reborn as an official

Chapter 62 Ready to go up the mountain

The next day, Zhao Guoqing got up before dawn, and when Xu Li heard Zhao Guoqing sit up, he also got up.Zhao Guoqing smiled at Xu Li in the hazy night and said, "I didn't expect you to be quite alert! Now that we're up, let's pack up and get ready to go."

Woke up Xue Dashan, who was still sleeping with his head covered, and two criminal policemen who came with Zhao Guoqing, one named Tian Liang and the other named Pu Zhenglin.Xu Li and Zhao Guoqing went out of the room first, and saw the lights in the kitchen at the back. At this time, the second Xue just walked in from the outside. As soon as he saw the two of them, he hurriedly said hello: "Captain Zhao, Assistant Xu, you get up." Yes! I asked my daughter-in-law to cook and make some dry food, and we will leave after eating, otherwise we will not know when we will be able to eat our next meal once we enter the mountain!"

"Okay, by the way, how many people did you find in total? Have you prepared everything you need to bring?" Xu Li asked.

"A total of six people were found, all of them are old men from the village, and I added a total of seven!"

"That's okay, if you have a lot of things, give some to me and Xue Dashan, and we will help you."

"Yes, we didn't bring many things up the mountain this time, and we can help you get some things." Zhao Guoqing also said on the side.

"Okay, thank you all! Otherwise, I really don't know how to take these things!" The second Xue stood there happily and rubbed his hands.

When everyone got up, the meal was ready.After eating, we took two big bags of dry food and waited for others to arrive in the yard.Xue Laoer originally prepared three bags of one hundred catties of rice, two loads of vegetables, a piece of pork, and some oil, salt, sauce and vinegar.But now both Xu Li and Zhao Guoqing agreed to help, Xue Laoer brought two more bags of rice and a load of vegetables, enough for the people on the mountain to eat for a while.In addition to the dry food and the long rope used to cross the river, the average weight of each person is about [-] catties, but I don't know if these things can be delivered safely along the way.

Everyone waited in the yard for less than a quarter of an hour, and the rest of them arrived one after another. What Xu Li didn't expect was that there was the fourth son who had been taught by Xu Li among them.Seeing that Xu Li was here, Wang Laosi was so frightened that he hid aside. He was really subdued by Xu Li.

Seeing that everyone had arrived, Xue Lao Er greeted everyone to get on a construction vehicle for transporting stones in the quarry.Although the road leading to the mountain was washed away a lot by flash floods, there is still a section of road that can be used by vehicles, but only for such large engineering vehicles. Other vehicles, not to mention sedans, even the off-road vehicles driven by Zhao Guoqing It doesn't take long to break down.

Xu Li and Zhao Guoqing were let into the driver's cab by Xue's second child, and the others could only squeeze into the trunk of the truck with the rice and vegetables to be brought.The car bumped non-stop along the way, and the speed was extremely slow. After driving for nearly half an hour, I had to stop after only walking more than 20 miles.In front of me is a broken bridge that was destroyed by flash floods. Although the water under the bridge is not large at this time, the cement pipes originally used to build the bridge have been washed out hundreds of meters. not big.

Everyone got out of the car, tied everything up, took off their shoes, waded through the half-meter-deep river, and walked to the other side of the river, ready to start walking up the mountain.

Xu Li and Zhao Guoqing were the leaders, and of course they had less burdens. Xu Li was only responsible for carrying a bundle of emergency ropes, which weighed about fifty or sixty catties.Zhao Guoqing was carrying dry food, which weighed about the same as Xu Li's. The other three policemen carried vegetables, each basket weighing about [-] to [-] catties. The others carried a bag of rice, and Xue Laoer carried the pork.

Everyone had good physical strength at the beginning, and no one was tired when they each carried hundreds of catties, but after walking for nearly an hour on the mountain road, some people finally couldn't bear it anymore, and everyone had to rest on the spot.Just stop and go like this, until after eleven o'clock at noon, I only walked more than 30 miles, less than half of the distance.Seeing that everyone was really tired, Xu Li and Zhao Guoqing discussed it and decided to find a place to eat and rest for a while before going on the road.

Except for Xu Li and Zhao Guoqing who were burning with anxiety, the others were not in a hurry. Anyway, there were enough things on the mountain for three days, and no one would die of starvation in a short while.It took these people more than half an hour to eat a meal, but Xu Li and Zhao Guoqing only took 5 minutes to settle the battle. Seeing that the others would not be able to leave for a while, they found a dry grass to lie down and rest. chat.

After these people had eaten and drank enough, they continued on their way.After walking for less than half an hour, everyone was stopped by a broken bridge washed away by a flash flood.This place can no longer be called a broken bridge. Under the impact of mountain torrents, it can almost be said to be a mountain stream, with a distance of about ten meters between the two sides. What is even more frightening is that the river is full of mud at this time, and it is impossible to tell how deep it is. , Everyone was a little scared. If it was water, it would be okay. We all grew up by the river and could swim, but if we got stuck in the mud, we might not be able to crawl out again.

Xu Li and Zhao Guoqing saw that the others flinched, they looked at each other, walked up, and observed carefully.After watching for a while, the second Xue from behind stepped forward and said: "Captain Zhao, Assistant Xu, you see that this road is really impossible to go on. If you go hard, the big guy's life may be in danger. I think we should go back. Let’s go up the mountain after the road is repaired in a few days.”

The people who came with Xue Lao Er showed fear on their faces, and suggested to go back first.But Zhao Guoqing glanced at the opposite side of the mountain stream, and said firmly: "No, we must go up the mountain today. Since we have put on this police uniform and the national emblem on our heads, we must be worthy of them, and we must not shrink back because of some difficulties!"

Xu Li on the side also said: "That's right, we've come here, we can shrink back because of some difficulties, if we go back in such a disheveled way, we won't be laughed to death!"

The two looked at each other, exchanged a glance, and both noticed something from each other's gaze.

Zhao Guoqing, as the captain, of course had to take the lead, and said to Xu Li: "Brother Xu, help me tie the rope around my waist. I'll go up to explore the way and see what's going on down there!" Xu Li nodded and put down his body. The rope on his back was tied with a dead button around Zhao Guoqing's waist.

Zhao Guoqing called Pu Zhenglin again, and said a few words to him. Pu Zhenglin nodded while listening, and then asked Shang Tianliang to find Xue Laoer and asked for an axe. He ran into the forest and chopped off many branches. There was also a two or three meter long wooden sticks.

When Tian Liang and Pu Zhenglin came back with the branches, Xu Li, with the help of Xue Dashan and Xue Laoer, put Zhao Guoqing in the mountain stream below. Zhao Guoqing stood on a big rock and looked up.Pu Zhenglin and Tian Liang threw the branches down the mountain stream, and handed the repaired wooden sticks to Zhao Guoqing.