Arty Records

Hong Yulan was pregnant and went home early after dinner, leaving a group of men to eat, drink and play around.When the wine was hot, Hong Xinyao asked her brother-in-law about hunting in the woods.

"Want to hunt?" Du Huanxin frowned slightly. "Tomorrow is the eighth day of the lunar new year. I will go to work. I have to go down to give whips and give out red envelopes. I'm afraid I don't have time to accompany you..."

Seeing his brother-in-law showing a disappointed look, he waved his hand: "How about this, I'll give you two reliable people and add a car, and you can play around by yourself first? It's really a coincidence. After two days, my brother-in-law will definitely be there in person Go for a walk with you." The wife is pregnant with a child, and the business is borrowing heavily from the Hong family's funds, so entertaining my brother-in-law well is a bounden duty.

Hong Xinyao wished that he would take the initiative to say that he didn't have time to accompany him, so he hurriedly said: "Brother-in-law, you are busy with your business, the business is important, I am not a child, it is more enjoyable to pass the time by myself."

Du Huanxin smiled evilly: "You are in the car sent by Lao Tzu, where can't you go to Liaozhou Wumeng? Don't play too much, your sister will be nagging me later."

Hong Xinyao also laughed, and quickly stated: "Brother-in-law, don't worry, it's really just hunting for fun." He asked again, "I don't know if Yeliguni is far from here? I have a college classmate's house there, and I want to stop by to see it." look."

"Yeligunie? It's not close. I can't go back and forth for a day, so I have to stay overnight anyway." Looking at the eagerness in his brother-in-law's eyes, Du Huanxin's mind turned, and his tone became ambiguous: "College classmate? What kind of relationship classmate?"

Young Master Hong was very calm: "Good friend."

Everyone else came to their senses and booed: "Haha, what a good friend! Young Master Hong, your family is really destined to be with our Qingqiu Baishui!..."

Du Huanxin pointed at him: "You are a bad boy with no conscience, and you even said to see your sister and brother-in-law! Your unborn nephew is ashamed for you!"

Young Master Hong looked innocent: "That's all I'm asking."

Du Huanxin laughed and said: "Good thing! We are a good girl, passionate, hot, and honest. My brother-in-law supports you!"

Hong Xinyao cast a sideways glance at him: "I really want to go and stay for two days, please brother-in-law to cover up in front of my sister. I won't tell you what you said just now about being passionate and hot."

Everyone laughed again.After eating a meal until late at night, they dispersed without any other entertainment.Hong Xinyao wanted to call Fang Sishen to check the time, but it was too late, so he had to give up.

The next morning, Du Huanxin really introduced two people.

"This is Xiao Liu, who is in charge of driving. This is Lao Lin, who is in charge of leading the way and is also a good hunter." Du Huanxin knew that his brother-in-law was very experienced in dealing with things even though he was young.However, I would like to remind you: "If there is anything on the road, I will listen to Lao Lin. He has rich experience."

Xiao Liu is not much older than Hong Xinyao, and Lao Lin looks like he is in his 30s.Seeing that the two of them were standing straight, Hong Xinyao knew they were from the army.It's just that I don't wear a military uniform, so I don't know what level it is.The Hong family was born in the army for two generations before him, so they naturally feel kind to the soldiers, so they nodded with a smile: "I'm sorry, both of you."

Du Huanxin patted him on the shoulder and said to the two of them: "This is my brother-in-law, the only seedling of the old Hong family. You two have taken care of me. Although it is important to have a good time, safety is more important. You all know other rules, so there is no need to say more right?"

The two responded in unison: "Don't worry." They also greeted Hong Xinyao, "Hello, Young Master Hong."

Hong Xinyao felt excited.This is a real soldier, that style, that momentum, is very different from leading a group of gangsters and thugs.

Hong Yulan stuffed the leather coat and hat into her younger brother's bag, muttering, but she didn't seriously object.After all, it is impossible to hold a young man in his twenties to accompany him to raise a baby at home.She knew the two members of Du Huan's new school, so they were indeed stable and reliable.Of course, she thought she was just wandering around the woods near Tu'an, and had a game barbecue at the farmhouse at night. She didn't know that her baby brother was going to a small forest town six hours away by car.

When Hong Xinyao saw the "Snow Leopard" off-road military vehicle with gray and white camouflage, he whistled excitedly: "It's so cool!"

Sitting in the car, the driver Xiao Liu pressed a button.Hong Xinyao asked, "What is this?"

