Chapter 285: The Dead, the Alive

(Let Zhao Izumi slowly, let Zhao Izumi be quiet, and in the next chapter, Zhao Izumi will come back)

The train went all the way north, and soon left the Chengdu Plain, and at first there was only Zhao Izushi alone, and then two men came up, both of whom were the most ordinary Sichuan migrant workers, who left their hometowns to work in the north. In the past, they bought a hard seat, this time because there was an old illness in the body, can not sit for too long, originally to buy a hard sleeper, who knows that the hard sleeper has been sold out, have to feel distressed to buy a soft sleeper, in their eyes there is no difference between a soft sleeper and a hard sleeper, or there is no difference with a hard seat, as long as you can get to the terminal.

In normal times, Zhao Izumi may chat with them for a few words, but this time Zhao Izumi is really not in the mood to chat, except for a few words when they just came in, they asked Zhao Izumi where he went, Zhao Izumi said that he went to the north to see the old people, and then most of the time Zhao Izumi sat in the corridor outside to look at the scenery outside the window, there are mountains and rivers, cities and rural areas, the scenery is constantly changing, and the passengers around him are also constantly changing. How many people will people meet in this life, this Zhao is not clear, but it can be known that most people in Ludao are passing by, maybe just a look, there will be no intersection in this life, whether they are married and have children, or birth, old age, sickness and death, it has nothing to do with it, if you think about it carefully, it will make people feel a little inexplicably sad.

In the evening, the train had already left Sichuan, Zhao Izumi was a little sleepy, so he went back to sleep in the carriage, he forced himself not to think about the things in Phoenix Village, but sleep is the best solution, two migrant workers who were chatting saw Zhao Izumi sleeping, so they deliberately lowered their voices, they may be able to feel that Zhao Izumi seems to be in a bad mood, no matter at any time, a careful action is a comfort to others.

This night, Zhao Izumi slept longer than last night, and slept until the next morning, a full twelve hours, or the migrant workers in the same carriage woke up Zhao Izusi, and said with a smile, "Young man, I will be in Taiyuan in half an hour, wash my face and get ready to get off."

Yes, the terminal station of this train is Taiyuan, Shanxi, but it is not the terminal station of Zhao Izuxi. Zhao Izumi smiled at them, then got up to wash his face, and smoked a cigarette in that area to relieve his hunger. Half an hour later, the train arrived at the station, more than ten minutes late, unexpectedly, it was already rare, Zhao Izumi carried his backpack, said goodbye to the two migrant workers, and got off the train with the flow of people.

The train station in any place is full of people, when he was in Phoenix Village, Zhao Izumi has never seen so many people, sometimes Zhao Izumi is very curious, why there are so many people in big cities, maybe more are small people like him from small places, who make people are social animals, no wonder every year during the Spring Festival, the so-called big city has become a lifeless empty city.

After coming out of the train station, Zhao Izushi walked a long way to take a taxi, when he was in Xi'an, he followed the gang on the construction site to learn life skills, such as the most black car drivers on the side of the train station, and he liked to pit outsiders the most, so it was best to stay away from the train station by taxi. It is not easy for ordinary people at the bottom to make some money, so they naturally have to save and detain flowers, and they don't have the confidence to throw millions, so they learn some skills.

After getting the car, Zhao Izumi asked the driver to pull him to the nearest relatively large supermarket, such as Wal-Mart China Resources Vanguard and the like, the driver was still a duty, did not pull Zhao Izumi around the long way, and soon went to a large supermarket, Zhao Izumi went into the supermarket and selected four or five gifts, there are tea and nutritional equality, etc., spent almost a thousand yuan, but he was not distressed at all, and then checked out and took a taxi again, this time Zhao Izushi asked the driver to pull him directly to the long-distance bus station that can go to Pingyao.

The driver seemed reluctant to run so far, muttered a few words, Zhao Izumi casually added twenty yuan, the driver immediately smiled, and went on the road happily without saying a word.

Taiyuan to Pingyao long-distance bus station called Jiannan bus station, the driver said about twenty minutes a trip, almost no need to wait, Zhao Izumi according to the driver said to buy a ticket to enter the station, find the bus to Pingyao on the bus, about five or six minutes to wait, the driver set off on the road, Zhao Izui's heart suddenly became very quiet at this moment, chuckling "Xiao Ran, I'll come to see you"

That's right, the place where Zhao Izumi is going is No. 16's hometown, Pingyao Ancient City......

