Take Arada back to the past

Chapter 293: Still looking for trouble.

"Stop looking and let's go!!"

Lao Liu saw the two people's gazes and reminded them.

Upon seeing this, the two of them withdrew their gaze and walked towards a small courtyard.

When I came to the door, there were two soldiers in beige guarding there.

"Captain!"

As soon as he arrived at the door, the other party saluted directly.

Old Liu nodded: "These two are new people. I will take them in. Director Feng has already gone through the formalities."

"Yes!"

The other party responded.

Then the three of them walked inside.

There were two people guarding the compound.

The yard is not big, with only a dozen brick and tile houses distributed on three sides, like a simple courtyard house.

There are two brick houses near the gate.

When the two saw Lao Liu, they saluted again and greeted him.

He led two people into two of the brick houses.

Pushing open the door, I saw a simple wooden camp bed inside.

Next to it are a wooden three-drawer desk, a square chair, and a washstand next to it.

There is a square groove hollowed out in the wall, which contains a thermos bottle and some toiletries.

Lao Liu pointed to the house and said to Yang Xiaole: "This is a newly built house. It has not been put into use yet. I am giving you an advantage. You can live here first. In order to welcome you, the toiletries are all new things for you. Water and water are all new." Just across the street."

As he spoke, he pointed to the door where he had just entered.

There are two brick buildings over there.

Then he continued: "The quilt is a bit thin, and there's nothing I can do about it. Just put a cotton coat on it when you sleep at night and make do with it."

The two of them looked at it and nodded.

Seeing the expressions of the two people, Old Liu said seriously: "I won't tell you, but you should have guessed what kind of place this is, right?"

Without waiting for the two people to speak, he said directly; "Yes, this is a confidential unit, and it is top secret. Therefore, everything you say and do in the future must be reported. What did you do in a day, who did you talk to, and what did you say?" Whatever happens, it must be written in the report. This is what you have to do every night when you come back."

"what?"

Both of them were surprised.

Looking at the expressions of the two people, Old Liu continued; "Don't be surprised! This is a routine matter. If you don't want trouble, try not to speak when you meet people, so as not to cause trouble for you to leave. These will be entered into the file."

Then he smiled and said: "Of course, if you are afraid of trouble, call the roof soldiers if you have anything. With them around, you can just omit writing in your report. There is no need to write it in such detail."

Hearing this, Yang Xiaole understood that this was surveillance in disguise.

But it's understandable, after all, this is a confidential unit, and they are leaving.

After finishing speaking, Old Liu looked at Yang Xiaole and said: "Okay, you stay here first. The toilet is opposite and the water is opposite. If you need anything, just call the orderlies outside and they will help you. They will take care of you in a while. The food was brought here.”

Seeing Yang Xiaole nodding, he took Yang Laosan and left directly.

After everyone left, Yang Xiaole wandered around the room.

The floor is made of cement, which is pretty good.

The walls were naturally painted with white putty, with some slogans written on them.

It was a brick building with windows at the back, but they were sealed by iron bars, so there was no problem with ventilation.

There is a small green forest about three meters wide in the back, and next to it is a hardened cement road.

He returned to the wooden bed and touched the quilt.

It's hard and very thin. It will definitely be cold to sleep at night, and the quilt is even thinner.

"Tsk, tsk~~ Yang Laosan has been through enough tonight."

Yang Xiaole smacked his mouth, looked at the toiletries on the wall, picked up the toothbrush, and squeezed a little toothpaste.

He picked up the enamel jar and went out directly.

At this time, voices came from outside and came to the door.

I saw three people walking in the yard.

An old man in his 60s or 20s, a woman in her [-]s, I don’t know whether she is a girl or a young woman, and a middle-aged man who is also black and white, and looks a bit like Yang Laosan.

"Hey, we've only been here for one day, why are we being allowed to do this?!"

A Sichuan-flavored word came from the girl's mouth.

The middle-aged man also muttered in a buzzing voice: "That's right! You've put us in such a mess, and you can't even give us an accurate answer."

A mouthful of Northeastern rice dumplings.

Obviously these are people transferred from other places.

The orderly listened to a few people talking there, listening with his ears and watching with his eyes.

As for getting out, that's impossible.

Several people did not dare to go out, for fear of staying here in the future.

