The old man said, waving his hand again and sighing.

Cheng Yu looked at him.

"But to be honest, Lao is a good person.

Back then, those people in the village and the township were generally willing to lend a hand and help them if something came to them.

Even if there is any local difficulty, they are willing to help.

But that doesn't mean they contribute to our place.

You know what I mean, boy, don't you?"

Cheng Yu nodded and said, "I can understand." ”

The old man laughed, and he said, "Then tell me what you understand." ”

That is to say, the Lao family is not unkind to the rich, nor is it alone, and the villagers are willing to come forward if there is something wrong with the villagers.

Yes, in the vicinity of ten miles and eight towns, their reputation is very good.

But their wealth has not brought actual benefits to your local area, to put it bluntly, their wealth is only theirs, and it has nothing to do with everyone.

As successful entrepreneurs, the couple is not qualified. ”

The old man nodded and said, "Well, young man, you can see it. ”

Cheng Yu said: "But this can't be a reason to accuse them, they also got rich by combining their brains and hard work, when they started their business, you locals didn't provide him with any help to put it bluntly."

We can't ask him to be rich, and he has to take on a lot of responsibilities that don't belong to them, right?"

The old man thought for a moment and said, "What you said makes sense. But the problem is, they have a few children who are not angry. ”

"I also heard from the owner of a restaurant just now, saying that they have a son who injured his father because he pursued a girl.

As a result, Lao Jin stepped forward, arranged a job for the girl, and compensated some money, and then the matter was over. ”

The old man sighed, and said, "You have heard about it, and I tell you, it is only one of many things that his children are doing here. ”

Cheng Yu frowned and asked, "What's the matter?" And what do you mean, it seems that his family is not only the youngest son who will cause trouble?"

The old man looked at Cheng Yu and said with some caution: "You won't be a reporter, right?"

Cheng Yu shook his head with a smile and said, "Of course I'm not a reporter, and I'm not here for his family's black material." I just happened to have a meal and I heard about something, and I just happened to talk to you about it. ”

The old man looked at Cheng Yu again and said, "You don't look like a reporter. ”

Cheng Yu shrugged his shoulders and didn't say anything, but took out another cigarette and handed one to the old man.

After the old man lit it, he took a deep breath and said, "Actually, the things that his children have done are not harmful.

It's just that the family has money, and their eyelids are a little high, and they look down on us ordinary people.

Just like what you just said, what the specific situation is, except for Lao Dapeng and the old man, no one knows the real truth.

If there is a rumor or something outside, you must not believe it all, nor do you disbelieve it.

It is certain that there was a conflict between the two, but it is difficult to say whether the old man fell down by himself, or whether Lao Dapeng pushed him down, or whether the two had some small physical contact and accidentally caused the old man to fall.

The answers given by the police are not necessarily true, but they are not necessarily true......"

Cheng Yu smiled again, and he said, "Uncle, if you say that, it's the same as if you didn't say it." ”

The old man himself smiled, nodded and said, "It seems to be a bit of a car talking back and forth......

However, most of the things in the world are like this, and both sides have reached a settlement themselves, and it seems quite unreasonable for us to speculate on the inside story.

Although the children of the Lao family are a little out of the road and are not as open-minded as their parents, they are not big treacherous people.

Most of those who insisted that it was Lao Dapeng who pushed the old man downstairs were also out of jealousy and could not be trusted.

Personally, I prefer to believe that there was some physical contact between Lao Dapeng and the old man, and that Lao Dapeng did not deliberately push the old man downstairs, but just an accident.

From the old man's point of view, the two were having a verbal quarrel or even physical contact, of course he would feel that Lao Dapeng was deliberately pushing him down.

But from Lao Dapeng's point of view, he would also feel that he didn't have that kind of thought, so the old man fell downstairs purely by himself.

This kind of thing, even the parties concerned may not be completely clear about the truth, how can outsiders figure it out. ”

Cheng Yu couldn't help but feel a little funny when he heard it.

