As soon as the task here ended, Shi Dayong and Zhang Qiang returned home. How could they compare with their homes when they were stationed? They lived in a collective dormitory. The man in the room was rough and did not pay attention to hygiene. As soon as they entered the door, they smelled smelly and ate big pot of dishes. What was the smell? Tsk tsk, it was just right to feed the pigs.

The two of them packed up their things early in the morning and walked back. Because they left early, they happened to be staggering with the person who reported the news.

It is too far from home, and you have to pass several small towns on the roadside. When you walk to Licheng, you are in a big market. There are too many people going to the market, and the road is full of traffic. In front, various vehicles line up in long lines, snakes slowly move forward.

Shi Dayong, whose scientific name is Shi Ruiyong, is that because he is the eldest of his family, everyone is used to calling him Shi Dayong. As many people call him, no one remembers that he is called Shi Ruiyong. The three words Shi Ruiyong only appear once every month when he receives his salary.

Shi Dayong's tall and thin face, with a sharp edge, a strong and firm face, a thick sword eyebrows that are long and narrow into his temples, a tall nose bridge, and deep black eyes, make him look particularly handsome and beautiful.

At this time, his beautiful sword eyebrows frowned, looked at the market in the distance, and thought about how long it took to pass. After thinking about it, he turned the steering wheel with his hand and found a spacious place to park the car. Zhang Qiang was not sure, so he followed Shi Dayong and parked the car side by side.

The car is an old Jiefang brand, with a military green body and a high body. It has a large truck bucket at the back for transporting and pulling goods.

When he opened the car door, Shi Dayong jumped out of the car and stretched his waist. Don’t be afraid of walking, driving for a long time is quite tiring. He took out a box of golden leaves from his chest and pulled out two to ignite them, sucked one by himself, walked to Zhang Qiang’s car, and handed the other to Zhang Qiang.

"Brother Zhang, I said, there are too many people now, and I don't know what time we will wait for in line. Why don't we go to the market? This episode is mostly made and sold by farmers, and the price is much cheaper than our supply and marketing cooperative."

Zhang Qiang lay on the car window, looked down at Shi Dayong, took the cigarette, pinched the cigarette holder with his thumb and index finger, took a deep breath, and slowly spit out the cigarette. The fatigue on his face seemed to be relieved a little. He smiled and said, "Look at you, what life is not rich, okay, wait for me to lock the car."

Shi Dayong also smiled: "I can't live without it. I have six brothers and four bachelors. You know that my hometown is poor, so you are staring at me. Marrying a wife and building a house is all about money. My parents are incompetent. I am the eldest of the family. Who cares if I don't worry about it? Besides, I have to live my own life. I am not like you. Your son has given birth to three. I am only two girls now, and I still have to give birth to a son."

Zhang Qiang rolled up the car window, jumped out of the car, locked the door: "Let's go, let's go for a walk! I said, fortunately, your Yingzi has a good temper. I see that the money you earn all year round has filled your hometown, but I am poor, so I almost use chicken shit to make plaster."

Zhang Qiang knows the most about Shi Dayong. He is the most capable person in the team and the most economical person in the team. He wears the work clothes he sent from the team all year round. He has never seen him make new clothes for himself. In the hometown behind him, Zhang Qiang feels that Shi Dayong is like a little horse pulling a big shaft, using all his strength to urge forward.

The two of them walked and walked around, and then asked, and soon they were full of things with their hands. Most of the things Shi Dayong carried were vegetables, radishes, onions, etc., and they cut one piece of meat, and it weighed only one pound in a lot of miles. It was not like Zhang Qiang spent money to splash pulp. Zhang Qiang bought most of the things that were meat, and his three sons had to feed them to a strong man.

They really couldn't get it anymore, so the two started to return. When they passed by the cloth stall, Shi Dayong stopped leaving. He took a fancy to a piece of flower cloth with a blue bottom with yellow stars printed on it. The blue was transparent and clean, just like the blue sky in autumn, with stars sprinkling on it, which was as comfortable as it was.

He put down the dishes in his hand, wiped his hand on the work clothes a few times, carefully picked up the fabric, looked at it again and again in the sunshine, and said to Zhang Qiang who was walking in front: "Old Zhang, don't leave now, please help me with the staff and see how this piece of fabric is like?"

Upon hearing this, Zhang Qiang stopped and looked back for a while: "Not to say, this material is really pretty."

When the vendor saw that the business was coming, he hurriedly poked his head out of a pile of fabrics: "The two brothers have a good vision. This is the flower pattern that is only popular in big cities this year. When we came here late, I only bought the goods. You see, this one is the material for a jacket. If you like it, I will make it cheaper for you."

"How much does it cost per foot?" Shi Dayong asked tentatively.

"They are sold today, I will give you three cents."

"Sanqiuwu! It's too expensive. Look at your piece of cloth, it's just that little. It's a meter long. It can be counted as a cloth head. I don't want it!"

"Why isn't there a meter? I just measured it, 1.05 meters, and I made a short-sleeved jacket for a full set of adults."

