blazing fire

The scenery of this small village looks much more depressed than when Cheng Zhuo left.

In fact, the infrastructure seems to have been upgraded - the dirt road in front of grandma's house has been paved with gravel, the street lamps have been replaced with a batch of beautiful ones, and the number is more than before. There are all two-story small buildings, only the section from Yuan Yu's house to Grandma Cheng's house is still a bungalow.

But there are fewer people, a lot less, the most obvious manifestation is that the village sounds less noisy.

Even though it was daytime, it was still very quiet.When Cheng Zhuo walked all the way back, he saw a few old men and women sitting in the sun on wicker chairs in front of the small western building.

Kind of unfamiliar.

Yuan Yu's door was not open, it was noon now, Cheng Zhuo thought about it, and walked around to the back.

There was a small door at the back of the house from the kitchen, which was open at the moment.But it was clearly noon, but there was no fireworks coming out.

Have you already eaten?

Cheng Zhuo was a little puzzled, but he came here in a hurry, before he had time to buy any gifts, he didn't know whether to knock on the door or not.

After much deliberation, I decided to go back to see grandma first, and then go to the town to buy some gifts before thinking about it.Yang Huai's flight to Jiangcheng is still only the morning one, so he must stay overnight today.

Unexpectedly, just as he turned to leave, a voice came from behind: "...is it you?"

Cheng Zhuo turned around.

Yuan Yuma just came out of the house, she was very surprised to see him, she asked in unproficient Mandarin, "Are you the Cheng family's doll?"

"Yes," Cheng Zhuo nodded, "I'm Yuan Yu's friend... I came back to see grandma, and I stopped by to see you for Yuan Yu. I thought you were not at home, so..."

"Yes, yes, I have nothing to do at home, so I'm quieter." Yuan Yu's mother smiled enthusiastically, "Is Xiao Yu okay? Are you still used to the new school?"

Strictly speaking, Yuan Yu seems to be quite adaptable.Cheng Zhuo smiled subconsciously: "It's pretty good, I even joined the student union recently."

Yuan Yuma, a rural woman, didn't know what a student union was or was not. She just thought it sounded very powerful, and the smile on her face became a little more sincere.She warmly greeted Cheng Zhuo to come in and sit down, but Cheng Zhuo couldn't resist her, so he had to go in.

"Look, I'm empty-handed," he rarely felt so embarrassed, "I even told Yuan Yu to bring something to see you, how could I walk in empty-handed."

"It's not fashionable for the neighbors to sit down. Would you like some water?"

"Do not bother."

Yuan Yu's mother sat down, took his hand, and asked about Yuan Yu's recent situation.

His eyes were full of concern.

Cheng Zhuo was stunned.

He rarely felt this kind of straightforward concern, even though it wasn't for him, he suddenly wanted to laugh.

Having become a doctor after a long illness, he also knows that many people's psychological problems come from the sufferings they suffered in their original families. Cheng Zhuo once wondered, with such a father, how could Yuan Yu be like this, innocent but not simple, brave and To put it bluntly, it seems that my heart is filled with the temper of sunshine.

I probably understand now.

He has a mother who loves him very much, and possibly a sister who loves him very much.

And he also loves them, and is willing... to fight for something for them.

Thinking of the beatings that Yuan Yu endured back then, Cheng Zhuo was a little distracted.

Only half a day later, I missed him again.

……

He was dragged and talked for a long time before he came out of Yuan Yu's house. Cheng Zhuo even suspected that if he hadn't been to grandma's house since he came back, Yuan Yu's mother would have kept him for dinner.

When passing by, he noticed that the stove was empty, it was not his illusion, Yuan Yu's mother really didn't start the fire, probably because her husband went away, and the children were not around, so a person's life became more and more difficult.

Not very good, Yuan Yu knew it must be uncomfortable.

He thought while walking, and soon came to grandma's house.Grandma's house was still open as before, but Cheng Zhuo shouted for a long time before he saw her coming back from the other side, her steps faltering.

