Liu Xiaohui looked at Qin Mingliang with some embarrassment, because today on Sunday, she originally said that she was going to Qin Mingliang's house to sit for a while in the afternoon, and during the love period, it was rare to have a quiet place to be alone.

But if she breaks up with Lu Zheng, who has been reunited for a long time, Liu Xiaohui is really reluctant, and she feels that she has a lot to say but hasn't said yet.

Qin Mingliang said to Lu Zheng a little apologetically: "Zhengzi, I'm really sorry, Xiaohui and I will go back to the family home of No. 1 Middle School in a while, and my family will live there." ”

When Lu Zheng heard this, he became even more energetic, and said with a smile: "Okay, let's go together, I will also go to your house to sit." ”

Qin Mingliang stared at him with wide eyes, speechless for a while, and said in his heart that this person was sick, and there must be some mental problems. But if someone is such a big person, if he says a word, he can't not save face at all, and say that he won't take him there?

Liu Xiaohui was also a little surprised, but immediately felt that maybe Lu Zheng was in the same mood as herself, thinking about the friendship of playing behind Lu Zheng's ass when she was a child, Liu Xiaohui was soft in her heart, so she said to Qin Mingliang: "Xiaoliang, Brother Zhengzi is the same as my own brother, let's go together, I still have a lot to say to Brother Zhengzi." ”

Even if Qin Mingliang was reluctant, he could only compromise now, holding back the fire in his heart, leading Lu Zheng and Liu Xiaohui, who were talking and laughing, to the family building, cursing this fucked young man who was not long-eyed, and said in his heart, What is this called?

Qin Mingming's house has two bedrooms and one living room, but it is also spacious, at first glance, it is a scholarly family, and there is a bookcase more than one person high in the window of the living room, which is full of all kinds of books.

Lu Zheng and Liu Xiaohui chatted, but they did not snub Qin Mingliang, and accosted Qin Mingliang from time to time, asking about the welfare policy of the teachers living in the family building of No. 1 Middle School, whether there were single teachers assigned to the house, and whether there were any female teachers who studied last year or something, and their lovers lived alone for a long time.

Qin Mingliang was on fire in his heart, but he still had to respond without a match, especially, seeing that Liu Xiaohui and Lu Zheng were chatting more and more speculatively, and talking about the things of his childhood over and over again, a thick vinegar was tumbling in Qin Mingliang's chest, he really couldn't sit down, and said, "I'll buy a pack of cigarettes", and walked out quickly.

Liu Xiaohui didn't notice it, and was still asking: "Brother Zhengzi, it's not easy for self-employed people to do it now, right?" Lu Zheng said that she was self-employed, and she believed it.

Lu Zheng put away his smile and said to Liu Xiaohui very solemnly: "Xiaoliang is good, you have to treat others well." "No one is a saint, everyone has a small problem, although Qin Mingliang is a little uncontrollable, it also shows that he is not scheming, and today's performance can be regarded as graceful.

Unexpectedly, Lu Zheng solemnly said this, her boyfriend was recognized, Liu Xiaohui was sweet in her heart, and nodded lightly.

A few minutes later, Qin Mingliang came back, followed by a middle-aged man with glasses, with a personable demeanor, it could be seen that he must have been a beautiful man before, Liu Xiaohui saw the middle-aged man hurriedly stand up, and greeted him with a little restraint: "Uncle Zhang." ”

Qin Mingliang had a smug look on his face, and said to Lu Zheng: "This is Principal Zhang of our No. 1 Middle School, and he lives opposite my house." ”

Liu Xiaohui is a literary youth, and Principal Zhang is the honorary chairman of the County Federation of Literary and Art Circles, a famous poet in the county, and has published his poems in the provincial newspaper many times, so Liu Xiaohui often writes some small poems for his guidance.

Qin Mingliang saw that Lu Zheng and Liu Xiaohui were chatting speculatively, so he simply went to the door to invite "Uncle Zhang", anyway, he couldn't get along with Xiaohui alone, since he became a "light bulb", he might as well turn Xiaohui, a small hair, into a light bulb like himself.

