Out of the antique street, there is a steep stone staircase that stretches from the mountainside to the bottom of the river.

Xuan Xuan saw that the river reflected the mountain-shaped buildings, the sky and the clouds, the boat walked in it, as if gliding on the Tianhe, after all, it was a person in the city, rarely saw such a scene, couldn't help but sigh and amazed, took off his shoes, ran barefoot to the bottom of the stone steps, ran two steps, a little dog rushed over from the horizontal thorn, barking, frightened her hurriedly turned back, but the little dog only guarded the corner of the stone alley, looking at us with his mouth barking, and did not catch up.

I took Xuanxuan's hand, walked down the stone steps together, and picked up a stone under my feet, and the dog fled into the deep stone alley.

When we arrived at the river, Xuan Xuan's feet felt pain, sat on the stone bank, turned over the soles of his feet, and saw a few small stones embedded in the soles of his feet, cut them off with his fingernails, and soaked them in the river for a while, the pain disappeared without a trace, but a pair of jade feet became pink and pink, like a piece of ingenious art.

Not far downstream, a wooden boat was rowed, and the boatman wore a hat, stood on the bow of the boat, and held a penny under the water, and the penny was bent into a bow and shot up the willow-leaf-like boat.

The boat was still a dozen or twenty paces away, but the boatman looked at me, let out a sigh, and shouted, "The brother in front, but Zuo Yan?"

I was watching the boat family holding the boat interestingly, but I didn't expect him to blurt out my name, and said in my heart, could it be that this person is the same as the Tujia man who sold wine in front of me, and is it my old acquaintance?

The boat came close to me, and the planks on the side of the boat crashed against the rocky shore with a muffled thud. Shake the surface of the water into a circle of ripples. The boatman took off the hat, and said, left flame. Where have you been all these years?

Although I did not have the impression of this boatman in my heart, and when I saw that they were kind and smiling, I could not remain silent, so I had to answer with a smile and go outside the mountain. I say this without any falsehood. It's also quite appropriate. I was afraid that this boatman would say something strange and make Xuan Xuan angry, so I hurriedly continued this sentence. He also asked if he could take a boat to the orphanage in the town.

The boatman wondered, how did you forget, the orphanage is on the east bank of the river, and you are stepping on the east bank now. What are you still doing on a boat?

I hurriedly said. Ah, I've been out for a long time and forgot about it, so I won't bother you.

The boatman smiled, if you don't want to walk, I can give you a ride along the river, the cost is not big, you know. Ten dollars is all it takes.

I said again and again, no need. No need, I'll go on my own. Holding Xuan Xuan's hand, he walked upstream along the stone steps by the river.

The boatman was behind me, and when he saw me holding a delicate woman in his hand, he asked with a smile, Brother Zuo Yan, who is this beautiful girl?

I'm afraid that the boatman will learn from the wine man and say that I have changed my wife, and I am ready to say that this is my college classmate.

Who knew that Xuan Xuan rushed to twist her head and replied loudly, I am her wife.

I hurriedly pulled Xuanxuan to stride quickly, and heard the boatman muttering to himself while taking the penny to the shore, hey, why doesn't it look like it?

We walked fifty or sixty meters on the riverbank, and then entered through the stone alley on the left, and then climbed the stairs, turned to the right, and came to the gate of the orphanage, but we saw that the marble door of the orphanage was full of wreaths. I was shocked, and my heart said, Who is the passer?

I also saw that the road leading to the courtyard was also covered with small white flowers, and there were twenty children wearing black veils on their arms, sprinkling and sweeping in the courtyard, placing tables and chairs, and a three-foot wooden platform was set up in the courtyard of the courtyard, and a beam was erected on the top of the platform, on which hung a banner with black characters on a white background, which read: Sorry for Shen Foyin, the director of the orphanage in Golden Town.

Seeing the three words of Shen Foyin in the back, I was taken aback, tears welled up in my eyes, and my heart said, it's over, how could such a good person suddenly pass away? I also thought that my background was unknown, and now that the only person in the know, he had passed away, wouldn't it become an unsolvable mystery. Walking into the gate, a fifteen or sixteen-year-old child was running out, crashing into my arms, ah-yo shouted, looked up at me, and ran out again, suddenly stopped and turned around, looked at me and shouted, ah, is Brother Zuo Yan back?

As he spoke, he threw himself into my arms and began to cry. My heart sank, and I suddenly remembered the name of this child, and I couldn't help crying, Xiao Ming, why did grandma die? On weekdays, I call Shen Foyin Shen's mother, but these children call her grandma.

That kid Xiao Mingdao, he was fine the day before yesterday, but he couldn't come back last night.

I asked, what the hell is going on?

Xiao Ming said, the doctor in the town came to check it and said that it was a stroke.

