"When you said goodbye, did Ayu tell you why you want to transfer the store to someone else?"

"No, Ayu doesn't say it, and I don't want to ask, she just thanked me vigorously, saying that I have been taking good care of her for so many years."

She also said that she would definitely come to see me when she had time. But I haven't seen her in all these years since she's gone—I'm a little bit of a fan of her. ”

Zang Yurong opened a tailor shop on Jinshan Road, but did not apply for a business license or sign a lease contract with Grandma Chen. Zang Yurong also did not reveal her whereabouts to anyone.

There are various indications that Zang Yurong deliberately concealed her identity information and whereabouts.

In this case, it is very difficult to find Zang Yurong's traces.

Grandma Chen saw the disappointment on Zhao Zimeng's face: "Comrade policeman, you can go to Ah Xue and ask." Grandma Chen pondered for a moment and said suddenly.

Zhao Zimeng's eyes lit up: "Aunt Chen, who is Ah Xue?" ”

"Ah Xue is Ah Yu's apprentice," Sister-in-law Liu said, "At the beginning, Ah Yu did it alone, and after the business gradually improved, Ah Yu accepted Ah Xue as an apprentice." ”

"After only half a year's effort, Ah Xue got started, because Ah Xue is smart and studious, she can cut clothes, sew clothes, everything."

"Ah Xue has been following Ah Yu, and Ah Yu has also recruited a few girls, but she left after two or three years." Grandma Chen said, "Dongxue has been following Ayu. ”

"Ayu dismissed Axue only a few days before she left here. Ah Xue may know Ayu's whereabouts. ”

"Where are we going to find this Ayuki?"

"Ah Xue told me that she is from Gaojiabao, her father is a rural teacher, her mother is a farmer, and she has two younger sisters and a younger brother."

"Although Ah Xue's father is a teacher, he has a small income, so in order to reduce the burden on the family and to feed her sister and younger brother, she came to the city to work."

"Ah Xue's needlework is very good, she can also embroider, and Ayu took her as an apprentice because of this. After Ah Xue came, Ah Yu asked Ah Xue to embroider on some clothes, originally wanting to try it. Sister-in-law Liu said.

"I didn't expect that many girls like it very much, the business of Ayu's tailor shop is good, and it has something to do with Axue's embroidery."

"What's Xue's name?"

Sister-in-law Liu shook her head.

"It's—I didn't ask." Grandma Chen said.

"You should know what her last name is!"

"I don't know. Gaojiapu is not a big place, just a small market town, you can inquire about Gaojiabao as soon as you can. ”

Since Ayu deliberately concealed some things, it was unlikely that she would tell Axue. Despite this, in the absence of a clue, Zhao Zimeng and Ling Hu Yunfei still had to try their luck.

The fact that so many people don't know Ayu's origin and whereabouts is very telling in itself.

Bidding farewell to Grandma Chen and Liu Er, a group of five people found a hostel nearby on Pipa Road. Looking for Ah Xue can only be tomorrow.

When leaving Grandma Chen's house, Grandma Chen said: Gaojiabao is on the north side of the Jingjiang River, 20 miles away from the city, and most of the road is not allowed to take cars, and there is a big river to cross, and the opposite side of the big river is Gaojiabao.

Liu Er promised to provide two bicycles, one of which he had at home, and borrowed another one.

At about six o'clock the next morning, Zhao Zimeng, Ling Hu Yunfei, Lin Di and Ma Jianping went to Liu Er's noodle restaurant; Supervisor Jueshui stayed at the hostel.

In front of the noodle shop, there is a permanent weighted bicycle and a bright Phoenix weighted bicycle.

The enthusiastic Liu Er borrowed a Parrot brand light bicycle again, and he decided to accompany his comrades to Gaojiabao for a trip.

After traveling for more than 20 minutes out of the northern city, the bicycle was on a dirt road.

Liu Er chose a relatively close road - Liu Er often went fishing with his friends near Gaojiabao, so he was more familiar with the roads in this area.

Walk through woods and villages after villages. At about half past seven, five men went up a very high embankment.

The riverbank is overgrown with trees.

Standing on the embankment, there is a large river running north-south in front of you.

There was a noise not far away.

Everyone followed the noise and came to a ferry.

The ferry was full of people waiting to cross the river by boat.

The ferry was parked at the pier on the other side of the river, full of people, and two boatmen were getting ready to sail.

After a while, the ferry left the pier.

Two boatmen, one rocking the oar at the stern and one holding a long penny in his hand, held the boat at the bow.

Liu Ergang put down the bicycle leg and walked towards him alone: "Boss Liu, why are you!" ”

"Yo, isn't this Big Brother Zhang Feng?" Liu Er said as he unbuttoned his clothes.

"Boss Liu, are you- I don't think you're here to fish? For you have neither a rod nor a basket. ”

"It's such a coincidence that I was able to meet Brother Zhang here. We crossed the river to Gaojiabao to find someone. ”

"Looking for whom? Although I am not from Gaojiapu, I am very familiar with the people of Gaojiapu - I have relatives in Gaojiapu. ”

Liu Er beckoned to Zhao Zimeng.

