Xu Ruirong has always been preoccupied these days, he has left his family and come to the coastal city of Watergate for two days, and there is no news of his wife Zhao Jinfang.

The restaurant that the informant had secretly told him had been stared at by him for two days and two nights, and he had not even seen Zhao Jinfang's shadow. This made him extremely suspicious of the informant's information. But he finally had the opportunity to come to a provincial capital to find his wife's whereabouts, and if he didn't find his wife and bring her back, not only would he not be able to explain to his parents and parents-in-law, but he would also lose face in front of relatives and friends. He is a very strong man, and he easily refuses to admit defeat. But in terms of husband and wife relationship, meeting Zhao Jinfang in this life can be regarded as a matter of bad luck and extreme disappointment.

Perhaps the combination of Xu Ruirong and Zhao Jinfang is itself a mistake. Life has come to this point, Xu Ruirong is very sad. Xu Ruirong's parents and Zhao Jinfang's parents are friends of Mo Ruirong, and Xu Ruirong has worshiped Zhao Xiaoting as his "godfather" since he was a child.

Therefore, Zhao Jinfang can also be said to be Xu Ruirong's godsister. The two in the same village have grown up together since childhood, which seems to outsiders to be childhood sweethearts. But since Zhao Jinfang was in the second year of junior high school, there have been occasional scandals in the market, which made the Xu family a little unhappy. But at that time, no one would have believed that the rumors outside were true. Especially Zhao Xiaoting doesn't take these scandals of his eldest daughter seriously. He always thinks that his daughter has become slim and thus jealous of others, so he doesn't take it to heart, and he doesn't want to believe that his daughter will be the kind of person who is water-based Yanghua. Even though Xu Ruirong's parents have heard some rumors about Zhao Jinfang, it is not easy to interfere. There were several times when Xu's father reminded Zhao Xiaoting openly and secretly, which made Zhao Xiaoting very angry, and the matter was over.

Xu Ruirong and the eldest daughter of the Zhao family became engaged in the autumn of Xu Ruirong's second year after graduating from high school. At that time, the late rice harvest of the production team had been completed, and it was the season for sowing winter wheat and planting rape seedlings. The Xu family hurriedly came to the door to ask for a kiss, and Zhao Xiaoting readily agreed. The two families were full of joy, but Zhao Jinfang was a little unhappy. Zhao Xiaoting's wife did not give birth to a child with a handle for Zhao Xiaoting, and Zhao Jinfang is the eldest daughter, so naturally the two sides of this family matter put the details on the level of marrying relatives or recruiting sons-in-law. This matter was discussed, and it was discussed whether the Xu family wanted to marry the Zhao family or to recruit a son-in-law, and in the end, the two parties decided to delegate the decision to Xu Ruirong to decide by himself.

Xu Ruirong's matter is not as complicated as adults think. He said that they all lived in the same village anyway, and even if they were sons-in-law, it would have no effect, so this matter was decided with Zhao Xiaoting's son-in-law. Xu Ruirong's parents considered that Xu Ruirong was not the eldest son of the Zhao family, and Xu Ruirong himself was willing to be the son-in-law of the Zhao family, so the matter was quickly settled. Of course, Xu Ruirong himself has a special affection for Zhao Jinfang, and has been secretly in love with her since he was a child. Now that both parents have agreed to this family business, he is naturally full of joy, and he immediately agreed to any conditions, hoping that the marriage will come as soon as possible. didn't think about it, but Zhao Jinfang was very dissatisfied with the decision made by her parents and was full of complaints.

At first, she didn't deliberately resist this family business, but she felt that her marriage could not be completely controlled by her parents, and she also had some rights. She believes that it is disrespectful and insulting to her personality that her parents hastily finalized it without discussing and communicating with her in a timely manner. When she was angry and her objection was ineffective, she rushed to Xu's house alone to negotiate. After the negotiation failed, he scolded the Xu family.

At that time, Xu Ruirong felt that although he loved his godsister deeply, since Zhao Jinfang didn't like him like this, he persuaded his parents to postpone this family business. Father Xu was very annoyed that his son would say such things. Not only did he not agree to his son's request to change relatives, but he immediately notified the Zhao family of the dowry, and the two families handled this family affair in a hurry.