At this time, Yang Laosan was also standing at the door, watching the scene outside.

As for that Captain Liu, he has already left.

Seeing this, Yang Xiaole went directly to the edge of the pool and turned the faucet.

"Don't twist it. There's no water. The water next to it is for washing your face and toothbrush. Use it sparingly."

While he was thinking, the orderly not far away shouted at him.

Upon seeing this, Yang Xiaole came to the large water tank next to it. There was a wooden lid on it, which was divided into two halves. There was also half a gourd water scoop on top.

Of course he has used this thing before.

Opening the wooden lid above reveals relatively clear water inside, with a thin layer of sediment settling at the bottom of the tank.

He picked up the water ladle, poured it into the enamel jar, and started brushing his teeth.

As soon as he took his mouth, three strange flavors of bitter, astringent, and salty filled his mouth, making him frown.

Out of curiosity, he asked: "Why is this water so bitter? It's also salty!!"

The orderly smiled when he saw this: "What's weird about this? Our water is like this. The water here is very salty. It tastes like this when you drink it. Sometimes there is salt frost on the clothes after washing them!"

Hearing the sound, Yang Laosan came over.

He stretched his head to look, picked up the water ladle, took a sip, and immediately spat it out.

"Oh my god, it's so salty. Isn't the water we drink also like this?"

Seeing his actions, the orderly frowned: "Don't waste water like this! This water is brought back from dozens of miles away by logistics vehicles every day."

Hearing this, Yang Laosan curled his lips and said nothing more.

Then he looked at the other party and smiled: "Hey, that Comrade Jie Fangjun!!"

When the other party heard this, he glanced at him: "What's wrong?"

"When will we have a new mission?"

"awaiting notice!"

"Tsk~~"

Yang Laosan sighed, and then asked: "Then can you get a pair of poker cards? It's too boring to have nothing to do. We are playing poker in the courtyard, right under your noses. Do you think that's okay?"

Seeing the other party's hesitant expression, Yang Laosan hurriedly said: "We are here to perform a mission, not to go to jail, and we don't talk nonsense. Is that okay? Isn't this also against the principles?"

Before the person being asked could speak, an orderly next to him shouted: "What are you thinking about? You think this is just playing house! What are we doing? Can you take responsibility for something going on?"

These words made Yang Laosan curl his lips: "We don't know this place, and they don't know either. What can we say when we go out? Are they really treating us as labor reform prisoners?"

Then he asked him: "Isn't anyone going out here?"

The orderly frowned when he heard this: "Of course!"

"That's alright. We have also signed a confidentiality agreement. If your people go out, you are not afraid. We have also signed an agreement. What are you afraid of? And we haven't pried around yet!"

These words made the other party frown and said angrily: "Can it be the same? Do you have this awareness?"

"Hey, how do you talk?"

These words made Yang Laosan a little dissatisfied.

"Hey, okay, stop arguing!"

The orderly who was first questioned drank fiercely when he saw this, and then said with a cold face: "Okay, we will convey your demands to our superiors. As for whether we agree or not, that is not something we can decide."

When Yang Laosan saw someone coming down the stairs, he smiled and said, "Hey, that's right! We are also aware."

Then there was no more trouble.

"The meal is here!"

While thinking, voices came from outside.

I saw a soldier walking in carrying a net bag and a basin in his hand.

The previous three people passed by with ease.

He took the lunch box, took a steamed bun and went back to the dormitory.

When Yang Laosan and the other two saw this, they naturally followed him.

There is a steamed bun with mixed noodles in the enamel basin.

The person who delivered the things saw this and told the two people: "Be careful, there is rice soup inside, don't spill it, just brush it after you finish it and give it to the orderly."

After Yang Xiaole finished washing, he took a steamed bun and a lunch box from behind.

Then he returned to his dormitory.

After opening it, there was half a lunch box of rice soup inside, a thin soup made from cornmeal, and a few pickles lying inside.

The staple food is a steamed bun.

"Is the food here so bad?"

Yang Xiaole muttered, picked it up and took a sip.

It's similar to what they used to drink in the countryside. It's not thick at all. It's really soupy and watery.

The steamed buns are quite warm.

I ate the steamed buns with porridge.

It doesn't taste that good either.

But considering that this is an era of famine, it’s not surprising. This food is already good. Many people in Kyoto City don’t have this good food now!
A bowl of porridge and steamed buns in the morning is all it takes.

