A group of 4 people divided into two cars and drove towards Zhujia Village.

Mu Nan sat in Su Weiqiang's car, while the two plainclothes drove another car, following behind from time to time.

Su Weiqiang also maintained a rigorous military posture when driving, sat straight in front of the steering wheel with his waist straight, and didn't talk much, driving very seriously. This made Mu Nan a little uncomfortable, feeling that he was not like his comrade-in-arms, but like her driver. So she wanted to find something to talk about and relax the atmosphere, but he only gave a brief answer when Mu Nan asked, and never said a word.

At this time, Mu Nan saw a small stall on the side of the road, and there was a signboard hanging on an old tree next to the stall, which said old popsicles, so she wanted to find a topic, "Wei Qiang, did you have any snacks that you missed the most when you were a child?" ”

He thought for a moment and said, "No! ”

"When I was a child, I liked to eat popsicles the most, that cold and cold feeling, I miss it so much!"

"What do you like?" It's rare for him to take the initiative to ask questions.

"Mung bean popsicles, sweet, powdery flavor." Mu Nan recalls the taste.

"You wait!" After Su Weiqiang finished speaking, he slowly parked the car on the side of the road, and then opened the door and ran towards the back of the car.

Mu Nan didn't react for a while, looked at the direction he was heading, and suddenly understood. It turned out that he was heading for the old popsicle stand he had just passed by.

Mu Nan regretted what he said just now, it was originally to provoke a topic, just talk about it, then I knew that he was serious, the car had driven a few hundred meters, and he still got out of the car and ran back.

Sure enough, after a few minutes, he ran back out of breath, pulled the back door of the car, handed Mu Nan a mung bean popsicle, and said breathlessly: "Hurry up and eat, don't melt." ”

This scene and this sentence, Mu Nan feels so familiar, when my father came back from outside, he would often buy her a mung bean popsicle, and he would also run back and say the same. As soon as Mu Nan thought of this, his eyes moistened, and he stared at the popsicle blankly, and actually forgot to pick it up.

Su Weiqiang saw that she hadn't taken the popsicle for a long time, he thought she didn't want it, and his face turned red again, "I'm sorry, you don't want to." With that, he withdrew the hand that had been handed out.

"I want to!" Mu Nan, who came to his senses, leaned over and grabbed the popsicle, "I like it the most, it's just so touching!" ”

"Hehe-" Su Weiqiang rubbed his hands innocently, then closed the car door with dark force, and went back to the front to drive.

Alas, it seems that this is the only way, dull is dull, it is better than embarrassing.

Along the way, they never spoke again in the car.

Finally rushed to Zhujia Village before dark.

The two plainclothes men who were responsible for protecting the safety of the man found a more suitable position, stayed in the car to observe and standby.

Mu Nan, accompanied by Su Weiqiang, walked towards the old man Yongyan's house.

From afar, she saw the old man sitting in the hallway, holding a wooden stick in his hand, looking up at the sunset that was about to sink.

"Grandpa—" she shouted in a raised voice.

"Hey—" When the old man saw that a guest was visiting, he stood up tremblingly, built a pergola in front of his forehead with his hand, looked at it carefully, and said happily: "Xiaomu, come into the house!" As he spoke, he took a few steps forward with his stick.

"Grandpa, how are you doing?" She took a few steps and took one of the rickety old man's arms forward.

Su Weiqiang also rushed over, holding the old man's other arm, and said at the same time: "The old man slow down!" ”。

The old man looked at Su Weiqiang seriously, and then shook his two arms, as if to shake off the two of them, and said at the same time: "Whether I am in good health or not, it has nothing to do with you, you go, don't come close to me!" ”

For some reason, the old man suddenly became angry.

This attitude changed too quickly, but she was confused.

"Grandpa, what's wrong?" Mu Nan asked softly.

