Luo Lie asked Arnold to go back to the hotel first, and he went first to send two telegrams, one to Zhang Changgong who was in Baishan, if it wasn't for the settlement of several old people in Yangjiatun, Zhang Changgong should have come with them, the situation in Jinmen is extremely grim, although there is Arnold by his side to help, but after all, he is alone, Zhang Longbow is strong in martial arts, excellent in archery, and calm and calm, his arrival can definitely give him a great help. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

Another telegram was sent to the blind man, Luo Lie's purpose in sending this telegram was not to ask the blind man to come to Jinmen, but because he was worried that his whereabouts would be exposed, Mu Sanshou and Ye Qinghong would repeat their old tricks and use the blind man and his grandmother to blackmail him, so he reminded the blind man in time to be more careful, so as not to be designed again.

After sending the telegram, Luo Lie walked out of the telephone office, saw that the heavy snow fluttering outside showed no signs of stopping, put up his collar, and walked down the steps of the post office. He first went to the nearby store to buy a few boxes of pastries and two bottles of good wine, and then called a rickshaw and asked the coachman to take him to the west.

When I arrived in Xikai, it was already afternoon, because of the wind and snow, the sky was gloomy, as if it had reached dusk, Luo Lie got off the car on Dushan Road, Binjiang Road, Xikai, and walked along the road before paying the car.

In front of him on the right a Catholic church under construction has begun to take shape, into the winter exterior decoration has been stopped, the interior of the work is still continuing, this church is the French missionary Du Bao Lu presided over the construction, but also the largest of all the churches in Tianjin Gate at present, although it has not yet been built, the appearance can also see its magnificent momentum, the surface of the three domes is covered with green copper plates, the top of the copper plate is covered with a white roof because of the snowfall, this huge dome is supported by a wooden structure, each dome has a huge bronze cross above it。

Luo Lie stood in the snow, looking at the cross in the snow, his eyes became confused because of the chaotic snowflakes, his mind returned to five years ago, to the North American continent that once brought him too many memories. In a trance, the snowflakes that fell from the sky seemed to burn one by one, the burning snowflakes fell on the dome of the church, the church burned, Luo Lie saw the cross in the fire, saw the beautiful shadow that haunted his dreams, ran lightly to the burning church, turned back in the burning snowflakes falling from the sky, and looked at Luo Lie affectionately with clear eyes with tears and smiles, and then threw himself into the fire without hesitation.

Luo Lie subconsciously stretched out his hand, wanting to catch her, but the phantom in front of him disappeared in an instant, the sky was still gray, the snow was still flying all over the sky, there was no fire in front of him, and there was no figure that he couldn't erase.

A wry smile appeared on the corner of Luo Lie's lips, many times he has blurred the boundary between reality and illusion, if the past cannot be forgotten, then it will become more and more profound in the depths of his heart, affecting him unconsciously and tormenting him.

A crow landed on a dead branch above his head, and as the dead branch rose and fell, its little head turned excitedly, observing its surroundings and beware of danger, which is often more sensitive than humans.

Luo Lie turned around and looked, there was no one, since the little peach mother and daughter were robbed, he became more and more cautious.

There is a primary school not far from the Xikai Church under construction, blue bricks, small scale, submerged in an old and crowded house, so it is inconspicuous, the school is on vacation, and even the gate is not open, Luo Lie came to the door and looked inside in the crack of the big iron door, but saw that on the road to the school building, an old man was clearing the snow.

Luo Lie patted the iron door, and the old man was indifferent, so he could only shout loudly: "Grandpa Hong!"

The old man heard his shout, turned around and looked, then walked slowly towards the door, came to the door, opened the small window on the iron door, and looked at Luo Lie through the small window with cloudy eyes: "Young man, who are you looking for?"

Luo Lie laughed: "Grandpa Hong, don't you know me? I'm Luo Lie." ”

The old man's two gray eyebrows were twisted together, and he carefully observed Luo Lie, suddenly his brows relaxed, the white beard on his lips trembled, he threw away the broom in his hand, and hurriedly opened the big iron door: "Boy, it's really you, you naughty boy, are you coming to block my chimney again?"

Luo Lie laughed, and when he entered the gate, he was grabbed by Lao Hongtou's two arms and shook it vigorously: "Stinky boy, I haven't seen you come back for so many years, you have grown so big, tall and strong, and you really grew up eating beef and milk from foreigners." ”

Luo Lie smiled: "Grandpa Hong, foreigners' things are not delicious, how can they compare to your stewed braised pork." ”

Lao Hongtou let out a loud and hearty laugh: "Of course, you kid has not rubbed my family's food in the past." ”

The reason why Luo Lie came here is because this Min'an Primary School once recorded his childhood, his father Luo Xingjin died before he was one year old, and his mother Shen Jiaqi did not choose to return to his father's hometown, nor did he accept the help of his grandfather, and took him to live here alone, relying on the meager salary of teaching, and raising him with hard work, it can be said that every corner of this campus is full of Luo Lie's childhood memories.