Sure enough, as soon as Principal Zhang came, Liu Xiaohui's topic turned to poetry, and Lu Zheng didn't have much to say at this time, most of the time he could only be like Qin Mingliang, drinking tea and staring, and catching a glimpse of Qin Mingliang's somewhat proud appearance out of the corner of his eye, Lu Zheng was amused, only to think that this young man was really funny.

Principal Zhang was very talkative, and began to recite when he was interested: "He glanced at her, she smiled back at him, and life suddenly woke up!" After reciting, Principal Zhang pointed out to Liu Xiaohui: "You see, the most touching sentences are often the simplest, and too many gorgeous rhetoric will lose this feeling." Liu Xiaohui nodded again and again.

But when Principal Zhang recited the poem, Lu Zheng was like a lightning strike, and he looked at Principal Zhang incredulously.

In the home of the third victim, there is a blank piece of paper in her belongings, which is full of the poem that Principal Zhang is reciting now, and now, it is not the Internet era, not a literary young man can know Bai Langning, especially in this small county, not to mention, the small words recited by Principal Zhang are not the text of the long poem, but the small words in the prologue.

Then, doubts surged into Lu Zheng's heart, and he suddenly remembered that in addition to the third victim, he was a literature lover, a literary youth, who liked painting and writing; The families of the first and second victims seem to have said that they usually like to read novels, but no one uses these things as clues and does not organically connect them.

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When Lu Zheng left Qin Mingliang's house, he already had a rough idea of Principal Zhang's living conditions, widowhood, and children were all out of town, Lu Zheng didn't ask anything, so as not to startle the snake, and now, in addition to Master Wang, who burned the boiler in the popsicle factory, there is one more suspect.

Although they are all eight words, but with some clues, it is better than a black eye.

Qin Mingliang was very proud when Lu Zheng said goodbye, obviously thinking that Lu Zheng felt bored because no one paid attention to him, so he had to retreat in a gloomy manner, but Liu Xiaohui repeatedly left Lu Zheng's address when Lu Zheng left and said that people who had time to "go red" would get together, which made Qin Mingliang a little unhappy.

Lu Zheng went directly to the Chengguan Office, looked for Hou Jianjun, and asked Hou Jianjun to help wash the bottom of Principal Zhang of No. 1 Middle School.

Hou Jianjun looked at Lu Zheng incredulously for a long time, but he still reluctantly agreed.

Two days later, when Li Weijun was quickly sent to the procuratorate by the special case team and entered the stage of review and prosecution, the materials of Master Wang and Principal Zhang were secretly sent to Lu Zheng's desk.

Master Wang's information is very detailed, but Principal Zhang's is very brief, all of them are things that the neighbors know, and it is no wonder, because since the resumption of the college entrance examination, the first middle school has maintained the city's first admission rate, Guangning is now educating lipstick purple, the first senior high school is a provincial key middle school, the principal is high with the deputy county level, although Hou Jianjun promised to wash his bottom, but it is impossible to investigate him behind his back, at most it is to inquire about the situation that everyone knows.

Master Wang is a widower like Principal Zhang, the difference is that Master Wang's wife died of illness, and Principal Zhang's lover committed suicide after being criticized in the turbulent years, because he did not leave a suicide note, Principal Zhang, who was also often criticized, was also implicated, and the Revolutionary Committee once slandered that he killed his wife, but when he was preparing for a public trial, the situation suddenly changed, and the capital changed the king's flag, and Principal Zhang escaped.

Looking at the information of the two, it was difficult for Lu Zheng to judge for a while whether these two people were murderers, or who was more like a murderer.

Then, Lu Zheng's eyes suddenly focused on the part where Principal Zhang was wrongfully murdered in the later stage of the turmoil, and gradually pondered.

