After hearing Li Rui's question, the old man opened his mouth, his expression was confused, he thought about it for a long time, and finally nodded his head, and said: "The first family came in the alley, I know, the surname is Su, there is a little girl in the Su family, she is very handsome, I am not a few years older than her, she calls me sister-in-law, and treats people very politely, I don't know if I call her Su Yun, I have never asked her name, I know that her nickname is Yaya......"

When Li Rui heard this, he was already so excited that he stood up, and his lips trembled: "It's her, it's her, what we're looking for is her, she must be Su Yun." Oh, God forbid, finally let me find her......"

Shen Yuanzhu was also happy and emotional when he saw his ecstatic appearance, but he pulled him and signaled him not to scare the old lady.

Li Rui sat down with a smile and asked, "What happened to her later? What happened to her later? You have been living in Dahuashu Hutong, and you must know her whereabouts." ”

The old man said with a vacant gaze: "Later, the little Japanese devils came over and occupied Qingyang City, and after the occupation, they did all the bad things, killing people, setting fires, and harming women...... It's been six years, and we didn't get back to the city until little Japan was gone......"

Li Rui hurriedly asked: "What about the Su family? How is the Su family? What about that little girl?"

The old man thought for a while and said, "I don't know, I haven't seen her again, our family ...... In fact, she is not very familiar with the Su family, so she has no contact, so she has never inquired about her family. ”

Li Rui was anxious all of a sudden, if this was the case, it would still be nothing, and he still couldn't explain to Huang Lao, so he hurriedly asked again: "After you return to the city, is there still anyone in the Su family? Isn't there a little boy in the Su family? It's the little girl's younger brother, have you seen him?"

The old man said: "I've seen it, that kid is very naughty, climbing the wall in the alley to dig out the bird's nest, how naughty and how to play......"

Li Rui burned a flame of hope in his heart, and said, "Then have you seen him again after you returned to the city, and is he still alive?"

The old man said: "When we went back to the city, he was quite a young man, and later in the civil war, he was dragged by the Kuomintang army to fight, and my man was almost dragged away, and he went back to the countryside to hide for a while before he escaped......"

Li Rui saw that she always diverted the topic, and he was helpless and anxious, so he hurriedly intercepted: "Speaking of that young man, what about after he was dragged away to fight?"

The old man said: "He came back after he was gone for less than half a year, lame on a leg, after liberation, and an apprentice to a shoe repair master, and then set up a stall at the mouth of the alley to repair shoes, after a few years, their family suddenly moved away, the yard also changed, and they have never seen them again......"

Li Rui was about to cry when he heard this, damn, isn't it, it was so easy to find such a precious clue, but it was so easily broken? God really can tease himself, he calmed down, and said, "Don't you know why they moved? Where did the family move?"

The old man asked, "What are you talking about?"

Li Rui had no choice but to repeat it again. The old man shook his head, indicating that he didn't know.

The old man's eldest son, an old man in his sixties and seventies, said: "The Su Tian you asked, I still have the impression in my memory, it snows heavily in winter, and he also sets up a stall at the door of the alley to repair shoes, lame with a leg, and when he has nothing to do, he rolls grass and smokes tobacco leaves. At that time, I was young, a teenager, and I called him uncle, but he liked me a lot and loved to talk to me. In my memory, he never got married, and then suddenly the whole family moved away, and I don't know where he moved, and I don't know if he was married, but he was still very good, but when he was dragged by the Kuomintang to fight as a strong man, he broke a leg, alas, he is also a poor man. I guess it's long gone now, after all, I'm in my early seventies. ”

Li Rui heard it with a sour heart, and remembered what the old lady said in his dream last night, "Everyone in the world is bitter", Huang Lao's heart is bitter, Su Tian's destiny is bitter, which also leads to his current suffering, maybe this is the true meaning of life, if you are not bitter, how can you know happiness and happiness?

Seeing that there were no more useful clues, Li Rui and Shen Yuanzhu could only reluctantly get up and say goodbye.

The old man said: "You two leave me a contact information, my mother's memory is not very good, maybe there is something unexpected today, but I will think of it tomorrow, and I can contact you then, and then tell you, otherwise it will be bad to delay the big thing." ”

Li Rui was very grateful, and after praising and thanking him, he left him a mobile phone number, and then said goodbye.

