I went back to the ghost building and simply told my mother that after what happened, I directly picked up the newly received photos, and the regret for the little girl has become the driving force for my actions.
Mom was comforted by Goddess Yan and Aunt Li, while I opened the envelope.
The first one: This is the first black-and-white photo I received. A young man is wearing a white shirt, holding a big tree and smiling. In the corner of the picture, a playful hand is stretched out, holding a branch The arm is slender and white, it should be a woman's hand. What makes me feel strange is the background in the photo: the house is low and old, and it looks like it has been around for a long time.
The second photo: it is an old man with silver hair, trembling and making a naughty movement, looking full of childlike innocence, but in the double image of the photo, the posture of the old man has not changed in any way, but there are more around him A faint figure is smiling and taking a photo with the old man.
This is a woman, about 20 years old, she is not very beautiful, but she gives people a very pure feeling.
Third sheet: Blank.
I held the photo and looked at it for a long time, I don’t remember when it started, the photos I received became more and more strange, which made me completely confused, so I had to use my magic weapon and make a call to Wu Jian.
Wu Jian's efficiency was still astonishingly fast, the next day. Just tell me that I have found the person in the photo, and the person in the photo is not what I thought, there is something special, it is a person at all, but the first photo is from decades ago, and the second photo is recent.
I don't understand why the time span of the photos given this time is so large, but it doesn't affect my departure, and this time, I learned the lesson from the little girl and planned to guard the old man every step of the way until a month end.
Wu Jian didn't know how to make me a volunteer to connect with the old man, and also gave me the old man's detailed information.
The old man is called Li Tie. He is 84 years old this year. He is single and has no children. His wife died of illness shortly after getting married. It has been almost 60 years since then, and Li Tie has never remarried.
On the third day after I received the photos, I went to Li Tie's house led by a volunteer.
This is the last batch of fund-raising houses before the state-owned factory where Li Tie worked closed down. The aisles are narrow and dark, and the mottled walls are full of stains.
He Qiang, the volunteer who led the way, saw me looking around, and said with a smile: "This house is probably becoming dangerous. The original residents have basically moved out. Now they are rented by small businesses and hawkers, and the sanitation is not good. Someone cleans up."
I nodded to express my understanding. For a rented house, especially this kind of house that is not considered good in itself, it is difficult for people to have the desire to clean, not to mention that most renters are working hard to earn money and survive every day.
Li Tie lived on the second floor, and He Qiang only knocked a few times before the door was opened.
The person who opened the door was a gray-haired, energetic old man, wearing a flowered coat, still full of childlike innocence in the second photo, looking quite happy with old age.
"Uncle Li, I'm here to see you again."
Li Tie laughed heartily, pointing at He Qiang with his naughty hands: "Xiao He, I knew it was time for you to come. Come in, sir, I just made a delicious dish, you have to taste it."
He Qiang looked back at me, showed a wry smile, and then led me into the room.
As soon as I came in, I felt a huge difference from the outside. The room was very small, the living room was only 10 square meters, but it was cleaned very cleanly.
I followed He Qiang and sat down on the only sofa in the living room, while Li Tie slowly walked into the kitchen beside him humming Peking opera, brought out a plate of colorful things, put them on the table, and made a gesture of please.
He Qiang picked up the chopsticks hesitantly and was about to stretch them out, but his eyes lit up, and he handed the chopsticks to me and said, "Come, try Uncle Li's craftsmanship."
I took the chopsticks, picked up an unknown thing from the colorful, and put it in my mouth. Immediately, I regretted it. The combination of hot, sour, salty and sweet combined into an indescribable taste, which tested my limit.
And Li Tiezheng looked at me expectantly, I was too embarrassed to vomit, so I could only swallow it hard.
Seeing that I ate, Li Tie seemed very happy, and took out a pair of chopsticks and handed them to He Qiang. He Qiang looked at my smirking face, but when he saw the chopsticks, he instantly became serious: "Mr. Something to do, this is our new volunteer named Wu Rui, he is here to help you this month."
"No, no need." Li Tie waved his hands: "Look at me, there is only a little space here, and I still need help. You guys should help Lao Chen more. Look, the whole person is paralyzed on the bed."
It is estimated that these words are not the first time Li Tie said to He Qiang. He Qiang directly enlightened him. After a long time, Li Tie finally accepted me, and I also greeted him politely. good.
It's just that when addressing him, Li Tie rejected Grandpa Li's address with a stern face, and only allowed me to call him Uncle Li, saying that he was still young.
He Qiang finished his introduction and was about to leave. I looked at the colorful things on the table and said, "Uncle Li, Brother Qiang hasn't had breakfast yet. Why don't you let Brother Qiang pack it up and take it away, and let my sister-in-law and the others taste it?" Try it out."
Li Tie slapped his forehead, said yes repeatedly, and turned around to get his pocket, while He Qiang looked at me with murderous eyes.
I couldn't help laughing, I wasn't so out of tune before, maybe I was influenced by Li Tie.
He Qiang carried his things and left as if carrying a bomb.
Li Tie sat next to me, picked up one insole and began to mend it: "Xiao Wu, tell me, it's not like I can't move, so I need someone to take care of me."
"Uncle Li, knowing that you are in good health, don't we also want to chat with the old man more and learn from the experience."
Li Tie was overjoyed all of a sudden, and said with a smile: "You can talk, you must have made a lot of girlfriends."
My face turned black, and I still paid a lot, so I paid one and was crushed to death.
I looked at the insole in Li Tie's hand, and felt very strange. The insole looked old. Although it was made very thick, many places were almost worn out, and it had been repaired many times, and the original pattern could not be seen at all. .
"Uncle Li, this insole should be replaced, should you mend it?"
Like a child protecting his own candy, Li Tie hid with the insole: "This can't be changed, Liniang made it for me by herself."
"Li Niang?"
"Yeah, oh, it's my wife. She's pretty. The girlfriend you're looking for may not be half as beautiful as Liniang." Li Tie was very proud.
I repeatedly said yes, this old man, but Wu Jian's information said that Li Tie had only been married once. Could it be that this insole has a long history of 60 years? I looked at the insole in surprise. Come on, it's a national treasure.