Li Yulan replied, "There is one now. Do you want to meet?" Li Rui replied, "Okay, where is it convenient to meet?" Li Yulan replied, "In the northeast corner of your hotel is the town's granary. It has been abandoned. Let's go there. I'm sure no one will know." Li Rui replied, put away his phone, and secretly went downstairs.
The hotel they were staying in had two entrances. One was the main entrance of the small building on the street, and the other was the side entrance on the west side of the small building. The side entrance led directly to the backyard, from which one could also go upstairs. After Li Rui came down from the building, he pretended to go to the bathroom and deliberately slipped into the backyard. When he saw that no one was looking, he ran out through the side entrance. After determining the direction, he went east along the street.
It was already past nine o 'clock in the evening. People in the mountain village went to bed early. Most of the houses on both sides of the street had already turned off their lights. From time to time, a few dog barks came from all directions in the village, adding a bit of liveliness to the silent night in the mountain village.
Li Rui stealthily walked on the uneven gravel road with the stars and the moon above his head. The Taihang Mountains in the distance were like crouching tigers and coiling dragons, standing in three directions. They were almost hidden in the darkness of the night. A white mist had already appeared in the air, drifting in the air, giving people an unreal feeling of ascension to immortality. The smell of burning straw drifted in the air. It was a refreshing smell.
Li Rui had never had the experience of walking in the mountain village at night. He was both excited and a bit timid. He was afraid of encountering a so-called "street dog", which was the kind of dog that would jump out to bite people or cars in front of his house. It was impossible to reason with such a dog, and it was also impossible to fight with it because it was not afraid of people. If one was bitten by such a dog, there was no good way to do anything except to admit that it was bad luck.
"I heard that there is a half-human, half-ghost monster in the forest called the Mandrill. I wonder if there is one in Jiupo Town? I won't encounter one, right? "
He walked on in fear all the way until he reached the crossroads at the corner of the street. He turned and went north. Occasionally, a car would drive by on the road, and the light from the car would make people unable to open their eyes. After the car passed by, they would have to walk for a while before they could see again.
Li Rui searched around the town's granary, wondering if Li Yulan had arrived yet. The two of them were having a date in the middle of the night in an abandoned granary. Would something happen? Thinking back to the last time in the city's park, the two of them almost did something good. Would they continue this time?
After walking a few hundred meters to the north, they saw a tall wall that extended for a few hundred meters. It was obviously a large building. This was probably the granary that Li Yulan had mentioned. He took out his phone and dialed Li Yulan's number.
However, Li Yu Lan did not take it. She directly rejected him. Li Rui was slightly startled. He did not know what had happened. Could it be that she suddenly had an urgent mission? Or is there something else? Was this date going to be ruined?
Just as his thoughts were running wild, a shadow walked out from the darkness in front of him and called out in a low voice: "Here." Li Rui could tell that it was Li Yulan's voice. He was overjoyed and hurriedly went over to greet her.
Li Yulan directly pulled him into the darkness under the high wall and said: "I just arrived. You came quite quickly." Li Rui said: "This is the granary?" Li Yulan nodded and said: "Follow me." She pulled his hand and continued to walk north along the wall. Li Rui said: "Are we going in from the front door?" Li Yulan said: "No, the front door is locked. I'll take you through the hole in the wall."
Hearing that they had to go through the hole in the wall, Li Rui could not help but laugh. How was this a date? This was clearly an underground meeting. However, he could also enjoy a trace of the wilderness. This was definitely not something that could be experienced in the Qingyang City that was filled with reinforced concrete and looked like a pigeon cage.
Li Yulan pulled him towards the north. After walking about a hundred meters, they reached the end of the west wall of the granary. There was a deep and quiet alley that led east and west. They walked in and turned east. They walked along the north wall of the granary for a few dozen meters before stopping. From beginning to end, they did not meet anyone. This added to the secretive and exciting atmosphere of their date.
Li Yulan said in a low voice: "It's here. I'll go in first. You follow me." She walked to the bottom of the wall.
Li Rui stood behind her and looked carefully. He saw that there was an "O" shaped hole in the wall. The bottom of the hole was connected to the ground. It was about a meter high and the widest part was about a foot. It was just enough for an adult to squeeze through. Looking into the hole, it was pitch black and he could not see anything. He could not help but feel a little guilty and asked in a low voice: "There's no one inside, right?" Li Yulan laughed lightly: "If there was someone, would I dare to bring you here?" Li Rui gently said: "You be careful."
Li Yulan nodded and squatted down. She squeezed in sideways.
