It is said that Assistant Yao and Chen Ahri finally arrived at Granite Village in Lianhua County, a suburb of S City, after a lot of hard work.

As soon as the two of them arrived at the entrance of the village, they saw a barren and backward village, the trees were still luxuriant, and the courtyard with the dilapidated houses and collapsed gave people the feeling of being a broken toy left in the primeval forest, vulnerable to attack.

It was already evening, and the green smoke was curling, rising above or around the dilapidated houses, giving Assistant Yao a feeling of being in a different world, but Chen Ahri said: "It's really a fairyland on earth, pristine!" ”

Yes, the original ecology, from the lively S city to the poor countryside, Assistant Yao felt that it was from the 21st century to ancient times, he thought, how good it would be if a costume drama was filmed here, he breathed the fresh air here to the fullest, and sighed how it was to the present, there is such a poor place.

There were a few people in the village who came and went, and there were also three or five people chatting in a bunch of nonsense, and when they saw two well-dressed strangers here, they looked at them like people looking at alien planets, and their eyes flashed with excitement.

"Who are you looking for?" One of the people who looked like an old man asked a question, and this old man was the center of this group of people at a glance, and he had the demeanor of a wise man.

"Hey, uncle, I'm looking for Zhang Quanxi, who is in his thirties and often works outside, do you know him for a long time?"

In fact, before he finished speaking, the old man's lean face showed a look of Huo Liang, he nodded and said loudly: "Xiao Zhang, of course I know him, he is one of the capable people in our village, you go to the other side of the street, keep walking forward, and see whose house is the latest and most beautiful, that is his house." ’

"Oh, thank you, uncle, is he at home now? Did you know that you always know? ”

"I don't know about this, he often works outside, I don't know if he's back today, you can go and see it, please,......"

Seeing that the old man didn't seem to be lying, the two thanked the old man again and walked down the street.

Hearing the old man in the back, he said to the people behind him as if he was well-informed: "It must be a package again, it's really good, it's better to go out than at home......"

Assistant Yao and the two of them walked and looked at the houses on both sides, almost all of them were dilapidated, until they were almost at the end of the street, they found a "brand-new" courtyard, saying that it was new, but in fact, it was a little newer, and it was still dilapidated in a city with modern architecture, or a better town.

But in this half-old courtyard is a small two-storey western-style building, which seems to have just been completed, and the exterior wall is painted with yellow paint, which not only makes this courtyard look new, but also adds a lot of color to the whole small village.

This new courtyard is probably what the old man is referring to, the two of them walked to the maroon mahogany gate, and knocked for a while, but no one answered, is there no one at home?

They didn't know that when he asked the old man at the entrance of the village, a small child behind the old man was Xiao Zhang's eight-year-old son, who was playing hide and seek with some friends at that time, hiding behind an old locust tree behind the old people.

He became alarmed when he heard his father's name asked. Lately, my father has been at home and depressed, and if a stranger asks him, he will say that he has gone out to continue working, but he does not know where.

It made his mother and grandparents very nervous, so he often played at the street intersection intentionally or unintentionally, and quickly reported suspicious people when he found them.

It's been nearly half a month, Dad hasn't gone out, and no one has come to find him, and the whole family seems to have left this tension behind, but today a stranger came to inquire about Dad's whereabouts.

He hurriedly ran to tell his father that along another street, when Assistant Yao and the two walked to the door, the little guy had already plugged in the door and told his father Zhang Quanxi.

Zhang Quanxi frowned and held his breath at this moment, smoking a cigarette fiercely, and after hearing the knock on the door, he threw away the cigarette butt fiercely, and said to his father who was lying on the bed: "Dad, it is estimated that the matter has found out to my head, I will avoid it, you must not say that I am at home, just say that I went out to work, as for where to work, you can say that you don't know,"

Dang Dad sighed and said: "Evil, evil, we have planted crops all our lives, and we have been honest farmers all our lives, how come we come to you, we will speculate,"

Daughter-in-law Wang Yan said: "It's not for this family, there are old and young, if they don't go out to get some money, how can our family live?" ”

Zhang Quanxi glared at his daughter-in-law and said, "You don't have to say a word, without further ado, go and open the door quickly, I'll hide in the back room, don't just say I'm at home,"

Zhang Quanxi's son is a very talented child, and when he saw his father hiding it, he ran out and opened the door, and asked the two strangers he had just seen on the street, "Who are you looking for?" I don't know you,"

"Oh, what a clever child," Assistant Yao touched the little boy's hair, and the little boy took a step back vigilantly and continued to ask, "Who are you looking for?" ”

"I asked, is this Zhang Quanxi's home?" Assistant Yao got straight to the point and asked the little boy.