"Change a camouflage cover." Xiao Liu was so serious that he was a little dull, but he couldn't help talking more when he talked about the car, "Gray and white camouflage is most suitable for winter, but we are not in military operations, so we use a colorful camouflage cover instead, which is easy to be caught by others on the road." The car found, more secure."

He said it like an endorsement, Young Master Hong didn't care at all, and found through the rearview mirror that the car body had indeed changed into a brown-red camouflage, he was surprised and delighted: "This car is really cool!"

After talking about the car, and then asked about hunting, Lao Lin said: "Although Yeligunie is farther away, hunting is more interesting than Tuan. They have specially encircled a forest, which is on the edge of the city. It smells like an old forest, and it’s more convenient and safer than going into an old forest. Those who have played this game in recent years like to go there.”

Young Master Hong understood immediately, and asked, "Why doesn't Tuan get one too?"

Lao Lin was much more sophisticated than Xiao Liu, and said with a smile: "Where are there Lao Lins around Tu'an? Besides, it is the capital after all, and everything needs to be approved by the superior." Looking at his watch, he asked for advice, "I brought some food in the car. After a while, I will be hungry at noon, and I will have a good meal when I get off the car. It is convenient to go around the city at night and meet friends. I will go hunting in the woods tomorrow morning, what do you think, Young Master Hong?"

Hong Xinyao was reminded by him and remembered the business: "I'll make a phone call first."

After dialing twice in a row, it took a long time for the ring to be connected: "Why did it take so long to answer the phone?"

"Sorry, something happened just now."

"Are you going back to Yeligune today?"

"Well...maybe tomorrow." Fang Sishen thought, since many forestry workers have moved to Yeligune City, maybe they can go there to ask again, so he said, "I will take the car the next morning to Tu'an."

"When are you going back to Yeligune tomorrow?"

"uncertain."

"Has anyone been found?"

"not yet."

"Then why don't you come here earlier!"

There was a moment of silence over there, and then said: "I plan to pay homage to my adoptive father and my mother, it may delay some time."

Hong Xinyao was shocked.Then I heard the other side say: "Let's talk when we meet, I still have something to do here."

He squeezed the phone tightly, as if this would prevent the other party from hanging up: "I'll go to accompany you!"

"No need." As if realizing that the rejection was too hasty, Fang Sishen slowed down his tone, "Really no need. It's too far away, the conditions are not good, and the temperature is lower than in the city..."

"I'm going right now, listen, I've arrived..."

"Don't come, I want to be alone."

Hong Xinyao stopped abruptly with a word stuck in his throat.

"I'm sorry. Also, thank you. I promise you, I will definitely go to Tuan to find you."

The phone was disconnected, and Hong Xinyao was in a daze.

Lao Lin felt that it was a matter of privacy, so he pretended not to hear anything.Unexpectedly, Young Master Hong suddenly asked: "Brother Lin, is Ahla far away?"

"Ahla? That place is at least three hours away from Yeligunie. Why does Young Master Hong ask this?"

"My friend has gone to Ahla, and I want to trouble the two of you to accompany me."

"This...Ahela is a bit off the beaten track, the road is not necessarily easy to walk, and there is nothing there...Xiao Liu, have you run past Ahela?"

"Run once."

Lao Lin hurriedly continued: "In remote places like this, local drivers usually drive, and accidents are easy to happen if you are not familiar with the roads in winter..."

Hong Xinyao thought of Fang Sishen's phrase "Don't come, I want to be alone for a while", and was not sure whether he should go or not.I feel that the meaning contained in those words is like the hoarfrost on the car window: it is thin and hazy, and it will be wiped away with a breath, but you can really touch it, but it is so cold that your fingers hurt.I can't help but worry about him, and at the same time feel a little lost and depressed.After thinking about it, if you want to have a surprise, if you turn around and frighten you, then the loss outweighs the gain.

So I stopped insisting: "I'll ask my friends. If I really want to go, I will say hello to my brother-in-law. Don't make it difficult for Brother Lin and Brother Liu."

Lao Lin breathed a sigh of relief: "Thank you, Young Master Hong. Even if we really go, it will be too late today. It is too dangerous to walk at night."

Hong Xinyao nodded, leaning on the back of the chair, slowly thinking about the bookworm.Originally, I really wanted to take this opportunity to hunt and have fun, but at this moment, my thoughts suddenly faded.Young Master Hong has been practiced more and more maturely in the past two years, but what he has cultivated is basically the hard skills in the thick black school.Only this ability to stretch and bend can be attributed to Fang Sishen.While thinking about the bits and pieces of information revealed on the phone, while calculating the best time for himself to play, the anxiety and worry gradually subsided.

