Lanling County is a small county within the jurisdiction of Linhai City.
The county is located in a mountainous area. A major earthquake that year almost razed the entire county to the ground, causing numerous casualties.
Later, the government re-selected the site and built a new county seat.
Qin Fan lived in Lanling County since he was a child. He did not come to Linhai City to attend high school until he graduated from junior high school.
In high school, he and Zhou Yulan were both class cadres.
In his senior year of high school, a major earthquake occurred and his adoptive parents and family were killed, leaving Qin Fan nominally the only one left.
Relatives were also killed and injured, and the younger generation who survived all left Lanling County one after another.
Qin Fan already knew that Jiang Tianrui was his biological father.
He came to Lanling County mainly to find out why he appeared in the Qin family.
Only those older than the adoptive parents may know something about what happened more than 20 years ago.
The second is the contemporaries of the adoptive parents.
Before departure, he and Xiaowen went to the supermarket in Haitian Shopping Center and bought a cart full of gifts.
I haven't been back for many years, and I feel even more shy about being close to my hometown.
Qin Fan went back when the new county seat was just built.
On this day, a luxury Mercedes-Benz G600 appeared in Lanling New County.
The driver was Xiaowen.
The two of them walked around the streets of the new county town for a while.
Qin Fancai asked Xiaowen to park the car in a parking space on the roadside.
He took his mobile phone and dialed one of the numbers, only to hear a notification that the phone number was no longer in use.
Contacting via WeChat is also a zombie fan model.
I have no choice but to ring a house based on my memory.
"Dong dong dong!"
It took a long time before a woman in her twenties opened the door with her child in her arms.
When the woman saw two strange men, she asked with caution, "Who are you looking for?"
"Sister Cuihua, you don't know me? I'm Qin Fan."
"Qin Fan? Oh, it's really Xiao Fan. You haven't come back after so many years."
The woman named Cuihua finally remembered the boy from back then.
"Where's Brother Gang?"
Brother Gang's real name is Lu Gang, and he is Qin Fan's childhood friend.
"He's helping out in the city. I'll call him right now."
"Xiaofan, come in and sit down." Cuihua quickly let the two of them into the house.
Xiaowen put the milk and fruit in his hands on the table.
"Look at you, you brought something with you when you came back." Cuihua said angrily.
She poured pure water for Qin Fan and Xiaowen, and quickly called Lu Gang.
"Honey, what are you calling again? I'm very busy!"
The man on the phone complained impatiently.
"Xiaofan is back."
"Xiaofan?~You mean Qin Fan?!"
"Yes, waiting for you at home."
"Oh~ you asked Xiaofan to wait for me~"
"Look, I heard that when you came back, you ran faster than anything else!" Cuihua said with a smile.
In less than ten minutes, the door was pushed open and a burly man came in. He was Lu Gang.
"Xiaofan, you haven't come back for so many years!"
Lu Gang was complaining, but he stepped forward and gave Qin Fan a big bear hug.
Even though we haven't seen each other for many years, we don't feel strange at all. We are still like we were children.
"Daughter-in-law, go prepare the food quickly. It's rare for Xiaofan to come back."
"Brother Gang, Sister Cuihua, don't be anxious. It's rare for me to come back once. Let's go out to eat together at noon. I treat you. It's simple and easy."
Qin Fan quickly stopped him.
"Haha, then I'm not polite. You guy, I heard that you are doing well in Linhai, but you haven't contacted me yet."
Lu Gang smiled and hit Qin Fan's chest with his hand.
"Have you changed your mobile phone number a long time ago?" Qin Fan rolled his eyes at the other party angrily.
"Ah~ It seems so. I dropped my phone a few years ago and lost all my numbers and address book."
Lu Gang touched his head and smiled honestly.
"Xiaofan, how long do you plan to stay when you come back this time? Are you here to do some business?"
"Well, I only have a few days. Brother Gang, I came to Lanling mainly for my life experience."
After chatting with Lu Gang for a while, Qin Fan finally got to the point.
When they heard that Qin Fan had come to trace his life story, both Lu Gang and Cuihua looked surprised.
They were about the same age as Qin Fan, so naturally they had never heard that Qin Fan was the child he brought back.
I felt sad for a while, feeling that things in the world are constantly changing.
Qin Fan smiled bitterly and said, "So, if you want to know the truth, you must find the elderly people in the neighborhood and your parents' peers, who may know a little bit."
"Xiaofan, don't worry, there are still four or five elderly people here, all in the nursing home in the south of the city."
"You'll know exactly which ones are there when you get there, but Uncle Gen is definitely there," Lu Gang said.
