Shangqiaotou Village, Qiaotou Town

Hong Sheng went back to his fourth uncle's room and looked at his watch. It had been almost an hour, and Le Sheng hadn't come back yet. No one, called for a long time, no one answered, called Hei Bei again, but still no one answered, at this moment Fifth Grandma stepped out from the next yard with an angry face,

"Hong Sheng, hurry up, Le Sheng was taken away by the mental hospital!"

When Hong Sheng heard this, he was stunned for a moment.

"Did the mental hospital come here to catch Lesheng?"

"It's not that scorpion who has lost his morality. He doesn't do good things all day long, and the leader of the mental hospital drove Le Sheng away. Hurry over and have a look!"

Hong Sheng turned around, went back to the courtyard, and rode his bicycle to the town. When he got there, he found Hei Bei standing at the gate of the courtyard, calling inside, and the gatekeeper was threatening him with a stick; The doctor said that Le Sheng was not mentally ill and did not hurt anyone. After a whole afternoon of talking, the words were almost broken. They said they wanted Le Sheng's household registration book, ID card, and a letter of introduction from the village; but where did Le Sheng come from? What about the registered permanent residence, so to speak, the other party said, there is no way, this is the process, if he hurts someone again, who can take the responsibility?Hong Sheng said, I take responsibility!The other party said, you are not his relative, so why should you take the responsibility? I have seen many people like you, so go back and bring your household registration book and letter of introduction.

Hong Sheng didn't see him either, so he was driven back in such a dejected manner. When he arrived at the door, Hei Bei was still guarding him. When he saw him, he stood up suddenly. He didn't see Le Sheng, and Hei Bei didn't follow him either. Go back and keep guarding.After returning to the village, the sun had already set. The first thing Hong Sheng did was to find the village chief and open a letter of introduction. What if he didn't have a registered permanent residence?The village head said, you should try it with the letter of introduction first, and explain the actual situation to the hospital. If possible, when Le Sheng comes back, find a way to get a registered permanent residence.As soon as the letter of introduction was finished here, Hong Sheng rushed to Laizi's house with red eyes. Hong Sheng took Laizi out of the bed, wearing only a pair of long johns, and the two beat him from the house to the outside. It was as if he was dying, and his attack was black and ruthless; the daughter-in-law of the lame man cried into a pile, and the daughter-in-law cried and said while pulling Hong Sheng,

"Hong Sheng, don't hit Hong Sheng, otherwise you will kill him!"

But Hong Sheng couldn't listen at all. Le Sheng was sent to the mental hospital for no reason. Who is it? Can Le Sheng sleep?Are you afraid?must have cried...

Neighbors around heard the movement of Lai Zi's house, and they also came out. Seeing that Hong Sheng and Lai Zi had beaten their faces covered in blood, they hurried forward to pull them away. After hearing what happened, they comforted Hong Sheng. , and kept scolding the lame man; someone comforted him, saying,

"Hong Sheng, I'm out of anger, but I don't dare to fight anymore, it will be troublesome if I kill someone!"

Others said,

"Hong Sheng, this psychiatric hospital doesn't mean that people will be locked up. Tomorrow, the village head will issue a letter of introduction, and people will be brought back. Don't worry!"

……

However, Le Sheng did not come back in the end. Hong Sheng went there with a letter of introduction the next morning. The hospital said that he was asked to wait for two more days, and he waited for another two days. On the fourth day, he saw him from a distance. There was no sign of Hei Bei at the entrance of the hospital. He thought he was looking for a place to drink water. When he went in and asked, the staff on duty said that Wang Lesheng had been transferred!

When Hong Sheng heard this, his head became dizzy.

"Where did you turn?"

"I don't know where to turn!"

Hong Sheng came out of the hospital in a daze, squatted at the door, sat there for about a quarter of an hour, began to call Hei Bei, his voice was almost hoarse, but there was still no sign; he stood up abruptly, picked up a brick, and again After entering the hospital, the person on duty was a woman in her 40s. When she saw Hong Sheng, she was about to chase him away impatiently. He stood up, Hong Sheng came over, slapped the brick on the table, and said,

"Where did you get Wang Lesheng?"

