I haven't been back to my hometown for more than three years, and I haven't had any contact with people in my hometown, and now I can meet my childhood friends, and I feel a little embarrassed.

But I didn't expect that the two of us would actually meet in such a situation. I grinned: "Da Meng, we haven't seen each other for seven or eight years, right?" How did you end up here? ”

Thinking back to the bits and pieces about Da Meng, I can't help but wonder. In my memory, about eight years ago, Da Meng left our village with his mother, and after that, the two of us lost contact.

Speaking of Da Meng, he is also a hard-working man, his father is a construction worker, that is, the most common migrant worker in the city now, and used to work in Haibin City.

Nine years ago, Da Meng's father was in an accident at the construction site, his father was seriously injured, and it took more than a week to rescue him, and finally died.

Da Meng was a year younger than me, and he was only ten years old when his father died. The medical expenses in Haibin City are high, because of the more than a week of rescue, their family is poor and destitute, and Dameng has dropped out of school since then.

After Da Meng's father died, the family was almost unable to open the pot. It is indeed very difficult for a woman to live with a child, and a year later, Da Meng's mother took him to remarry to another village, dozens of miles away from Xiahe Village.

I haven't seen Da Meng since then. Counting it, it has been eight years, and he has grown from the thin and weak slug back then to such a big and three thick man.

Da Meng didn't answer my question directly, shook his head helplessly, and sighed: "It's a long story, let's go back first, and I'll slowly tell you how I've been here all these years." ”

I nodded, now is indeed not a good time to catch up. I still have to send my grandfather home quickly, and I also have to contact Xiaobai and Zhang Yang quickly, I don't know how the two of them are doing now.

I tried dialing Xiaobai's phone, and it took a long time for the phone to finally connect.

"Fanzi, how are you? Wait, I'll find someone to save you! Xiaobai's voice was hurried and full of worry.

I was relieved to hear that he could still say such a thing with full breath. There weren't too many Yin Souls behind the two of them, and there were amulets and bodies, and Yin Spirits couldn't help them.

Just as the two of them were about to run to a certain village, the ghosts suddenly disappeared. Calculating the time, it should be when the black cat appeared, those ghosts turned into black gas, and finally condensed into a black cat.

Xiaobai and Zhang Yang wanted to find someone to save me, and even prepared to call the police, but I stopped them in the end. The black cat has escaped, and I'm not in any danger here for the time being.

If the black cat is still there, it will be useless to call many people to come, and it will even make those innocent people lose their lives in vain. After asking where the two of them were, I told them not to wander around for the time being, and waited for me to pick them up.

"Fanzi, why don't we two go back first. When I returned to the village, I called someone to pick him up. "When I was on the phone, Da Meng didn't know where to push out a motorcycle.

After asking, I realized that it was his motorcycle. In the process of escaping for his life, he plunged headlong into a cornfield on a motorcycle, and his leg was injured as a result.

I didn't leave my grandfather alone for a while, my heart moved, and I asked, "Da Meng, can you drive?" We still have a car, but I won't drive it. ”

When he knew that we still had a car, Da Meng's eyes lit up, and he patted his chest boldly: "Hey, isn't it just driving, it's a trivial matter." It's easy to have a car, and we can go back together. ”

The reason why our car stalled is definitely a ghost, and there should be nothing wrong with the car itself. Da Meng threw down the motorcycle without hesitation, ready to turn around and pick it up again.

I carried my grandfather on my back and walked to the police car with Da Meng. What I didn't expect was that when I met the corpse I saw in the previous escape on the road, Da Meng sighed for a while and carried the corpse on his back.

Da Meng told me that it was his co-worker, a middle-aged man from the village next door to us. Originally, Da Meng was driving him home on a motorcycle, but he didn't expect to encounter a ghost.

Speaking of which, Da Meng is also responsible for encountering this incident. Those ghosts are all the means of the black cat, and the black cat's original intention should be to deal with me.

I sighed and told Da Meng the truth. He was stunned at first, then sniffed and said with a wry smile: "This is all fate, how can I blame you." You saved me today, or I would have died a long time ago, and I have to thank you. ”

Da Meng saw this very openly, and didn't blame me for this incident. After arriving next to the police car, I put my grandfather's body back into the crystal coffin, and the body of Dameng's worker was also placed in the car.

There was nothing wrong with the police car, and it was easy to start. I sat in the passenger seat and noticed that Da Meng's driving technique was very sophisticated, and the car drove smoothly.

"When did you learn to drive? I still don't know how to drive, but I'm ready to get a driver's license when I have time in the future, and it's really much more convenient to be able to drive. "I tried to talk to Da Meng.

Da Meng cracked his mouth and smiled: "Hehe, I can drive at the age of fifteen, and I have been driving for several years." If you want to learn to drive, I'll teach you when you go back, and you can't learn real skills when you go to a driving school. ”

Dameng's words aroused my curiosity, can you drive at the age of fifteen? What has happened to him over the years? Why did you return to Xiahe Village?

