What the hell is going on? I know that the incense burner of this old house is absolutely not allowed to fall to the ground like this. I don't know what else to do other than tidy up the hall. I don't have any acquaintances to ask in this village, and I don't know where the teachers' homes are.

I could only wait like this, and when it got dark, Jiang Lichen didn't appear. I realized that waiting might not be the way to go, so after thinking about it, I took my flashlight and went to the grave next to the school wall. That is Jiang Lichen's grave, in this mountain village, if he is not in this old house, there will be a place to go to that small mound.

I used to be scared when I saw that small mound, but now that I'm familiar with it, I don't feel scared anymore. I even thought that Jiang Lichen might just stand in front of his grave, holding a lantern, to see if he needed to erect a monument for himself.

But when I went there, there was nothing. Plants have regrown on the mound, the bowl from the wedding is still upside down, and the incense candles have long been drenched by the rain. But Jiang Lichen is really not here.

I squatted down and shouted a few times at the small stone slab in front of the grave: "Jiang Lichen? Jiang Lichen? There was still no response, but a few bamboos not far away were rustled by the wind.

I went back to the old house, thinking that if I went and lit the white lantern too, maybe he would show up. Is he angry with me, I followed Jiang Yidong to leave, so angry that he didn't want to pay attention to me? Is he jealous?

I said while shining a white lantern in his room: "Jiang Lichen, if you are jealous, please come out first." It's okay to scold me, don't play missing. In this village, you are just kind to me, if you don't see you again, I really can't support it, so I can only go home and be scolded by my mother. How could it not? ”

His room was the opposite of mine. The old-fashioned carved bed, it can be seen that in the Republic of China, their family was quite rich. But the room is so big, and the white lantern is so big that it can't be folded, how can it be hidden? I was in the cupboard, under the bed, and there was really no white lantern.

That night, I couldn't sleep, I was very upset, and I always thought that something must have happened. Jiang Lichen is the kind of person, even if he is angry with me, he should not disappear like a child.

When the day finally dawned, I was the first teacher to arrive at the school, opened the office door, watched the students sweep the floor, waited anxiously, and finally waited for Teacher Liao to come.

Before Mr. Liao's motorcycle was parked, I had already walked up to him and asked, "Mr. Liao, is there something wrong with the Jiang family?" I think it's a bit messy at home. ”

Mr. Liao likes to gossip, and when I asked, he was more willing to say. He said: "Last Friday, the day you took your leave, the Temple of Wealth was rebuilt. The old man was drunk, so he shouted that he wanted to go to you to hang the girder. Otherwise, it would be useless if the temple of the God of Wealth was built, and the God of Wealth was angry and did not bless the village to make a fortune. We all said that you asked for leave and was not at school, and he still had to go to Jiang's house to find it. When I went to Jiang's house, I smashed the door and went in, but there was no one. He even smashed other people's incense burners. Tsk, he's looking for his own death! So many people followed, and they couldn't stop him. On Saturday afternoon, the Jiang family came over. ”

When he said this, I was puzzled, since someone from the Jiang family had returned, why hadn't the incense burner been cleaned up?

He lowered his voice and said, "I'm driving a military vehicle with black letters on a white background." There were two people in the car, one was the old secretary, his legs and feet were unstable, and he got out of the car on crutches. The other is an officer, I heard that he was a colonel when he came back from Qingming the year before last, and when he came back this time, he seemed to be promoted again. They called the village chief, called Lao Lai, and called several old people with prestige in the village to go to the village committee to talk. The old secretary said that the God of Wealth Temple does not guarantee everyone's wealth, so why do you want to come? said that the Jiang family is the god of wealth in this village. Five years ago, the Jiang family found a lime mining project for the village. In the mountains to the east, it is said that there is lime. As a result, just after digging five or six cars, someone in the village stopped the car and collected money, and did not give money and did not let it be pulled out. After a few days of trouble, the project could not be done. The Jiang family said at that time that these people in the village were waiting for money from the sky. I can lose all the items I found.