The old man showed disdain for the Lao family at first, but as he spoke, he seemed to start thinking from the position of the Lao family again, and in turn helped them speak.

This is a bit inconsistent!

may have seen that Cheng Yu's expression was a little strange, the old man coughed twice and said, "Do you think I'm inconsistent?"

Cheng Yu was a little embarrassed, touched his chin and said, "It's not inconsistent, it's just ......."

The old man waved his hand and said, "In my heart, I don't look down on the Lao family." But we can't just say bad things about others, right?

I also watched the children of the Lao family grow up, except for the youngest Lao Dapeng.

I know that those children, just some of them have no one in their sights, and they feel that their home is the number one in our place, so they should have some privileges and so on.

If they really let them do evil, they don't have the guts. ”

Cheng Yu understood that what the old man meant was that the Lao family did not do better after getting rich first, and it was not so much that they looked down on it, but that they were a little disappointed.

This is like a teacher, who has a clear understanding of the children in the class, knows which children have worked hard to get their current grades, and naturally knows that those children cannot get better no matter how hard they work.

But there are also some children who don't actually work hard, but their grades are good in all aspects.

And for these children, the teacher will feel that if they can work harder, then not only will they be in the top few in the class and all grades, but they may have the number one in the district, city and even province.

According to the current results of these children, it is not a big problem to be admitted to a good university, but if they can work harder, it is not impossible for Tsinghua University and Peking University to work hard.

Therefore, even if these children are always at the top level in the class, and they are in the top three in every exam, the teacher will still be angry and a little disappointed in them.

However, this situation is usually either an elder in the family, or a teacher or the like, such as this old man, and the Lao family should not be considered related, why do you have such emotions?

After carefully recalling the old man's words, Cheng Yu found that this old man was probably from the same village as the Lao family before, because between his words, he revealed that he was very familiar with the Lao family, and he really knew the past of the Lao family very well.

So Cheng Yu asked tentatively: "Uncle, you used to be from Dahonggouzi Village?"

The old man shook his head and said, "No, but we belong to the same township." To be precise, I am not from their township, I have always been a town hukou, and my work is in their township. ”

Cheng Yu was stunned for a moment, and then smiled and said, "You are the township mayor who retired from the township government?"

The old man waved his hand and said, "I can't be an official." I am a teacher at the central school in their township, and both of my family are my students. ”

Cheng Yu suddenly realized.

I see.

No wonder the old man has a sense of hatred for iron and steel.

I thought of what the old man said that in addition to Lao Dapeng, the other children in the Lao family were also grown up by him, which means that he should also be the teacher of those children.

Only Lao Dapeng, because of his relatively young age, the old man may have retired when he was studying.

"So, the children of the Lao family are also your students?"

"Well, except for that Lao Dapeng. ”

"So that's the case, no wonder you talk about the Lao family, like a few family treasures, it turns out that you are their teacher. ”

"Not exactly. The situation is like this......"

The old man just finished smoking the last cigarette, still extinguishing the cigarette butt on the sole of his shoe, then wrapped it in paper and told Cheng Yu more specific information.

This is a county-level city in itself, and the township level below is even lower, and the northeast is already vast and sparsely populated, so the number of students is naturally relatively limited.

Therefore, according to local conditions, there is no separate primary and secondary school in this township, but the primary and junior high schools are placed in one school to complete the nine-year compulsory education.

After that, if you want to continue your studies, you have to go to a middle school in the city.

And this old man, himself a native of this county-level city, returned from graduating from the provincial normal school forty years ago and was assigned to the central school in this township as a teacher.

At that time, Lao Jinjin and Cheng Yu's aunt were still in elementary school, and this old man naturally became their teacher.

After that, the old man was promoted to the director of the school, but he still needed to lead the class, but he also went from the primary school to the junior high school, so he became the teacher of Lao Dapeng's brothers and sisters.

When he was almost fifty years old, the old headmaster fell seriously ill and left him with the position of headmaster.

