Chapter 1308: Burying the Dead Under the Pomegranate Tree
Early the next morning, a few of us drove to Cangzhou, according to the navigation display, Cangzhou bus station and the railway station are very close, and Wang Cuixin also said that she has the impression that the Shin Shin Hotel is in a private house between the bus station and the railway station.
Since we didn't have an exact address, we had to ask some businesses in that area to see if anyone knew the location of the Shin Shin hostel. As a result, I asked a lot of questions, but no one knew!
Originally, even if a hotel from more than 10 years ago had not been demolished, wouldn't it be possible for people to change its name? In addition, we had just arrived and were not familiar with the place, so we kept inquiring about it at about two o'clock in the afternoon, and only then did we learn from a lady who came out to coax her children that this Shin Shin Hotel had been demolished many years ago......
Sure enough, as I guessed, it was all demolished...... Fortunately, this old man has been buying breakfast next to Shin Shin Hotel before he retired.
Later, the old man told us that the Shin Shin Hotel was demolished when the old city was rebuilt, and I heard that the owner of the inn later moved to other places, and there was only one old mother still living in the old house in the countryside.
Fortunately, this old man knew which village the owner of the Xinxin Hotel was from, so he gave us a rough address, which was in Qianjia Village on the outskirts of the city......
So we took a casual bite and then navigated to Qianjia Village, which is located on the outskirts of the city. As soon as we entered the village, we felt what is a modern new countryside, almost all the houses here are two-story buildings, although the houses are built a little messy, but at a glance we know that this village is rich, no wonder it is called Qianjia Village?!
After we entered the village, we first saw a small store at the entrance of the village, so we went in first to buy a few bottles of water, and then asked the boss by the way to see if he knew where Qian Youfu's family was.
When the shopkeeper heard this, his face immediately became a little strange, and he said with a cautious face, "Who are you?
When Uncle Li heard this, he smiled and said, "I have been old friends with Qian Youfu for more than ten years, and then I lost contact with him when I went to other places." Didn't I come to the local area today to do some business, so I wanted to come and see him?"
After hearing this, the boss nodded and said, "Then you haven't seen him for a few years, you don't even know that Qian Youfu and their family of three are dead!!"
"How did you die?" and when did you die?" said Uncle Li in some surprise.
Later, the owner of the shop told us, "It must have been a few years, when the family moved to Baoding to open a hotel, but one year during the Chinese New Year, the electrical circuit in the hotel caught fire, and the whole family and two customers were burned to death." ”
"Isn't there no one in his family?" I hurriedly asked.
When the boss heard this, he pointed to the village and said, "He still has an old lady, you go all the way in, go to the third alley and turn west, and then you will have to go to the old house of Qian Youfu." Now there is only one old lady left in their family, and they are all over 80 years old this year! The old lady's girl wanted to take the old lady away, but the old lady said that she would not say anything, and she said that she would die in this old house......
After that, we bought some milk, fruits, and other things in the shop, and then followed the direction pointed out by the shopkeeper, and soon found the old house where the money was blessed. This is really a very old house, and compared to the neighbor's house, it is simply dilapidated and unsightly.
We knocked on the door for a long time, only to see a white-haired old lady open the door for us, she was a little surprised when she saw us and said, "Who are you looking for?"
When Uncle Li heard this, he said very politely, "Old lady, are you a blessed old lady?" I am a blessed old friend, I passed by the village today, and came to see your ......."
The old lady looked down at what we were holding, then opened the door and said, "Come in......
After entering the courtyard, I saw a pomegranate tree in the courtyard that was growing very well, and there were large red pomegranates on it, which looked very attractive. Deng Kai's kid said with a greedy face, "Old lady, is your pomegranate growing well!?"
When the old lady heard this, she laughed and said, "There is no tea or anything at home, you sit, I will pick a few pomegranates for you to quench your thirst......" After saying that, she went back to the house and took out a small iron basin, and then reached out to the not very tall pomegranate tree to pick a few pomegranates, and then came to the water pipe in the courtyard and washed it with water and gave it to us.
When Deng Kai, the kid, saw that the old lady invited us to eat pomegranates, he didn't know how to be polite, so he broke one and ate it. I didn't really like it, so I didn't reach out...... When Uncle Li arrived, he asked the old lady about her physical condition, and then picked up a pomegranate and prepared to break it and eat it.
But who knew that when Uncle Li just brought the pomegranate seeds to his mouth, he suddenly frowned, and then quickly looked back at the pomegranate tree and said, "Auntie, you have been a pomegranate tree for some years, right?"
When Mrs. Qian heard this, she sighed and said, "No, it's sixteen or seventeen years, and it's still blessed that he planted it with his own hands when he was there." ”
As soon as I saw Uncle Li's expression, I knew that there must be something wrong with this pomegranate, so I also looked back at the pomegranate tree full of fruit...... But I looked carefully for a long time, and I didn't find anything abnormal about this tree, and the pomegranate on it was big and red, which was very gratifying.
But I saw that Uncle Li put down the pomegranate seeds that had been sent to his mouth, and none of them were put in his mouth, so Deng Kai ate it quite beautifully, and he was about to finish one after a while.
At this time, I got up and walked under the pomegranate tree, wanting to take a good look at the pomegranate tree, but as soon as I got closer, I felt that something was wrong, so I immediately looked back at Uncle Li, and when he saw me looking at him, he gave me a look and asked me if I had found something.
I nodded to Uncle Li first, then slowly squatted down and reached out to touch the ground...... This time, more remnant soul memories belonging to Huang Yuefen poured into my mind.
To say that this woman is really pitiful, she has not had a good life since the divorce. I thought that I still had a son, as long as I could raise him wholeheartedly, I would have hope. But no one expected that she would be diagnosed with cervical cancer during a physical examination in the unit!
Huang Yuefen thought that she was likely to die at any time in the future, so she had to endure the pain and return her son to her ex-husband. Although her condition was later controlled, her uterus was removed as a result.