Lan Simeng stood in the middle, Lian Leya stood to the right of Lan Simeng, and Lian Luo Dan stood to the left of Lan Simeng.

At the top of the photograph was written a line: "Autumn 1980." ”

"This was taken when Lorden was twelve years old." Lance said.

The Lian Luo Dan in the photo has beautiful eyebrows and a tall figure, and when he was twelve years old, his height was already about the same as his mother's.

Taking pictures should be a very joyful thing, especially for a child.

But the alchemist in the photo is not smiling, and her eyes are full of melancholy - her eyes are out of the camera, which is very inappropriate for a twelve-year-old girl.

Xiang Daimo flipped through the album page by page.

There are several photos of Lian Luodan and her parents and family in the album, but there is no photo of her alone. Lian Luo Dan took all his photos.

"Can we borrow this album?"

"Yes." Lian Leya nodded in agreement.

After leaving Lianjia, the three of them investigated and visited their neighbors.

The first neighbor that the three of them came into contact with was Jiang Qiliang's house, who lived in the second west wing, and the one who received the three people was Jiang Qiliang's wife Shang Dongmei.

Jiang Qiliang's house and Lian Leya's house are across the courtyard, except for Peng Jiazhen's house, Jiang Qiliang's family and Lian Jia's family are the closest.

Shang Dongmei's evaluation of Lian Luodan is the same as Peng Jiazhen's evaluation of Lian Luodan, but her evaluation of Lian Le Ya is diametrically opposed.

His overall evaluation of Lian Le Ya is one word: "Yin".

"Sister-in-law, can you talk to us in detail?"

"It's okay to talk about it, but it's just for reference, you have to promise me that it's right here, and you must not let Lian Leya know, otherwise, even the neighbors won't be able to do it."

"This—don't worry, we'll do the same."

"On the surface, you can't find fault with him, but in his bones, it's not like this."

"Can you be specific?"

"My family has lived in this courtyard for the longest time, and we have dealt with Lian Leya for decades, so we still know a little bit about his temperament." Shang Dongmei has a characteristic of speaking, that is, she is too slow to get into the topic, and she always likes to wander around the periphery. Therefore, Xiang Daimo and Lin Di had to listen patiently to her and slowly get to the point.

"He's a person, he's read some books, he's a cultured person, he talks and does things decently, but he pretends to be. Let me tell you something, and you will know what kind of person he is. ”

"Tell me."

"There is a man in our yard surnamed Zeng - this family lives across the street from my house, he has no job or wife because of his leg disability, and he makes a living from fishing."

"Fishing for a living?"

"Yes, people in this area call him the third child, he has a very good set of fishing, he relied on a fishing rod to feed himself and his wife, the conditions of the two brothers are better than him, but he is not willing to support the old mother, Zeng Laosan did not say a word, and did not complain, and has been living with the old lady." Although Shang Dongmei's speech was a little mixed, her thinking was still very clear.

"Zeng Laosan goes out early and returns late every day, wearing the stars and the moon, very hard, every summer and autumn, he is afraid that the fish he catches will die, so he puts the fish in the well and raises them - you see, it is the well-" Shang Dongmei pointed out the window, and the well that Shang Dongmei was referring to was the well mentioned by Peng Jiazhen.

"Early the next morning, he took the fish out on the street and sold it, and when he was done, he went out to fish, and he went to a far place, and when he got out of the car, he had to walk a long way, and you said, is it easy for him?"

So far, Shang Dongmei still hasn't mentioned Lian Leya.

"Once, Zeng Laosan was worried about the fish he kept in the well, and in the middle of the night, he got up from the bed, guess what he saw?"

"Tell me."

"Zeng Laosan saw Lian Le Ya stealing his fish from the well."

"Zeng Laosan shouldn't be wrong!" The reason why Xiang Daimo said this was that with his initial impression of Lian Leya, the gentle and elegant Lian Leya would not be able to do such a thing.

"There will be no mistake, Zeng Laosan has aimed at it several times, and after he told me about it, I also aimed at it once. Who can believe it if they don't see it with their own eyes? How can a person who is a teacher do such a bad thing! ”

"Didn't Zeng Laosan arrest him?"

"No, everyone usually has a good relationship, Lian Leya is usually very respected, arresting him is tantamount to tearing his face, how will he get along in the future?"

"Besides, Lian Leya only steals a few fish at a time. Zeng Laosan only told us and his wife about this matter, and other people didn't know about it. To tell you the truth, when Zeng Laosan told me about this, I didn't believe it at all, if it was his wife Lan Simeng who did this kind of thing, I would believe it a little, a big man, doing this kind of chicken and dog thief, who would believe it? But I saw it with my own eyes, so I had to believe it. ”

This is in response to the old saying of the Chinese, knowing the face but not the heart, painting people is difficult to draw the skin and bones.

Xiang Daimo felt that the information provided by Shang Dongmei was very important.

