After leaving the mountainous area, the mobile phone finally received a signal, I first called Xia Shibo and asked him when it would be better for me to go to Mindu, Xia Shibo said that it is okay to go now, but it is better to wait for another two months.

After getting Uncle Xia's answer, I decided to go back to Shandong first and deal with the matter on the side of the Mass Grave Mountain.

After that, I called Senior Brother Zhuang again, told him in detail about the situation on Lao Baitou's side, and asked him if he could take the villagers out of the mountain.

At that time, Senior Brother Zhuang didn't know what he was busy with, and the noise on the other end of the phone was very loud, and it wasn't until the noise was less that he responded to me: "It's no problem to pick them up, but I can't spare time to place them now." Things are more troublesome on this side of Mass Grave Mountain, and I have to wait until the things here are over before I have a chance to do anything else. By the way, when are you coming back? ”

I said, "There's still a little bit of work to be done, and we'll be back in about a week." ”

Senior Brother Zhuang: "Will you start walking back in another week, or will you return to your hometown in a week?" ”

Me: "I'll be here in a week." ”

"Okay, then I'll wait for you."

After speaking, Senior Brother Zhuang hung up the phone.

While driving the car, Liu Shangang asked me, "Won't you go back to your hometown directly?" ”

I folded my hands and leaned back in my seat and replied briefly, "Go straight back." ”

Liu Shangang: "Didn't you tell Brother Zhuang that it would take a week to get to your hometown, but from here to your hometown in Shandong, it will be two or three days away." ”

I let out a long breath: "The last two years have been continuous rotation, I am tired and want to take a break. You drive the car to the prefecture-level city, and we will play there for two days and then go back. ”

Liu Shangang didn't feel at ease: "It's okay to do this, didn't Brother Zhuang say that the matter on the side of the Mass Grave Mountain is very troublesome?" ”

I said, "He and Senior Brother Feng are both there, and Dawei is also there, as long as you don't rush into the tomb, you won't be able to make a big deal." ”

Liu Shangang turned his head and smiled at me: "Then listen to you, it just so happens that I also want to take a good rest." ”

I gave him a smile and didn't say anything more.

Liu Shangang drove the car out of the county road, on the provincial road, and then turned to the highway, during which Liu Shangang and Luo Fei took several shifts, and after returning to Shandong, the driver has always been Liu Shangang.

On this way, the atmosphere in the car has been very dull, and very few people speak, and even if they do, most of them stop without saying a word or two.

When I returned to the prefecture-level city, Chen Daochang originally wanted to stay in the small inn opened by Jisoul Village, but I was worried that if I lived in such a place, Senior Brother Zhuang would soon know that we had arrived in the prefecture-level city, and my next plan would not be implemented smoothly.

Later, I was ruthless and took everyone to live in one of the best hotels in the local area, which was considered to make up for the fatigue of everyone's journey.

But it turned out that even if I made all the preparations in advance, I still couldn't implement my plan smoothly, and I originally wanted to take advantage of the leisure time of the past few days to make an important decision to give Xian'er and Luo Fei an explanation, but I failed.

We stayed in the prefecture-level city for four days, on the first day, I took Xian'er and Luo Fei to watch a movie, the second day I took them to the entertainment city for a day, the third day went shopping, and on the fourth day, I realized that I couldn't make up my mind at all, so I simply dragged them on the Internet for a day.

In those days, I tried to speak in front of Luo Fei and Xian'er several times, but each time I didn't know what I wanted to say, or how to choose.

On the evening of the third day, seeing that there was only one day left before the agreed time with Senior Brother Zhuang, I found Liang Houzai and asked him what to do.

At that time, Liang Houzai said to me: "You can't do this, you can't make a decision now, because you want both." ”

I didn't sleep that night, after eating at noon, I dragged everyone to the Internet café to escape reality, Xian'er and Luo Fei seemed to know what I was going to do, and when I went online until seven or eight o'clock in the evening, they probably realized that I would not give any answers, and when they looked at me again, their eyes were a little disappointed.

But in addition to the disappointment, I also saw a little relief, I don't know if it was my delusion, I think they seem to be relieved again.

At nine o'clock we came out of the Internet café, originally I was going to go back to the hotel directly, but Xian'er forcibly pulled me to a game machine hall near the Internet café, pushed me to a doll-catching machine, and told me to catch two dolls, one for her and Luo Fei, otherwise she and Luo Fei would never have anything to do with me again, and they would never get along with each other.

As a result, that night, I spent a hundred yuan and didn't catch a single doll.

Seriously, even now, I still remember the experience of those days, but I can't say what those few days brought me. Especially when Xian'er said the words "old and dead do not get along", I had a feeling of incomprehension in my heart, as if I had just eaten a large handful of salt and was half dead, and someone stuffed a large handful of sugar into my mouth.

Really, really, that's how it feels, but I can't say why it feels that way.

Of course, Xian'er and Luo Fei would not ignore me, and the next morning, the two of them seemed to be more energetic than usual, and they knocked on my door at five o'clock to wake me up, and bought breakfast, until they got in the car, they also talked and laughed, and from time to time teased me for being stupid, and joked that I spent so much money that I couldn't even catch a doll.

At that time, I suddenly felt that, with my intelligence, I really couldn't guess what a woman was thinking.

I finally returned to my hometown, and I didn't tell Senior Brother Zhuang when we would come back before that, but when Liu Shangang drove the car out of the first road, Dawei was already waiting for us at the intersection.