On the night of Xu Ruirong's wedding, Zhao Jinfang was very cold to Xu Ruirong. She said she didn't like him. On the night of the cave room, she didn't allow Xu Ruirong to touch her body, and said that she was no longer a virgin, and she still had more than one boyfriend.

Xu Ruirong was enraged. raped Zhao Jinfang that night, and beat Zhao Jinfang violently. Zhao Jinfang didn't cry, but on the contrary, she gave him an eerie laugh.

Xu Ruirong remembers the events of the night in the cave room vividly, both angry and remorseful. Since that day, he himself has rarely laughed in front of his family. He rarely sits with the Zhao family to talk and laugh, and he and Zhao Jinfang have different dreams. That night, he started beating Zhao Jinfang because he was completely angered by Zhao Jinfang's shameless words, and he possessed her out of the dignity of a man. As a husband, he felt he had every right to do so. It doesn't matter how much his wife despises him, insults him, hates him, hates him. But his wife's indulgent attitude towards life, and her unrestrained behavior of breaking jars and breaking them. The scandal before marriage and the move to continue cuckolding him after marriage made him angry and unbearable.

"Hey! This brother, if I'm not mistaken, I guess you're an elementary school classmate from my hometown. A young man walked over from the opposite side to block Xu Ruirong's way and said presumptuously.

"I'm afraid you recognized the wrong person, right?" Xu Ruirong couldn't remember who this man was for a while, and he didn't have any impression of this person in his memory.

The man had been staring at him for a long time, but he still didn't recognize that the young man in front of him was his classmate.

To be honest, Xu Ruirong could not have such a young classmate, in his opinion, the young man in front of him was at least four or five years apart from himself, the young man who was talking to him had white and red skin, a ruddy face, no wrinkles on his forehead, a pair of small and delicate frames hanging on the high bridge of his nose, a neat mouth, and sharp teeth. Speaks with the magnetism of a mature man, does not speak much, but speaks clearly and does not drag nasal voices. How could this be a classmate with him? Xu Ruirong firmly believes that he did not skip a grade when he was studying, and even if he did, it would be impossible to stay for four or five years in a row.

"I'm sorry, you really recognized the wrong person, how could we be classmates." Xu Ruirong repeated what he had just said, wanting to bypass him, but he didn't expect the other party to still stop in front of him with a smile.

"You, I can't remember the name for a while, but we must have climbed the branches of trees together, caught birds, and dug out birds' nests together, you should remember, do you think there is such a thing?"

"Oh! When you say that, I also remember, it's either you or Li what... What·· Li Binyang, this kid. ”

"That's right, that's what you all called me back then. But since I was in the fourth grade, I changed my name and now I'm called Li Chuncheng. ”

"Okay, what are you doing by changing your name?" Xu Ruirong was very strange and couldn't help but look at him more.

"I don't know, my parents can't help me if they change my name. If I don't talk about that, or just you, I still can't call your name? ”

"My name is Xu Ruirong, isn't my name a bit earthy?" Xu Ruirong reported his name to Li Chuncheng.

"Yes, I remembered, your name is Xu Ruirong, and you are Xu Ruirong. How about it, my old classmates, how did you come up with the idea of coming to the big city to develop? ”

"No, Binyang, I'm just passing through here." Xu Ruirong thought about it and then changed his words and asked Li Chuncheng: "I didn't remember clearly what you changed your name just now." ”

Li Chuncheng laughed out loud, and put a hand on Xu Ruirong's shoulder, just this action, Xu Ruirong suddenly remembered his action when he was a child, and the two of them had a fight.

"You like to call me Li Binyang like this, I haven't heard this long-lost name for decades."

Xu Ruirong also smiled happily: "Binyang, you haven't changed at all, your habit of liking other people's shoulders hasn't changed for decades, why is there still someone dating you now?" ”

Li Chuncheng was stunned for a moment, and then briskly pushed Xu Ruirong: "When is it, you only remember the fight and brawl, who still likes to fight." He smiled as he spoke: "Don't just stand here and talk, let's find a good place to talk." ”

"Okay, Binyang, look at your outfit, you're really good, let's go, let's find a place to talk."

