I couldn't quite understand what Uncle Lai said. Did he meet a person? What kind of person was he? The obvious meaning of his words was that it was because of meeting this person that my dad left without saying goodbye.
I definitely wanted to ask, but Uncle Lai didn't answer right away. He said that if he said it directly, I would definitely not understand clearly, so I had to give a general summary of my father's experiences after leaving his job in chronological order.
After my dad left his job, Uncle Lai also took some time off because of his arm injury. After the injury recovered, he made a move that no one could understand: leaving his job. How deep was the friendship between Uncle Lai and my dad at that time?
, I still don’t understand, but it does take a lot of courage for him to do this.
Many ordinary people have not experienced those and may never understand the emotions between two people who have been born and died together. When listening to Uncle Lai's words, I naturally began to imagine the scene at that time. But no matter what I thought, I always
I feel like their relationship at the time was not enough to make Uncle Lai resign.
I didn't ask this question because there would be no answer if I did.
Regardless of whether there is an answer or not, this is what happened back then. Both my dad and Uncle Lai left their jobs. Only then did Uncle Lai know that my dad was cursed in the ruins of the Xihai River underground project. For Uncle Lai at that time,
These are still very unfamiliar. My dad knows a little about it, but not too much. They don’t have a solution. In the process of looking for a solution, they met Taoist Qiu. It was precisely because of Taoist Qiu’s appearance that my dad was able to solve the problem.
A life was temporarily saved.
My scalp started to feel numb, and I couldn't help but look back at the small room with lights on over there. What would things have been like without Taoist Qiu?
After the curse on my father was alleviated, the environment and background gradually changed. Uncle Lai's brain was actually very useful. He suggested doing some business, which could at least solve the life problems of two people. The funds for the business
Two people invested in it together, but my father was not born to do business, so Uncle Lai was responsible for all the details of the business.
Their life seemed to have become peaceful and normal. After starting business, my father got married and then they had me.
"Uncle Lai, let me interrupt." My emotions were aroused by my passive thinking. In fact, I was very reluctant to talk about this issue with anyone. I didn't want to mention it even a word, including when I was with my father in the past.
I try my best to avoid this. But at this time, I really want to know: "Have you met my mother?"
"Little boy." Uncle Lai glanced at me with sympathy and pity in his eyes. I couldn't accept this look and felt like an orphan.
My mother is both familiar and strange to me. This is a very complex and sensitive area in my heart. I have never seen her. My mother was gone when she gave birth to me. Everything I know about my mother is
They all come from my father's narration, and there are also yellowing photos.
"Your mother is a very good person, very good." Uncle Lai reached out and patted me gently: "Her departure is something none of us want to see."
I lowered my head and didn't know how to answer the conversation, because I felt bitter and bitter. Maybe I shouldn't have opened this topic at all to make myself sad.
"Okay, Uncle Lai, I'm fine." I rubbed my nose and said, "Go on."
"There is still more time, you can just be quiet first."
"Uncle Lai, don't treat me like a child."
Uncle Lai looked at me and smiled. He said that I was really like my dad, stubborn and stubborn. Even if my teeth were broken, I would swallow them as if nothing had happened.
Everyone who knew my father, including Uncle Lai, believed that after a man gets married and has children, most of his energy will be focused on his family. But my dad only stayed quiet for a while, and then asked Uncle Lai to help him with some things.
Or looking for something. Uncle Lai understood it at once. He was still looking for information related to the Xihai River. Maybe it was the life-threatening situation he encountered when he first came into contact with the Xihai River that left a shadow on Uncle Lai. When he mentioned this
He felt uncomfortable in the place. But for a long time, Uncle Lai's understanding of my father's following made him respect and fear this serious and dull man. Although Uncle Lai felt uncomfortable, he still felt uncomfortable.
I still follow my dad's instructions and try my best to find what he needs.
"What is he looking for?"
"Most of it is information." Uncle Lai explained: "The information on many places is very comprehensive, including geology and landforms, history, humanities, folk customs, and unofficial history."
In other words, Uncle Lai and my dad don't meet often. He has to travel here and there to find information and things. I thought to myself, no wonder the two of them seem to have endless things to talk about after every meeting. It turns out that they were in
Talk about these.
Time will indifferent to everything. In the long search, my dad may not have gained much. As time goes by, even he himself has lost part of his confidence. Uncle Lai was secretly glad, even though my dad was already quite old at this time.
However, if they can let go completely and relax themselves, they can still live the rest of their lives well. After so many years of development, their business has become small and large, and the money they earn is enough to cover their expenses.
But it was at this time that the person who changed the development of the situation appeared.
That was also the last time Uncle Lai went out according to my father's instructions. On the way back, Uncle Lai saw a man on the train, a young man. In fact, this man did not disturb Uncle Lai in any way. He was very silent. Maybe he was on the train.
I was very bored, looking through some photos. Uncle Lai accidentally saw this man and some photos in his hand, and he was immediately attracted.
"I don't know who this young man is or what he does." Uncle Lai clearly remembers that person: "He doesn't look fierce, and he has a bit of civility, but the two people around him are not.
He looks like a gangster on the street."
Uncle Lai's attention to this person was actually due to the photo in his hand. My dad once showed Uncle Lai some information, with the purpose of asking him to find something according to the records in the information. In the end, Uncle Lai failed to find it.
Come, but he printed all the details in the information in his mind. Seeing the photo in this person's hand, Uncle Lai immediately confirmed that the information in the photo was similar to some of the information in the information.
Originally, Uncle Lai wanted to take a closer look, but he was discovered by the other party, and the two men with evil faces wanted to teach Uncle Lai a lesson. Uncle Lai didn't want to cause trouble, but he always felt that those photos were probably harmful to my dad.
He said it was very valuable. He thought about it again and again, and finally took action and stole some photos.
When these photos were handed over to my dad, he was a little moved and immediately asked Uncle Lai who the owner of the photos was. But Uncle Lai didn’t know that much. After stealing the photos, he was afraid of attracting the other party’s attention and causing trouble, so he immediately got out of the car.
, changed to another train and went home.
My dad seemed very sorry at the time, but he didn't blame Uncle Lai. These photos were already an unexpected gain. In the next two years, my dad did a lot of work alone, and Uncle Lai didn't know about these things.
"I think your father had already made up his mind when he got these photos. He has been making careful preparations in the past two years."
My father probably really didn’t want Uncle Lai to carry things that he shouldn’t have to carry anymore, so everything that followed was done without telling Uncle Lai. Before he left, he didn’t see Uncle Lai, but just made a phone call and explained a few things.
Sentence. Uncle Lai tried every means to stop me on the phone, but it was of no use.
That's where Uncle Lai talked. He said that's probably what happened, but I don't think so. If there weren't the things Zhang Qiao brought back, maybe I could still believe Uncle Lai's words, but the photos in that little book still have text.
, but it clearly shows that things are by no means that simple.
"Uncle Lai, what do you think of the things in the Loulan Tomb?"
"Little boy, as I said just now, it's not that I don't want to tell you some things, but I really don't know that many things."
I sighed. Uncle Lai's expression was sincere. He completely removed himself from the matter and played a sidekick role.
I sorted out my thoughts a little, and the most critical questions at the moment are three questions. The first, where has my father gone? The second, what is he looking for? The third, who is paying attention to our father and son?
A lot of the information in my dad's hands was collected by Uncle Lai, so he should have a good record. However, I am not familiar with these places, so the two places with clearer targets are the ancient tombs on the south bank of the Kongque River and the ruins of the Xihai River project.
In comparison, I still feel that the ancient tombs on the south bank of the Kongque River are closer to the answer I am looking for.