Jin Yutong

Chapter 403 Cause and Effect

Bai Bingyan and a few girls were playing nearby, and Chen Ran called the soldiers from the military division to clean the lynx and pheasant that Qilin had hunted. Obviously, they are more skilled than him in handling this thing. Hearing what he said , Those soldiers agreed and went to get busy.

Xiao Jun has also been busy for a while, and this time he is also preparing to take a break and eat something. He happened to meet Chen Ran, so he dragged Chen Ran to reminisce about the old days. When talking, he naturally told Chen Ran that he ran here The purpose of the place was to find the bones of his great grandfather, that is, the bones of his grandfather and elder brother.

During the period of the Republic of China, the Xiao family was considered a big family, but when Xiao Jun’s grandfather was born, the Xiao family was patronized by warlords and was destroyed. Only the elder brother of Xiao Jun’s grandfather took Xiao Jun’s grandfather under the protection of a family general. After escaping, the family general was also seriously injured at that time and was not far from death. Before the family general died, he fostered the two brothers of the Xiao family in the home of a distant cousin of his. The family general's distant cousin The elder brother and the two brothers of the Xiao family had no relatives and no reason, so naturally they were not very kind to the two brothers of the Xiao family. Unbearable, the eldest brother of the Xiao family escaped with his younger brother, and Xiao Jun's grandfather was only two years old at the time.

Needless to say later, the eldest brother of the Xiao family was both an elder brother and a parent who brought up his younger brother. The relationship between the two brothers was very good. After joining the army, he hired a servant to take care of his younger brother and settle them down.

A few years later, after the eldest of the Xiao family had accumulated some money, he escorted his younger brother and this servant abroad. This year, Xiao Jun's grandfather was eight years old.

Xiao Jun's grandfather, that is, his younger brother, has been in constant contact with his elder brother even though he lives abroad. However, after two years, there is no news of his elder brother.

At that time, Xiao Jun's grandfather was not yet an adult, only ten years old, and his elder brother was fine when he was there, and his elder brother never heard from him, so the servant became suspicious.

Xiao Jun's grandfather had been homeless for two years before fleeing back to China with the workers in San Francisco. At this time, the domestic Anti-Japanese War had ended and it was time for the civil war.

While begging for a living, Xiao Jun's grandfather tried his best to find the whereabouts of his elder brother. Even if he died, he still had to find his elder brother's bones, and the search took decades.

However, decades have passed, but they have never been found. Only now did they suddenly have a definite clue, and the Xiao family sent Xiao Jun and his second uncle Xiao Tianhong to this place to search for it.

"The clue you got is that your grandfather's bones were buried in this mountain?" After hearing what Xiao Jun said, Chen Ran suddenly realized that he was not too surprised by the story Xiao Jun told, after all, In that era when the country was ruined and the family was destroyed, so many such things happened, so many books were read and such things were seen. What surprised him was that the bones of Grandpa Xiao Jun were actually buried in this mountain , You must know that although he is not very familiar with this mountain, he basically played it all when he was a child. Since the bones of Grandpa Xiao Jun are buried in this mountain, it is obvious that while the bones of Grandpa Xiao Jun are buried, they also bury It's a surprising story.

On the contrary, Guo Hai and Wang Shien were very surprised when they heard it, and they were also moved by the friendship between Xiao Jun's grandfather and the two brothers. For decades, they have never given up on retrieving the elder brother's body, which shows how deep their brother's affection is.

In addition to being moved, it also touched Wang Shien a lot. In his impression, those families in the capital are places where everyone raises dudes, and ordinary families are also ruthless. A big change, not to mention the friendship of the older generation, but only from Xiao Jun in front of him, how he feels towards the older generation. This is obviously deeper than the feelings of ordinary people's families.

Xiao Jun nodded: "Yes, if you were not sure when you came here, it has been confirmed now. Did you see that according to the clues we got, my grandfather's bones were buried in the pool in this canyon It's just that I don't know the exact location."

While talking, Xiao Jun reached out and pointed Chen Ran in the direction of the canyon in front of Shihu, with a look of joy on his face. After so many years, his grandfather was about to leave with this regret, but he did not expect that suddenly There are clues, although they haven't been found yet, but as long as there are definite clues, they are not afraid of not being found.

Chen Ran nodded. In his impression, there was indeed a pool in the canyon ahead, as if there was a spring: "Have you not found it yet?"

Xiao Jun smiled bitterly and shook his head: "It's not so easy to find, we searched all the nearby mountains, but there is no clue."

"The main reason is that it's been too long. It's been more than 60 years, and the map only shows an approximate location." Xiao Tianhong also frowned and shook his head.

