Chapter 9 Where is Jiang Bo?
In the courtyard.
It was already getting dark.
People who went to work came back in groups of three or four.
The afterglow of the sunset reflected on the courtyard wall, casting a rosy glow on people's faces.
Many people in the yard work in the steel rolling mill, so it is natural for them to come back together.
Get together and chat.
I don't know who brought it up first.
"By the way, has anyone seen Jiang Bo recently?"
"Hey, I haven't seen him out for a few days."
"I don't know where he's gone."
"Hey, Brother Dongxu, he lives next door to you, did you know that?"
Jia Dongxu, Qin Huairu's husband.
He is about 1.75 meters tall and has a handsome appearance, but probably due to long-term malnutrition, his face is pale and he is so thin that he is almost unrecognizable.
Standing there, he was swaying as if he was about to fall down.
He is a person who doesn't usually like to talk.
I would rather get together and chat with everyone.
However, listening is the main thing.
This kind of people usually keep their ideas in their hearts and don't express them easily.
His biological mother, Jia Zhang, once described him as someone who could not even fart even after being hit with eight sticks.
When asked this question suddenly, Jia Dongxu was stunned for a moment, and after thinking for two seconds, he slowly said:
"I'm not too sure either."
"I have to go to work during the day, and the factory has been busy lately, so I'm a little tired, and I didn't pay attention after get off work."
"I'll ask my mom and Huairu later."
Everyone looked at his pale and blue face and said nothing.
Only one person said this without knowing what was going on.
"Brother Dongxu, I see that you don't look well. You don't look tired. Are you sick?"
Immediately someone poked him in the arm.
Everyone understands it.
Jia Dongxu, how can you be tired?
It was obvious that he was starved by his mother, Jia Zhang.
Now that it was said directly by a young man, after all, they all worked in the same factory, and Jia Dongxu had a good relationship with everyone, so everyone felt a little embarrassed.
The scene suddenly became a little cold.
So, someone shifted the topic to Jiang Bo.
"Jiang Bo, did he commit a crime outside and get detained by the police?"
"will not!"
The third uncle Yan Bugui walked over with his hands behind his back.
"I saw him this morning."
"I heard him mention that he wanted to try his luck in the mountains."
When they heard this, the crowd exploded as if they had heard a joke.
"Only he can come up with such a bad idea."
"That's right. Just him? Want to find wild animals in the mountains?"
"What are you thinking about? My dad just came back from the mountains two days ago and said that all the buds on the willow trees had been plucked out."
"There is an open space in front of the front gate, with a lot of white snake grass growing on it. If you go and take a look now, there is not even a hair left."
"Hunting wild animals, he really dares to think about it."
Someone slapped his forehead and said:
"Oh, yeah, I remembered something!"
"I met this guy a few days ago, and he asked me to borrow food, but I ignored him."
"He said he was starving, and if I didn't lend it to him, he would go fishing in the mountains."
"I thought he was making trouble with me, so I ignored him."
Another person suddenly said as if he suddenly remembered something:
"Oh, now that you mention it, I remember it."
"I seemed to see him coming back from outside. He was all wet, as if he had been fished out of the water."
"He must have fallen into the river."
"There's nothing in your hands. You must have caught no fish."
The speaker smiled awkwardly and continued,
"I'm still thinking about asking my mother to go and see him when she's free, and to make sure nothing else happens."
"I forgot about it when I got busy at work."
"Uncle San said he saw him go out again, so it should be nothing."
"Haha, I'm glad you're okay."
After hearing what they said, everyone felt it in their hearts.
This kid Jiang Bo is in trouble.
I went to the mountains on an empty stomach and took a refreshing dip in the river.
In this weather, won’t he freeze to death?
It's luck that you didn't die, but if you dare to go out and make trouble, you are seeking death.
"Bozi shouldn't be tormented like this. His body can't take it."
"Isn't it? You're going to torture yourself to death by doing this?"
"If he really died outside, it would have nothing to do with our hospital, right?"
"That's right. Everyone knows that it's impossible to hunt prey in the mountains and then run out. If you really die, it's your own stupidity!"
……
"I don't think so."
Lou Xiao'e came out with a dustpan and poured the garbage into the trash can.
She was sweeping the floor in the house just now and heard the group of people talking.
In the courtyard, many young girls and wives are somewhat shy and don't speak loudly in a crowd.
Lou Xiao'e doesn't have this taboo.
Apart from herself, her personality is quite straightforward.
The environment she grew up in also made her bolder and simpler than others. She would speak directly about whatever was on her mind.
Lou Xiao'e glanced at the third uncle.
"I heard that Jiang Bo caught two big rats this morning, and he even exchanged them for food with the third uncle."
"That mouse is quite fat, isn't it, Uncle?"
Yan Bugui looked a little embarrassed.
After hearing what Lou Xiao'e said, he really regretted coming out to join in the fun.
In that era, people generally did not have a high level of education.
Yan Bugui has always considered himself a cultured person.
He hid away and ate the rat meat. Not only did he not dislike it, he was also complacent because he felt he had gotten a good deal by exchanging three pounds of corn flour for two big rats.
But he would not be happy if the people in the yard knew about it.
He felt humiliated.
For an intellectual like me, eating rat meat is a disgrace to the society.
After laughing awkwardly for a while, Yan Bugui said this.
"Yes, that's true."
"Isn't this your third aunt's cousin? His daughter-in-law just gave birth to a boy. He needs to be nourished."
"Your Third Aunt is a warm-hearted person. She has been thinking about getting some meat for me to eat. This... this is just a coincidence. Bozi killed two big rats this morning. Your Third Aunt has been thinking about it, so I brought it here."
