Professor Gu's daily life in the countryside after his rebirth

Chapter 177 Worry (2)

On the way back, Liu Xiaoxi became more and more worried.

Such a big man went into the mountains before dawn and there has been no news since then.

Combined with Zhao Baogen's hesitant words, Liu Xiaoxi felt more and more that something was wrong. Her worry about Gu Zhan had already overcome her rationality, and it was difficult to persuade or deceive herself.

"No, I want to go find him." Liu Xiaoxi muttered to himself.

Yes, that's it, go find him.

With this idea in mind, Liu Xiaoxi resolutely changed direction, turned back from the way home, and headed towards the mountains.

The mountain road was now full of water, but Liu Xiaoxi didn't care. She just wanted to get into the mountain quickly and find Gu Zhan.

Liu Xiaoxi followed the path that the team used to go into the mountains for daily work, looking around as he walked, and continued to move forward after finding no trace.

Before we knew it, we had entered the deep mountains.

All around was the rustling sound of raindrops hitting the ground and plants, and there was no other sound.

"Gu Zhan!"

The only answer she got was the sound of rain falling on the ground.

With tears mixed with rain, Liu Xiaoxi could no longer see the road ahead.

With a "splash", Liu Xiaoxi slipped and stepped into a puddle. One foot was not stable, and he fell forward and fell to the ground.

Her knees hit the gravel and Liu Xiaoxi's eyes went dark in pain. She struggled to stand up, but failed for a long time.

She waited until the pain subsided before she supported herself on the ground with one hand and sat up.

Liu Jinshui searched the mountain everywhere he could, but he couldn't find any trace of Gu Zhan. The rain was so heavy at the moment, he thought Gu Zhan should have gone back, so he planned to turn back.

While walking, he saw a dark shadow fall to the ground in the distance. At first he thought he was dazzled, but when he got closer, he saw that it was his daughter sitting on the ground with mud all over her face.

"Xiaoxi, why are you here? Why are you here?"

"Dad..." Seeing Liu Jinshui, Liu Xiaoxi couldn't hold back any longer and burst into tears.

"Be good, don't cry." Liu Jinshui squatted down and helped his daughter up.

Liu Xiaoxi ignored her own pain and asked hurriedly, "Dad, have you found Gu Zhan?"

When Liu Jinshui heard this, he was shocked: "My son-in-law hasn't come home yet?"

"He hasn't come back, Dad. He left before dawn. The captain said he went into the mountains and hasn't come back since."

Upon hearing this, Liu Jinshui couldn't help but become anxious.

It's raining heavily in the mountains now. The roads are all muddy and the road conditions are very bad. This...

"Let's go and look for it..."

Liu Jinshui held his daughter's arm and helped her stand up.

The people following Liu Jinshui also caught up at this time, and were all surprised to see Liu Xiaoxi.

"My son-in-law went into the mountains before dawn and hasn't returned home yet."

After Liu Jinshui said this, everyone fell silent. After a while, someone suggested, "Let's go back and look for him. Gu did this for Shanghe Village. We can't be without conscience."

"Yes, we can't be without conscience."

"I, Liu Jinshui, am here to thank you all."

"Hey, Brother Liu, that's being a bit too formal."

Finally having help, Liu Jinshui now felt more confident.

He took Liu Xiaoxi and walked in front, continuing into the mountains.

Finally, the rain subsided, and the stone that was weighing on everyone's heart was slightly relieved.

The sound of rain subsided, and the shouts of the crowd finally gained strength as they pierced through the mountains.

For a moment, the mountains were filled with echoes of people calling Gu Zhan's name.

A few people at the bottom of the ravine vaguely heard the calling, and they were surprised and happy.

Zhou Guohua, who had been standing outside the wooden shed waiting for the rain to stop, walked into the shed joyfully and pulled up Gu Zhan, who was sitting on the wood. "Listen, someone is calling you from up there."

"Gu Zhan..." The clear voice once again reached Gu Zhan's ears.

Gu Zhan stood up from where he was, walked out of the wooden shed, and looked towards the place where the sound came from, but because the ground was too low, he didn't see anyone.

"It's at the bottom of the ravine." Zhou Guohua cupped his hands into a trumpet shape and shouted loudly upwards.

A few cows were frightened and were spinning around in panic, but fortunately they were tied to tree stumps and did not run away.

"Was there a sound just now?" said a young member of the Liu family who went into the mountains with Liu Jinshui.

"It seems there is, right at the bottom of this ditch." Liu Xiaoxi said anxiously.

"Yes, I think I heard it too." said another person who came in.

Liu Jinshui was old and his hearing was a little poor, so he hadn't heard clearly. Now that everyone said they had heard it and no one doubted it, he tentatively asked, "Then... shall we go down and take a look?"

"Okay, uncle, you and Xiaoxi wait up there now, and we young people will go down and take a look."

"No, I'll go down with you." Liu Xiaoxi said anxiously.

When Liu Xiaoxi thought that Gu Zhan was just down the ravine, she instantly became uneasy and had several bad thoughts in her mind.

Hearing her say this, the young man looked at Liu Jinshui with some embarrassment.

Seeing his daughter's irrational words, Liu Jinshui said directly: "Xiaoxi, don't make trouble. There is a deep ditch below. You just fell and got injured. Now you can't get down. Don't make trouble."

Seeing that Liu Jinshui's face looked bad, Liu Xiaoxi remained silent.

The young man said with understanding: "Sister Xiaoxi, don't worry, we will definitely bring the person up safely."

Now that things have come to this, Liu Xiaoxi will naturally not be tactless anymore. Instead of wasting time, it would be better for a few people to go down and help.

"How are you?" the young man shouted again.

"It's okay, the cows are down there too."

"Okay, let's get ready."

Gu Zhan naturally heard Zhou Guoping's call. He glanced at the sky outside where the clouds were gradually dispersing and said in a low voice, "The rain is almost stopping. Let's go up after the rainwater has dried up a little."

"it is good!"

Although they were going up, leading a few cows up the slippery slope was still a concern for everyone.

"Gu Zhan, no, let's go up first, one of us, go back to the team and get the tools, and then we can make a simple path up."

"This..." Such a long slope, even if we open a road, it probably won't be very convenient. It would be better to just follow the path Uncle Zhou and the others took and then go up." Gu Zhan said.

"Is this...is this okay? Will there be any problems with this cow now?"

Gu Zhan thought for a moment and said, "It shouldn't be a big problem. Let's just walk slowly."

"Okay, pack up and let's go back."

Leading the cows, everyone began to walk up the gentle slope.

The journey was not smooth, and it was not easy for four people to lead five cows.