【012】The Mysterious Old Man
Who is the old man? Zhiqing has been struggling all the time... He is looking for clues in the other person's curvy folds on his face... The old man also felt that he was watching. The old man was slow to move. After a few words, Zhiqing felt that he was not simple - he was dull, but was worldly-wise, and was very cunning but pretended to be innocent and ignorant.
Jiang Rong and He Pengfei were not polite at all, not restrained, not rigid, not artificial. It was as if they returned to their home and were harmoniously integrated into everything they saw. In their eyes, these trees, rocks, branches and leaves were all kinds of elements from nature, and were naturally formed without too many human-made traces.
But in Zhiqing's opinion, all this seems to be concealing something? Or it is a purposeful construction of the same building as Menling Village, in order to retain a certain memory.
The old man was the only person who could answer this question, but unfortunately he never dared to look at Zhiqing, moved his clumsy steps tremblingly, deliberately keeping a distance for him.
Although the old man tried his best to avoid strangers and explore the sight. No matter how he concealed it, there was still a trace of familiarity left. This trace of familiarity evoked the long-lost memory of Zhiqing.
An honest man claimed that his family was very poor and needed to make money to support his family. The survey team usually only recruited temporary workers, not fixed temporary workers. Because the ore was found by the team members with great effort and was the property of the country. But there were some bad groups who were always thinking about the rare ore they found.
Therefore, when recruiting temporary workers, they are particularly cautious. The biggest disadvantage of human beings is that they are soft-hearted and often fall into inexplicable emotions and cannot extricate themselves. For a period of time, they did not recruit temporary workers as they did in the past, but instead made an exception to leave the seemingly honest man.
The man said that there were five or six people in the family, and there were a lot of children, screaming like a wolf cub. His wife was in good health, and there was no problem with swearing, and the family was all handled by her. He took the time to make money as a porter and make money for the bench.
The survey team, Xu Guofeng and Zhiqing (father-in-law), who are the captain of the survey team, are famous for being kind-hearted. The man's surname is Lai, he works well, and speaks and does things honestly, so he agreed to the man's request without hesitation.
But later, the honest man secretly took away the rare ore and disappeared. Xu Guofeng told Zhiqing about the details and took this as a warning to him in the future.
But later, Zhiqing tried his best to have an unpredictable life and death disaster. The past was unbearable to look back on, and he didn't want to recall the bloody incident, and he would have a headache if he wanted to.
Because it is related to the history of Rugannian, and he only remembers some vague stories, he said tentatively: "It's you..." His sharp eyes stared at the old man, and he used calmness to observe.
When the old man said the word "It's you", he felt as if he was frightened and his whole body trembled. He waved his hand nervously, "I don't know you."
"Lai Quanzhong..." Zhiqing shouted further.
The staggering old man trembled again, stopped and slowly turned to look at Zhiqing. "Who is Lai Quanzhong?" Although he was trying hard to deny it, he was panicked in his eyes and did not escape the sharp capture of the other party.
After working hard in the middle of the night, Jiang Rong and He Pengfei were already hungry. After finally seeing a living person who could talk and communicate, he wanted to find some food to fill his stomach. He was not in the mood to think about anything else. Now when he saw Zhiqing, he was like interrogating a prisoner, and they were forced to do so, they were not happy.
"Uncle Chen, don't interfere, please stop for a moment! It's a big deal to fill your stomach now. Aren't you hungry? Why are you so energetic and forced to force such an old man?"
Jiang Rong was too naive and childish. How could she understand what Zhiqing was thinking? This girl! Alas! He sighed and looked at the old man with a lucky look, and felt angry.
He Pengfei, who was standing beside him, gave Jiang Rong a thumbs up and said, "You have a habit, I dare not." He said that she dared to question her adoptive father with confidence, which was really commendable.
The old man said that the village has been like this for a long time. He has been at the village entrance for many years.
Zhiqing pointed out that there was a topic of white architecture.
The old man said, "The white buildings seem to exist a long time ago, and it seems to be doing some secret experiments."
"Have you been?"
The old man shook his head and pursed his mouth, "No, not once."
"Hey! You guys hurry up." Jiang Rong and He Pengfei, who were walking in front, turned around impatiently and urged Zhiqing and the old man.
Zhiqing stared at the old man suspiciously and ignored the two ignorant children.
I don’t know what happened, but the more I look at the suspicion in my heart, the deeper the doubts. The old man was full of suspicion, especially on the old man’s silly face, although his facial features were rubbed into the folds. It seemed that many secrets were hidden in his tiny eyes.
Time passed by. When the old man was young, he might be an honest man. His heart was pure and spotless. However, in the face of interests and conscience, interests focused on conscience. He chose to sell his conscience and gain immeasurable benefits. He was undoubtedly Lai Quanzhong. Anyway, he was tempered by this dirty society bit by bit into the scheming now, and it was not something that could only be done overnight.
The ore is very valuable. It leaves its hometown and hides here. It uses the money of reselling national property to build this Menling Village. This is to fill in the empty loss and longing. Even though I know that going out is a death, I simply stay here and live alone to live a lifetime.
Zhiqing was very satisfied with his logical thinking and could actually infer such a perfect clip. The old man was still hunched over, walking forward step by step.
"Where is your family?" Zhiqing asked unexpectedly.
The old man was slightly shocked at first, but later he pretended not to hear and continued to walk his way.
"Old man, you haven't told me your name yet. What would we call you in the future?" Zhiqing stopped deliberately and said when the old man approached.
The old man stood in front of him slowly, his head kept lowering, just like he couldn't straighten his cervical spine. With his current age, he should be a few years younger than his father-in-law.
With a hoarse voice, he snored for a while before saying, "As aged, it is useless, and I don't remember what you call me. You can call me whatever you like."
Scared! Could it be that he was also a victim? He was subjected to brainwashing and other persecution? Otherwise, why would he not remember his name for a long time? Zhiqing didn't say anything and continued to walk forward, but he was constantly asking questions in his heart.
Walking and stopping, they came to a three-bedroom house. Jiang Rong and He Pengfei stopped. They looked at the house and their faces became very ugly.
Chapter completed!