Mysterious country

As night falls, the lights everywhere in Xiangfeng Township are bright, and many children are running on the flat dirt road, laughing and playing with each other.

At this time, a man suddenly walked out of a house with a large courtyard. This man was in his fifties. He stood in front of the courtyard door and kept coughing.

This person's name is Sui Jinxi, the village secretary of Xiangfeng Township. He is a relatively simple man. He was sent here when he was in his thirties and has worked here for twenty years.

During this period, the village chief changed several times, but his position remained unchanged. In his wife's words, he would die here in Xiangfeng Township for the rest of his life. He could not be promoted or fall down.

In fact, what his wife said is indeed true. He is a relatively comfortable person and does not like to flatter and flatter the leader, so he does the most work every time, but it is he who reaps the benefits and receives praise. other people.

He didn't care about this, because he felt that as long as he had a clear conscience in his heart, it would be fine.

As the tourism industry in Xiangfeng Township has been getting better and better in recent years, he is also facing what can be said to be the last opportunity for promotion in his life. Should he retire here or climb up the ladder? This is what he has been doing recently. A headache.

But what troubled him even more was his uneducated son who caused trouble in the village every day.

It is said that he is not young anymore. He is 26 years old this year. Three years ago, he found a well-educated girl in the village and got married. However, within two years, there was another woman outside. The matter made a big fuss, which made his old face No place to put it.

He refused to listen even if he was beaten or scolded, and together with a few dog meat friends, they ate and drank haphazardly every day and did not do their job properly.

The wife at home takes care of the children alone, and often comes to complain to the two of them, either giving money to this woman or having an affair with that woman. Every time he hears what his daughter-in-law says, he wants to beat his unfulfilled son to death. .

But he thought so in his heart, but the tiger's poison would not eat its seeds. The most he could do was reprimand him, but it obviously had no effect.

When it's time to play, when it's time to drink, it's still not doing business and not seeking to make progress.

He had never thought about finding a connection before and brought his son to work in the town, but seeing that this boy was not doing his job properly and getting worse and worse, he finally fell into his old ways and found a man who had worked with him on business back then. The "old friend" who has now become a successful man had a meal, begged and promised, and then sent his son to work in the town.

It's not that he hopes his son will do well in the future, he just wants to be able to do something serious and stop being ignorant.

In fact, for a period of time before, he felt that his choice was the right one, because after his son entered the town to work, his personal style improved significantly, and many of his dog meat friends who used to eat and drink with him were no longer in contact. .

I come home four or five times a month, and I take great care of my wife and children, no longer yelling and scolding like before.

Although his daughter-in-law would still complain and say that she was worried that she could only come back four or five times a month, he could only comfort her first and promised that when the child was older, he would buy a house in the town and the two of them would move there directly. .

He thought that he no longer had to worry about his son's affairs and could think about his own affairs with peace of mind. However, the good times did not last long. Just a week ago, his son suddenly ran back from the town and then locked himself in the house. Even if I call, they won't open the door.

At first he thought something had happened, so he called the town to ask. But when he asked, he almost got mad because his son had quit his job in the town.

He was so angry that he went crazy and called two young men to break open the door. Then he broke in and wanted to repair his scum son. But what he didn't expect was that... his son actually committed suicide. .

This incident made him bedridden for several days. His wife was also hospitalized because of this incident. His daughter-in-law took the child back to her parents' home. The whole family was completely broken up because of her son's death.

In addition to the pain of the white-haired man sending the black-haired man away, what he couldn't understand the most was the cause of his son's death.

Although he was seen hanging from the roof, forensic examination showed that his son had died long before hanging. The cause of death was cardiac paralysis, and it looked like he died of shock.

But in this way, an unsolvable mystery arises. If his son died before hanging, then who hanged him?

The door of the house was locked at that time, and there was no sound inside. There was no one else except his son. It was impossible for someone to hang himself after his son's death.

In addition, why his son suddenly quit his job in the town and came back and locked himself at home is also an unsolvable mystery.

No one knows where his son was during those days or what he went through.

He asked a police officer in the town to arrange for someone to investigate, but he couldn't find out the reason. People in the town who worked with his son on official matters also said that his son seemed very nervous before he left his job. It's normal. It doesn't look like he's being stimulated or mentally disturbed.

Today was his son's first birthday, and he also planned to visit the cemetery and burn some paper money for his son.

Holding a bag of paper money, he staggered to the cemetery where the dead were buried in Xiangfeng Township. In the process, he met many villagers. Although those people did not show any sympathy for his son's sudden death, they treated him superficially. There is still respect.

He didn't blame these people, after all, he knew very well what kind of virtue his son had before and what he had done. It was his own fault that he ended up like this.

However, as a father, he also has a great responsibility, and it is not his fault to raise him as a godfather. If he had not doted on his son when he was young, but strictly disciplined him, there would not have been so many things in the future.

"Hey, kid, just be honest when you get there. Come back today and see me and your mother, and then go away. Your mother can't afford it because of your illness. I also committed the same old habit. The blame lies with you. Me, if I could spend more time with you and take care of you when you were little, you wouldn't be like this.

Xiaoyang and her children went to live with her mother's family. The one we feel most sorry for is her family. But I am still alive. I will use my strength as much as I can from now on.

You usually spend money lavishly. This time, save a little and start over. "

As Sui Jinxi spoke, her voice trembled and she burst into tears.

"Your mother is sick and can't come to see you. Don't blame her. Let's go, kid, let's go..."

Sui Jinxi murmured tremblingly while throwing the paper money in the bag into the fire, which soon turned into bursts of soot.

After leaving the cemetery in despair, Sui Jinxi coughed violently again, but without coughing twice, he turned around with a feeling and looked towards the cemetery in the distance. He saw bursts of fire flickering there, as if someone was there. Burning paper.

It is his son's grave.