After eating, I took the lunch box out to clean it.

After returning the lunch box to the orderly, everyone was fine again.

"Ha~~"

Yang Laosan yawned and said to the orderly: "I traveled all the way last night and didn't sleep well. I'm going to take a nap. If you need anything, call me!"

After saying that, he went back to his room without caring.

Yang Xiaole had nothing to do, so he walked around the yard and felt a little sleepy, so he went back to his room.

If he could walk around freely, he really wouldn't mind taking a look at this mysterious place.

But when he returned and just took off his clothes, he heard a shout from outside: "Emergency gathering!!"

When Yang Xiaole heard the sound, he was speechless and immediately stood up and put on his pants.

Damn it, the weather is about minus [-] degrees, taking off clothes and putting on clothes is a painful thing.

"Bang bang bang~~~ Let's gather."

There was a knock and shout at the door, it was one of the orderlies just now.

"Hey, here we are, getting dressed!"

Yang Xiaole responded, quickly put on his clothes, tidied them up, and then went to open the door.

At this time, the three people like them were already waiting in the courtyard.

When he walked over, Yang Laosan tied his belt and walked towards this side.

He was still muttering: "I was just lying on the bed!"

Then he hurried over.

There was a truck parked next to it, and Company Commander Liu, who had brought them here before, was also waiting next to it.

After seeing that everyone was here, he said: "Okay, your mission has begun. Don't ask anything after a while. Just do whatever I ask you to do. Do you hear me?"

Several people looked at each other, a little nervous.

But they all nodded.

Seeing this scene, Lao Liu nodded: "Okay, get in the truck, Zheng Guangrong, Chen Hongjun, you two sit in the back to ensure that the situation outside is not seen."

"Yes!!"

Only then did Yang Xiaole know the names of the two orderlies in the compound.

At first glance, these two names are the names that were changed when registering for household registration in 55.

Then the five people got directly into the big truck, while Zheng Guangrong and Chen Hongjun carried guns and got into the truck behind them. At the same time, they removed the windshield curtain outside, leaving only a trace of light.

"Boom, boom~~"

The sound of the car door closing and the engine sounded successively, and then the car set off.

I didn’t expect it to be quite far away.

After an hour of jolting, the car stopped.

"Cover your eyes with this."

However, several people did not get out of the car. In the car, Zheng Guangrong gave each of them a black cloth strip.

When several people saw this, they naturally knew they had to cover their eyes.

Zheng Guangrong was not at ease, so he checked it with a few people and pulled the cloth down to prevent these people from seeing it.

When it was almost done, he opened the wind curtain.

I was helped out of the car.

……

At this time, on the side of the building not far away, two men in their fifties wearing military uniforms were watching this scene quietly.

Without looking at the epaulettes, just looking at the aura, you can tell that the level is not low.

One of them said worriedly: "Isn't this too risky! What if something happens?"

The person next to him said without looking back: "Hey, there is nothing we can do about it. We are too poor and cannot afford such repeated consumption. Not only do we have to succeed in research, we also have to spend the shortest time and the least money every day. Every penny must be spent wisely. Never allow a penny to be wasted.”

After hearing this, the person who just spoke stopped talking.

After watching for a while, the leader continued: "If these people can really find the reason later, I will report it and keep them in our base."

Then he looked at a few people and said, "Forget it about the old man and the kid, just those three people. But we have to do a thorough review and there can't be any mistakes."

The person next to him nodded gently when he heard this: "Okay, I understand."

Yang Xiaole and others still didn't know that the fate of several people at this time was almost changed because of their words.

The five people were supported by people around them and came to a place.

"Okay, you can take it off."

When I arrived at the place, I heard Lao Liu's voice.

After hearing this, several people took off their blindfolds and blinked to adapt to the light here.

This should be a workshop, most of it was covered by cloth, leaving only a dark brown pipe on the middle table.

It's about 1 meters in diameter and five meters high.

Stand upright on workbench.

Yang Xiaole looked at this thing and felt strange for a while.

What the hell is this?
River bomb?

Not like ah!
Although he has never seen it with his own eyes, he has seen introductions on the Internet before. How can it be so big?

And this thing looks like parts.

How big would this be if it were the whole thing!