I asked, where did grandma stop?

It's in the backyard, she said.

As I was saying this, seven or eight more teenage children came up to talk to me, and carried me through the courtyard and into the backyard, and saw a tent propped up at the head of the wall of the courtyard, and on the head it was written: "The church of mercy is like the sea; There are couplets pasted on both sides, and the upper couplet reads: deep pain, great mercy, deep and gracious, never forget; The next couplet reads: The righteousness of long-term hatred and cultivation in Great Myanmar looks like a memory. In the middle of the tent was a pair of nanmu coffins, the lid of which was placed in the corner of the wall and not covered. I approached the coffin and saw that the person in the coffin was wearing a red dress with the word Fu, lying stiffly, with silver hair, wrinkles on his forehead like crepe, and a face as usual, but his eyebrows were frowning, and his eyes were wide, it was Mother Shen.

Xiao Ming cried, after grandma came back, she never closed her eyes, and she didn't know what the reason was.

I reached out and closed her eyes, but the eyes suddenly opened again, and although the whiteboard was dull and empty, I could clearly feel that she was staring at the sky, full of thoughts.

Xiao Ming said that in the past few years since you left, your grandmother couldn't get through to your phone, often chanted your name, and often cried when she read it.

When I heard this, I couldn't help but say sadly, Mother Shen, you can go all the way, leave these children to me, I will help you take them, you can go with confidence.

After speaking, I looked at Shen Foyin again, hoping that she could hear her words and rest in peace, but who knew that she still didn't close her eyes, and she seemed to be staring wider and wider, and the children around me were horrified.

Suddenly, her right hand, which had been placed in the coffin, was released, revealing a small cylinder. The cylinder was made of a piece of sticky note, and the paper was a little yellowish. I remember that she had a bad memory and often forgot things, so in order not to make a mistake, she kept a small stack of notes in her purse, wrote down the things to be done at any time, and carried out the work in the hospital with reference to the notes every day.

I took the paper in my hand and unfolded it, and saw a small key wrapped in the paper, and seven lines of words were written on the front of the paper:

1. Buy cold herbs for Xiaofa;

2. Buy a pencil for Dangdang;

3. The kitchen boiler is broken;

Fourth, Bei Bei often has stomach pain and has to go to the hospital;

5. Participate in the orphanage charity meeting held by the town government;

Children under the age of six and seven are vaccinated on Thursdays;

7. Buy a birthday cake for Yanyan.

Look at the neat and fine handwriting, it is indeed Shen Ma's handwriting, but the strokes are yellowed, there are rough edges, and there is a drop of black liquid solidified into a hard shell in the middle, turn to the back, only to find that the hard shell is a drop of blood falling on it, and it hardens when it encounters oxygen in the air, and under the hard shell, I vaguely see two lines of crooked, if there is no gray handwriting, it is obviously written by Shen Ma in a panic, carefully identify, it can be seen that the above line is written "treasure chest N.72" These words, the following line of words, The front is written in Latin: yalisandreno, but the strokes at the back are scribbled and unreadable.

The "treasure chest", I know, is a cabinet that stores the relics of each orphan's parents, because it is the evidence of each orphan's future recognition, so it is very precious, and because there are a total of 100 cabinets, it is called a treasure chest. In fact, most of the things stored in it are not worth mentioning, such as: the child's birth date written by the child's biological parents, irresponsible young parents lost or discarded the child's belongings, clothes, and some gold and silver jewelry, such as bracelets, anklets, longevity locks, etc., but most of them are worthless things. However, whether it was worth or not, Shen's mother kept them for years. Each child has a small lattice cabinet, and each cabinet has a number, corresponding to a name. I was the 72nd child to enter the orphanage, so my number was N.72.

Although I knew that the number of my cabinet was 72, I had never seen it with my own eyes, so that when I got the note in Shen's mother's hand, I knew that the 72 written on it referred to the number of my cabinet, that is, Shen's mother's note must have been written to me, and it was for me to take the small key to open my cabinet.

I was surprised how the dead Mother Shen knew that I was going back to the Golden Town Orphanage, during this period, I didn't have a phone, I couldn't communicate with her, according to common sense, it was impossible for her to know that I was back. Now, not only did she guess that I would come back, but she also guessed that I would go to the orphanage before she was cremated, that I would come to her side to worship her before she closed her coffin, and that she had arranged for this note to meet me. What is that string of Latin consciousness? What secrets did she keep in Cabinet 72? Did she know that I had come back to her to ask about my origins, and had put the sensational mystery in Cabinet 72?

I was holding that strange note, full of suspicion, curiosity, and inexplicable fear. However, at this time, the attraction of Cabinet 72 to me suddenly became infinite, like a singularity in the universe, a black hole, attracting me, and I couldn't wait to walk towards it. (To be continued......)