"I'm not your grandfather!" The old man looked at Mu Nan and then at Su Weiqiang, "How can I be worthy of a grandfather like you?" ”

Mu Nan Bingxue was smart, and he immediately understood the old man's thoughts, and he laughed out loud, "Grandpa, it's not what you think." She immediately pointed to Su Weiqiang and said to him: "His name is Su Weiqiang, it is Ruan Xianchao - the young man who came with me last time, he asked him to send me over, and he can be regarded as a colleague." ”

"Xiao Ruan, I know," he stared at Mu Nan and pointed at Su Weiqiang next to him, "Is it really Xiao Ruan who called him?" ”

"Really!" Mu Nan nodded vigorously.

"Huh!" The old man's attitude changed faster than the child's, and he immediately regained his original enthusiasm, "Then come into the house and sit down, and I'll cook for you." ”

The old man Yongyan walked around with that stick, going to fetch the pot here, beating rice there, and catching chickens......

In this Zhujia Village, killing chickens and keeping guests, this highest etiquette can be enjoyed every time you come, it seems that this old man really regards her as his own relative.

Mu Nan originally wanted to learn something about Zhou Shanshan with him, and he left when he was done. Now seeing that the old man is so enthusiastic, it would be very cruel to immediately mention to him the crime of his granddaughter.

So she accompanied the old man to cook while cheering with him. She thought about it, and she would talk about business after eating with the old man.

With the help of two young people, the meal was quickly prepared, and he accompanied the old man to finish the meal.

The old man sat at the table of the Eight Immortals in the hall, looked at the two young people who were cleaning up the dishes, and sighed silently. Then he grabbed a hookah, stuffed a little tobacco into the mouthpiece, lit it, and inhaled it violently with his mouth, and then coughed desperately, and the white smoke was sprayed into the air with his violent coughing.

When he had finished coughing, the old man cleared his throat and said to the two young men, "Sit down, and I'll tell you whatever you want to know!" "It's not loud, but it's powerful.

Mu Nan was stunned for a moment, it seems that this old man is really not simple, and he can guess other people's thoughts.

The two young men put down the things in their hands, sat down on the Eight Immortals table according to their words.

"We know you're here to find out what happened to Shanshan." The old man put shredded tobacco into the cigarette holder and said, "Why do I know?" He looked up at the two men, then lowered his head again, looking at his busy hands.

Neither of them spoke, quietly listening to the old man's speech.

"The last time you came, you kept asking about Shanshan, and then my son was dug up for an autopsy, and then the police from the police station came over again and again to ask this and that, I think these must have something to do with you." The old man lit another cigarette and began to smoke hard, followed by another cough.

"Hell—" He tilted his face up from the smoke he had coughed up, squinted his eyes, stared at the electric light on the roof, and let out a long sigh, "My family is struggling with her—"

Then he began to tell Shanshan's story.

The old man Yongyan has been married for more than ten years and has not had children, that year there are enthusiastic people in the village who picked up an abandoned baby and sent it to him.

Yun Yi is Shanshan's mother.

Old man Yongyan is the kind of person who is very kind, he gives all his love to Yun Yi and really regards her as the pearl of his palm.

Yongyan's wife is called Shui Hua, and she also loved Xiao Yunyi at first, but she was also very strict with her.

No matter what Xiao Yunyi does, she will be criticized by her mother.

Yongyan had several conflicts with Splash because of the child's affairs.

She worked as a teacher for several years, but later because of her poor family background, she was not allowed to be a teacher. He always felt that she was using the education of the students against the children.

In the past, when she taught, she always criticized her students. If students fail the exam, they should be criticized and required to pass the exam; If a student scores 80 points, he should be criticized and asked to work hard to get 90 points, which is excellent; If a student scores 99 points, he should be criticized and asked to score 100 points, which is perfect; Even if a student scores 100 points in the exam, it should be criticized, and the student should not be complacent, the grades only represent the past, and the goal should be set further.

Now for children, the requirements are even stricter. Of course, if you do something wrong, you will also criticize; If you do it right, you should also criticize it, because you don't do it well; If you do it well, you have to criticize it, because it is not fast. It's all to be criticized anyway.