Li Rui could not help but go forward to support her. He thought about how this deputy secretary of the town committee was willing to squeeze into a hole the size of a dog's hole for him. She did not care about her status at all. He was very touched.
Li Yulan quickly squeezed in and turned around to ask him to follow her. Li Rui's body was big and tall, so it was difficult for him to squeeze in. In the end, he crawled in in a very awkward position. Although it was awkward, he was able to avoid dirtying his clothes with the red bricks on both sides of the hole.
At this time, the two of them were already standing on the northern wall of the granary. Beneath their feet was grass, and when they lifted their noses, they could smell the fragrance of autumn grass. When they pricked up their ears, they heard the chirping of autumn insects. Looking around, even though the sky was dark, they could see that the granary was huge, but there were few buildings. There were only a few rows of huge buildings in the north-east and north-west directions. They formed a continuous line, probably used to store grain. The other empty space, needless to say, was naturally a drying area.
Li Yu Lan took his hand and led him inside. She explained in a low voice, "This town's granary was built in the seventies of the last century. It has a capacity of three thousand tons. Due to years of neglect, it's completely unusable. Now it's basically abandoned." Li Rui said, "It's such a big granary, it's too wasteful to leave it empty in the middle of town." Li Yu Lan said, "Who says it isn't? But what else can it be used for? Develop real estate? Don't even think about it in town. Find someone to contract it? None of the bosses are fools. What's the point of contracting such a big place? It can only be idle. " Li Rui nodded and said: "Yes, in the city, every inch of land is worth gold. But in the village, it's worthless."
Li Yulan said: "I have an idea. We can use this granary and combine it with our Jiupo Town's unique resources to start a business. Unfortunately, I don't have the capital. Secondly, as a leader, I can't do business. I can only forget about it. " Li Rui's heart skipped a beat when he heard that and said, "Tell me about it. If it's feasible, I'll find a few bosses to invest in it for you." Li Yu Lan said, "Even if you get investors, as a civil servant, I can't do business." Li Rui laughed and said, "My silly sister, why do you need to do it personally? When the time comes, you can just find a representative. Your parents, your in-laws, your relatives and friends. As long as they are trustworthy, you can use them. You can just be the boss behind the scenes and wait for the dividends. "
Li Yu Lan's eyes lit up and said, "Yes, that makes sense. Why didn't I think of that?" Li Rui said, "Tell me, what do you want to do?" Li Yu Lan said, "If we don't talk about it outside …" Li Yu Lan said, "Then where do we go?"
The two held hands and walked towards the east side of the row of warehouses.
Li Rui had played in these kinds of abandoned warehouses when he was a child, so he knew what it was like inside. From top to bottom, there were spider webs everywhere. The roof beams were sparrows' nests. Rats were running around in the corners of the walls and every few meters there was a rat hole. The ground was covered with a thick layer of dust, scattered with rat droppings and bird droppings. There were also wood shavings from the beams that were eaten by vermin. The air was filled with a moldy and rotten smell … As long as one was a normal person, they wouldn't want to stay in there for too long. He was extremely puzzled. Was she going to bring him to the warehouse? That wasn't a good place to rest. He might as well stay in the drying yard.
Li Yulan pulled him to the southernmost door of the east side of the row of warehouses. She stretched out her hand and pushed. After a few creaking sounds, the double wooden door was pushed open. She took out her phone, lit up the screen and walked inside.
Li Rui followed her into the room. After two steps, he saw clearly that the room wasn't big. It was about the size of a single dormitory, about a dozen square meters. More than half of the room was filled with wheat straw. The innermost wheat straw had reached the roof beam and there was also a thick layer of wheat straw under their feet. He looked at the walls and found that the room was well maintained. The walls were not peeling and were still clean and solid. There was also no moldy smell in the room. It was completely different from what he imagined an abandoned warehouse to be. He asked: "This isn't a warehouse, right?"
Li Yulan said: "Yes, this used to be the warehouse workers' dormitory. Later, it was used by the local farmers as a place to store wheat straw and corn stalks. If it wasn't here, we wouldn't have a place to stay. " As she spoke, she grabbed a few handfuls of clean wheat straw and threw them on the ground. She grabbed four or five handfuls and said with a smile: "It's a bit shabby to invite a respected city leader to sit on this. The city leader won't mind, right?" Li Rui laughed and said: "Don't flatter me. What kind of city leader am I?" As he said that, he sat down on the wheat straw and said: "When we were in Xishan Village, we even stayed in the mud together. What is this compared to? Besides, when I was young, I often went to this pile of wheat straw. This is my amusement park. "
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