The man was trembling, his eyes were searching for someone who could be called to help, while dealing with the man in front of him, he said

"I really don't know, a car came last night, and it was taken away overnight!"

"You are talking nonsense, people dragged you away, how could you not know!"

"really do not know!"

Hong Sheng always felt that something was wrong, but his mind was so messed up that he couldn't sort out a set of thoughts. Later, Hong Sheng was dragged and thrown out by two nurses. Four or five times, he was finally taken to the detention center. Two days later, the village head took him out; the village head told him at the time that he had asked the hospital. They really didn’t know which mental hospital Le Sheng was sent to, but some A doctor said that it might be Hebei; but Hebei is so big and there are so many mental hospitals in Hebei, the village head persuaded him,

"Hong Sheng, let's forget about it, Le Sheng is indeed not from our Qiaotou Village, maybe someone else's family will take him back!"

Hong Sheng felt empty all of a sudden, and followed the village chief back to the village. He lay on his kang with his eyes open, thinking of Le Sheng, and closing his eyes, seeing Le Sheng; Occasionally he gets angry, he is so vivid, as if he was in front of you; in their "wedding photo", Le Sheng smiled so beautifully, and he also said, "Hong Sheng, I will be your wife", " Hong Sheng, you will only be my daughter-in-law for the rest of your life!" "Hong Sheng, you are not old, but you are young!"... Thinking of this, Hong Sheng's eyes were full of pain, and tears were like broken threads. Beads flow out one after another.

The next day, Hong Sheng took all the money from the family, entrusted the mule to the fourth master, and got in the car to go to Hebei. This was the first time Hong Sheng went out so far. Let alone going out of the province; at this time, he was standing in a strange city, listening to a strange language, and when he took a step, he didn't know whether to go left or right.

Hong Sheng always felt that Le Sheng must be found, in case he did not go home, in case he was imprisoned in a mental hospital again, in case he thought Hong Sheng could not be found, in case he was afraid, in case he Can't eat well, can't sleep well...So Hong Sheng took a step forward, asking people where there is a mental hospital; Chang said that he went to the hospital in the town to inquire several times, and it seems that he heard that it was a "sanatorium" next to Beijing in Hebei; I started to inquire again along the way; I didn't know until I left Qiaotou Village that this money was really not money, it was like running water, so Hong Sheng only dared to eat one meal a day, two buns for each meal, and then gave it to others. Working, searching, sometimes only earning a meal, and sometimes being given one yuan or two... Hong Sheng can't remember how many bridge holes he slept on, how many park benches he slept on, how many times he was beaten by others. I can't even remember when I was rushed out of the waiting room; I just remember that the day was getting warmer and warmer, and then it gradually became hotter again; During this period of time, his heart was filled with Le Sheng; he only remembered one time, when he was cleaning a restaurant, he heard the sound of the news broadcast on the TV, "Good evening, everyone, today is July. Thursday the 7rd, the 23th day of the sixth lunar month, welcome to watch the news broadcast..." Only then did Hong Sheng realize that Le Sheng had been away from him for almost three months, and he had been looking for him for almost three months.In the fourth month, Hong Sheng still called back to the village, and when he received the call, he heard that it was him, and said happily,

"Hong Sheng, come back soon, your Heibei is back!"

When Hong Sheng heard this, he was so excited that he forgot all his exhaustion and asked quickly,

"Then Lesheng is back?"

"Le Sheng didn't come back with me!"

Hong Sheng was discouraged all of a sudden, and said,

"Hong Sheng, why don't you come back first, this dog has a soul, maybe it knows where Le Sheng is, and you can't find a way here, did you say?"

So Hongsheng came back. As soon as he entered the village, people saw him and thought he was begging for food. When they looked closely, it was Wang Hongsheng, and they couldn't help but say,

"Hong Sheng, what's wrong with you? Looking for someone is like asking for food!"

