Chapter Seventy-Five: Sacrificing the Lotus Flower

In the middle of spring, I finally got the long-awaited news: I could visit Susser. However, the police officer who contacted me reminded me that Suser was in a depressed mood and had a negative attitude towards explaining the problem, so he hoped that I could take the opportunity of this visit to persuade Suser to cooperate with the police and seek leniency.

During a conversation with the police officer, I was surprised to learn that Suser had just been transferred back to the detention center from the hospital a few days ago. She was extremely emotionally unstable and in extremely poor physical condition some time ago, and she was hospitalized for observation and treatment under the arrangement of the police. Surprisingly, during the examination, it was found that the fetus in her womb was already a stillborn baby. Therefore, with Susser's own consent, the doctor performed surgery to remove the dead baby from her womb.

I am not surprised by this news, which has come as a surprise to many. What happened that night, I realized that the flesh and blood of Mayor Wang in Susser's womb could not be saved.

In the detention center, through thick glass, I saw Suser coming across from me, accompanied by a policewoman, dressed in prison clothes. Her hair had been cut short, and her originally beautiful face had lost a lot of charm, adding a thick melancholy and haggardness.

She looked at me and sat down across from me in silence. I looked into the microphone and hesitated, "Xiao Su, are you okay?" ”

Suser kept her head down and remained silent. I kept comforting her, but I didn't expect her to cry all at once. The policewoman on the side immediately reminded her: "Susher, what are you crying about?" The time for the visit is limited, so what is there to say! ”

I waved my hand and said to the policewoman, "Let her cry, don't disturb her, thank you!" ”

The policewoman gave me a blank look and said no more. Suser cried for a while, then began to raise her head and talk to me. She first told me that she was sorry for me, that she was a dirty woman, and that it was rare that I could still come to visit her despite my past suspicions, which touched her very much.

I knew that she was uncomfortable with the fetus that died in her womb, so I told her the ins and outs of it. Su Seyuan looked at me in disbelief with his eyes open. The policewoman on the side also issued a warning to prevent me from saying these feudal superstitious words.

I said to the policewoman, "Aren't you me, and I'm cooperating with you to do Susser's ideological work?" So what are we talking about, as long as it doesn't violate the rules of the detention center, you don't want to stop it. ”

The policewoman was silent, and I patiently repeated to Suser the cause and effect of the incident. Suser wept bitterly, then fell silent. I looked at the time and said to Suser, "Xiao Su, I won't come to see you often." The time is almost up, I'm leaving, take care of yourself, cooperate with the police, fight for leniency, and get free as soon as possible. ”

Su Se whimpered, "Brother Mo, I listen to you." If I can come out early, I must be a good person, no, I want to become a monk and practice, stay away from the red dust of sin, and find the pure world that belongs to me! ”

I glanced at her with pity, and said lightly: "If your heart is turbid, you are in the Western Pure Land, and your heart cannot be quiet; If the heart is pure, where is not the pure land? ”

Suser looked at me in confusion, repeated what I had just said, and left accompanied by the policewoman.

The side with Suser not only made me feel sorry and sad for her, but also felt a sense of relief. During this time, I often went to my hometown in Mojia Village to reunite with my parents.

Maybe it's because of the policy propaganda, and although the people in the village don't like to talk to me when they see me, they seem to have forgiven me and don't hate me anymore. It's just that I still feel unhappy in my heart, and I still feel very guilty, as if it was all my fault, so that the people in the village have lost their source of income, and everyone's life has become embarrassed.

When I returned to Mojia Village a few times recently, the people in the village began to slowly regain their enthusiasm for me, which made me feel much more comfortable. Of course, this is all thanks to Lao Wang's great help to me.

Lao Wang took a fancy to me as smart and capable, and I had gone through many hardships, and my mind was much more mature than that of my peers, so he decided to help me. Lao Wang and I walked into Mojia Village and announced that he would fund a factory in the village so that the villagers could quickly return to a prosperous life. Naturally, Lao Wang did not forget to emphasize to the villagers that the reason why he came to invest and set up a factory was because he was moved by me.

Because Lao Wang sold this big favor, the villagers' attitude towards me naturally improved.

"During the Qingming Festival, it rains a lot, and the pedestrians on the road want to break their souls!" In the blink of an eye, the Qingming Festival is just around the corner. In the smoke and rain in the south of the Yangtze River, with the help of Lao Wang, I was preparing for the factory, sitting silently in front of the window, looking at the drizzle outside the window, and remembering what was on my mind.

I felt that I was too ruthless and unintentional, and the sad eyes of the lonely lotus before she died often came to my mind. It's time for me to pay tribute to her.