"Xiao Zhuo?" Grandma was surprised to see him, "Why are you here? Guangzong?"

Cheng Zhuo actually understood this sentence, "I came back to see you by myself, not with him."

"Do you want to stay here? How long?" Grandma told him in simple words so that he wouldn't understand.

"Let's go back the morning of the day after tomorrow." Tomorrow he planned to prepare something to send to Yuan Yu's house, which happened to be the weekend, and there was still time to spend the day with Yuan Yu when he left on Sunday morning.

Grandma is very happy. After all, it is the eldest grandson whom I haven't seen for several years. He looks a lot taller, but he is a little thinner.She was still holding fresh vegetables that she had just plucked from an unknown neighbor's field, put them down in the kitchen, and walked out again, saying she wanted to pluck some more.

Cheng Zhuo wanted to tell her not to work too hard, but after thinking about it, he put his hand down again.

His grandma is such an old-fashioned person, and she doesn't build new houses when she has money, so she probably wouldn't go to the town to eat with him.

Grandma came back after ordering more dishes, washed her hands, and went upstairs to make his bed.Another improvement Cheng Zhuo has made over the years is that he no longer wants to help or can't help with these things. He took the quilt cover, drove grandma downstairs, and put the quilt on himself.

After finishing the work and going downstairs, the kitchen was already busy. Cheng Zhuo walked over to look at it for a while, went outside to scoop up some water, and washed the vegetables for her.

He has never done these things before, and he doesn't want to do them, and he doesn't know how to do them, but now he has learned.

Time is a wonderful thing.

Grandma looked thinner, and her complexion was not as good as before. Cheng Zhuo felt that his father's filial piety should have been back, and he didn't know if he took grandma to the hospital for a checkup.

Her work slowed down, and Cheng Zhuo didn't stop her from helping. In the past, even Yuan Yu would push her back when she came to help.When she was working, she always had a sullen face, and only smiled when she met Cheng Zhuo's eyes, as if she had something on her mind.

After Cheng Zhuo washed the two pots of vegetables, he wiped his hands clean, and went out of the house to make a phone call.

The phone was quickly picked up by the other side. "Hello? Auntie, I'm Cheng Zhuo."

"Xiao Zhuo?" Eldest Aunt's tone was a bit surprised, don't blame her, the main reason is that Cheng Zhuo never contacted her after he left.

"I'm in Yanghuai. I'm back today. I'm here with grandma." Cheng Zhuo said shortly, "I don't think she looks very good. She seems to have something on her mind. Did something happen in the past few years?"

"..."

The other side was silent for a long time before the eldest aunt sighed: "Your second uncle fell in love with gambling two years ago, and your grandma paid off a lot of debts for him, crying and fussing, and finally got him to promise not to gamble anymore. As a result, a few days ago...he disappeared."

Cheng Zhuo was stunned: "Did you call the police?"

"I reported it, but I didn't find it. But are you going to live? The police asked us to come back and wait for news. I only sent your grandma home this morning. I lived in the town for the past two days."

No wonder he felt a little gray in the room.

"Does my dad know about this? I'm talking about the second uncle's gambling."

"I know, how can I not know, without your father, the money owed by your second uncle would not be paid at all." Auntie gritted her teeth, "How much money he owes is not enough to empty out your grandma's family, really..."

She didn't say the latter words, but Cheng Zhuo could guess that it was not pleasant, probably because the aunt didn't want to lose her composure in front of the juniors.

He doesn't care about the life and death of his second uncle, he only cares about grandma's face: "Has grandma had a medical examination in recent years?"

My aunt was taken aback: "No. Why do you need a physical examination?"

Cheng Zhuo: "..."

Ok, he has one more thing to do.

The necessity of regular physical examination every year for science popularization in the village is really imminent.

He briefly explained to his aunt, and then asked her to make an appointment at the town hospital, hung up the phone and entered the house, and pulled grandma up.

"Don't be too busy, grandma, let's go to the town."