Part of the egg guide?
This isn’t right either!
Isn't the research base of Guidan over there at Jiuquan?

This confused him.

At this time, there were still many people surrounding the hall, watching these people quietly.

Company Commander Liu saw a man and hurried over and saluted: "Chief, the man has been brought here."

The other party was the one who was looking at the leader just now at the door.

Looking at the three people, the chief nodded and whispered to a middle-aged man wearing a military coat next to him.

"Chief Engineer, look..."

This is a middle-aged man who is half bald.

Probably around fifty.

The two communicated in low voices for a few times, and then the half-bald man nodded slightly: "Okay, let's do the test below and let them pass."

After receiving the order, a man walked out of the crowd and came to Yang Xiaole and others: "Come with me."

The other party is Feng Ming.Yang Laosan and others followed curiously.

Come to the side of the big guy on the workbench.

Feng Ming pointed to a pair of small hammers on the table and said: "Take this hammer and hit it one by one along the marks on it to listen for any abnormalities. It is similar to the last item you tested."

As he spoke, he pointed at the big guy next to him.

I saw more than a dozen red circles drawn on these big guys, and many white dots were made on the red circles.

Several people looked at each other after hearing this.

There was some hesitation for a while.

Seeing everyone's expressions, Feng Ming looked at them and said, "Don't be nervous, just listen carefully. That's it, Yang Laosan, you go first!!"

Looking at Yang Laosan next to him, he still spoke.

When Yang Laosan heard this, he turned around and looked around. He no longer looked carefree as before.

This battle is really scary.

He swallowed and finally nodded.

He picked up the hammer next to him, weighed it for a while, found one that was handy, and went directly onto the workbench. This was the first floor. It was surrounded by a fence about two meters high and there was another floor.

This makes it easier for people to get up there.

Otherwise, no one can reach the height of five meters.

Yang Laosan held a hammer and listened to the sound while banging.

From the moment he got the hammer and put it up, the lazy aura and careless expression on his body were completely gone.

There was a hint of seriousness and earnestness in his eyes.

This made Yang Xiaole look at him with admiration.

"Clang~Clang~Clang~"

The sound of gold and iron knocking resounded throughout the room, and everyone was holding their breath to listen.

Yang Laosan knocked very slowly.

After tapping it three times, he finally shook his head at Feng Ming: "No problem."

Hearing this, Feng Ming felt disappointed.

Then he said to him: "Then you do the second layer."

Yang Laosan nodded slightly when he heard this and continued to hit with the hammer.

There are 12 coils in total.

Following Yang Laosan's tapping, he frowned when he reached the tenth time.

After tapping it several times, he said to Feng Ming: "Position No. 4."

Hearing the sound, Feng Ming hurriedly registered.

10-4.
Represents the fourth point on the tenth level circle.

"Okay, you continue!"

Seeing this, Yang Laosan continued to knock upwards.

The locations on the 11th and 12th floors are also at location 4, on a vertical line.

"There's a problem with position 4."

After Feng Ming finished speaking, he said to Yang Laosan: "Okay, you can come down!!"

Hearing this voice, Yang Laosan came down the stairs directly.

This lap looked pretty fast, but it had already been over an hour.

Feng Ming looked at the chief engineer and chief who had spoken before, and when he saw the other party nodded, he looked at the remaining people.

Finally, he set his sights on the northeastern man: "Kong Dali, you are second."

When the other party saw this, he naturally followed suit.

According to the method of Yang Lao San, the detection started.

Except for the tenth floor, where he is at position 5, the rest, like Yang Laosan, are all wrong at position 4.

Next is the woman, Fang Mei.

The result was exactly the same as Yang Laosan.

"Chief, it's time to eat."

At this time, someone came over to remind me.

He saw the other party turned around and glared at him, without saying a word, and focused his attention on the field again.

No one said anything about eating.

Finally, there were two people left. Feng Ming focused on the two of them, looked back and forth, and looked at the old man: "Liu Shengyun, go and try it!!"

The old man walked over expressionlessly after hearing this.

After more than an hour, I finally got the same answer as Yang Laosan.

Seeing that the four people basically found the difference in one place, everyone was happy for a while.

He even had the same idea about Yang Xiaole's final outcome.

The chief looked at the people next to him and smiled: "It seems this risk is worth it!"

Several other people looked on with smiles.

