Towards noon, they arrived in Longmen Town, where Shuqing asked Jinpeng to park his car in front of a separate two-story building not far from the town's street. This old house was left by her parents, and she was reluctant to sell it, so she left the house so empty, and asked her next-door neighbor to help take care of and clean it twice a month when she left. Although her neighbors were happy to help, she still paid them 200 yuan a month.

Shuqing walked into the bedroom on the second floor. She looked around the long-empty room, reached behind the wooden box that had been used as a chair, and pulled out a worn-out stationery box. The stationery box was opened, and inside were letters, newspaper clippings, photographs, a pair of earrings, and a small gold ring engraved with a stamp. There was also a bracelet of hair braided with gold rings, and she touched the letters, and she felt for a newspaper clipping with the death of the strange, curly-haired man. Biting her lip, she finally made up her mind, picked out the ring, and held it in her hand.

She said, "You see, I used to have a very beautiful love. ”

Jin Peng snuggled up to the door of the bedroom, and looked over his head when he heard the words. He walked over to Shuqing and saw her holding a small gold ring in her hand.

"It's exquisite. He said.

"He died because of love. You know that love is the most beautiful thing in this world, and it is also the most terrible thing in this world. He died at the hands of a woman who loved him very much, and he loved him very much. After half the salary, Shuqing said.

"Could it be ......" Jin Peng looked at Shuqing with some incredulity, his eyes full of doubts.

"Oh, no, it's not. Shuqing chuckled, perhaps Jinpeng thought that she had killed her sweetheart. She laughed for the first time when she thought of him, and in the years after his death, she never dared to mention him again. It's time for him to be a thing of the past, though. "He is a man in the city, and he is assigned to us, with Xiaowen. The first time I saw him, I liked him very much, he had very nice curly hair, and although he was not tall, he was very handsome. Sword eyebrows, single eyelids, good complexion, healthy wheat color. There was a mouthful of snow-white teeth, and he grinned and all the teeth were exposed. I remember the day we first met he wore a white shirt and a pair of light blue jeans, at that time I didn't even know what jeans were, I hadn't seen them, hehe~. Anyway, he's the most handsome man I've ever met, and even now I think so. Shuqing stopped at this, she lowered her head, and looked at a photo in the old stationery box, a man in a white shirt and a girl with two long braids standing side by side, both of them smiling very brightly. She stared intently at the photograph as if she were completely immersed in the fond memories of the past. Jin Peng quietly moved to the bedroom dresser and sat down.

"You know, our town has a very nice landscape. Shuqing suddenly looked up at Jinpeng. Immediately afterward, she lowered her head again and continued: "That place used to be not a scenic spot, just a mountain with some temples. ”

"You're talking about Longmen Mountain?" Jin Peng asked. "I've heard Li Zhen mention it before. ”

"Oh yes. Every pair of young people in this town has been there. There's nothing special about this town, but it's perhaps special, and the mountain has a lot of magical stories. I really liked to go up in the mountains at that time. ”

"You must be with the gentleman you particularly like. ”

"Yes, we meet to play whenever we have free time. There is also a small article. We loved it there, there was a big pine forest with a lot of odd-shaped stones and a lot of temples. However, beautiful places are always in danger. ”

"What? He, you had an accident on the mountain. ”

"Hmm~, a stone that fell from the sky killed him. Shuqing said. Her voice was soft, emotionless, but she still felt a deep sadness.

"Oh, I'm sorry, I really shouldn't have ......" Jin Peng stood up, he felt a little apologetic, he thought that if it wasn't for his abrupt question in the car, maybe it wouldn't have aroused Shuqing's sadness.

"It's been so many years, and he should be allowed to pass. Shuqing waved her hand, she put the small gold ring on the ring finger of her left hand, and gently closed the stationery box. Put it back where it was. None of them spoke again, except for the sound of sparrows and scum parked on the telephone poles outside.

"Shuqing, come, it's time for lunch. A deep woman's voice broke the silence in the house.

"Well, here it is!" Shuqing walked out of the bedroom, and while responding to the shout, she explained to Jinpeng, "It's Aunt Xia." Then she turned to look at Jinpeng. "What's next, what are you going to do? ”

"Oh, Mrs. An mentioned to me a person named Zhu Hui, and she said that Li Zhen would definitely find this person when she returned to Longmen. So I wanted to visit this person first. ”

"Well, I know this man, a young widow. We went to her after lunch. After Shuqing finished speaking, she took the lead and walked out.

Aunt Xia is a very typical image of a rural woman, she is about the same age as Shuqing, and her hair is gray. She was a little fat, her hands were covered with calluses from long-term labor, her deep palm lines were like cracked skin, she was very short, and she wore a flax shirt. said that her daughter brought it back to her from the city, and she loved it so much that she wore it almost every day. When you wear it on your body, you feel like your daughter is by your side.