"Look, you also said that you made a short-sleeved jacket with a full size, but a long-sleeved jacket is not enough. I just want to make a long-sleeved jacket for my child. Three Mao, three Mao and one foot of three Mao.”

"What other long-sleeved jackets are made this day? The weather is getting hotter and hotter, and it's just right to wear short-sleeved sleeves. This is how it's like, 35 cents, 1 meter and 5 meter, and I'll sell it to you if I lose money."

"Don't worry about whether it's hot or not, I just want to make a long-sleeved one, Sanmao! Just Sanmao! I barely took Sanmao."

Zhang Qiang smiled and looked at Shi Dayong's skillful bargaining. He thought it was fun. How could a big man have such a mother-in-law? The big man had to be bold and bold. He had to say this: How much? Be cheaper, okay, 30 cents, pack it for me!

It must be necessary, this is the bargaining method for the men.

It was not like Shi Dayong. The two had two or three points a little quarrel, and finally they set the price at Sanmao. Shi Dayong happily paid, while the vendor wrapped the cloth with kraft paper and handed it to him with a painful face.

Zhang Qiang was really impressed. The two walked side by side for a few steps. Zhang Qiang praised: "I really admire you. I argued for 20 minutes for 5 cents, and it's a pity that you have this patience."

"What you said is that you can save 10 cents and 5 cents. You can buy three big eggs in this episode, so how can you not fight?"

"I said Dayong, I think your Yingzi is wearing a little bit or not. I think your cocoa is still the same."

Shi Dayong laughed: "Brother Zhang, you are really honest. If I talk to the cloth seller, you believe it. I bought this fabric for Coco. In a few days, it will be our Coco's birthday. This color and style, Coco will be beautiful when worn." Shi Dayong was looking forward to Coco's pretty appearance in new clothes, and his eyes were filled with soft smiles.

At noon, the two finally drove into the transportation team gate. Before the car was parked, Shi Dayong saw Li Weiguo wave to him with a anxious look on his face.

Shi Dayong slowed down the car and stretched out his head: "Xiao Li, is there anything wrong?"

"Master Shi, something happened at your house, go home quickly!" Li Weiguo took two steps at a time and ran to the car.

"What?!" Shi Dayong stepped on the brake hard, and the body suddenly shook forward: "Squeak---" the brake pads made a sharp and harsh sound.

Shi Dayong felt his mind "buzzing", and his heart couldn't help but jump up "bang bang". He really couldn't figure out what could happen to Yingzi and her two children at home every day?

"Your Coco is gone, and my sister-in-law is sick, so go home and have a look." Li Weiguo raised his head, his eyes unabated: "I had already reported the case to the Public Security Bureau yesterday. The comrades from the Public Security Bureau came to understand the situation. My sister-in-law was a little confused and couldn't explain it clearly."

Shi Dayong was stunned when he heard Li Weiguo say that Keke was gone, Yingzi fell ill. At this moment, he saw Li Weiguo opening and closing his mouth. He didn't hear what he was saying clearly, and felt his legs and feet weak and his mind was full of panic. He swallowed his mouth, calmed down, and jumped out of the car: "Xiao Li, please help me park the car, I'll go home first." After that, he didn't wait for Li Weiguo to reply and ran home like flying.

"Bang!" Shi Dayong pushed open the door violently and saw Wang Ying lying on the bed holding a basket holding a cocoa in his arms. Cui Yunxiang hugged Shi An and coaxed him.

Wang Ying's hair was messy, her eyes were red and swollen, and her face, which was not fat, became thinner and thinner. Her mandible bones were ridged, her lips were dry and skinny, and she had several bloody cracks. She hadn't seen her for only three days. No matter how she looked, she seemed to be ten years old.

Hearing the door, Wang Ying raised her head and saw Shi Dayong standing in front of her. She seemed to see the backbone, and sobbed turned into a loud cry. She got out of bed and rushed towards Shi Dayong: "Wow, Dayong, why are you back! Coco is gone, Dayong, what should I do?"

Wang Ying was anxious, and she was nervous and tired at night, and she had not yet entered the drip of water. She was already weak and weak. As soon as she took a step, she was like a sandbag hitting the ground.

"Oh!" Cui Yunxiang exclaimed, but she held Shi An in her hand and couldn't get out of the way to pull Wang Ying.

Shi Dayong's heart tightened and subconsciously ran a few steps. Just when Cui Yunxiang thought Wang Ying would definitely fall miserably, she stretched out her arms to catch Wang Ying and hugged her in her arms.

Wang Ying hugged Shi Dayong's waist, and the canvas work clothes were covered with oil, which emitted a smell of smoked engine oil. The smell of disgusting was so good today. The familiar smell made her heart, which was already panicked, calmed down suddenly. She buried her head in Shi Dayong's arms and howled, her voice was hoarse as if a yellow cow was whining.

Shi Dayong stroked Wang Ying's back, anxious to know what was going on, and said, "Don't cry, don't cry, tell me what's going on."