Fang Sishen hung up the phone and looked at the gray and white government office building, filled with frustration, resentment, frustration, worry...all kinds of negative emotions.

There is a canteen diagonally opposite, and Uncle Meng pointed it out to him when he came over in the morning.He suddenly regretted that he didn't follow the advice of others, bought all the cigarettes, wine and water and came to the house to handle errands.The remedy at this moment may not work.What's more, he knows himself very well, neither has that face, nor does he have the communication skills, and in the end, he will probably end up self-defeating and humiliating himself.

All emotionally make a wry smile.Those who know current affairs are Junjie.Whether to bow your head or not is not necessarily related to quality.

How can I get the exact news about Uncle Lian?How much truth is there in the clerk's harsh words?

It turned out that Fang Sishen and the taxi driver stayed at his cousin's house last night. Although this Uncle Meng is not a forest farm worker himself, he is an old resident of Ahla.The children used to work in Manggan Road, but now they all went to other places to work. They thought the distance was too far, and they didn't come back during the Chinese New Year.When Fang Sishen said he was looking for Lian Fuhai, he shook his head at first, but after the meal he called him to the back room mysteriously: "Young man, the person you are looking for always seems familiar to me. It’s a very serious matter to go to the capital to sue, and the worker at the head seems to be called this.”

Fang Sishen was surprised: "Really? Are you sure?"

"It's been several years. Because of the wage arrears for years, a group of people went to Tu'an to sue. The one who took the lead is called Lian Hai, old lady?"

Aunt Meng said angrily: "It's a good thing that our family didn't go to sue! Did you sue in the end? I heard that each household also shared 200 yuan for the first prize, and almost got into a fight. Don't say that everyone who went, changed it when they came back." There is no cost at all, and people are forced to leave and scatter. No, in time for the renovation of the shed area, these people have no share!"

Fang Sishen asked: "Do you know who is still in the town who knows about this?"

The old couple suddenly stopped talking.After a long while, Uncle Meng Qiqi Ai said: "It's been so long, if you hadn't asked about it, I really wouldn't remember it. Because of this, those people have suffered old crimes, and all who can leave have left. The leader never came back. I heard that it may not be possible to go to the prison. Who else knows? To be clear, no one in the forest management office knows."

Fang Sishen was not reconciled, so he asked a few more questions, but the old couple had nothing else to say, knowing in their hearts that they were afraid of getting into trouble, they understood and felt helpless.

Seeing his appearance, Aunt Meng comforted him, "Even if you're in the classroom, you should let someone see it. You can go to the forest management office tomorrow and ask, there will always be a letter."

Nothing to say all night.On the morning of the eighth day of the lunar new year, I took a taxi back to Yeligune, and made an appointment to wait for Fang Sishen to call and see when he would pick it up tomorrow.

Fang Sishen went into the small gray building again, found the forest management office, was questioned for a long time by a staff member with a cold face, and got a sentence: "The person in charge of the files hasn't come yet, wait a while."

I sat there until after ten o'clock, and finally came, a young woman with raised eyebrows.

"Which unit do you belong to? What about the letter of introduction? We only deal with the public, not private! This is not a shelter. They are all like you. If you find someone, you come here. Are we still doing work? If you find someone, you go to patrol inspection So go! Why don’t you post a few missing person notices in the street! What’s the use of a ball on your neck?!…”

Fang Sishen tried his best to put out a smiling face and say good things. The woman asked to pass his ID card and looked at it for a long time. She probably saw Zhou Zheng's good attitude because of her household registration in the capital, and she finally let go and shut him out. , Go into the office to find out by yourself.

After a while, he opened the door: "There is no such person."

"What do you mean... there is no such person?"

"If you don't have this person, you don't have this person! Can't you understand Xia Yu?" I probably thought Fang Sishen was really stupid, and the woman lost her temper. "There is no such person in the computer, so it means that he is not in the forestry unit after the organizational reform; there is no such thing in the old files, maybe I went to another unit a long time ago, and even the file was transferred away. Do you understand?"

Looking at her appearance, Fang Sishen probably didn't know about the complaints in the past few years.Of course, it is also possible that Uncle Meng's information is not reliable.

Try to ask: "Then... can I trouble you to find out, where did you go?"

"Where did you transfer to? There is no file, how do you check? Do you have any brains?"

Fang Sishen found himself asking a paradox.Looking at the contemptuous expression of the other party, he hurriedly said thank you and left.

