After negotiating the price, the three of them chartered a car and rushed to Gui Xinhua's hometown non-stop.

The county is also full of modernity, with steaming construction sites everywhere. Guo Fengping watched curiously all the way, a little excited and a little nervous. After the taxi drove out of the county, it drove along a wide cement road to the countryside.

Along the road are picturesque farmlands and villages. After driving for more than half an hour, I arrived at the town called "Lion's Tail". Professor Shen hurriedly paid for the car and came out to take Guo Fengping and Li Jianguo to the town.

It is said to be a town, but in fact there is no market at all, only a small street that is both a road and a street.

The pavement is paved with uneven stones. The stones have been worn away by the soles of their feet and the wind and rain, and they are covered with traces of time. On both sides of the stone road are sparsely opened small shops, cold against the empty road.

From the abrasion marks on the road surface and the peeling marks of some storefronts, you can vaguely see the lively scene here twenty or thirty years ago. This town, which resembles a lion's tail, is obviously obsolete by the times.

"This street is where Gui Xinhua grew up. Professor Shen introduced to Guo Fengping as he walked, as if Gui Xinhua was a historical celebrity, "He spent his elementary school and high school in this town." ”

Guo Fengping looked around and listened attentively, and couldn't help but feel a little excited in his heart. She felt that everything in this town had a special sense of intimacy. Although the eyes are full of vicissitudes, the dust is short, and the poor is pitiful, there is an indescribable sense of history everywhere, and a sense of melancholy that is related to oneself.

"Isn't there a new rural construction in all parts of the country now?" Professor Shen has been here once and knows a lot about it, "Many residents here have concentrated in the big town, and this small town, which used to be relatively lively, has become cold and depressed. ”

Turning the street, passing through an alley, we came to the front of a small gray building in the back. Professor Shen stood on the site in front of the building and introduced to Guo Fengping: "This small building is Gui Xinhua's hometown. The last time I visited, I heard from my mother that they had lived in the countryside below, and that their family had been farmers for generations. After the reform and opening up, his father rented a stall in this small town, killed pigs and sold meat, and the family gradually became rich. With some money, they bought a homestead here and built this small building. ”

Guo Fengping and Li Jianguo watched carefully and meticulously as if they were visiting historical relics. This is an ordinary two-story building, rectangular, pointed roof, blue tiles, cement walls have been a little gray and black, steel doors and windows are also a little rusty.

At this time, someone in their neighbor's house saw them, and a middle-aged housewife came up to them and asked, "Who are you looking for?"

Professor Shen said: "Look for Gui Xinhua." ”

The woman raised her head and shouted to the second floor: "Third aunt, someone is looking for Gui Xinhua." ”

After a while, an old woman in her seventies slowly walked down from downstairs: "Where are you from?"

Professor Shen walked up and said, "We are from Shanghai. Gui Xinhua's mother, is Gui Xinhua at home?"

"Oh, it's a misfortune that you're here, he was still at home two days ago. Gui Xinhua's mother politely led them into the house, "Come in and sit down for a while." This time, he came back in a car and stayed at home for a few days. He finally got better, and he was so happy that he drove around to show his relatives and friends, and the villagers. With money, when I came back this time, he also gave me this mother and bought a lot of food. Before, it was all empty-handed. ”

Gui Xinhua's mother said, brought a stool for them to sit on, and said with little breath, "He's fine, I'm a mother, and I'm happy for him." Alas, in the past, he was foolish in society, and I have always been worried about him. ”

Guo Fengping and Professor Shen looked at each other. She didn't even know how to speak. She was indeed a little nervous just now, but she didn't see a car around the building, so she knew that Gui Xinhua was not at home, and she was secretly relieved. Now after listening to what his mother said, I know that Gui Xinhua really drove back to show off.

She looked at the home like a new daughter-in-law. The home looked relatively poor, with almost nothing in the living room underneath except for a square table and a few stools. In the east house is a brick stove, as well as some farm tools and crops. The brick-paved floor is not very smooth. Not to mention the four walls of the house, but you can hardly find a modern household appliance.

"Gui Xinhua's father passed away a few years ago, so this family is like this. Professor Shen told Guo Fengping in his ear.

Before they could ask Gui Xinhua about some of the situation, five or six old people and children gathered around the door. Guo Fengping was a little embarrassed by them, he didn't dare to look at them with his eyelids down, and he didn't dare to ask Gui Xinhua Niangniang, as if she was Gui Xinhua's daughter-in-law who had not passed the door.

However, Gui Xinhua's mother squinted at Professor Shen, and said with some doubts: "You, haven't you been here before, professor? You guys, why didn't you get any better later? The last time Xinhua came back alone, I asked him, what is the professor's nickname? He said that you think he is poor, has no house, no car, and doesn't want him anymore." Isn't that so? ”

Professor Shen smiled awkwardly and said, "Auntie, it's not like this, it's that he doesn't want me." He stayed with me fine, and suddenly ran away without a sound. So today, I'm here for him. ”

"Really?" Gui Xinhua was surprised, "I know that he must be dishonest, otherwise, you wouldn't have come here today." ”

Professor Shen said, "Yes, Auntie. Gui Xinhua has done a lot of bad things outside, you may not know it. Oh, her name is Guo Fengping, she came from Shanghai, and she also came to Gui Xinhua. ”

Gui Xinhuaniang's face is full of wrinkles, and her back is slightly tant, but her hearing is fine. As soon as she heard this, her face changed: "This girl, what is the matter with you looking for Xinhua?"

Guo Fengping blushed and said to her: "He was in Shanghai, borrowed 100,000 yuan from me, turned off his mobile phone and ran away." I asked my parents to borrow this money, and they urged me to pay it back. So, I'm here to ask him for money. ”

"Huh?" Gui Xinhua opened her mouth wide in surprise, looked at the neighbor at the door with some embarrassment, and said sneeringly, "He hasn't come back for a long time." When he came back this time, he told me that he was about to make a lot of money, and he would become a rich man. I didn't believe it a little, but when I saw him come back in a beautiful car, I believed it. ”

(End of chapter)