The sky darkened and the shadows of the mountains in the distance gradually became blurred, leaving only the undulating outlines.
The air was filled with the strong smell of fireworks, and dim lights were on in every household.
Chen Lichu grew up in this village and is familiar with everything here.
But after thirty years, seeing this scene again felt like a dream.
She entered from the east end of the village and searched door to door.
If I pass by an unoccupied house, I will go in to check it out.
She even thought that Jiang Xiaoqing was afraid of being discovered and taken home by her parents, so she deliberately hid and kept silent.
So she always went in quietly.
In more than an hour, he searched almost all the uninhabited houses in the village.
But there was no sign of Jiang Xiaoqing.
Chen Lichu panicked.
She began to wonder if there was something wrong with her memory, or if Jiang Xiaoqing had hidden something from her when she and she talked about this matter many years later.
This led to her wrong judgment and inability to find Jiang Xiaoqing.
Could it be that because so many people were looking for her this time, she was afraid of being found, so she hid somewhere else?
She remembered that in her previous life, when Chen Pingchu came to her, she was not at home. She and Lu Yunzhi went to the home of the director of the cement factory to give gifts in order to find a job for Lu Yangming.
The sons in the family are lazier than each other, and no one is willing to go out to help.
So tragedy is inevitable.
As Chen Lichu was thinking, he couldn't help but ride to the foot of the back mountain.
The mountain is not very high and there are many wild vegetables on it. When she was a child, she often went to the back mountain with her mother to pick wild vegetables.
She remembered that one time, she ran there secretly by herself, but accidentally stepped on empty air and fell to the bottom of a small slope. It took a lot of effort for her to climb up.
Her leg was injured and bleeding a lot, and she cried as she walked.
The child's voice was so sharp that it traveled far and startled Aunt Xu who lived halfway up the mountain.
A one-armed old man abandoned by his children.
When she heard Chen Lichu crying, she knew that the child was seriously injured.
She followed the crying sound with gentian violet and gauze and found Chen Lichu. She used her only hand to disinfect and bandage Chen Lichu.
He then used his only hand to hold Chen Lichu's and led them down the mountain.
In order to comfort her, he peeled his only candy and stuffed it into Chen Lichu's mouth.
From then on, whenever Chen Lichu had candy, he would always save one and run to the back mountain to give it to Aunt Xu.
Later, one year there was a severe drought and a forest fire broke out for some reason. When Aunt Xu was found, she had been burned to the size of a child.
A drop of scalding water slid down his cheek.
Aunt Xu probably passed away in recent years, but it's been so long that I can't remember exactly.
Go find Jiang Xiaoqing first. After finishing this matter, she must come to visit Aunt Xu again, give her a sweet candy, and persuade her to move back to the village.
As soon as I left the foot of the mountain, I saw a man walking towards me with a bow and arrow on his back.
Those who go to the back mountain so late at night are most likely going to hunt wild game.
She didn't think much about it and passed the man by.
The bright moonlight reflected on the man's face, and Chen Lichu was in a trance for a moment.
This man looks somewhat familiar, but I can't remember where I've seen him.
She racked her brains but couldn't figure out who it was, so she just gave up.
This is the village where she grew up. Everyone here should look familiar, but after so many years, it's normal that she can't remember them.
It’s more important to find Jiang Xiaoqing.
She went from house to house along the foot of the mountain and also visited the homes of several young ladies who were on good terms with Jiang Xiaoqing.
They also gained nothing.
When he came out of the last house, Chen Lichu was almost in despair.
"Chen Lichu?"
"It's really you. How come you have time to come back today?"
It was the voice of the village chief Liu Shoufu, and Chen Lichu recognized it.
She turned around, and when the face in her memory appeared before her again, her head buzzed like a thunderclap.
The man she had just seen carrying a bow and arrow to hunt game in the mountains looked somewhat similar to him.
It was the village chief’s nephew, Liu Guohui.
He is the bastard who violated Jiang Xiaoqing!
She didn't even bother to greet the village chief. She turned around with her bicycle and hurriedly rode towards the back mountain.
Why didn't she think of it?
Jiang Xiaoqing, who has been searched for for so long but still cannot be found, is most likely hiding in Aunt Xu's house in the back mountain.
Because she also knew that Aunt Xu was a kind old lady and she would definitely help her.
Besides, Aunt Xu lived halfway up the mountain, so even if the village broadcast a message for her through a loudspeaker, she wouldn't be able to hear it.
They would just think of her as a little girl who got lost in the mountains.
They would let her stay overnight and let her go down the mountain the next day.
Chen Lichu quickly arrived at the foot of the mountain, took out a flashlight from his bag, and rode towards the direction of Aunt Xu's home in his memory.
When there was no road ahead, she threw her bicycle on the side of the road and continued walking.
Fortunately, Aunt Xu would light the kerosene lamp as soon as it got dark.
So she followed the direction of the light and finally found it.
As soon as I got closer, I heard the man cursing and the woman screaming.
Chen Lichu took out a fruit knife from her bag and rushed towards the hut.
Aunt Xu was locked outside the door. She banged on the wooden door hard, crying and begging him to let Jiang Xiaoqing go.
But the noise in the house was so loud that it drowned out the old woman's voice.
"Auntie..." Chen Lichu saw the hunched back and her voice choked as soon as she opened her mouth.
"Li Chu? Is that you?" Aunt Xu stopped knocking on the door and looked in the direction of Shen Li Chu.
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