Chapter Seventy-Five: The Case of the Disappearance of the Statue
Early in the morning, Nuan Nuan's family went to the bus station in the west of the city, took a bus to the township, and then took the bus from the township to the village back to the dilapidated home.
After staying in the city for a while, everyone is a little unaccustomed to returning to this shabby home.
The door was not locked, and at first I thought there was someone inside, but when I pushed the door in and looked around, there was no one inside.
"Could it be that Uncle Xia Ying forgot to lock the door after they came to take care of the house?" Yang Yang said.
"It should be!" Su Qian responded, there is nothing valuable in this house, even if it is patronized by thieves, at most it is to steal some scrap iron to sell, she checked it, and she did not lose anything, so the possibility that Yang Yang said is very great.
Nuan Nuan walked to the main room where the portrait was hung, and saw that there was one missing on the wall where the three portraits were hung, and the missing one was still her father's, she panicked and ran over to check if there was any fallen portrait on the ground, but she couldn't find it after searching around.
"What are you looking for?" Su Qian came out of the side room and saw that Nuan Nuan was rummaging around, so she asked.
"Mom, you didn't take your father's portrait when you left, did you?" Nuan Nuan turned to look at Su Qian and asked rhetorically.
"I didn't ...... Ah, where is your dad's portrait? Su Qian also found that Xia Jingchong's portrait was missing from the wall, and her face was half surprised and half panicked.
Yang Yang, who came out later, also heard Su Qian's words, he lowered his head next to the corner of the wall where the statue was placed and turned around several times, crying with a sad face: "Where did Abba go?" Who took Abba? Grandma, let's go find Uncle Xia Ying to see if it's at his house. Speaking of the back, Yang Yang ran over and took Su Qian's hand, and was about to rush out.
"Wait a minute, let's check the house again and see if anything else has changed." Nuan Nuan called Yangyang, she experienced the initial panic, and now she has completely calmed down.
The three of them started a new round of inspections and found that nothing else was missing from the house. The only thing is that I can't find Xia Jingchong's posthumous portrait.
"Let's go find Uncle Xia Ying!" Nuan Nuan said.
The three of them had to brave the sun to go to Xia Ying's house, which lived on another hill, and it happened that Xia Ying's family was eating.
"You're back? Have you eaten yet, let's have a little bit together? Xia Ying hurriedly put down the dishes and chopsticks and stood up.
"Don't, big brother, you eat first, we all ate, I'm really sorry to bother you at this time, I just have something I want to ask." Su Qian said.
"What's the matter?"
"When we got home just now, we found that the statue of Reverence was missing, so we wanted to ask."
"What?" Xia Ying's family looked frightened.
Xia Ying's wife patted her chest and said, "Ouch, how could this portrait not be seen." Was it still carried away by ghosts? ”
"Phew, don't say these superstitious words, what age are you now, and you still believe in these. Brother and sister, tell me, what is going on, how can the portrait of the revered elder brother disappear? Xia Ying said.
Su Qian told the story of what she found after returning home, and asked if they forgot to close the door, but Xia Ying was very sure that he closed the door, and when he closed the door, he would remember that the three portraits on the wall were hung there.
"What the hell?" Xia Yingdu began to doubt.
"Uncle Xia Ying. Have you seen anyone else come into our house? Nuan Nuan asked calmly.
Xia Ying's family fell into deep thought, and suddenly Xia Ying's eight-year-old son jumped up and said, "When I came back from school half a month ago, I saw three men heading towards the hill of your house!" ”
"What do the three men look like?" Nuan Nuan asked.
"I don't remember. But they're all wearing sunglasses, cool! The child remembered for a moment, then shook his head.
Unable to ask anything, Nuan Nuan and the others said goodbye and left Xia Ying's house.
"Who the hell are those three men in sunglasses? What to do with taking away the revered statue? Su Qian was puzzled and said worriedly.
Nuan Nuan frowned, this thing is too weird. She couldn't imagine what kind of person would do such a thing, it hadn't happened in her previous life.
"Is it Abba's enemy?" Yang Yang guessed.
The worry on Su Qian's face was even stronger, she thought about it carefully, and said: "It's impossible, Jing Chong's character is very good, and Jing Jing has passed away for so many years, why did he come to the door at this time and take away the statue of Jing Jing, it doesn't make sense at all!" ”
Nuan Nuan suddenly stopped, looked at Su Qian and Yang Yang and said, "Let's go to Dad's grave to have a look." ”
Hearing Nuan Nuan's words, Su Qian was stunned for a moment, and then looked thoughtful, as if she understood Nuan Nuan's meaning, but Yang Yang asked ignorantly: "Do you know who Lu Dao is when you go to see it?" ”
"At least you'll know if these people are enemies or friends." Nuan Nuan looked into the distance, her eyes were far away.
There is a grave mountain in the Xia family, on which are buried all the people whose names are on the Xia family tree, unlike the cremation in the city, here is the burial, but Xia Jingchong is an exception, he only buried a jar of ashes and some clothes in the ancestral grave. After the car accident that year, it was said that he was hit too miserably, so he was cremated early, and when Su Qian got the news and rushed away, he only got a gray urn.
The sun was in full bloom, and they passed through the mountains and forests, even if they walked on the tree-lined road, and when they reached the tomb mountain, the three of them were already sweating profusely.
