Although Chu Tianyu saw that something was wrong, he was embarrassed to ask, after all, it was the first time he met the old man, and it seemed a bit abrupt to ask these questions when he came up, maybe the old man had other reasons to not let Tan Jiatian live here.

Before leaving, Tan Jiatian secretly took out a thick envelope from his bag, Chu Tianyu could see that there must be at least more than 30,000 yuan in cash here, and seeing Tan Jiatian secretly stuffed it into the drawer at the front desk, Chu Tianyu knew that Tan Jiatian's relationship with the old man was deeper than he thought, otherwise he wouldn't have come every year and give the old man so much money.

Not long after, the old man reluctantly sent Tan Jiatian and Chu Tianyu out, and wanted to let them come to dinner tomorrow several times, but in the end he didn't say anything, and watched Tan Jiatian and Chu Tianyu leave very reluctantly, and then closed the door with a long sigh, and the moment the door was closed, the old man seemed to be more than ten years old, as if he was about to reach the last moment of his life.

Chu Tianyu and Tan Jiatian walked out for more than ten meters, Chu Tianyu suddenly turned around and looked back, and found that the old man had closed the door, so he pulled Tan Jiatian aside and said, "Do you feel that something is wrong?"

Tan Jiatian was surprised and puzzled: "Something is wrong there?"

Chu Tianyu thought for a while and said, "In this case, you can tell me about your relationship with the old man first." ”

It's still a little hot outside, Tan Jiatian doesn't want to say it here, look left and right and find that there is a small shop selling cold drinks not far away, there are all kinds of freshly squeezed juice sold to people who live here, as well as occasional tourists who strayed here, the small shop is not big, only a few tables can be placed, and some neighbors have come here to drink cold drinks and play cards at the same time, which makes the small shop seem very lively.

The two of them chose a window position, and after ordering a drink, Chu Tianyu said, "Now tell me about it." ”

Tan Jiatian nodded and began to talk about the relationship between his family and Fang Xiaoliu.

During the war years, Fang Xiaoliu was Tan Jiatian's grandfather's personal guard, and at that time, Tan Jiatian's grandfather also saw that Fang Xiaoliu was not big, but he was very excited and loyal, so he made him his own guard, and Fang Xiaoliu was only sixteen years old at that time.

As the war continued, when Fang Xiaoliu was twenty years old, Fang Xiaoliu's leg was hit by a bullet in a war, in that era when there was a shortage of medical treatment, such an injury could not be effectively treated at all, and as a result, he became lame, at that time, Fang Xiaoliu wanted to die, but several suicides were discovered by Tan Jiatian's grandfather in time.

Fang Xiaoliu is now a cripple and obviously can't stay in the army, because he will only become a drag on the troops, and there is no way to quickly transfer with the troops, but Tan Jiatian's grandfather knows very well that if Fang Xiaoliu is allowed to leave the army at this time, he will definitely go to death, and finally let Fang Xiaoliu stay in the army and become a soldier in the cooking class, and Tan Jiatian's grandfather also gave his horse to Fang Xiaoliu, the purpose is to let Fang Xiaoliu keep up when the troops are transferred, so that he will not fall behind.

As for letting Fang Xiaoliu go to the cooking class, it was not Tan Jiatian's grandfather on a whim, but Tan Jiatian's grandfather knew that Fang Xiaoliu's family had been cooks for several generations, although Fang Xiaoliu came out to join the army at a very young age, but the craftsmanship passed down in this family was indeed learned, and the children of that era were different from now, in that turbulent era, the children in the family would learn the crafts passed down from their parents at a very young age, and it was precisely because of this that Fang Xiaoliu almost learned the ancestral crafts of the family at the age of sixteen.

And Fang Xiaoliu's hometown is Zhenhai City, and the house he lives in now is his parents' own, but he is the only one left in their family, his parents, brothers and sisters all died in the war, and such tragedies happened almost every day during the war years.

After that, Xiaoliu followed Tan Jiatian's grandfather to fight in the south and the north, and was always responsible for Tan Jiatian's grandfather's diet and daily life, until the liberation, Xiaoliu was still the cook of Tan Jiatian's grandfather's unit.

Later, when Fang Xiaoliu retired from the army, Tan Jiatian's grandfather gave him money and asked him to return to Zhenhai City to rebuild the family house, use his own skills to open a restaurant and marry a wife and have a few children, but after Fang Xiaoliu came back, he repaired his house, which was the bamboo building where Chu Tianyu and Tan Jiatian had dinner just now.

However, Fang Xiaoliu has never been married, but opened this drunken township building after the reform and opening up, at that time Tan Jiatian's grandfather also retired, and he had to come to Zhenhai City for recuperation every year, and Fang Xiaoliu's small restaurant became Tan Jiatian's grandfather, and the designated canteen of the old head of a sanatorium for recuperation, it has not changed for more than ten years, but with the death of these veterans, fewer and fewer people come to eat here, and in the end, only Tan Jiatian's grandfather remains.