Yongyan's physiognomy is different, as long as her child grows up healthily, educates her not to break the law and discipline, and does not harm society. As for whether she can become a talent, it all depends on her own creation.

Anyway, Xiao Yunyi has spent her time in criticism since she was a child, which directly created a strong rebellious psychology, extreme personality and tolerance for criticism at a young age.

This kind of life is not bad, at least it is a family life of a proper family. Next, Xiao Yunyi completely lost the life of a normal child.

It was when the old man Yongyan was in his 40s, and Shui Hua actually got pregnant and gave birth to a son.

Having a child in middle age is a great joy in life.

But for Xiao Yunyi, it was definitely the beginning of a nightmare.

Splash, since she had her own son, she gave all her love to her son, not only did she not have any love for Yun Yi, but she was targeted everywhere, beating her all over her body at every turn.

Fortunately, Yongyan can still have a bowl of water, and even he prefers Xiao Yunyi, but he is naturally afraid of guilt, even if he wants to protect her, it will not play much role.

His son contracted meningitis when he was 5 years old, and due to untimely treatment, he was left with a lifelong disability, and his intelligence was completely lost, and he became a complete idiot.

Since then, Shuihua's attitude towards Yun Yi has been slightly better, but by this time, her character has been formed.

Yun Yi eloped with a little hooligan when she was 18 years old. Of course, strictly speaking, it was not an elopement, the little rascal took a large sum of money to come to the door to propose, but the old man Yongyan did not agree, so they secretly ran out together.

Three years later, he came back with that little rascal once, and at the same time brought back a child to the family, and this child was Shanshan.

A few days after she returned, she went out with the little rascal again.

In the first few years, I sent some living expenses back one after another, but then there was no news at all, until now.

I heard from the people in the village that someone had seen her outside and said that she had broken up with the little rascal. Later, he concealed his past, made up a new identity, and found a man to marry. And she was afraid that this man would know about her passing, so she never contacted her family. There are many legends, but no one has ever seen Yun Yi again.

So Zhou Shanshan has no impression of her parents, and her grandparents brought her up.

Of course, it was mainly my grandfather, who loved this poor child very much.

Grandma has always hated her, a burden who is not related by blood, scolding and punishing is a common thing.

This has also led to Shanshan's strong ability to survive since she was a child. In addition to rebellion and extremism, it is more about ego, ruthlessness, and the sophistication that other children do not have.

When she was four or five years old, her peers had gone to kindergarten, and she had to stay home with her idiot uncle. Every day, I play with him, feed him, wash his face and bathe.

peers still need others to take care of, but she has to take care of others.

It's okay to be dirty every day, but her uncle must not be dirty, otherwise, he will be beaten badly.

And her uncle is very good at tossing, likes to roll on the ground, so that Shanshan has to change his clothes and take a bath several times a day. Later, Shanshan thought of a way to play with him in bed every day, and if she didn't get out of bed, she wouldn't be so dirty.

When she reached school age, her grandmother didn't want to send her to school, but later, the staff came to the door and forced compulsory education for children, so Shanshan went to school.

She likes school very much, there is no beating from her grandmother here, and she also knows that studying may be her only way out, so she studies very hard, and her grades have always been very good, and her exam scores are basically the first.

After a long time, I began to like this uncle, because he became her protector. Grandma scolded her, and her uncle would murder her grandmother; When her grandmother beat her, her uncle would beat her on her side.

Uncle is also very clingy to her, he doesn't eat when others feed him, and he refuses to be bathed by others. Every day when she went to school, this uncle would take her to the entrance of the village, and then wait for her at the entrance of the village until she came back from school.

This time was her happiest time. Although my uncle has a bad IQ, he has a lot of strength, and he often carries her on his shoulders and runs around the village. The field paths, village alleys and alleys all left her immature and cheerful laughter.

It didn't take long for this good time to come back to her nightmares.