Li Qingfang hurriedly called to her, "Wait, I'll come with you."
She turned back and shouted, "Director Lu, Miss Su Jian and I are leaving first. Hurry up. The weather forecast says there will be rain in the afternoon. We must get to the transfer station before it rains."
The mud underfoot could not be called a road at all. One foot was deep and the other was shallow. Within ten minutes, Li Qingfang was exhausted and sweating profusely.
She glanced at Su Jian in surprise, "Little sister, you didn't sweat at all?"
Moreover, she was traveling very fast, and most of the sweat on her head came from chasing Su Jian.
"I'm used to it. I run ten kilometers every day with heavy weights."
One day, while running by Xu Dazhuang's vegetable greenhouse, his tricycle overturned into a ditch. Xu Dazhuang was about to go back to the village to call for help. Su Jian, without saying a word, went down to help him push the cart up.
Strength is also gained through exercise day after day. For someone like Li Qingfang, who sits in an office all day long, being able to walk on a muddy mountain road for ten minutes is already very impressive.
"Let's take a break. Let's wait for Director Lu and the others. Captain Liu has a professional locator. There are no reference points in the mountains like in the city, so it's easy to get lost."
Su Jian looked up to the northwest and saw a large cumulonimbus cloud moving this way.
"Sister, how far is the transfer station you mentioned from here?"
"Ah, probably, it still takes about half an hour to walk."
"That's too late."
Director Lu and the others did not follow them at all, because there was not a single person 500 meters behind.
Scanning the surrounding chaotic woods, she pointed to the right and said, "Go there to take shelter from the rain first."
"Su Jian, there is a cave over there." Li Qingfang also discovered a place and shouted excitedly.
"No, if another mudslide occurs, the cave will be covered with debris washed away."
She suspected that Zhong Wenhai was currently hiding in a place like this. How could he find anyone if he didn't remove the stones and trees blocking the entrance of the cave?
"Come here quickly, it's starting to rain."
Seeing that Su Jian was unmoved, Li Qingfang had no choice but to follow her. The two of them quickly got into the woods. In front of them, there was a big tree as thick as several people could hug each other. The roots were intertwined. There were many small trees as thick as calves around, which should all be its seeds.
descendants.
Mud and rocks have no way to deal with this kind of tree that has taken root deep in the mountains.
"Climb up, hurry up." Su Jian pushed Li Qingfang's butt and pushed her up hard.
Big raindrops fell with a crackling sound, hitting the ground with a dull sound.
The large branches are lush and leafy, forming a large natural umbrella above the head, which is in sharp contrast with the rain curtain one meter away.
"Miss Su Jian, will Director Lu and the others be hit by the heavy rain?"
"have no idea."
Maybe they didn't go up the mountain. Captain Liu was obviously passive and sabotaged his work. Zhong Wenhai was treated like this because of his special status. It's conceivable that ordinary people would be in trouble. Not everyone has professional ethics.
The rain came and went quickly. In a short period of time, a large amount of rainwater converged from east to west, north to south, and poured down the mountain. There was rolling yellow mud water at the feet. Li Qingfang stared at the cave she found with lingering fear.
Sure enough, as Su Jian said, all the debris washed down from above poured into the hole, and the small animals hiding inside tried their best to crawl out, but no one managed to survive.
"Su Jian, thanks to your wit, I almost hurt you."
Ten minutes later, the rain gradually stopped, and the two jumped out.
The mountain road after the heavy rain was unimaginably difficult to walk. In the end, Li Qingfang used her hands and feet to crawl behind Su Jian with gritted teeth.