Chapter 87

In front of the farmhouse.

A relatively strong old lady was sitting on the mat, squinting her eyes and basking in the sun.

Her expression was full of happiness, but the wrinkles on her face showed that she was no longer young.

A yellow scarf covered most of her silver hair, and she took a bite of the dried sweet potato in her hand. When she saw two unfamiliar young people coming to talk to her, she was not stingy. She randomly grabbed two sticks and handed them to them, indicating that they could eat as they pleased.

Ye Shangyu took the dried sweet potato and put it directly into his pocket, not intending to eat it at all.

Bai Yan was not as cautious as she was, and felt that they had eaten the food cooked by the ghost, and it was no less than that of an old lady. He took a bite of the dried sweet potato. It was sweet and tasted pretty good.

After he finished eating in two or three bites, the old lady gave him another one. Bai Yan took it shamelessly, without any embarrassment at all. It could be said that he was very shameless.

While Bai Yan was nibbling on dried sweet potatoes, Ye Shangyu said, "Old man, do you know Dongzi?"

"Dongzi? This is a boy from our village. Do you know him?"

"Well, we met a boy in the cemetery yesterday. He sang a strange nursery rhyme, saying that Dongzi's family had been killed. It sounded scary. Could it be true?"

The old lady smacked her lips and swallowed the sweet potato: "Of course it's not true. Dongzi's family is doing well and they all went to the city to enjoy themselves. Dongzi's father and Dongzi's mother found jobs in the city, and the family The young and old have all moved into the city, how can it be the same as what he said."

"Then why does he sing like this?" After thinking about it, Ye Shangyu also took out the dried sweet potatoes and gnawed them bit by bit like a little hamster.

The old lady was very happy to see the girl starting to eat the dried sweet potatoes she dried.

Therefore, she became more talkative and sighed: "It's quite pitiful to say that the boy you saw on the grave should be Tie Zhu."

"Tie Zhu's parents died a long time ago, and he has no relatives. Tiezhu grew up eating food from hundreds of families. He would give him food to anyone who had something to eat, and he just lived like this.

Tiezhu has no grandparents, no one cares about him, and he doesn't go to school. He runs around in the fields all day long. He is gradually becoming a little crazy. Recently, he is talking nonsense. Don't be intimidated by him. "

Seeing that the two of them were silent, the old lady sighed and said: "Tie Zhu is a good boy, don't blame him. If he had parents to support him, he wouldn't be like this. Now all the capable people in the village will go I have gone to work in the city, and all that is left are old bones. It is very difficult to take care of my grandson, and I really don’t have the energy to take care of another one.”

The two nodded to express understanding and chatted for a while. Bai Yan suddenly said: "Grandma, do you have a grandson?"

"It's holiday. The cat is playing on the kang on Saturday and Sunday. I'll call him out so you can take a look."

Thinking of her grandson playing with his mobile phone as soon as he got up from the kang in the morning, the old lady frowned and shouted angrily: "Grandson, come out to meet the guests, stop climbing on the kang and play with your mobile phone! You have been playing all day!" "

"Hey, the morning isn't over yet!" said a boy inside: "I've been to school for five days and I'm exhausted. Just let me play for a while!"

"What are you playing for? You don't even listen to grandma anymore. You bitch! Come out!"

"puff--"

Bai Yan couldn't help laughing when he heard the name Goudan.

Inside, a tough-looking boy wearing cotton shoes came out with a blushing face and shouted: "Nai, don't call me Goudan!"

Seeing her grandson coming out, the old lady pursed her lips and gave Bai Yan a piece of dried sweet potato and said, "This is my eldest grandson. He doesn't study well all day long and stares at his mobile phone all day long.

Usually, his academic performance is at the bottom of the class, but at the end of the semester he is criticized and called out by his teacher. He doesn't do any work at home, just watches his grandfather go to the fields, and doesn't know how to help. Even that girl Lanlan next door knows how to help the family, but she doesn’t know how to learn from your sister Lanlan..."

"Brother!" The boy interrupted her angrily: "Xu Lanfang is only two years older than me, and she used to play with mobile phones and was much better than me. Why should I be asked to imitate her?"

The old lady stuffed a piece of dried sweet potato into the boy's mouth and said, "Hasn't she started working recently? Can't you just keep an eye on people who are good and imitate them? I'm Lanlan. Grandma is not well. She can help the family right away." It’s just you who works. If grandma and grandpa suddenly die, can you take on the responsibility of study and family?”

"..." The boy was speechless. It was possible that he was chewing dried sweet potatoes and had no time to speak.

He took over the conversation and said with deep emotion: "Grandma, what you said is so right! Boys should take responsibility! When Goudan and I were the same age, my father died long ago, and my mother was the only one to support the family. I think I My mother worked hard, so she took the initiative to take on all the housework at home. Of course, my academic performance did not fall behind, and I was among the top in the class every time.

Grandma, let me tell you something from my heart. It’s better for boys to endure some hardships. Children cannot be pampered. Sometimes if you pamper your children too much, they will turn into uneducated idiots..."

Before Bai Yan could finish his words, Ye Shangyu suddenly stopped biting the sweet potato.

