The compound of the Beijing Military Region walked out of the courtyard of the Lin family. Cheng Lao looked at his home not far away, remembering his wife's expectant eyes, if he went in, he would probably be disappointed again. He resolutely turned around and got into the car, "Let's go, go to the unit first." ”

Back in the office, Cheng Lao retreated from the comrades working around him, from beginning to end, he sorted out his ideas in his mind, and seeing that it was the last step, he always believed in his intuition.

"You are stupid, your daughter-in-law is angry, and she doesn't go to find her back. She's either at her brother's house or her sister's. Just go. Coax your daughter-in-law back. ”

There was a loud laugh and scolding not far away, Cheng Lao had a flash of inspiration, patted the table and stood up, "Xiao Chen, come in." ”

Xiao Chen hurriedly pushed the door in, "Chief, what do you command?" ”

"Hurry up and investigate Zhou Jiaren's file, and see who else is in the military region or in the capital in the same batch of veterans as him, and pay attention to those who have a contact number first. Just go. Cheng Lao couldn't wait to order.

Watching Xiao Chen go out, Cheng Lao patted his head, and smiled to himself, "It's really old and confused, it's really old." ”

After less than an hour, Xiao Chen came in with a document bag and put it on the desk, "Chief, it's all here, Zhou Jiaren's information is very simple, not very detailed." I called the number of his unit at that time, and checked the number of those who had made meritorious contributions and retired from the army, as well as those who were transferred. There are quite a few discoveries. Some of them are in critical departments and have contact numbers. The few people left could only find contact addresses. You take a look first. ”

"Well, you prepare lunch first, I guess we'll go out later, I'll call first." After Cheng Lao finished speaking, he picked up the document bag and poured out the documents. Seeing the top secret red letters on it, he was secretly glad that he still had some ability and could use the privilege to flip through it.

Cheng Lao turned out the one with the contact number, hurriedly started to make a call, and made several calls in succession, all saying that he was not impressed, but he only remembered that there was indeed a comrade, his wife was a doctor, the details were not very clear, and he usually had no contact, and the relationship was average. Except for the soldiers of his own class in those years, no one really remembers, and after so many decades, there is only one impression of ambiguity.

After lunch, Cheng Lao looked at the time, picked up a few files with no contact number and detailed contact address, and wrote down the name and address, and then took Xiao Chen out to visit.

Taking advantage of the lunch break, except for duty, they will go home. Xiao Chen drove the car with Cheng Lao Man's circle in the capital, and when he saw the address on the note, he came to inquire, and found three families in succession, except for one that had just passed away and the whole family was in the hospital, everything that could be found in the capital was found, either I couldn't remember, or I didn't have such a person in my impression.

Cheng Lao was so angry that he secretly scolded Zhou Jiaren for eating pure rice, purely passing by, in the same regiment, more than a dozen veteran soldiers said that they were not impressed, to know how proud it is to be alive so many veterans in a regiment, how many regiments he has brought with him, they all fell in batches, and then came up in batches, who survived not to hug each other on the battlefield and encourage each other? I really don't know if this waste soldier went to war, and I don't know what he was eating. He became more and more convinced that Zhou Xiao was the child he was looking for, and that waste could not be born.

Seeing that the last one also smiled and shook his head, he said that he was really not impressed, and he might have found the wrong number. Cheng Lao couldn't cry or laugh, said goodbye to the old comrade, and he immediately got into the car.

Xiao Chen started the car and looked at Cheng Lao, who was rubbing his temples, "Chief, where are we going next?" ”

Cheng Lao sighed and said, "There are still two who have left work early in the morning, let's go back and call first to see if those two people are in the unit." ”

After returning to the army, sitting at the desk, looking at the last two documents, Cheng Lao, who has always been atheist, closed his eyes and secretly prayed that Zhou Jinyu and Gu Mingzhu would appear and let him find the child quickly, the military plane to the northeast tonight will take off in a few hours, and he needs evidence witnesses. It's too slow to wait for news from the south, where did Zhou Xiaozheng come from the long vacation to Beijing from the northeast and confront Zhou Jiaren? He was really worried that there was no proof of death, his wife said that he would go to the patriarch, he expected that the patriarch must have an accident, otherwise Zhou Xiaozheng would not fail to come to the door, even if the patriarch left him a little mouth, with Zhou Xiaozheng's ability, he could find out the truth of the matter. If the patriarch died, and Zhou Jinyu and Gu Mingzhu were gone, how could Zhou Jiaren give up such an excellent adopted son? For the sake of such a small fortune, he covered his granddaughter and prevented him from returning to Beijing, but what does Zhou Xiaozheng represent? That's endless glory, endless alimony, for the sake of his face, there is no ironclad evidence in his hands, how can he easily admit it? But they really didn't have time to ink him.

Taking a deep breath, Cheng Lao picked up the phone and dialed the first call of the afternoon, hearing the voice from inside, he couldn't control the anxiety in his heart, "Hello, I called in the morning, I was looking for *** from your unit, is he at work now?" I have something urgent to find him, so I ask him to answer the phone. I'm sorry for you. ”

Waiting for a second is like a year, Cheng Lao grabbed the phone tightly, listened to the clear shouting and response on the other end of the phone, and breathed a sigh of relief, and waited for the other party to pick up the phone, Cheng Lao directly explained his intentions.

Seeing that the other party was on the phone, he asked him who he was. Cheng Lao was overjoyed and immediately said: "Don't worry, I'm also a soldier, I don't believe you to ask the operator, I'm a military region, I'm Cheng Zhixun, I can assure you that I won't hurt anyone." The stakes are high, it's not clear on the phone, I'll go find you, I'll bring my ID to convince you that I really don't have malicious intent. ”

The other party immediately said: "You don't have to come to me, you said so, why don't I believe it?" I'll just say it directly, are you the child's relative, and now you find the child and want to recognize him? Zhou Jiaren's daughter-in-law was pregnant back then, but she had a miscarriage within five months, we all know this, and there is no need to hide it at all. Even if the two of them later had a son, the age would not match. You look for the household registration office, he was still a soldier at the time, and there is a record of whether the child was registered before or after he was discharged from the army. There are others who may not tell you, but why am I telling you? for I have suffered his loss. That man was definitely not a good man, and it was sinful to have children in his hands. If he doesn't admit it, you can say that I testified, and I told you it myself, and let him show the birth certificate within those three years. ”

Cheng Lao laughed, "You are still straightforward enough, thank you very much." We have the child's birth certificate in our hands, but we don't have any proof. I didn't do this, and I thought that decades had passed, and the original household file was long gone. If you hadn't reminded me, I would have forgotten that he was a veteran and had a household registration file. Thank you very much, comrade, thank you. ”

"It's okay, then I'll hang up, if you have something to do, look for this number, if he has to come forward, you call me, and I'll ask for leave to help you for the travel expenses." After saying that, the phone hung up.

Cheng Lao shook his head with a smile, and immediately rushed to the archives with Xiao Chen, asked people to call up Zhou Jiaren's file, opened the certificate and ran to several departments, got clear evidence, carefully wrapped it and put it in his underwear pocket, and covered it tightly with both hands.

Cheng Lao happily rushed to the house with Xiao Chen, he wanted to report the good news to his wife, Zhou Xiaozheng was really their nephew, it was really that child, they really found it, and they could take the child to meet their sister and brother-in-law.