I hesitated for a while, but I still took a step on my thighs, and walked out of the door with the old man, Chu Yan followed, and the old man quickly closed the door and hung the big lock on it.

This side of the gate is an uneven dirt road, and if you shine a flashlight on it, you can see that it is all barren mountains, and in the late autumn season, the grass and trees are withered, and it is full of desolation at a glance.

Plus, it's night, and it's dark everywhere, so standing here really feels a little oozing.

A gust of cold wind blew, and Chu Yan, who was standing next to me, shivered, and I asked, "Cold?" ”

"Sort of." I thought about it, but I took off my coat and draped it over her shoulders.

Chu Yan glanced at me deeply, there was an emotion in her eyes that I couldn't understand, and just as I was about to take a closer look, the emotion in her eyes had disappeared.

"Uncle, where are you going now?" I looked at the environment and didn't find a way to go, so I asked suspiciously.

The old man closed the door, shone his flashlight in front of him, and said, "Just follow this road, and you can see the main road when you cross this half of the barren mountain, but this mountain road is not easy to walk." ”

When I was a child, I also lived in the countryside for a few years, until I was in junior high school, and my family had some money before moving to the city.

"It's not a problem with the mountains, I was a mountain man when I was a kid." I said, looking at the mountain road ahead.

Hearing me say this, the old man was relieved, and he led the way ahead and led us out.

This mountain road is very easy to walk, they are all barren mountains, and the mountains are not very high, but they are much easier to walk compared to the mountains I have climbed.

I walked behind the old man, Chu Yan followed behind me, and I was a little scared on the way, so I talked to the old man.

"Uncle, why do you have a mountain road here, are you familiar with this side?" I asked curiously.

The old man followed the road ahead, listened to my words and slowed down, and only after I walked to his side did he say slowly: "My home is at the foot of that mountain, and I have lived here for decades. ”

"Live at the foot of the mountain over there?" I was a little surprised.

"yes, they've lived there for decades." The old man nodded.

I suddenly thought of what I read on the Internet before, this place has been buried here more than 20 years ago, so long, there are many people buried here, people outside call this a mass grave, how can anyone still live here?

"Decades, this wasn't before..."I wondered in my heart, and unconsciously asked, pausing again when I said this, I didn't know how to describe this place.

The old man smiled innocently, and the old man's voice sounded: "This used to be a cemetery, and it is not a cemetery, it is a mass grave, and the poor who have no money to buy a tomb bury their dead relatives and friends here, and it is for this reason that I settled here with my wife." ”

"Why?" I'm curious about what makes people live next to mass graves for decades.

The old man paused at this point, as if remembering something sad, and his voice was a little hoarse: "My wife and I used to have a daughter, but unfortunately she disappeared when she was twenty years old. ”

I was stunned for a moment when I heard this, and subconsciously asked, "Gone?" ”

The old man nodded, and continued: "She had cancer, and the family had no money to treat it, so I looked around for someone to borrow money, but there was no money at that time, so I borrowed it for two or three years, and when the money was almost borrowed, her illness could not be cured, and she was only twenty years old when she died. ”

The old man's words came to my ears mixed with the sound of the wind, and his voice was hoarse and desolate, and there was some sorrow when he talked about these old things, and I wanted to comfort them but I didn't know where to start.

"Do you have no other children after that?" I noticed that there was only his wife and dead daughter in his words, and he didn't mention anyone else.

"Nope." The old man said.

"My wife and I buried our daughter here and settled here, and she also said that she would guard her daughter here, so that her daughter would not be lonely, and my wife also left the root of the disease because of the excessive grief of her daughter's death, and then there was no regeneration, we are poor, we can't even afford to raise ourselves, how can we have money to raise children, and having another child will also suffer with us, why bother." The old man sighed after speaking, full of helplessness.

I didn't expect the old man's life to be so miserable, he lost his son in middle age, and no one supported him when he was old, but he lived with his wife in the place where the woman was buried for a lifetime.

"I thought that my wife and I were going to guard our daughter's grave for the rest of our lives, but I didn't expect that the real estate developer who killed a thousand knives fell in love with the land here, and actually made it a villa. The old man continued to talk about his affairs, but his tone was a little anxious when he said this, which showed the anger in his heart at that time.

"Pity my daughter is not at peace when she dies, we old people also can't do anything with these rich and powerful people, at that time my wife's illness is getting more and more serious, lying in bed all day and unable to move, the unscrupulous real estate developer said that he can pay us a sum of money, I cheekily came to these unscrupulous bosses to ask for money, but they dragged it again and again, and shirked it for two or three years." His words made me feel a little sad to listen to them.

"Uncle, has your wife's illness not been cured?" I asked with concern.

"How can I have money to cure, all the money I have earned by doing casual work over the years has been used to pay off my debts, and I have no savings left, my wife's illness has dragged on for two or three years, and my physical illness has become more and more serious these days, and I can't do anything about my old bones." As he spoke, the old man had tears in his cloudy eyes.