"As long as it's here, let's look for it first, and if we can't find it, we'll send someone back. Even if we dig three feet into the ground, we have to find it." Xiao Jun said firmly, his grandfather is over 70 years old this year , and his health has been bad, he might go there sometime, and finding his great-grandfather's bones is his grandfather's greatest wish for so many years, otherwise even if his grandfather goes, he may die with regret, so he must be there When the old man was alive, help the old man fulfill this wish.

Chen Ran fell silent. He could understand the matter, but he couldn't help him. He pondered for a while, thinking of his grandfather and uncle, he asked, "Did you let the people in the village below go to the mountain?" The village chief showed you the way? Why didn’t you see them?”

Xiao Jun was taken aback, and then he casually replied: "They took a few people to go hunting." Although it was a little strange why Chen Ran asked this, he didn't think much about it.

On the contrary, Xiao Tianhong was more confident, and saw that Chen Ran seemed to care about them, so he asked, "What? Brother Chen knows them?" He now knew that Chen Ran was He Zhenhua's life and death brother, but he didn't know anything about Chen Ran. , but for him, this identity alone is enough for him to value, even for the Xiao family, the He family is a colossus.

Hearing Xiao Tianhong's question, both Guo Hai and Wang Shien couldn't help laughing.

"Hehe, my surname is Chen, and the village below is called Chenjiazhuang. I grew up in the village below. The village chief who will guide you is my grandfather, and the other is my uncle."

Hearing that he went hunting and brought a few people with him, Chen Ran felt relieved. Except for one or two people in the entire village of Shitouling, all of them were named Chen, so it is not an exaggeration to call them Chenjiazhuang.

Chen Ran's words made Xiao Jun, Xiao Tianhong and even the fashionable girl Xu Hui staring at Chen Ran in a daze. It seemed that it was hard to imagine that a person who grew up in such a ravine would have anything to do with He Zhenhua. Became a life and death brother?

No matter how you think about it, it's a bit unbelievable. What kind of character is He Zhenhua?

"No wonder you came here. Why didn't you tell me earlier? I would have called you over if I knew about it. It wouldn't be such a hassle." Xiao Jun said in surprise. He is now looking for the bones of his great grandfather. It is best to have a local or an acquaintance.

"You didn't contact me, how did I know you came here." Chen Ran said angrily.

"Hehe, little brother Chen, I didn't expect us to come to your territory." Xiao Tianhong also greeted with a smile. The old village chief who led the way and the villager named Chen Yang thought about it, except that Xu Hui complained twice when he came, it seemed that he didn't treat them badly, so he felt relieved, but he just endured it. He couldn't help but glared at Xu Hui.

With this clue, he probably imagined Chen Ran's background in his mind. Obviously, this young man named Chen Ran has no background, and he probably has no influence. Maybe he just has something special about him. Well, that's why he and He Zhenhua became life and death brothers.

Such people, as long as they don't offend them.

Knowing this, Xiao Tianhong somewhat despised Chen Ran.

Xu Hui was so frightened that his face turned pale. He really wants to cry now. What is this? , but in such a poor mountainous area, if a village chief is randomly pulled out, he has such a big background, which is undoubtedly the same as the chance of winning the jackpot when buying a lottery ticket, and he happened to meet him.

Although he only complained to the other party twice, it was nothing serious, but if the old man held a grudge... Xu Hui felt a little uneasy.

Chen Ran didn't notice Xu Hui's expression, and when he heard Xiao Tianhong's words, he agreed: "It's no problem."

Of course, these were just polite words. Since the Xiao family had already found a place, they naturally didn't need his help, and he couldn't help much.

"You grew up here, so you should be familiar with this place, right? My second uncle and I ran here because we got a map. The map marked the place where my great-grandfather's bones were buried. Let me start from scratch Let me tell you, this incident started like this, the clue was provided by Xu Hui, it started from Xu Hui's maternal grandfather and my great grandfather..."

Knowing that Chen Ran is from the local area, Xiao Jun couldn't help but want to tell Chen Ran the whole story and see if Chen Ran could provide some clues. Although he also asked Chen Ran's grandfather and uncle, but they did not It's because I don't know what to ask, and it's a bit difficult to communicate with them. After all, Chen Ran's grandfather and uncle had limited knowledge, and they were not familiar with them at the time, so it was not easy to tell them all about the Xiao family's family affairs. But it was different, he regarded Chen Ran as his own, so he had no scruples.

Chen Ran nodded, not talking about his friendship with Xiao Jun, but only saying that if he could help the Xiao family, it would be good for him. From Xu Hui and the soldiers in the military division, it can be seen that although the Xiao family is not How is the family, but he also has a lot of background, but he has no idea whether he can help... Hearing Xiao Jun mentioning himself, Xu Hui's face was bright, and his expression was a little complacent. I am intoxicated with myself, but I don't have any part for him to intervene.

Seeing Chen Ran nodding his head, Xiao Jun thought about it for a while, and then slowly told Chen Ran the story.