Lianliankan

Chapter 74
In summer, after dinner, Zhao Ye and Han Jianguo sat face to face under the big locust tree in the educated youth spot, while Huang Xinhua sat aside, all three of them looked at a chess game.

Because life in the country is too boring, people always look for ways to pass the time. If things go on like this, gambling has become their only entertainment option.

In the beginning, everyone's gambling methods were very simple, mostly by arm wrestling and throwing stones, etc. But gradually, Huang Xinhua and the others realized that something was wrong, because Zhao Ye had too much advantage in this kind of physical competition. There are always more wins than losses.

Gambling and gambling, of course, there should be winning and losing. If you just lose but not win, then what's the fun, so the three of them unanimously protested and demanded that the game must be changed, otherwise they would not participate.

Zhao Ye had nothing to do with it, and after discussion, everyone decided to use chess to decide the outcome.

As for what they gambled on, most of them were rations, cigarettes, or working for others. For example, today, the bet between Zhao Ye and Han Jianguo was that the loser must fill a tank of water for the winner.

As time passed, Han Jianguo's face slowly showed a look of frustration, while Zhao Ye's expression was full of victory.

"General, Lao Han, I'm really sorry, two out of three rounds, this is the second round I won. You, you'd better carry water honestly."

Han Jianguo still stared at the chessboard with his head down, obviously not wanting to admit defeat easily: "Don't worry, let me think about it, maybe I can think of a trick that can turn defeat into victory!"

Zhao Ye proudly said: "What a fart! It's useless even if you look at the chessboard, buddy, let's say it clearly, this move is called Boring Palace Shisha, it's a dead game, you just accept your fate!"

Han Jianguo thought about it for a while, and then he had no choice but to throw in the towel and said, "I'm so unlucky. I won two corn buns from you the day before yesterday. Why did you lose so badly today?"

Zhao Ye smiled and said nothing, while Huang Xinhua gloated and said, "I said, Lao Han, haven't you figured it out yet? Lao Zhao Fang is playing with you to lure the enemy into the depths. Why don't he lose you a few more? How could you agree to bet with him on carrying water!"

Han Jianguo patted his forehead, and suddenly realized: "Mistake, this is what happened after a long time. I was still wondering why every time I gambled on Wowotou, I won more than I lost, and when I gambled to carry water and firewood, I stopped cooking. Old Zhao, you are too treacherous!"

As he said that, he complained to Huang Xinhua again: "Old Huang, you are not authentic, you know everything, why didn't you remind your buddies?"

Huang Xinhua said with a smirk: "It's better to be happy alone than to be happy together. I have been cheated by Lao Zhao for more than a year. If this is the case, then of course we should have the same blessings and share the difficulties."

When the two finished dismantling each other, Zhao Ye told them: "Old Wang doesn't know about this yet, so keep your mouths tight for me."

Han Jianguo took the opportunity to make a request and said, "It's fine if we agree, but you have to give me something."

Huang Xinhua echoed: "That's right, at least two packs of cigarettes, otherwise we won't talk about it!"

Just as Zhao Ye was about to agree, he suddenly saw Gao Xiaoqin running in from the outside, shouting, "Zhao Ye, it's not good, something serious happened!"

Zhao Ye was stunned for a moment, and after looking at each other with Huang Xinhua, he hurried up to meet him and asked, "Don't wipe off your sweat, speak slowly if you have something to say, what happened?"

Gao Xiaoqin touched her forehead twice, panting, "Zhou, Zhou Rong, she, she's gone!"

Zhao Ye was even more puzzled when he heard the words, and asked, "Didn't she go for a walk with you just now?"

"Oh!" Gao Xiaoqin stomped her foot anxiously, forcing herself to calm down, and explained again:

"Zhou Rong went for a walk with me, but on the way she suddenly said that she would come back to get something. I waited and waited but couldn't see her coming back. I suddenly thought that she was acting weird these days, so I realized that something was wrong."

Although he knew that Gao Xiaoqin would not joke about such things, Zhao Ye still wanted to make sure first: "Old Huang, did Zhou Rong come back just now?"

Huang Xinhua affirmed: "No, when you played chess with Lao Han, I was enjoying the cool in the courtyard. I only saw Lao Wang go to the river to wash clothes, and I never saw Zhou Rong come back."

"Well, Lao Huang, you go to Zhang Erbiao and ask him to mobilize the villagers to help you find it. Lao Han, you call Lao Wang back, and go to the back of the village and the Songhua River with him to have a look."

After sending the two away, Zhao Ye stared at Gao Xiaoqin and asked, "It's just the two of us now, and you don't have to hide it. Tell me, what strange behavior did Zhou Rong do?"

