Monument of Life and Death

  Chapter 23 Uphill!

  Everyone unanimously raised their heads to look at the lady boss.

   "Sister, I'm sorry..."

   Xiaolan didn't know what to say, and didn't expect that there would be such a story. He looked at the Daoist chief in a daze, who shook her head, indicating that she didn't need to panic, and let the proprietress say it.

   "What are you sorry for, little girl...this is our own sin, we deserve it..."

  This is the case again.

  The last time Xiaolan eavesdropped on the conversation between the two, she felt the boss’s wife’s regret and disgust for certain things the boss had done. Now she heard these words again, and it is also related to the lives of the two daughters...

  Just as Xiaolan wanted to open her mouth, she heard the boss's footsteps ringing from behind.

   "What are you talking about," the boss approached the table, "Xiaohui...what's wrong with you, this is..."

  The lady boss stopped her mouth, and there was a trace of fear in her eyes when she looked at the boss.

   "You guys eat first, I'll go down and pack up..."

  After speaking, the proprietress left the restaurant, leaving behind all confused and inexplicable bosses.

   "What's going on..." the boss mumbled, only glanced at his wife's back, then turned to them, "I will send you to find a mountain road in a while, and it will be easier to enter the village..."

   Xiaolan was still puzzled by the strange reaction of the boss’s wife, so she didn't listen too much to the words that followed.

  I looked up at everyone and found that everyone basically had this expression.

   Xiaolan looked at the boss with a bit of complaint, thinking to herself, if the boss comes back a little later, we might be able to hear the cause and effect of this incident.

  After the meal, the boss helped everyone to place their luggage. Seeing that they were about to set off, the lady boss never showed up again.

  Everyone can only pin their hopes on prying open the boss’s mouth.

  Huh! Xiaolan exhaled, and finally looked back at the sunset hotel under the sky. Although it was early morning, she seemed to see the desolate appearance of the hotel standing under the red sun.

  With curiosity about the unknown and confusion, Xiaolan embarked on a journey again.

  Lianshui Village, boundary, boundary monument.

  I don’t know what’s in front of me, but it’s enough to know that I’m walking in the direction of the boundary marker.

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  The car is getting bumpy.

   Xiaolan grabbed the handrail, and Xiaoyin next to him grabbed Xiaolan tightly.

   "Boss, you still have this kind of minibus," Maple Sugar sat directly behind the boss, looking at everything in the car with a sharp eye, "Why do you use it, boss, are you still in the rental business."

  When Maple Sugar was awake, the whole person's aura was different. Xiaolan thought approvingly, but Maple Sugar made the suspicion of the boss too obvious, which made everyone a little embarrassed.

   But when it comes to this car, Xiaolan is also puzzled.

There are more than a dozen seats in the car, and the trunk is very spacious, but the whole car is very worn out, and the inside of the car is full of scratches of different depths. When the boss took the car out of the garage, it was covered with thick dust. , Obviously it hasn't been used for a long time.

   "Ah..." The boss's gaze was a bit erratic, "We used to go to the passenger terminal to attract customers, but now that there are fewer passengers, I won't do it..."

  Maple syrup frowned, his left hand supported his chin, with a look of doubt and distrust.

  Pineapple pulled Maple Sugar's sleeve and shook his head at him.

"By the way, boss," Pineapple looked over with a smile, blocking Maple's serious face, "Why don't I see you and the eldest sister's children? I even bought some food for the children, but I never saw yours. Children."

  Everyone's eyes focused on the boss, the corner of the boss's mouth trembled, and the speed of the car suddenly slowed down.

  "We...we have no children...no children..."

   "I haven't wanted it all the time!" Xiaoyin put on a gossip, "Brother, your thinking is very avant-garde."

  "It's not...what avant-garde..." The boss relaxed a little, and smiled like a self-deprecating smile, "We don't have that blessing, and the children don't say that there is one, right..."

   Xiaoyin hummed softly and raised Erlang's legs.

   "What is good about children, I don't want children."

  The little fool’s voice sounded from the back row, "You have a boyfriend before you talk."

   "You need to control, idiot!"

  The people in the car laughed, and the boss quickly erased the sadness in his eyes and felt the lively atmosphere.

  The car has been driving into the dirt mountain road for a long time, and everyone is bumping in the car, like soybeans being fried in a pan.

The sight is gradually covered by the mountain view, and now the eyes are full of fresh emerald green. Looking in the distance, the mountain flowers on the mountainside have also bloomed with large tracts of color. Several people are walking on the narrow mountain road, and it does not feel like going there. Exploring the secrets is more like going on an outing.

   "How long is there, boss."

  Baomu was motion sickness, weakly leaning on the road leader, and as soon as the voice fell, the boss braked and the flowing mountain view also stopped.

   "It's here, it's around here, I'll show you to find it."

   Xiaolan pulled the car door vigorously and jumped out of the car first.

  Now it belongs to the mountain. Xiaolan looked forward. The road ahead was narrower and more uneven. It was obviously not the place where the car entered. The air here was very fresh, and the morning sun hit him, Xiaolan felt warm and comfortable.

  But not everyone seems to think so.

  Dao Chang helped Baomu to get out of the car, both of them were a little pale. Maple Sugar was still posing a handsome and handsome posture a second to start suspecting, and the next second he fell into a coma. Now he is confused and his face is not awake.

  "Brother, shall we go along this road?"

   Xiaolan approached the boss and pointed the way forward.

"Come and follow me, walk forward for a while, and then have to climb the mountains..." the boss said and laughed, "you little girl is really funny, they call me big brother and you follow me as big brother, how old are you? Yeah..."

   "And she doesn't call me sister!" Xiaoyin complained loudly, and chased up from behind.

  The boss looked back and saw that the few people basically followed. Baomu's footsteps were still a bit vain, but his complexion had already improved a lot. Everyone was carrying large and small packages, and looked like they were waiting.

   took a few steps forward, the boss stopped and pointed to the side slope.

  "From here, you have to climb the mountain by yourself. There is a small path here. You will not get lost. When you want to go down the mountain, just call me here. I will pick you up..."

   Xiaolan looked in the direction pointed by the boss, and there was a path on the hillside that seemed to be densely covered with plants. The path separated the trees and flowers on both sides, like a slender stream, flowing up the mountain.

   "Be careful!"

   Watching everyone walking up the hillside, the boss shouted from behind, he wanted to say something, he opened his mouth and let it go.

   Xiaolan looked back and waved to the boss, smiling happily, the boss also waved and grinned, but his eyes were wet.

  This little girl...this Xiaolan...

  It’s so cute...

  The boss took a deep look at Xiaolan, then looked at the distant mountain.

  Lianshui Village...

  The boss wiped his eyes, turned and left.

  (End of this chapter)