"Yang Xiaole, try it!!"

Feng Ming looked at him and said with a smile.

The previous few people almost all agreed on the same point. In his opinion, the problem has basically been found, and the only thing left is to investigate the cause.

Hearing this, Yang Xiaole was confused for a while.

He already roughly understood what it meant.

There is also a tube inside this tube, and the size of the cavity left in the middle is slightly different, very subtle.

But he found that the problem was not in position 4, but in position 5, which was a little off.

To say or not to say?

He knew that the first rafter would die first. He was just watching the excitement, but he happened to be bored in class.

Think of it as a special trip.

But don’t mention it, if it fails, it will cause waste again.

It is not an exaggeration to say that the scientific research supplies at this time were produced by the common people tightening their belts.

"Yang Xiaole, what are you doing!! Go! Don't be afraid."

Seeing that he didn't move, Feng Ming frowned and shouted, thinking that he was frightened by the scene!
When Yang Xiaole heard this, he glanced at him and slowly walked towards the big guy.

He picked up a hammer and weighed it in his hand.

Come to the big guy's side.

I didn't rush to knock on this iron thing, but walked around the workbench.

From time to time, I hit it with a hammer.

He decided to talk about it anyway. He felt a little sorry for letting him pretend that he didn't know.

He can be selfish, but these are people who are dedicated to the country.

They are all giving silently.

"I asked you to knock on the things above, why are you knocking on the table?"

Seeing the strange looks in everyone's eyes, Feng Ming frowned and urged.

Yang Xiaole ignored him and continued to tap, back and forth several times.

This workbench is made of iron, and its surface is very smooth, similar to the balance tables of later generations. In this era of lack of steel, this cost is not small.

"Feng Ming! What's going on?"

The chief's face turned dark when he saw this scene, and he yelled at Feng Ming.

"This……"

Feng Ming became anxious when he saw this and was about to speak.

Yang Xiaole saw this and said directly: "There is something wrong with this table!! It is not flat."

As soon as these words came out, everyone was stunned for a while.

"Impossible!! This machine has been measured with a balancer and uses the best equipment from the Soviet Union!!"

A person next to me spoke.

At this time, the chief frowned and asked him: "Little comrade, tell me, what's going on? How can this table be uneven? This has been strictly measured."

Yang Xiaole heard this and said, "When I say it's uneven, I don't mean it's uneven."

After finishing speaking, with the other party's doubtful eyes, he said to Yang Laosan: "Yang Laosan, you guys listen carefully to see if there is any difference in the sound."

As he spoke, he started tapping in one direction.

Then he found the opposite position and started tapping.

Several people listened carefully for a while, and it wasn't until Yang Xiaole struck five or six times that Kong Dali, the big brother from the Northeast, realized what he was doing.

He hurriedly said: "The sound on the left is a bit muffled, and the sound on the right is crisper. What about you?"

As he spoke, he looked at the others.

The old man was the first to speak: "Well, indeed, I feel a little unsteady on the right side."

Yang Laosan and the woman Fang Mei hesitated for a moment, but finally nodded.

The chief was surprised when he saw this: "What do you mean?"

Everyone was confused when they heard this.

"He probably means that the workbench is not stable enough, which affects the test results."

The one who spoke was the chief engineer of Guangmingding.

After speaking, he looked at Yang Xiaole: "Comrade, is this what you mean?"

Yang Xiaole nodded when he heard this: "Well, that's what I mean."

As soon as these words came out, everyone present was in an uproar.

The chief looked livid at the people next to him and shouted: "What on earth is going on? Why don't you go over and check it out!!"

"Yes"

The person who said he had measured it with a balance instrument hurriedly responded and then ran away.

A few minutes later, three square tube-like bars were brought over. There was still liquid flowing inside, and there was also a bubble inside.

The other party took something and handed it to the two people next to him.

The three of them walked over to the workbench together.

I took something and measured it there.

I saw the three of them communicating with their eyes from time to time, and shaking their heads at each other from time to time.

After a while, after testing for a long time, the three of them ran back.

One of them said: "Chief Engineer, the level measurement is fine."

"Mine are fine."

"Mine are fine."

The remaining two people also told their measurement results one after another.

The chief took a deep breath and looked at the chief engineer: "Then what's going on!"

The other party thought for a while and looked at Yang Xiaole: "Comrade, can you tell us why?"

