The seafood market in the early morning is lively, bustling and noisy. When the eastern sun rises slowly and dyes the blue sea into a light golden yellow, it means the beginning of a new day.
Those fishermen who rely on fishing and selling seafood are always the busiest, with the comings and goings of fishing boats, with every fishing net cast and closed, and when looking at the harvested fishing nets
, these fishermen, who have dark skin and smell of fish on their bodies, are always the happiest when they smile.
Outside, there is the roar of fishing boat engines, the cries of fishmongers, and the bargaining sounds of people who come to buy fish. Some people will argue with each other because the people next to them occupy their stalls, and some people will fight for a few cents.
Interests and mutual disputes have made this freely formed, not very large seafood market extremely lively and noisy.
In the small wooden house not far from the seafood market, three people, two men and one woman, were sitting. The atmosphere was particularly solemn and dull.
Yang Jiguang was sitting on the bench at the door, holding a cigarette bag in his hand. He was smoking cigarettes one after another. As Yang Jiguang's cheeks twitched, a choking white smoke curled up, covering him.
That face was originally dark and weathered.
Yang Jiguang never went to school and naturally had little education. He followed his father and brother to fish on the sea to make a living since he was a child. Finally, he married a wife and started his own family. Of course, he also later had his own family.
's children.
Every parent will put their hope in the next generation after having a child, and Yang Jiguang does the same. He gets up early and works hard every day, just to raise Yang Rongwei, hoping that he can be like other peers in the village.
After leaving the countryside and living in a big city, Yang Jiguang's impression was that his son Yang Rongwei was a very obedient and sensible child. He lived a regular and self-disciplined life, unlike other children who were not as good-tempered as other children. Moreover, Yang Rongwei had grown up well since he was a child.
In addition, Yang Jiguang and his wife took good care of him and did not let him go out to sea. Therefore, Yang Rongwei's skin is very good, a bit like a girl.
Yang Rongwei loves cleanliness very much. This is what Yang Jiguang remembers the most. It was also the deepest impression people had on Yang Jiguang before he was detained by the local public security agency for the first time. He studied well, loved cleanliness, and always did things in an orderly manner, even better than many others.
Girls also need to pay attention to hygiene. For families in rural areas who rely on fishing at sea, Yang Rongwei's habit can be said to be very noticeable, but no one thought much about it.
Regarding the fact that Yang Rongwei was once detained by the police for committing theft and distributing pornographic videos, in Yang Jiguang's view, this was because Yang Rongwei was still young and was in the rebellious period, just for a fresh idea. The main responsibility was that he was too busy and did not take good care of himself.
Because of education, when Yang Rongwei was imprisoned for molesting Ji Haijiao, Yang Jiguang couldn't believe it, and he didn't want to believe that his son would molest a little girl, not to mention that the girl who was molested was still him.
The daughter of her best friend Yang Zifei.
In Yang Jiguang's view, his son Yang Rongwei has no shortage of girls to like him. He has been cute since he was a child. When he grows up, he is also a handsome young man in the village. Many girls from nearby villages and girls in the county like him.
Yang Rongwei’s. After Yang Rongwei failed the college entrance examination, many people came to their house to propose marriage. Except for some of them, they came for Yang Jiguang’s family’s money. However, there were still many girls who really liked Yang Rongwei. As long as Yang Rongwei nodded, they would marry him.
He could have gotten married a long time ago, but he didn't. He chose to refuse, even rejecting everyone in the most unreasonable and humiliating way. This made Yang Jiguang feel very strange and confused, but he felt that maybe
It's because the son doesn't like these girls, or maybe the son wants to marry a girl from the city like Yang Zifei, so he doesn't think much about it.
When the case of Yang Rongwei molesting Ji Haijiao happened, everyone who was familiar with them felt incredible for a while. While Yang Rongwei was in jail and serving his sentence, Yang Jiguang's family could not hold their heads high in Yangjiacun. He used to be in this seafood
The market occupies a large stall. However, with Yang Rongwei's imprisonment, many people who used to order seafood from him, after learning about his son's evil deeds, went to other stalls to order. In the village, many people who used to order seafood
People who had a good relationship with Yang Jiguang consciously distanced themselves from them, including Yang Jirong, who had a good relationship with Yang Jiguang before. After this incident, a big crack appeared in the relationship between the two families. They usually moved around frequently,
They no longer moved around much. They even blamed Yang Zifei for taking her daughter away from her hometown after Yang Rongwei was imprisoned. This made Yang Jiguang feel deeply helpless while seeing shame.
As for why Yang Rongwei molested Ji Haijiao, according to the investigation results of the local public security agency, Yang Rongwei did such a thing because he was influenced by pornographic videos. However, Yang Jiguang has always maintained a skeptical attitude towards this reason. He has gone there many times
The prisoner visited his son and asked Yang Rongwei why he did what he did. However, the only answer Yang Jiguang received was Yang Rongwei's deathly silence.
What is the truth? As time goes by, Yang Rongwei's release from prison has become less important.