Gao Xiaoqin smiled wryly and said, "The thing is like this, Zhou Rong's younger brother came here more than ten days ago..."

Under Gao Xiaoqin's eloquent narration, the context of the matter gradually became clear.

On a certain Sunday half a month ago, under the arrangement of his mother, Zhou Bingkun came to deliver a change of summer clothes to Zhou Rong. After the boy left, Zhou Rong had an extra letter in his hand.

The problem was precisely in that letter, and I don't know what was written in it. Anyway, after Zhou Rong read it, she was always out of her mind and always listless.

Gao Xiaoqin didn't think too much about it at first, she just thought that Zhou Rong was a relative, which made her mentally unwell. Until today, after waiting for her for a long time, she finally realized the problem behind her back.

After Zhao Ye heard it, he could think with his ass that the letter probably contained information about Feng Huacheng, and what's more, it might be Feng Huacheng's own letter.

And no matter what the situation is, it must have something to do with Cai Xiaoguang, a licking dog.

Thinking of this, he immediately said to Gao Xiaoqin: "I have to go back to Jichun, I'm leaving now."

"Do you want me to go with you?"

"No, I'm faster alone."

While speaking, Zhao Ye had already pushed the bicycle into the yard, and reminded Gao Xiaoqin before setting off that if Zhou Rong's whereabouts were found near Wujiatun, don't have any worries, and detain him first.

In fact, Zhao Ye's last words were just in case. According to his judgment, Zhou Rong should go back to Jichun first, and the next step is to go to Guizhou to find Feng Huacheng.

But to his surprise, he searched all the way along the way, and saw that the optical text was already in sight, but he didn't see any trace of Zhou Rong at all.

This made Zhao Ye very surprised. Could it be that the previous guess was wrong?
But no matter what, people have already arrived here, at least they have to ask Zhou Bingkun about the origin of Zhou Rong's letter.

With this thought in mind, Zhao Ye knocked on the door of Zhou's house at around nine o'clock in the evening.

Fortunately, it is the hot summer now, and everyone sleeps late at night, so Zhou Bingkun quickly responded: "It's so late, who is it?"

"It's me, Brother Xiao Ye, I have something to do with you!"

As soon as Zhao Ye finished speaking, he heard Zhou Bingkun and his mother talking again in the room, as if Li Suhua was asking who was here.

I don't know how Zhou Bingkun answered, after the door opened, Li Suhua also appeared at the door, and asked nervously at the first moment: "Xiao Ye, you came back so late, did something happen to our Zhou Rong?" gone?"

Zhao Ye prevaricated: "Auntie, where are you going? Zhou Rong is fine. I'm looking for Bingkun for something else?"

After finishing speaking, he saw that Li Suhua still looked anxious, so he had to add: "That's what happened. In two days, a friend from other places will pass by Jichun to see me. I'm afraid I won't be able to make it back in the countryside, so I thought Please, Bingkun, entertain the guests for me."

"Hey, you said that you are so old at night, can't you talk about it tomorrow if you have something to do, you have to be surprised. But it scared my aunt."

After casually complaining about Zhao Ye, Li Suhua turned around and went back to sleep, choosing to leave space for the two to talk.

"Brother Xiaoye, just tell me, what do you want me to do..."

Before Zhou Bingkun finished speaking, Zhao Ye quickly winked, took him to a secluded place in the courtyard, and asked straight to the point: "Bingkun, let me ask you, when you went to see your sister last time, what did you do?" Where did her letter come from?"

"Brother Xiaoguang gave it to my sister." Zhou Bingkun didn't think much about it, so he replied as a matter of course.

"I knew it was this grandson, he's really fucking crazy!"

As soon as Zhao Ye heard that it was indeed Cai Xiaoguang's trick, he cursed on the spot, and then told Zhou Bingkun about Zhou Rong's disappearance, and asked, "Do you know where Cai Xiaoguang's home is?"

"Since his father was transferred to GW, they have moved. I don't know the current address. I only know that he is currently working in a tractor factory."

As he said that, Zhou Bingkun showed an annoyed expression, and said carefully to Zhao Ye: "Cai Xiaoguang came to me suddenly last month, saying that he hadn't seen my sister for a long time, and wanted me to deliver a letter for him, but I didn't ask much. At once……"

"Okay, what's the use of talking about it now? The most urgent thing is to find Zhou Rong first."

Zhao Ye raised his hand to signal Zhou Bingkun to stop, and then murmured: "Zhou Rong is going to Guizhou, and the only way is to take the train. In this way, you can ask for leave tomorrow, and go to the train station early in the morning to guard. As soon as you find her showing up, You must stop people for me, can you do it?"

