in front of the farmhouse.
A rather tough old lady was sitting on a mat, basking in the sun with her eyes squinted.
Her expression is full of happiness, but the wrinkles on her face show that she is no longer young.
A yellow turban covered most of her silver hair, and she took a bite of the dried sweet potato in her hand. Seeing two unfamiliar young people approaching her to talk, she was not stingy, grabbed two at random and handed them to them, signaling them to eat whatever they wanted.
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 ate the food the ghost made for them, and they were no worse than an old lady. He took a bite of dried sweet potato, it was sweet and tasted good.
After he finished eating in two or three bites, the old lady gave him another one, and Bai Yan took it shamelessly, without embarrassment at all, it can be said that he was very shameless.
While Bai Yan was gnawing 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 was killed. It sounds scary. It can't be true, can it?"
The old lady pouted and swallowed the dried sweet potatoes: "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 old and the young have all moved into the city, how can it be the same as what he said."
"Then why does he sing like that?" After thinking for a while, Ye Shangyu also took out the dried sweet potatoes, gnawing on them bit by bit like a little hamster.
The old lady was very happy to see that the girl started to eat the dried sweet potatoes she had dried.
Therefore, she became more talkative, so she sighed: "It's so pitiful to say it, the boy you saw at the grave should be Tie Zhu."
"Tie Zhu's parents died a long time ago, and he doesn't have any relatives. Tie Zhu grew up eating a lot of food, and whoever has something to eat will give him something to eat. He just lives like this.
Tie Zhu doesn't have a grandma either, no one cares about him, he doesn't go to school, he runs in the fields all day, gradually he's getting a little crazy, and recently he's full of nonsense, don't be intimidated by him. "
Seeing that the two were silent, the old lady sighed and said, "Tie Zhu is a good boy, so don't blame him. If he had been raised by his parents, he wouldn't have become like this. Now all capable people in the village go I went to work in the city, and the rest are old bones, and 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 their understanding, and after chatting for a while, Bai Yan suddenly said, "Grandma, do you have a grandson?"
"It's a holiday. The cat is playing on the kang at home on Saturday and Sunday. I'll call it out for you to see."
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: "Grand grandson, come out to meet the guests, don't climb on the kang and play with your mobile phone! You have been playing all day! "
"Grandma, it's not over yet in the morning!" A boy inside said, "After five days of school, I'm exhausted, just let me play for a while!"
"What are you playing, you don't even listen to grandma's words. You son of a bitch! Come out for me!"
"puff-"
Upon hearing the name Goudan, Bai Yan couldn't help but laugh out loud.
Inside, a thick-headed boy wearing cotton shoes came out with a blushing face and shouted loudly, "Grandma, don't call me a bitch!"
Seeing her grandson come out, the old lady pouted her lips, gave Bai Yan another sweet potato and said, "This is my eldest grandson who doesn't learn well all day long and stares at his phone all day long.
Usually, his academic performance was the last in the class, and he was criticized and called by his teacher at the end of the semester. He doesn't do any work at home, and he doesn't help if he just watches his grandfather go to the field. Even the girl next door, Lan Lan, can help the house, so I don't know how to learn from your sister Lan Lan... "
"Girl!" The boy interrupted her angrily: "Xu Lanfang is only two years older than me, and she used to play with mobile phones, much better than me, why should I learn from her?"
The old lady stuffed a dried sweet potato into the boy's mouth and said, "Didn't she start working recently? Why can't you learn from others? Lan Lan, grandma is ill, so she can help the family right away." Work, just you, if grandma and grandpa suddenly fail, can you take care of your studies and your family?"
"..." The boy was speechless, maybe he was chewing dried sweet potatoes so he had no time to speak.
But the boy didn't speak, but Bai Yan had something to say.
He took over the conversation and said with deep emotion: "Grandma, you are so right! Boys should be responsible! When Goudan and I were our 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 undertake all the housework at home. Of course, my academic performance did not fall behind, and I was always in the top of the class.
Grandma, let me tell you something from the bottom of my heart, it is better for boys to suffer a little bit, children cannot be coddled, sometimes if they are too spoiled, children will become ignorant idiots... "
Before Bai Yan finished speaking, Ye Shangyu stopped biting the dried sweet potato.
She looked at Bai Yan with indescribable eyes, and her heart was full of inconceivability. If I remember correctly, when I checked your family information, your father was still fine!
When did your dad die
I do not know how!
Ye Shangyu secretly thought that a dog can't change eating shit, but he didn't expose him on the surface.
