As long as you are not a fool, you can hear the meaning of Wang Xinyi's words, Hu Jingtang's face was slightly gloomy, and then he smiled: "Ah, I'm bothering you today, then I'll leave." With that, he turned and left.

Waiting for Hu Jingtang to leave, He Peng realized how embarrassing it was to be alone with Wang Xinyi, the two already had some facts, and their attitudes were ambiguous, He Peng struggled in his heart, Su Jing must be the daughter-in-law of the old He family, this matter cannot be changed, but if he ignores Wang Xinyi, he is too ruthless, and He Peng can't pass the hurdle in his heart when he steps on two boats.

"Ah, Xinyi, I'm relieved if you're okay, I'll go out for a walk, you don't have to wait for me to eat, you can call if you have something. ”

Wang Xinyi's beautiful nose was slightly wrinkled, and as soon as she showed dissatisfaction, He Peng had already evacuated.

In fact, He Peng also had nowhere to go, downstairs to watch the old man play chess for a while and then wander around the street with nothing to do, and coincidentally saw the old man Wang walking slowly on the side of the road, the old man Wang frowned as if he had something on his mind, He Peng stepped forward.

"The old man is walking!"

"Ah, Xiao He, why didn't you stay home with Xinyi today?

The old man asked with concern, as if He Peng was his son-in-law.

"Well, no, okay, I don't think it's stuffy in the house, so I'll go for a walk. ”

"It's okay. The old man smiled and said, "Xinyi, this kid has a bad temper, you should be more humble." ”

"Alas, the old man is fine, do you feel unwell?"

The old man did two stretches: "See, it's very good." ”

"Okay, then you continue to ......" He Peng felt embarrassed, and was just about to find an excuse to leave, when the old man suddenly said: "It's just that I haven't slept well recently, and the roof is always tinkling, and I don't know what I'm doing." ”

"Do you want me to tell you about it, so they don't have to do it during the break. He Peng said.

"No, it's only three or two days, it's no big deal, by the way, do you have time to accompany me to the woodland to see, I have been dreaming of my wife lately, and my heart is not steady. ”

"Okay, I'll go with you, it's not early today, how about we go tomorrow morning, I'll pick you up." ”

"Good!"

Early in the morning of the second day, the pickle factory sent a car, which was the special car of Director Liao, a German car of 200,000 yuan.

I'm also a rich man, and it seems that it's time to buy a house and a car. Well, I'll get a driving book when I go back, buy a good car, and then take Su Jing back to my hometown when I'm free.

I was thinking about it happily, the car arrived downstairs of Mr. Wang, the old man had not come out yet, anyway, he Peng, who was familiar with the household, got off the car and went upstairs to please, the building where Mr. Wang was located was a seven-story small building with an elevator, he lived on the third floor, He Peng took the elevator, accidentally pressed the wrong floor, and waited for the elevator to find that it was to the fourth floor, He Peng turned around to go down, and suddenly remembered that the old man said that the upstairs was so noisy that he couldn't sleep well, and thought, since he came, let's see what's going on.

He Peng put his ear on the door, listened carefully to the movement inside, didn't hear anything for a long time, and then looked at the door of this house on top of each other posted a lot of small advertisements, some of the dates on the advertisements are last year, He Peng sighed in his heart, this household is not like someone lives in it, the old man said that the upstairs always rings What's going on? Is it the opposite house?

He Peng turned to look at another household, but found that on the opposite door, there was a piece of A4 printing paper, on which a line of words was printed: This household rents out interested parties to call, phone number: 130XXXXXXXX. September 2020.

Obviously, this household is also uninhabited, and no one has lived in it for almost a year! So where did the old man hear the sound come from?

He Peng muttered in his heart and walked down the stairs, there was a lot of dust on the stairs, and it seemed that no one had cleaned them for some days.

Knocking on the old man's door, it took a while before he answered, and when he opened the door, the old man's eyes were dark and his spirit was very bad.

"Old man, what's wrong with you, what's uncomfortable?" He Peng asked urgently.

"Hey, the upstairs house tossed another night last night, I was confused for a while in the morning, you wait, I'll wash my face and go with you!" The old man swayed into the bathroom, his steps were high and low, and he seemed to be in a physical condition, He Peng couldn't help but worry, because he felt sorry for Xinyi, he was particularly concerned about the old man's health, and thought that he would take the pulse of the old man for a while, and if there was really any problem, it would be better to solve it in advance.

After a while, the old man came out and finished washing, his hair was meticulously combed, and he was wearing an old-fashioned suit, white shirt, red tie, and he looked a lot more energetic.

"Old man, you're handsome enough!" He Peng praised.

"Hehe, it's okay when you're young, or you won't be able to catch up with Xinyi's mother, her mother is from Shanghai, she is very particular, let's go see her, I have to clean up and tidy, otherwise she won't let me enter the house when I turn around." ”

He Peng's heart sighed, the meaning of the old man's words He Peng understood that he was ready to die, just waiting to be buried with his wife, and his heart was a little sour.