Li Chuncheng walked side by side with Xu Ruirong on the sidewalk.

"This is a very famous teahouse here." Li Chuncheng led Xu Ruirong into a tea room with a very elaborate decoration on the street, and said to Xu Ruirong who followed up.

"It's good, it's a little tasteful." Xu Ruirong didn't know how he suddenly said such a sentence that even surprised him.

"Ruirong, what do you like to drink? Longjing, Pu'er, Black Tea or Green Tea? There's no shortage here. ”

The waiter brought a booklet, and Chuncheng handed the booklet to Xu Ruirong.

"How can I enjoy it so high-end, just give me a cup of green tea." Xu Ruirong modestly pushed the booklet to Li Chuncheng's side again.

"Okay, then let's order a pot of green tea." Li Chuncheng asked the waiter to make a pot of Biluochun first. The two chatted while drinking.

"Ruirong, you just said that you were passing through the provincial capital, where are you going to go, and what business are you doing now?" Li Chuncheng gently rubbed the lid of the cup against the rim of the cup, making a slight noise.

"Binyang, I'm passing through the provincial capital today, I haven't done any business, it's really a coincidence, I met you, let's not say that we have been separated for decades, right?" Xu Ruirong drank the water in the cup in one gulp.

"No, Ruirong, your child is usually very discerning, why has he suddenly become honest and responsible? Tell me, what happened or what was holding you down? Li Chuncheng looked into the melancholy Xu Ruirong's eyes and asked.

"Hey! Don't say it, Binyang, you don't know, rural people are old-fashioned, information is also blocked, and the more people live, the more useless they become. Xu Ruirong was reluctant to tell about the discord between his husband and wife, so he had to prevaricate him.

"Ruirong, don't lie to me, in my impression, you are much better than me, I always thought that you also worked in a certain agency, at least you would not be an honest farmer in your hometown, right?"

"Actually, it's not bad to be a diligent farmer, but I'm not even a qualified farmer." After saying such a sentence, Xu Ruirong had already revealed his frankness and anxiety as a farmer, and he drank the tea in the cup in one gulp.

This rude move did not escape Li Chuncheng's eyes. He picked up the teapot and poured the tea for Xu Ruirong again and said, "Ruirong, I can see that you are not in a good mood, what made you fall into distress, if you want, you might as well tell me, okay?" ”

"Binyang, do you usually drink?" Xu Ruirong suddenly asked Li Chuncheng such a sentence.

"What, the tea is not addictive? Okay, let's go drink in another place, but I still need to deal with an important matter in the afternoon, I can't let go of drinking at noon, you don't leave in the afternoon, let's continue to drink in the evening, okay? ”

"Forget it, Binyang, if you have something to do, let's find a chance to drink it in the future, I don't know if I will leave today." Tell me your address, and I'll be able to find you later, or I'll not be able to go to you anymore because of the crowd, and you've changed your name now. ”

"Okay, Ruirong, I didn't bring a business card today, wait for me to write down my work location and address to you, oh, Ruirong, you can also tell me the address."

"I still live in the same village I used to have, and if you remember the place in that village, it will be easy to find me."

"Well, how could the village forget, after all, it is the place where I was born and raised. However, since my family has been in the provincial capital, I haven't been to my hometown for almost decades, and now that I have re-met my childhood friends, I will definitely look for you when I have the opportunity. ”

"Okay, that's it, Binyang, you must not forget your mud-legged friends, I am always waiting for you."

Li Chuncheng handed Xu Ruirong a note with his work address and the phone number of his unit: "Don't lose it, when the time comes, look for me, remember the three words Li Chuncheng." ”

Xu Ruirong took the note, looked at it carefully, and exclaimed in surprise: "Binyang, great, you work in the government department, aren't you afraid that my mud legs will give you problems?" ”

"Others are afraid of you, but I'm not afraid, when you have any difficulties, just come to me. Of course, it is best to have legitimate and practical difficulties, and you can't be a professional petitioner who is unreasonable. Li Chuncheng's words are both concerned and official.