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The May sun is already very poisonous, it has just rained, the asphalt road is steaming, the town seems to be in a steamer, and this year's weather is a little unusually hot.

Lu Zheng stood in front of the No. 3 courtyard of the family courtyard of the fertilizer factory, patting the soil on his body with some obscurity, he was really unlucky just now, he let the children riding bicycles in the community rub against the dirt on the wall, and the white shirt and black pants that were originally quite clean stained a large area.

Turning his head to look at the door of the family courtyard, Lu Zheng had a very complicated mood, his adoptive father and adoptive mother lived here, thinking of Lu Guobin's bad treatment and Aunt Cuihong's good to him, Lu Zheng didn't know what to feel in his heart.

Originally, I was going to come to see them after the case was closed, but now I had to change Jihua.

In the past two days, Lu Zheng visited the members of the "task force" that handled President Zhang's case back then, the public procuratorate and law at that time were smashed, and the members of the "task force" were all composed of rebel activists organized by the public procuratorate and law.

Lu Zheng checked the materials of these people and found that the leader of the "task force" was transferred to a field to take up a post, and the deputy leader was called Xia Xing, who was a member of the general party branch of the county bureau that year, and has now been expelled from the public security system, but he should still be in Guangning.

After Hou Jianjun's washing, he found that Xia Xing now lives with his son, who works in the fertilizer factory, and lives in the No. 3 courtyard of the fertilizer factory's family home, and coincidentally, Lu Zheng's adoptive father and adoptive mother also live in the No. 3 courtyard.

After thinking about it, Lu Zheng decided to approach Xia Xing in the name of visiting relatives and inquire about the situation of the case that year. Lu Zheng didn't necessarily suspect that Principal Zhang was the murderer, but Hou Jianjun gave Principal Zhang limited information, and from another angle, inquiring about Principal Zhang's side should be able to better understand him, and in that crazy era, the potential humanity was more easily exposed.

The door of the family home is open, and there are actually three families living in the No. 3 courtyard, in addition to the old Lu family and the old Xia family, there is also a family surnamed Zhou.

Lu Zheng stepped into the door, the yard was very wide, and there was a locust tree in sight, it was the flowering season of the locust tree, and the strings of white pod-like flowers hung on the green branches, and the air was full of faint sweetness.

Under the locust tree, a slightly wealthy woman in her fifties was brushing dishes by the faucet, when she heard the footsteps and looked up, she was slightly stunned, her body was shocked, she stood up suddenly, the corners of her mouth twitched, staring at Lu Zheng, looking incredulous.

Lu Zheng took two steps, his voice trembling slightly: "Aunt Cuihong......" Originally, I thought I wouldn't be excited, but I didn't expect that at this moment, Lu Zheng's throat was bitter, and he almost burst into tears.

Ma Cuihong suddenly "snorted", jumped up and hugged Lu Zheng, and cried and grabbed the ground, and didn't know what she was talking about incoherently, a handful of snot and tears, and the crying Lu Zheng's shoulders were wet.

Lu Zheng patted her on the back gently, Aunt Cuihong has not changed, she is still a country woman's style, but she is sincere and unpretentious.

"Zhengzi, tell me, where have you been all these years? ......" Ma Cuihong finished crying, but she dragged Lu Zheng and refused to let go, she was afraid that this child would leave her silently, although Lu Zheng was not her own flesh and blood, she had always been a son, but she was humble at home, unable to speak, and like Lu Zheng, she was angry everywhere.

So all afternoon, the mother and mother chatted in the house, telling the reason for not coming, as if they had returned to Lu Zheng's childhood ten years ago, and family affection overflowed in their hearts.

Lu Zheng said that it was inconvenient to say much about his own affairs, but he only said that he had been back to Guangning for half a year, and he had done some small business, which made Ma Cuihong sigh for a while, only to feel that this child's life was so hard, and he was sorry for the Jinlan sisters back then.

Until a cry broke off: "Ma Cuihong, why didn't you go to work in the afternoon!" ”

The two mothers, who were immersed in the warmth, noticed that Lu Guobin was back.