The little boy said, "Yes, but my dad is not at home and is out working,"

"Oh, you're Jang Quanxi's son, aren't you? Do you know where your dad works? How many days have you been out? Saying that, Assistant Yao walked into the house and saw a middle-aged rural woman breastfeeding a little girl about one year old with her arms open, Assistant Yao looked away embarrassedly and asked her, "Is Zhang Quanxi at home?" ”

The middle-aged woman didn't raise her head, symbolically pulled the placket of her clothes into her arms, and said: "I'm not at home, I've been out for many days, and the children miss him!" ”

Assistant Yao walked into the door of the hall and found that the inside of the small building was even more unique, the standard enclosed suite seemed to be three bedrooms, two living rooms, two kitchens and two bathrooms? The furniture is also brand new, and it seems that Zhang Quanxi has made a fortune with Mr. Hao recently.

At this time, the little girl in her arms pointed to the inside, and said inarticulately: "Dad, Dad," the middle-aged woman heard this, and Zhang Huang was caught by surprise and stuffed into the little girl's mouth, shouting: "Eat, eat, eat can't stop your stinky mouth,"

The little girl pursed her lips and wanted to cry, but once she had her mother's milk in her mouth, she had to suck the shriveled milk aggrievedly, staring at her mother's angry face, and her eyes were filled with tears.

Seeing this, Assistant Yao couldn't help but take a few glances at the inner room, Chen Ahri even walked a few steps to the inner room, but when he looked around, he didn't see the shadow of a person, so he wanted to lean down and ask the little girl again, but when he saw the bare chest of the little girl's mother, he had to give up.

had to settle for the next best thing and fixed his eyes on Zhang Quanxi's son's face, "Little friend, is your father really not at home?" ”

The little boy was very calm, and shook his head like a rattle: 'No, I've been out for many days, and I'm not at home,'

"How many days have you been out? Do the math, how many days? Assistant Yao was also looking at the little boy.

The little boy really raised his head and thought for a while, and the mother, who lowered her head to breastfeed her sister, raised her head nervously to look at the little boy, really afraid that the little boy would say the wrong thing.

The little boy finally relaxed: "I don't know, I just went to school, I can't count, I can't count,"

The nursing mother lowered her head again, her face showed a hint of joy, and she said coyly: "I don't know, I don't know, you go out to find it, it's not at home anyway,"

At this time, there was an unbearable coughing sound inside, Assistant Yao and Chen Ahri immediately realized that there was someone inside, and hurriedly went in to take a look, and found that an old man was lying on a narrow bed, and an old woman was feeding decoction to the lying old man.

As soon as they entered, the old woman nagged, "Why are you looking for Xi'er?" Did he commit something? ”

Assistant Yao felt hopeful, so he simply sat down on an old chair next to the bed and began to answer the old woman's question: "Auntie, why do you have such an idea?" Is Quanxi often disobedient? ’

"Where? My Xi'er, I know that he can't steal, he can't rob, and he can't be lazy, and he's a really honest and good man," said the old woman, wiping her tears.

"Yes, yes, then why do you always say that your Xi'er is guilty?"

The old woman was still about to continue, but was interrupted by the old man after another cough, "Old woman, what nonsense are you talking about?" What do you know? ”

Assistant Yao didn't give up, moved the chair to the old man lying on the bed, and said very gently and politely: "Uncle, I know that you always understand people, as soon as you arrive at your house, you can feel that your family is a person, that is, to be a real person, serious work, am I right?" ”

The old man ignored Assistant Yao, paused for a while, and said, "What is the matter with the two of you looking for my family Xi'er, do you have to see someone to say it?" If so, I'm sorry, he's really not at home, please go out and find him, we don't know where he is now? ’

"No, uncle, we don't have to see him in person, but since we touched your house from S City, which is hundreds of miles away, we can't go back empty-handed?"

"What the hell do you want to know? Tell me, maybe I can provide you with any useful value? After the old man finished speaking, he coughed again.

When the old woman heard this, she wanted to stop, "Old man, are you okay?" You're sick! ……”

The old man didn't listen to his wife's warning, and said angrily: "You go over, don't worry about it, if there is really something, you have to solve it, otherwise let the family run again and again, what should the neighbors think of us?" ”