Chapter 8: The Meadow of Terror (5)
I've always had a little fantasy about him--- he gave Zhang Caiyun a Mongolian knife.
He had Mongolian knives.
At least he can get a Mongolian knife.
My favorite is the knife, not the tasty.
Suppose one day, he suddenly took out a Mongolian knife and gave it to me......
However, until I left Linxian County, this surprise did not appear.
However, my impression of him was the best of any adult I had ever seen when I was a child, and when I remembered his honest appearance, it was as if I had seen large lumps of sugar, melon seeds, and biscuits.
One night, he was drinking at my cousin's house.
He doesn't eat meat, he doesn't eat any meat.
That day, my cousin made all vegetarian dishes.
During the meal, my cousin talked about Zhang Caiyun being eaten by a wolf.
He didn't say anything, just drank.
I saw that his eyes were full of sadness.
The cousin-in-law shook his head gently at the cousin and motioned for her to say no more.
I feel as if everyone knows that he is good to Zhang Caiyun.
That was the last time I saw him.
Years later, this true story has an even more poignant ending.
I grew up.
I was discharged from the army and assigned to work in a Tunzi supply and marketing cooperative.
Once, my cousin-in-law drove by and came to the supply and marketing cooperative.
He still works at the chemical plant and still drives, but he doesn't drive a car anymore and drives a truck instead.
The tunzi where I work is very close to No. 20.
By this time, my grandmother was dead.
My father went to a nursing home, and soon he died too.
I'll write about my grandmother's death in a moment.
I don't know how to cook, but there are canned food and liquor snacks in the supply and marketing cooperative, and I sell a bunch of them to myself to entertain my cousin-in-law.
That night the wind suddenly blew again, like a woman crying.
It's dark outside.
The cousin-in-law mentioned Zhang Caiyun again.
In fact, he was mainly talking about Zhang Ping, the truck driver back then.
"Do you think that Zhang Caiyun was really eaten by a wolf?" My cousin-in-law was a little slurred.
His words made me shiver.
The incident of Zhang Caiyun being eaten by a wolf has become a distant childhood memory, and I almost forgot about it.
This world tragedy happens every day, countless people die in wars, countless people die in natural disasters, countless people die in diseases, countless people die in traffic accidents, and countless people commit suicide......
"Didn't she get eaten by a wolf?"
"At that time, you were still ...... young"
"yes."
"She wasn't eaten by a wolf." My cousin-in-law's tone was firm: "Except for your cousin, I have never said these words to outsiders. "
I looked at him stunned.
The cousin-in-law took a sip of wine: "Everyone saw the Type 55 tractor, the glass was broken, there was blood everywhere, Zhang Caiyun only had a bunch of hair left, and a wolf paw, so they concluded that she was eaten by a wolf--- it could be a huge scam." "
Then, the literary description of Zhang Caiyun's death that I have made through everyone's conclusion has become part of this deception.
Before I could speak, my cousin-in-law asked again, "Do you remember the Mongolian knife at the scene of the accident?" "
The three words of Mongolian knife immediately reminded me of the man named Zhang Ping.
When I was a child, I wished he had given me a Mongolian knife.
I don't know why, but I shuddered at the thought of this honest driver.
"That's the murder weapon." When my cousin-in-law said this, his eyes flashed with a gloomy light.
"Then who killed her? What about her corpse? "I can't stand my cousin-in-law's weird tone, I just want to know the result quickly.
"Where her body went, perhaps, is a mystery forever." The cousin-in-law said unhurriedly. "As for who killed him, I'm not sure for sure, but I trust my instincts."
The wind was getting stronger outside.
The cousin-in-law continued: "Zhang Caiyun often goes to the chemical plant to do business, and she has a bit of a look, so the drivers of the chemical plant know her. I know her well. Among these people, several Zhang Ping are the best for her. However, Zhang Caiyun has always ignored him. "
At this point, he suddenly looked at me and said, "You've seen him, do you think this person is a little weird?" "
I shook again.
"At that time, I was too young to be impressed."
I didn't want to say anything, I was in a hurry to let my cousin-in-law continue.
Actually, I was so impressed by this person, that beardless face, always smiling, as well as his big pieces of sugar, melon seeds, and biscuits......
"He never got married. No one knows why, including the leaders of the chemical plant, including me. I usually have a good relationship with him. "
"Now, is he on good terms with you?"
"He's resigned a long time ago, more than a decade."
"Where did he go?"
"I don't know."
I feel like it's getting deeper and deeper.
The day before Ms. Zhang died, she was staying in a hotel next to the chemical plant. Someone saw that Zhang Ping went to her that night, he came out very late, and the two seemed to be fighting. "
"Who saw that?"
I think witnesses are important.
Some people wish that the world would be in chaos and that there would be peachy incidents everywhere.
"Of course, hearing is false, seeing is timely. However, I can tell you that the next morning, I saw Zhang Caiyun drive away outside the city, drive along the dirt road into the meadow, and drive in the direction of Heilong Town. About half an hour later, I saw Zhang Ping follow her in a truck into the meadow. He drove very fast. "
I think it's getting more and more mysterious.