"What are you going to do?" Grandma's expression was very strange, like hope and fear.She didn't want to tell her grandson about the bad news, and she wondered if there was news about her youngest son.

Seeing her expression, Cheng Zhuo wanted to sigh, and didn't say much: "I'll take you there."

No matter how he learns to be polite, he is still the one who talks to himself in his bones. After forcibly pulling grandma out of the kitchen, he went to the old place to find the house key, locked both doors, and half-supported and half-forced the old lady. Push to take the bus.

My aunt is already waiting in the town. She has received some education and knows that in case of illness, it is easier to treat it if it is detected early.But grandma didn't have this awareness, and she obviously resisted when she was pushed to the hospital door.

The little aunt also came, and I had to let them do the ideological work, because Cheng Zhuo still couldn't understand the dialect spoken by grandma when she got excited.

He stood at the door of the hospital with his hands in his pockets.In autumn, the leaves on the street are turning yellow, and the wind is blowing rustlingly. I don't know if it's because of the atmosphere, but I always feel that the town has become more depressed.

The building is getting more and more foreign, but there are a lot fewer people, which is consistent with the changes in the village.

The daughter always knows her mother better. After half an hour, the old lady was pushed into the hospital by the two daughters.

Before Cheng Zhuo said that he would do all the projects that could be done, and he would pay the money, so my aunt was not polite and applied for all the projects that could be applied.

Physical examinations make money, and the town hospital has few patients, so this kind of "big client" is quite welcome, and the doctor who examines the old lady is also very pleasant.

This relieved Grandma's nervousness.

After the inspection, it was already past 5 pm, and the report would take a day to get. Everyone discussed that they should have a meal in the town, lest the old lady continue to cook when she went back.

"Alright," Cheng Zhuo glanced at the sky, "But I'm going to do some shopping, so you guys go there first."

"Can you recognize the road? The tallest restaurant on Danchi Road is there." The little aunt said.

"I know," Cheng Zhuo smiled, "I used to go to surf the Internet near there."

It's just that the brothers who surfed the Internet with him back then have all gone to Jiangcheng.Things are different, but changes for the better.

Cheng Zhuo thought that since he came to the town, he might as well stop by to buy some gifts, so as not to run away the next day.He went to the supermarket first, bought a bunch of practical things, and bought some health care products according to the usual etiquette, and because he bought it for Yuan Yu's mother, he simply bought gifts for his aunts, aunts, and grandma. There were too many, so I had to take some of them first, and let the supermarket deliver those to Yuan Yu's mother to the village for him the next day.

Normally there is no delivery service.

Who makes the small town less busy?

He took the gifts for his relatives to the restaurant, and the family had a meal. After the meal, my uncle said he would send them back to the village.

Cheng Zhuo was about to refuse, but found out that his uncle had "changed the shotgun"——changed the motorcycle for a car, so he didn't resist.

After going back to wash up a bit, he talked with Yuan Yu on the phone for three hours, and Cheng Zhuo fell asleep.The layout of the second floor of grandma's house has not changed, but the wooden tables and chairs look older, but the feeling of lying down is still the same, so Cheng Zhuo remembered many things.

I remembered when Yuan Yu was teased by him at the beginning, I remembered Yuan Yu crying, I remembered Yuan Yu softly calling his husband...

What I thought I had forgotten, but I didn't forget at all, and I was still thinking about it so that my whole body became dry.

Cheng Zhuo rolled over and sat up, panting with his head down.He wanted to smoke a cigarette, and subconsciously touched the position of his trouser pocket, only to remember that he had already thrown all the cigarette cases and lighters into the trash can when he was in Jiangcheng.

He promised Yuan Yu to quit smoking.

Cheng Zhuo closed his eyes, bit his lower lip, and lay down again.

Not just endure for two days.

……

He didn't remember what time he fell asleep, but when he opened his eyes the next day, Cheng Zhuo heard the patter of rain outside.After an autumn rain, the temperature dropped immediately. He only brought a change of clothes, which were not too thick, so he put them all on.