Walking out the door, thinking about what to do next.In the daze, a thought gradually became clear: no matter what, go to pay homage to the graves of He Shensi and his mother.While he was in a daze, he felt the ringing phone in his pocket.

I was a little hungry, I didn't feel like eating in the morning, I only drank a bowl of scum.In winter, the locals usually eat two meals, and there is nothing to eat when they go back at this point.Walked to the canteen, knocked on the window panel, and ordered two packs of biscuits.In a flash of inspiration, I bought another stack of letter paper, a ballpoint pen, and a bottle of paste.Without taking off the gloves, he wrote the missing person notice on the window sill.I wrote more than twenty sheets in one breath, fearing that the paste would freeze, so I quickly took pictures of the mud wall boards and electric poles along the way.

When I returned to Uncle Meng's house, I took out 100 yuan and asked him to help hire a horse to sledge, walk across the river into the woods, and go to the parents' grave.

Hearing that he would do this, the old man readily agreed and asked if he wanted to buy paper money.

Fang Sishen shook his head: "No, what if there is a fire."

"Yes." The old man nodded and went to the neighbor's house.Fang Sishen no longer mentioned the matter of looking for someone, he was relieved for no reason.It seems that this generous young man has to stay at home for a day, so he is very happy.

The male owner next door didn't go to work until he was [-], and happened to be at home, so he immediately took over the business.Set off the sledge and set off, approaching the small government building, a few people were standing on the road looking around.One of the women had sharp eyes and recognized Fang Sishen: "That's him! It's the man sitting in the back!" Fang Sishen also recognized the file clerk.As soon as we got off the sledge, a middle-aged man who looked like a leader came up to us: "Hello, hello! Please forgive us for not doing a good job and not being able to receive the guests from Beijing well. I'm sorry, I'm really sorry!"

Another person next to him said: "Director, it's cold outside, please come into the office to talk."

"Yes, yes, let's go inside and talk."

Seeing this posture, the sledge driver hurriedly said, "Go talk to the leader, I'll wait in the shop opposite."

So Fang Sishen was involuntarily dragged into the small gray building.The deputy director of the forest management office surnamed Cao was enthusiastic and chatted with him cordially.Going around, Fang Sishen gradually realized that the conversation always revolved around his own identity and his relationship with Lian Fuhai.He couldn't help but think of Aunt Meng's speculation about Lian Fuhai's squatting in the dormitory. Could it be true?

Because Ahla is too remote, it is the first choice for middle-level cadres to be demoted and assigned to work, so the leadership changes frequently.Fang Sishen frankly told his father that he was a student of Kenlin, Manggan Road during the Great Reformation, and that Lian Fuhai was kind to his family back then.Deputy director Cao was not familiar with these things, but after listening to his words, his expression gradually showed an inadvertent relaxed attitude.

Fang Sishen wanted to know the exact whereabouts of Lian Fuhai, and Deputy Director Cao said sincerely: "Comrade Lian Fuhai bought out his seniority a few years ago and retired internally. Many old comrades knew about this. After the reform of the forestry system, the responsibility for this part of the personnel The files have been cleaned up. Our new girl doesn't know the situation, so there is a misunderstanding. As for where he went after leaving the unit, this is a citizen's personal freedom, and we really don't know."

Having said that, it is tantamount to breaking all the clues.Fang Sishen only felt that there were many suspicious things, but he couldn't ask anything.

"Our director and the mayor went to the city for a meeting. There is only one jeep left in the office. The driver often runs around Ye Ligune. It is very safe. Don't dislike it..."

Fang Sishen heard that he wanted to send a car to see him off.He knew there was a fuss about local receptions, but he couldn't understand why it was so grand for an unrelated casual visitor.The feeling of weirdness became more and more vivid, and he immediately declined, "Thank you for your trouble. I want to pay respects to my parents in the afternoon and return to Yeligune tomorrow. I have booked a taxi, so I won't bother you."

"Is that so... I don't know where your parents' graves are?"

"On Manggan Road, in the birch forest on the left bank of the river. It's been so long, I don't know if I can still find it. I just went to take a look nearby and made a wish."

Deputy Director Cao was about to say something when the phone rang.Fang Sishen waited for him to come in after answering the phone, and left immediately.He didn't talk any more, and sent him out of the office politely.

Sitting on the sledge again, Fang Sishen felt inexplicably uneasy.The blue sky and white snow mixed up and down, and the sky and the earth showed a desolate blue-gray, as if full of unspeakable sadness.