After Yang Rongwei was released from prison, Yang Jiguang hoped that Yang Rongwei would stay in Yangjiacun and learn some fishing experience from him. Yang Rongwei's mother was no longer around, and he was older. Although he had accumulated some savings over the years,
,
He still wants his son to have a skill so that when he waits a hundred years, his son will not starve to death.
However, faced with Yang Jiguang's arrangement, Yang Rongwei refused.
Yang Rongwei's release from prison still caused a small sensation in Yangjiacun. When they saw this man who was still handsome and always had a bright smile on his face, they all subconsciously stayed away from him, and even refused to let themselves go.
The children approached him. To these simple villagers, Yang Rongwei was a man full of evil thoughts.
For many people who have been in prison, when they enter society again, they will inevitably encounter some discrimination and comments from people around them. The same is true for Yang Rongwei. He did not stay in Yangjiacun for long before he asked Yang Jiguang to get a
money, and then left Yangjiacun. He left Yangjiacun for five years and never returned to Yangjiacun.
Yang Jiguang is almost seventy years old. He is old and his health is not as good as before. He hopes Yang Rongwei can come back, even if it is just for a few days. Whenever he talks to Yang Rongwei on the phone, he has made such a request. However,
, Yang Rongwei refused for various reasons. Except for Yang Rongwei calling him after a long time, he could not contact Yang Rongwei and did not know where he was or what he was doing. This made Yang Jiguang always worried about whether his son would
Once again, he embarked on the path of breaking the law and committing crimes.
When Xu Lang and the others appeared in front of him, Yang Jiguang's worries finally became a reality.
In fact, when Xu Lang and the others found him, although Yang Jiguang was worried, he only thought that Yang Rongwei might not be doing well outside, didn't want to return to Yangjia Village, had no money, and went to steal again, or rob.
, he didn’t think about other aspects at all. When he learned that Xu Lang and the others found him because of the case of Yang Rongwei raping a young girl, this old man who was almost seventy years old was shocked and angry in his heart.
It is understandable, but more people are still puzzled.
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"What kind of person do you think Yang Zifei is?" Xu Lang asked.
The tobacco in Yang Jiguang's dry pipe had burned out. He habitually put down his pipe and knocked it on the bench a few times, making a few dull sounds. When he heard Xu Lang's question, he thought for a while and said
: "Beautiful, nice, and sensible, just..."
Speaking of this, Yang Jiguang stopped talking and seemed a little hesitant whether he should say it or not.
Xu Lang quickly asked: "What is it?"
Yang Jiguang shook his head and said: "She is a bit wild. As far as I know, when she was in high school, she fell in love with several men from the same school and did those things. Later, when she went to college
, even more so, I often change partners, and many people talk behind my back. I have never seen it with my own eyes, I just heard about it."
Hearing this, Xu Lang frowned slightly and asked, "When Yang Zifei was in high school, didn't her mother accompany her to the city? How could such a thing happen?"
Yang Jiguang shook his head with a wry smile and said: "Who knows, you also know that most people of our generation are uneducated, and the same is true for Xiao Fei's mother. Although she followed Xiao Fei to the city,
She also rented a house and lived there, but the cost in the city was high, so she found a job in the city, washing dishes in a restaurant. She was usually busy with work, and Xiaofei was a hostel.
In school, they didn't spend much time together. It was said, just said, that when Xiaofei was in her second year of high school, she got pregnant unexpectedly. As for who the boy was, Xiaofei didn't say. In the end, it was her mother who took her
I went to the hospital to have an abortion. Of course, I don’t know if it’s true or not. After all, it’s someone else’s business and I can’t ask.”
Hearing what Yang Jiguang said, Xu Lang pondered for a moment and then asked: "What is the name of Yang Zifei's ex-husband?"
"Ji Yuanzheng, two years younger than Xiaofei, is from S City."
"Ji Yuanzheng?"
Xu Lang silently wrote down the name, and then asked: "How did they meet? What does Ji Yuanzheng's family do? Finally, why did they divorce again?"
Facing Xu Lang's series of questions, Yang Jiguang shook his head and said, "I don't know how they met. I once asked Xiaofei her father, but they didn't know either. As for what Ji Yuan did, I
I don’t know. Anyway, I know that they are from the city. They just came to Yangjiacun twice when they were getting married and treated us to a few meals. Each time they came back, they didn’t stay long, so I don’t know.
"
"As for why they divorced, according to Xiaofei herself, it was probably caused by emotional discord and serious conflicts between husband and wife. She didn't elaborate on the specific circumstances, and we didn't ask any more questions."
"Where is Yang Zifei now?" Xu Lang asked.
Yang Jiguang shook his head, looked at Xu Lang and said with a wry smile: "Since Xiaowei's accident, our two families have basically had no contact with each other, and I don't know when Xiaofei left Yangjiacun, and it has been a long time since then.
When I saw her and her daughter, I heard people say that they left Yangjiacun after Xiaowei was imprisoned. And if such a thing happened, I couldn't find out anything. As for where she is now? I
I don’t know, but her parents should know.”
Xu Lang nodded, pondered for a moment, and said, "Where are Yang Zifei's parents? We want to find out about the situation from them."
