Chapter 243 Looking for Someone
Chapter 244 Looking for Someone
The luxurious black car stopped at the West Bridge in Jingtan County. The driver got out of the car and asked an old man on the roadside for news.
"Uncle, I want to ask you for directions. Do you know how to get to Zhangjiagou?"
The old man was a warm-hearted person. Seeing that these people were well-dressed and didn't look like bad people, he cheerfully pointed the way to the driver, "Zhangjiagou? Oh, that place is a bit far, and the road is not easy to drive. It would be a waste of your nice car to drive in there."
The driver smiled and said, "It's okay. Just tell me what to do."
The old man stood up and pointed to the asphalt road ahead. "Just keep going west along Yingbin Street. There is a fork in the road after the fertilizer factory. Keep going right. When you get around a winding mountain road, you will arrive."
According to the old man's description, the Qin family's convoy crossed mountains and ridges, bypassed a very difficult winding mountain road, and finally saw the sparse low houses sandwiched between two mountains.
When the car drove into the village, it was immediately surrounded by a group of ragged children, women and elderly people.
Old Master Qin sat in the car, looking at the barren village outside the car window and becoming more and more worried. Could it be that the child has been living in such a place for decades? How much suffering has he endured over the years?
But when the driver found the village director and asked about what happened that year, he discovered that the old man who had seen the child before had died of illness a few years ago!
The village chief stood stiffly in front of Mr. Qin, with a flattering smile, "Old man, what do you want to talk to my uncle Zhang about? He has never married since he came back from the Korean battlefield, so if you want to know who he has met before, we really don't know..."
Old Qin was a little disappointed. The clues he had found with so much difficulty were broken just like that. There was no point in staying any longer. He closed his eyes and raised his hand, signaling the bodyguard to help him leave.
But the village chief saw such a nice car for the first time, and he knew without thinking that the old man sitting in the first seat must be rich or noble. If he seized the opportunity to help them, the old man might be so happy that he would be full of food and drink! But the old man said he wanted to find someone. When Uncle Zhang came back, he was indeed alone. He had no friends for so many years. Who else could know about the past?
Hey? Friend? The village chief suddenly remembered that thirty years ago, an old man came to the village to look for Uncle Zhang. They looked very familiar with each other. Maybe that man knew something?
Thinking of this, the village chief hurried forward to stop the old man who was about to leave, but was stopped by the bodyguard, "What are you doing?"
"Don't get excited, don't get excited. I just suddenly remembered that my uncle Zhang had an old comrade-in-arms. I helped that old man pull a cart. If you ask about Uncle Zhang, maybe that person can know something."
After receiving the call from Mr. Qin, the driver immediately asked, "What's the name of his comrade-in-arms, and where does he live?"
The village chief chuckled and said, "I don't know where he lived, but I remember that Uncle Zhang called him Lao Fang..."
With the new clue, the bodyguard immediately contacted the local Public Administration Bureau to investigate the families with the surname Fang in the county. After the elimination process, he finally identified four families. After his men visited the families, they finally targeted a family near No. 1 Middle School.
The next morning, when Fang's mother had cleaned up the house and was preparing to push Mrs. Fang out for a walk as usual, she was startled by a row of luxury cars and a group of men in black outside the door.
"Hey, what are you doing at my doorstep?"
The driver immediately stepped forward and explained with a smile, "Sorry to scare you, big sister. We are here to look for someone. Excuse me, is this the Fang residence?"
Fang's mother was embarrassed by the man's polite way of speaking. "Oh, you are too polite. What do you mean by mansion? My husband's last name is Fang. I wonder who you are looking for?"
The driver was a little excited, "Then I wonder... who is Fang Shikuan to you?"
Fang's mother Liu Cuixia was stunned for a moment. Fang Shikuan? Isn't this her father-in-law?
"It's my father-in-law, but he has passed away many years ago."
"We would like to ask your family about some old things. Is that convenient?"
Seeing Fang's mother nod, the driver immediately returned to the car excitedly and gestured at the rear window. Then Fang's mother saw an old man in simple clothes but with an excited look on his face being carried out of the car.
"This is..."
The driver quickly explained, "This is my old man."
But before the two of them could finish, Old Lady Fang pushed a wheelchair and squeezed in from behind, "What are you doing? Why are you dawdling? It's already late. If you don't get out now, the morning market will be over!"
Turning around and seeing the people outside the door, Mrs. Fang frowned immediately, "Who are you?"
The driver was not angry. He smiled and quickly explained the reason for their visit. "We are looking for someone and hope the old man can help us."
Old Mrs. Fang was very impatient at first, but after seeing the row of luxury cars outside the door, she started to think about it. She immediately told Liu Chunxia to open the door and welcome the guests into the house for a detailed discussion.
Looking at the energetic Old Master Qin sitting opposite her, Old Madam Fang smiled kindly, "This old man looks very friendly. What is your name and where are you from?"
Old Master Qin hadn't seen anyone his own age for a long time. Seeing Old Lady Fang's kind face, he rarely spoke to her, "Excuse me, my surname is Qin, I'm 85 years old this year, and my children are all working in the provincial capital, so I live with them."
"Oh, then you are so lucky. Unlike my family, the children are not very promising. They just work in some small place and have never seen the world. Our family is also poor. I am sorry to make you laugh..."
Old Master Qin looked around at the clean and elegant furnishings and smiled, "I came here this time to ask you about some old things."
When Mrs. Fang heard this, she immediately patted her chest and assured him that there was no problem. "Oh, you are being polite! I have lived in Jingtan County for decades. I don't know anything else. If you want to know about the past, I will answer your questions! Tell me, what do you want to ask?"
"When your husband came back from the army, did he tell you that he had seen a baby of several months old?"
Child? How many months old?
Old Mrs. Fang immediately recalled the past. When her husband returned from the army, he did bring back a child. Could it be that these people also knew about that child?
Thinking of the quarrel between her and her husband and the slander behind their backs because of this incident, Mrs. Fang put away her smile and looked evasive, "I can't remember it! There were so many things back then, who can remember them all!"
Old Master Qin was stunned. "This... Didn't you just say you knew everything? How come you can't remember it? Sister, think about it?"
But Old Mrs. Fang insisted that she had never seen any child. She even became angry and waved her arms to drive people out.
Old Master Qin was very frustrated when he saw the clue was interrupted again. "Well, I thought it was simple. I'm sorry to trouble you. Let's go."
Seeing Mr. Qin leave, Mrs. Fang breathed a sigh of relief, but Fang's mother noticed that something was wrong with her mother.
(End of this chapter)
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