The next day, the group did not check out of the hotel because the required supplies were still being transported and they could not go to Riyue Village to set up camp yet, so they packed lightly and went to conduct preliminary geological surveys.
After the village chief went door-to-door to explain the situation yesterday, today's survey went very smoothly. Professor Wang took people to survey, and the villagers of Riyue Village led the way throughout the process. They were very enthusiastic. The whole village hopes that someone will come to Riyue Village to invest.
Improve their living environment.
Xiao Zhiyi had nothing to do, so he just stayed in the village to get familiar with the environment. The small desert village was different from other places. There were no green mountains and green waters, and there were no gray walls and black tiles. Apart from the desert, it was the Gobi. The walls of every household were made of sand.
At a glance, it seems like I have traveled back to the 1970s and 1980s.
There are not many young people left in the village. Most of them are left-behind elderly people and children. It is said that the young and strong have gone out to work to earn money and only come back once a year.
Su Yi went with her to survey the geology. Yueyue led Xiao Zhiyi around the village. She seemed to be familiar with everyone in the village, especially the children. They were very happy to see her and gathered around her asking for candies.
Yueyue took out a large handful of candies from her pocket and gave them to them. The children happily called Sister Yueyue, as if they had eaten the most delicious thing in the world.
"How long have you lived here?"
Xiao Zhiyi asked Yueyue.
Yueyue glanced at her and replied coldly: "Does it have anything to do with you?"
Xiao Zhiyi was used to being scolded by her and continued walking forward indifferently.
She thought maybe Yueyue had always lived here, maybe she had lived here before.
The village is not big, and we finished it in less than half an hour. On the other way back, Xiao Zhiyi saw a big sand pit. She asked, "What is this?"
"This used to be a lake."
This time Yueyue answered her: "It's called Riyue Lake, which is where the name of Riyue Village comes from. In the past, this village had water sources, and nearby villages came here to collect water. Later, the land became seriously desertified, and this lake became
It dried up day by day, and finally it became like this.”
Xiao Zhiyi sighed slightly, thinking that this lake must have been very beautiful in the past, sitting in a desert like an eye. At night, the moonlight reflected the sparkling waves on the lake, and villagers who had no entertainment activities would sit around.
By the lake, singing those unintelligible folk songs.
After walking around and returning to the village chief's house, Yueyue felt tired and said she wanted to go back to her room to rest. There was her room here, so she walked straight in.
Xiao Zhiyi took the opportunity to go to the village chief's wife and ask her about Yueyue.
The village chief's wife was very enthusiastic, and she answered honestly whatever Xiao Zhiyi asked.
"Yueyue, she came to our village a year ago."
The village chief's wife said.
"Then where did she come from?"
Xiao Zhiyi asked.
The village chief's wife shook her head: "She didn't say this, and it's not convenient for us to ask.
She said she wanted to stay at our house and gave us a large sum of money. She was very kind and everyone in the village liked her. She often bought things for the people in the village."
Xiao Zhiyi nodded and asked again: "She has lived here for so long. How is her health?"
"It's pretty good, but I'm too thin and like to sleep. I often sleep all day long."
The village chief's wife said.
It seems that Yueyue has never disclosed her health condition in front of the village chief's wife.
Xiao Zhiyi was a little disappointed when she didn't get any useful information. Seeing that it was still early and Su Yi hadn't come back yet, she planned to go out to look for Su Yi.
The village chief's wife was afraid that she didn't know the way, so she called a neighbor's child to come over and show her the way.
The little girl said she was ten years old, but she was dark and thin and looked one or two years younger than her actual age.
Xiao Zhiyi chatted with her: "What's your name?"
"Jiajia, my name is Jiajia."
said the little girl.
"Well, Jiajia, have you gone to school?"
"Yes, I'm in fourth grade."
"Where did you all go to school?"
Xiao Zhiyi walked around before but didn't see the school.
"In town, the teacher has something to do with his family, and we are on vacation recently."
Jiajia said.
Xiao Zhiyi sighed, the town was quite far away, I thought all the children from the nearby villages would go to the town to study.
"Jiajia, do you have a good relationship with sister Yueyue?"
Xiao Zhiyi still wanted to find out about Yueyue.
Jiajia nodded: "I like sister Yueyue the most. Sister Yueyue is very good. She knows everything. She can do all the questions that I can't do. She also gives me new schoolbags and new clothes."
"Then have you ever noticed that sister Yueyue feels unwell?"
Xiao Zhiyi asked seductively.
Jiajia thought hard and didn't expect Yueyue to be uncomfortable, but she said: "My grandma said sister Yueyue was too white and seemed to be sick, but I asked sister Yueyue and she said she was not sick.
"
Xiao Zhiyi touched her head, thinking that Yueyue had concealed her illness so well that even the people she had lived with for a year had not noticed it. It seemed that she did not want anyone to know what was wrong with her.
The two continued to walk forward. Xiao Zhiyi had no sense of direction in the desert. In her eyes, everything was the same. She lost her direction after walking for a while and could only follow Jiajia.
While walking, the sound of motorcycles suddenly came to his ears. Xiao Zhiyi was quite curious. He didn't know where the motorcycles came from. Just when he was about to look around, Jiajia's face changed drastically.
He grabbed her hand and ran back.
"Sister, run quickly."
Xiao Zhiyi was confused: "Why are you running?"
"The bad guys are coming."
Xiao Zhiyi's heart skipped a beat. Are there still bad people in such a deserted place?
Just as he was thinking this, the sound of a motorcycle approached, and a gust of wind and sand was set off, which choked Xiao Zhiyi and kept coughing.
Jiajia's face turned pale in worry, she accidentally tripped and fell to the ground.
Xiao Zhiyi hurriedly went to help her, but Jiajia pushed her: "Sister, run quickly and don't worry about me."
"How could I leave you."
Xiao Zhiyi pulled her up. At this time, several motorcycles had arrived and surrounded them both.
Jiajia squeezed her hand nervously.
Xiao Zhiyi pulled her behind him to protect her, and whispered: "Don't be afraid, sister is very powerful."
She also saw the current situation clearly. They were just a few men riding dune motorcycles. They were dressed just like the third-rate gangsters in the city. Xiao Zhiyi was probably the bully in the neighborhood. He often relied on his physical strength to
Bullying.
Xiao Zhiyi is really not afraid of bullies of this level.
There was one leader among the three or five men. He was sitting on the front of the motorcycle, staring at Xiao Zhiyi carelessly and lewdly, and whistled: "Hey, you're from out of town, little girl."
Xiao Zhiyi was wearing a mask, with only a pair of eyes showing on her face, but she could tell she was a beauty. She coldly uttered one word: "Get out."
Is it okay for any scumbag to talk to her?
"She has quite a temper. I like girls with personality. Tie her up and take her back to me."
The leading man ordered a few men who looked like his subordinates.