Zhao Izumi wanted to go out of the city to walk, I wanted to make myself quiet, Phoenix Village couldn't go back, this is the oath that Zhao Izumi made on the day he left, he didn't return to his hometown if he wasn't rich, Xi'an naturally couldn't go back, he couldn't take revenge, he didn't have the face to see Han Sanqiang when he went back, he thought about it, and the place where he could go seemed to be Pingyao Ancient City, he promised the 16th that he would definitely go to Pingyao Ancient City to play if he had the opportunity, but unfortunately he left on the 16th. Thinking about it, it has been more than half a year since the sixteenth left, and Zhao Izumi couldn't help but miss her a little, so he just took the opportunity to see her and let her see her now.

It only takes two hours to take a bus from Taiyuan to the ancient city of Pingyao, compared to the train of more than 20 hours, this is just a blink of an eye for Zhao Izuxi, Zhao Izumi recalled the people and things in the landscape along the way, recalled the bits and pieces of knowing the sixteenth, and I don't know where Brother Ding and the 38th are now, how are they doing, compared to the 16th, the ending of the 38th is much better. In addition to Brother Ding and No. 38, there is also Huang Mao, who is still not a bartender at MUSE, and has he been implicated because of his own affairs. I don't know if the landscape of the road that was closed for rectification will continue to be open again, and whether it will be a new batch of young ladies inside, selling her body for a living.

The ancient city of Pingyao, a famous cultural city with a history of more than 2,700 years, is known as the "four most well-preserved ancient cities" together with Langzhong in Sichuan, Lijiang in Yunnan and She County in Anhui.

In addition to the most intact ancient city in Pingyao, the most famous is one of the birthplaces of "Jin merchants", the financial industry in Pingyao was extremely developed in the late Qing Dynasty, it is the most influential place in contemporary times where the headquarters of the ticket number and the headquarters of the financial industry are the most concentrated, in the heyday there were as many as 22 ticket numbers, which once became the center of China's financial industry, manipulating and controlling China's modern financial industry.

Two hours passed quickly, Zhao Izumi took a taxi directly after arriving in Pingyao County, and looked for No. 16's home according to the memory of chatting with No. 16, it seems that the place is called Chengnanbao Village, just south of the ancient city, belonging to Pingyao County, in the middle of Shuguang Road and County Road 375, Zhao Izumi asked the taxi driver to pull him to Chengnanbao Village, and then began to inquire all the way, and it took about half an hour to find out the address of No. 16's home.

The man who led the way for Zhao Izumi knew No. 16, named Qin Bing, who was about the same age as No. 16 and was married. said that it was Qin Ran's elementary school classmate, and when the two talked about Qin Ran, they both felt lost and sighed. Qin Bing asked about the relationship between Zhao Izushi and Qin Ran, Zhao Izumi thought about it and said with a smile, "I'm Qin Ran's boyfriend"

Qin Bing glanced at Zhao Izumi a few times, patted Zhao Izumi on the shoulder and said, "Dude, there are not many people like you, enough for you."

Qin Bing and Qin Ran's family are considered to be their own family, but the seniority has been a little far, just at the door of the house is taking the child, Zhao Izumi asked where Qin Ran's family is, he looked at Zhao Izumi is a foreigner, quite surprised, if it is an acquaintance, I must know that Qin Ran has been dead for half a year, but I still took Zhao Izumi to Qin's house, and asked about the relationship between Zhao Izushi and Qin Ran on the way, and when I heard such an answer, I had to be amazed. Let ordinary people go, who would have this thought, after all, Zhao Izumi and Qin Ran are just boyfriend and girlfriend, and they are not married and engaged, Qin Ran has passed away, and the two should have nothing to do with each other.

"Who's the buddy?" Qin Bing's good impression of Zhao Izumi couldn't help but increase, and he asked with a smile.

Zhao Izumi said in a deep voice, "Qinghai people, used to work in Xi'an, and now work in Chengdu"

"Did you leave Xi'an after Qin Ran left?" Qin Bing has a meaning that I understand.

Zhao Izumi didn't deny it, "It's okay."