But Tan Jiatian's grandfather also passed away two years ago, and only Tan Jiatian is the only one who comes here.

The reason why Tan Jiatian can speak the dialect of Zhenhai City is that she came here with her grandfather for vacation and recuperation when she was a child, and she stayed here almost throughout the summer vacation.

Every year, Tan Jiatian will secretly leave Fang Xiaoliu tens of thousands of yuan, which is not what she asks for from her parents, but what she earns herself, she is a popular anchor, and the money she spends on gifts in one night when she meets a local tyrant is not only this amount.

But Fang Xiaoliu didn't use the money, but donated it all, even with the profits of his restaurant, except for keeping it for himself to eat and drink, all of it was donated, some of it was donated to children in remote mountainous areas who had no money to go to school, and some of it was donated to the families of Fang Xiaoliu's dead comrades-in-arms during the war years, it is not an exaggeration to say that Fang Xiaoliu donated more than one million dollars to the families of his comrades-in-arms in recent years.

More than one million is nothing for the rich, but it is not a small amount for ordinary people, and this money can even buy a small square meter house in a third- or fourth-tier city with lower housing prices.

Tan Jiatian once asked Fang Xiaoliu why the money he earned didn't have to be on himself, so that he could live a better life, Fang Xiaoliu told her that he was living well now, he had a place to live, something to eat, and a small restaurant, but many of his family members who died in the war couldn't even eat, especially in the early days of reform and opening up, it was normal for the families of these martyrs, especially those living in remote mountainous areas, to not be able to eat.

Even now, there are a small number of people who are still below the food and clothing line, they are the families of martyrs, their relatives shed their blood for this country and died on the battlefield, but their families should not live such a life, others don't care, other Xiaoliu has to take care of it, and they can't let their comrades-in-arms be inferior and chilling.

When he heard this, Chu Tianyu looked in the direction of the drunken township building, he didn't expect that there was such a solemn and respectable veteran here, he may not have any culture, or he may be a cripple, but many people are not as tall as him compared to him.

After Tan Jiatian finished speaking, she said, "I'm done, now you should tell me what's wrong, right?"

Chu Tianyu smiled bitterly: "I have already been notified to come to Zhenhai City with the old chiefs to recuperate, so I have read the weather forecast, just now the old man said that there were several heavy rains in a row a few days ago, but the weather forecast does not say so, Zhenhai City has not rained for at least half a month, since there is no rain, how can the house leak?"

I see that the bamboo building was built decades ago, and after so many years, it is still very strong, what does this mean? It shows that the old man usually pays attention to the maintenance of the bamboo building, otherwise this bamboo building cannot be preserved until now, since this is the case, even if it is raining, how can it leak rain?"

Tan Jiatian's good-looking brows immediately wrinkled, and she said differently: "I have lived here all the years, it is impossible for Grandpa Fang not to let me live, there must be a problem here." ”

Chu Tianyu nodded and said, "Yes, you have such a good relationship, he is treating you as his own grandson at all, you only come back once a year, how can he not let you live with him?"

Tan Jiatian scratched his head and said, "What happened?"

Chu Tianyu shook his head and said, "I don't know, but we just went there, and if you ask the old man what he has been asking about recently whether it has been open for business, I see that the old man's face is a little ugly." ”

Tan Jiatian tilted her head and thought for a while, "Is there one? Why didn't I notice?"

Chu Tianyu smiled: "You are happy to be patronizing, and the old man doesn't want you to see anything, so he quickly changed his expression." ”

Tan Jiatian suddenly stood up and said, "No, I have to go over and ask Grandpa Fang what happened." "I'm leaving.

Chu Tianyu hurriedly stood up and grabbed her arm and said, "The old man didn't want to tell you just now, and he still hid it in every possible way, if you go over and ask him now, he will tell you?" Could it be that you still want to use torture to extract a confession from the old man?"

Tan Jiatian shook off Chu Tianyu's hand, and he laughed angrily: "How can I use what kind of torture method to extort confessions from the other party's grandfather? What nonsense are you talking about?" After speaking, he frowned and sat down and said: "I'll go and ask him if he doesn't say it, so what should I do?" Grandpa Fang must be in a difficult situation, I have to help him, if I let my father know that I know that Grandpa Fang may be in trouble, but I don't help him, I will definitely break my dog's leg." ”

Chu Tianyu looked down at Tan Jiatian's fair-skinned and slender legs and said, "Your dog's legs are quite white and thin." ”

Tan Jiatian immediately gave Chu Tianyu a fist and said, "Can you have a good chat?" ”

Chu Tianyu looked left and right and said, "The people who live here are all the old man's neighbors, we don't know what happened, but they should know." ”

Hearing this, Tan Jiatian's eyes immediately lit up, and she suddenly slapped the table and said, "Yes, why didn't I think of that?"