That was fourteen years ago, when Lao Dapeng was eleven years old and still studying in the primary school.

When the old man became the principal, he actually insisted on taking the class for two years, and finished the students in his class at that time.

Then, as the principal, he naturally stopped taking classes and was too busy, because when Lao Dapeng was promoted to junior high school, the old man did not become his teacher again.

But in fact, it was still the old man who watched Lao Dapeng grow up.

In the words of the old man, that is, although the school is small and the number of students is very limited, it is impossible for him to pay attention to every student as a principal.

Especially for students like Lao Dapeng, whose academic performance is extremely average.

In the past, I used to lead the class by myself, no matter what, the students in my class always knew each other, but once I didn't lead the class, most of the children in the school knew that there was such a person, and they often didn't know what the specific situation was.

So the old man didn't think that he also grew up watching Lao Dapeng.

"When their family was just developed, I also talked to Lao Jinjin and his wife.

I hope that while they become rich, they can lead everyone to live a better life.

Of course, these are just wishes, not requirements.

When they first started working as a food processing factory, I was actually quite satisfied.

But after that, what kind of resort, the more money is earned, and the easier it is, but the contribution to the ten miles and eight towns is almost nothing. ”

Cheng Yu nodded and asked, "Then you didn't talk to the couple again?"

"What else do you say? Could it be that they should open a new company?

They sold the food processing plant, naturally thinking that the resort was better for their family.

I'm going to run to the door at this time, what are they going to do?

After all, their family's money is also earned by hard work, so there is no reason for them to use it to help the poor, right?"

Cheng Yu nodded, and said in his heart that this was the same, and he couldn't help but feel a little embarrassed by what he blurted out.

"So, in fact, the Lao family are good people, but you are a little disappointed in them. Really?"

The old man thought for a moment, nodded and said, "That's pretty much what it means." ”

Cheng Yu took out his cigarette again, thought about it, and simply handed the whole box of cigarettes to the old man.

The old man didn't refuse, he took it with a smile, took one out of the cigarette case, lit it, and said, "Young man, I don't think you really want to live in that resort, do you?"

Cheng Yu was slightly stunned and said with a smile: "You still think I'm a reporter?"

The old man waved his hand with a cigarette and said, "No, you are not a journalist, although I am only the principal of a small school, I have also come into contact with some journalists, and you do not have the characteristics of their profession." ”

"Then why do you say that I don't want to stay in Dahonggouzi Resort?"

"I'm just guessing, I think you're here to inquire about it. ”

"Oh?" Cheng Yu smiled and said, "What do you say?"

The old man took a puff of cigarette, and did not rush to answer, and slowly spit the smoke into his mouth.

The smoke quickly dispersed with the northern breeze, and the old man said, "Guess, listen, and see if I guess right." ”

Cheng Yu nodded and said, "You say." ”

"It's certainly good that you're a southerner, although your Mandarin is pretty standard. ”

Cheng Yu smiled dumbly and said: "I heard that you Northeast people feel that your Mandarin is very standard, and you can't hear the difference between the accent of Northeast dialect and Mandarin at all. ”

"You're talking about the majority, I'm the one who was the headmaster. After teaching all my life, I can't tell what is Northeast dialect and what is Mandarin?"

Cheng Yu laughed and said, "That's right, in fact, your Northeast accent is not too strong, and it is already very close to standard Mandarin." ”

The old man didn't bother much, and said directly: "From your eyes, I can see that you are not actually interested in us, and you are not the kind of person who wants to find a beautiful countryside to spend a few days."

What's more, on our side, for you city people, the novelty is a novelty, but this novelty is difficult for anyone to come alone. ”

Cheng Yu nodded, expressing his approval of the old man's guess.

"Although I picked up the topic, your goal is also very clear, you basically want to inquire about Lao Jinjin's family. ”

"What do you say?" Cheng Yu asked rhetorically, although the old man guessed correctly, he wanted to know the reason why the old man guessed so.