Lao Hongtou is the founder of the school and the earliest principal of this primary school, although he has not stayed abroad, but he knows the importance of science and technology to change the fortunes of the country, and he spent all his family wealth to build this school, not to make money, but to allow more children of the poor to receive education.

Luo Lie was still young when he came to this school with his mother, and his mother had to teach and take care of him, so it was naturally hard, and Lao Hongtou's family gave them selfless help.

It can be said that Luo Lie has long regarded Lao Hongtou's family as relatives.

Luo Lie handed the gift to Lao Hongtou: "Grandpa Hong, I came in a hurry and didn't bother to buy anything." ”

Lao Hongtou said: "You're here more than any gift for me, by the way! Yingzi! Yingzi! Look who's coming!"

Out of the room next to the school building came a young girl with short ear-length hair, a goose egg face, willow eyebrows, and crescent eyes. Wearing a gray and white vertical striped cotton robe, black cotton shoes, and the only decoration on her body was the red scarf around her neck, she wiped her tears as she walked out and said, "Grandpa, choke me!" She was lighting a fire in the room just now, so she didn't know that there were guests visiting.

Old Hongtou was overjoyed and said, "Who do you see he is?"

Yingzi looked at Luo Lie, first surprised, and then a pair of eyes widened: "Beagle?" Then she rushed up and raised her fist to hit Luo Lie's shoulder is punch: "Beagle, you are a beagle!"

Luo Lie laughed, this title did not make him feel embarrassed, but felt more kind.

At this time, Lao Hongtou was surprised: "Yingzi, how did you recognize it?"

Yingzi stretched out his hand, touched the small scar on his forehead, and said with a smile: "This scar was caused by him when he fell off the roof of our house." After speaking, he gritted his teeth and said, "You deserve it, you dare to block our chimney!" The three laughed at the same time.

Lao Hongtou handed the gift in his hand to Yingzi: "Don't be busy catching up with the old days, Yingzi, go, hurry up and go grocery shopping, I'll get a few dishes for Luo Lie to taste." ”

"Okay!" Eiko hurriedly went.

Lao Hongtou invited Luo Lie to his room, the stove was turned off just now, although Yingzi rekindled the fire, but the smoke in the room had not yet dispersed, Lao Hongtou couldn't help but sigh: "This stupid girl has always been clumsy." ”

Yingzi was already dressed and carrying a vegetable basket out of the house, and just heard Grandpa's words and warned him: "Grandpa, don't talk bad about me to the beagle behind my back, otherwise I won't be able to spare you." ”

Lao Hongtou smiled and said: "Go, hurry up, by the way, call the army." ”

Yingzi snorted and said, "What do you tell him to do?" ”

Lao Hongtou said: "Call! Your brother is here, he can still show up as a brother-in-law!"

"I'm going to have to leave that scumbag sooner or later!"

When Lao Hongtou heard her words, he was so angry that his white beard pouted: "If you don't pay it back, believe it or not, I'll beat you?"

Yingzi Gege laughed, ran towards the gate like a vegetable basket with a basket of vegetables, and did not forget to explain to Luo Lie: "Beagle, I'll come when I go, let's have a good chat when we go back." ”

Lao Hongtou shook his head with a smile, opened the door to speed up the dissipation of the soot in the room, and stood under the eaves with Luo Lie, Luo Lie took out a cigarette, first put a light on Lao Hong's head, and lit one himself.

Lao Hongtou glanced at him and said, "Boy, have you also learned to smoke?"

Luo Lie nodded and said, "It may be that it is too boring to float outside alone, and I learned it unconsciously." ”

Lao Hongtou said, "It's no good!" After saying this, he quickly took a hard sip.

Luo Lie laughed and said softly, "Sister Yingzi is married?"

Lao Hongtou nodded and said: "It's been three years, and I've married a German Concession policeman named Dong Zhijun, and I'm honest." Speaking of this, the god smiled mysteriously and said, "Who made you late, otherwise you will be my grandson-in-law." ”

Luo Lie laughed, knowing that the old man was joking with himself, when he was a child, almost all the six years he spent here were spent in fighting with Yingzi, Yingzi has a pungent temperament, like a boy, before Luo Lie arrived, she was the head of the children in this area, but Luo Lie was a strong man who refused to convince people, because he did not obey Yingzi's command, the two clashed a lot. However, Yingzi was one year older than him after all, and he was tall and strong at that time, like bean sprouts when Luo Hunt was a child.

The two fight, Luo Hunt naturally can't take advantage, but Yingzi is straightforward, not as smart as Luo Hunt, every time although the scene is dominant, it always ends in a loss, but the fight is a fight, and the trouble is a trouble, Yingzi still loves this little brother very much, every time the family makes something delicious, he always has to call Luo Hunt over, even if Luo Hunt is not there, he will leave him a copy, every time Luo Hunt thinks of his childhood, his heart will be inexplicably moved, looking at the old Hongtou who is full of concern, in fact, he is not lonely in this world, he still has relatives.