Thinking that it was all because of him, Zhou Bingkun regretted it in his heart, and immediately said ruthlessly: "Yes, unless she steps over my corpse, she can't even think about leaving Jichun."

"Okay, you go back first."

Seeing Zhao Ye stepped onto the bicycle, Zhou Bingkun hurriedly advised: "Brother Xiaoye, it's already so late, you'd better leave tomorrow."

Zhao Ye shook his head and said, "Wujiatun is still waiting for my news, I have to go back. By the way, your sister should not tell your mother about this beforehand."

At the same time, on a forest path leading from Wujiatun to Jichun, Zhou Rong was slowly moving towards the main road without tears.

The reason why the word "Nuo" was used was because at this time, her left ankle was severely sprained, and every step she took would cause a piercing pain, and she could not walk normally at all.

Speaking of which, Zhou Rong did it all by herself.

Similar to Zhao Ye's guess, she did plan to return to Jichun overnight at first, and then go to Guizhou to find Feng Huacheng with the certificate obtained by Cai Xiaoguang.

It's just that what differs from Zhao Ye's idea is that Zhou Rong's purpose is not to find Feng Huacheng to continue the relationship, but to find Feng Huacheng to settle accounts.

Yes, it is to settle accounts.

It turned out that Zhou Rong had been secretly communicating with Feng Huacheng by letter through Cai Xiaoguang as an intermediary during the two years she was sent to the countryside.

At first, Feng Huacheng vowed in the letter that he didn't mind Zhou Rong going to the countryside, and would wait forever.

But in the past six months, the frequency of Feng Huacheng's letters has suddenly decreased. In the past, the unshakeable letter every month has become one every two months, and the content has lost the sweet words of the past.

Zhou Rong sensed that something was wrong, so she sent several letters to ask Feng Huacheng why.

Then, if nothing else, things went wrong.

Perhaps because he was pushed too hard, Feng Huacheng confessed in his last letter that he had married five months ago, and his wife was still his former admirer.

Such news, like a bolt from the blue, almost knocked Zhou Rong down on the spot.

Zhou Rong has always been a person who regards love as her belief, otherwise she wouldn't have made a fuss about Feng Huacheng and almost severed her relationship with her family.Although she didn't make it because of Zhao Ye's cross-cut, she also paid a heavy price for it and was sent to the countryside to jump in the queue.

But even so, Zhou Rong remained infatuated.

The two years of hard work did not diminish her enthusiasm at all, but only made her more determined, looking forward to the day when she and Feng Hua could live together.

But in the end, after all, the old saying goes, since ancient times, the beauty is more unlucky, and the most heartless is the scholar!

After she calmed down, Zhou Rong's extreme temperament was immediately revealed. Instead of being negative, she came up with the idea of ​​seeking justice from Feng Huacheng.

Therefore, Zhou Rong took the opportunity of returning to Jichun to find Cai Xiaoguang in private, and wanted to entrust him to handle the identity certificate for her.

Cai Xiaochu was reluctant at first, but after this guy heard the ins and outs of the matter, he immediately changed his mind.

The reason is very simple, if Zhou Rong and Feng Huacheng make a clean break from now on, won't his chance for someone Cai come?

In order to help his sweetheart achieve his wish smoothly, Cai Xiaoguang also actively made suggestions and made a bad move for Zhou Rong, that is, let her come back together when Zhao Ye returned to Jichun.

At that time, not only will he be able to get rid of Zhao Ye's sight, but he will also take the opportunity to drag him into the water to avenge his past.

It's a pity that the two of them had calculated thousands of times, but they missed an important factor, the weather.

Since it was the end of July, which was the hottest time of the year, Zhao Ye didn't mention going back at all recently.

This made Zhou Rong very anxious, but because of the grievances between the two, she was too embarrassed to take the initiative to give in to Zhao Ye, so the matter was delayed.

It wasn't until last night before going to bed, when Gao Xiaoqin was lying on the kang and chatting with Gao Xiaoqin, that Gao Xiaoqin inadvertently asked Feng Huacheng, which aroused the hatred in Zhou Rong's heart again, and made her unwilling to wait any longer. Such a one out today.

Moreover, in order to prevent being caught up by Zhao Ye on a bicycle, Zhou Rong also deliberately avoided the main road and chose to walk on remote paths.

This pretense of cleverness really made Zhao Ye feel like he was in vain, but in the end it was harming others and ultimately harming himself, which caused Zhou Rong to accidentally fall into a ditch by the side of the road when he was driving at night, leaving his hair disheveled. Twisted ankle.

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