Xu Ruirong shook hands with Li Chuncheng and said goodbye, and his heart fell empty again. In the past few days, he has lived in the Yuntian Hotel, and he has been bored, and today he is also floating on the street before he meets Li Chuncheng. Li Chuncheng works in the central department of the provincial government, and there have always been people in the village who have vaguely mentioned him, and some people have gone to the provincial capital to look for him, but no one has ever found him in person. Various government departments said that there was no one named Li Binyang, and it turned out that the problem was that Li Binyang changed his name. If I hadn't met him on the street today, who would have thought of him. Xu Ruirong felt that he was lucky, at least he met such a small man on the streets of the provincial capital, which was naturally a very happy thing, and Li Binyang also gave him the address. He had also thought about his wife, but he was undecided, he had such an uncompetitive wife who was known by Li Binyang, and it would only disgust him. Maybe Li Binyang can help a little, but weighing the pros and cons, Xu Ruirong doesn't dare to easily publicize his ugly things, let alone Li Binyang, who works in a government department.

Xu Ruirong felt a faint pain in his heart when he thought of his parents-in-law. The reason why he has not divorced his wife for more than ten years of marriage is because his parents-in-law are closer to him than his own son. In the past ten years, my mother-in-law has not said anything too much to herself, and my wife's indisputability has also made my parents-in-law heartbroken. But the adults didn't do anything wrong, so they were embarrassed to file for divorce from their parents-in-law. Although the wife herself has never put down the divorce every year, the parents-in-law have an attitude and resolutely disagree with their daughter's request for divorce. Xu Ruirong was caught in the middle, unable to do anything. His wife's deterioration has intensified, and the frequency of cheating has gradually increased, and he can't fight and can't leave. Xu Ruirong was soft-hearted and couldn't stand the bitter pleading and silent tears of his mother-in-law. Although Xu Ruirong has long been disheartened by this family, he is really more than enough to do it.

Zhao Jinfang has been away from home for two days, and today is the third day and her tenth runaway. Xu Ruirong decided that if he hadn't had time to see her today, he would have to go home first. There were four old men in one family, anxiously waiting for his news; The most important thing is that he didn't bring more entanglements when he went out this time, and it became a problem to stay for food and accommodation. His trip to the provincial capital this time can't be regarded as a trip in vain, at least with the information of Li Binyang's people, it is also a great surprise. What encouraged him even more was that Li Binyang was still so approachable, not at all like a person who put on an official show. There is no doubt about this, although Xu Ruirong is a mud leg, he at least understands some sophistication.

Li Chuncheng said goodbye to Xu Ruirong's teahouse today, and he was not as excited as he was in the morning. He began to feel hungry and realized that he hadn't eaten lunch just now, which made him a little embarrassed. He thought that if Xu Ruirong returned to the village and said this, wouldn't he be made fun of by the villagers. Thinking about it the other way, even if Xu Ruirong is publicized in the village, what does it matter, he has not been back for decades, and even if there is gossip, he can't hear it, he prefers to believe that Xu Ruirong will not say bad things about him. Today, I recognized him as a classmate and invited him to tea, without the slightest snubbing and looking down on rural people. If this is not done well, and you have to blame, it will be too speechless.

Li Chuncheng began to score his performance today, which should be regarded as passing, and not inviting Xu Ruirong to dinner was just a small negligence and a small regret.

Li Chuncheng really had something very important to do in the afternoon. In any case, he has to do the work at hand to rest assured. He works in the department of the Shuimen Municipal Commission for Discipline Inspection and is a member of the Discipline Inspection Committee of the Third Group of the Shuimen Municipal Commission for Discipline Inspection, and he is also the deputy leader of this group. In the afternoon, he needed to receive a whistleblower's report, and the whistleblower refused to submit the information by name. Although this is a bit of a deviation from the organizational principle, it cannot be ignored, so we have to contact him at the agreed time and place chosen by the whistleblower.

