In the evening, An Nian was sent home by Yu Luyuan.

Li Youmei came to open the courtyard door. The first time she saw An Nian, she noticed An Nian's red and swollen lips, and she immediately became happy.

"Nian Nian, if your brother Lu Yuan dares to bully you in the future, mom will beat him to death!"

As she said that, Li Youmei glared at her eldest son and gave him a thumbs up while carrying An Nian on her back.

Yu Luyuan smiled helplessly and said without mentioning the feelings between the two.

"Mom, Doctor Zhang said I can be discharged from the hospital tomorrow. Let's tidy up and go back to the village in the afternoon. I've been disturbing my little sister's house for a long time."

"Okay, okay, did Dr. Zhang tell you how to take care of your health in the future?" Li Youmei was very happy, "Oh, I guess you didn't think of asking. Mom will ask Dr. Zhang by herself tomorrow."

Li Youmei knows very well that "a good memory is worse than a bad writing". She brought her own notebook with her to the county this time.A lot of precautions for caring for the injured have been written on it. It is her treasure.

The Meng family only had two rooms, and there was no place to sleep when Yu Luyuan came over. He went in, said hello to his younger sister and brother-in-law, and then went back to the hospital by himself.

"Niannian, mom has put your book on the table for you."

After An Nian finished washing, she was wiping her face when she heard Li Youmei's voice.

"Thank you mom."

"Small thing."

Li Youmei took out the bag she had brought before and started to put things in it. Things that were not needed today and tomorrow could be packed first and taken to the hospital tomorrow afternoon. Then the three of them took a car directly from the county hospital back to the village.

There is a bus from Linxian to Lu'an Village every week, which happens to be tomorrow, so the time for Yu Luyuan to be discharged from the hospital tomorrow is quite suitable.

"Niannian, didn't you go to buy textbooks? Why are there old books in them? Mom doesn't even recognize the words written on them."

"Huh?" An Nian unfolded the towel and put it on the basin stand, a little confused. "Mom, what old books? All I bought are textbooks?"

"Mom doesn't know either. Go and take a look at the table. I put it on the top. The cover is about junior high school Chinese, but inside there are calligraphy written in calligraphy. Each one looks like an ant..."

Li Youmei took the time to point to the desk in the corner.

An Nian walked over, picked it up and looked at it.

The cover of this book is a bit thick and looks like it has several layers.

After studying its thickness, An Nian twirled it with his fingers. Well, it has at least five layers.

When I opened the contents inside, what caught my eye was the dense brush calligraphy, which was traditional Chinese. They were arranged very neatly vertically. The fonts were square and the size of each one was strictly consistent. They looked and printed. The same.

But if you look closely, you can see that every traditional Chinese character is written by hand.

In her previous life, she used traditional Chinese characters, and An Nian was quite comfortable reading these contents.

"The fourth omitted tone of the rhyme of the Ministry of Rites...the eleventh twilight...the thirteenth sacrifice...the fifteenth hexagram..."

"How's it going? Do you recognize it? What kind of book is this?"

After Li Youmei finished tidying up, she came over and asked curiously.

An Nian shook his head slightly: "I don't know what it is. I'll ask my elder brother tomorrow. He knows a lot and may know a little bit."

Li Youmei was a little disappointed: "I thought it was some valuable antique."

An Nian laughed. There were so many antiques to pick up, but she wouldn't hit her mother-in-law.

"That might be it. Let's put it away."

An Nian picked out the lowest grade books from the pile of books she bought. She bought books from the first grade of elementary school to the third grade of junior high school. Now she is just right to read them from the first grade, and put away the others first.

This ancient book should be sandwiched among all the books, and should be well protected.

"Mom, let's go to bed, I'm a little sleepy."

"Okay, come and sleep."

-

Early the next morning, An Nian and Li Youmei arrived at the county hospital.

After Dr. Zhang gave Yu Luyuan his last examination, he issued him a discharge certificate.

Li Youmei hurriedly came over to consult on how to recuperate later.

She held a notebook in her hand and carefully recorded every word Dr. Zhang said.

Dr. Zhang likes family members who are so serious. He explained in detail the later exercise methods and dietary supplement methods.

An Nian stood nearby and listened quietly. Based on her current memory, she never forgot what she heard and secretly learned a lot.

After sending Dr. Zhang away, An Nian walked back to Yu Luyuan.