Lu Zheng noticed that Lu Guobin was more energetic than a few years ago, his face was full of red light, and his work and career were relatively smooth, and his mentality had been very good over the years, but on the contrary, Aunt Cuihong seemed much older than him.

Lu Guobin also saw Lu Zheng and quickly recognized Lu Zheng, but he ignored Lu Zheng, and reprimanded Ma Cuihong with a split head and face: "Tell me, is it easy for you to go to this class?" It's just to coax children, how easy is it? You have to make a face for me, you have to embarrass me, right? ”

Lu Guobin gave Ma Cuihong a job in the factory kindergarten, and with the progress of his career, his waist at home has become harder, and Ma Cuihong is coming and going.

Ma Cuihong also knew that she was at a loss, and she was so excited to see this long-lost child that she forgot to ask for leave and didn't complain about her wife's anger.

Although Lu Zheng thinks that Lu Guobin is excessive, after all, this is a family matter, and it is also a way of life that both of them have been accustomed to for many years, even if he is his own son, it is not easy to interject, let alone an outsider?

Lu Guobin glanced at the blue labor cloth jacket on Lu Zheng's body again, snorted, and knew that it was his work clothes at a glance.

Ma Cuihong saw that Lu Zheng's clothes were stained with mud, so she went to find Lao Lu's clothes and changed them to Lu Zheng, for fear that Lao Lu would be furious when he arrived home, so he only dared to change Lu Zheng's labor clothes, but then again, Lu Guobin really didn't have any decent clothes, old traditions, and didn't pay attention to wear.

Seeing that Lu Guobin's face was not good, Ma Cuihong pulled him outside and discussed: "You see that the child is back, can you cook a good meal at night?" I'm going to buy a piece of meat? ”

Lu Guobin frowned and said, "Eat whatever you have?" ”

Ma Cuihong couldn't resist Lu Guobin, but she felt sorry for Lu Zheng, thought about it, and simply went to bake the egg cake, and put a lot of eggs, anyway, Lao Lu didn't know how many eggs were left at home.

Outside the hospital, bicycle bells and the sound of greeting each other can be heard from time to time, and it is time to get off work.

Lu Guobin and Ma Cuihong's fourth girl, Lu Xiaoping, saw Lu Zheng also cold when she came back, and the brothers and sisters of the Lu family have always looked down on Lu Zheng.

There are six brothers and sisters in the Lu family, four women and two men, except for the two sons who were admitted to university and went to school in other places, the rest of the brothers and sisters have also had jobs one after another, of course, there are regular workers and temporary workers, such as the eldest son, who has a formal job in Qinglong, a neighboring county, and the fourth girl Lu Xiaoping, who has not yet transferred to commercial grain, has worked as a small worker in the Chengguan Flour Mill.

When setting the dinner table, Lu Zheng proposed that it was too hot in the house and that he would go to the courtyard to eat, he hoped to talk to the Xia family next door, and it was best to talk to the old man Xia Xing.

Lu Guobin did not object, and said: "Let the old Xia family and the Zhou family eat together." "Now in the factory area and the family homes of various units, most of the families are the same, whoever has a good meal, they all call the neighbors to make a tooth sacrifice.

The courtyard soon became lively, the Zhou family is a small couple, both working in the fertilizer factory, and there is a four or five-year-old child, running around in the courtyard, which adds a bit of fun.

Lu Zheng finally saw Xia Xing, in fact, Lao Xia is not very old, he is in his early fifties, but his hair is snow-white, and he is also silent, which is in stark contrast to Lu Guobin's big package.

Xia Xing's son is not at home, and his daughter-in-law Zhang Guohua is the cashier of the fertilizer factory, which can be regarded as a person with a head and face in the factory, it can be seen that he is also a strong person, and he is not very polite to Lao Xia. I heard that it was because Zhang Guohua originally married into the Xia family and wanted to touch Lao Xia's nakedness, who knew that not long after he got married, Lao Xia was beaten into "three kinds of people" and stood aside. So she has a little resentment towards this father-in-law.

