Lu Jianguo stayed in Anwu County for several days.
He has been asking his friend who is in charge of household registration in Anwu County to check his grandfather's old friends.
After a few days, there was no gain at all.
The main reason was that in that era, everyone was used to calling each other by nicknames, and real names were easily overlooked. The nickname of his grandfather's old friend was Gousheng.
But in the entire Anwu County, there are at least thousands of people named Gousheng, if not tens of thousands.
The use of relatively "cheap" nicknames was a unique product of that era. Back then, families were often poor and couldn't afford to raise children. Fearing illness or premature death, they gave their children cheap names, hoping this would ensure their children grew up safely.
"Jianguo, I've checked countless people named Gousheng for you these past few days, from eighty-year-old grandfathers to two-year-old children, but I can't find the Gousheng you're talking about. I'm sorry..."
Lu Jianguo's good friend Zhao Mingcheng had a look of apology on his face.
Zhao Mingcheng and Lu Jianguo were high school classmates. When they were in Jiangbei, Lu Jianguo took a lot of care of him. He even ate all his meals with Lu Jianguo for the entire year. The two had a very good relationship.
But after graduating from high school, Zhao Mingcheng returned to his hometown and was assigned a job to manage household registration.
As for Lu Jianguo, he went abroad directly and did scientific research in a famous scientist's laboratory abroad. When he came back, he directly joined the research institute in Jiangbei Province and became a researcher.
This time when Lu Jianguo found him, Zhao Mingcheng thought he could repay the favor, but in the end he was of no help at all.
"I've known for a long time that it's not easy to find someone based on just a nickname." Lu Jianguo was not surprised by the result, and even patted his good brother's shoulder to comfort him.
"It's not your fault. I should also thank you for helping me look through the files for so long."
"Don't say that, I feel embarrassed!" Zhao Mingcheng blushed.
Then he continued, "By the way, why don't you send the old man another telegram? Ask if there are any other characteristics? For example, what place did Gou Sheng like to mention the most, or what special food he liked to eat, or even if he mentioned his last name."
These can narrow down the search area.
Lu Jianguo had asked these questions a long time ago.
However, his grandfather's memory is much worse than before, and he can't remember many things. When asked, he always says he went to find Gousheng. Even Anwu County was not the place he found after he spent a lot of effort and checked a lot of files.
"I'll send another telegram to ask," said Lu Jianguo.
"good!"
Lu Jianguo had long given up hope of finding his grandfather's old friend, but the old man had always been thinking about it.
Lu Jianguo had to come here for no other reason than to make the old man happy.
He left the archives office and went straight to the post office.
In those days, telegrams had to be sent at the post office. A telegram costing a few cents could be sent to the Lu family in Jiangbei very quickly.
After sending the telegram, Lu Jianguo did not want to go back to the Archives Bureau to find Zhao Mingcheng.
He wanted to go out for a walk and get familiar with the situation in Anwu County.
Before I knew it, I arrived at the long-distance bus station in Anwu County.
This area has always been very lively, with many people coming and going, some of whom are tourists, and some are doing business, which is commonly known as underground trading and night market business.
Lu Jianguo turned here and prepared to leave.
Suddenly, he saw a familiar figure.
It was Li Jinfeng. She was wearing an old dress full of patches, carrying a cloth bag, and looking around as if looking for someone.
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