The employees of the supermarket were very responsible, and delivered the things early in the morning. Cheng Zhuo signed for them, and walked to Yuan Yu's house with the big bags and the umbrella his grandma gave him.

It was dark in the rainy day, I don't know if it was because of this, the street lights were on all the way today, and Cheng Zhuo saw three big and round men coming from the end of the gravel road, looking at the house number while walking, and swearing.

"Haven't arrived yet? This kid's whole family is a tortoise! ​​It's so damn capable of shrinking its shell!"

"Calm down, we'll be there soon."

……

Cheng Zhuo frowned.

He didn't pay much attention, Uehara Yu's house knocked on the door.Yuan Yuma came out soon, and when she saw him, she happily welcomed him in.

Cheng Zhuo doubts that she pinned her thoughts on her son to herself, after all, he may be the only person in the whole village who can often see Yuan Yu.

However, today's conversation didn't last long. After about 10 minutes, the quiet village suddenly became noisy.

Yuan Yuma listened and stood up first: "Oh, what's the matter, it sounds like it's your house?"

"My family?" Cheng Zhuo was stunned for a moment before realizing, "My grandma?"

——It was those three men just now!

What are they here for?

Cheng Zhuo rushed out immediately, and Yuan Yuma followed without hesitation.There are many idlers in the village, and there are also many enthusiastic people. At the moment, a lot of people have gathered in front of Cheng's house, and many of them are accusing.

Cheng Zhuo didn't quite understand those dialects that were spoken quickly and loudly. He only knew that when he ran back to the door, his grandma stood timidly at the door with her back bent and weeping silently.

The three men stood in front of her, with fierce expressions, and a little speechless: "Please, it's only natural to pay back the debt! If I can't find that threatening person, can I come here to bully an old lady?"

"You also know that you are bullying the old lady! How shameless!" the onlookers scolded.

Cheng Zhuo frowned, and walked forward quickly: "What money?"

"Hey, who is this?" The big man in the lead looked him up and down.Cheng Zhuo didn't wear a big gold chain like him, he didn't wear any shiny golden things, but when he stood here like a rich man, the big man suddenly became interested: "What's your relationship with the Cheng family? "

An idler nearby shouted, "That's his grandson!"

"Oh!" The big man suddenly realized, "Let me think... Cheng Yaozu is your father?"

Cheng Zhuo looked disgusted: "Who is his son." He paused, "That's my uncle—you come to ask for the money he owes?"

"Yes!" said the big man, "Are you his nephew? Do you have money? If you have money, you pay it back for him, and I won't bother this old lady—I don't want to, okay?"

"Didn't you say that he paid back all the money he owed?"

"Who paid it back? To whom did it go? Anyway, he hasn't paid back the money he owes me." The big man took out his pocket, took out a piece of paper, shook it, and shook it in front of Cheng Zhuo, "Look, look You are a cultural person, you should understand what is written in black and white, right?"

That is a contract.

Cheng Zhuo studied business and was no stranger to this thing. He took the piece of paper and read it at a glance.

Grandma walked over to him slowly and tugged at his sleeve, as if hoping that he would stop saying anything.Then, the poor old lady said something to the big man, and the big man raised his eyebrows: "What's the matter!"

Cheng Zhuo raised his head: "What did my grandma say?"

"You don't understand?" The big man looked surprised.

Before he could answer, someone from the onlookers answered him: "Your grandma told him to give you some money for a few days!"

After finishing speaking, another person answered: "Why can't it work, someone must come up with such a large sum of money! They didn't say they wouldn't pay it back!"

Cheng Zhuo opened the contract and looked down, seeing the crooked "Cheng Yaozu" signature at the end, he closed the contract, and the paper made a crisp sound with a "snap".

"No, what my grandma said doesn't count, I have the final say on this matter." Cheng Zhuo said word by word, "I really won't pay it back."

"Hey you bastard, you're a coward with your uncle," the big man lost his temper, "Don't pay your debts? Okay, I'll smash your house today!"