"Look at Hong Sheng, why is he so skinny!"

"Hong Sheng, still haven't found him?"

……

The first time Hong Sheng saw Hei Bei, tears came out again. The formerly energetic Hei boy was now skinny, his black hair was tangled in one piece, and there seemed to be a scar on his nose. , limping; seeing him, Hei Bei ran over and rubbed it against him, then bit his trousers and pulled it out; at this time the fourth master also came over, seeing the situation, patted Hong Sheng and said,

"Hong Sheng, don't worry. Look at the situation. The little dog knows where Le Sheng is. He is going to take you to find him. You should rest for a couple of days before you go!"

One person and one dog went back to the house that had been deserted for three months. In the 12-inch group photo in the room, Le Sheng was still smiling coquettishly. Hong Sheng couldn’t eat, but he still had to eat. , one person, one dog, a big pot of noodle soup, fell asleep after eating, woke up in the middle of the night, Hong Sheng touched his face, his hand was wet.

The next day, the fourth master called him over early in the morning, and the fourth grandma brought a big bowl of millet rice. Hong Sheng ate half of it, but the other half couldn't be eaten anymore; the fourth master said,

"Hong Sheng, when you get to the village chief's house, you should write a letter of introduction. I will write a letter of guarantee for you. First, it proves that Le Sheng has never hurt anyone in our village. Second, it proves that Le Sheng is really a Idiot, take it and let everyone in the village sign it and press their fingerprints!"

"Fourth Master, Le Sheng is not in a daze, he knows everything!"

"Hey, son, you are still young and have little experience. Whatever the fourth master said, you can do whatever you want. After these two things are done, I will explain to you slowly when I come back. Go first!"

When I came out of the Fourth Master’s house, I opened the door and saw the lame looking in. He met Hong Sheng’s gaze, lowered his head, and then said,

"Hong Feng (Sheng), please open the (introduction) letter, or else add (signature) here, and I will go to the whole village!" However, since the fight between the two of them, the uncle's two front teeth were knocked out by him, and his speech has been leaking; Laizi didn't expect the matter to be so serious at the time, thinking about it at the time, he just frightened Hong Sheng for two days. Just thinking about it makes Le Sheng disappear like this. He is lazy and annoying, but his nature is not bad; seeing that Hong Sheng hasn't returned home for three or four months after looking for someone, he also feels guilty, and sometimes runs away. When I went to the brigade, I asked people if he had been found; I sneaked across the yard of Hong Sheng's house a few times, not to steal anything, but to help people clean it, and cut the grass to feed the mules every now and then; The first time he saw Hong Sheng come back, with one person and one dog in this state, he was not happy, thinking that he would be beaten again, so he followed him so shamelessly; although Hong Sheng ignored him, he was still behind his back Then, when I arrived at someone's house, I called people out, explained the situation, took a pen, and ink pad, and asked them to sign and press their fingerprints:

For example, people will ask,

"Hong Sheng, just press a fingerprint?"

Before Hong Sheng could open his mouth, Lai Zi said,

"Is it too much trouble to add (sign)? Hurry up and add (sign) wow, the whole village is going to add (sign)!"

Someone asked,

"Hong Sheng, can you get someone back if you sign it?"

The leper replied,

"It's all right for you to add (signature) it. If the fourth master said that if you can find Fei (back), you will definitely be able to find Fei (back). There is so much nonsense!"

For example, some people wanted to drag Hong Sheng to ask the details of the search for someone. At this time, Laizi said again,

"I don't have the time to chat (talk) with you, and there are many people who haven't signed (signed). When someone finds (comes) back, I will sit at your house and brush (talk) with you. Hurry up and add (sign) ) Wow! Here, do another handprint... Look at your handprint, it's like you don't have special (eat) food, press another wow!"

……

Hong Sheng felt relieved that the lame was so chattering. To be honest, he was really not in the mood to deal with the "concern" and the well-intentioned "inquiry" of each family.