Li Chuncheng's parents are both people's teachers, and they have put a lot of effort into cultivating their children. Li Chuncheng came out of his hometown at the age of nine, and it has been 25 years, and the reason why he still remembers his childhood in his hometown so vividly is because he spent his childhood in the countryside and villages, and later went to the city to study. He also likes to climb trees, catch birds, and pound birds' nests, which he can't even think of in the city, and he writes essays from what he saw and heard in the countryside in his childhood and is read by the teacher as a model essay in the classroom, and his heart swells with pride. Because he has rich experience in rural life, he has been rewarded by the head teacher every time he writes an essay, which makes him have a natural sense of intimacy with the countryside, which is why he has not forgotten his rural friends. It's just that he hasn't left the city since he was admitted to university until he graduated and was assigned a job.

Li Chuncheng's life has always been smooth sailing. In order to reduce the unnecessary trouble that others have for their children, their parents took him to the big city to study, and even changed his name. Naturally, his parents won't tell him about these things, and he doesn't know the inside story, and now that his parents have already retired, they will occasionally talk about these things. Parents are stubborn people, although they also came out of the countryside, but they have great prejudices against rural farmers, perhaps they are not incompatible with the countryside at that time, parents almost have no trace of gratitude to rural farmers. Li Chuncheng had only heard his parents complain about the stinginess and ignorance of the peasants, but he did not understand why his parents put him at his grandmother's house and let his grandmother raise him until he was nine years old before picking him up. He remembered that he was holding on to his grandmother's legs, crying and unwilling to leave his grandmother's house, and his grandmother was also sad and weeping, but he was still dragged away. Li Chuncheng remembered his childhood at this time, which also happened after meeting Xu Ruirong. He works in the city, but he has not lost his childlike innocence for decades, which is his precious side. He also hopes to be able to go to his hometown and countryside in his lifetime, but his parents have always disapproved of him doing this, he is a filial son on the one hand, and a discipline inspection cadre in the city on the other hand. Although he has also been to other rural areas to handle cases, his hometown has never had the opportunity to go again, which is a hidden pain in his heart over the years.

Today, I was finally fortunate to meet my fellow countrymen on the street, and I was quite happy. Maybe he walks the streets of the city every day, and maybe he has met people from his own village. But time has passed, and people's memories cannot be so good, and everyone's face can be remembered. If Xu Ruirong's left front teeth do not have a notch; If you haven't climbed trees with him since you were a child, caught birds, and pounded birds' nests; Or maybe I don't often remember it in my dreams; I didn't write about my hometown in my composition, and the head teacher didn't read his composition in the classroom. As long as there is a lack of a past here, maybe he has long forgotten his hometown and Xu Ruirong, so what can he do even if ten Xu Ruirong stand in front of him.

At 4:10 p.m., Li Chuncheng connected with the whistleblower. The man was a middle-aged man who was not too tall, in order not to be recognized by others or afraid that Li Chuncheng would interrogate him or something, the whistleblower covered his entire face with a pair of wide-rimmed sunglasses, which was not safe, and wore a mask. The buttons of the clothes were buttoned in the wrong place, there was a collar that was raised high, and some of the black pants were washed and faded very seriously, and Li Chuncheng did not pay too much attention to these, for fear that the whistleblower would increase the psychological burden. The man handed over a thick cowhide envelope, and I don't know whether it was natural stammering or nervousness, and he said intermittently: "Team Leader Li, I... Don't expose yourself too much, these assets ····· I sent it with my life, it's all real, there's no half... Half a lie, you must do justice for us. ”

Li Chuncheng held his hand and found that it was shaking very much. smiled and comforted him: "Comrade, thank you very much for your trust in me, I will keep these materials well, I will work with my colleagues to take your report seriously, you can rest assured, we will not wronged the good people, nor will we let the bad people go." ”

"Team Leader Li, I'm still not worried about others, can you conduct an independent investigation into the content of my report alone?"

"I'm afraid this won't work, but please rest assured, we have the support of a strong party and the people behind us, justice will definitely be served, and evil will definitely be punished."

"Okay, Team Leader Li, I have handed over all these materials to you, and I am waiting for the voice of justice to ring in my ears."

"Please believe in the party and the organization!" Li Chuncheng took the information, and the man immediately disappeared into the corner of the alley.

Li Chuncheng stuffed the cowhide envelope into the leather bag he had brought, and the leather bag immediately swelled up, like an oval leather ball, and he clamped it tightly under his armpit.