Yang Xiaole looked at everyone's gaze.

Pointing to the table, he said, "I don't know. Either the table is uneven, or it's the foundation. Is there something underneath?"

Then he laughed and said, "When I was a kid, when my dad spanked me, I liked to put a book under my butt so that it wouldn't hurt so much when I was spanked. But my dad would find out every time because the sound was wrong."

As soon as these words came out, everyone laughed at first.

Then I saw the two leaders meditating with straight faces.

Pad something?
The chief engineer muttered there.

He came to the stage, looked around, and shouted to the crowd: "Zhao Changshun! Come here!!"

"Yes!"

Suddenly, a middle-aged man in his 40s wearing national defense green came over.

Looking at the table, the chief engineer asked: "You installed this test table. Is there anything underneath?"

Zhao Changshun was puzzled for a moment, thinking about it in his mind.

In the doubtful eyes of everyone, he hesitated and said: "Well... when we were installing the stage, we found that the level was not balanced enough, so we placed stones on the ground. They were all polished very flat, so... could this also affect it?" "

As he spoke, he pointed to a location near the right.

The workbench has several legs, each of which is located in a hole.This is to prevent the table from moving.

The chief engineer was thoughtful after hearing this, and finally said: "It's not impossible!!"

The chief heard this and shouted with a straight face: "Why didn't you report it in the first place? This is a serious mistake, do you know?"

Then he said with a cold face: "Zhao Changshun, D has received one demerit."

Upon hearing this, the other party's expression changed.

He took a deep breath and said nothing, just responded.

"Yes, Chief!"

He saluted and returned to stand next to him.

The place was quiet.

Yang Xiaole felt helpless when he saw this. He had no choice but to say it!

It's not like outside, where if you make a mistake you just need to be taught a lesson. If you make a mistake here, it will have very serious consequences.

There is even a possibility of recovery.

The chief looked at the half-bald chief engineer and asked, "Dean, what do you say? Is the impact really that big?"

Subconsciously, he still didn't agree with what Yang Xiaole said. After all, several others had detected problems, and they were all at the same point.

The chief engineer pondered for a while and shook his head: "Not sure!!"

These words made the chief confused for a while.

He looked at Yang Xiaole and said, "Go and test it too."

Seeing this, Yang Xiaole could only pick up the hammer and hit the big guy back and forth, doing the same thing as the previous people.

Of course, the result obtained is also at position 4.

Seeing this scene, the leader was confused for a while.

The chief engineer was called aside, and the two of them murmured for a while while everyone could only watch.

After a while, the chief finally said: "Okay, let's eat first. Let's go back and have a meeting tonight. Let's study it. Although the task is very tight, we can't be careless. We can't make any more mistakes. We can't afford to make any mistakes." ”

After saying that, he looked at Feng Ming: "Take them to the car, send them back after eating, and wait for notification of the rest."

After hearing this, Feng Ming agreed.

You have to put blindfolds on a few people.

Seeing this, the chief waved his hand: "Forget it, don't bring it. You can't see anything in this mountain anyway, and there will also be family members coming over in the future in the family area of ​​Malan Village we set up by the lake."

He took a deep breath and left immediately.

The rest of the people saw this and followed him out.

When Feng Ming saw this, he looked at a few people and said, "Okay, stop looking and let's go!"

He led everyone outside.

This is a cave dug out of the mountain. After walking for a while, you will see a cave entrance.

Not far away, the car stopped at the gate.

After coming out, everyone looked around.

In fact, there is nothing interesting to see, except for a few nearby houses and the large and small bare mountains in the distance, there is nothing else.

And you can't find it just based on the surrounding scenery.

Several people got into the car curiously and waited for the announcement later.

Everyone's stomachs were already growling.

By this time, it was already three o'clock, long past the time for dinner.

After getting in the car, Yang Laosan asked him anxiously: "Is what you said reliable? If it is not reliable, we will be in trouble!"

Yang Xiaole shrugged upon hearing this, how could he know?
However, according to his speculation, this experiment must be restarted, and they will not let go of the possibility of such an error.

But now he is still wondering what he is doing!

As for whether it was the reason they were looking for, he didn't know.

After all, he is not engaged in scientific research.

It's just about correcting the mistakes based on what they tested.

(End of this chapter)