Old Hu said: "In this weather, the child can't come back at all. You can see that the road is very difficult. A few years ago, the village asked for road repairs. You said that every household has a computer, and the road is still so bad. Once it rains or snows, that person will not be able to come back."
Speaking of this, Gu Chen's father was also a little angry, and said: "That's right, every year they say they need to repair it, but they don't do it every year after it's finished. Just procrastinating year after year, the efficiency is too low. We don't have any hope. I don't know what people think."
Lao Hu looked at Gu Chen's father, and said in a low voice, "Hey, you don't understand this. Although our village is not big, it is not considered poor, and it is not considered well-off. Food and clothing are enough. What do you want to eat? You can eat whatever you want, drink whatever you want, you can buy a TV and computer, but this road, although we have asked it to be repaired many times, every time it is delayed, you don’t understand the reason.”
"You know?" Gu Chen's father asked.
Old Hu smiled and said, "Of course I know. You said that the welfare in our village is not bad. They receive rice every year."
"It's okay." Gu Chen's father said, "I don't know what other villages are like."
Lao Hu said: "That's right. You know why so many can be issued because of this road. As long as this road is not repaired, we are considered poor. If this road is repaired, everything will be gone. This is In order to be able to fool you into sending money every year, let me tell you, don't spread the word."
After hearing this, I finally understood my feelings. I heard that this Zhili village is a poor village. I came here and realized that every household can afford a computer and TV. But this road has never been repaired. People in the village also They are all self-sufficient, so there is such a thing.
In fact, I've heard a lot about this kind of thing, but I didn't expect to see it with my own eyes. And Lao Hu seems to be very interested in this kind of thing, and he speaks clearly and logically, which reminds me of those buddies in Dongxing City, who know everything, only you can't think of it, there is nothing they don't understand.
Lao Hu seemed to have forgotten what we were here for, and Gu Hui's death didn't affect him very much, and there was no sadness in his expression. Gu Chen's father had a sullen face, and he didn't know what he was thinking. After all, it wasn't his granddaughter who died.
People, you may be able to empathize with what happened to others, but you will never be able to empathize with it.
When Lao Hu was talking about this matter, I was calculating the length from the window sill to the ground in my mind, and every household in the village has such a structure, which should be similar. But at this time, I have a question in my mind.
Old Hu was boasting, I was thinking, seeing that I was silent, Gu Chen lost his composure, coughed a few times, and said, "Uncle Hu, let's talk about these things later, what about Hu Ningning, how about going to school? "
It was only then that Lao Hu realized that what he had said was a bit far away, and he said, "It's school, her parents send her back on weekends, and she usually lives in school, so I didn't say anything just now."
At this time, the phone rang, and Lao Hu's wife went to answer it.
Gu Chen poked me, and my thoughts returned to reality. I asked again: "After this incident, did Hu Ningning have any other reactions, such as tired of studying, or fear?"
"No." Lao Hu said: "This is not true. What do little girls know about every family? Maybe they think this matter is the same as playing house. I feel that she probably forgot about that matter, little girl. My child has a poor memory."
I shrugged and said, "Then I have nothing to ask."
As soon as I finished speaking, I heard a thunderclap from outside. The thunder was so deafening that everyone couldn't help but look out of the window. After a few thunderclaps, the downpour immediately poured down, hitting the ground and making various noises. Although the thunder was terrifying, when it started to rain, the stuffy feeling gradually disappeared, and the coolness in the house Very, people can't help but say cool.
The sky lit up, and after a while, there was another deafening thunder. The thunder disappeared, but there was a "plop" in the room. We hurriedly looked back, but saw Lao Hu's wife fell on the ground. on the ground.
"What's the matter with you, you were so scared by the thunder." Lao Hu got up and walked to his wife, and said, "You are too timid."
"No!" Lao Hu's wife said, "No, that phone number, that phone number."
I frowned, and a bad premonition suddenly appeared in my heart.
Lao Hu's wife said: "Ningning is lost, Ningning is lost!"
"What?" Old Hu couldn't stand still, so Gu Chen hurriedly got up to support him.
Lao Hu's wife pointed to the phone and said: "The phone, the call is from the primary school teacher, saying that after Hu Ningning left school, she has not been seen where she is until now. The students have not seen Hu Ningning either. Where did he go, now the whole school is looking for Hu Ningning."
