The late night mine seemed to be as asleep as the people who remained in the mountains, and there was silence except for the gentle breeze and the occasional barking of dogs.

This place away from the hustle and bustle is Yu Lin's hometown, which is neither like a small isolated mountain village, nor like a mountain market where the township party committee and government are located, there are few natives in the mountains, and the rows of Soviet-style family courtyards at the foot of the mountain and on the mountainside are full of coal miners from all over the world.

At its peak, nearly 10,000 people lived here, and the mine had its own armed forces, police station, cinema, hospital, kindergarten and children's primary school.

After decades of mining, it is no exaggeration to say that the surrounding mountains and hills have been hollowed out.

Last year, there was a torrential rain, and the gentle slope on the south side of the No. 6 mine, which had been sealed for an unknown number of years, collapsed as a whole, and a sinkhole with a diameter of more than 50 meters appeared.

The coal energy under the feet has been fully mined, and the once smash hit mining area has ushered in restructuring, reorganization, contracting, liquidation and bankruptcy.

What do you eat when the coal is gone?

Those who can walk are gone, leaving behind all the old people and those who can't do it outside, so the mining area is not only silent at night, but also deserted during the day.

It's not that Yu Lin can't work outside, but after several trade-offs, she finally returned to this place full of good memories. With the money given by Du Qian, who was far away in South Africa, he took down the once lively labor service company, opened a restaurant that was also the only one in the mining area, and became a veritable boss in his old business.

The mountains are not very popular, and you can imagine how the business is, but it is not as expensive as opening a restaurant in a big city, but it can barely make ends meet.

Whether she can make money or not is actually not important to Yu Lin.

What about good business, can it be better than when I went out with Mr. Hao to fight the world?

The reason why I came back and opened this unprofitable restaurant was because I felt that I had nowhere to go and didn't know what to do.

No!

In fact, there is still a place to go, Du Qian called more than once to ask to go to South Africa, there is a shopping mall that is bigger than Hongfeng Building, and there is even a manor covering an area of several hundred acres, you can go to the mall to help, you can help bring Mr. Hao wanted to see but couldn't see the child before his death......

In short, there are things to do, but Yu Lin still doesn't want to go.

Du Qian forgave Han Bo, she didn't forgive, she didn't want to see the smiling tiger who killed Mr. Hao and Uncle Qian, Uncle Zong and Brother Sicheng again, and she didn't want to see Li Xiaolei, the wife of the smiling tiger, or even everyone who had a relationship with them.

Today is Uncle Qian's sacrifice day, there is no mistake, six years ago today, Uncle Qian was executed, Yu Lin remembered it very clearly, because it was she and Du Qian who accompanied Aunt Fang Lin to collect the corpse, everything she saw and encountered at that time kept flashing in her mind, as if it happened yesterday, and she couldn't sleep after tossing and turning.

She simply sat at the desk, opened the drawer and took out a thick album, flipped through the pages one by one, and recalled the time when she went out with Mr. Hao to fight the world.

Seeing the smiling faces of Mr. Hao and Uncle Qian, her heart was like a knife, tears flowed down her face, and she subconsciously looked up at the night sky outside the window, it was so dark, the scenery in the distance was hidden in this dark night, the light from the window shone on the nearby trees, and many vague black shadows fell on the ground, as well as faintly visible traces of water, quietly telling that this is a sentimental rainy season.

Just thinking about whether it would be another ending if Mr. Hao hadn't taken the road in Tibet back then, the mobile phone that she usually barely used suddenly rang, and the ringing sound was particularly harsh in the quiet of the night, which really scared her.

The caller ID number was very unfamiliar, she hesitated for a moment, pressed the call button and moved it to her ear and asked, "Hello, who is it?"

"Sister Lin, I'm Zong Hao, Uncle Gu is back, Xiao Wu is also by my side, we are almost at the mining area, we want to talk to you about something. ”

Zong Hao is Zong Yongjiang's second son, Xiao Wu is Qian Zhongming's son, and the two children were grown up by Yu Lin.

Yu Lin paused for a moment, got up and asked, "Are you Uncle Sicheng back?"

"I'm back, Xiao Wu and I went to the airport to pick it up, and we went to Uncle Qian's grave together at noon, and Uncle Qian rushed to you after the memorial, just after Tunnel 2, we were almost there. ”

Gu Sicheng was the most trusted person of Mr. Hao back then, and he was also one of the twelve people that Mr. Hao rescued from the well at the risk of his life, because he was the youngest among the twelve people and learned things the fastest, Mr. Hao asked him to go to Hong Kong, but the sky did not fulfill people's wishes, and he met the mourning star surnamed Han, he was not spared in Hong Kong, and was sentenced to three years by the Hong Kong court, and was arrested after being released from prison, and was sentenced to four years by the Dongping Intermediate People's Court.

Counting the time, he should have won parole.

Zong Hao and Qian Xiaowu are strong-blooded, especially Qian Xiaowu, who has a deep blood feud with the surname Han, thinking that Gu Sicheng got together with the two children as soon as he was released from prison, Yu Lin chuckled in her heart, and couldn't help asking: "I haven't been out for a few years, what can I talk about?"

