The old man told Sakai that in the morning sun more than 40 years ago, several like-minded buddies established the Patriotic Society under the guidance of the organization, and there were a total of eight people who joined the club at that time, and you are our boss.

Sakai was very excited, "Do you remember what I looked like?" ”

"Remember," the old man burst into tears: "They all said that you died on the battlefield and sacrificed your life for the country." Because of your call, we joined the team one after another and played with those devils. Brother Chunman, have you forgotten? ”

Sakai made up a nonsense and told the old man that he had indeed been on the battlefield, and that he had an accident and was hit by a cannonball and hit the wall, and his brain nerves were damaged, and he couldn't remember many things.

The old man told Sakai that your full name is Li Chunman, and you are from Chaoyang Crooked Neck Village. Remember that when you left, your wife should have been pregnant, and if there were no accidents, your eldest son would have been in his forties by now.

Sakai was so excited that he finally found his roots, and his original name turned out to be Li Chunman. He inquired in detail about some details at that time, and only then did he know that several members of the Patriotic Society had died at that time, and only this old man was still alive. The old man remembered one more thing: "Brother Chunman, do you remember your master?" ”

"My master?" Sakai wondered.

"When you were a child, your family was poor, your parents died, and then there was no one to help, and when you were about to starve to death, an old Taoist priest came. This Taoist priest, who can pinch and calculate, was shocked when he saw your face, saying that your fate was strange, and he couldn't see clearly in the fog, and he thought that you were a rare genius, so he accepted you into the Taoist temple and became his apprentice. The old man said, "Later, the reason why you left Chaoyang was because this Taoist priest recommended you to go." ”

"What about others?" Sakai hurriedly asked.

The old man sighed: "After the liberation, the old Taoist priest belonged to feudal superstition, criticized the fight very much, often locked up in the cowshed and could not eat, at that time we also privately helped him, and then one night it rained heavily, the old Taoist priest disappeared, I don't know where to go." Now that he counts, he should be dead, and he has to be a hundred years old if he wants to live to this point. ”

Sakai asked, do you know why I left Chaoyang and where I went.

The old man thought for a while and said, "I don't know, the old Taoist priest and you are mysterious, only saying that it is a secret mission, which is related to the common people in the world, and it is very solemn." At that time, some mysterious people came to the village and talked with you all night, and then one day, without saying goodbye, you left. We still listened to your daughter-in-law, and you left with those people in the middle of the night. I don't know where I went, what I was doing, and half a century has almost passed. ”

Sakai pondered this matter carefully, and now he has basically confirmed his identity, his original name is Li Chunman, he is a Chaoyang farmer, he worked as a Taoist priest, and later joined a patriotic society during the war years, and then he participated in a secret mission, what this mission is, I don't know, I don't know where. The memory in the middle was completely blank, and when he understood things again, he inexplicably appeared in the waves of the Yellow Sea.

He became more and more interested, and his heart itched, what happened in between? What secret mission was carried out at that time?

Sakai was not bad, he left a sum of money for the old man's family, promised the local village to invest here, and when all this was done, he was anxious to go to Chaoyang.

At that time, the relationship between the two countries had just recovered, and as a Japanese Chinese, my identity was quite sensitive, not that I could go wherever I wanted. Although the domestic environment is very friendly to foreigners, the relevant departments are also cautious and afraid of espionage incidents.

Sakai is going to Chaoyang, it's not him, the relevant departments sent two people, in the name of being guides and translators, but in fact, they are staring at him. Sakai himself speaks very slippery Chinese, and he needs a fart translator, but they arranged it for you, so he really can't help it.

The three of them took the green train, arrived in Chaoyang, contacted the local department, and found a local guide, and finally came to Crooked Neck Village. It's the 80s, how poor is this village, and some farmers still use paper-pasted windows because they can't afford to buy glass.

Sakai sighed, after finding the roots, how can I find a way to invest some money here to build a factory or something, so that the local people can get rid of poverty and become rich, otherwise I am sorry for the Jiangdong fathers.

The group drove a jeep to the village and was immediately surrounded by the villagers. When Sakai got out of the car, the people around him suddenly exclaimed. This exclamation is not about seeing rich people, but a very strange surprise, as if they have seen a ghost.

The old village chief hurriedly invited them to the village committee. Sakai's heart was beating faster, and since he entered the village, he vaguely felt that everything was familiar, the old locust tree at the head of the village, the mill at the entrance of the village, the muddy and rugged village road, the low houses, and a group of bare-bottomed children running around...... He can basically be sure that his roots are here.