Soon the two of them arrived at the door of an old house in the middle of this street, the house was a bungalow, it looked like it was some years old, and it was incompatible with other people's houses around it, there was a very ordinary commissary at the door, selling tobacco, alcohol, snacks and daily necessities, there was a plain woman with white hair guarding it, the outline of the woman's face was very good, and she was very handsome when she was young. Next to the woman was an old man in a wheelchair, the man was drowsy, his face was yellow and dark, his hair had been stripped off, and his face had many more wrinkles than the woman's.

Qin Bing muttered in a low voice, "This is Qin Ran's parents"

After Qin Bing finished speaking, he stepped forward with a smile and greeted the woman, "Sixth aunt, what about taking my sixth uncle to bask in the sun?" ”

The woman was holding an old cloth shoe in her hand, and was putting on the soles of her shoes, as if her ears were a little bad, and her reaction was a little paused, and she paused for a few seconds before raising her head, and saw that it was Qin Bing, and asked with a smile, "Bingzi, do you want to buy something?" ”

Qin Bing smiled and said, "Sixth aunt, don't buy anything, I said that you took my sixth uncle to bask in the sun?" ”

The woman put down the old cloth shoes in her hand, looked back at the boss who was sitting in a wheelchair and said, "The doctor said, it's good for him to bask in the sun more, and he has nothing to do when he's idle anyway."

The old man in the wheelchair had been drowsy and had not been disturbed at all, and the woman noticed Zhao Izu, who was carrying a lot of things in his hand, and said to Qin Bing, "Bingzi, have you come to your house?" ”

"Sixth aunt, this is not a guest of my family, it is a guest of your family, his name is Zhao Izushi, and he came to see you and my sixth uncle?" Zhao Izumi stepped forward with interest, and Qin Bing took this opportunity to introduce Zhao Izushi.

There are people at the door of every house on both sides of the street, and everyone's attention is focused on the door of Lao Qin's house at this time, there is nothing to do, anyway, it is lively.

"A guest of my house? Come and see us? Why don't I know it? The woman asked, puzzled.

Qin Bing looked at Zhao Izumi with a smile, Zhao Izumi knew that he had to introduce himself, and said with a faint smile, "Auntie, you must have never seen me, but you must have heard of me, I am Xiao Ran's boyfriend, my name is Zhao Izui"

"Ranran's boyfriend?" The woman stared at Zhao Izumi with a surprised expression, obviously feeling a little incredible, she didn't expect it to be the boyfriend of her deceased daughter.

After a long time, after the woman came back to her senses, she shouted to her wife next to her with some excitement, "Lao Qin, Lao Qin, wake up, Ran Ran's boyfriend has come to see us."

Soon, the man who was about to fall asleep in a wheelchair was woken up by the woman, looked at Zhao Izumi and said, "Are you Ran Ran's boyfriend?" ”

Zhao said loudly, "Uncle, I'm Ran Ran's boyfriend, I'm late"

"It's not late, it's not late, good boy, good boy" Thinking of his daughter who had passed away, the man burst into tears in an instant, took Zhao Izui's hand, and said at a loss.

Qin Bing was made by this atmosphere, his eyes turned red unconsciously, and he hurriedly said, "Dude, you can accompany my six aunts and six uncles, they are all hard-working people, thank you"

Zhao Izumi said calmly, "I will stay in Pingyao for two days, and if there is nothing to do in the evening, we will drink together."

"Okay, I'll wait for you" Qin Bingdui said with a smile, he liked Zhao Izumi very much.

After Qin Ran's parents calmed down, they pulled Zhao Izumi back to the house to sit, Zhao Izumi could hear the chatter of the people at the door around him, thinking that Qin Ran was not less pointed at by them, and people in small places were like this.

Qin Ran's father is called Qin Sheng, and his mother is called Tang Li, the Qin family used to have good family conditions, Qin Sheng was a teacher in the county middle school, teaching and educating people, and his salary income was quite average in this small county, but he almost died of a sudden cerebral hemorrhage many years ago, and since then the family has been completely lonely. Tang Li is a worker in a textile factory, after her husband collapsed, she had to go home to take care of her, no way, her husband's illness could not take care of himself, and she was needed, not to mention two children who were going to school. The family lives on subsistence allowance and the daily income of the commissary, and the only thing that makes the old couple happy is that their children have good academic performance, and both of them are admitted to university, which is a beautiful talk on this street. After her daughter graduated, she had a good working environment, earned a lot of money, and could support her son to go to college, the situation in their family finally began to improve, and the mood of the two of them was getting better and better.

