The stone house in the mountains looks unusually cold on a snowy night, and even though the stove is burning in the house, in order to prevent carbon monoxide poisoning, the skylight in the corner of the house has to be opened for ventilation. Seeing Liu Nanhe's surprised expression, Zhao Hongyan explained: "In recent years, the state has required the protection of wild animals and plants, and there are wild boars and gray wolves in the mountains. When the snow covers the mountains, they occasionally break into the village. ”

Chi Wei smiled: "Doesn't Uncle Shi live in the mountains permanently, and he is still afraid of wild boars and gray wolves?"

Liu Qiang's expression was a little weird, and he said, "I'm afraid that I'm not afraid, I'm afraid that I will kill them by mistake." ”

Liu Nanhe understood that these animals deserved to abuse the villagers' things, but the villagers had to be held accountable for beating them to death, no wonder as a law enforcer, Liu Qiang had such a contradictory look on his face.

Qin Yiyan and Fang Yaya were in the same room, sleeping in the room on the side of the main hall. Liu Nanhe and Chi Wei slept next to them, but the space of the stone house was only so big, Liu Nanhe looked at Liu Qiang and Zhao Hongyan who were roasting around the fire, frowned and said: "It's so cold at night on the mountain, how can you sit here, let's sleep together, the four of them are crowded, but it is a little warmer." ”

The two policemen kept prevaricating, saying that they were used to it here, and it was warmer by the fire. was urged by Liu Nanhe to be anxious, so he smiled embarrassedly: "We haven't taken a bath for half a month, and we have a smell on our bodies, so I'm afraid of smoking you." ”

Chi Wei laughed and said heartily: "Isn't it commonplace to be a policeman? To tell you the truth, once my boss and I went to a southern city to squat, it was a big day, we didn't take a bath for two days, and the smell was even disgusted by stray dogs." ”

Liu Nanhe said: "If you don't do this business, you don't know the hardships of this industry." Alright, if you don't come in and sleep, let's stay up together around the fire. ”

Hearing Liu Nanhe and Chi Wei say this, the two simple policemen entered the house with an apologetic face. Four middle-aged men lived in one room, and the temperature really rose quickly, but Fang Yaya and Qin Yiyan in the next room were miserable, the quilt was thin, and it was old cotton wool many years ago, and the two of them were only shivering. Qin Yiyan's family background is very good, she has never suffered this kind of hardship in her life, and she can't stand the cold, so she has to take out two clothes from her backpack and continue to put them on her body.

Half asleep and half awake all night, staying up until dawn, the eye circles were half darker. Qin Yiyan dragged her tired body to get up, only to hear the north wind howling outside the small skylight, and the coolness was gusting. came out and washed his face, took out a small mirror and took a look, Qin Yiyan smiled bitterly: "No wonder the two of them are so haggard, it's only the first night, and I'm ten years old." ”

Fang Yaya didn't dare to look in the mirror directly, hurriedly got up and finished washing, and went straight to knock on Liu Nanhe's door. After five minutes of knocking, there was still no movement in the room. Qin Yiyan's face changed, and he said, "It shouldn't be carbon monoxide poisoning, right?"

Fang Yaya was startled, and she raised her leg and was about to kick the door. As soon as he lifted the hem of his clothes, Uncle Shi coughed and opened the door, saying, "Don't knock, they will leave at seven o'clock." The wind was blowing outside, the snow hadn't stopped, and the young man surnamed Liu said let you sleep here a little longer. What, girl, you're hungry, wait a few minutes and you'll be able to eat. ”

Qin Yiyan nodded, thanked him, and took out his mobile phone to call Liu Nanhe. The phone rang twice, Liu Nanhe answered, and Qin Yiyan said angrily: "Nanhe, we are not vases, we are here to handle cases, why do you throw the two of us down?"

Liu Nanhe was very loud over there, and he couldn't hear what he said. After more than ten seconds, there was a beeping sound of disconnection in the earpiece, presumably there was no signal. Uncle Shi put out the breakfast, and in the porridge with little water in the clear soup, there were only a few pieces of white rice, plus more than a dozen small fruits that resembled miniature potatoes. Uncle Shi brought over two small baskets, in which were a few dead dough cakes. "Girl, eat, we are too poor here, we really have nothing to entertain you. ”

The two thanked each other again, tore off a little bit of the dead dough cake and took a bite, only to feel that the thing was hard and toothy, and it was really hard to swallow. I finally swallowed it, and after taking another sip of porridge, I felt extremely bitter. Fang Yaya's heart was sour, she used to think that steamed buns and pickles were the most bitter days, but she didn't expect that there would be people living like this in this year.

Qin Yiyan said indifferently: "Actually, there are still people who are more miserable than Uncle Shi. ”

Uncle Shi suddenly laughed proudly and said, "Yes, the place where the disaster occurred is more bitter than us." However, when the earthquake occurred in '08, I also donated 100 yuan. ”

Needless to say, they know what a hundred yuan means to an old man who lives in the mountains all year round. Qin Yiyan and Fang Yaya glanced at each other and nodded at the same time. After eating, the two returned to the house, took out all the whole money in their wallets and put them on the bed, rolled them into a small plastic bag, and stuffed them under the pillows. They knew that when they left, Uncle Shi would definitely come in to pack up the sheets and bedding, and naturally they would find that the money here, although 1,200 yuan was not much, was enough to change Uncle Shi's life in recent months.