Zhou Dawei and Liu Shuna, the two members of the Zhou family, are both workers in the factory, and they also respect Lu Guobin, an old-timer.

With two low tables, Lao Xia carried a small bench and sat far away from Lu Guobin's main seat, and Lu Zheng sat next to him.

The Zhou family didn't know the relationship between Lu Zheng and the Lu family, and only heard Ma Cuihong say that it was a long-lost nephew, and Zhou Dawei also took out a bottle of "Fenjiu" from home, saying that it was given by his cousin. Even Lu Zheng couldn't help but wonder, this bottle of Fenjiu should be more genuine than Moutai, which sold thousands of dollars in later generations.

Seeing Lu Zheng sitting in the corner, Zhou Dawei greeted him with a smile: "Zhengzi, you are the protagonist today, come over and sit with Uncle Lu." ”

Lu Xiaoping pursed her lips and said, "What kind of protagonist is he?" "She is a young man, she is delicate, and she is the most favored at home, and Lu Guobin can't spoil her.

Ma Cuihong frowned and said, "This kid! Lu Guobin nodded and said, "Just sit there!" After so many years, he still couldn't look down on Lu Zheng, thinking of Lu Zheng being beaten when he was a teenager, the kind of eyes that quietly looked at him felt uncomfortable.

Zhou Dawei was stunned for a moment, and then stopped squeaking, but he didn't expect that the relationship between the family was very complicated.

Lu Zheng naturally didn't mind anything, when the people at the table were eating and drinking, Lu Zheng raised his glass and clinked glasses with Xia Xing, Xia Xing was stunned, so he also touched Lu Zheng's cup and drank silently.

Lu Zheng didn't speak, just occasionally clinked glasses with Xia Xing and drank quietly, Xia Xing was curious about Lu Zheng, looked at Lu Zheng with some sympathy, sighed softly in his heart, perhaps, he also thought of his past and current self.

Lu Xiaoping chattered about the things in the factory, and when she heard the meaning, she was tired and didn't want to do it. Lu Guobin was embarrassed, in fact, his ability as the deputy director of the workshop was limited, it was nothing more than a long working experience, an important position, a salary more than that of administrative institutions, and the living conditions were superior, but if it was said that to solve the problem of the youngest daughter's long-term OEM, it was not something that could be done simply.

was talking, when suddenly Lu Xiaoping screamed: "Sister Susu! He quickly got up and ran to the door, startling Lu Zheng.

Lu Zheng turned his head to look, but saw that the person who walked into the courtyard was a beautiful girl wearing a black uniform and skirt, her black hair was coiled behind her head, pinned with a beautiful hairpin, her skin was as white and delicate as congealed milk, and the whole person was delicate as if she had been ps, which was indescribably beautiful.

Lu Xiaoping affectionately accompanied the beautiful girl to this side, and it could be seen that Lu Xiaoping's smile was a little stammering, and she didn't even hide it, this kind of demeanor is rarely seen in this scathing girl.

The delicate girl named Su Su smiled reservedly, and greeted the people at the dinner table politely: "Third Uncle, Third Aunt" called Lu Guobin and Ma Cuihong, "Uncle, Sister-in-law, Second Brother, Second Sister-in-law" shouted Xia Xing, Xia Xing's daughter-in-law Zhang Guohua, Zhou Dawei and Liu Shuna.

Obviously, whether this beautiful woman is dressed or behaved, it shows that she lives in two shijie with the people in this compound, and at this time, the people at the dinner table also stood up early, as if to welcome the princess, it is Lu Guobin, and her face is full of smiles.

The delicate girl was slightly stunned when her eyes turned to Lu Zheng's face, and Ma Cuihong smiled beside her: "Susu, don't you know?" Zhengzi, do you remember? He also said to Lu Zheng: "Su Su's grandfather was persecuted before, and he stayed in our village, and his name was Ma Suzhen at that time, and now he is promising, and he is a big star of the city TV station......

