The dim lamp hung from the ceiling, illuminating the whole room weakly, but it could not illuminate the dark corner, and I don't know what was crawling there.

"Whew...... Call...... ...... "The irascible cold wind roared like a beast," coaxed ...... Coax...... Coaxing ......" The fat man's snoring shook the earth, and together with the sound of the wind, it stirred my heart, and I couldn't tell how irritable I was.

I held my hot forehead, I couldn't sleep, there were so many strange things that happened this day, I didn't want to know how to sleep. First of all, according to the family, my family has always been doing small business, how can there be a piece of priceless ancient jade, could it be that my family was actually a big official a long time ago; Secondly, listening to Zhao Weinan's words, the way this jade came from doesn't seem to be very clean, could it be that the old man did something unseemly at the beginning, and he couldn't help but burn incense in his heart: Don't blame the old man, don't blame the old man, you are my grandfather, how can I doubt you!

"Bang dang!" Pour all the relics of the old man on the table, check them one by one, there is nothing special, if there is something that records the old man's past, etc., record the past, it seems that there is such a book, rummaging on the table, a work notebook comes into view. The surface of the notebook has long been gray and damaged, only the second half of the page is still wrapped in kraft paper, and I was in a hurry to stuff it into the bag, but I didn't expect it to be used. Hurriedly opened it to see, I saw that I was in a cold sweat, this is really just a work notebook, from beginning to end recorded how much money was spent on a year's firewood, rice, sauce, vinegar and salt, how much money was made from trading, nothing unusual, if there must be, that is, the old man has not gone to school, the notes are full of typos, I can't bear to look at it directly, I wipe my sweat, and secretly disembowel my stomach: old man, you are uneducated and no one blames you, you have to come out to show off, fortunately only your grandson saw it, otherwise you will lose your old face.

I flipped through it hastily, but couldn't find any clues, so I arched next to the fat man, and fell asleep tired. In the early morning, the sun shone on my face through the window and door, stirring my good dreams, and I didn't feel comfortable at all, so I grabbed the quilt and covered my head. The fat man quit, came to grab the quilt, and kicked the fat man off the bed, "Fix the table, and go buy some breakfast." ”

Looking at the messy table, the fat man had a black line on his face, "Grandma is a bear, why don't you tidy up!" "Complaining is complaining, I can only grit my teeth and dry it, who let us be a poor family, and we have to serve this pampered little landlord!

"Lao Luo, why do you say this notebook is so weird! The cover is broken like this, but the bottom is wrapped in kraft paper! The fat man asked.

"What, what did you say?" I sat up suddenly, startling the fat man like a corpse.

"Grandma is a bear, why don't you fix it!" The fat man said casually.

I glared at the fat man fiercely, the two of them looked at each other, "Get out of ,,,,,," My roar was estimated to spread throughout half of Beijing.

I sat at the desk with the fat man standing to the side, staring at the note, afraid it would run away. Carefully picked up the notes, opened the kraft paper, and hit the eardrum with a soft sound, the heart was about to jump out, beating wildly, and it was a folded white paper, the two of us swallowed saliva, the old man is a scheming person in our eyes, and the person who can make him pay so much attention is not trivial. "My time is running out, I often dream, I dream that Brother Jingxing, it is dark all around, he keeps moving forward, no matter how much I shout, he refuses to stop, I start to chase, but I can't catch up with his footsteps, I see the purgatory that has always scared me. No, it swallowed Brother Wang, and I could see Brother Wang being pierced through the skull, his hands and feet were chained to the wall and eaten by insects and ants, and half of his head was missing. But I saw it, I saw Brother Wang laughing and waving to me. I know that Brother Wang has been waiting for me in that place, and it's time to go and see him. We've lived so long since we were kids, we shouldn't have left him alone in that deserted place, I'm going to find him,,,,,,"

The note was broken here, not only did it not solve my doubts, but it deepened the complexity of this matter, and more puzzles ran out, who is Wang Jingxing, who has lived with the old man since he was a child but has never heard the old man mention it, and where is the place that the old man repeatedly mentioned in the paper, why did the old man be so scared but still want to go back. Wait, how did the old man die. There are too many questions, I feel like I have fallen into a bottomless pit and can't see any light, and I am like a headless fly that can't find an exit everywhere, and I am very depressed.

This is related to the life of the old man, I can't ignore it, and hurriedly make a long-distance call to Hunan, "Hey, Dad, I'm Xiao Luo." ”

"Xiao Luo, you have arrived in Beijing, how is it there, is it lively, have you found a job?" The father on the other side of the phone kept asking questions, full of care.

"Dad, I'm fine, I have something to ask you, how did the old man die?" I'm cutting to the chase.

"Why do you ask this, your grandfather was drowned, you know!" Dad was surprised by the topic.

"Dad, I've got a problem, you can be more detailed."

"I heard from the people in my hometown that on the day the old man died, it was raining heavily, the river was surging, the old man was old and frail, his footsteps were unsteady and fell into the river, and he was swept away by the flood, and I didn't even catch the old man's body when I went back." Father said.

"I didn't catch it, what are the old man's ashes?" I feel like there's a ghost in there.

"The body was found two weeks later in a village downstream of the river, and the body was so blistered that it would not have been recognizable. Xiao Luo, don't think about it, the old man is gone, it may be that his life is counted" I am afraid that I miss too much, and my father keeps comforting him.

"Dad, I'm fine, I just can't figure out something." After chatting with my father for a while, I hung up the phone. I frowned and smiled bitterly, convinced that the body I found was not the old man, how could a person who could clearly write his will be old and frail, and fell into the river. But what did the old man kill to deceive his family, and where did he go, is it that purgatory? My head hurts, what are you hiding from me, old man, this is the first time I have questions about the old man. What's even more helpless is that I don't know where to start, I don't have any clues, if I don't care about anything, this matter will be blocked in my heart like a stone, and I won't be stable in this life.

When I returned to the hotel, I heard the fat man shouting, "Lao Luo, we only have a hundred yuan left, and if we don't make some money, we will sleep on the streets." ”

“…… Let's talk about it then! Fatty, I don't think the old man is dead! ”

"Ahh How could it be, the bodies weren't all found! The fat man exclaimed.

"The corpse, I asked, it was soaked when I fished it up, I couldn't see the face clearly, who knows if it was an old man, I don't think he died, I think ,,,,,, "I didn't say it, the fat man has always followed me, and now he can't even give him food and clothing, and now I want the fat man to accompany me to do these unrealistic things, am I too selfish."

"When the time comes, you have the final say, and I can do my best." When he said this, the fat man did not hesitate at all, he stayed with Luo Yan for so long, and knew that Luo Yan would not be stable if he did not solve his inner doubts.

Hearing this, my heart warmed a little, fat people are always so thick.

"Lao Luo, it's better for us to sell the jade first and live a good life." The fat man said innocently.

"Grandma is a bear, I know that you fat man is not well-intentioned!"

"We have to live, we only come to Beijing for a day, and our savings will bottom out, and we still have to mix in Beijing." The fat man said cheekily.

"Dead fat man, say, whose bribe did you take, according to your IQ, think so long-term!" The two of us scolded each other, both of us were heartless people.

The longest-lasting friendship is to understand each other and protect each other in silence, even if life is hard, it will never give up.