Rebirth in a Book: The Road to Breakthrough

Yu Congcong: "I want to set up an intelligence network."

Tiezhu: "What is an intelligence network?"

Yu Congcong: "We need to collect information from the village, connect them together, and find useful information."

Tiezhu: "Then let's go find them now."

Yu Congcong: "No, we can't accept everyone. We need to find someone reliable."

Yu Congcong sat back at the table and said, "First, tell me about the personalities and family situations of the children in the village."

"Ah!" Tiezhu scratched his head, looking confused.

Yu Congcong: "Tell me how many children there are in the village and whose children they are."

Tiezhu: "My good friends include Fu Wu from Gangzi uncle's family, Gou Wa from Shanzi brother's family. There are also Tongzhu, Erzhu and Sanzhu from Sanye. Fu Hai and Fu Hu from Senzi uncle's family. The others are either older than me or too young to be with. There are also some sisters, but they are very busy and have to weave at home, so they usually don't go out."

Yu Congcong: "They can also weave cloth, that's amazing."

Tiezhu: “Most girls here can do that.”

Yu Congcong: "I don't know how to do it. Will the wife I bought know how to do it too?"

Tiezhu: "You can't, it's Uncle Dazhuang who won't let you learn. All the daughters-in-law we buy will go to Third Grandma to learn. Fourth Uncle is in charge of the village, we can't go out, we have to be self-sufficient."

"Well, let's talk about this later and continue talking about the children in the village." Yu Congcong said.

Tiezhu: "The ones I just mentioned are absolutely trustworthy, they are very reliable. As for the others, we don't need to reveal what we are going to do, just get some information from them. We can also bring some food and let them follow us." Hey, this kid is really smart! He came up with so many ideas in such a short time.

"Well, let's get started." Yu Congcong said after washing the dishes and putting them in the cupboard.

"Okay!" Let's go find Tongzhu and his friends first. The two kids finalized the plan and started recruiting informants. Tiezhu and Yucongcong found Tongzhu and his friends playing together in the east of the village, and they didn't know what they were plotting.

Tiezhu called them over and told them the plan in a low voice. They were very excited after hearing it, and felt like they were embarking on a great road to revival. Then, they all dispersed one by one.

"Tiezhu, let's go find Su Mingrui." Yu Congcong said.

"Why are you still looking for him?" Tiezhu asked in surprise.

"He is Heizi's son. In my memory, I feel that Heizi is not a simple person. Let's go and ask Su Mingrui." Yu Congcong said affirmatively.

"But Su Mingrui is very smart, we can't trick him into believing it." Tiezhu said uncertainly.

"Let's try it. How do we know we can't get it out if we don't try?" Yu Congcong said hurriedly.

"Okay!" Tiezhu said unconfidently.

Yu Congcong and Tiezhu came to Heizi's house, and when they passed Honghua's house, Yu Congcong paused. Yu Congcong had complicated feelings towards Honghua, with unspeakable sadness, resentment, and deep helplessness.

"What's wrong with Congcong?" Tiezhu asked.

"Nothing, let's go." Yu Congcong replied. This visit to Aunt Su's house was different from the last time. Aunt Su was arguing with Heizi. Heizi was coaxing Aunt Su all the time, and there was no trace of the fierceness in front of outsiders. Aunt Su also lost her gentleness in front of us, and her eyes were full of ice when facing Heizi.

Watching Heizi's actions, I always feel something is strange, but I don't understand why I feel strange. "Tiezhu, why did Heizi let Su Mingrui have the same last name as Aunt Su?" Yu Congcong asked. "Ah, this, I heard it's because Heizi doesn't know what his last name is." Tiezhu answered.

"Why is he called Heizi? He is not black!" Yu Congcong asked puzzledly.

"He just has a bad heart. What's so strange about that?" Tiezhu said indifferently.

Yu Congcong suppressed her doubts and felt more and more strange about Heizi. Aunt Su nodded when she saw us, pointed to Su Mingrui's room, and asked us to go there to find Su Mingrui.

Tiezhu and Yu Congcong walked around the main hall and went straight to Su Mingrui's room.

"Why? Su Mingrui, your mom and dad had a fight." Tiezhu asked as soon as he entered the room and saw Su Mingrui.

"Yeah." Su Mingrui replied expressionlessly.

"I don't know, they often quarrel." Su Mingrui said nonchalantly, without even raising his head, just focusing on writing.

Tiezhu: "Aren't you afraid?" Su Mingrui looked up at Tiezhu, his eyes seemed to say, what's there to be afraid of, isn't this quite normal?

Tiezhu was unaware of this glance: "Your father, hasn't been out these days, right?"

"I don't know." Su Mingrui replied.

Tiezhu: "Where did your father go yesterday? I didn't see him yesterday."

Su Mingrui: “I don’t know.”

"How come you don't know anything?" Tiezhu said anxiously.

"What do you want to know?" Su Mingrui asked directly.