Driving the car that Wang lent me, I set out on my way to a small cemetery on the outskirts of Shanghai. When I came to the entrance of the cemetery, among the many stalls, I bought incense, candles, paper money, and walked through the pines and cypresses with mixed feelings.

It took me almost a whole day to finally find the tomb of the lonely lotus flower among the dense tombstones. I inquired about the burial place of the lonely lotus, but I did not inquire about the location of her tomb. Out of guilt for her, I decided to religiously find her among the many tombstones.

It was an inconspicuous corner, and the pines and cypresses were particularly green. Above the tombstone, a picture of a lonely lotus flower is embedded in the head. In the photo, she looks so charming and beautiful, and her bright eyes seem to be looking at me.

Only then did I realize that her real name was revealed: Li Shanshan! As the sky gets late, the sunset sets the whole cemetery in a particularly quiet light, and the pines and cypresses sway gently in the breeze, as if telling the mourning of the separation of yin and yang.

There were hardly any grave sweepers around, so I silently put the flowers in front of the tombstone, lit the incense candles, and burned the paper money in the heavenly furnace next to me.

I kowtowed respectfully to her photo. Although there are a thousand words in my heart, I can't seem to say a single one. Although I didn't say a word, I seemed to be able to feel that Li Shanshan was silently watching me and communicating with me heart-to-heart.

Although it was not early, and there was only a trace of afterglow left in the sky, I was still reluctant to leave Li Shanshan. Maybe I was tired from standing for a long time, or maybe I wanted to be closer to Li Shanshan, so I sat down against the stone railing next to her tombstone, staring at her picture stupidly.

I don't know how long later, I was surprised to find that many people in our Mojia Village crowded at the foot of the hill in the cemetery, and what surprised me even more was that there were my parents among them.

After a while, my parents came to my side, and when they saw me, they breathed a long sigh of relief and said, "Xiaoxun, I finally found you, come home with us!" ”

I thought it was strange that I came to the cemetery on the outskirts of Shanghai and didn't tell anyone, how did they know about the road? You know, this is a hundred kilometers away from my hometown!

It's just that since my parents said this, although I didn't understand the reason for it, and it was inconvenient to ask more, I followed them into the flow of people. I don't understand that it's a miracle that my parents came to me and found me. Forget it, how can it be that all the people in our Mojia Village are here? But they didn't talk to me, which was inexplicable.

I don't know how many miles I walked, I couldn't help it anymore, and asked my mother, "Mom, there are so many of you who are hurrying away, what is this for?" ”

My mother was out of breath, and when she saw me asking, she stopped and said, "Xiaoxun, hurry up, something big has happened in our Mojia Village!" I was surprised and asked, "Mom, what the hell is going on?" No wonder the whole village is running for their lives, what is going on? ”

The mother said, "There is a monster in the village that wants to eat everyone in the village, so everyone is running for their lives." On the way, I met a fortune teller, and they said that this catastrophe was destined for our village, and the only one who could solve this catastrophe was you, Xiaoxun. Under his guidance, our whole village found you here. Xiao Xun, hurry up and take the people in our village to escape from this monster! ”

I couldn't help but laugh dumbly when I heard it, did the people in this Mojia Village have all their brains in water? What kind of monster in this world can scare so many people into running away!

It's just that seeing my parents' panicked looks doesn't seem to be joking with me. Mother said: "Xiao Xun, the fortune teller said that this monster is most afraid of gold, silver and jewelry, as long as we find a treasure under your leadership, then we will no longer be afraid of monsters, and the whole village will be rich and healthy from now on!" ”

I was very surprised, and my honest father said in a muffled voice: "Xiaoxun, what your mother said is true." The officials of the town also believed it, and you see, they all followed. ”

My father pointed with his hand, and I was surprised to find that there were several more people from the town government around me without noticing. I knew all of them, and I used to work in the town when I worked with them.

In the blink of an eye, I noticed that my parents had suddenly disappeared. I was so anxious that I shouted, and among the few people who were officials, one named Wang Qiang pointed to the front and said, "Xiaomo, don't worry, look at it, your parents are running forward in that crowd!" ”

I looked closely, and sure enough, my parents were rushing forward in the midst of the bustling crowd. At this time, I was surprised to find that the crowd seemed to be even bigger, far more than me, a person from the Mojia Village.

I asked Wang Qiang, "Wang Zhen, what the hell is going on?" Is there really a monster that wants to eat people? The government has no way to deal with it? ”

Wang Qiang said with a bitter face: "Yes, that monster is too powerful." The police at the police station hit it with a gun, and it didn't even feel anything. Everyone was scared and had to flee for their lives, but fortunately they met a fortune teller for guidance, which gave everyone hope. Xiaomo, you have been our acting mayor, we will all obey your command, take us to find that treasure and get rid of this monster! ”