, pointed behind him curiously. Although the river they drove past just now was not wide, it did contain water.

"Comrade Wei Ran, you don't know"

Mayor Lin, who had not had a chance to speak just now, said, "Ten or twenty years ago, the water in that river stopped flowing from time to time, and the water in the river was always bitter.

This is because it has been managed over the years and trees have been planted on both sides, so it becomes what you see."

Wouldn't it be more difficult then...

Wei Ran shook his head secretly, and together with the others, he followed Sister Juan up the bumpy soil slope for dozens of meters, and then stopped in front of an open space full of millet.

Walking around the field of millet seeds, Wei Ran also saw the three large cave dwellings that were almost buried, as well as a large jujube tree with lush branches and red dates.

"Snapped!"

Just when Wei Ran and others were looking over, Uncle Yao also waved a big bamboo pole and knocked hard on the jujube tree. Suddenly, plump red dates fell down one by one.

“Try it!”

Uncle Yao put down the bamboo pole and greeted enthusiastically, "This is the jujube tree planted by my grandfather. It's so sweet!"

Wei Ran bent down to pick up a few big red dates, and threw one into his mouth. It was as sweet and crisp as Uncle Yao said.

"That's the cave dwelling"

Sister Juan, who also picked up a bag of big red dates, pointed to a cave farthest from the jujube tree and said, "That's where I found the negative."

Hearing this, Wei Ran took a closer look and saw that most of the entrance to the cave dwelling had been buried, and the remaining half was tightly blocked by weeds. However, the only window was still intact.

Turning on the flashlight function of his mobile phone and reaching into the window, the first thing Wei Ran saw was a collapsed earthen bed and a piece of snake slough left on the edge of the earthen bed at some point.

Fortunately, although the cave dwelling collapsed a bit badly on the outside, it seemed to be relatively intact on the inside. He could still vaguely see the map of China hanging on the wall inside with the flashlight.

"Where was that big wardrobe at that time?" Wei Ran asked Sister Juan beside him.

“Just inside”

Sister Juan pointed to the end of the collapsed cave dwelling and said, "On the right side of the map hanging on the wall, the cabinet door faces the left side of the map."

Hearing this, Wei Ran placed his cell phone on the broken window sill, then took off his coat and handed it to Sister Juan, "Help me take it."

This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! "Comrade Wei Ran, what are you doing?" Secretary Bai and County Magistrate Ma were the first to react, grabbing him from the left and the right.

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"I don't dare to get in like this!"

Minister Wang from the Ministry of Armed Forces said quickly, "If this collapses suddenly, it would be bad to bury you inside!"

"It's okay, don't worry." Wei Ran smiled, "I'm sure, this kind of..."

"You can't do it even if you are sure!"

Uncle Yao, who was holding a bag of jujubes with the hem of his clothes, said seriously, "It's nonsense. There are countless worms and scorpions in there. What if something happens if you get in there?"

"Don't worry, it's okay."

As Wei Ran spoke, he gently broke away from the person who was blocking him, picked up a small hoe hanging on the wall and tried it on the ground. He said with extra confidence, "Secretary Bai, you can guarantee it when we first met."

You must fully support me.”

"Little comrade, if you say so, then let me go in and look for you." Minister Wang said, having already taken off his coat, "How can I let you take risks in front of me at this time?"

"Don't"

Wei Ran said quickly, "I really need to do this kind of thing. You don't know what you are looking for."

"Then wait until my son calls the people and the excavator before we go in." Uncle Yao said, "When the time comes, we will lift the lid of this cave dwelling and you can find it however you want."

"See how thick the soil is above your head?"

Wei Ran pointed to the top of his head, "It's about ten meters at least. Let's not even dig it all out. It might be a long time ago. If it collapses, the contents inside will be smashed."

"Let's go in and find it."

Secretary Bai said, "We are party members. At times like this..."
To be continued...