Chapter 194: A Conversation with Uncle Geng
On the second day of the evacuation, Li Tianchou got up early in the morning and slipped outside the house alone to breathe fresh air. This is a relatively dilapidated farmhouse, characterized by a large area and many houses, but most of them are dilapidated, and there are few decent ones.
The house is located halfway up a hill, surrounded by mountains, and a few families in the distance are strung together by a looming sheep intestine path, like a natural village. I can't see the farmland, and I don't know what the people here live on.
The house is completely open around the house, and there are no courtyard walls, which makes people naturally worry about safety. But it also has the advantage that the front and back of the house are planted with trees, which are lush and green, and it is refreshing to look at.
The genius shone slightly, and he couldn't see the sun yet, Li Tianchou was doing stretching exercises while looking at the environment around the house.
"It's so early. Someone behind him said hello, Li Tianchou turned around when he heard this, and saw that it was Wenhui who was yawning. He also hurriedly greeted, "Morning, I can't sleep." ”
"How is it, this place has a nice view, right?" Wen Hui walked to Li Tianchou's side with a smile.
"Yes, it's beautiful. Why are you so early?"
"Hurry out to buy something, why are we so many people eating and drinking. Wen Hui stretched his waist and turned to the side slightly, and Li Tianchou found that two young men had also come out of the house, both holding urea bags in their hands.
"Is it far away?" Li Tianchou didn't know where he was here.
"Fortunately, it's a few dozen miles away, but it's not easy to walk. This is the county boundary, hehe, three regardless of the zone. Wen Hui patted Li Tianchou on the shoulder as he spoke, and went to work with the two young men.
After a while, the motorcycle roared, and the three of them waved at Li Tianchou and set off.
At this time, several people had already gotten up and come out, except for Xiao Song and a middle-aged woman he had seen, the others did not know each other.
The middle-aged woman still remembered Li Tianchou, said hello with a smile and commanded several other people to start their work, drawing water, tidying up firewood, and cleaning the surroundings of the house.
Li Tianchou roughly estimated in his heart that there must be at least twenty people living in this mansion. This is a very strange collection, with Uncle Geng and Uncle Hai as the basic composition, plus a few doctors and himself.
He couldn't figure it out, it didn't matter if young people and bachelors were temporarily displaced, but after a long time, would they not have a family? Could they all be like himself? Can he understand that Peng Weihua and the others were orphans adopted by Uncle Geng, but what about the others? Especially those doctors, they don't have families?
"What do you want?" Xiao Song was also angry, with heavy dark circles under his eyes, and he had indeed suffered a lot of hard work after days of hard work.
"I'm thinking about our gathering, weird. Li Tianchou smiled slightly, but he didn't hide what he thought.
"What's so strange about this, everyone has nowhere to go, and they have been following my uncle all the time. How many have you met? There used to be hundreds of people. Xiao Song was very unimpressed.
"Hundreds of people?" Although Li Tianchou had a general understanding of Uncle Geng's past, he was still surprised.
"Yes, my uncle has a good heart, and when he sees the poor and homeless, he takes them, gives them food and drink, and gives them work, in fact, they have the same experience as me, and then there are more and more people. Xiao Song gently touched his temples with his hand,
Li Tianchou nodded thoughtfully, "By the way, how is Uncle Geng?"
"Girl, come here. Xiao Song was about to answer, when there was a shout from the bald man behind her, she turned her head and shouted casually, "Maybe my uncle is awake." So he hurried to a house facing south. Li Tianchou hesitated a little and followed.
Uncle Geng had woken up, half-lying on the bed with a pillow on his back, talking to Peng Weihua, there were already several people in the house, Doctor Gu, Hai Bald, Xiang Dong and Qi Baozhu.
A little surprised, this was the first time Li Tianchou saw Qi Baozhu since he ran away last time, he nodded and greeted everyone one by one, Qi Baozhu looked quite normal, and nodded at Li Tianchou friendly.
"Xiao Li is here too. Uncle Geng seemed to be in a good state of mind, and without waiting for Li Tianchou to speak, he greeted him first, although his voice was a little weak, he spoke clearly.
"Uncle, are you better?" Li Tianchou nodded and involuntarily approached the bedside.
"Thanks to you, a life was saved. Uncle Geng smiled, "I'm sorry, I followed us all day long to hide in Tibet, and you were wronged." ”
"Uncle Geng has seen the outside, even if he doesn't follow everyone, I am now hiding in Tibet. What about grievances. ”
"Hehe, that's because I'm overthinking. As he spoke, Uncle Geng struggled to move his shoulders, and then commanded in a low voice, "I have a few words to say to Xiao Li." ”
Everyone understood what Uncle Geng meant, looked at each other a few times, and then rushed out.
"Sit down, I've got a couple of things to talk to you about. Uncle Geng pouted to the stool next to the bed.