The reason why Shang Dongmei mentioned this matter seems to have a deeper subtext, it is a cat, there is no one who does not steal fish, will Lian Leya smell the fishy smell on Lian Luodan's body?

Lian Luo Dan suddenly changed the trajectory of his life, will this have anything to do with his adoptive father Lian Leya?

Xiang Daimo also thought of the photo of the three of them together.

According to common sense, Alchem Luodan should stand between Alchem Le Ya and Lan Simeng, maybe the couple arranged it this way, but Alchem Luo Dan still chose to stand with his mother.

That photo left a deep impression on Xiang Daimo, especially Lian Luodan's melancholy eyes and Mu Ran's expression.

We all know that a twelve-year-old girl, no matter how hard her life is, no matter how mature she is, the childishness and innocence on her face can never be erased.

But Xiang Daimo couldn't see a little childishness and innocence on that face.

What puzzled Xiang Daimo was that Lian Luodan was unwilling to let her figure stay in the album, why did she leave a photo with her mother Lan Simeng and adoptive father Lian Leya? What are the important messages in this?

"Before Lian Leya reached retirement age, the school asked him to come back early." Shang Dongmei had something to say.

"Is there any particular reason?"

"On the surface, he has a physical problem, but I don't think that's the case, you'd better go to Lian Leya's school to ask, your identity is more special, and the school's leaders will definitely tell you."

"You seem to know something."

"I know something, but I don't have any evidence, and you can't just talk about it."

"Can you give us a thorough understanding first?"

He reached for the schoolgirls with his dirty hands.

If what Shang Dongmei said is true, then Lian Leya's personality is not just a matter of "yin".

Xiang Daimo and Lin Di felt that this situation was very important, the flower would only wither after encountering a violent storm, and the premature withering of the flower of Alchemy Luodan would have something to do with Alchemyar?

Lan Simeng was studying and got along with Lian Leya, who had just stepped into the position of a teacher.

Can this show that Alchemia was already very experienced when she first got involved in the way of men and women?

"Sister-in-law, do you have anything else to say to us?"

"Comrade Public Security, you have to investigate this case, Luo Dan grew up with us, she is well-behaved and sensible, what a good child! If it weren't for the thought of breaking her life, she would never have gone to Mingchen Nunnery to become a monk, and she would not have seen anyone alive or dead. ”

The second neighbor that the three people came into contact with was Zeng Laosan.

Zeng Laosan confirmed Shang Dongmei's statement that Lian Leya had indeed stolen his fish, and later, he raised the fish in the Huaiqin River, and Lian Leya also stole it several times.

The author wants to explain that behind the Peng family compound is the Huaiqin River - the Peng family compound has a back door, and when you go out of the back door, it is the Huaiqin River.

Zeng Laosan sometimes kept fish in the Huaiqin River.

The survival rate of fish raised in the Huaiqin River is much higher than that in wells.

Sometimes, if Zeng Laosan came home late and caught fewer fish, he would keep the fish in the well, and if he went home earlier and caught more fish, he would keep the fish in the Huaiqin River.

"Keep fish in the Huaiqin River? How to raise? Xiang Daimo was very curious.

"Put the fish in a relatively large basket, tie the lid of the basket tightly, tie a longer rope, and use a bamboo pole to push the basket into the depths of the river. The other end is tied to the water's edge with an iron nail - where the hand can reach.

It is not easy for Zeng Laosan to support himself and his mother with a fishing rod.

"You have to run a long way to fish, and on the way back, won't the fish die?"

"When I came back, I put a lot of aquatic plants in the fish basket, and along the way, whenever I came across a pond, I would put the fish basket in the pond for a while, as long as there was enough water, the fish would not die. Most of the fish I catch are crucian carp, which is easier to feed. As long as the fish is alive, the next morning, it can be sold for a good price. When a woman is confined, drinking crucian carp soup is the easiest way to get milk, and sometimes, when I come home at night, there are people waiting at home to buy fish. ”

Zeng Laosan was about forty-five years old, he was dark-skinned and thin-faced, but he was very energetic.

"Alchem stole your fish, and you kept silent. You caught those fish one by one! ”

"He just steals a few and sells a few fewer fish, and I won't lose a piece of meat, they are all neighbors, I don't see them when I look down, I tear my face, how bad! Besides, Lian Le Ya is good to my mother, and every year during the Chinese New Year, he will sell some snacks to my wife. Sometimes, he would buy something for the little ones in the yard to eat. Zeng Laosan said and smiled slightly.

Lian Leya is very good at being a person!

Shang Dongmei really didn't say it wrong, Lian Leya is indeed very "yin".

Regarding the relationship between Lian Le Ya and Lian Luo Dan, Zeng Laosan has his own rhetoric.

In his opinion, Lian Le Ya is good to Luo Dan, they are very much like biological father and daughter, when Lan Simeng married Lian Le Ya, Luo Dan was only seven years old and had just entered the first grade of primary school.

In the early years, Luo Dan went to school, and most of them were picked up by Lian Leya.