Yu Luyuan looked at her with a smile in his eyes: "Are you finally willing to come over and take a look at me?"

An Nian's cheeks turned red from his smile. She remembered that last night, this man used such a clean and refreshing smile to tempt her to kiss him again and again.

"Have you packed all your things?"

Time always flies by when we are busy. It is already noon and the three of them have not yet left the hospital.

She turned away and began to patrol the entire ward.

After living in this small ward for almost half a month, the time has spanned from the end of 1977 to mid-January 1978. There are more and more things belonging to Yu Luyuan in the ward.

"Do you want to take away the boiled water bottle over there?"

"Three will be returned to the hospital, and one will be returned to my little sister."

Yu Luyuan did not continue to tease her and answered with a smile.

"Oh, then I'll return it."

An Nian pulled back the broken hair on her cheeks a little uncomfortably, walked over and picked up three water bottles.

"Knock down."

There was a slight knock on the door, and the three people in the ward looked up at the same time.

"Gongan Sun? Why are you here?"

The two people who came over at this time were the familiar old policeman and his apprentice.

Old policeman Sun Ping smiled at the three of them: "Last night, the arson case that occurred at the waste recycling station requires the cooperation of two comrades in the investigation."

He looked at An Nian and Yu Luyuan.

An Nian put down the water bottle and walked over: "Gongan Sun, how are Grandpa Zhao and Xiao Ju?"

Sun Ping also knew that Yu Luyuan was the one who rescued Old Man Zhao. An Nian also participated in the fire rescue at that time, and his tone was much gentler.

"They are both in good condition and out of danger."

Because the rest of the content involved the case, he did not continue to talk about it, he just asked.

"Do you have time to take a transcript now?"

"Okay. You all can come in."

Yu Luyuan walked over and closed the door of the ward, asking the two of them to sit on the stools, while he and An Nian sat beside the hospital bed.

Li Youmei wasn't quite sure what happened last night, so she put down the notes she was detailing in her hand and listened carefully.

Sun Ping signaled the young police officer to start recording.

"I want to know from you, what did you do yesterday?"

Yu Luyuan was worried that An Nian would be scared when she faced such a situation for the first time, so he gently shook her hand and spoke first.

"I stayed in the hospital yesterday morning because my injury was recovering well, and Dr. Zhang did several reviews on me...

In the afternoon, I accompanied my partner to the waste recycling station to find textbooks for elementary and junior high schools. She plans to go to the county middle school to study..."

Sun Ping raised his eyebrows slightly: "Are you two a couple?"

"Well, we have held a banquet in the village, but because I am a soldier and need to submit a marriage report to my superiors, I haven't issued a certificate yet."

A faint happy smile appeared on Yu Luyuan's resolute face.

"When we get the marriage certificate, we will send you wedding candies."

A faint smile appeared on Sun Ping's face: "Congratulations. Did you see any strange people at the recycling bin?"

"Weird person? That's not true..."

"I heard that you had a conflict with someone this afternoon? Almost got into a fight?" Sun Ping asked.

"Oh, the person you are talking about should be my partner's cousin An Qian."

At this time, Sun Ping suddenly turned to look at An Nian: "How is your relationship with your cousin?"

An Nian didn't know what this question had to do with the arson incident at the recycling bin last night. She was actually very curious about the world's investigation methods.

In the world of cultivation, the strong are respected. If the weak are killed, there will be no one to avenge them. Once the matter is over, it will be over.If it's the kind of "kill the young and then the old", then it's very simple. A soul-searching technique can solve everything.

She was curious in her heart, but very well-behaved on her face.

"My relationship with my cousin is not good, and she looks down on me. You should have already investigated her, right?"

The question mark used by An Nian was actually very certain.

It is very likely that the police have already investigated everything that happened within 24 hours yesterday, and they have most likely targeted a few of them as suspects.

Otherwise, he would not have been able to ask the detailed questions above.

The old police officer seemed to be asking questions, but more like confirming something.

"She took the college entrance examination in December this year and has been admitted to a key university. She will report to the capital after the New Year."

"I know."

Sun Ping pursed his lips. It was because An Qian was already a quasi-college student that he did not dare to touch her easily. The impact would be too great.

But as a veteran police officer who has been on the job for more than 30 years, he has already made his own judgment. The person who stoned Mr. Zhao and set the fire last night was most likely An Qian.