As Qin Ran said to Zhao Izui, after Zhao Izumi entered the Qin family, he found that the Qin family's situation was very poor, the yard was dilapidated, the house was moldy and old, and the gloomy one was a little cautious, Qin Ran's mother Tang Li said embarrassedly, "This is the situation at home, you will order"

Zhao Izumi shook his head and said, "Auntie, uncle, don't be so outside, I used to be Qin Ran's boyfriend, and I will come back to see you every New Year, you can just treat me as half a son, I am a rough person, and I am not so particular."

Qin Sheng and Tang Li sat face to face, looking at Zhao Izumi, and couldn't help but be moved to know what Lu Dao said, how could they have thought that Zhao Izumi would still have this intention?

"Have you eaten it, if you haven't eaten it, I'll go and order some noodles for you to eat, don't be hungry, just treat it as your own home" Tang Li asked a little excitedly.

Zhao Izumi said very politely, "Auntie, this, I really haven't eaten it"

"It's okay if you don't eat it, I'll make it for you" Tang Li said happily, Zhao Izumi knew that the more unpolite he was, the more casual he was, so that he could get along better with the two old men.

After Qin Ran's mother left, Qin Ran's father booed and asked, "Izumi, where did you come from?" ”

"Uncle, I came from Chengdu, I should have come to see you and my aunt a long time ago, Ran Ran just left that time, the company sent me on a business trip abroad for a few months, and after I came back, I transferred my work from Xi'an to Chengdu, which delayed time, and the work here is just right, I just came to see you" Zhao Izumi explained in a low voice.

Qin Sheng not only did not get angry, but comforted Zhao Izumi and said, "Izumi, we also know that Ran Ran's departure has hit you very hard, since you can come to Pingyao to see our old couple, it means that you and Ran Ran have a good relationship and like Ran Ran very much." At the beginning, our old couple, like you, couldn't get through this hurdle, but things have happened, what can we do, this may be fate, maybe God likes Ran Ran, so he let her go back early. We have to be happy for her, we can't be confused, she will be sad when she sees it in heaven. Those who are dead, then go to the earth for peace, and those who are alive, we must continue to live, not only to live, but also to live well."

Those who are dead will be buried in the earth, and those who are alive will continue to live, not only to live, but also to live well. This is the emotion of a man who is almost sixty but has lost his daughter, whether he can really think about it, or he is helpless, or he can think about it after being helpless.

Zhao Izumi said with some emotion, "Uncle, what you said is that we living people have to live well, and the better they live, the more they will rest assured when they are not in heaven."

After all, Qin Sheng used to be a middle school teacher, and his education level was not low, so he was very philosophical in what he said, and continued, "Uncle knows why you want to come to see our old couple, you must not be at ease with us, you can rest assured, we are not as fragile as you think, there are many people in this world who are worse than us, those people must not live like this, they can live, can't we live, besides, we still have a son, and the son will marry a daughter-in-law and have children in the future, I believe that our family will get better and better." People who have lived for most of their lives, they have never seen any ups and downs, and after a long time, they have to pass the hurdles that they can't pass, and they can't look back at the road behind, they have to look up at the road ahead."

Zhao Izumi didn't expect Qin Ran's father to look at it so openly, and he was very relieved, "Uncle, you can see it better than me."

"What can you do if you can't see it, you can't live the same way, people don't just live for themselves, they have to live for others to see. Out of the breath, you don't have any psychological burden, you should work, you should fall in love and fall in love, the happier you live, the happier you are, the more relieved she will be, the more unhappy you are, the more unhappy she is, the more she is not at ease" Originally, Zhao Izumi came to comfort the two old men, but in the end, he became an old man and comforted Zhao Izu.

Zhao Izumi smiled and said, "Uncle, I know what I should do."

"It's not interesting to accompany me, an old immortal, go to the yard and go around, we clean up Ranran's room, you can see, we haven't touched her things. If you have time in the afternoon, I will ask you to take you to the ancient city for a walk" Qin Sheng lost his initial drowsiness and was in a good mental state.