Zhao Zimeng pushed the bicycle and walked to Liu Er, and the others followed.

"Captain Zhao, this is Brother Zhang Feng. My friend and I fished in the fish pond of Brother Zhang's house, he is from Liujiazhuang, he has relatives in Gaojiabao, and he is familiar with the situation in Gaojiabao. ”

"Master Liu, I'm glad you came today, otherwise, we would definitely have to go through some twists and turns." Zhao Zimeng said.

"Captain Zhao, you ask!" Liu Erdao.

"Brother Zhang, is there a girl named A Xue in Gaojiabao?"

"There are two girls named Ah Xue in Gaojiabao. I don't know which one you're looking for? ”

"Xue's father was a village teacher."

"You're talking about Mr. Gao! Mr. Gao once called me. Yes, Mr. Gao's eldest daughter's nickname is Ah Xue, and she came out of the cabinet more than ten years ago. ”

"Brother Zhang, where can we find Ah Xue?" Liu Erdao.

"She married in Foshan Town. She opened a tailor shop in the town of Foshan, and her man was a cultural and educational assistant in the commune. ”

"Captain Zhao, we still have to cross the river, and after crossing the river, we will ride for another hour to reach Foshan Town." Liu Erdao, "Brother Zhang, I am not familiar with the road after crossing the river. Liu Erdao.

"So be it! I'll go with you, you can't carry people on this bicycle, I'll go to a relative's house in Gaojiapu to borrow a bicycle and go with you. ”

"Won't it delay you from doing things?" Zhao Zimeng said.

"Don't delay, I'll lead you to find Axue and come back."

After crossing the river, there was a large village in front of them, and after five people waited at the intersection for a few minutes, Zhang Feng came on a bicycle. After about half an hour of riding along the North Embankment, four bicycles descended the embankment, passing through a dozen villages, and then came across a small market town.

Foshan Town has front streets and back streets.

Zhang Feng led everyone to the front street.

Zhang Feng suddenly jumped out of the car: "Boss Liu, there is Ah Xue's tailor shop in front." ”

Zhao Zimeng looked up and saw that the name of the tailor shop was "Winter Snow Clothing Store".

Zhao Zimeng jumped out of the car: "Brother Zhang, you have worked hard, you can go back." ”

"I'll go back with you! I'm afraid you won't know the way, and I won't have anything to do when I go back. You talk slowly, I'll wait for you, and you won't miss anything. "Zhang Feng is a careful person.

Zhang Feng walked into the tailor's shop.

There were three women in the tailor's shop, one woman was about forty years old, one woman was in her twenties, and one woman was seventeen or eighteen years old.

Women in their forties are cutting fabrics on the board, women in their twenties are sewing, and women in their seventeens and eighteen are seams.

"Brother Zhang Feng, why are you here?" The woman in her forties put down the scissors in her hand and greeted her with a smile.

"Dongxue, I'll bring you a few people." Zhang Feng looked at a few people behind him.

"They're—" Winter Snow Trail.

"They are police officers from Jingxi. This is Captain Zhao, and they want to find you to know about Ayu's situation. ”

"Know Ayu's situation?"

Zhao Zimeng nodded.

"What's wrong with Sister Ayu?" Dongxue pulled out two long benches from under the board, "Please sit down and talk." Willow, pour a few glasses of water. ”

Everyone walked a long way, sweated a lot, and was really a little thirsty.

Dongxue's height is about 1.65 meters, with a round face, white skin, a red woolen jacket on the upper body, a pair of well-fitting beige trousers underneath, and a pair of black leather shoes on his feet.

Yang Liu was the seventeen or eighteen-year-old girl, and after she delivered the teacups to everyone one by one, she continued to busy her own business.

"Comrade policeman, what do you want to know about Ayu?" Dongxue leaned back on the board and clasped her hands in front of her chest.

"We want to know where Ayu went after she gave the tailor to someone else?"

"Sister Ayu didn't tell me, I didn't ask, I think, she didn't say her own reason. Since I was a child, I didn't like to ask about other people's affairs, I listened to what others said, and never asked a word more than I did - this is what my father taught me. ”

"Sister Ayu never talks about her own affairs in front of others, I have been with her for more than ten years, I understand her character and temper, she is good at everything, but she doesn't want others to know about her, although our relationship has always been very good, but I don't know anything about her situation."

"The tailor's shop is doing well, and she suddenly stopped doing it, there must be a reason!"

"Sister Ayu said that she had been a tailor for nearly 20 years, and she was tired and tired, so she wanted to give me the shop and let me continue to do it."

"At that time, I really wanted to take her shop down, but I didn't have that much money on hand. If I'm willing to take it, she doesn't want any money. ”

"Ayu also wants to give me all the belongings in the shop. I couldn't get over it, I didn't want to take advantage of such a big advantage, so I found an excuse and politely declined. ”

"I said that I had a partner, and I was going to get married, and the city was not a place for me to stay for a long time, and with the craft, I could continue to do it in the countryside. Hearing me say this, Ayu didn't insist, so he gave the shop to Master Xiang. However, on the day I gave the shop to Master Xiang, she gave me three months' wages at once. ”