As soon as the money was put away, Uncle Shi's surprise suddenly came from the main hall: "Ah, Ning Bao, shepherd, you are here." Have you eaten? Come on, come on, my uncle will bring you soup to drink. ”

A childish voice said, "Don't drink soup, don't drink soup." ”

Qin Yiyan and Fang Yaya walked out, only to see a little boy over five years old standing in the main hall, dressed like a child in the city, with an innocent smile on his face. Next to him stood a man in his thirties, with a decent beard, but his expression was full of anger and disdain. Needless to say, these are Shi Yimu's father and son.

Seeing Qin Yiyan and Fang Yaya, Shi Yimu asked coldly, "Who are you two?

Qin Yiyan frowned and said, "Again?"

Fang Yaya said with a straight face: "We are the policemen sent by Zhengzhong City, you should be respectful." ”

The expression of disdain on Shi Yimu's face was even worse, and he said with a sneer: "It turned out to be the police from Zhengzhong City, a bunch of rice buckets. ”

"You ......" Fang Yaya's willow eyebrows were raised, and her pretty face was flushed. Qin Yiyan glanced at Shi Yimu expressionlessly, and said, "The boss sent us over to investigate the case, and we will leave here when the truth is revealed." ”

Shi Yi said: "Then you can stay here forever." The case three years ago has not been solved until now, there is no surveillance and no video in this poor ravine, I don't think you will want to solve the case in your life. ”

Qin Yiyan said: "Don't bother you." I don't know why, when she heard Shi Yimu say "stay forever", she felt inexplicably cold, and always felt that he had other meanings beyond what he said. Uncle Shi may have been accustomed to this scene, and a pair of kind eyes have always stared at Shi Anning, but unfortunately the little kid looked at the two beautiful big sisters intently, and secretly touched Fang Yaya's thighs.

Shi Yimu turned his head to take a look, and saw that there was no one else at home, so he asked coldly: "What about those two wastes at the police station?"

Uncle Shi said: "I left in the morning, saying that I would go to the place where your mother-in-law died." There is such a deep snow outside, and people are also young and young, and they are raised by their parents. Shepherd, it's not easy, don't keep talking like this. ”

Shi Yimu's face changed, but he immediately returned to normal, and said lukewarmly: "Take care of yourself, you don't care about other things, don't talk about it." ”

Qin Yiyan looked at Shi Anning, and then turned his head to look at the snow outside the door. She is a little taller, if Fang Yaya walks in the snow, I am afraid that half of her calf will be buried in the snow. I don't know what clues Liu Nanhe and they can find out when they go to the scene with such a thick snow. Even if there is any catfish, it has long been covered by the heavy snow, is it possible that they still plan to shovel the snow nearby?

Uncle Shi squatted down, and just wanted to touch Shi Anning's little face, but was blocked by Shi Yimu with a wave of his hand. "You have fleas on you, don't spread it to An Ning. Shi Yimu said angrily, "Have you gone to see the old man on the mountain, it's such a cold day, don't freeze to death on top and no one knows." ”

Qin Yiyan said angrily: "Shi Yimu, are you human, aren't you? That's your father, you just don't ask?"

Shi Yimu sneered: "Do you want to ask? Do you want to ask to accompany him, when I am my little mother, okay?"

Qin Yiyan was furious, if it weren't for the presence of Shi Anning, a little doll, he would have knocked Shi Yimu down with a punch. Fang Yaya said with a cold face: "Shi Yimu, we are here to handle the case, if you speak disrespectfully, be careful that I sue you for obstructing official business and insulting the police!"

Shi Yimu said disdainfully: "You also have the ability to deal with honest people like us." As for the murderer, he has been arrested for three years, whether he is a man or a woman, old or young, do you know, do you know?"

Seeing this tense situation, Shi Anning flattened his mouth and cried. Uncle Shi was anxious and angry, and said, "Oh, what are you doing here, scaring my grandson." ”

Shi Yimu squatted down to help Shi Anning wipe away his tears, and whispered a few words before Shi Anning stopped crying. However, the little kid pushed Shi Yimu away, walked to Fang Yaya's side leisurely, hugged Fang Yaya's calf, looked up and called pitifully, "Mom." Fang Yaya's face turned red, she wanted to correct Shi Anning but couldn't bear it, thinking that he was just two years old when his mother died, and it was reasonable that he couldn't recognize who his mother was. Shi Yimu was also stunned, glanced at Fang Yaya, but pulled Shi Anning away, and said in a low voice: "An Ning, this is not a mother, this is a bad woman." ”

Fang Yaya was about to fight back, but when she saw Shi Anning crying loudly with "wow" again, she had to stand there in embarrassment. Uncle Shi turned his head to look at Fang Yaya, and then at Shi Anning, his old face was full of tears, but he couldn't say a word, he could only sigh in a deep voice. Qin Yiyan went into the house and took two ham sausages and handed them to Shi Anning, Shi Anning patronized and wiped his tears, but did not reach out to take them.

Shi Yimu glanced at Qin Yiyan coldly, picked up Shi Anning and turned to leave. Uncle Shi went out with him, watched the figures of Shi Yimu and his son getting farther and farther away, wiped a handful of old tears, and also went into the house to find a gray sweater to put on his body, and went out slowly.

Fang Yaya shouted, "Uncle Shi, where are you going?"

Uncle Shi said: "I'll go to the mountain to see my eldest brother, don't really have an accident." ”

Qin Yiyan said: "The mountain is high and the road is slippery, how dangerous it is for you to go up here." ”

Uncle Shi said: "It's okay, I'm used to it." ”

The wind and snow are intertwined, the back is dim, and the firewood in the stove, which has been unattended for a long time, has burned out, and flying ash has already floated upward.