Chapter 166：

The next day, the two left early to find someone in the village.

They came early, so the secretary has not left yet.

I heard that I came to Uncle Li yesterday and wanted to ask him for help, but now he hasn't agreed yet, so let's get some information by the way.

Qin Lingling and the others have a very good attitude. I heard that Qin Lingling’s husband is a soldier, and the party secretary has a better attitude towards them.

The party secretary is also helpless and pitiful to Uncle Li's stubborn character.

He said, "This old Li probably just feels that his home is gone and people are scattered, so he is not interested in anything, he just needs to starve."

This is what Qin Lingling knows. That's how Uncle Li has an attitude. He feels that nothing can appeal to him.

"It's only these peach wood carvings. He is a little interested. In addition to doing work, he just carves these things. I think he is pitiful, and the family can help him."

"Then...Uncle branch secretary, do you think there is any way for him to agree to our help?"

The book shook his head, "I’m not sure. He is stubborn. He has known him for many years and he is so stubborn. But you have a good idea. If he can help, not only can he make money and improve his life, but I also Don’t worry about him so much. He has no children or daughters. He was also a great benefactor who helped me back then, and I don’t want him to have a bad life in the future."

Although many people call Uncle Li, but the other person is not really very old, just over fifty years old. Maybe because of the torture of life, he is awkward. He has a lot of stature and can't eat enough. Thin and shriveled, he looks like an old man in his sixties.

As for what kind of friendship the party secretary and Uncle Li had in the past, what kind of affection, and how many things happened to Uncle Li, the party secretary only picked up the brief and seemed to have reservations.

The secretary said, "Or, I'll talk to him later, see what he says, persuade him, and see if he can help you?"

Qin Lingling thought about it, after all, the party secretary and Uncle Li had a better relationship. It might be easier to find out the problem if the two talked.

"Okay, I'll trouble the uncle secretary. If you can invite Uncle Li to help, that would be great."

Regarding the carved wooden beads, Qin Lingling has already told the party secretary in detail, and he also understands that this is a good opportunity for Uncle Li to play. Of course, the other party must be willing to play.

"Then you wait here first, and I will come as soon as I go," the secretary said.

After the party secretary left, Qin Lingling and Gu Zheng looked at each other.

"What does the party secretary seem to hide?" Qin Lingling said suddenly.

Gu Zheng nodded.

This book knew Uncle Li, but he didn't tell them how to meet him, how Uncle Li caused the family to break up, and there was only one person left. The secretary didn't say anything, it seemed very taboo.

A strange man suddenly arrived to live in a village without any relatives. He was not interested in life. He was confused every day. What is he thinking of such a person?

Qin Lingling wanted to understand clearly, but unfortunately, life now has long been out of books, and she has no idea what many people are like.

When the secretary arrived at Uncle Li's house, he was carving wood under the eaves.

From a long distance, he heard the footsteps of the secretary.

When the footsteps approached, he didn't look up, and asked directly: "How come you are free?"

"I want to tell you something."

"I came for that little girl yesterday?"

The branch smiled and took out two cigarettes from his pocket, holding one in his mouth and passing the other to each other.

Uncle Li waved his hand, "Stop smoking, don't smoke my darlings."

The party secretary didn't care, his roots started to light up, "Knowing that I came for that girl, then you should know what I think, right?"

"Your thoughts are not important to me." The stubborn uncle did not ease his thoughts because he was a secretary.

The secretary was not annoyed, and sat down with a smile, "I have known you for decades, your temperament is still the same, it hasn't changed at all."

The other party was taken aback, but then said: "It has changed, it has changed a long time ago. I was not like this before."

Unfortunately, that was a long, long time ago.

The secretary watched him look into the distance with a dizzy gaze, and took the cigarette away from his mouth, "Li Min, you didn’t like to talk about your family’s affairs before, and I know a little bit about it. You can’t punish yourself like that, it’s hard to take you Bringing you here will make you live a peaceful life, you can't give up on yourself!"

After hearing this, the other party suddenly smiled, "I am very grateful to you for helping me over the years, but, old man, I still have nothing to miss, that is, your kindness, and I can't repay it."

