Thirty years ago, Gaohe Village was still quite backward and poor. Most of the ** people in the village make a living from farming.

This year, there was a drought, the crops in the field were not harvested, and many villagers had to go out to work in order to survive, and Shangguanwen was no exception.

It was an early morning with a light rain, and under the tearful eyes of his wife and daughter, Shangguan Wen left Gaohe Village with a rag bag on his back.

More than a year passed, and when the New Year was approaching, Shangguan Wen returned to Gaohe Village with large bags of gifts.

"Old Uncle Liu, I'm back!" Shangguan Wen shouted to an old man sitting at the entrance of the village.

As if he had seen a ghost, the old man got up and returned to the house.

Shangguan Wen was stunned for a moment, and said in his heart: What is wrong with Uncle Liu? Don't you know yourself? Impossible, although he has cut his hair and shaved his beard, his appearance has not changed? Shangguan Wen thought about it for a long time but couldn't figure it out.

"It is estimated that Uncle Liu has Alzheimer's disease again. Shangguan Wen smiled and walked towards his house.

Along the way, all the villagers who saw Shangguanwen would immediately return to their homes, those who left the doors open would also close their doors, and the children playing on the road would also swarm away, as if Shangguanwen was a monster.

The actions of the villagers completely confused Shangguan Wen, at this time, a little boy quickly ran past Shangguan Wen, Shangguan Wen stretched out his hand, grabbed the little boy in his hand, and asked gently, "What are you running?"

"Wow!!" The little boy suddenly burst into tears.

"Bang!" a door to the next room was pushed open, and a man in his 40s walked out: "Let go of my son!"

Shangguan Wen smiled at the man: "Brother Xiong, you are at home." As he spoke, he let go of the little boy in his hand.

The person called Brother Xiong didn't even look at the official text, and he was about to go home with his son in his arms.

Shangguan Wen was stunned for a moment, and then ran over and grabbed Brother Xiong.

"What are you going to do?" Brother Xiong's face was ugly, and he stretched out his hand and pushed Shangguan Wen away.

Shangguan Wen took a few steps back before standing up: "Brother Xiong, don't you know me, I'm Shangguan Wen!" As he spoke, Shangguan Wen still spun around in place.

"I know you're Shangguanwen. Brother Xiong said expressionlessly.

"Since you still know me, why don't you ignore me?" Shangguan Wen asked suspiciously.

Brother Xiong moved the corners of his mouth and did not speak.

"Brother Xiong, you have something to say?!" Shangguan Wen said hurriedly.

"Alas......" Brother Xiong sighed: "Shangguanwen, in fact, I ......"

"Big bear, what are you doing outside, why don't you come in quickly!" suddenly came a woman's cry from the opposite room.

Brother Xiong squirmed the corners of his mouth: "My daughter-in-law called me." After speaking, he quickly walked into the house with his son in his arms.

The door slammed shut, followed by the sound of a man and a woman arguing.

"You, what are you arguing with that Shangguan Wen outside, you don't want to live, do you?!" the woman's voice said.

"Didn't I just say hello casually, did you get so angry? Brother Xiong's voice.

"It's not okay to say hello, you listen to me, you are not allowed to go out today, let me stay at home obediently. The woman shouted.

"Why?" Brother Xiong shouted dissatisfiedly, "Just because I am your daughter-in-law, I will put my words here, if you dare to step out of this house today, I will take my son back to my parents' house and never come back!" The woman's voice was very sharp and harsh.

There was no sound in the room.

Shangguan Wen stood on the side of the road in a daze, his face full of confusion, what the hell is going on? Why has everything changed after a year? Why?

"Whoo ......" The sky suddenly blew a strong wind, blowing all over the sky with dust.

Shangguan Wen took a breath and turned to leave.

I don't know if it was because of the strong wind or because Shangguanwen came back, all the villagers hid back in the house, and even the courtyard gate of the compound was plugged in.

A few minutes later, Shangguan Wen came to the door of his house.

Looking at his home after a year's absence, Shangguan Wen was a little excited, stretched out his hand to push open the courtyard door, and shouted loudly: "Wife, daughter, I'm back!"

The room was deserted, and there was no reaction.

Shangguan Wen was stunned, raised his voice and shouted again.

There was still no movement in the house.

Shangguan Wen frowned: "Aren't the two of them at home?" Thinking of this, Shangguan Wen raised his feet and came to the door of the house, stretched out his hand and pushed it, the door opened very easily, and a musty smell came from the surface, choking Shangguan Wen coughed several times.

Shangguan Wen put the New Year's goods in his hand in the outhouse, and then walked into the inner room with his feet raised.

The inside of the house was a mess, dusty everywhere, some of the corners of the walls were covered with cobwebs, the quilts and mattresses on the kang were scattered, and two pairs of slippers were thrown on the ground.

"What's going on?" Shangguan Wen looked at the house in disbelief, there was so much dust and cobwebs in the house, it was obvious that no one had lived in it for a long time, at this time, Shangguan Wen suddenly remembered the special performance of the people in the village when they saw him: "There must be something wrong here!" Shangguan Wen walked to the side of the kang and sat down, took out a cigarette, lit it and smoked it silently.

It was slowly getting dark.

Shangguanwen was still sitting on the kang, with cigarette butts at his feet.

The night passed.

Shangguan Wen's wife Lin Hui and daughter Shangguan Rou still haven't returned.

"Rub!" Shangguan Wen, whose eyes were bloodshot, stood up from the kang and walked out of the house with a gloomy face.

Along the way, when the people in the village saw Shangguanwen, they still hid far away, as if they were afraid of contracting the plague.

Shangguan Wen stood up and shouted to the villagers who were dodging around, "Can any of you tell me where my wife and daughter have gone??"

"Bang bang bang!" closed the doors on both sides.

"What the hell is going on with this ***!" Shangguan Wen tugged at his hair vigorously and roared frantically.

"Wangwang......" A few dog barks came from the yard next door.

"Tell you mom!" Shangguan Wen picked up a stone and threw it into the yard.

Immediately after that, the barking of the dog stopped.

Shangguan Wen took a breath, turned around and came to a house at the east end of the village, and shouted, "Brother Xiong! Brother Xiong, you come out for me!"

The room was silent, and there was no sound at all.

Shangguan Wen bit his lip and shouted loudly: "Brother Xiong, if you don't come out again, I will set fire to your house!"

"Squeak!" The door opened, and out came a young woman in her 40s, dressed in sackcloth: "It's early in the morning, what the hell are you howling, and you don't let people sleep!"

Shangguan Wen calmed down his irritability and said softly, "Sister-in-law, I'm looking for Brother Xiong." ”

"He's not here. The young woman said angrily.

"No, where did he go?" Shangguan Wen asked.

The young woman's face sank: "I said, are you annoying? I haven't made breakfast for the child yet, if you're okay, go away for me." Then the young woman went back to the house.

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