"Is the phone on?" I asked.
"It's on, it's on." Lao Hu's wife said.
I nodded, took the receiver, and said, "Hi, I just heard this call. What happened? When did Hu Ningning disappear? Who was the last person to see her?"
The other party spoke, and it was a crisp female voice: "Hello, I am Sun Qingqing, Hu Ningning's class teacher. When the children came home from get out of class at five o'clock this afternoon, because Hu Ningning was temporarily arranged to live in the school, she Just waiting obediently in the classroom, it has been like this for almost a week, before we had a teacher to accompany her to do homework and so on, but today there will be a meeting, and all the teachers must attend."
After a pause, Sun Qingqing continued: "All teachers have to participate, so naturally no one can look at Hu Ningning. Then let me let Hu Ningning do homework in the classroom, and after I'm done, I'll send him to the school where she lives She usually lives with another female teacher of ours."
"Because it's something to check, so this meeting will take a long time. It's estimated to be a while, at least two hours." Sun Qingqing continued: "At that time, I was also anxious to go back and have a look. Hu Ningning, after all, it is not a problem to put a child in the classroom for more than two hours."
"Well, then what?" I asked.
At this time, Sun Qingqing said anxiously: "It was past seven o'clock when I went back. At that time, I saw that the lights in the classroom were off. I thought that this Hu Ningning was asleep, so I tiptoed in and put the Turn on the light. When I was done, I saw that there was no one inside. At that time, I was a little surprised, where did this Hu Ningning go?"
"Hu Ningning is a good student in the class, and she listens to the teacher very well, and never mischievous. I think she must have gone to the bathroom, and she waited for a while, but no one came back. I noticed it later, Hu Ningning’s schoolbags were all gone in the classroom, and I realized there was a problem, you said a child can’t take all his schoolbags with him when he goes to the toilet.”
"Well, Hu Ningning was lost at that time?" I asked.
"That's right." Sun Qingqing replied: "At that time, Hu Ningning couldn't be found. In the end, we kept looking for it in the school, but we couldn't find it. In the end, we reported this matter, and then we went to monitor. But because some inspectors are coming, the surveillance system is overhauled this afternoon, so it is not open at all, and we don't know where Hu Ningning went to."
I frowned and said, "Did you call the police?"
Sun Qingqing said: "Of course I called the police. Through monitoring, I found that Hu Ningning left school at five o'clock. At that time, there were many children going out of school. No one noticed whether Hu Ningning was picked up by her parents, so she just left. Now, we don’t know what’s going on, and we’re still investigating.”
"Then following the surveillance investigation, it was discovered that Hu Ningning left the school and went north alone, and then there was no surveillance afterwards, so now I don't know where he went."
"Okay." I said to Sun Qingqing: "I understand this matter. You should cooperate with the investigation first. If Hu Ningning has not been found by tomorrow, we will intervene in the investigation. Have you notified Hu Ningning's parents about this matter?"
"No, I'm about to notify you," Sun Qingqing said.
I nodded, and then reported Gu Chen's phone number to her and said, "This is my phone number. If you find anything else, just call this number."
"Okay." Sun Qingqing said and hung up the phone.
At this time, Lao Hu's wife was still on the ground, her face was pale, and she muttered: "Why is my life so miserable, why is my life so miserable. Why do you think God treats my granddaughter like this? She What did you do wrong?"
I frowned and asked, "What date was Hu Ningning sent away?"
Old Hu said with a sad face, "The twenty-seventh."
I nodded, which means that Gu Hui was sent away the day after his death.
After Lao Hu finally put his wife on the bed, Lao Hu's wife yelled and said, "You must find my granddaughter for us."
"Yeah." I agreed softly.
Outside the window was still lightning, thunder, and wind and rain, and the downpour seemed endless. And in such a weather, Hu Ningning walked out of the campus alone, what was he going to do
Suddenly, the phone rang again. Looking at the number, it was still Sun Qingqing's.
"Hey, are you still there?" Sun Qingqing said.
"Yes." I hurriedly asked, "Did you find it?"
Sun Qingqing said: "No, another child was lost too..."