Ge Kunshan was a man who did what he said, and on the day Liu agreed to give up the barracks, Ge Kunshan recruited the men and craftsmen in the name of the county government and began to clean up the school and prison. Lao Xu and Jiujin went to the school the next day with Tangcheng to check, and saw the school that looked like a construction site, Lao Xu and Jiujin were very happy, although the school is now a little less, but the area here is much larger than the current barracks of the garrison regiment.

Tang Cheng, who was temporarily separated from Lao Xu, wandered around the school, and the familiar and unfamiliar environment reminded Tang Cheng of the church school in Shanghai, where he followed Robert to Shanghai at the age of 12 but spent more than 6 years in that church school. Walking along a gravel path, the Tang City strolled along the closed school with a steel helmet in his hand, which was obviously not comparable to the church school in Shanghai, but the cobblestones paved at the foot of the Tang City were quite smooth under the trampling of the years, indicating that the school was once glorious.

After walking along the gravel road for more than ten minutes, a narrow gate appeared in front of Tang Cheng, and Tang Cheng casually glanced at the side of the narrow gate. The already somewhat dilapidated wooden basketball hoop appeared in Tang Cheng's sight, and it turned out that the other side of the narrow gate was a playground. Tang Cheng was a little curious and passed through the narrow gate, he didn't expect that in Mengcheng, there would be a basketball hoop, this kind of thing is rare even in Shanghai, Robert's favorite sports include playing basketball.

Looking up at the wooden basketball hoop that was already crumbling, Tang Cheng's mind reflected Robert's familiar face, maybe to miss Robert or maybe it was just a conditioned reflex, Tang Cheng standing under the basketball hoop involuntarily played a few actions with the ball and layup with his bare hands. "YES" Tang Cheng who was standing under the basket still made the same celebratory gesture as when he played with Robert in Shanghai, but Robert, who would clap hands with Tang Cheng to celebrate, was no longer there, and Tang Cheng was the only one here.

After lingering for a while in this small playground that he stumbled upon, Tang Cheng, who was a little sad, reluctantly left, and Tang Cheng, who left, was still emphasizing that he should remember to inform those who built houses to leave this small playground and basketball hoop, so that he would have another place to go in the future. Tang Cheng was really right what he said to Lao Xu and Jiujin before, this school is really big, Tang Cheng, who left the small playground, found that he seemed to be lost, and walked around a statue of not just someone several times before Tang Cheng walked towards the house in front of him that looked more pleasing to the eye.

Unlike most of the local brick and stone defenses in Montene, the house in front of Don City was made of stone, just like Robert's church. Reaching out and touching the cool wall, Tang Cheng naturally pushed open the door, and an even greater surprise was waiting for Tang Cheng in the door, and he found that it seemed to be a library. The reason why Tang Cheng was sure that this was a library was because there were neat bookshelves lined up in front of the open door, and there were not many books on the shelves, but they were not too few.

"Who are you?" As the door was pushed open by Tang Cheng, an old man sitting in a rocking chair with a white goatee and glasses appeared in Tang Cheng's sight, holding a thick book in his hand, and a teapot and teacup on the small table beside him. Tang Cheng, who was frightened by the sudden sound, reflexively dodged and hid by the door, his right hand had quickly pulled out the shell gun in the holster on his waist, and rubbed the hammer of the shell gun on his thigh.

"You're from the garrison?" The old man in the room had a smile on his face, he had already seen the German-style steel helmet that had fallen at the door, there were only four people who had this kind of thing in Mengcheng County, and these four people were all in the garrison regiment, Tang Cheng was one of them. "I guess you're Tang Cheng, the little guy who was only 19 years old and became a second lieutenant commanding the 1st Company of the garrison regiment." Tang Cheng flashed out of the door with half of his head into the old man's sight, this old man who had learned to look like himself actually knew himself, which made Tang Cheng very surprised.

"Since it's a member of the garrison group, then please come in, old man, I don't have any good things here, and a cup of coarse tea can barely be eaten." The old man who put down the book straightened up from the rocking chair and beckoned to Tang Cheng outside the door. Tang Cheng, who was a little embarrassed, turned off the hammer of the shell gun, and then put the shell gun back into the holster, and then slowly entered the room and sat in front of the old man.

After a cup of tea that was no longer hot, the embarrassment on Tang Cheng's face gradually receded, "Old man, isn't this school closed?" How did you end up here. And I think this should be a library, why is it that the school is closed, and there are so many books here? Tang Cheng looked around the somewhat cramped room filled with books with some curiosity, and then waited for the old man opposite to give an answer.