"Sister Xia, I'm really troublesome to you. When I'm done, you and I will go to the city and see your daughter. Shuqing helped the busy Aunt Xia serve the food to the table.

"No, I'm not used to staying in that city. Aunt Xia smiled at Shuqing, she was a simple old lady with a kind face.

Shuqing smiled and took the rice bowl handed over by Aunt Xia. said, "How is she?"

"It's fine. Just gave birth to a son. I just got back from her, so I don't want to go. I can't get used to it. Aunt Xia said, she beckoned Jin Peng to sit down and dine together. When she first arrived, Shuqing took Jinpeng to visit her first, and she received him very warmly. The countrymen had always been hospitable, as if they had known each other in the first place.

"If you stay longer, it's going to be fun. Jin Peng said.

"Hey, no, in the city, every house closes its doors and windows, and the neighbors who live across the street never say hello. There's nowhere to go. We old women, like you young people, like fresh, solitary ones. Aunt Xia shook her head and disagreed with Jinpeng's statement.

Although Aunt Xia is kind, she is also an ordinary peasant woman, and she likes to talk about the shortcomings of the East and the West.

"I heard that Zhou Zhiwen is dead!" Shuqing provoked the topic.

"Oh, it's been years since I died. You don't know?"

"Oh no, I went to Guangzhou for a few years. I have only returned to Chongqing in the past year. Shuqing didn't seem to care much about missing the incident.

"Hey, he's dead. His head was shattered, and his wife didn't dare to recognize it when she went to identify the body. ”

"Did the townspeople do it?"

"Isn't that right? This town hasn't been restless for a few years. That murderer is actually Chen Xianhui's son, what an honest person Chen Xianhui is, hey~"

"Chen Xianhui? is the nurse of the madhouse. Oh, I know her son's name is Hu Sheng. I've seen him before, but how could he kill Zhou Zhiwen. Shuqing paid special attention to Jinpeng when he said the word Hu Sheng, and found that his hand holding the vegetables trembled, and the originally sandwiched dishes fell down again.

"Hey, I don't know about this, it is said that he was caught by the police before he escaped from the town that night, and the murder weapon was full of his fingerprints, I heard that there was a lot of uproar in the city, and the newspapers were published. ”

"That Hu Sheng is not a good person, I heard that he beat his wife, his wife is from the city, it is said that the family is very rich, Hu Sheng left here after being arrested. But it's weird, some people say that his wife is crazy, that Hu Sheng married the madman in the madhouse home, and some people swear that they saw her wife in the madhouse and locked her in a small room, hey~ I feel terrible when I hear it. You know that Chen Xianhui worked as a nurse in an insane asylum, and Hu Sheng grew up in a madhouse since he was a child, and his father didn't teach gambling all year round. No wonder he has a strange temper. But marrying a madman is crazy. ”

Shuqing looked at Jin Peng again, only to see him chewing slowly, but the green tendons on his neck burst out, as if he was trying to suppress some emotion. Shuqing took the initiative to divert the topic.

"By the way, Sister Xia, Zhu Hui is still in the town, right?" Shuqing said.

"Oh, oh. You said that Zhu Hui, whose husband was stoned to death at the construction site in the city. In, in, always there, are you looking for her?"

"Oh yes. I had a personal affair with her. Shuqing was stunned for a moment, she raised her eyes to look at Jinpeng, squinting her eyes, as if thinking about something. After a while, she continued, "Actually, this Mr. Jin is looking for her. Mr. Nishiki, who runs a company, has set up a charitable foundation, partly the Hope Primary School Foundation, and partly to help some family members who have lost their loved ones for the construction of the city. He heard about Zhu Hui's situation and especially wanted to come to know some information and see if he needed help. ”

Hearing this, Jin Peng raised his eyes to look at Shuqing in surprise, Shuqing blinked his eyes and pretended not to see him.

Aunt Xia glanced at Jinpeng strangely, and then at Shuqing, seemingly a little skeptical of Shuqing's explanation, but she didn't want to ask more.

"Then you can save the money for those who need help more, Zhu Hui is fine. When her man died, she lost some money, her land was occupied by the government, and she was given a house in the town, a two-bedroom one, and she worked alone in the supermarket in the town, helping to divide the goods and clean up and so on, and she didn't earn much money in a month, but her small life looked good. It's just that one person is a little lonely. Aunt Xia paused, swallowed the food in her mouth, and continued: "It's strange to say, Hu Sheng's former wife is back and lives in Zhu Hui's house." You said it was hard to run away, why did you come back? ”

"Sister Xia, please give us Zhu Hui's address, and we'll go see her later. Shuqing said.