Rebirth in 1958: Getting rich starts from Nanluoguxiang

An old man sighed, stroked his beard, and said slowly,

"Dahe, this child, had a really hard life. Before he was born, his father was drafted into the army and died in some rat hole.

His mother was from Gaojia Village here. Later, she was introduced by a matchmaker and married to Zhuozhou, Hebei. Dahe's father's relatives were disloyal and drove the poor mother and son out of Zhuozhou. The excuse they used was that Dahe was destined to be unlucky for his husband, mother, wife and son. This is the most vicious curse.

After being driven out, the mother and daughter had nowhere to go, so they returned to Gaojia Village. At this time, there was no one left in their mother's family.

The villagers were quite nice and helped them repair their old house, so the two of them settled down there.

Dahe's mother was a very opinionated person. She found a gang to raise Gao Dahe. For this reason, Gao Dahe went to the village primary school. However, as soon as he graduated from the primary school, his mother died.

After his mother died, the gang members also ran away. There was no other way, Dahe had to go to Gao Mantang's house to work as a farmhand. Alas, Dahe was a good kid in every way. He could work hard and endure hardships. His only shortcoming was his character. He was too cowardly. In the past, in the village, most of the older kids bullied him, but he never got angry and always had a smiling face.

The landlord Gao Mantang in our village had only two daughters in his life. His eldest daughter married to another village, so he wanted to find a son-in-law for his second daughter to take care of him in his old age.

As for the second daughter, she fell in love with Gao Dahe. Gao Mantang also liked Gao Dahe. At that time, he really wanted Gao Dahe to marry into his family.

Later, after comparing the two people's horoscopes, they found out that Dahe was born under the fortune teller's prediction that he would be unlucky and would bring disaster to his husband, mother, wife, and son throughout his life. Gao Mantang then gave up the idea.

Within two years, Gao Shujuan was married off. Gao Dahe cried for a whole day when he heard about it. Not long after that, he left with someone else.

He didn't come back until a few years ago. At that time, Gao Mantang had been overthrown and his property had been confiscated. This was not a good background. The eldest daughter was okay and married into a decent family.

The second daughter, Gao Shujuan, was divorced by her husband's family. She was so ashamed that she found a crooked tree at the entrance of the village and committed suicide.

No matter what her father was like, she was the daughter of our Gao family after all, so the villagers agreed to bury Gao Shujuan next to the ancestral grave.

As soon as Gao Dahe came back, he heard about it and often went to Gao Shujuan's grave and stayed there for the whole day.

Dabao interrupted and said,

"What year did this happen?"

"What do you mean?"

"I mean, after Gao Shujuan died, in which year did Gao Dahe return?"

Several old men began to reminisce, and then one of them said,

"It happened in 55. My father had just passed away that year, so I remember it."

Dabao remembered this time point, because in 56, Yin Danian also died. Gao Dahe suffered the greatest blow in these two years.

"Uncle, I heard that a week ago, someone named Gao Mantun saw Gao Dahe. Is that true?"

Several old men nodded repeatedly.

"Yes, yes. Mantuner went to collect manure that morning and saw Gao Dahe in front of Gao Shujuan's grave. He came back and told us about it."

"Could it be possible that I recognized the wrong person?"

The old men shook their heads.

"How could he have mistaken someone? After all, Gao Dahe stayed in our village until he was 22 or 23 years old. Who in this village who is a little older wouldn't know him?"

Dabao nodded.

"Could you please take us to your ancestral grave? We want to investigate something, specifically, we want to find Gao Dahe..."

Several old men laughed, and one of them said,

"Comrade Public Security, it's just a small matter, why would you need us?"

As he said this, he waved to the children who were playing in the distance. One of the children saw him and ran towards him.

"Grandpa, Grandpa, do you have something to talk to me about?"

The old man nodded.

"Shuanwa, take these police officers to take a look at the cemetery in our village."

The child agreed and took Dabao and the others to the cemetery. They passed by a small forest and saw from a distance that there were only graves.

In Fangshan, there are more ancient families, so almost every village has its own ancestral tomb, especially the villages with one family and one surname.

Dabao asked the child: "Do you know where Gao Shujuan's grave is?"

The child pointed and saw a solitary grave in the woods. Seeing this grave in the cemetery gave him a feeling of desolation.

Dabao patted the child's head, took out a few candies from his pocket and stuffed them into his pocket.

"Go back and play, thank you!"

The child was overjoyed and ran away, as if he was afraid that Dabao would go back. Han Dongliang ran over first, looked left and right, but did not find the monument.

After Dabao and the others left, Han Dongliang said,

"Director Qin, there's no tombstone on this grave. Maybe there's no one at home, so they didn't pay for a tombstone."

Dabao smiled and waved his hand.

"That's not the case. My hometown is in Qinjiagou, Wangershan. We have a group motto there that says children and grandchildren who die suddenly are not allowed to be buried in the ancestral tomb, let alone have a tombstone erected for them. I think this might be the reason."

Chu Qinghua and Yang Guanglin also walked around the grave. They wanted to find out if there were any traces of Gao Dahe's stay. Unfortunately, there was no trace left in this desolate mountain and wilderness.

Dabao looked at the grave, feeling confused, but he couldn't figure it out.

At this moment, Xue Kui shouted in a hoarse voice,

"This tomb is really big. Look at that tomb, it's more than half the size of this one."

His words flashed through Dabao's head like a bolt of lightning. Dabao suddenly came to his senses. He turned around and ran to the grave, circled it twice, and even grabbed a handful of soil from the grave. He smelled the soil and his face became even uglier.

Jinman came back and asked,

"Director Qin, what are you looking at?"

Dabao smiled bitterly.

"I hope it's not what I imagined. What do you mean?"

"I mean, send someone back quickly to get Zheng Wenlin."

Jinman was surprised.

"What happened? Someone died again?"

Dabao nodded slowly and said to Han Dongliang and the others,

"Let's go to the village and borrow some tools so we can dig out Gao Dahe."

"Dig it out? Does that mean Gao Dahe is dead?"

Dabao nodded.

"I hope my guess is wrong, but the facts are often beyond our expectations,"

Jin Man nodded at Han Dongliang, and Han Dongliang ran back to the village. After a while, he came back carrying a pickaxe and two shovels. Chu Qinghua and Yang Guanglin took the shovels.

They turned around and asked Dabao,

"Director Qin, where should we dig?"

Dabao pointed casually: "Dig it up!"