Early the next morning, Sun Yan came to the Shanghua Mingcheng Community on Heping Street in Shinan, where the greenery was very good and the environment was quiet. After turning a few corners inside, I saw Xiao Da Lip hurriedly walking towards him not far away.

"Why did you come here, the old man has to go out to do Tai Chi every morning, I persuaded him to stay at home because I was talking about it, if you come one step late, the old man will stop doing it!" Xiao Da Yan stepped forward, grabbed Sun Yan's arm and ran forward in small steps.

Sun Yan broke free of his hand and said angrily: "You girl, you are justified in everything, didn't you say that you could come at eight o'clock yesterday, and now it's not even eight o'clock!" ”

Trotting all the way into the house with Xiao Dalip, the two went directly into the study, the study is full of "ancient flavor", the color of the furniture inside is heavier, the whole wall in the west is a bookcase, the upper, middle and lower layers are full of books, the south wall opened a big window, Sun Yan saw a silver-haired old man sitting by the window drinking tea, wearing a beige Tang costume, a square face, although there is no white beard and chin demeanor, but there is that kind of crane hair and childish appearance.

As soon as the old man saw Sun Yan, he beckoned him to sit down, Sun Yan respectfully walked up to the old man and said with a smile: "Grandpa Xiao, hello, I'm Sun Yan, I came to disturb you today because I want to ask you about something." ”

The old man looked Sun Yan up and down, took a sip of tea and said, "You have also grown into a big child, I remember seeing you in the research institute before, you are only a little bit." Now that I've grown up, I'm quite like your father, but I'm still more like your uncle in my eyebrows. ”

Sun Yan smiled and sat down opposite the old man, the old man straightened up from the chair, turned over the upside-down teacup on the table, poured the tea and said: "I probably know your intention to come today, Da Ke took some things from my old file yesterday I don't know, those photos are just commemorative things for me now." I'm old now, and I don't bother to pursue many memories or mysteries about the past, and I don't have the energy. You, these new generations, are very curious about what you don't know! ”

The old man said as he took out the dozen or so photos from the book next to him and put them in front of Sun Yan. Sun Yan and Xiao Da Lip next to him glanced at each other, and said in his heart, Xiao Da Lip must be afraid that he would come to visit rashly today, and the thing was sudden, which shocked the old man Xiao, so he told the old man last night, but how much he said, how to say it, he has no bottom in his heart now, and he doesn't know how to say hello to himself in advance, and now let the other party take the initiative, and some words are not easy to set. Maybe this old man is also a smart man, otherwise he wouldn't have said those words just now to himself down the stairs, since the other party is straight to the point, he doesn't have to bother to go around, just ask what he wants to know.

Sun Yan smiled: "Since grandpa you have said so, I don't have to be clever in front of you, I saw these photos yesterday, and I was very interested in this person in the photos, I don't know if grandpa you don't know him." As he spoke, he pulled out a photograph and pointed at the man in the blue plaid shirt in the photo, and pushed it in front of the old man.

The old man was stunned for a moment, obviously Sun Yan opened his mouth to ask something completely different from what he expected, the old man glanced at the person Sun Yan was referring to, and said in surprise: "Xiao Zhang? Zhang Qianghui? What does he do, you ask? ”

"Zhang Qianghui?" Sun Yan frowned, and said, "Actually, it's nothing, it's just that I'm familiar with this person, I accidentally saw it in these photos and was curious, I want to ask, grandpa, do you know this person, is he also my father's research institute?" ”

The old man's dark eyes swept around Sun Yan's face, obviously skeptical of what Sun Yan said, and after a long time, the old man slowly opened his mouth and said: "How can he be a person from your father's research institute, but it is normal that you have not heard of him, in 1970, this person named Zhang Qianghui became famous, he was a famous solo explorer in Shaanxi at that time, he once rode a motorcycle alone almost all over China, visited 54 ethnic minorities, and was born and died countless times. He spent a year traveling through Tibet, and in 1980 he started a plan to ride through Lop Nur, and in November he came across us, and he went with our search team to find Pengamu, and these photos were taken at that time. ”

Sun Yan couldn't help swallowing when he heard this, and turned his head to see that Xiao's big lips were also stunned. Sun Yan looked at the photo in his hand again, and couldn't help but feel a little weak for a while, although he looked alike, but can this man named Zhang Qianghui really be connected with the old Zhang Tou in the car repair shop?

The old man continued: "Zhang Qianghui and our search team have been traveling together in Lop Nur for more than 20 days, and he has put aside his crossing plan for the time being and searched for Pengamu with us all the way. In the past 20 days, he and the people in the team get along very well, everyone is a good brother, Zhang Qianghui has a good character, and he is not good at all, and your uncle also admires him very much. ”

The old man paused for a while, the expression on his face was a little bleak, he took a sip of tea and said: "However, later there was an accident in the search team, your uncle and the other five people were lost in the desert, and the search plan was forced to stop. Later, I inquired with the rest of the team, and they said that he seemed to have edema and went back with the troops. ”

"And then? Have you ever seen anyone else outside of Lop Nur? Xiao couldn't help but interject.

The old man shook his head: "He was following the Xinjiang 748 troops, and later I went to the army to find him, and the leader of the team said that Zhang Qianghui disappeared when he left Lop Nur, and I guess he bought a train ticket and went back to his hometown directly, so I didn't care." However, this person really disappeared after that, and his plan to ride alone in Lop Nur was not started again, and his deeds were reported in the newspaper news from time to time, but that was before he went to Lop Nur, and he himself never showed his face. ”

After the old man finished speaking, his eyes returned to Sun Yan and said, "This is everything I know about him, you said that you and he are familiar people, what's the matter?" ”

Sun Yan sighed and smiled awkwardly: "Grandpa, I've heard you say so much, I don't even know if you are talking to me about a person, I recognize the wrong person, I recognize the wrong person!" ”

Sun Yan shook his head with a smile, and Xiao said in a loud voice: "I said it a long time ago, how can this be a person, you don't believe me." ”

The old man looked at the two of them, and suddenly laughed out loud, and said, "Xiao Yan, Xiao Yan, your temperament is a bit similar to your third uncle!" ”

"What? Grandpa also knows my third uncle? Sun Yan is selling well at the moment.

The old man shook his head with a smile and said, "Well, since you don't want to tell me, I'm not interested in knowing." I, when I'm older, I don't like to worry about these things, but I have to remind you two a few words, children, it's not a bad thing to be curious, but everything has a degree, and some things are too attentive, and you will suffer trouble. All right! ”

The old man said and patted his thigh: "Since you have finished asking about what you want to ask, I should also go out for a walk!" With that, he got up and walked slowly out of the study.

Sun Yan originally planned to stop him, but after thinking about it, it was not good to ask too much, so he simply closed his mouth, and saw the old man's figure disappear around the corner, Sun Yan turned his head to look at Xiao Da Li, and said angrily: "How much did you talk to your grandfather about our affairs?" ”

Xiao shook his head and said: "Oh, my grandpa Sun, you have wronged me, I didn't say anything, I just told him about me taking his photo, saying that you were very curious after seeing the photo, and I talked to him about some things, and I didn't say anything else!" ”

Sun Yan was silent for a while, and then whispered, "Your grandfather is really a shrewd person, old fritter." ”