I was silent, and the feeling in my heart was also very deep, the old man had a really hard life in this life, because he had no money when he was young, his daughter died of illness, and now his wife is like this, he should also be deeply helpless in his heart.

I had an impulse in my heart to tell the old man to wait for me to go out to treat his wife's illness, but when I thought that I had not saved any money in the days I had been working, and that I would soon be a vagrant again, and I might have to bear a debt of 50,000 yuan, how could I have the money to treat others.

"Uncle, when we go back, come and take your wife to the hospital for treatment, and I'll pay for it."

I didn't say this, I looked at the person who spoke in surprise, it was Chu Yan who had been listening quietly beside me.

Even in the dark, she felt my gaze, she looked at me, my heart was full of shock, Chu Yan would actually say such a thing, is she so kind?

It's not my villain's heart to be a gentleman's belly, these days when I was in the villa with Chu Yan, she didn't hide herself at all, and she got along with her original character in front of me.

After really getting to know Chu Yan, I found that her previous sexy and enthusiastic appearance was fake, and the real Chu Yan actually had a very indifferent personality and was ruthlessly hidden.

I was really shocked that she could say such things on her own initiative.

Also shocked was the old man, I was the only one talking to him along the way, Chu Yan didn't say anything the whole time, he saw at a glance that Chu Yan was not the kind of girl from an ordinary family, and he didn't talk to him, after talking to me, Chu Yan suddenly said such a thing, he was naturally surprised.

"Girl, this is not good, how can we use your money to cure the disease if we are not relatives." The old man said at a loss.

"Uncle, if it weren't for you, we might still be trapped inside, it was you who saved us, the grace of saving lives, and we deserve to do these things." Chu Yan explained a little unnaturally when she saw the old man's restrained appearance.

"What kind of life-saving grace is this, I'm just showing you the way, saying that the life-saving grace is too serious." The old man said embarrassedly.

I have been staring at Chu Yan since just now, and when I saw that her eyes were serious when she was talking to the old man, and what she said was also very sincere, I knew that she was not just politely talking, she really thought so.

Although I don't know why Chu Yan suddenly became so enthusiastic, but this is what appeared in my heart after listening to the old man's words just now, but I didn't say it because I didn't have money, but I didn't expect this to be said by Chu Yan, and my opinion of her changed a little bit in my heart.

"Uncle, you're welcome, anyway, it was you who brought us out of it, maybe this is just a gesture for you, but it really saved our lives, this is what we should do." Seeing that the old man was embarrassed to accept Chu Yan's kindness, I persuaded him.

"This... Young man, thank you so much, from the first time I saw you, I thought you were a good person, I will remember you doing me so much, you two are good people. The old man was a little incoherent with excitement.

I scratched my head, feeling a little embarrassed in my heart, because I didn't do anything, and it was Chu Yan who spoke and paid for it.

Thinking of this, I turned my head to look at Chu Yan, but found that her face was flushed with shame, and her cheeks were flushed, although it was night, I could still clearly see her blushing, and I was about to ask her if she was uncomfortable when I suddenly realized what the old man had just said.

You two are good people.

Couple? It was undoubtedly me and Chu Yan.

It seems that the old man has misunderstood the relationship between us, no wonder Chu Yan blushes.

No, according to her temper, she should have wanted to eat me when she heard this, how could she blush shyly?

I was curious, but it was not good to ask in front of the old man, and Chu Yan did not open his mouth to explain the relationship between us to the old man.

The atmosphere suddenly cooled down, only the old man was beside him and said touching words, and Chu Yan and I were not speaking.

After walking for a long time, the sky has been cloudy, this mountain has not been walked over, and the road cannot be seen clearly at night, and it is not easy to walk, so it is relatively slow.

The old man led us up to a small hill, and at the foot of the hill there was a simple thatched hut, barely able to shelter from the rain, and the old man pointed to the thatched hut and said, "That's where my wife and I live." ”

Chu Yan and I looked over and were stunned for a moment, even though we had heard the old man talk about the situation at his house on the road just now, but when we saw the hut that could be blown away by a little wind, we still felt a little uncomfortable.

"Uncle, how far is it to the main road?" I asked.

The old man pointed to the other side of the hill and said, "Go all the way from here, and when you are done, you will be on the main road." ”

I looked in the direction the old man said, and there were barren mountains on this side, and there were no tall trees on the mountain, so I could vaguely see the road below from a high place.

"All the way down from here, right?" I asked, looking in that direction.

"yes, no more detours." The old man replied.

At this time, the sky has brightened a lot, at least you can clearly see the surrounding environment, and you can go all the way to the bottom without lights.

I thought that the old man's wife was the only one in the house, he took us away for so long, and he didn't come back overnight, and my wife must be in a hurry at home, so I took the initiative to say: "Uncle, why don't you go back first, we can go down this road by ourselves." ”

The old man was a little uneasy and said, "You are not familiar with this place, do you walk like this?" ”