On the other side, the boy's face was also full of crap. He blushed when he heard Bai Yan slurping each 'dog'.
Although he is still in elementary school, he is not stupid. He can tell that this person is doing it on purpose!
Do you have the nerve to eat my food and make arrangements for me
I heard that Bai Yan was still brainwashing his grandma, asking her to discipline him severely and confiscate his mobile phone, so as not to turn him into an 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 quickly threw the dried sweet potato into his mouth, and naturally touched another piece from the old lady's hand.
When the old lady wasn't paying attention, Bai Yan showed a provocative smile at the boy, which made the boy even angrier.
Seeing that Bai Yan was about to make the boy cry, Ye Shangyu secretly kicked him.
Thinking of what the two of them were here for this time, Bai Yan really restrained himself a little, and obediently shut his mouth, finally remembering that they were going to do something serious.
Bai Yan was already very angry with the boy, Ye Shangyu felt that he could not be counted on him, so he asked Bai Yan to chat with the old lady, and it took him a lot of effort to coax the boy.
After establishing a good relationship with the boy, Ye Shangyu tentatively asked: "You said just now that Xu Lanfang also likes to play with mobile phones. What was she like before?"
"Her grandma suddenly became ill a few months ago, so she started working. She used to love playing with mobile phones, and her academic performance was similar to mine..." The boy muttered, "My grandma is fine, I Don't learn from her!"
"What does she usually like to play with her mobile phone?" Ye Shangyu asked persuasively, "Does she like to watch scary things? For example, stories and movies about hauntings."
"She likes to read novels and watch videos... By the way, she also likes to watch slow-handed, especially the short videos recorded in it." The boy recalled: "Haunted things, she likes to watch supernatural shorts with slow-handed, anyway, I am I don’t like to watch it, it’s scary, and it’s 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 that she usually watches those supernatural short films? Who is her favorite anchor?"
"I don't know..." The boy looked blank, "I don't like watching."
"Then do you know what her screen name is? What's the name of her slow hand account?"
"Uh, her screen name is usually Guess Who I Am. I didn't pay attention to it, but it should be called this."
After asking a few more questions, knowing that the boy really had nothing to ask, Ye Shangyu let him go and casually chatted with him.
On the other hand, Bai Yan chatted with the old lady for a long time, and also gained something.
Just like Gina and the others asked, the old lady also insisted that no one disappeared in the village at all.
However, Bai Yan gained a lot of inspiration from the experience of Dongzi's family, so he changed the subject and asked who had left the village recently instead of asking who was missing.
Sure enough, like Dongzi's family, in the past few months, a large number of villagers in the village have moved out of the village, and all of them have gone to the city to 'enjoy happiness'.
Although Bai Yan doesn't know what the situation in this world is like, living in the city is a blessing, and the conditions in the city must be much better than those in the countryside.
According to the "left-behind children" village mentioned by the anchor Bai Cui, generally speaking, the rent in the city is high, and the price of goods is high, so the adults go to the city to work, and the work site includes food and housing, while the children and the elderly stay in the countryside. Schooling is cheap and the cost of living is also low.
However, several families move to the city, regardless of the land and old houses. Unless the whole village has won the lottery, otherwise, the husband and wife alone cannot afford to live in the house. City expenses.
After Bai Yan thought about it carefully, he knew that these people who were 'going to the city' were the missing persons mentioned in the post.
Talking to this family separately, Bai Yan and Ye Shangyu both gained something.
While talking, a dirty boy walked over holding a ball.
Although the old lady is old, her eyes are quite good.
Seeing the boy from a distance, the old lady called out loudly: "Tie Zhu, come and eat dried sweet potatoes!"
The boy holding the ball was also very alert. When he heard that there was something to eat, he ran over like a wind and didn't even want the ball.
Seeing that he was about to grab dried sweet potatoes with his dirty little hands, the old lady pulled a handkerchief out of her trouser pocket, wiped it clean for the boy, and then put the dried sweet potatoes in his hands: "Wash your hands before eating, and your hands are full of dirt. If you eat mud, you will get sick."
The boy nodded indiscriminately, grabbed the dried sweet potato and stuffed it into his mouth, not knowing if he remembered it or not.
Swallowing the sweet potato whole, the boy picked up the ball, patted it, and began to sing 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 to stop singing in the future, but before she could make a sound, 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 looked back at the old lady and Goudan, his eyes were full of envy.
Soon, he suddenly picked up the ball, ran away in a flash, and disappeared into the trail in the blink of an eye.