The only thing that puzzled Sun Ping was, why did An Qian do this?

Commit a crime at a time when you are about to go to college in the capital? !What was she thinking?What hatred and resentment made her so impulsive?

"How much do you think she hates you? That she would hate you so much that she would want to kill the person who protects you?"

After thinking for a long time, Sun Ping could only think of this entry point, the motive for the murder:

Old man Zhao protected An Nian yesterday afternoon!And drove An Qian away with a broom!The superposition of these two behaviors caused An Qian to have murderous intentions.

Sun Ping frowned. He felt a little empty all the time. He always felt that the results he derived were not sufficient.But what's the secret here?

"She probably hates me."

An Nian smiled and said something surprising in the calmest words.

"Because I took something that was rightfully mine."

An Nian slowly recounted everything that had happened before, from when she got back the bride price, when she got back her bankbook and savings, when she made An's family fall into poverty, when she made An Qian unable to eat meat...

Even an old police officer like Sun Ping was a little speechless.

A person takes things that belong to him openly and honestly. How could An Qian hate her cousin because of this? How twisted is her mind?

The conversation between several people lasted for more than half an hour.

Sun Ping looked at what his apprentice had recorded, and after confirming that there were no problems, he asked An Nian and Yu Luyuan to sign respectively.

"Thank you two comrades."

An Nian stood up and said, "Mr. Sun, can we go see Grandpa Zhao and Xiao Ju?"

"Okay, they live in the burn department on the first floor of the building at the back. You can just go there."

"Thank you."

After seeing off Mr. Sun and Mr. An Nian, An Nian continued his work.

After the ward was completely tidied up, she and Yu Luyuan went to visit Xiaoju and Grandpa Zhao.

Both their grandfather and grandson are in good condition. Although they inhaled a lot of black ash last night, fortunately, they did not have extensive burns on their bodies.After treatment, the two men have recovered.

"Are you relieved now?"

When the two of them walked out of the burn department, Yu Luyuan reached out and patted her head, touching her lovingly when they were next to her.

An Nian raised his head and smiled without any trace of dust: "Everyone is doing well, I am happy."

Yu Luyuan chuckled, feeling that his soul was healed.

"We go home."

"Well! Go home!"

In the distance, Yu Luyuan's voice drifted away with the breeze.

"When I go back, I will teach you how to read. We must learn all the basic knowledge within this six months. In the second half of next year, you will be able to enter the county middle school."

"Yeah! I'll be serious!"

"I'm very serious."

An Nian pretended to be scared and shrank her shoulders: "If I get the question wrong, will you hit my palm?"

"That's not true." Yu Luyuan lowered his voice and leaned close to her ear. "But I'll make your mouth swell."

An Nian's cheeks turned red and she stared at him cutely.

"Ha ha ha ha."

-

Sun Ping took his apprentice back to the County Public Security Bureau.

When only two people were left in the entire space, the young police officer couldn't wait to speak.

"Master, this arson case was probably done by An Qian, right?! We have compared the wounds on the back of Mr. Zhao's head, and they are similar to An Qian's height...

They had another quarrel yesterday afternoon, and An Qian was beaten out with a broom by Mr. Zhao.

Then, there is a high possibility that An Qian will come to take revenge at night! "

The more he talked, the more excited he became, his eyes shining brightly.

Sun Ping calmly picked up the enamel jar on his desk and took a sip of the tea that had completely cooled down.

"Do you have any evidence?"

"Aren't these all evidences? Last night, someone saw An Qian and Wu Jinyao sneaking into the waste recycling station!"

"They said they saw heavy smoke and went over to help put out the fire."

"Master! How can you believe such a thing?! How could the two of them go to put out a fire?! When did Wu Jinyao, that street kid, do any good deeds in all these years?"

The young police officer was furious.

Sun Ping put down the enamel jar and sighed: "It's a pity that the fire last night burned all traces, and we couldn't find any physical evidence."

They can only rely on the police's own ability to solve crimes now, once the perpetrator is a veteran.

For example, Wu Jinyao has done a lot of petty theft and is very good at cleaning up the traces he left behind.

Sun Ping and the others were unable to find any matching footprints or traces inside the recycling bin or on the front and rear doors. They had not even found a more detailed point of origin of the fire. They could only roughly surmise that the burning started from the shed where the books were placed. .

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