"Why can't I be here, this place seems to be my home." The old man lay on his back in the rocking chair, a smile on his face, which was already covered with age spots. "The school has been closed, but this piece of land is my family's, and this library is also opened by me, and the place where you are staying now is the backyard of the school, which is my usual residence, why do you say I can't stay in my own home?" The old man's words made Tang Cheng immediately get up and stand up, although after following Liu Goat for a few months, Tang Cheng had learned some military ruffian habits, but Tang Cheng, who had been educated by Robert since he was a child, was still a good person in his bones.

"It's okay, it's okay, old man, I've always lived here, I thought I'd deal with these books in this life, but in this life, I didn't expect to meet you today, this is also a fate." The old man in the rocking chair waved his hand at Tang Cheng indifferently, asking Tang Cheng to be more casual. Tang Cheng, who was helpless, had to do it again, but Tang Cheng, who was sitting in the chair, stiffened his body, and completely lost the laziness he had just now.

"Don't you wonder why I know you?" The old man in the rocking chair looked at Tang Cheng, who had a straight face, and a hint of cunning flashed in his eyes. "There is a Hongyun Casino Zhilu Dao in the county seat, the owner of the casino, Xie Lan, used to be one of my students, I learned about you from her, and I also know that when you first entered the city, you shot and injured one of his family members in front of Li Linge, right?" The old man's words made Tang Cheng suddenly realize, if Xie Lan was the old man's student, then it would not be difficult to explain how this old man knew about himself.

Tang Cheng, who didn't know what to say to this old man, picked up the teacup a little embarrassed, and then looked around at the books on the surrounding bookshelves with the help of the disguise of his movements. "You know English?" Seeing that Tang Cheng's gaze fell on an English book, the old man lying in the rocking chair couldn't help but ask. The old man had lived in Monte for more than 40 years, and in his memory, there was no one in the whole of Monte who could speak English and read English books, and this little guy in front of him surprised him.

"I am an orphan, my adoptive father is a pastor from the United States, and I also attended a church school in Shanghai, where there are many foreign pastors as teachers, and I learned English from a young age." Tang Cheng's answer made the old man straighten up from the rocking chair again, and at the old man's signal, Tang Cheng took down a few English books from the bookshelf in turn, and read some passages in proficient English according to the old man's request. "Good, good, you are the best English speaker I have ever met among the Chinese." The very happy old man gave Tang Cheng a thumbs up, and the relief in his eyes was clear.

"You shouldn't be a soldier, our China has been weak for many years, and we need all kinds of talents and knowledge, if you go to be a translator, I think your achievements will be much greater than now." The old man looked at Tang Cheng's military uniform and the gun holster on his waist with some disgust, and felt that such a young man with a great future had been destroyed alive by these things. The old man's body looked at the soldier very well, Tang Cheng naturally couldn't reason too much with him, and Tang Cheng could only smile bitterly at the old man's complaints.

After chatting with the old man in the library for almost 2 hours, Tang Cheng and this old man full of mystery seemed to be familiar with each other, but Tang Cheng did not intend to inquire about the old man, he felt that there was no need for this at all. "Okay, that's all for today, I'm tired old man, I'm going to sleep for a while. If you don't have anything to do, you can stay here a little longer, I have a lot of unique books here, and you should cherish them when you look through them. The old man's departure was the tone of explaining Tang Cheng, which was completely the tone of the teacher treating the students, and Tang Cheng also maintained the etiquette of getting up and watching the old man when he left.

Discovered a small basketball court and a library, as well as this very mysterious old man, Tang Cheng's harvest today is not small, so that Tang Cheng left this school with a smile on his face, and Lao Xu and Jiujin who returned to the barracks were very puzzled. Tang Cheng didn't go to the Hongyun Casino to ask about the old man, nor did he mention it to Liu Shangot, in Tang Cheng's mind, the old man was more like a teacher than a stranger, at least when chatting with the old man, Tang Cheng could feel the old man's profound knowledge and inadvertently revealed bearing, this feeling made Tang Cheng get back the feeling that Robert was still by his side.

The next day, Tang Cheng went to the library again, and rode there early in the morning, and brought some gifts he had prepared for the old man. After chatting all morning, if it weren't for Liu Shanyang sending someone to call him back, I'm afraid Tang Cheng would have stayed at the old man's place for lunch before leaving. Tang Cheng was the most cold-faced person in the entire garrison regiment, but his kind of reserve was only for those who were not familiar with him, and this old man had been regarded by Tang Cheng as his mentor.