Before I could ask, Da Meng had already taken the initiative to talk about his life over the years. When he left Xiahe Village with his mother, Da Meng was only eleven years old.

Da Meng's stepfather is middle-aged and widowed, and he is more than ten years older than Da Meng's mother. But their family contracted a brick kiln and lived a rich life, and Da Meng's mother married him, at least to ensure that Da Meng would not go hungry and freeze.

When I said this, I remembered Da Meng's mother, who was a woman with a delicate face and not very good health. In the past, when Dameng's father was alive, the couple had a good relationship.

Da Meng's mother is a good person, even if she heard that I ordered people close to me, she never had a bad face towards me, let alone ordered Da Meng to cut off relations with me.

After going there, Da Meng went back to school. But for various reasons, after graduating from elementary school, Da Meng dropped out of school again and began working in his stepfather's brick kiln at the age of fourteen.

He has operated a machine tool for cutting bricks, driven a tricycle to pull bricks, and learned to burn bricks. Da Meng's mother died last year, and although his stepfather's family was rich, it had nothing to do with Da Meng.

It may be that he is afraid that Da Meng will inherit the inheritance, or he may feel that Da Meng is about to reach the age of getting married and marrying a daughter-in-law, and he feels that it costs too much. Da Meng's stepfather gave him a few thousand yuan and drove him back to Xiahe Village without hesitation.

"It's good to come back, the neighbors take good care of me. I live alone in an old house, not to mention freedom, and I don't have any burden. If one person is full, the whole family will not be hungry. Da Meng said with a smile.

But his smile was clearly mixed with a bit of bitterness, and I knew that his heart must be very unpleasant. I wanted to comfort a few words, but I was ridiculed for being hypocritical.

"Big man, what do you care about those trivial things?" Da Meng said.

I smiled and asked him what he planned to do in the future. He told me that he had found work in a nearby brick kiln and had earned money to buy a motorcycle.

"I'm still young, and I have strength. After two years of saving money, marry a daughter-in-law and have a son, this life will be complete. "Da Meng doesn't have much hope for the future, only very down-to-earth ideas.

I agree with Da Meng's thoughts, and this kind of life may be the most suitable for him. Originally, I planned to help him more if I could, but now it seems that I am thinking too much.

I don't know what to do with my future, and there's really no place to help him for the time being. Even if I can go back to my previous life, with Da Meng's honest and honest temperament, it is not suitable to eat with me.

"By the way, what do you plan to do in the future?" Da Meng asked suddenly.

I squeezed out a smile: "What else can I plan?" Deal with grandpa's aftermath first, and then let's take one step at a time. ”

On the way, we picked up Xiaobai and Zhang Yang, there was already a crystal coffin and a corpse in the carriage, and the two of them were even more crowded after getting on the bus.

Da Meng thought about it and carried his worker's body out of the car: "My worker's village is in front, the road is not easy to walk, and the car can't get in. You guys go back first, and when I'm done here, I'll come over and help you. ”

It's getting closer and closer to home, and the terrain is familiar to me. I know the village that Da Meng is talking about, and his words do make sense.

I patted him on the shoulder: "You go first, remember to come to me when you come back." ”

I'm going to be busy with my grandfather's funeral, and maybe I'll have to leave the village to find "Shanghe Village". I really don't have time to talk to him now, so I can only catch up with him when I'm done.

Watching Da Meng carry the corpse and gradually disappear into the night, I sighed and sighed. Time flies, but a few years have passed, and things have changed.

"Let's go, I haven't eaten well all day. This journey is too thrilling, it's not easy to come here, Chen Fan, you have to treat me to a good meal when you're done. Zhang Yang muttered, urging me to get in the car quickly.

I smiled and nodded, saying that this person was righteous enough and almost lost his life, he just wanted a good meal. I guess he didn't want me to have any psychological burden when he said this.

There is still something going on in Haibin City, and Zhang Yang plans to eat something after he is busy and rush back to Haibin City overnight. Xiaobai and I don't agree with this approach, and when we encounter such a thing, we will inevitably be scared when we walk at night.

After some persuasion, Zhang Yang finally dismissed his plan to rush back overnight. Stay with us for one night and rush back tomorrow morning, it's daylight all the way, and it's relatively safe.

Before the car drove into Xiahe Village, I could already see the old willow tree by the pond at the entrance of the village in the distance. This old willow tree is not too young to be embraced by one person.

"Wow!" The light shone through, and the nest of crows in the old willow tree seemed to be awakened and hoarse.

Xiaobai and Zhang Yang had never heard the crow's cry, and they trembled. I smiled unkindly, since I was a child, there lived a nest of crows in this willow tree, and I was used to hearing the crows.

The closer the car drove "Wow Wow...... the more frequent the crows crowed.

The crow crows continued to crow, and it sounded a little similar to the cry of a baby, and I felt a little furious when I heard it.

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