"Uncle Lao Gen? Is he the one who walks with a slight limp and who often chased us two when we were young?"
Qin Fan thought for a moment, and a middle-aged man emerged in his mind.
At that time, Qin Fan's family and Lu Gang's family both lived in Xiahe Street, and Uncle Gen lived at the end of Xiahe Street.
When I was a child, I often went to the river to take a bath and would pass by Uncle Gen’s house.
When I was a child, I was naughty. I would often steal the spades from Uncle Gen's house when he was not around, and even block the exit of the beehive as a prank.
Uncle Gen was so angry that he scolded him and often complained to both families.
"Haha, it's him and a few old people who left Lanling and followed their children to other places."
"Okay~ Let's arrange it like this. I'm going to bother Brother Gang in the next few days. Take me to find the old people first."
"Finally, visit people of the same generation as my parents. I will pay for your guide afterwards."
After all, it delayed Lu Gang's time to work part-time. Brothers, they also have to settle the accounts. That's what Qin Fan said.
"Smelly Xiaofan, we still have such a clear distinction between us."
"Xiao Fan, don't be polite. His part-time job is spent three days fishing and two days drying nets."
Cuihua put the child in the cradle and said with a smile.
Qin Fan felt warm in his heart, this is friendship and it will not change over time.
The nursing home in the south of the city is a nursing home built by the Lanling County government.
Here, there live twenty or thirty lonely old people with no children.
Lu Gang took Qin Fan and Xiaowen to find Song Xingxian, the person in charge of the nursing home.
Before arriving, Qin Fan bought a batch of black sesame paste, oatmeal, multigrain powder and other foods at a nearby supermarket to bring to the nursing home.
Almost everyone has a share.
Song Xingxian was naturally very happy when he heard that Qin Fan came to visit Uncle Gen.
His expression was a bit gloomy, "Uncle Lao Gen you are talking about fell down not long ago and suffered a stroke."
"Although it is not completely paralyzed, there are some problems with language expression."
Song Xingxian raised his hand and looked at his watch.
"Let's go, I'll take you there! He should be in the rehabilitation and health room."
Qin Fan couldn't help but be surprised when he saw Uncle Lao Gen.
The old Uncle Gen in front of me had all white hair. Due to a stroke, he couldn't speak clearly and couldn't move well.
The nurse was pushing him and was preparing for rehabilitation and health care treatment.
The person who gave Uncle Lao Gen acupuncture was a middle-aged man.
Acupuncture can dredge meridians, reconcile qi and blood, balance yin and yang, improve human body functions, regulate viscera, and replenish deficiency and reduce excess.
Therefore, acupuncture is the first choice for rehabilitation treatment of stroke sequelae.
The middle-aged man is the only rehabilitation and health care doctor in the nursing home, named Qi Xinsheng.
Qi Xinsheng was not surprised by the arrival of Qin Fan and others, because people who did good deeds often came to visit.
Song Xingxian introduced Qin Fan and others.
When Uncle Gen's eyes saw Qin Fan and Lu Gang, he felt a little confused.
Qi Xinsheng took filiform needles and gave Uncle Lao Gen acupuncture.
He took the Neiguan and Taichong points correctly, but when the first needle was inserted, Qin Fan couldn't help but frown.
Because the technique is incorrect, it is obvious that the penetration depth is wrong.
Later, he took Shuigou point and Baihui point, etc., and found that the points were all correct.
This is a commonly used acupuncture point for rejuvenating the mind.
When the needle was used, it should have rotated, but it rotated. The final therapeutic effect was lost by a thousand miles.
The four basic elements of acupuncture, twisting, turning, lifting, and inserting, are not fully understood, let alone the Qi of acupuncture.
To put it bluntly, this kind of acupuncture, except for the occasional soreness and swelling, does not achieve the actual effect of acupuncture stimulating acupoints.
"Doctor Qi, Uncle Gen has been doing rehabilitation and health care several times."
Qin Fan couldn't help but ask.
"About a month. Elderly people can't do it at any time, only once a week."
Qi Xinsheng said without raising his head.
"Dr. Qi, Uncle Lao Gen's stroke is not too serious. Your acupuncture seems to be ineffective."
Qin Fan did not say that the other party was wrong, but tactfully said that the effect was not good.
"Young man, is this not serious? I've had acupuncture several times. Old people are not like young people, and their recovery is slow."
At this time, there was an old man next to him who interrupted and said: "Doctor Qi is very good. He taught himself acupuncture and has recovered several patients."
Several other elderly people also praised him frequently.
Hearing the praises from the elders, Qi Xinsheng showed a hint of pride on his face.