After Zhang Yi left.

The old man looked bitter.

"Alas, I almost made 8,000 yuan!"

"It's not that you are too greedy, don't lose!"

The old lady said.

And then.

The old lady took the basket and walked out.

Don't talk to the old man anymore.

Greed is not a good thing, and the old man has tasted a lesson this time.

Outside.

Zhang Yi walked and observed the stone.

What he thought was, why did this rough stone appear in the old lady's house just now?

Where did the old lady get it from?

After all.

Plateau blood jade, produced in Tibetan areas.

There's no way it's really on the beach here, right?

Thinking of this, Zhang Yi detoured from this side of the road, preparing to go to the river to have a look. Pick up a few stones, verify it, and look at the geological conditions here, whether it is possible to produce blood jade.

A few minutes later.

Came out of the village and onto the rocky beach by the river.

It was getting dark.

After picking up a few stones, Zhang Yi took a small flashlight to light it, observed it carefully, and compared it with the plateau blood jade rough stone in Zhang Yi's hand.

He found.

The stone structure of the plateau blood jade rough is very different from the structure of the stones on the river beach.

There are no commonalities.

It shows that this stone is not local at all.

Really.

As Zhang Yi guessed.

This piece of blood jade rough stone does not come from the river beach of Jinshan Village.

Not from here.

So, where does it come from?

The old lady must not have been to Tibet, right?

When Zhang Yi was thinking about this.

He saw it in his afterglow.

On the way from the village to the river, a figure appeared.

If you look closely, it seems to be the old lady just now.

In her hand, she also carried a small bamboo basket.

Inside is a lunch box.

I wonder who she's going to deliver food to?

There are no inhabitants along the river.

So.

It is not difficult to imagine that the old lady should be preparing to cross the river.

So, will she go to the Liu family's old mansion and deliver food to the strange man hidden in the Liu family's old mansion?

Quite possibly!

"Auntie, where are you going?"

Zhang Yi asked coldly, which startled the old lady.

The old lady groaned and almost fell.

But.

She still held on to the stone next to her, stabilized her figure, and protected the contents of her basket.

See here.

Zhang Yi immediately ran over.

"Auntie, I'm sorry! Are you alright? ”

He asked.

The old lady looked at Zhang Yi with a wary expression.

"I ...... I'm fine, Boss Zhang, why are you here? ”

Zhang Yi smiled.

He said.

"No, I just bought this stone from your house, Uncle didn't say that you picked it up on the river beach here, I just thought about coming over and seeing if I could pick it up."

The old lady just snorted.

Then, she said.

"Boss Zhang, my old man's life is too shrewd, even my two sons don't like him, no, during the Chinese New Year, the children didn't come back...... Don't be surprised, he's the ......."

"It's okay, auntie!"

After Zhang Yi finished speaking, he asked again.

"Auntie, it's so late, where are you going?"

The old lady was stunned, she didn't know how to answer this question for a while.

"I didn't ...... Nothing ......."

"You're going to deliver food, right?"

Zhang Yi asked deliberately.

"I didn't ...... No, I'll just go out for a walk, and if it's okay, I'll ...... I'll go first......"

Zhang Yi suddenly mentioned this.

The old lady didn't seem to dare to talk to Zhang Yi anymore and was ready to leave immediately.

"Auntie, don't be in a hurry to leave, I have no malicious intent. In fact, I already know that there is a person living in the old house of the Liu family on the other side of the river, and you must be going to bring him food, right? ”

Zhang Yi asked.

The old lady said immediately.

"I ...... I don't understand what you're saying...... The old mansion is really haunted, this ...... Everyone in the village knows it...... Who is so bold as to dare to live alone in the old mansion...... Boss Zhang, you ...... Don't laugh......"

Her words are fragmented.

Obviously, it's lying.

And she's a person who can't lie.

She didn't dare to look directly into Zhang Yi's eyes at all.

"Auntie, actually, you can tell me about him, maybe, I can help him."

Zhang Yi said.

Hear this.

The old lady hesitated.

But.

She said anyway.

"No, there's really no one on the other side of the river."

"Isn't it? Auntie, I've seen it all, you have a lunch box in your basket, not to deliver food to him, but to whom? ”

Zhang Yi continued to ask.

"This ......"

The old lady didn't know how to explain it.

"I really don't mean anything, auntie, I won't tell you, I have already seen him once last night. He must have been injured, and if he delayed any longer, it might endanger his life. ”

Zhang Yi said this.

The old lady suddenly became very excited, she said.

"No...... He's not hurt, he's ...... Curse...... Right! It's a curse......"

"What curse?"

Zhang Yi immediately asked.

And the old lady realized at this time that she had already leaked her mouth.

"Boss Zhang, don't force me, I really can't say anything about him......"

The old lady's tears fell, and she was very embarrassed.

"If he continues like this, how long do you think he will last? If he still had a chance to live, would you give him that chance? ”

Zhang Yi asked.

"I want him to live well, but ...... He doesn't want to give himself a chance! Over the years, when I brought him food, he always refused to eat, and if I hadn't begged him, he would have been unable to hold on...... Alas......"

The old lady cried.

Behind the matter, there are still a lot of unknown sadness.

Zhang Yi was a little unbearable, but there are some things that can be solved if he doesn't ask?

He gritted his teeth and continued to ask.

"Auntie, what is the relationship between him and you?"

After a moment's hesitation.

The old lady was willing to speak.

She said.

"Alas...... He's none other than my son! Decades ago, I married into the Liu family on the other side of the river, leaving a son for their family, and then something happened, and I left the Liu family......"

Listen to her say these words.

Zhang Yi supported the old lady and sat down on the stone next to him.

And he took her basket and laid it on the ground.

In fact.

These words have always been hidden in the old lady's heart, and she has always wanted to find someone to talk to.

But this kind of thing can't be told to others.

Zhang Yi's repeated requests made her decide to tell Zhang Yi about this matter.

In fact.

Her mother's family is from a neighboring village.

In the early years, he married into the Liu family on the other side of the river and gave birth to a son, who was named Liu Kuan. Later, everyone in the family went out to run errands, but as soon as they went out, they didn't come back.

Afterwards.

The Liu family had accidents one after another, and her mother's family took her away.

It wasn't until later that the affairs of the Liu family not only did not ease, but became more and more serious, and in the end, all the Liu family members disappeared.

And her marriage ended like this.

Afterward.

After being introduced by the matchmaker, she talked about the family business in the east of Jinshan Village.

I thought that the matter of the Liu family would be over.

But.

Ten years ago, another incident happened that disrupted her current life.