Li Tianchou sat down as he said, "What does Uncle say, I'll listen." ”
"Don't talk about orders, you should discuss, you have time to think. Uncle Geng's tone became serious, as if he had something important to explain. Li Tianchou nodded, and couldn't help but straighten his sitting posture.
"When I quit the rivers and lakes a few years ago, I wanted to find a way out for the rest of the group, but there was still one thing that I hadn't done, so it was in vain to think about it at that time. Now there has been no score on this matter, but everyone has been licking the blood with my knife, hiding in Tibet, and feeling uncomfortable. Uncle Geng said, sighing heavily.
Li Tianchou had never seen Uncle Geng, who had always been confident and free-spirited, be so depressed, and he was very strange in his heart, what kind of thing was this, which would give Uncle Geng such a headache?
"Is the thing that Uncle said related to Biao Qi?" Since it was a discussion, Li Tianchou didn't need to worry too much, and if he had any questions, he would directly put them on the surface.
Uncle Geng shook his head, "Biao Qi is only one of the people involved, and he is still far behind." What I'm going to do is deal with a person, and that person represents a huge force. Originally, it had nothing to do with you, but it was just a coincidence that brought you in, but by chance, I heard something and found that this person is not completely unrelated to you. ”
Li Tianchou listened and wondered, isn't Biao Qi still awesome? He is still just a small role in front of this person, so how powerful should this person be? What is even more strange is that this person still has a relationship with him? Fainted, completely fainted. He fixed his mind and asked, "Can Uncle make it clearer? Who is this person, what is his name, and how can he have anything to do with me?"
"It's not hard talk, it's a little bit of the same ancestry. I remember when you came to my car dealership for an interview, you said that you used to serve in Unit XX857, right?" Uncle Geng asked with a slight smile.
"That's right. Li Tianchou nodded, surprised that Uncle Geng's memory would be so good.
"The person I'm talking about used to serve in the same unit as you, and it just so happened that he belonged to the same company, but there was a fifteen-year difference between the two of you when you joined the army. His name is Zhang Zhiqiang. ”
Li Tianchou was stunned when he heard this, and then he was stunned like an electric shock, how could Uncle Geng know that I was in that company? It seems that I didn't say it in such detail last time, right? The name Zhang Zhiqiang is so familiar? Yes, the nightmare that has always been, he has a comrade-in-arms in his mind who is also named Zhang Zhiqiang. Could it be the same person?!
Oh my God, the characters in the dream actually appeared in the real world, which means that the story described in the nightmare must have also happened in real life. Li Tianchou was suddenly excited, his face was flushed, and even his breathing became short, and he grabbed Uncle Geng's hand and said, "Uncle, have you seen this Zhang Zhiqiang?"
Uncle Geng nodded, and when he saw Li Tianchou's expression suddenly changed, he couldn't help but ask, "Xiao Li, what's the matter?"
Li Tianchou was taken aback when he heard this, realizing that he was too excited just now, and he was a little out of shape, so he hurriedly gathered his thoughts, "No, uncle." I'm just curious about this person, and he's a senior in the same company as me, what does he look like?"
Uncle Geng was suspicious, and saw that Li Tianchou seemed to be deliberately covering up, but he did not continue to ask, "This person is about the same age as me, medium height, and likes to wear a pair of old cloth shoes on his feet. He has a very thin face and often wears a pair of sunglasses, and I have met him twice, all in this way. ”
Li Tianchou struggled to recall the appearance of Zhang Zhiqiang in the nightmare, the image was a little blurry, and he tried to compare Uncle Geng's description with this image, but in vain. Even if it is the same person, but more than ten years apart, it is difficult to find common ground with such a simple description.
Seeing Li Tianchou wandering again, Uncle Geng coughed lightly, "Hehe, I'm off topic while talking." If I hadn't been injured again, I wouldn't have been so unconfident. To cut a long story short, if something happens to me, would you be willing to help me do it?"
Li Tianchou was stunned again, he didn't expect Uncle Geng to talk to him and entrust such a major matter, could it be that Uncle Geng's body is not good? And he didn't know what kind of character Zhang Zhiqiang was, if he was a heinous criminal, it would be better to say, if not? Li Tianchou suddenly fell into a contradiction and didn't know how to answer.
"I can understand that this is too sudden for you, and you don't have to be psychologically burdened, because I have a word first, let's discuss. Uncle Geng said and sighed lightly, "This injury, my body is not as good as before, Dr. Gu told me, I also know it in my heart, but I was in a hurry, the two major things were not completed, I was in a hurry, so I will tell you casually." ”
"Uncle, your body is so strong, you will get better. Li Tianchou was still inconvenient to express his position, so he could only say comfort.
"Hehe, thank you for your comfort. I'm not presumptuous, in fact, just in case. The reason why I want to fight Zhang Zhiqiang to the death is to fulfill a promise, and only in this way can the big guy have a good result. It was my fault for leading them down this path in the first place, and I hope to have the opportunity to make amends. Uncle Geng's tone was low and his speed was very slow, and it seemed that it took a lot of effort to finish this paragraph.