CHAPTER XVIII
Qi Hai was in a lot of trouble at this time, after he saw this tombstone, there was a faint sadness in his heart, when he saw that the words on the tombstone were engraved by his grandfather, this emotion was even stronger, and that strange feeling also came from this, at this moment Gao Chuan's words were actually the questions in his heart.
For many years, he has long stopped asking about the whereabouts of his parents, although he does not fully believe that his grandfather said that his parents died in a car accident, but as time goes by, he grows up day by day, and this incomplete belief no longer seems to be important, and he accepts this statement in his heart, but now in a trance, all the doubts that he chose to forget have poured back into his heart.
Qi Hai asked, "What year is the year of Jisi?" ”
Gao Chuan counted with his fingers and said, "In 1989." ”
Qi Hai thought for a while and muttered: "In 1989, when I was eleven years old, so by now, this person has been dead for seventeen years!" ”
Gao Chuan nodded and didn't speak, and Qi Hai continued: "But, but if this person is really my father as you say, why have I never met him?" ”
Gao Chuan saw that Qi Hai was a little uneasy, so he said: "I'm just guessing, maybe I will be buried here after death, or maybe it has nothing to do with you at all?" ”
Qi Hai squatted down, stroked the handwriting on the stele with his hand, and said quietly: "No, I can be sure that the words on this stele are engraved by my grandfather, and it will not be wrong." ”
Takakawa was speechless for a while, he looked around the mound, and found that there was a small hole in the stones around the mound, and there was a pile of paper in the hole. Gao Chuan hurriedly took out the papers. Qi Hai looked at it, and hurriedly took the flashlight to shine it, only to see that a lot of words were densely written on it, and the handwriting was very beautiful.
Gao Chuan asked, "This is written by Qi Ye?" ”
Qi Hai recognized at a glance that this was not from his grandfather's hand. He replied, "No, it's not. ”
The two looked at it carefully, and saw that the handwriting had faded due to the passage of time, and many of them were blurred.
Gao Chuan said: "No matter who wrote it, there must be something recorded in these papers, let's go out first, it's too dark here to see clearly." ”
Qi Hai was also anxious to know what was written on the paper, so the two turned around and walked towards the entrance of the cave.
They climbed up the ladder and couldn't wait to spread the paper on the table.
If you look closely, this should be some notes recorded by a person, because they are all some kraft paper, and the texture is very thick, so it can be preserved, if it is replaced with ordinary paper, I am afraid it has already been broken.
But despite this, the top part was completely indistinguishable, and they flipped down a few times, until they could see the handwriting, and saw that it read:
August 22, 1979
My body is getting worse and worse, my skin is getting whiter and whiter, and I am frightened when I am white, and I don't know what is wrong. My father was very worried, but he kept telling me that it was okay and that he would definitely cure me.
Actually, I'm not afraid, I'm not afraid of sickness or death, I'm afraid that if I'm gone, my poor child will be fatherless and motherless, and he's only a year old.
After reading these words, Gao Chuan was thoughtful, and he asked Qi Hai: "1979, how old were you that year?" ”
Qi Hai was silent for a long time before he faintly spit out two words: "One year old." ”
Gao Chuan nodded secretly and said, "Oh, in this way, I guessed right, this diary is your father's, that Qi Ling is your father, and the father mentioned in the diary should be Qi Ye." ”
Qi Hai's heart was in a mess at the moment, and he whispered, "Maybe." ”
Gao Chuan suddenly remembered something, and he hurriedly said: "Didn't those people last night say that they were looking for someone, could it be that they were looking for this person?" ”
Qi Hai shook his head lightly to indicate that he didn't know, he thought about it, and felt that something was wrong, he said: "Probably not, looking at the inscription on the tombstone, this person has been dead for seventeen years, why is he looking for it now?" And didn't they say that the person they were looking for was only thirty years old, and if this person was my father, even if he was still alive, he would be far more than thirty years old now, right? ”
Takakawa said, "No, it's not, what if this person isn't your father?" Maybe you're about the same age, but you died young? ”
Qi Hai said, "What do you mean? ”
Gao Chuan said: "Maybe this person is not your father, it may not be your uncle, it may be another younger son of Qi Ye?" ”
Qi Hai hurriedly waved his hand and said: "Impossible, now it's 2006, thirty years ago it should have been 1976, this diary is 1979, and it is written in this diary that his children are one year old, and the time conflict is too great." ”
When Gao Chuan heard this, this was indeed the case, and hurriedly said: "Let's stop guessing for now, let's take a look later." ”
Flip another page, and it reads:
October 16, 1979
I really feel so miserable, this feeling is worse than death, I really don't want to suffer this torture anymore, but I can't choose to end my life, although that is a relief for me, but it is an escape for the father and the son, it is unfair.
My father used to be a soldier and a hero, and he didn't give up, so how could I give up, not to mention, my son hadn't been able to call me father.
Turned another page:
March 20, 1980
I haven't been out for a long time, it turns out that it is already spring, and the snow on Zhongnan Mountain is still so thick, but the peach blossoms at the foot of the Qinling Mountains are blooming one by one, which is really beautiful. Alas! Maybe in a few days, I'll never see that again.
My father had been gone for a few days, and I was very worried, he didn't tell me where he was going, he just said that he would find a way to keep me alive so that I could hear my son call me Dad.
Turning another page:
April 16, 1980
My father said that he had found a way to save me, but we had to leave Xi'an and leave Duyin Village, where we had lived for so many years. I don't know why I left in such a hurry, and my father didn't want to say it, but I could feel that something bad was happening, what was going on?
Seeing this, Gao Chuan said: "According to the above statement, Qi Ye is not from Xuzhou, he only moved from a place called Duyin Village in Xi'an in 1980, this Duyin Village is under the Zhongnan Mountain in the Qinling Mountains, right?" ”
Qi Hai didn't seem to hear Gao Chuan's words, he turned another page and continued to look back:
April 28, 1980
We moved to Xuzhou, where my father's best comrade-in-arms, Uncle Gao, moved into the mountains with us, saying that he wanted to live in seclusion here and treat me with peace of mind, but I felt that they were hiding from someone, who were they avoiding?
My father started giving me a medicine that he said would cure me, and I don't know if it would work, but I knew that my father had paid a lot of money for it.
Read on:
February 10, 1981
I really didn't expect that I would be able to live until now, Xiaohai can already speak, I'm so happy. It was my father's medicine that worked, I survived, and I have survived until now, and I can hear Xiaohai call me Dad, and I feel that even if I die, I have no regrets.
Seeing this, Gao Chuan took a deep breath, and said: "It seems that there is no need to guess, this person is really your father, is there anyone else in "Xiaohai"?" ”
Qi Haimeng, he never thought that in such a way, he would learn the answer to the question that had plagued him for so many years, but this answer also brought more questions.
Gao Chuan said: "It seems that you met your father when you were very young, don't you have any impression at all?" ”
Qi Hai shook his head, he really didn't have any impression at all.
Gao Chuan continued: "In this way, the two old men did lie to us, and our parents didn't die in a car accident at all, right?" At least not your father. ”
Qi Hai's heart was already in chaos at the moment, he didn't know whether to be happy or sad, he didn't know how to answer Gao Chuan's question, the only thing that was certain now was that the person in the cave tomb was indeed his father, but he couldn't figure out other things.
Qi Hai only shook his head, he couldn't figure out the cause and effect at all, so he could only continue to flip through those diaries backwards.