Recalling those fragments of memory, distant and vague, like something that happened in a previous life.

The poor people in the village could not afford to buy tea, so they had to use hot water to serve customers. The village chief stared at Sakai, and the more he looked, the more frightened he became, and he didn't sit down for a moment, and even fell from his chair to the ground.

Sakai felt something was wrong and asked what was going on.

The guide sent by the local area, don't look at the low level in front of them, but it is also a big official in the local area, and it is even more of a heavenly existence for the village chief, and the guide scolds the village chief, and he has no appearance.

The village chief had no choice but to explain that this foreign guest looked very similar to an old villager in their village, like two brothers carved out of a mold.

Sakai hurriedly asked the village chief to invite the old villager.

Someone flew to do it, and after a short time, there was a sound of footsteps outside, and then a person came in, and everyone present was shocked.

An old man came in from outside, with clothes draped over his shoulders and gray hair, and as soon as he walked in, he was like a thunderbolt, full of aura.

The most unbelievable thing is that this old man and Sakai look exactly the same, and even the degree of gray hair is about the same, and the two of them don't just look alike, but exude a kind of resemblance in their bones. I can't describe it in words for a while, all in all, no matter who looks at it, these two people are actually one person.

The village chief said that this is the old villager Li Chunman.

Sakai saw Li Chunman himself, the horror in his heart was indescribable, he had been looking for his roots, he had always thought that he was Li Chunman, but he never expected that when he found here, he found that the real Li Chunman was still alive.

So the question is, who are you?

There is a strange detail here, which Sakai discovered carefully, and as soon as the two looked at each other, the whole room was shocked, including Sakai, except for one person, that is, Li Chunman. When Li Chunman saw Sakai, he didn't have the slightest surprise, but moved his eyebrows slightly, as if he already knew that there was another person in the world who looked so similar to himself.

This detail may not have been noticed by others, but it was captured by Sakai. Sakai reacted quickly and realized a problem, Li Chunman must be the one in the know, and he must know everything about himself!

Li Chunman smiled and said at the time, I didn't expect anyone to look so similar to him. After saying that, he took his leave and left.

This incident did not attract much attention from anyone, and was only regarded as an interesting vignette.

Sakai remained silent in front of everyone, and he felt that there was an indescribable tacit understanding between him and the real Li Chunman.

The day passed like this, and at night they rested in the village committee. In the middle of the night, Sakai sneaked out of the window alone. During the day, he had already inquired about where Li Chunman's family lived, so he didn't delay and trotted all the way to the Li family's old house.

This old mansion is where we are now.

At that time, the Li family was still in its heyday, although the head of the family, Li Chunman, was a little older, he was also in the prime of life, several children were local celebrities, and the second child was admitted to a university in Beijing and became a golden phoenix. The old house is the size of the Li family, and several generations are in the same house, and they are happy.

Sakai arrived in front of the Li family's old house, and was hesitating how to enter, whether to knock on the door, he inadvertently pushed the door, but did not insert it, and opened it in response.

There was a light in the main hall of the back room, and it was obvious at night that it was an old-fashioned oil lamp, the flames flickered, and a figure was reflected in the window.

Sakai dusted off his clothes and walked into the yard, the yard dog didn't bark, and he realized that the people in the house must have foreseen his coming, and were ready.

He took a deep breath and walked into the main hall without hurrying, and entered with the curtain raised, and Li Chunman was the only one in the room.

Li Chunman was looking at an ancient book under the oil lamp, he put down the scroll, shook his clothes and said, You are here.

"Do you know who I am?" Sakai asked.

Li Chunman said, I don't sleep in the middle of the night, sitting here and staying up all night to light the lamp and read, just waiting for you. Why wait for you, you should be able to figure it out, because, I know who you are.

"And who am I?" Sakai asked with blazing eyes.

I don't know who you are now, but I do know who you used to be. Li Chunman said with a smile.

"Who?" Sakai asked.

Li Chunman was silent for a moment and said, you are me.

"Am I you? So who are you? Sakai asked.

The conversation between the two fell into a language trap, I and me, you and you are indistinguishable, Sakai's heart beat faster, he finally found the origin of his life, and the secret of all this is in front of the old man in front of him.

The two old men looked at each other as if in a strange mirror.