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

Chapter 175 Four people meet

Zhou Guoping pointed to the bottom of the ditch and said, "It's at the bottom of the ditch. Look, it's right at the bottom of the ditch."

After Zhou Liang said this, Zhou Guoping wiped the rain off his face with his sleeve and looked carefully. Sure enough, there was something moving slowly at the bottom of the ditch.

"Maybe it really is."

"What is really? That's obviously it."

"Shall we go down?" Zhou Guoping said.

"This..." Zhou Liang hesitated. The joy of finding the cow was fleeting, and now, he was only hesitant and entangled.

Especially Zhou Liang, now facing this dilemma, it is even more difficult for him to make up his mind.

"Uncle, we have to go down. You know how much effort those people from the province and our village have put into these cows. We can't just turn a blind eye."

"Of course I know the importance of these cows." Zhou Liang said in a low voice.

Of course he knew the importance, but it was raining so heavily now that it would be fine if it was on flat land, but it happened to be at the bottom of a ravine.

If you are not careful with your steps, you may get hurt at best, but if you fall down, you may lose your life.

Besides, who knows how many wild animals there are in the ravine?

"Are we just going to watch this?" Zhou Guoping calmed down now.

"I...that's not what I meant. I meant we can wait until the rain is lighter before going down!"

"What if something happens in the meantime?"

Zhou Liang remained silent, his eyes fixed on the ravine ahead. After a long while, he slowly said, "Okay, I, an old man, will take this risk with you, a young man. Let's go down."

When there was a shortage of food a few years ago, Zhou Liang came here to hunt with the villagers. He was quite familiar with the terrain of the ravine in front of him, but after not going hungry in the past few years, he didn't take any risks again. Now he didn't even know what the ravine looked like?

Taking Zhou Guoping with him, Zhou Liang slowly walked down along the route he remembered.

The heavy rain continued. Although the road on Zhou Liang and Zhou Guoping's side was easier to walk on, it was not much better.

The two of them, one in front and one behind, climbed up the weeds on both sides and moved down step by step. The further they went, the more scared they felt.

Zhou Guoping's courage dropped sharply as he went downhill: "Uncle, is this the place? Why do I feel afraid to go down?" His legs began to tremble, and he grabbed the weeds beside him and didn't dare to let go.

Zhou Liang freed a hand to wipe the rain from his face and said unhappily, "You were so ambitious just now, but now you're scared? How can you still go up there now?"

"I……"

"Hurry up, the rain is getting heavier."

"Okay!" Zhou Guoping had no choice but to grit his teeth and continue walking down.

Fortunately, we were safe all the way.

Finally they reached the side of the cows. When Zhou Liang and Zhou Guoping were about to lead the cows up, they suddenly saw Gu Zhan and Guo Zhida walking down with difficulty on the opposite side.

They were probably not familiar with the road conditions, and the slope was very steep when going down the other side, so they had a hard time walking.

"Gu..." Just as Zhou Guoping was about to call out to Gu Zhan and Guo Zhida, Zhou Liang quickly covered Zhou Guoping's mouth and cursed in a low voice: "What do you want to do? What if the cow is scared? Where will we find them?"

Looking at the cows eating grass on the spot, Zhou Guoping fell silent.

"Then what do we do now?"

"Wait, wait until they come down and then go up together."

After all, it is a bit difficult for two people to lead five cows.

The situation on Gu Zhan's side was indeed not very good. Guo Zhida was old after all, and his daily work was basically in the laboratory and the cattle farm. He was unfamiliar with things like going up and down hills, and the road was slippery, so he was exhausted soon.

Suddenly, Guo Zhida slipped and fell forward.

There was a steep mountain road in front of him, and Guo Zhida subconsciously closed his eyes.

Gu Zhan was behind Guo Zhida and was worried that Guo Zhida was not used to walking on mountain roads and would slip. Sure enough, the thing he was most worried about happened.

Gu Zhan quickly freed one hand and grabbed Guo Zhida's clothes on the back.

With a "swish" sound, the clothes were torn apart by the force. Fortunately, the material of the clothes was strong and finally stopped at the seam.

Guo Zhida closed his eyes tightly, waiting for the impending disaster. After a long time, he found that he was still in the same place, and then he opened his eyes in fear.

He forced himself to hold back his accelerated heartbeat, and when he turned around, he saw Gu Zhan half-bent over and tugging at his clothes.

"Thank...thank you so much, Xiao Gu." Guo Zhida said, panting.

"You're welcome, Team Leader Guo. Let's continue."

Gu Zhan also knew that the two of them were not in a good condition to move forward, but the rain was too heavy, and standing halfway up the slope or walking up was not realistic, so they could only walk down.

The two of them were much more cautious on the road ahead, and they slowly moved down with wooden sticks in their hands.

Finally, we were almost at the bottom of the ravine.

The two men's eyes had been fixed on the cow. Now Gu Zhan looked around and saw that Zhou Liang and Zhou Guoping on the opposite side were almost at the bottom of the ravine.

"Team Leader Guo, someone is also walking down the opposite side."

"Really? Let me see."

Guo Zhida stopped and looked towards the opposite side. Sure enough, he saw two figures slowly walking down in the weeds. The terrain on the opposite side was relatively flat, and they were almost next to a few cows.

"It looks to me like Zhou Guoping, and the other one seems to be Zhou Liang?"

"It's them."

With these two people going down first, Guo Zhida was not so anxious anymore. When he walked down, his pace was much slower.

Finally, they reached the bottom of the ravine. Zhou Guoping didn't care that his clothes were wet and covered with grass leaves. He hurried over to lead a few cows, and Zhou Liang followed behind.

Finally, the cow was in his hand, and Zhou Liang had time to catch his breath: "Oh, my goodness, this is really killing me. After this trip, I am really... exhausted."

Zhou Liang panted, took the reins of the two cows from Zhou Guoping, and took the lead to lead the cows to the flat place.

The yellow ox followed the two men's strength and walked forward obediently.

By the time Guo Zhida and Gu Zhan reached the bottom, Zhou Liang and Zhou Guoping had already led the cows to a flat place to shelter from the rain.

A little further up the ravine, there was a simple wooden shed covered with weeds. It looked like it was left there by hunters for a temporary rest, and it was a great convenience for several people at the moment.

When the four met, their eyes were more or less filled with joy, especially Zhou Guoping, who was extremely excited at the moment.

He patted Gu Zhan's shoulder, tears almost streaming down his face. "Team Leader Guo, Brother Gu Zhan, thank you so much. I'm really sorry. It's because of me that you got into such a big trouble."

"No, no, we should be the ones thanking you." Guo Zhida said politely.

At this moment, he was really grateful to the few people who disregarded their own safety and came to find these cows.