Hearing what Xu Lang said, Yang Jiguang looked at Xu Lang with some confusion. He felt a little strange. It was his son who had committed the crime. Why was the policeman so interested in Yang Zifei's affairs? Could it be that Xiao Wei's accident had something to do with Yang Zifei?
What's the relationship?
Seemingly seeing Yang Jiguang's doubts, Xu Lang explained with a smile: "We asked about Yang Zifei because we also wanted to find out something about your son from her. After all, they had a very good relationship, didn't they? Maybe she knew.
Where is your son?"
I don't know if he believed Xu Lang's explanation or if he also wanted to find his son as soon as possible, so he nodded, stood up, and said to Xu Lang: "Follow me."
After saying that, Yang Jiguang took the lead to walk out of the cabin, and Xu Lang and the others followed suit.
When Xu Lang walked out of the cabin, the sun outside was already very bright. The pungent fish smell was baked by the hot sun and blown by the sea breeze, stimulating his sense of smell.
After Xu Lang and others came out, Yang Jiguang locked the cabin and took Xu Lang and others out of the noisy seafood market and walked towards Yangjiacun.
Maybe it was because he was really old, or maybe he learned that his son had committed a crime again. Yang Jiguang walked very slowly. His not tall figure became more and more stooped. The sun shone on his gray hair.
It seemed so desolate and lonely.
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Yangjiacun is more of a township than a village, because after entering Yangjiacun, Xu Lang discovered that the roads in the village were not common dirt roads in rural areas, nor ordinary cement roads, but asphalt roads.
There are not the common brick and tile houses in the village, but neat and beautiful red tile houses.
Here, Xu Lang couldn't tell that this was a rural area, but instead felt that it was more elegant than many houses in Boyang County. This shows that Yangjiacun is indeed relatively wealthy.
Yang Jirong's home is in the west of the village. Yang Jiguang took Xu Lang and the others along the village road. On the way, they met many villagers. When they saw Yang Jiguang, they would subconsciously stop and talk to Yang Jiguang.
He said hello and then left. However, before leaving, he would subconsciously turn around and cast curious and doubtful glances at Xu Lang and Luo Jiayan, who were wearing police uniforms, wondering in his mind whether Yang Jiguang had committed something.
What happened, or did his dissatisfied son cause something else?
Yang Jiguang didn't pay attention to the curious looks of these people, and Xu Lang and the others didn't pay attention either.
A group of three people arrived in front of Yang Jirong's house in the west end of the village.
Yang Jirong's home is a three-story small foreign-style building. The style is no different from other houses in the village. Judging from the color and structure of the house, the house has been built for some years. There are slight cracks in some places and signs of moisture return.
When they arrived at the door of their house, they found a woman with short ear-length hair and some gray hair sweeping the floor with a broom. At the door of their house, a bald man about the same age as Yang Jiguang was sitting at the door, basking in the sun.
He was holding a dry pipe in his hand and was smoking.
When the man saw Yang Jiguang's arrival, he was stunned for a moment, then stood up and said with a smile: "Brother Six, why are you here?"
Although the man was talking to Yang Jiguang, his eyes glanced at Xu Lang and the others who were following Yang Jiguang, his eyes full of confusion.
"Oh, these two police officers are looking for you and want to know a little bit about the situation. I'm just leading the way."
After saying this, Yang Jiguang turned around, looked at Xu Lang, and introduced: "This is Xiaofei's father, Yang Jirong, and the one inside is her mother, Liu Yuee."
Xu Lang nodded, took a step forward, came to Yang Jirong, took out the police certificate from his pocket, handed it to the other party, and said, "Are you Yang Jirong?"
"Ah? Oh, yes, I am Yang Jirong." Yang Jirong was obviously surprised by Xu Lang's arrival, and he said quickly with some instinctive nervousness.
"Hello, I am Xu Lang, the leader of the CSY Criminal Investigation Team in City S. I am here to inquire about some information from you." Xu Lang said slowly.
"Asking about the situation? What's the situation? Did something happen to my son Xiaofei in the city?"
Maybe all parents in the world are like this. After Yang Jirong heard that Xu Lang was a police officer in City S, he quickly asked, his eyes full of uneasiness and worry.
Xu Lang did not answer this question, but glanced inside the room.
Yang Jirong understood immediately, and he quickly said: "Look at me, I'm talking too much, talk in the room, talk in the room."
As he spoke, Xu Lang and the others were let into the facade of the house. When Xu Lang and the others entered, Yang Jirong shouted to the woman who was still sweeping the floor: "Yue'e, we have guests. Make tea."
The woman seemed to have noticed the arrival of Xu Lang and the others at this moment. She turned her head and looked at Xu Lang with a somewhat hollow look. Then her eyes slowly focused, then she put down the broom in her hand, followed her into the house, and then went to the kitchen.
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Xu Lang frowned slightly when he saw this scene. He turned his head and looked at Luo Jiayan who also noticed this scene. They both saw Liu Yue'e's abnormality and didn't know what was going on. However, now
This was not the time to ask about this, so they were hosted by Yang Jirong and sat down in the living room on the first floor.