Mrs. Du blew up again

Chapter 117 Talking with Lao Lai
The drowsiness finally struck, and I was about to close my eyes and go to sleep, but the person beside me seemed to have not fallen asleep. After tossing and turning for a while, the person seemed to stand up, and then there was the sound of moving footsteps.

I lost all sleepiness, and when that person walked away, I immediately opened my eyes and looked in the direction of his departure, and a familiar figure appeared from behind, Lao Lai?

What is he doing in the middle of the night?
Lao Lai walked very lightly, probably because he didn't want to wake us up.About three or forty meters away, he stopped. He couldn’t see clearly in the dark. He seemed to be groping in his pocket for a while. He heard a popping sound, and a red light lit up. I could hear it immediately, and the suspicion in my heart was relieved. It turned out that he ran out to smoke.

At this time, Lao Lai happened to look back and found me, I stood up and walked over: "It's rare to see you smoking."

Lao Lai took a puff of cigarette and smiled at me: "I used to smoke a lot, but then I always quarreled with my wife over this shit, and my daughter always preached to me, so I quit like this over time. Occasionally, I still have to take a couple of sips when encountering entertainment at school."

"I've never heard you talk about your family. So you have a daughter. How old is she?"

Lao Lai's eyes stopped on me for a while, and his eyes were a little dazed: "It should be about the same age as you, and you have already graduated. It's time to find a job."

I smiled and said, "This is also a blessing. As the saying goes, a daughter is the little padded jacket of the parents. She has graduated now, so you and your wife can rest easy."

Lao Lai took a puff of his cigarette and nodded in a murmur, "That girl is so stubborn, I don't care about her, let her go."

I saw that Lao Lai was not as happy as other parents when he mentioned his daughter. I guessed that his daughter had some conflicts with him.

Lao Lai has always given people the impression that he is rational, intelligent, good-tempered, and doesn't talk much, but he can always catch an idea once he speaks.

I made a joke to change the topic just now: "My sister-in-law is not here, and there is no entertainment. You must be in a bad mood to smoke here by yourself in the middle of the night. Why don't you tell me what's on your mind."

Lao Lai also laughed: "I can't say I'm worried, but I'm a bit depressed. When I came here, the journey I imagined was not like this one. The food was lost and the tent was destroyed. I thought that I could leave Lop Nur in half a month." Finished, and went back with the research report smoothly, now it seems that whether you can go back is still a matter."

I thought I was the only one who was worried about not being able to sleep, but I didn't expect that there were others who were worried like me.

"Are you worried about the food issue?"

Lao Lai stared at me blankly for a while, then shook his head: "Don't worry too much about the food problem, take out all the leftover food tomorrow and calculate it, if it's really not enough, everyone will eat one meal a day, as long as there is something to eat, it won't matter." As for starving to death here."

Lao Lai sighed heavily: "I am worried about what we have encountered along the way, Xiaoying, I always have a premonition that the road we are going to take next is more dangerous than the things we have encountered a few times before, I can't guarantee this How many people in the team will go and never return? In fact, it is ridiculous to think about it. Since the birth of the Loulan ancient city site, there have been an endless stream of expedition teams and tomb robbers who have come here to explore, but the result What? More than 100 years have passed, and batch after batch have come, and Lop Nur has become more and more mysterious. No one has found the underground treasure rumored in the ancient city of Loulan, but many people have never left this desert.”

I said: "Man dies for wealth, birds die for food, think about it, if there is a golden mountain in front of our eyes, and the people who have gone forward are buried alive at the foot of the mountain, but I firmly believe that there are still countless latecomers risking their lives to move forward Chong. I remember my grandfather told me a real example before, about [-]s when a big flood hit the upper and lower reaches of the Yangtze River. The one-month torrential rain caused heavy losses to many businesses and houses. It happened during this period One thing, the heavy rain hit an underground jewelry city that day, guess what happened in the end?"

Lao Lai pondered for a while: "The underground shopping malls have relatively complete drainage facilities. In addition, protective escape systems and security personnel are also necessary. Generally, underground shopping malls are connected to safe passages on the ground. Floods are different from fires. As long as there is no fall or crowding, There is still a high chance of escape."

Lao Lai's analysis is very objective, and I agree with his point of view: "Under normal circumstances, the chance of escape is indeed very high, but you have missed one point. This underground shopping mall is engaged in gold jewelry business, and there are countless gold, silver and jewelry in it. In fact, at that time, most of the customers did not choose to escape in time, but ran to various jewelry stores to loot things, and in the end, it is said that the dead people were all taken away in trucks."

Lao Lai was a little shocked after hearing my words, I smiled and continued: "This is human nature's obsession with desire and money. There are so many unknown treasures in this world, and how many people can make a fortune by digging treasures?" ? If you look at it, that’s the way it is. No matter how much money you spend, it’s just a pile of waste paper.”

"Xiaoying, I didn't expect you to think clearly at such a young age."

Do you understand?I asked myself in my heart, I am also very persistent, especially obsessed with money, because money can exchange for the material life I want, and it can better satisfy my vanity as a young girl. Although I have always despised Yang Saonian in the past, But his life is one that I envy very much. He doesn't have to worry about money, and he can buy everything he likes.

However, compared to ordinary girls, I am still somewhat different. Growing up with my grandfather, I have seen more life and death, and even more strange things in this world. Where there are ghosts, there are gods. This is my firm belief.

Since gods exist, all causes and effects of good and evil are also real. The ancient people were not as backward as we imagined. On the contrary, their knowledge of the laws and truths of nature far surpassed our modern people. Grandpa inherited the Xia family's mantle from generation to generation, and he has several ancient books left by the ancestors in his hand. I have briefly read them, and the things in them involve too many mysteries of the universe.

(End of this chapter)