Lao Lai did what he did, and he was afraid, so he said what happened to you, not that you caused the Temple of Wealth to collapse. Later, the descendant of the Jiang family who always came to pick you up also went. It is said that the temple of the God of Wealth is dedicated to a village tyrant and drug addict in the village in the past. The old secretary heard that he lived in the Jiang family's old house, so he asked who he was? How old is it? Who are the fathers? Yo, what's that man's name? ”

"Jiang Lichen?!" I said.

"We also know that he is a junior of the Jiang family, and it is estimated that he was born and grew up outside. He himself said that because of his poor health, he went back to his hometown to live for a while. But when the old secretary asked him, he didn't say a word, just stretched out his left hand in front of the old secretary. The old secretary had a heart attack. The officer who came with him hurriedly said that the Jiang family would pay for the renovation of the God of Wealth Temple. The Jiang family will want to go down to the project of the big warehouse near the village. Whoever causes trouble again, he has a way to deal with it. even took the old secretary to the hospital. ”

Teacher Liao sighed in the end: "Teacher Yin, it's good that you take leave on Friday, or you will be hanged in the Temple of Wealth." When the Jiang family comes on Saturday, they can only help you collect the body. ”

"What about Jiang Lichen? Where is he? ”

Teacher Liao shook his head: "I don't know." And we dispersed. Didn't pay attention to him. ”

Although I have basically understood what happened, I am still very worried about Jiang Lichen. Why did he stretch out his left hand, and the old secretary had a heart attack? Could it be that the old secretary knows that he is not the younger generation of the Jiang family, but the grandfather of the Jiang family?

After a day of class, I returned to the old house, and I didn't see Jiang Lichen helping me cook, and the old house was empty everywhere. I don't even know what to do. After thinking about it, I didn't cook either, so I just brewed instant noodles and ate them.

The sky darkened, and I missed him more and more. In the end, I decided to go to his grave again. This time, I dug up the familiar vines from his grave. I found a small seedling and brought it back, and planted it in a stone mortar that had long been abandoned in the yard. Fill the soil and pour water. I washed my hands, washed an apple for myself, and while eating, I squatted on the ground, stroked the little seedling, and said to myself: "Grow up quickly." Maybe, when he grows up, he will blossom and bear fruit, and a Jiang Lichen will grow. ”

"Do you still know fairy tales? Or a horror fairy tale! ”

Hearing this voice, I looked back suddenly, and Jiang Lichen was standing not far behind me, looking at me, holding a lot of things in his hand.

I was anxious to stand in front of him and asked, "Where have you been?" ”

"Go and see if my brother is scared to death by me. Also went to the city to buy something. Like I don't say, I should learn more about what I know now. ”

I looked at the boxes he was carrying. Laptops, mobile phones, books. "Then I'll tell you some not-so-good news. Your computer can't use your phone's network to surf the Internet here, there is no fiber optics, and it is very expensive. Also, your brother ......."

He walked out of the house before I could finish asking, and replied to me: "He is still alive, the hospital rescued him in time, and he can't die." ”

"I heard them say, that old man is your brother? So how did he have a heart attack when he saw you. After all these years, what does he remember what you look like? ”

Jiang Lichen stopped, and I almost hit his back. He put something on the ground and held out his left hand towards me. On the side of the little finger of his left hand, there was a twisted, circular scar. It's been a long time since the scars, but it should be very deep when it looks like the scars will remain.

My heart ached: "This is...... Amputation scar on the sixth finger? ”

"Not amputation, no surgery. When I was five years old, my brother chopped it down with a firewood knife without any medicine. He knew it was me. He withdrew his hand, returned to the room, and began to unpack the boxes.

I leaned against his door and watched him, and he finally came back.

But this feeling was only a minute, and he laughed at the clumsy connection to the computer. I asked, "You can't understand your computer, so why do you know how to drive?" ”

"I've driven it before."

I wondered, "Have you ever opened?" When? What car? ”

"I don't remember, many years ago. Jiefang truck. As soon as you get in the car, you have a very familiar feeling and you can get started quickly. In! How do you open this? ”

The anxieties and uneasiness in my heart diluted the anxiety and uneasiness of the past two days. Jiang Lichen, who is so good, has a time when he can't do it, and he is waiting for me to teach him.