The grave mountain was full of dirt bags and stone tablets, and I went straight to the place where Xia Jing's ashes were buried, and this place also buried Grandpa Xia and Grandma Xia. Nuan Nuan swept the things placed in front of the graves of her grandparents at a glance, a bunch of shriveled flowers, and three burnt incense sticks, but ......
"Where's Abba's grave?" Yang Yang looked at the cemetery at home dumbfounded, the tomb that was originally built next to Grandma Xia's grave was gone, the stone tablet was reversed and knocked to the ground, and the grave bag that was specially made was bulldozed.
Su Qian was stunned there, staring blankly at the stone tablet that had fallen miserably to the side.
Nuan Nuan pursed her lips, looking at the scene in front of her, she fell into deep thought. If it is an enemy, but the grandparents were swept away and went to the grave, if it is a friend, why would she knock down her father's tomb?
Who are the three men in sunglasses?
"Let's go back, let's go to the village chief and ask, maybe he will know something." Nuan Nuan patted Su Qian's shoulder.
"Nuan Nuan, what are you saying that someone would do to destroy your father's grave?" Su Qian's expression was still a little stunned, she was soft by nature, and she was really at a loss when she encountered such a thing.
Seeing the panic on Su Qian's face, Nuan Nuan comforted: "They should just have trouble with their father, otherwise how could they send flowers and incense to their grandparents." Mom, don't think too much, let's ask more, and we'll figure it out. ”
"Hmm." Su Qian made up her mind, now Nuan Nuan has completely become the backbone of the family, if Nuan Nuan is not there, she really doesn't know what to do.
But then, after not asking anything from the village chief, she didn't even know what to do, she thought of everything she could think of. But it didn't have any effect at all.
Their village has a small population, and there is a long distance between each family, and the things that happened in her family are unknown to others except for Xia Ying's son, who is a little closer, who sees a little shadow.
When the sun was about to go down, they returned to their homes.
Looking at the wall where there was one missing posthumous portrait, the mother and son were silent one after another, until Yangyang's stomach rang, and the peace in the room was broken.
"It's a hassle to refire at home, and you have to go and collect firewood. Let's have some bread and dry food tonight! Su Qian said as she went to get the food contained in the salute she brought back, and Yang Yang followed suit.
Nuan Nuan still looked up at the place where Xia Jingchong's portrait was hung, there were not many photos of Xia Jingchong, and the one hanging on the wall as a portrait was the only adult single photo. This photo has been hanging there, and it feels like Xia Jingchong has been there, but now that this photo is gone, she really regrets it. Didn't take this picture with me. Something suddenly occurred to her, and she turned and walked towards her room, rummaging through the old desk for the photo album she had always treasured. As a result, I searched through the entire desk and couldn't find the album.
"How so?" Nuan Nuan looked at the desk that she had turned over and muttered.
"Nuan Nuan, come and eat something!" Su Qian's shout came from outside.
Nuan Nuan took a deep breath and walked out.
After eating, Su Qian went to clean up the bed for the sister and brother, but before she could clean up, Xia Ying's youngest son ran over and called them to go to his house to rest.
After not going home for so long, many things at home were covered with a layer of dust, and it was very troublesome to clean up, so Su Qian had to take Nuan Nuan and Yangyang to Xia Ying's house to live temporarily. On the way to Xia Ying's house, Su Qian stuffed 200 yuan into Xia Ying's youngest son, saying that she couldn't celebrate his birthday, and now it is not a gift. This is actually a debt of affection, and the child doesn't know this, so he happily accepts it.
That night, Nuan Nuan couldn't sleep at night, on the one hand, she was a little uncomfortable in an unfamiliar environment, and on the other hand, what happened today made her unable to sleep.
She got up from the bed lightly and ran to the flat top, it was dark and quiet, and there was a sound of insects chirping in the distance, and she looked at her phone, the clock on it showed that it was past three o'clock.
Flipping through the phone book, I really want to find someone to talk to at this time, but ...... They should all have slept, especially Ning Suyou, his life has always been regular, and he goes to bed earlier than her at night.
Her fingertips clicked on the three words "Ning Xiaoyou", hesitated in her heart, and finally dialed the phone on impulse.
The phone beeped twice and it worked.
Nuan Nuan's hand holding the phone trembled, to be honest, she was quite moved when the phone came through so quickly.
"Kitten?" It was an ordinary opening remark, but there was a hoarseness in his voice that had just woken up, which was thicker than his usual voice.
Nuan Nuan looked up at the nearly round moon in the sky, and her nose suddenly felt a little pantothenic.
After so many years, she finally has someone to talk to when she is emotionally fragile at midnight, and she is really grateful to God for giving her such a chance to be reborn and let her meet him. (To be continued......)
PS: Theater Today
Nuan Nuan said to Ning Xiaoyou: Today, three relatives came to talk to you~
Ning Xiaoyou (expressionless): Who are they?
Nuan Nuan (eyebrows and eyes): Shannee and Blue Herring and Xun Qian, by the way, Xun Qian love to talk twice! Shannee and Blue Herring are also old lovers, and when you weren't there before, both of them came to talk to you.
Ning Xiaoyou (squinting): I, remember, stop, it's over!
Nuan Nuan keenly sensed Ning Xiaoyou's mood changes, and she asked vigilantly: What are you going to do?
Ning Xiaoyou (hooked at the corner of his mouth): When I pounce on you, I will invite them to watch the scene.
Warm:......