"When we were chatting just now, you showed an extraordinary interest in the affairs of the Lao family.

Of course, if it's just that, I'm not sure. There were two times when I almost diverted the subject, but you came back as if you were not aware of it.

If it's just a casual chat, you don't have to do that. ”

Cheng Yu nodded slightly, agreeing with the old man's words.

"I mentioned that someone from the south gave the Lao family money, and then another southerner came and gave the Lao family the idea of opening a resort.

You don't seem to be surprised at all, and you haven't inquired, which means that you don't know anything about the people from the south of the Lao family.

So, I think you just have to inquire about the Lao family. ”

Cheng Yu gave a thumbs up and said, "Uncle, you were just a principal before you retired, and you should go to criminal investigation." ”

The old man laughed and said, "I still know how many catties and taels I have." And, ah, I guess, you're actually the kid of that Southerner's family. ”

Cheng Yu said with great interest: "Then guess again, why did I come here to inquire about the Lao family?"

The old man thought for a moment, shook his head, and said, "It's hard to guess. ”

"You said that it was difficult, not impossible to guess, does that mean that you still have a guess in mind?"

The old man thought about it again and said, "Don't have any accidents in your family, you suspect that it has something to do with the Lao family, so come and inquire?"

Cheng Yu was taken aback.

If it weren't for the fact that this old man was really just a pure chance encounter in this small county-level city in the Northeast, and he took the initiative to talk to the old man himself, Cheng Yu would have suspected that this old man had any other purpose.

How did he guess so accurately?

And seeing Cheng Yu's expression, the old man also knew that he had guessed correctly.

"That's true. The old man groaned for a while, and then said, "It has something to do with that kid Lao Dapeng?"

Cheng Yu frowned slightly.

The old man explained: "Although I have never taught Lao Dapeng, when I was about to retire, he also happened to take the college entrance examination.

After all, he is also a student from our school, and he is the youngest son of a wealthy local family, and someone has always talked to me about that child's grades.

His usual grades make it impossible for him to be admitted to any good university.

The performance is abnormal, which is probably two books, and the normal performance is estimated to have to spend money to read three books.

And I happen to know that Lao Dapeng studied in the south of the university, in Wudong, the school seems to be good, this is not something he can do.

After reading it, this kid went back to us, and he was idle all day long, and he did a lot of messy and things.

Of course, it's not a heinous bad thing, it's just a bit of that can't be put on the table.

During this time, I didn't hear that he was in trouble again, and I heard people chew on his tongue and say that he didn't stay at home.

Combined with the fact that you came here to inquire about the Lao family, I wondered, I am afraid that kid will go to Wudong again.

It's hard to say whether he caused trouble, but if you came for him, it was probably because there was some accident at home, and you were suspicious of him. ”

Cheng Yu frowned and said, "Just these things, you can guess that something happened to my family?"

The old man shook his head and said, "Not exactly. There's another reason. ”

"Oh? ”

"The last rumor that came out of that kid before he left us was that he was part of some great organization.

I heard that it was an organization in Europe, and said that he is now a big man, and few people in the world know about that organization, and those who can join it are all elites without exception.

It seems to be called the Internet......"

Cheng Yu was taken aback, and he immediately thought of the dark web.

Lao Dapeng joined the dark web?

It is said that with a background like Lao Dapeng, he shouldn't even know that there is a dark web.

Not to mention him, even Zhou Datong, to say the least, is dozens of times the assets of the Lao family, if it weren't for Zhou Datong's father's unexpected circumstances, their family would not have known about the existence of the dark web.

And Lao Dapeng knew, and even joined in his own words, so here......

If you want to say that this has nothing to do with Cheng Fu, Cheng Yu will not believe it if he dies.

Therefore, Cheng Fu is a false shot, in fact, he arranged for Lao Dapeng to join the dark web?

But Lao Dapeng is a kind of product that is not an exaggeration to say that he is waiting for death, how can the dark web agree to him to become a member?

If what the old man said is true, then ......