Bringing incense and candles, the driver drove the two along the ring road to the southwest, the woodland of the wood carving factory, in the south of the city but is an extension of the north mountain, this mountain range is in a semi-circular shape from the north and southwest to surround the city on three sides, starting at the north end but in the south, so the coastal city is surrounded by mountains on three sides and faces the water, and the development space is limited, so even if it is located in the coastal zone, it only develops into a third-rate city.

The car was driving at high speed on the expressway, the music in the car was playing softly, and the green hills and green willows outside the car window kept retreating.

"The old man is idle, I'll give you the number of the pulse, right?"

"Oh, okay, don't worry too much about me, I won't live long no matter how healthy I am. The old man smiled tiredly, looking much older than he had been a few days before.

As soon as he touched the pulse, He Peng found that something was wrong, the pulse was weak and intermittent, and it was actually a serious failure of various body functions, but it was fine when he was discharged from the hospital the day before yesterday! Could it be because the upstairs was haunted?

He Peng asked quietly, "How is the old man's appetite in the past two days?"

"Oh, it's okay, it's hot and I can't eat anything else, I eat it with the sauce you invented, why is my day coming?" The old man smiled open-mindedly: "It's okay, it may be that my wife misses me, and I miss her too." The old man stared straight out of the car window and fell into the memories, with a faint smile on the corner of his mouth!

He Peng said secretly, the old man's physical condition suddenly deteriorated, and his spirit was also a little trance, and the pulse showed signs of failure of the heart, lungs, liver and spleen, and the house on the roof he said was not inhabited at all, and there could be no tinkling sound at night.

The car bypassed half of the city, and gradually drove into a mountainous area, at the foot of the South Mountain, the driver Xiao Liu was guarding the car, He Peng and Mr. Wang got out of the car and walked into the mountain along the streamside path.

"In the past, every once in a while, my wife would pull me here for a turn, she said that the mountains and rivers here have spirituality, I didn't understand at that time, and it was a waste of time, now I see that what she said is right, He Peng, when I die, I must remember to let Xinyi bury me and my wife in the mountains!"

The old man chattered all the way, walked for about half an hour, came to a place where the stream water is relatively wide, here the stream forms a large shallow beach, the stream water in the beach is crystal clear, small fish and shrimp can be seen everywhere, there are often birds taking water to prey on the beach, there is a mountain wind sweeping through the dangerous peak and turning here, the breeze is slow but not disturbing, only feel refreshing and pleasant, it is really a good place.

Old man Wang pointed to the opposite side of the stream and said: "That higher place is where my wife is buried, there is no way to go but wade through the water, you can stay here, I will go by myself." ”

He Peng hurriedly said: "Old man, I will accompany you, this stream is cool and just step on the water." "I didn't wait for the old man to agree to take off his shoes and go into the water, the stream was a little cold just before his ankles.

He Peng turned around to help the old man, the old man had to go to the other side by him, there is a mudflat several meters wide on the shore, it is not easy to walk, a foot down, the mud can cover the instep, many three-pronged marks on the mudflat, should be left by the water birds.

The old man frowned suddenly, He Peng followed his gaze, there were two lines of deep footprints on the mudflats a few meters away, the footprints were very new, it should have only been in the past!

"Hurry!" the old man hurried ashore, ignoring the splashes of mud.

When he reached the shore, the old man trotted barefoot, and soon came to the vicinity of the high ground, where it was a round bag made of stones, and there was no tombstone erected, only a tiled stone slab.

There are two lines of poetry engraved on the stone slab, which are the famous sentences of the pastoral poet Tao Yuanming: "Under the east fence of picking chrysanthemums, you can see Nanshan leisurely." The artistic conception is beautiful, but there are no chrysanthemums in this place, and there is no shallow beach at the top of the mountain.

He Peng is strange, this tomb is different from the tomb in his impression. But he didn't dare to ask, things involving people's graves were taboo, who knew what was special in it.

The old man took the incense candle from the canvas bag, lit it in front of the stone slab, and stood in the mud.

"Old woman, I'm coming to see you, don't you miss me too? Don't worry, if you didn't want to watch Xinyi find someone's home, I would have come to accompany you a long time ago, I'm also anxious, but it's fast, I think the day is coming." I've already told Xinyi, when I'm gone, she'll bring me over to live with you, and we'll be reunited again, and in the future, when the first rays of sunlight cross the mountain, I'll sit by the stream with you and watch the sunrise, okay?"

The old man's voice was calm and warm, like chatting with his wife in the sunset, talking to his heart, He Peng didn't hear it, and bowed twice in front of the grave before walking away.

He always felt that the pair of footprints just now was wrong, although the scenery of this place was good, but it was undeveloped, there were not many people who came here, it was good to play on the other side of the stream here, there was no need to wade through the water to step on a foot of mud, the cemetery was backed by Daqing Mountain, the boulders were hideous, the grass and trees were chaotic, ordinary people were inevitably nervous when they saw such a deep environment, and no one should dare to go in alone.

What the hell is that person here for?