For a few days, Xu Manren couldn't bear it and couldn't sleep. But he couldn't think of a better way to successfully stop Xu Youregret from dealing with Fu Ning. Even if he directly told Xu Youregret that Fu Ning was his old comrade-in-arms who had been dead for sixty-two years, with his understanding of Xu Youregret, the other party would not believe what he said, if he used tough means, he was afraid that Xu Youregret would agree to him on the surface, and he would still deal with Fu Ning behind his back.

On this day, he was depressed. I heard the voice of Xu Youregret calling the maid downstairs as soon as he came back, "Aunt Zhang, add more dishes at noon, I brought my friends back." ”

"Oh." Aunt Zhang obediently walked to the kitchen.

"Ru Ming, don't be restrained, sit inside." Xu Youregret warmly entertained Fu Ruming, who went out of the city's education office today.

"If you regret it, it's better to go to the restaurant outside for a light meal, even if I don't dare to enter the hall in this shabby dress." Fu Ruming was about to change his mind and turn around, but the other party's grandfather Xu Manren appeared in front of him with a look of disgust for him.

"I regret it, your good friend Fu Ruming is here, why don't you invite someone into the hall to sit." Xu Manren walked out of it in surprise, but saw him suddenly entertain Fu Ruming with a spring breeze, "Ruming came out of the Municipal Education Department today to do business, right?" I haven't seen you for more than half a year. Come, inside please. ”

Fu Ruming and Xu Youregret looked at each other in surprise, and the two of them looked up at the sun above their heads in unison, could it be that today's sun came out of the west? Fu Ruming was even more flattered and didn't know how to do well, the other party warmly received him, which was not something before.

"Go in, give some face to my grandfather." Xu Youregret had no choice but to pull the honest Fu Ruming into the hall.

"Come on, serve Ru Ming the best black tea." Xu Manren politely and enthusiastically pulled Fu Ruming and wanted to invite him to sit beside him.

Fu Ruming stood still stupidly, and the other party's change did not make him feel happy, but became even more cramped and uneasy. "Ask the maid to add me a cushion." He used to come here to sit, as long as Xu Manren was present, he would first ask the maid to add a cushion to the sofa where he was going to sit, as if he was afraid that he would stain the leather sofa, which made Fu Ruming unhappy many times, so he went to Xu Youregret's house to sit at most once a year.

"You don't need to add a cushion, you are the most trusted friend with regrets, and you used to blame me for being too snobbish and causing you trouble. You come, please sit, please use tea. Xu Manren's tone was quite polite.

Fu Ruming still didn't dare to look at Xu Youregret sitting on the other side of the sofa. "Since my grandfather warmly invited you to sit, you can sit down and have tea. I'm here, it's fine. As he spoke, Xu Youregret swapped the other party's teacup with his own.

Fu Ruming sat down in shock. Picked up the teacup that Xu Youregret had mixed for him and took a sip, and sure enough, it was the best aged black tea, with a sweet taste and an endless aftertaste.

Xu Manren was displeased, Xu Youregret was displeased, the other party's behavior of adjusting the cup was extremely distrustful of him, he now had something to ask Fu Ruming, so he had to faintly and dare not attack, but his eyes were warning Xu Youregret and said, "Is the cup poisonous?" Didn't you poison you stupidly? ”

Xu Youregret but replied with a reluctant look, "It's hard to say, in order to protect my brother's safety, I can only set an example." ”

Xu Manren knew that his grandson, who was easy to bully on the outside, was actually aggressive towards people, but his methods were more gentle. He no longer had a boring eye war with Xu You, and smiled politely with Fu Ruming.

Fu Ruming only felt like sitting on a needle carpet, and it was difficult to adapt, so he had to stiffen his head and chat with Xu Manren without saying a word. After chatting a few words on innocuous topics, Xu Manren purposefully changed the topic.

"I haven't set foot in Fujia Village for many years, and now the village has changed a lot, right?"

"Nowadays, the town government has not yet developed into mountainous and rural areas, and it is not the same for 50 years, but there are only two or three more modern buildings, and now the village is still a muddy road." Fu Ruming said with emotion that in the era of underdeveloped transportation, he felt that it was difficult for him to develop in the countryside.

"No, if you look far, I believe that in less than 30 years, the countryside will change dramatically." Xu Manren did not delve into the issue of rural development, his purpose was not here, he paused, and then asked, "I went to the ancestral temple in Fujia Village many years ago to offer incense to a dead comrade-in-arms, but now I haven't been there for many years, I don't know if the ancestral temple has been rebuilt?" ”

Fu Ruming replied truthfully, "The ancestral temple was overhauled and rebuilt when I was nineteen years old, and it is no longer as dilapidated as it used to be. However, according to the ancestors, the graves of the heroes of the Anti-Japanese War in the first half of the century were relocated to a place a few miles away from the back of the ancestral temple. However, it is a desolate place that has been uninhabited all year round, and I have only been there once in the beginning. ”

"It's better to choose a day than to hit the day, it's better to ask the driver to drive back to Fujia Village with you later, and you can take me to pay respects to my comrade-in-arms who has been dead for sixty-two years." Xu Manren suddenly became gloomy, "I have been to the ancestral temple of the Fu family before, but I found that the head of the old comrade-in-arms was missing. ”

"No problem, I just don't have class this afternoon, so I'll take you for you."