"Hehe, there's nothing I want to know, I'm just curious." Tiezhu laughed. I knew this kid was very clever, and it's impossible to get anything out of him. Su Mingrui put down his pen and glanced at Yu Congcong, as if to say that's what you want to ask! Yu Congcong quickly avoided his sight, this kid is too sharp. This is not easy to do, I have to find a new way to investigate Heizi, I feel that this person is very important, I must find out the reason for that weird feeling.

"Su Mingrui, what are you going to do today? Do you want to play with us?" Tiezhu changed the subject.

"We are going to Huang Mazi's house to look for treasure." Tiezhu said. Yu Congcong looked at Tiezhu with a puzzled look. When did we discuss going treasure hunting? Tiezhu looked back at Yu Congcong and raised his eyebrows. Look at me, I am smart!

"Okay!" Su Mingrui replied, thinking to himself, I'll go and check for any clues. Before Honghua's death, she discovered that Huang Mazi had hidden a large amount of gold.

Tiezhu's expression suddenly paused, and he was puzzled as to why he agreed this time. Usually, this kid always refused Aunt Su's request to write. This kid was really strange. Could it be that he noticed that we were trying to trick us and was trying to investigate us?

"What's wrong? Let's go!" Su Mingrui said after packing up his things. Then, the three of us left Su Mingrui's house and walked towards Huang Mazi's house. When we arrived at Huang Mazi's house, it was unusually clean. It was obvious that many groups of people had come to plunder it. The whole house was empty, with only some broken objects piled up in the corners. Even the firewood and the straw pile where Honghua lay in front of him had been taken away.

We wandered around the rooms separately. The layout of the rooms in the village was mostly the same, with a room on each side of the hall master. Su Mingrui looked around the room and walked towards the backyard. Yu Congcong and Tiezhu walked towards the pigsty and woodshed on the side. There was some straw scattered on the ground in the pigsty, and there was nothing special about it. We walked into the woodshed and saw that the ground was covered with many leaves. We stepped on the leaves and walked back and forth.

"Congcong, Aunt Hong can't move the branches? These leaves are not easy to burn. It would be better if we get some pine needles. They are much easier to burn than these leaves." Tiezhu said with a puzzled look on his face. After hearing Tiezhu's question, I couldn't help but wonder. Suddenly, I thought of the letter Aunt Hong left with leaves, and hurriedly said, "Tiezhu, let's look for leaves with needle holes." After hearing this, Tiezhu immediately squatted down and searched in the pile of leaves.

Su Mingrui walked around the side of the house to the backyard, where there were several vegetable plots with eggplants and green leafy vegetables planted in between, and the sweet potatoes next to them were growing quite lushly. Further back was the hillside, and standing on the hillside, you could see my yard. There was a very tall tree on the hillside, and the bark was very smooth, as if someone had climbed it often. Su Mingrui ran down the hillside, and after a running start, he climbed up the tree. Standing on the tree, you can see the entire east side of the village, and now you finally understand why Huang Mazi happened to find Aunt Yun and the others. The view here is excellent, and you can just see my mother's bedroom. My mother was not in the room, and my father was writing something, so it was not very clear. This is really a good place. Remember, after returning home, you have to find out if there is a road from home that leads directly to this place.

After a while, Tiezhu shouted excitedly: "Found it, Congcong, look, is it this kind?" Hearing this, Yu Congcong immediately ran to Tiezhu's side, took the leaf from Tiezhu's hand, raised it up and looked at it carefully in the sunlight, "This seems to be a word, what is it? It looks like a traditional Chinese character, familiar and unfamiliar, don't think about it for now, put it away first." After saying that, she put the leaf in her pocket and said to Tiezhu: "It is this kind, look quickly, there must be more." So we continued to look for it. Before Su Mingrui came, we had found eleven leaves with pinholes, and then we didn't find any more.

At this time, the sun shines through the hole in the roof and casts mottled light and shadows on us. The woodshed is filled with an old smell, mixed with dust and mold. The breeze blows gently, making the leaves rustle, as if telling a story of the past.

"Are you guys done?" Su Mingrui asked. Tiezhu and Yu Congcong paused. Tiezhu scratched his head and said, "Okay, have you found anything? There are leaves all over here. We are looking to see if there is anything hidden under the leaves." Tiezhu looked at Su Mingrui with a silly expression, expecting his answer. Su Mingrui looked at him, then at me, and paused for a moment at my pocket. Yu Congcong subconsciously clenched her pocket, and when she realized her stupid action, she wanted to slap her hand. She was very upset. Seeing this, Tiezhu pretended to be natural, walked up, and held Yu Congcong's hand tightly.

Su Mingrui's mouth twitched, his face speechless. It was so obvious, did these two people think he was a fool? That's it, they obviously didn't trust him. Just pretend that he didn't know and send them away. He had to go find the master quickly: "I didn't find anything either." Su Mingrui continued slowly: "Do you want to continue looking? I have to go back, otherwise my mother will look for me."

Tiezhu responded: "Then you go back! We are leaving too. There is nothing here at all." Su Mingrui nodded and went back home.

"Congcong, see, Su Mingrui is very smart." Tiezhu said.

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