Back in the car, Shen Yuanzhu frowned and said: "Actually, there is a very important joint in the old man's words, I don't know if you have found it, it is that Su Tian's family suddenly moved away, this is very worth pondering." Li Rui nodded and said: "Yes, Su Yun disappeared at that time - at least he couldn't see anyone, Su Tian was lame again, and he could only make a living by setting up a stall to repair shoes, and it is estimated that his parents would not have any serious work, otherwise they would not let their son repair shoes in a stall in the cold winter...... How could such a large family of people with no economic income suddenly move? Moving would mean that they needed to buy a new house and a new household, which would require a lot of money. ”

Shen Yuanzhu said: "And it was a sudden move, and there was no process of moving, which shows that the Su family abandoned all the things in the house, which means that they should suddenly have money, otherwise they would not give up the things at home, you must know that the broken family is worth ten thousand, and the poor family may not even be willing to throw away pots and pans." Li Rui continued to reason: "Then how did the Su family suddenly become rich?" Shen Yuanzhu smiled and said, "I suddenly thought of a possibility. Li Rui smiled: "I also thought of it, let's talk about it separately, see if you think the same?"

Shen Yuanzhu said: "You say it first." Li Rui said: "I think it should fall on Su Yun, who disappeared suddenly, maybe she was successful in her studies, went out to work, found a very good job, worked hard in the field for several years, and made a lot of money, so she returned to her hometown to pick up the whole family." Shen Yuanzhu smiled and said, "I think so too, I think it should be Su Yun's doing." If you think about it, Su Yun can even refuse the courtship of Huang Lao, the son of everyone, and insists on focusing on her studies, which shows that she has brains and great wisdom, such a girl, and she has read books, but it is easy to become a talent at that time. ”

Li Rui frowned again and said, "If you speculate according to this, Su Yun should be working in other places or even settling down, and she will also bring her family to the city where she works and lives, but there are too many cities in China, where will she be? This is a completely unsolvable problem for the two of us." Shen Yuanzhu said: "It's not too incomprehensible, so let's go back to the household registration office of the city bureau immediately, and check all the women named Su Yun in the country through the household registration system, who are in their eighties, regardless of life or death." It's a bit of a lot of work, and there's no result in a short period of time, so you don't have to go with me, I'll tell you when I get the results. ”

Li Rui sighed: "It seems that there is only one way to do this, but the problem is that if Su Yun's old man died relatively early, before the Ministry of Public Security deployed the household registration network system, then she is probably not in the system database, and you can't find it." Shen Yuanzhu sighed: "There is such a possibility, then there is no way, I'll try it first, if I can't find Su Yun, I'll check Su Tian again." If we can't find it, let's think about it again. ”

Li Rui laughed bitterly when he heard this, and thought about another way? It's easy to say, but where else can I think about now? If this road comes to the end and there is no exit, then don't think about finding Su Yun at all, and the busy work of himself and her in the past two days will have no meaning, thinking of this is very unwilling, but what can I do if I am unwilling? At the moment, I can only resign myself to fate, and see if God wants to fulfill Huang Lao or not.

Next, Shen Yuanzhu first sent Li Rui back to work in the municipal party committee, and then returned to the municipal bureau himself, and continued to go to the household registration office to check people, the two were temporarily separated, and they met again when there was news.

After Li Rui returned to the office, he first reported today's findings to his boss Song Chaoyang.

After listening to him, Song Chaoyang frowned, and said, "Searching for a person across the country, isn't that the same as looking for a needle in a haystack? Not to mention that the name 'Su Yun' is relatively ordinary, and I don't know how many people in the country have this name." Li Rui smiled bitterly: "Who said no, but we have no other good way, so we can only do it first." Song Chaoyang said: "Isn't there a more stable and valuable clue? You can think about it again?" Li Rui smiled bitterly: "I have already thought of everything I can think of, at least in terms of the clues I have so far, I have already considered it." ”

Song Chaoyang sighed and said: "This matter is indeed a bit troublesome, the key is that it is too old, it is still before liberation, and it is a headache to think about it." Li Rui asked: "By the way, I haven't seen Huang Lao for more than a day, has his condition been alleviated?" Song Chaoyang said with a smile: "Don't say it, although the prescription of the Qinggong Tai Hospital is a little weird, it is really effective, Huang Lao has been taking the medicine for more than two days, and his condition has been significantly relieved, if he is cured of his heart disease, he will be able to recover completely." ”

Li Rui was overjoyed when he heard this, as long as Huang Lao's body can recover first, then he will have no worries about his life for the time being, and he will have more time to treat his heart disease, but unfortunately there is no cure for heart disease, and he will have to spend a lot of work, and what is even more terrifying is that if Old Man Su Yun has passed away, this news will be a heavier psychological blow to Huang Lao, which may make his heart disease worse, but it is too early to say this, let's wait for the news from Shen Yuanzhu's side first.

In the afternoon, Li Rui received a text message from Luo Nana. Knowing that he was busy at work and sensitive to his duties, Luo Nana avoided calling him directly and communicated with him in a quiet text message. The text message reads: "Come to me at night, you got what you wanted." ”