"It's inconvenient to call you, Sister Lin, I'll call you when I arrive, and I'll come down and open the door for us when you arrive. ”

Yu Lin said in a low voice: "It is dangerous to walk on mountain roads at night, you should drive carefully." ”

"It's okay, no matter how many times we have walked this road, we can reach it with our eyes closed. ”

They grew up in the mining area, they are familiar with the road conditions, nothing should happen, the key is their intention!

Yu Lin gasped, and a sense of foreboding arose.

Mr. Hao is dead, Uncle Qian is dead, Uncle Zong, one of them is counted as one of them who has been in prison, and the longest sentence has not yet come out. Death by death, prison by prison, she doesn't want to see Gu Sicheng, Zong Hao and Xiao Wu, who are not relatives but are better than relatives, have another accident.

The more she thought about it, the more worried she became!

The more she thought about it, the more scared she became!

I picked up my mobile phone several times and wanted to call Du Qian in South Africa, but I had already dialed it out a few times and hung up quickly, secretly deciding to wait until I arrived to figure out their intentions.

The nervous wait was really tormenting, and she clutched her phone and paced around the room, until the phone rang again, and then rushed downstairs to open the roller shutter.

"Linlin, you've lost weight. ”

What appeared in front of him was a familiar and somewhat unfamiliar face, Yu Lin was thin, but Gu Sicheng, who had just been released from prison, was even thinner, not only thin but also looked very old, to be precise, it should be the kind of old man who had experienced countless vicissitudes.

Yu Lin stared at Gu Sicheng, who was only three years older than her, but was of the same generation as her father, and stared at it for a while before she said with tears in her eyes: "It's back, it's good to come back." ”

"Sister Lin, is there any leftovers, we are starving to death. ”

"There's food, come in, come in, I'll go to the kitchen and cook it for you." ”

"Let's go together, I'll cook, I'll give you a hand," Zong Hao shoved the car key into Xiao Wu's hand, and then admonished: "Xiao Wu, going to Sister Lin is the same as going home, do it yourself, go and pour a glass of water for Uncle Gu." ”

"No, I'm not thirsty. ”

Gu Sicheng looked around, confirmed that there were no outsiders in the store, walked straight to the kitchen door, leaned against the door and lit a cigarette, and asked in a low voice, "Linlin, how have you been doing all these years?"

"It's okay, I have something to do every day anyway. ”

"Why are you still alone, you are also in your thirties, and you can't always be single. ”

Yu Lin was sad for a while, leaned on the freezer door and choked up: "Back then, we went out together, no matter what was good or bad, I had a share, Mr. Hao is gone, Uncle Qian is gone, you are suffering inside, can I marry outside?

"I'm sorry, I shouldn't have mentioned that. ”

"It's okay, I'm used to it. ”

"You don't have to come back, the probation is only a few years, and you can start again wherever you want to go when the probation period expires. ”

The elders spoke, the juniors didn't dare to interject, Zong Hao really knew how to cook, seized Yu Lin's position, and motioned for Xiao Wu to come over and help, so that the two elders who had been reunited for a long time could catch up.

Yu Lin looked back, simply let them go to work, walked to the door and stared at her uncle, who was only three years older than her, and asked, "You came out, did you go to see the children?"

Gu Sicheng took a deep breath and shook his head slightly.

The people who went out with Mr. Hao to fight the world back then were all affectionate and righteous, it was normal for him not to go to see the children, he divorced his wife early, and they formed a new family, and now going to find it will only ruin people's lives.

Yu Lin nodded, thought about it and asked, "What are your plans next?"

Zong Hao and Xiao Wu, who were busy making supper, glanced at each other, suddenly pricked up their ears, and the movements in their hands became cautious.

Gu Sicheng didn't answer this question directly, but stared at her still good-looking face, and asked casually: "Linlin, have you been in contact with Du Qian all these years?"

"I was in constant contact, she called me often, and she remitted all the money she had sent to my aunts over the years and asked me to help transfer it. ”

"She's not easy, either. ”

"It's not easy for anyone, life is not easy, and people come to this world to suffer. ”

"You can see it. ”

"Sicheng, this is fate, let go of what should be put down, okay?" Yu Lin didn't want to go around in circles with him, for fear that he wouldn't be able to let go and think about it and said coldly: "Let's live together, in fact, my mother really intended to let me marry you back then, but as soon as you went out, you didn't look down on me, a dirty and stupid mountain girl, and now it just so happens that you have been in prison, and I have also been sentenced, which happens to be the right person." ”

If you really love each other, can you wait until now?

How could Gu Sicheng not know that she had guessed her intentions, how could she not know her good intentions, she was silent for a long time, lit a cigarette again, and said solemnly: "Linlin, today is Lao Qian's sacrifice day, I just went to his grave at noon to add soil and burned paper for him, don't make such a joke, it's not appropriate." ”