Liu Shangang drove the car to him, and I rolled down the window: "Are you waiting for us?" ”

Dawei smiled: "Otherwise? Hehe, the Zhuang team knew that you had arrived at the prefecture-level city a few days ago, and he knew that you were tired, so he didn't bother you these days. Let's go to your uncle's house for dinner first, and the Zhuang team may want to talk to you about the Mass Grave Mountain. ”

He said as he quickly got into the car.

This is my hometown, of course, I don't need Dawei to lead the way, Liu Shangang drove the car to Changshan Street first, and looked at the honest situation.

I think at the beginning, we all studied in this school, in 9798 the South Elementary School was built, in 99 years all the teachers and students of the school moved into the new campus, the North Elementary School became a sports school, now the sports school is demolished, the old school site has also been rebuilt into a park along the street.

Speaking of which, the scenery in the park is still good, but when I see it, I always have a very awkward feeling.

I can't tell you what the place is awkward, but I feel very uncomfortable. Wong Tai Sin said that after the demolition of the honest school, the Qi field on Cheung Shan Street was completely opened, which led to a great change in the local feng shui, and I think the reason why I feel uncomfortable seems to be because of the incongruity of feng shui.

But I didn't know much about feng shui, and I couldn't see too many problems, so I urged Liu Shangang to go back to Wangzhuang.

The uncle's house has changed again, he still lives in the outskirts of the village, but in the past, there was only one uncle in this area, but now there are more people in the village, and the new house has spread to the vicinity of the uncle's house.

It seems to be competing with the surrounding new houses, the courtyard wall of the uncle's house has been renovated again, and the courtyard gate has become two open carved iron doors, which looks very magnificent.

I knocked on the door, and my uncle quickly opened it, and when he saw me, he couldn't stop smiling.

I noticed that the lock hanging behind the door was still the same as before, and in the middle of the courtyard there was still a well, and the wheel by the mouth of the well was the same as before.

My uncle stretched out two hands, pinched my arms, and said with a smile, "It's strong again." ”

I smiled at my uncle.

At this time, my dad opened the door and beckoned to us with a smile: "Come in, come in, eat lunch together." ”

Every time I see my family, no matter what troubles I have outside, it seems to have disappeared all at once, I look at my dad and smile unconsciously.

My dad waved at me again: "What are you smirking at there, hurry up and wash your hands and eat!" ”

I washed my hands in the yard and entered the house with my uncle, only to find that not only my parents, but also Senior Brother Feng's family of three had also come, and Senior Brother Zhuang was also there, and when I entered the house, he was sitting with Senior Brother Feng on the coffee table in the living room playing chess.

Senior Brother Feng's son, Feng Xiaoyu, sat on the sidelines and watched, pointing fingers from time to time.

Whenever he said that Senior Brother Feng was taking the wrong way of chess, Senior Brother Feng would give him a blank look: "Don't make trouble, watch chess and don't say a word, a true gentleman." ”

Feng Xiaoyu glanced at his father: "You don't let people say that you are terrible." ”

Seeing their father and son fighting word by word, I suddenly came to my senses: Senior Brother Feng's sons are so old!

I remember that when Feng Xiaoyu was just born, Master and I went to the hospital to see it, but I didn't expect that in the blink of an eye, more than ten years would pass.

My mom is in charge of today's lunch, although the cooking is all homely, but each dish has a bit of mildness that can only be found at home, and it is more intimate and clean than the stir-fried dishes with red oil and red sauce outside.

Before the meal, Senior Brother Zhuang said that today is a family banquet at noon, and asked everyone to eat well and not talk about business.

Actually, I didn't plan to talk about business, so while eating, I chatted with my parents and uncle about what had happened in the past few years. Like most people who seldom go home, I talk about the past two years with good news rather than bad news, occasionally saying some anecdotes that have happened over the years to tune their appetites, and as for the dangers I have experienced on weekdays, I will not say a word.

Senior Brother Zhuang has been discussing with Liang Houzai about Yelang's ancient characters, which is not a business matter, it can only be regarded as Senior Brother Zhuang's interest. Senior Brother Feng and Liu Shangang chatted mostly about some firearms-related things, I am not familiar with firearms, but the two of them are veterans of playing with guns, and they chatted enthusiastically, seemingly completely forgetting the existence of other people.

In the whole seat, David was the only one who ate silently, and I noticed that he wanted to talk to me several times, but when he opened his mouth, he didn't say anything.

I knew that as long as he opened his mouth, he would definitely talk about business, so I deliberately pretended not to see it.

Originally, everyone was still talking about each other, until my mother suddenly asked: "Yangyang, did you talk to someone in college?" ”

She asked "Did you talk about someone in college", but a pair of eyes subconsciously looked at Xian'er and Luo Fei, and the voice was to ask me if I had made a choice.

My mom wasn't loud when she said this, but I don't know what's wrong, and as soon as she blurted it out, everyone closed their mouths and looked over to me.

I chewed the food in my mouth, and I didn't respond for a long time, thinking that I would be able to use silence to get by.

But after a while, my mother asked again, "When are you going to get married?" ”

Tie the knot? What to marry? With whom?

Thinking so in my heart, I put down the chopsticks in my hand and looked at my mother, and smiled at my mother: "Ouch Mom, what are you in a hurry, haven't I graduated yet?" ”