The pedestrian street at night is like a charming beauty. When people from the south and head to the north enter the pedestrian street, they will be driven by her atmosphere. Although they are wearing masks on their faces, they still cannot hide the commotion that is aroused by the pedestrian street in their hearts. The young lover hugged his waist, and the elderly partner held hands, looking for everyone's preferences in the hearts of light ghosts.

Xu Feng was in a different mood from these people strolling around the street. He stood in front of the Hongqu Dumpling Restaurant and made an anxious call:

"Sorry, the call you made cannot be connected for the time being..."

It was still the graceful female voice who said this desperate sentence. Xu Feng simply wanted to throw his phone on the closed roller shutter door.

Why did Uncle Zhang go? Why couldn't the phone be answered? Xu Feng was wandering in front of the door, and the key he was holding was sweating. He didn't know if he should open the door and go in and take a look.

Xu Feng was a senior at Zhongjiang University and was about to graduate. Xu Feng passed the interview with three companies with his own abilities and was hesitating to sign a contract with that company. He originally agreed to come to the store the night before yesterday to discuss this matter with Uncle Zhang. But unexpectedly, because his girlfriend made Xiao Xinger delayed the time to come to the store to find Uncle Zhang. He could only call Uncle Zhang at around 10 o'clock in the evening and said that he was coming early the next morning.

Early the next morning, Xu Feng came to the Hongqu Dumpling Restaurant but found that the store was closed tightly and could not be connected by calling Uncle Zhang. He thought Uncle Zhang was out to buy vegetables, so he waited at the door of the store for a while. But he had not waited until Uncle Zhang came back, and the phone still could not be connected.

Since yesterday morning, Xu Feng has been calling Uncle Zhang, but it has been temporarily unable to get through. Xu Feng felt that something might have happened, so he specially found out the store keys given to him by Uncle Zhang tonight and prepared to go into the store to see the situation.

Xu Feng's hometown is in the suburbs of Gui'an City, another prefecture-level city in Jiangnan Province. His father died early and his mother raised him alone. When Xu Feng was very young, he knew that Uncle Zhang was a very important person to him. His mother worked for people in a restaurant, and her income was very meager, so she could not bear the daily life of the mother and Xu Feng's schooling costs at the same time.

When Xufeng Primary School was in the second grade, Uncle Zhang took the initiative to contact the school and said he wanted to support a child in school. The school provided an introduction to the situation of three most difficult families. Uncle Zhang finally chose Xu Feng. Since then, Uncle Zhang not only paid all the study costs of Xu Feng, but also transferred money to Xu Feng's mother every month to supplement the family income.

Xu Feng hesitated for a while at the door of the dumpling restaurant, and finally took out the key and opened the roller shutter door.

Just as Xu Feng opened the roller shutter door, a woman was looking here alertly in a shop across the pedestrian street.

Xu Feng walked into the store and found the switch on the wall to turn on the light. He looked at the roller shutter door halfway up and thought it would be better to close it, otherwise it would be difficult for customers to explain.

Xu Feng closed the door, looked at the empty shop and was stunned for a while, remembering the scene when he first saw Uncle Zhang.

That was the night before she left home and went to Zhongjiang to go to college. My mother gave him this address and told him that Uncle Zhang, who had been helping them, was in Zhongjiang City. My mother said that she had never met Uncle Zhang, had never written a letter, and had never used the phone number. This address was the one I asked the school teacher when I was going through the funding procedures. I don’t know if I could find their benefactor after so many years.

My mother heard from the teacher that Uncle Zhang was also alone and had no family or children. After asking him to find Uncle Zhang, she kowtowed to Uncle Zhang and recognized Uncle Zhang's godfather. She also said that she would not have to be filial to herself in the future, and remember to be filial to Uncle Zhang.

The day after registering at school, Xu Feng anxiously looked for the address. In Xu Feng's imagination, the address should be a company or a beautiful house. Uncle Zhang should be the boss of a company or an elderly rich man. Such a small dumpling restaurant has never appeared in Xu Feng's alternative answer. That day, he hesitated for a long time before entering the store.

"Hello." He greeted a middle-aged man who was busy in front of the panel timidly.

The middle-aged man wore a white short-sleeved shirt on the upper body, a black shorts up to his knees on the lower body, and a floured apron on his outer body. His hair was a little sparse, and his beard on his round and white face should have not been shaved for several days. His small eyes were squinting and smiling at him:

"Brother, you sit first, what stuffing should you eat?"

"I, I'm looking for Zhang Guifu. Oh, I, I'm Xu Feng." Xu Feng said nervously and stuttered a little.

Xu Feng still clearly remembers the change in Uncle Zhang's expression on his face. His squinting eyes slowly became round, and his mouth slowly opened and became round.

"Xu Feng! You are Xu Feng! Hahaha!" Uncle Zhang hugged Xu Feng's shoulder excitedly, and the flour in his hands made Xu Feng wear all over.

After learning that the ordinary middle-aged man in front of him was Zhang Guifu he admired for a long time, Xu Feng didn't care that there were customers eating dumplings in the store, so he knelt on the ground with a thud and kowtowed three times.