But the secretary shook his head, "You saved my life and said to repay me. You are a bit unreasonable. I should repay you. But don’t say this, you often say that you have no home, but you are not. I haven’t found anyone yet, are you sure that the child is really dead? As long as it’s not dead, there is still hope. To tell you the truth, it’s not surprising that you don’t know the girl who came today, but you should have heard of the province. The head of the city chapter, right?"

Uncle Li did not answer, but he obviously knew this one.

The secretary said, "When his daughter was young, she didn't give birth to a child. The doctors, nurses and husbands all saw the child die and buried them for so many years. Guess what, after so many years, the child came back from the dead and found it back. Are you wondering? If I hadn't seen it with my own eyes, I wouldn't believe it."

The person mentioned by the party secretary is not someone else, but Qiao Ju who relied on Qin Lingling to find someone home.

Uncle Li also looked shocked when he heard this.

The party secretary clarified the ins and outs to him, and then said: "Look, they have been able to find the child in the past 20 years. Your child is just missing, maybe you can find it, you If you don’t hold hope, who knows there is hope? Just in case the child really suffers somewhere now, you just carve these things indiscriminately here, and don’t look for it. You say you have tortured yourself over the years, it’s a ghost! "

Uncle Li still didn't speak.

He was silent for a long time before saying: "If someone else finds it, mine may not be..."

"Look, you see, I thought it was impossible early in the morning, so I never looked for it. You, you are just too hard to think about it? If the child is really still there and suffering, you do it. What's the point of these? If it’s me, I’m definitely looking for it. If you want to find it hard, you must have money, face, and ability. It’s useless for you to stay here."

"So you mean let me help them?"

"This is not to help them, but also to help yourself. I have been a friend for decades. I just hope you can live a good life. I heard that, the above policies are good. Your matter, after two years, maybe it will be settled. , Then you can go home."

"Go home..." Uncle Li murmured these two words, feeling very strange.

The secretary knows what he is thinking? Patting his shoulder, "This matter will pass, and you should also know that many people are already flat, and the matter should pass."

"There is no one at home!" Uncle Li sighed.

"Then find them, get them back!"

Uncle Li smiled and shook his head again, looking at the pieces of paper on the table, which were left by the girl yesterday.

The secretary followed his gaze, walked to the table, picked it up and looked at it.

He asked: "This is..."

"The beads that I showed me yesterday and asked me to carve them."

"It's a pretty hand strap. It's very detailed. This girl is also a talent. I heard her say that the couple came from the countryside. The man is a soldier. Now she has retired to another post. She is admitted to Sun Yat-Sen University. They are doing this while studying. The husband and wife are very good. They come to you all the way, and they are also interested. It seems that you value your craft very much. If you really want to find a family member, you can agree. , Otherwise you darlings, if you stay here for a long time, it will become a waste."

Uncle Li was noncommittal and continued to carve the rest.

In fact, those beads are easy to make, and they don't even affect his current life, so he doesn't think it is necessary.

But now...

He looked at the party secretary and patted him on the shoulder, "You said you have been bored for so many years. If I make a decision, you agree, and you will treat me as a part-time job to earn money and pay back rice, how about it?"

The secretary's remark was a joke, but Uncle Li thought it was okay after hearing it.

He owes a lot of party secretary, according to this kind of thinking, he can really do it.

He finally said, "Is the person with you?"

When the branch secretary heard it, he knew there was hope, and he nodded and said, "At my house, the two of them came on foot. This is not close. They brought fruits and cigarettes."

Uncle Li smiled and said: "You old smoker, you can't leave the smoke in three sentences. Okay, let them come and talk to me."

"Okay, then I'll go call, don't make a face again."

"Um."

The secretary went back quickly and brought good news to the two of them, saying that it was Uncle Li who personally asked to see them.

When the couple heard it, they felt hopeful.

And the party secretary also said, "You guys tell him well, he should agree."

"Okay, thank you for the secretary."

This time the party secretary did not follow up, but instead took the fruits from his own home and asked them to give to Uncle Li, "I don’t need it here, you can take it to him! He doesn’t smoke, I just keep it. ."

Qin Lingling couldn't refuse, so she had to take it. He led Gu Zheng to find someone.

Uncle Li's door was open. When the two arrived, he was still carving his own piece of wood.

