On the other side of the big bluestone, there is a towering and strong old locust tree, this old locust tree is very large, even if four or five adults are embraced, it may not be able to hold it, it seems that the old locust tree has existed for a long time.

At this moment, under the old locust tree, a group of old ladies and old men are sitting in groups.

They were talking and laughing.

Zhang Fan stepped forward, with a kind smile on his face, and asked these old ladies and men: "Hello grandparents, I'm sorry, excuse me, I want to ask you personally, do you know where Zhang Suya's home is?" ”

"Zhang Suya?"

As Zhang Fan asked, the chattering old ladies and old men stopped chatting, and looked at Zhang Fan with a hint of surprise in their eyes.

"What are you doing with her?"

A bald old man with a cyan bamboo fan asked suspiciously.

"I am good friends with Zhang Suya, and I came back today to visit his family! Because it's the first time I've been here, I don't know how to go! ”

Zhang Fan explained with a smile.

"You said you were a good friend of Zhang Suya?"

Hearing Zhang Fan's answer, the old ladies and old men were stunned.

"Zhang Suya, this girl, has been missing for more than half a year, and her mother is seriously ill because of this!"

The bald old man looked at Zhang Fan with a hint of curiosity in his eyes, and said.

"Zhang Suya is not missing, she just went abroad on a business trip, no, I came today, she arranged it!"

Zhang Fan said with a smile without blushing and without a heartbeat.

"Went abroad?"

Hearing the sound, the bald old man suddenly took a breath of cool air.

"Su Ya, this girl is really promising, much stronger than my grandson, no wonder I have been a child, looking at Su Ya's girl is extremely pleasing to the eye, it turns out that she will be so promising when she grows up!"

"Haha, it seems that my old man's vision has not been missed!"

"Housheng, you go along this path, go to the end, see a commissary, turn right, walk for a few minutes, you will see a wooden bamboo door, that is the home of the girl Su Ya!"

The bald old man stood up and showed Zhang Fan the way.

"Well, thank you, grandpa!"

Zhang Fan looked at it, silently wrote down the route in his heart, thanked the bald old man, and walked over without looking back.

The bald old man looked at Zhang Fan's departing back, then turned his head and said with a complicated face towards the old ladies and old men: "Su Ya, this baby, is really promising!" Much better than my dog's ball! ”

"Hmph, don't exalt her like that, she can go to college, and it's not the money she borrowed from us! Now that she is so promising, shouldn't she pay back the money she owed us before! ”

An old lady with sinister eyebrows and rat-eyed eyes on the side said sarcastically with harsh words.

"Yes, when their family has money, they should pay it back, and after so many years, they have to calculate the interest for them!"

Another gray-haired old lady hurriedly said.

"What are you doing in a daze, hurry home and call someone, go to her house to ask for money, don't be at that time, this posterior slaps his buttocks, leads Zhang Suya, the mother of the dead girl, and runs away secretly, and when the time comes, the money they owe, but they will never come back!"

The third old lady reacted, and the needle and thread in her hand were gone, fell to the ground, and hurriedly said.

"Yes, yes! Let's go! Ask someone to ask for money! ”

"Can't let them run!"

Soon, all the old ladies and old men under the old locust tree shouted, got up one after another, and called people in the direction of their respective homes.

Zhang Fan followed the instructions of the bald old man and finally came to a wooden bamboo door.

The bamboo door was not very high, only the height of an adult's chest, and it was covered with a thick layer of dust, as if it had not been cleaned for a long time.

Zhang Fan gently pushed with his hand, and the entire bamboo door creaked open.

"Isn't it locked?"

Zhang Fan muttered to himself, and then he walked inside.

When he came to the courtyard, he found that the whole yard was in a mess, overgrown with weeds and rotten leaves, and it seemed that no one had cleaned it up for a long time.

Except for the courtyard, even the whole house looks extremely dilapidated and decayed, and the entire wall made of blue bricks is covered with tiny cracks.

Seeing this scene, Zhang Fan sighed in his heart, is there really anyone living in such an environment?

"Is anyone home?"

Zhang Fan shouted loudly.

There was no response to his shouting.

"Is anyone there, please?"