Xu Feng knew that there was a staircase leading to the second floor at the back of the stove, and above it was where Uncle Zhang sleeped. Xu Feng had only visited the second floor once in the past four years. Not only did Uncle Zhang rarely let him go to the second floor, but he was not allowed to come too much in the store. Xu Feng said that he could come over to help Uncle Zhang when he was free, but Uncle Zhang always said that he could come over alone. Let him study hard and learn more knowledge in school, so that he could become a useful person in the future.

The second floor was pitch black. Xu Feng didn't know where the switch of the light was. He used his mobile phone to illuminate it for a long time before turning on the light on the second floor. The second floor was cleaned up like the first floor. There was only one bed, a table, a chair and a wardrobe standing against the wall. There was a row of nails on the wall next to the table, and fishing rods were hung on the nails, fishing nets and some fishing gear that Xu Feng could not call him.

Xu Feng walked to the table and sat down on the chair. He called Uncle Zhang again with his cell phone, but it was still unreachable. He didn't know what to do next, and didn't know how to contact Uncle Zhang. He stood up and walked back and forth in the room several times, trying to find clues about Uncle Zhang's news.

There were some clothes neatly hanging in the wardrobe, most of which were in ordinary styles, including short-sleeved summer shorts, and sweaters, sweaters, pants, and down jackets in winter. On the inside of the wardrobe, Xu Feng saw a suit with fine workmanship. He picked it up and took it up and took a look, thinking that he had never seen Uncle Zhang wear such high-end clothes.

The paint on the desk has almost fallen off, and rough wood grain has been exposed on the table. There are three drawers on the table, none of which are locked. Xu Feng first opened the drawer on the far right and saw some books that seemed to be books. In the middle drawer were some fragments, including cold medicine, nail clippers, calculators, and several coins. Xu Feng opened the drawer on the left and saw a thick notebook in the drawer with a carbon pen on it. He was about to pick up the notebook when he suddenly heard a bang knock on the door.

Xu Feng was startled and hurried to the stairs to listen to the movement below. The roller shutter door rang again at this time, and someone was knocking on the aluminum roller shutter outside. Xu Feng didn't know whether he should go down to open the door or not. After the roller shutter was knocked twice, an old man's voice came:

"Lao Zhang, Lao Zhang, are you back?"

Xu Feng heard that someone was coming to find Uncle Zhang. He hesitated and did not open the door. He thought how could he explain to the outsiders if he opened the door? If someone outside asked him where Uncle Zhang had gone, how should he answer?

"Is there no one inside? Are you going out again?"

"Oh, it's good to come back. I'll see him tomorrow."

The outsider said a few words to himself and left, and the dumpling restaurant returned to quiet again.

Xu Feng returned to the table and picked up the record book from the open drawer and looked it up.

March 1, 2020

I was lucky today. I got 12 large silver carp pieces worth more than one pound in 3 hours, but unfortunately I broke a good fish hook.

February 4, 2020

Today is the 15th year since Brother Xu passed away. Xu Feng is about to graduate from university, time passes so quickly!

Seeing this page, Xu Feng felt his head swelling with a buzzing sound, and the notebook fell on the table. Brother Xu? 2015? Xu Feng? Does Uncle Zhang know my dad? He sat on the chair with a blank mind.

After sitting for a while, he quickly picked up his laptop again and went to search for the contents in front. At this time, the cell phone in his pocket suddenly rang, and the noisy ringtone instantly broke the silence in the room. Xu Feng quickly took out his cell phone and saw that it was his girlfriend calling.

"Hey, Xiao Xia." Xu Feng quickly answered the phone.

"Xu Feng, where are you?" A delicate female voice came from the other end of the phone.

"I'm here with Uncle Zhang, discussing work with him." Xu Feng replied gently.

"Oh, what's the matter with us? Come back quickly. I'm hungry. Please accompany me to have a midnight snack."

"I... can I wait a little while?" Xu Feng didn't want to give up the opportunity to explore the secret.

"No, no, I'm almost starving to death."

"Okay, okay, I'll go back soon, Xiaoxia, don't worry."

Xu Feng was pestered by his girlfriend and had no choice but to put down his laptop and close the drawer, turn his head and walk towards the stairs.

Just as he was about to press the lighting switch, he suddenly returned to the table and picked up the notebook he had just made. Seeing that there were three notes under the notes, he simply took all the notebooks, turned off the lights upstairs and downstairs, locked the door and hurried back to school.

During the time when Xu Feng entered the dumpling restaurant, the woman in the shop across the pedestrian street kept staring at this place.

Three hours later, just as Su Le and his friends were inspecting the scene by the river, a thin figure came to the door of the Hongqu Dumpling House. The person came in a fat sportswear and the hat of the sports top completely covered his face. The thin figure did not stay in front of the door, but directly opened the roller shutter door with the key. After the person entered inside, he quickly closed the roller shutter door.

There was no light on in the dumpling restaurant, and only a blurred figure appeared on the window on the second floor for a moment.

Ten minutes later, the thin figure opened the roller shutter door, and quickly locked the door again after coming out. When he left, he was holding a black backpack in his hand.
Chapter completed!