Chapter 10: Strange Classes
Hearing this, I suddenly became anxious: "Second uncle, why can't you tell the truth?" My dad has been missing for more than ten years, how can I ...... How is it arranged? In my opinion, this statement is even more outrageous than the previous lie.
The second uncle was still not in a hurry, he took two puffs of cigarette again, and slowly spit the smoke into the air.
"Your father came to me once before he disappeared, and left me a phone number, saying that when you finish school, let me call this person, and someone will arrange for you to enter the Yellow River Water Conservancy Station."
I was even more anxious: "Second uncle, what the hell is going on?" My dad ...... Where the hell did my dad go? You...... How much else are you hiding from me? ”
The second uncle sighed, threw the cigarette butt to the ground, and swiped it with his foot a few more times.
"Eldest nephew, although I am brothers with your father, but I don't know much about him, in fact, when he came back from the demobilization of the army, I thought he was weird, I was younger at that time, and no one believed me when I said it......"
I also know that my father has been a soldier for a few years, it seems that the Jinan Military Region on the edge of the Yellow River, according to the second uncle, my father's military is a little special, not one of the "land, sea and air", but "medical soldiers", the conditions for military inspection and enlistment are also very different from other soldiers, there is no requirement for height or eyesight during the physical examination, and the strictest check is medical knowledge.
Our old Liu family counted three generations from my father to the top of the family, all of whom were famous barefoot doctors in the nearby ten villages and eight miles, and my father became a glorious soldier with this skill at that time.
My father had been in the army for five years, and he had come back three times in those five years, but every time he went home, someone followed him, and each time he stayed for one night and went back immediately. At that time, even the village branch did not have a telephone, and he relied on letters to communicate with distant relatives and friends, and he would send back a letter and some money every two months, but the letter never mentioned the army.
After returning home from demobilization, my father's personality changed greatly, he used to be lively and talkative, but after recovery, he became silent, often smoking alone at the window, and no longer treated the neighbors.
The second uncle said that my father and mother were introduced to him by his comrades-in-arms, and before I met my mother, at least a dozen neighbors came to my house to propose marriage, and some of them had few conditions, but my father refused.
After my parents got married, they had me the next year, and after that, my father's behavior was even more bizarre, he neither farmed nor went out to do business, he went out every two months, about three or five days each time, and the rest of the time he was closed.
He didn't come back until the last time he left.
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After listening to the second uncle's story, I feel more doubts in my heart, what happened to my father back then? He must be hiding a huge secret, if I find the unit he was in, it is best to find the owner of the mysterious phone number, should I be able to find any clues?
On the way back, I thought about it in my heart, if I want to know my father's secret, I have to start from two aspects: first, find the unit he was in back then, and it is best to find his comrades-in-arms back then, but unfortunately I used my mobile phone to call the mobile phone number left by my father back then, but it has become an empty number. Second, ask who the old man who asked Wang Yujue and the brothers to go down to the river to fish for the black box.
Thinking of Wang Yujue, I unconsciously thought of Wu Yuhui's appearance, a white shirt, light blue jeans, and two small dimples on his face when he spoke. So he took out his mobile phone and sent her a message on WeChat, "Are you there".
Soon there was a reply: Yes, I was trying to contact you, I found someone to draw a portrait according to Yu Jue's description, and I think this old man's appearance is a little familiar!
Me: So you might have seen him?
Wu Yuhui: I guess so. By the way, there is another thing, when I went to my sister's house to pick up things yesterday, I found that the house was turned into a mess, and I went there the day before Yujue was discharged from the hospital, and it was not like this.
The meaning of this is very clear, someone must have rummaged through something in the past two days. Looking for what? Could this thing be the cause of the murder of the two of them?
Thinking about these things makes me think about it, and before I know it, I fall asleep.
It was half past six in the evening when I returned to the station, after getting off the train, I walked along the river embankment to the station, and saw the sunset reflected on the water surface of the Yellow River, sparkling, looking very quiet and serene, probably only people like us know, the mud and sand of the Yellow River do not know how many secrets are buried, some of these secrets may be able to see the light of day, and some will belong to the darkness under the riverbed forever.
Yu Jin had already regained consciousness, and the jujube-shaped pimples on his face had also decreased significantly, and when he saw me coming in, he smiled: "I heard that thanks to my brother this time, I was able to save this little life." Thank you! From now on, we will be brothers! ”
I'm happy to see that he's recovering well, but I really don't have the heart to talk to him.
At dinner, Li Guozhi told us that we had received a notice from the city that there might be heavy rain tonight, and that we should prepare for flood control.
Tian Zhen choked on a mouthful of steamed buns and coughed twice: "What are you afraid of!" Our embankment has been crushed by cars for more than ten years, as long as it is not the Dragon King of the East China Sea who comes to make trouble, it should be fine, right? ”
Yao Liguo smiled: "Then what if the Dragon King of the East China Sea comes to make trouble?" ”
Tian Zhen opened his mouth and was speechless.
"Don't mess around, this time the heavy rain is different from usual, and the tone of the city is very heavy when it notifies me!"
I also interjected: "It's October, the rainy season has long passed, why is it raining so heavily!" ”
"No matter what, it's better to be cautious!"
The Yellow River Water Conservancy Station was built on the edge of the Yellow River, and in addition to watching TV and playing mobile phones at night, we also played chess and cards. In fact, where do I still have the heart to play cards now!
Lying alone on the bed thinking about things, Wu Jinghan knocked on the door and walked in.
"Let's talk about it!" She smiled and sat down in the chair in front of my bed.
"Okay! You said that you two graduate students, you don't study well in school, what are you doing in our remote water conservancy station? ”
"Most of the courses of our graduate students are practical classes, and it is useless to stay in school! We are here to learn and experience the magnificence and mystery of the Mother River," she said, "Can you tell me about the strange things related to the Yellow River?" ”
I added some of the "nonsense" that Aunt Hu and Lao Hong told me in the first two weeks of my arrival, such as what truck-sized Yellow River Wang Ba and what drowned ghosts looking for stand-ins.
As he was talking, he heard the phone in his pocket ring.
It's WeChat, quickly click on it, it turned out to be sent by Wu Yuhui, after reading the content of WeChat, I couldn't help but gasp. There is only one sentence in the WeChat content: I heard Yu Jue talk about some things about my sister and brother-in-law, I think I should know who is looking for what, come to Hewang Village quickly, keep it secret, I will wait for you by the bridge at the entrance of the village.