She looked at Bai Yan with indescribable eyes, and her heart was full of disbelief. If I remember correctly, when I checked your family information, your father was still fine!

When did your father die?

I do not know how!

Ye Shangyu secretly thought that a dog can't change his habit of eating shit, but he didn't expose it on his face.

On the other side, the boy's face was also full of shit. He heard Bai Yan say "shit" and his face turned red.

Although he is still in elementary school, he is not stupid. He can see that this person is doing it on purpose!

Do you have the nerve to eat my food and make up stories about me?

I heard that Bai Yan was still brainwashing his grandmother, asking her to discipline him severely and confiscate his mobile phone to prevent him from becoming a idiot.

The boy was so angry that his head was smoking. He reached out to grab the dried sweet potato in Bai Yan's hand, but when he stretched out his hand... he couldn't reach it.

Bai Yan reacted quickly and threw the dried sweet potato into his mouth, and naturally took another piece from the old lady's hand.

When the old lady didn't pay attention, Bai Yan showed a provocative smile to the boy, which made the boy even more angry.

Seeing that Bai Yan was about to make the boy cry, Ye Shangyu secretly said that it was not good and kicked him secretly.

Thinking of what the two came here to do this time, Bai Yan really restrained himself and shut up obediently, finally remembering that they were going to do serious business.

Bai Yan had already made the boy very angry, and Ye Shangyu felt that he could not rely on him, so he asked Bai Yan to chat with the old lady, and he spent a lot of effort to coax the child.

After getting along well with the boy, Ye Shangyu asked tentatively: "You just said Xu Lanfang also likes to play with her phone. What was she like before?"

"Her grandmother suddenly became ill a few months ago, so she started working. She used to love playing with her phone, and her academic performance was about the same as mine..." The boy grumbled: "My grandmother is fine, I won't learn from her!"

"What does she like to play with her phone?" Ye Shangyu coaxed: "Does she like to watch scary things? For example, stories and movies about ghosts."

"She likes to read novels and watch videos... By the way, she also likes to watch slow videos, especially the short videos recorded in them." The boy recalled: "Haunted things, she likes to watch supernatural short videos on slow videos, anyway, I don't like to watch them, they are scary and not interesting at all."

Hearing that Xu Lanfang really had the habit of watching supernatural videos, Ye Shangyu's eyes lit up and he felt that he had discovered something.

So, she quickly asked: "Do you know what kind of supernatural short films she usually watches? Who is her favorite anchor?"

"I don't know..." The boy looked confused: "I don't like to watch it."

"Well, her online name is usually Guess Who I Am. I didn't pay attention to Slow Hand, but it should be called this."

After asking a few more questions, knowing that the boy really couldn't get anything out, Ye Shangyu let him go and chatted with him casually.

On the other side, Bai Yan talked with the old lady for a long time and gained something.

Just like Gina and the others asked, the old lady also insisted that no one had disappeared in the village.

However, from the experience of Dongzi's family, Bai Yan got a lot of inspiration, so he changed the subject and asked not who was missing, but who had left the village recently.

Sure enough, like Dongzi's family, in the past few months, a large number of villagers in the village moved out of the village with several families, and all of them went to the city to "enjoy life".

Although Bai Yan didn't know what the situation in this world was like, living in the city was a blessing, and the conditions in the city must be much better than in the countryside.

According to the "left-behind children" village mentioned by the anchor Bai Cui, generally speaking, the rent in the city is expensive and the prices are high, so the adults go to the city to work, and the workplace provides food and accommodation, while the children and the elderly stay in the countryside, where schooling is cheap and the cost of living is also low.

However, if a family moves to the city, even the land and the old house will not be taken care of. Unless the whole village wins the lottery, it is impossible for a couple to afford the expenses of the whole family in the city.

Bai Yan thought carefully and knew that these people who "went to the city" were the missing persons mentioned in the post.

Bai Yan and Ye Shangyu both gained something from talking to the whole family.

As they talked, a dirty boy came over with a ball.

Although the old lady was old, her eyesight was quite good.

Seeing the boy from afar, the old lady called out loudly: "Tiezhu, come and eat the dried sweet potatoes!"

The boy holding the ball was also very sensitive. When he heard that there was food, he ran over like the wind, not even wanting the ball.

Seeing that he was trying to grab the dried sweet potatoes with his dirty little hands, the old lady pulled out a handkerchief from her trouser pocket, wiped the boy clean, and then put the dried sweet potatoes in his hands: "Wash your hands before eating. Your hands are full of mud and you will get sick if you eat them."

The boy nodded randomly, grabbed the dried sweet potatoes and stuffed them into his mouth, not knowing whether he remembered them or not.

After swallowing the dried sweet potatoes whole, the boy picked up the ball, patted it, and started singing the nursery rhyme he made up.

The old lady frowned when she heard that the boy had "cursed" Dongzi's family to death.

She opened her mouth to ask the boy not to sing again in the future, but before she could say anything, the boy suddenly shut up and stopped singing.

He looked at an old man walking over and giggled. He looked at the old man, then turned back to look at the old lady and Goudan, his eyes full of envy.

Soon, he suddenly picked up the ball and ran away, disappearing into the path in the blink of an eye.