"Mother-in-law, did you say that the government still compensates you every month?" Jiang Qiao put the book in his hand, walked back to his grandmother and asked.

"Yes, the government is good, and Dabao's schooling, and his food and housing, after Dabao is gone, he still cares about the two of us who are old and immortal, if it weren't for the money the government gives every month, we don't know what to do now. We followed our son and daughter-in-law from our hometown, and we didn't know anything except farming, and we couldn't even write, so we wanted to help our daughter-in-law take care of the children. Grandma recalled that year, and tears glistened in the corners of her eyes.

"Back then, Dabao was only 1 year old when Dabao's parents had a traffic accident, and we finally pulled him up. Dabao and his children of the same age have gone to school, and we Dabao are looking forward to it and want to go, but how can we do it. Dabao is not a local account, and we don't know who to go to. Later, someone from the government came to our house and said that the matter of Dabao had been solved. We couldn't be happier.

After Dabao went to school, he told us that the teacher had selected a few children from difficult families to board at the school, and of course we were very happy, and said that the food was included. We thought that a good day was coming, but we didn't expect Dabao to have an accident. Ahem, ahem. ”

Jiang Qiao raised his eyebrows and asked, "Mother-in-law, it was not you who proposed the boarding at that time, but the teacher?" ”

"That's right, Dabao said that all the children who can be picked are good boys, we were so happy for him at the time, cough cough cough." Grandma began to cough violently again.

Finally waiting for her to calm down, Mao Daxin asked: "Mother-in-law, you said that the government is still giving you money, how did you give you that money, bank card transfer?" ”

"Bank card? Oh, where would my old woman do this, she gave me money in an envelope, 1,000 yuan a month, and I kept all those envelopes. Grandma stood up and took out an iron mooncake box from a small drawer on the TV cabinet and handed it to Jiang Qiao.

"Girl, when you go back, you must thank the government for me, the government is good." Grandma's eyes were full of gratitude, and a rare smile appeared on her wrinkled face.

"Ahh Uh-huh, good. Mother-in-law, have you ever seen the person who gave you the money? Jiang Qiao took out the envelopes in the mooncake box, flipped through them one by one, and suddenly asked.

"Huh? No, it's stuffed into the door every time. On the 15th of every month, he brought it to me on time, and he didn't delay a day. Grandma walked to the inner room as she spoke: "You sit down first, I'll go and see how the old man is, hey, the damned don't die, the undeserving die died so early, why did the two of us live so long." ”

"Mother-in-law, don't say that, you have to take good care of your body." Jiang Qiao took advantage of Grandma's inattention and quickly stuffed an envelope into the pocket of his coat.

She gave Mao Daxin a look, and Mao Daxin followed Grandma into the back room: "Mother-in-law, we know about it, and we're ready to go, you can keep this money to buy some medicine for grandpa and buy some delicious food, ah... Jiang Qiao... Come on. ”

Mao Daxin's sudden scream startled Jiang Qiao. Don't look at Mao Daxin as just a rookie policeman, but he rarely babbles like this, Jiang Qiao hurriedly rushed over.

There were no lights in the back room, only a little daylight through the dappled windows was the only source of light in the room, dark and damp, and the air smelled of decay. There was a wooden plank bed among the miscellaneous items, and it was obvious that there was a person wrapped in it.

"What's wrong, what's wrong, is there something wrong with grandpa?" Jiang Qiao was about to lift the quilt in a panic.

"No, no, no, don't move, grandpa is asleep, look at that." Mao Daxin hurriedly stopped Jiang Qiao and pointed his finger in one direction.

Jiang Qiao looked in the direction of her fingers, only to feel cardiac arrest, and almost screamed, she couldn't believe her eyes.

There is a human face on the wall.

What's even more creepy is that, unlike the elaborate relief-like human face in Zephyr Elementary School, this face is alive.

After seeing Jiang Qiao and Mao Daxin, their faces showed the same horror and helplessness as a child seeing a fierce stranger, as if the two of them were terrible existences.

In the dim light, the human face is not obvious, and it should not be noticed when you look at Grandma and Uncle, so it is impossible to determine how long the human face has appeared. Jiang Qiao swallowed his saliva and tentatively stretched out his hand to the human face, but he didn't expect the human face to be able to dodge it flexibly, and then disappeared like this.

Jiang Qiao jumped up in fright and took three steps back.

"What's wrong? So what's on the wall? I can't see clearly? Grandma was also startled by Mao Daxin's shouting, and sat on the edge of the bed looking at them unmistakably, still holding a small bottle of medicine in her hand.

"It's okay, it's okay, mother-in-law. It's a gecko, this kid hasn't seen a gecko, it's okay, don't scare your grandparents. Jiang Qiao glanced at Mao Daxin. Having said that, the first time he saw a living human face, Jiang Qiao himself did not shake off the fright.

The two looked at the room carefully, and after making sure that the face was gone, Mao Daxin secretly stuffed all the cash on his body in the drawer of the TV cabinet before saying goodbye to his grandmother.

As soon as he got out of the small courtyard, Mao Daxin shouted: "Quick, Xiao Qiao, help me sit down, I can't stand anymore." ”

Jiang Qiao was still immersed in the shock of coming face to face just now, but Mao Daxin's exaggerated movements amused him, gave him a blank look, kicked him, and Mao Daxin sat on the ground.

Jiang Qiao felt that the ground was dirty, but after the fright just now, he also felt that his feet were a little weak, so he squatted beside Mao Daxin. Mao Daxin watched in surprise as Jiang Qiao took out a primary school Chinese textbook from his arms as if he was magical, took out an envelope, and sighed: "Oh my God, how many things are you hiding, you are committing a crime in front of me like this, should I arrest you, it will be difficult for me to do this." ”

"Hey, I'm joking now, two days ago, others with gloomy faces thought you had an antisocial personality. Seriously, do you think of anything when you look at these? Jiang Qiao handed the textbook and envelope to Mao Daxin.

"Chinese textbooks. 3rd grade? Do you mean we can now be sure that the faces are related to the missing children, all of them are in the third grade, right... Could it be that the content of the class attracts the attention of the face? Mao Daxin picked up the textbook and flipped through it casually, although after so many years, the paper of the book has turned yellow, but the corner of the book is not a little wrinkled, and you can see how much the owner of the book loves it.

"Yes, I looked inside, and the last place where I took notes was an ancient poem, which I heard in my dreams. I asked the headmaster, and the two classrooms where the faces appeared were both Chinese classes at the time, and the content of the study was this ancient poem. I'm right to speculate that the last memory of children in life should be what they learned in class, so they are attracted, and that's why faces appear. Jiang Qiao analyzed the head of the land.

"What about this?" Mao Daxin picked up the envelope, glanced at it, and said in surprise: "Huh? The envelope is... Zephyr Elementary? ”

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