As the words fell, the two brothers beside him quickly picked up the thing and rushed forward.Cheng Zhuo shoved the contract into his arms, dodged the swinging stick, and kicked someone in the air.

He is very self-aware, knowing that he has neither learned fighting nor his physical fitness, so he is not tough.Dodging this, he turned around and hugged the old lady, leading her to the side.

Grandma Cheng was very popular in the village, and the onlookers immediately rushed forward: "Let you do it! What's wrong with the debt, the creditor can beat people randomly? The money is not owed by an old lady! You are a coward!"

Cheng Zhuo took advantage of the chaos to get out of the crowd and put the old lady down.It was too exhausting to move a person, he took out his cell phone out of breath, and pressed "110".

The old lady was still in tears, looking at him with a worried and sad face: "Xiao Zhuo..."

"It's okay." Cheng Zhuo patted her, and said to the operator at the other end amidst the noise, "Hi, this is No. X, X Road, XX Village. I want to call the police."

"I suspect that someone took advantage of the generally low cultural level of the villagers to set up a routine loan scam to seek wealth and death."

Illegal gadgets don't have to pay back.

……

The people in the village punched and kicked each other. There are many people and strength, and these three people were quickly held down.Cheng Zhuo brought out his "politeness" that he had practiced when he was abroad. While thanking the uncles and aunts he didn't know in the village, he explained that the police had been called, should he pay back the money, and how much should he pay? Let the police have the final say, I hope everyone will not let these three people go.

It is rare to have such a handsome young man in the village, who speaks in an orderly manner, and everyone is naturally very kind.

The police arrived soon, and took Cheng Zhuo, Cheng's grandma and the three big men into the police car.Cheng Zhuo saw the worried Yuan Yuma in the crowd, and smiled at her.

When we arrived at the town police station, the aunts were already waiting.Cheng Zhuo explained the situation to the police, and took out the contract that he kept in his arms as evidence.

This kind of high-interest micro-loan contract that has changed hands many times was once a case study in their elective course. The reason why Cheng Zhuo recognized it at the end was mainly because the contract was in Chinese.

The standard routine loan does not give the debtor a chance to repay the money from the very beginning.

What they want is the real estate of the debtor's family, because only real estate is the most valuable thing for an ordinary family.

Cheng Zhuo even suspected that there was a similar part in the money that grandma had paid back for the second uncle, but the other party probably didn't expect that an old lady in the village could really come up with millions of cash.

After finishing the notes, Cheng Zhuo came out, just as a cadre came out of the office, bumped into him, and said amusedly, "It's you."

It was the policeman who took the record for him back then, and he has been promoted in the past few years.

Cheng Zhuo smiled, greeted people, and then went to explain the situation to the two aunts.

Routine loan is a scam created by taking advantage of loopholes in contract law, but it is indeed illegal, because there are corresponding laws and regulations for the interest of private small loans.In this case, even if the creditor comes to the door, they do not need to pay back the money.

The two aunts didn't understand this, and only after listening to him did they understand.

It is of course a good thing not to have to pay back the money, but the problem is...

"The results of your grandma's physical examination report came out." The eldest aunt's face was very bad, and her voice was low, "Bowel cancer is only in the early stage."

Cheng Zhuo: "..."

He was suddenly glad that he came back this time for Yuan Yu.If he didn't come back, wouldn't grandma not only have to be beaten, but also because of her ignorance, the cancer would be dragged to an advanced stage?

"One more thing." She paused, glanced at her mother who was sitting in a daze in the hall, and pulled her away, "The police told me just now that the second brother was found."

Cheng Zhuo raised his eyebrows, what the eldest aunt deliberately said meant—

"The person was lying in the ditch, and it started to rot when we found it." The little aunt answered, "Whether it was a fall or was pushed down, the police said they are still investigating, but it's just... now I don't know how to talk to my mother. explain."

"Guangzong has to be called back too," the eldest aunt looked at Cheng Zhuo, "turn around, he has to be there when the funeral is arranged."

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