Xu Manren smiled with relief, and now he is very glad that Xu has regrets having a friend like Fu Ruming. In order to cut off Xu Youregret's dealings with Fu Ning again, he had to take risks, and at this time he couldn't care about the consequences, he always thought that Fu Ning was the murderer who killed his son and daughter-in-law, and also decided that Fu Ning's relationship with Xu Youregret was uneasy and kind.

After receiving Fu Ruming warmly and having lunch, Xu Manren really ordered someone to prepare clothes and paper for worshipping the ancestors, and ordered the driver to drive him and Fu Ruming to the remote Fujia Village. Before arriving at the ancestral temple in Fujia Village, the driver parked the vehicle outside, and Xu Manren asked the driver to wait outside.

"Mr. Xu, please." Fu Ruming helped carry a large basket of ingots, clothes, paper candles and the like, and took Xu Manren into the temple.

Xu Manren reverently knelt on the ground and offered incense to the tablet in the temple before following Fu Ruming to the back mountain of the temple.

However, I saw that there was a narrow mountain road on the back mountain that could only accommodate one person, winding towards the slope of the mountain. No one passes through here all year round, and the dense grass grows taller than a person. Although Xu Manren is old, he loves sports all year round and can barely keep up with Fu Ruming's speed.

After walking up for more than ten minutes, I finally saw a desolate cemetery in front of me. There are more than 20 graves. These graves are just some yellow clay piles, but they are very neatly arranged, and what is even stranger is that no one comes here to repair the weeds all year round, but there is no grass on the graves, and they are very decently cleaned.

The sun was shining in the sky overhead, the light was very strong, Fu Ruming and Xu Manren did not feel afraid, the two slowly approached the grave, but saw more than 20 bottles of earth graves, some of which could be seen on the grave with black and white photos, and next to the photos there was a handwritten story about the deeds of the ancestors. The photographs are covered with a layer of glue that is not corroded by rain. But there are no photographs on the three graves.

"Ru Ming, you light the ingot candle for me first, and I'll go and find which bottle is my old friend."

"Okay." The honest Fu Ruming didn't look at these graves carefully, he squatted on the ground and began to light incense candles seriously, and bursts of smoke baked his eyes full of tears. I didn't want to see Xu Manren's behavior.

Xu Manren carefully walked through more than 20 graves and unexpectedly found that there was no photo of Fu Ning. He looked back at Fu Ruming, who was squatting on the ground with his back to him, and quietly inserted a black and white photo prepared in advance on a grave without a photo.

"Ru Ming, come here, I have found my deceased comrade-in-arms." Xu Manren's tone of voice was full of joy.

Fu Ruming hurriedly walked over with a lit cigarette candle. "Mr. Xu will give it to you." He handed over all the incense in his hand to the other party, Fu Ruming wiped away the tears from his eyes uncomfortably, he was very sensitive to the strong cigarette.

saw Xu Manren kneeling on his knees, and whispered in his mouth, "Comrade Fu Ning, I came to worship you today." If you have anything to dream of me, please don't come back to pester my grandson, Xu has regrets. Xu Manren sincerely inserted the fireworks candle on the side of the grave, and even knelt and bowed to the grave. It's very humble.

Fu Ruming thought that his ears had heard it wrong, and Xu Manren, the old man, called Fu Ning's name, and what he said shocked him even more. He couldn't help but go up and look at the pictures on the grave. Seeing this, Fu Ruming fell to the ground in fright. Above was a black-and-white photo of Chief Fu Ningfu whom he knew, and the date was taken sixty-five years ago.

Xu Manren couldn't help but feel sad in his heart, it seemed that Lin Tousi did not deceive him, from Fu Ruming's surprised and frightened appearance now, he could predict that his lifeline Xu Youregret really had a relationship with Fu Ning. Although the purpose of Fu Ruming has achieved the effect he wants, it is a pity that he is not happy at all.

Xu Manren couldn't help but kneel on the ground and cry loudly, he no longer has the mood to fake now, and he cried from the bottom of his heart, but he was crying because he was worried that something would happen to his grandson Xu Youregret, not for Fu Ning.

"The sky is above, I, Xu Manren, think I am a bad person, but my grandson Xu You regrets being upright and kind-hearted, and he has never done anything sorry for the people and the country since he was in his thirties. Pray God, if you want revenge, come to me, and don't implicate innocent grandsons. Xu Manren looked up and saw the sky, the sun was shining brightly above, and not a single cloud moved him.

Fu Ruming stood up with difficulty, no wonder he always felt that Fu Ning's appearance had been seen somewhere. He finally remembered that he was only nineteen years old that year, and the village wanted to expand the ancestral temple of Fujia Village, and he remembered that he was curious to go to watch the martyrs of the Anti-Japanese War buried behind the ancestral temple house at that time, and the scene of moving the grave and digging the soil, he saw several strong men carrying away an ash jar, and a photo fell from it and flew to his feet, he picked it up and saw that it was a young beautiful man, and the person in the photo was not Fu Ning?

The flames above his head were in the air, but Fu Ruming, a big man, was pale with fear. A dead man had a relationship with him, and he felt that there was nothing but darkness in front of him. He went over to help Xu Manren up, and his words were no longer sharp, "Mr. Xu, did you intentionally bring me here?" "He Fu Ruming is not stupid.