Wang Ying was crying hysterically and couldn't do anything for a while. Cui Yunxiang held Shi An in his hand and looked at the couple on the ground and said, "Koke is gone. Yingzi said she was still at home for lunch. After dinner, she hugged An An to take a nap. When she woke up, she never saw Coco again. She didn't know what she had gone out. Later, she found Coco's basket under the wild apricot tree on the back cliff. The basket was rotten with a big hole, and Coco never saw it again."

After venting for a while, Wang Ying's voice became less and less. She raised her head, her eyes were full of self-blame. The wound on her lips that had already scabbed opened and then broke open again, blood filling her lips, making her red.

Shi Dayong's heart was thrusting violently. When did his wife be so embarrassed?

When we first met, Wang Ying was still a pillar of the county model theater troupe. She played the main characters in the play and had to perform at various places every now and then. At that time, Wang Ying was full of confidence.

I still remember the first time they met. In the cold winter, in the village oil mill, Wang Ying had a beautiful appearance. She wore a red velvet jacket on her upper body and black velvet pants on her lower body. She was casually wrapped around her neck with short hair in her ears. She had a pair of black eyes on her white face and blinked her. She was clean and neat.

Wang Ying’s first impression is that she is clean. Not only her clothes and dress, but also her facial features are clean. There is no trace of excess flesh on her small face as big as a palm, and every muscle grows just right.

"Dayong, it's because I didn't take good care of the child. A few days ago, I beat her hard, and I blamed me. I shouldn't have beaten her."

As Wang Ying's mouth opened and closed, the bloody hole was faintly visible, and blood flowed out along the wound. How painful it would be! Shi Dayong felt even more distressed, his hands tightened unconsciously, and pressed Wang Ying's head in his arms: "Be good, don't say it anymore, don't say it anymore, don't blame you, I understand, let's not say it anymore."

Shi Dayong picked up Wang Ying, put her on the bed, poured a glass of water, fed her, and pulled a towel and covered her with it: "You are tired, sleep for a while, don't worry, I will have everything."

Shi Dayong's comfort was like a pill of calming agent, which made Wang Ying's heart gradually calm and she couldn't sleep all night. She was so nervous that she was too tired. She was sleepy like a tide, and her eyelids became heavier and heavier. She forced herself to open it for a few times, but she had no instinct to compete for people and fell asleep in a moment.

Shi Dayong held Wang Ying's hand and silently stared at his wife's sleeping face. His eyes darkened. He kissed Wang Ying's back. He saw Cui Yunxiang standing not far away. He stepped forward to take the crying and burping An An, made a gesture of going out and walking out. He just arrived at the door to greet Li Weiguo who had parked the car for him.

Shi Dayong put his index finger in front of his lips and "shushed". Li Weiguo agreed and put the things Shi Dayong bought next to the door. The three of them walked aside again.

Shi An scared Wang Ying. He was now lying in Shi Dayong's arms, holding his father's neck with both hands and not letting go.

Shi Dayong patted Shi An's back gently and asked Li Weiguo: "Thank you, Xiao Li, what's going on?"

Li Weiguo handed the car key to Shi Dayong: "I don't know very well what the situation is. When I knew it, it was already dark. When I heard others shouting that Keke was gone, I came out to find it. I only knew it. However, I had already reported the case last night, and the comrades from the Public Security Bureau came to understand the situation."

"What did the comrades from the Public Security Bureau say?"

"The case has been filed, and I will try my best to investigate."

"Good brother, thank you." Shi Dayong stretched out his right hand and patted Li Weiguo on the shoulder.

Li Weiguo was a little awkward, and he scratched his head: "You're welcome, I didn't help me."

Shi Dayong turned to Cui Yunxiang again, with hope in his eyes: "Sister-in-law, do you know the specific situation?"

"Dayong, I don't know much. I only found out when Yingzi came to my house to find Keke next night. I heard Yingzi say that Keke is still at home for lunch. When Yingzi woke up, she never saw her again." Cui Yunxiang felt a little guilty, inexplicably guilty. The relationship between the two families is so good, and now Keke is gone, and she always feels a little sad.

While speaking, An An's sobs stopped. It was quiet like a kitten. Shi Dayong looked down and saw An An was asleep. The little girl had crystal tears hanging on her eyelashes, and her thumb was in her mouth, and she sucked it a few times from time to time.

Shi Dayong handed Shi An to Cui Yunxiang and asked apologetically: "Sister-in-law, I'm going to bother you these days. An An, please help me with you for a few days."

"If the family doesn't speak two families, who will follow us? Just tell me if you have any questions. Don't worry about An An and I will definitely take a look at you. I will take more attention from Yingzi. You can go busy." Cui Yunxiang took Shi An gently and said lovingly: "This child has suffered too, and he looks like his little face is thinner."

Shi Dayong thanked Cui Yunxiang again and again, found Shi Ke's photo from his home, and rode Li Wei's bicycle to the Public Security Bureau together. (To be continued)
Chapter completed!