After a while, Lotus went downstairs, she was just a person at the moment, and the child and the lunch box she was carrying before were gone.

Turning to the side, I wasn't facing her, and she didn't see me.

After she left, I hurried upstairs and followed the stairs all the way to the top floor. The house is really dilapidated, and the concrete floor of the staircase is already uneven.

Rusty fence iron gates are rare now, I have the impression that the old house of the uncle's family more than ten years ago is like this, when the uncle renovated it for the second time, he sold it to a tattered one, and it seemed to get back five yuan.

This old-fashioned community is equipped with wooden doors, and later the living conditions improved, and there were more thieves, so people began to install this most primitive iron door.

It's just that I can't imagine that after such a long time, there are still people living in this kind of house.

knocked lightly on the door, and an old man's voice came from inside: "Who is it?" ”

"......" I paused, thinking that I was a stranger, and suddenly ran to someone else's house, which was really abrupt, and I was thinking about how to speak, when the wooden door inside had already opened.

It was an old man, with a red face and a good complexion.

This kind of iron door actually has an advantage, that is, even if you don't know who the outside person is, if you open the wooden door, the other party can't get in, so it's more reassuring to take a look.

The old man looked at me kindly, and I saw that behind him, Lianhua's two- or three-year-old son was walking around on the plastic patchwork carpet, playing with building block toys.

"I'm doing census work, so I'll just log in and leave, and I won't delay you a lot of time."

When I was lying, my face didn't change and my heart didn't beat, because just yesterday afternoon, there was a census in my community, and I happened to be at home at the time, because I was quite familiar with the process of this work.

When the old man heard this, he laughed a few times, and then opened the door and let me in.

As soon as I entered the house, I felt a chill.

My heart trembled, sure enough, there was something wrong with the lotus family!

The old man invited me to sit down at the table: "Excuse me, what do you need?" I said, "The household registration book is fine, and the rest is not needed." ”

When he heard this, he said yes, so he told me to wait a while, and went into one of the rooms to get the household registration book.

Looking around, the family's conditions are really not very good, the cement floor is not paved with floor tiles, the walls have been yellowed, the furniture is also a long time ago clay lacquer furniture, and the electrical appliances are outdated, just like the family environment of the last century played in the TV series.

The living room is actually the size of a dining room, next to the kitchen and bathroom.

There are two bedrooms, one is closed, and the other is the one that the old man just entered, and the door is hidden.

Lotus's son was playing with blocks on the ground, he looked at me and giggled again, picked up one of them and handed it to me, I took it with a smile and placed it firmly on the highest level.

Just then, I heard another voice coming from the room, it was an old woman's voice, she seemed very weak: "Old man, what is the matter?" ”

"Don't get up, the census says that you only need a household registration book."

As the old man spoke, he came out of the bedroom, holding the household registration book in his hand, and when he walked out of the door, he said to the people inside: "You have a good rest, don't move." ”

When he turned around, he saw that my eyes were looking into the room, and quickly closed the door. It's just a small movement, but it gives me the feeling that he's hiding something.

This time, I was even more sure that I had come to the right place.

If the cloak woman was able to find the lotus, something must have happened around her.

"This is the household registration book, you can take a look." The old man respectfully put the notebook in front of me.

I groaned and quickly pulled a pen and paper out of my pocket. Fortunately, I have this habit, and when I have nothing to do, I like to pretend to be a cultural person, and I will bring paper and pen with me.

It's a habit that few young people have nowadays, but I do, and it's all taught to me by "that person".

When I opened the first page of the household registration book, I saw that the column of the head of the household was written - "Fang Qingsheng", and the date of birth was 1950.

"You are the head of the household, Fang Qingsheng?" I asked.

He nodded, "It's me." ”

I looked at the address of the household registration book again, it is this 10,000-person community, but the name of the street is "No. 2, 6th Floor, Unit X, Building X, Dormitory Building of Hongqi Locomotive Factory."

I said, "Are you Fang Qingsheng?" ”

"Yes."

I added, "You're also an old employee of the locomotive factory?" ”

"Yes, before the factory dissolved, I was there, and then the factory was gone, so I went to work outside for a few years, drove a taxi for a few years, and now that my daughter is older, she opened a pickled cabbage, fish, meat and rice noodle shop by herself, and I will rest at home."

He said it very clearly, and I nodded repeatedly.

On the second page of the household registration book, Lao Fang's wife, whose name is Li Wenjuan, is about the same age as Lao Fang. Behind them is their daughter Fang Lianhua, and then the hand is the son-in-law and grandson.

The household registration of a family of five people has all been moved to one account, which shows that the conditions are really not very good.

It seems that the fish and rice noodle shop is not very easy to raise this family.

I pretended to register and said, "Sauerkraut fish rice noodles? I like to eat too, where does your daughter drive? I'll try it when I'm going to try it. ”

The old man was happy when he heard it: "Okay, no problem, but it's a little far, in the newly built pedestrian street, if you have the opportunity to go, mention me to her, and she will give you more fish." ”

"Really?" I looked excited: "Thank you so much." ”

"It's okay!" Lao Fang waved his hand: "The sauerkraut fish made by my daughter, the taste is amazing, the fish meat selected is all fresh reservoir big live fish, you think about the sauerkraut fish is not fresh, so can you still eat it?" Since she was a child, I have taught her that she must act with her conscience, and she must not cheat people at any time. The fish is good, the sauerkraut is also high-quality, don't you believe it, go into our kitchen to see, there are sauerkraut jars, the sour water in it is secret, the taste is very fragrant......"

When Lao Fang talked about Lotus's sauerkraut fish, he gushed endlessly.

Of course I know he's not exaggerating, I've tasted it, and it's good.

"Uncle Fang." I screamed tentatively to close the distance with him.

"My father used to be from Hongqi Locomotive Factory, but he passed away very early, when I remember, I always heard him mention you, saying that you are a business backbone, very powerful!"

"Your dad? He is? ”

"Oh, his surname is Chen."

These words are purely made up by me, such a large locomotive factory, tens of thousands of employees, how few can pass away at a young age? Moreover, "Chen" is a big surname,