Zhang Fan continued to shout loudly.

But no one responded to him.

"I am a friend of Zhang Suya, and I am entrusted by her to come and visit today!"

Zhang Fan pondered for a moment and explained loudly.

As he shouted these words, there was a sudden movement in the room where no one responded at this moment.

"Ahem!"

A violent cough came from inside the dilapidated house.

Soon, the wooden door, covered with dust and dirt, creaked open from the inside.

A thin middle-aged woman with a wooden stick limped out.

The middle-aged woman was dressed in a faded shabby pink gown, her hair was white, her face was full of wrinkles, there was no muscle on her body, and she was as thin as skin and bones.

It looks like she's seriously ill, obviously she looks like she's only in her forties, but at the moment she looks extraordinarily old, and she doesn't know what painful things she has gone through to make her what she is now.

"Hello Auntie! I'm a friend of Zhang Suya! ”

Seeing this middle-aged woman for the first time, an idea suddenly popped up in Zhang Fan's heart.

This emaciated woman may be Zhang Suya's mother.

"Xiaoya's friend?"

"Ahem!"

As soon as the middle-aged woman asked a word, she coughed heavily, obviously in great pain at this time.

"Zhang Suya is not missing, Auntie, she went abroad for further study, because she was in a hurry, so she didn't have time to contact you as soon as possible!"

Zhang Fan hurriedly said loudly.

"It's ...... Are you sure? ”

"Really...... Yes? ”

After listening to Zhang Fan's words, the middle-aged woman couldn't help but shed tears in an instant.

"It's true!"

When Zhang Fan saw the middle-aged woman like this, the bitterness and sadness in his heart became even stronger.

If she knew about Zhang Suya's death, would she collapse on the spot.

Sure enough, it was correct not to rush Zhang Suya's body back before, according to the current state of Zhang Suya's mother, she may really not be able to bear the pain of losing her daughter.

"Ahem! Ahem! ”

The middle-aged woman coughed heavily.

Every time she coughed, Zhang Fan's heart was even heavier and more depressed.

"I'm sorry, boy, for making you laugh!"

The middle-aged woman said with a smile on her face.

"Auntie, do you want to go back to the house first, it's a little cold outside!"

Zhang Fan was a little worried about the middle-aged woman's body, so he couldn't help but persuade him.

"No...... Out of the way! ”

"I'm Zhang Suya's mother, young man, just say anything you have here! Lesser...... She hasn't heard from her for more than half a year, and I thought it was ...... I thought she was ......."

Zhang's mother's eyes were red, and she said that in the end, she gradually became a little excited.

"Auntie, you are completely worried, Zhang Suya is very good abroad, her life, we are very envious, this time, I may stay for a few days! I hope you don't mind, Auntie! ”

Zhang Fan saw Zhang's mother in such a miserable appearance, he felt extremely uncomfortable, no matter what, he must take good care of Zhang's mother and let her body get better as soon as possible.

........

Zhang Fan said some more words to Zhang's mother, which completely calmed her emotions.

After bringing Zhang's mother into the house, Zhang Fan found that the house was even more in a mess, until he saw the wild vegetables and yellowed steamed buns on the pot stove, his fists squeaked and clenched for the first time, and his whole body trembled violently.

In the six months since Zhang Suya's death, Zhang's mother's life has been too hard, if he hadn't come in person this time, he wouldn't have known that Zhang's mother would be so bitter.

It's too bitter, it's too bitter.

At this moment, Zhang Fan's eyes were a little astringent, he wanted to cry, but he didn't dare to cry.

As soon as he cried, all the white lies he said before would be seen through by Zhang's mother.

What terrible consequences would happen by then, he really didn't dare to imagine.

So he had to be restrained, he had to be desperately restrained.

Zhang Fan came this time, and he must let Zhang's mother live a good life and a good life.

Now that Zhang Suya has passed away, from today onwards, let him take care of the rest of Zhang's mother's life.

After comforting Zhang's mother to sleep, Zhang Fan threw the satchel aside, grabbed the hoe and sickle from the yard and began to work hard to clean up the weeds in the yard.

Before Zhang's mother woke up, he would clean up the entire yard and house.