Zhao Izumi got up with a smile, left the room, and looked around the whole house, Tang Li was busy in the kitchen, and after seeing Zhao Izui, he smiled and said, "Wait a while, it'll be fine right away"

"Auntie, I like to eat spicy seeds, put more spicy seeds," Zhao said happily.

Tang Li happily said, "Okay, I remember to put more spicy seeds"

After Zhao Izumi came out of the kitchen, he walked into Qin Ran's room, compared to Qin Sheng and Tang Li's room, Qin Ran's room was much brighter and cleaner, with curtains and everything, a desk, a bookcase, a bed, a wardrobe, a chair, and nothing else. There is a photo of Qin Ran on the desk, and the background of the photo is Qin Ran's graduation bachelor's gown, in the photo, Qin Ran is throwing a bachelor's hat, smiling very happily, everything seems to have never happened, staying in that summer.

Zhao Izumi didn't stay long in the room before he was called out by Tang Li, who had already cooked the meal, in the room, Zhao Izumi was holding a big wrist, eating the noodles that Qin Ran's mother gave her with garlic, adding two eggs to it, Zhao Izumi ate it in a big gulp, and the two old men watched quietly, for some reason, Zhao Izumi had red eyes while eating, he could feel a feeling of home, very warm and warm. This is difficult for a child like him who has no father or mother to feel, Zhao Izumi paused, took a deep breath to calm himself before continuing to eat.

In the afternoon, Qin Sheng called Qin Bing over again and asked Qin Bing to take Zhao Izumi to see Qin Ran, Qin Bing rode a motorcycle and took Zhao Izushi to the cemetery some distance away from the county seat, and the two chatted and laughed on the way.

Compared with the big city, this small county still maintains burial, and cremation is still not popular here, which is a kind of distance. Although Qin Yan was cremated in Xi'an, according to tradition, the Qin family still built a grave pile for her, and the tombstone reads the tomb of her beloved daughter Qin Ran.

Qin Bing hid far away, Zhao Izumi stood in front of Qin Ran's tomb, and smirked, "Qin Ran, I came to see you, I'm fine, what about you?" How's it going?"

Zhao Izumi knew that Qin Ran was very disgusted with others calling her the sixteenth, especially remembering that night, Qin Ran asked him with red eyes, Zhao Izui, do you remember what my name is? Zhao Izumi knew that she was afraid that he would forget what his name was, but how could Zhao Izumi forget, he would never forget this name for the rest of his life.

"Are you surprised that I came to see you? You must have guessed that I was lying, yes, I lied, I have been very bad lately, Phoenix Village is gone, there is nothing, the whole village is gone, I want to be quiet, I don't know where to go, I don't know who to talk to about these things, I can only come to you, I know that you won't hate me, you will listen to me quietly. Can you hear me now, tell me, what should I do, what should I do? Zhao Izumi squatted next to the tombstone, like an old friend, telling his life. Except for the gentle breeze around, there was no other movement, but Zhao was out of breath, Qin Ran could hear and see.

"I grew up with my parents left early, it was the old monk and the people of Phoenix Village who raised me, the old monk said, you can't forget your roots, I have always kept this sentence in mind, so I left Phoenix Village, came to the big city, I especially want to get ahead and do a career to change the appearance of Phoenix Village, so that the group of children and I can go out of the mountains and change their fate. I'm desperate, I'm working hard, I'm struggling, I can do anything, but now, even if I have a lot of money in my pocket, what's the point, Qin Ran, what do you say, isn't it? ”

"Maybe, maybe not. I was conflicted, so I wanted to come out and be quiet, maybe I would understand what to do as I walked......"

Zhao Izumi just squatted next to the tombstone, not sad or happy, kept talking, and said everything he wanted to say in his heart.

I don't know how long it took, maybe it was because I felt that it was getting dark, so Zhao Izumi slowly got up, stared at the tombstone and looked at it again, and said with a smile, "Qin Ran, I told you so much, I feel much better, it's dark, I should go, don't worry, I will come to see you every year in the future, and I won't let you be lonely." ”

At this time, Qin Bing saw that after Zhao Izumi got up, he walked over slowly, and Zhao Izumi smiled and said, "Okay, don't say it, it's time to go, see you next time"