In the nearby villages, there are many peach forests, all of which are wild peaches. The trees are tall. In his early years, Uncle Li also planted a piece of it himself. Sometimes Uncle Li would trim the branches and then bring the wood back. Because he is managing, every year everyone can eat some peaches and pickle some peaches for money. Uncle Li doesn’t have a cold with peaches and only loves peach wood, because some people like it. Hand skewers made of peach wood.

The two stood at the door, and first shouted politely, Uncle Li.

Knowing that they are coming, Uncle Li raised his head and glanced casually, and said, "Come in! Sit first."

He just glanced at them, and then continued to carve the stuff in his hands.

The two of them came in, looked for a stool, and sat down first. Qin Lingling put the fruit in her hand on the table and said, "Uncle Li, this is some fruit we both brought you."

The other party only waved his hand, but did not refuse.

Next, the two of them just sat like this, waiting for Uncle Li to be busy.

They are not noisy, and they are not making trouble. They just sit quietly without even being impatient at all.

At this point, Uncle Li was a little surprised.

After a while, Uncle Li finally put down the things in his hands, got up to drink water, and poured water for the two of them by the way.

Uncle Li: "Drink some water!"

Qin Lingling and Gu Zheng said, "Thank you."

Hearing the man's voice, Uncle Li raised his head and looked in Gu Zheng's direction. With only one glance, he looked at the young man with correct features, but he was surprisingly good and righteous.

Thinking of what the party secretary said before, he asked: "Soldier?"

Gu Zheng nodded, "But I was transferred in the second half of this year, not in the army."

"Oh. When a soldier is good, defending the home and the country, the country will get better and better only if you have you."

Gu Zheng said, "Everyone has every person's responsibilities and positions, and they all contribute to the country in the same way, regardless of ordinary soldiers."

Uncle Li smiled, "I'm different. The country's rice worms don't do anything but eat and wait to die."

Gu Zheng couldn't answer this, and people demean himself, he didn't dare to exalt himself, let alone demean him.

Of course, this is what Uncle Li said casually.

He just looked at the young boy and thought of his child.

Asked again: "How old is it?"

"Twenty-eight."

"Twenty-eight...not too small."

Gu Zheng nodded.

Uncle Li thought, if his son is still around, he should be about this age, right?

But it didn't take long for this sentimentality. He looked at Qin Lingling again and smiled and said, "Little girl, she's very smart. She knows who can help me."

Qin Lingling said with a guilty conscience, "Uncle Li, we also want to know your needs. I really like your craftsmanship. Although I know, my hand strap is not a valuable item, and it does not reflect your true art. Value, but I still hope to cooperate with you."

She said, "Before I came, I did not know much about you. The reason why I designed such a style is to think about the Mid-Autumn Festival, the day when the moon is full and people are full, and I want to give back some festive jewelry to customers. This jade rabbit jewellery was finalized after I designed it many times. Other materials are easy to find, but the wooden beads need to be carved and polished separately, and there is no finished product to find, so I can only come to you."

"The moon is round and people are round..." The old man murmured, but he was unfamiliar with this word.

But he picked up these papers again and asked: "Are you designing these by yourself?"

"Yes."

"I heard that I went to college and studied design?"

Qin Lingling shook her head, "I learn a foreign language, English, but design is one of my preferences. In layman's terms, these can bring me money and things I need, so there are hobbies and benefits."

"It's a sincere person."

Qin Lingling smiled helplessly: "There is no way. Since I sell these hand straps, naturally I also make money. Withdrawing from this style is to give back to them. At the same time, I also want to design something different, Uncle Li, If you are willing to help me, this product, I think, will be liked by many people, although you don’t like to hear these words that can reflect your more value, but I still say that, which can make more People like the products I design. For me, they have realized their higher value. Similarly, you are the same."

"Not only a sincere person, but also a sharp-toothed person!" Uncle Li said, looking at Gu Zheng, "Young man, you don't like to talk, your wife is too sharp-toothed, so it's hard to deal with? "

Faced with the old man's ridicule, Gu Zheng said: "She never bullies me and doesn't have to deal with it."

If this is said between ordinary friends, it would seem to have a good relationship, but it would make people feel the sweet atmosphere between husband and wife.

Uncle Li seldom laughed, "Your feelings are pretty good!"