Lu Zheng was stunned, "Landlord's wife? When I met Liu Xiaohui, I simply heard Liu Xiaohui talk about her recent situation, now called Tong Susu, she has already gone to the city, her father is a high-ranking official in the city, she is also very famous, she is very famous in the city TV station, the county TV station was established, and the county magistrate personally came forward to invite her to train the announcer and host in the station. Speaking of which, she was different from the children in the village back then, she was very foreign, and she didn't have the local taste of Nanying when she spoke, so she was called the landlord's wife by the children, and she was almost criticized by her own "red movement".

The three words "landlord's wife" immediately made Lu Guobin's face change, and Lu Xiaoping reprimanded: "What are you talking nonsense? ”

Lu Zheng smiled and didn't squeak.

Tong Susu looked very well-cultivated, but said with a smile: "Remember, Zhengzi, you liked to fight back then." As he spoke, he picked up the plastic bag in his hand and said, "You guys are eating, just add food, Zhao Si roast chicken!" "Zhao Si roast chicken is a time-honored brand in Guangning, a few years ago, Zhao Si's descendants picked up this golden signboard again, made a small face to sell roast chicken, famous for not accepting dead chicken, word of mouth is very loud.

Ma Cuihua, Zhang Guohua, and Liu Shuna hurriedly took it over and went to the kitchen to cut the roast chicken, and Lu Xiaoping asked Tong Susu: "Sister Susu, have you eaten it?" Eat some more, shall we? ”

Tong Susu said: "I have eaten it." I don't know what I remembered, but I said, "It's so hot, I'll sit for a while." ”

Lu Xiaoping immediately happily arranged seats for Tong Susu, Lu Zheng and Xia Xing were squeezed into a corner, and Xia Xing almost had no place to put a job.

Tong Susu said apologetically to Xia: "Uncle, I'll change places with you, anyway, I've eaten, just sit down." ”

Lu Zheng was stunned when he heard this, what kind of line is this? Doesn't this make your mind go down the drain for half a day? Hurriedly said, "I'll change it with Uncle Xia." Without saying anything, he got up and gave up his seat to Xia Xing.

Lu Xiaoping pursed her lips: "I really have self-knowledge." ”

Lu Zheng didn't know if he was delusional, and felt that Tong Susu seemed to be glaring at him.

Waiting for the roast chicken to be served, after a while, everyone chatted lively, in the words, Lu Zheng knew that it turned out that Zhou Dawei and his family were Tong Susu's cousins, so she temporarily lived here, but she will return to the city tomorrow, and if she has time on Sunday, she will come to the county station to teach experience, which is not a business, it is considered to be from this county, and it is a contribution to her hometown.

Just when Lu Guobin reined in his loud voice and began to talk about the TV program that Tong Susu was interested in, Ma Cuihong suddenly said: "Old Lu, look, can you find a job for this kid Zhengzi?" "After many years of husband and wife, Ma Cuihong knows his wife's temper, if he says it in private, he will definitely refuse, and now in front of these many people, his wife has a good face, so he may agree.

Lu Guobin glared at Ma Cuihong angrily, and hummed noncommittally, Ma Cuihong immediately said happily to Lu Zheng: "Not your uncle?" She inquired about Lu Zheng's current situation, and when she saw that Lu Zheng was vague, she thought that this child was bumpy and displaced, so she wanted to find him a stable job.

If it was Lu Zheng in the past, he would not have succumbed to Lu Guobin if he died, but now, thinking about the past, it is really like a passing cloud, it is fate to be able to live for so many years, life passes in a hurry, how many people can get married?

So Lu Zheng raised his wine glass with a smile and shouted Lu Guobin for the first time: "Uncle." ”

Lu Guobin hummed, then raised his wine glass and touched it with Lu Zheng, saying in his heart that this kid has grown up and is stronger than before.