256, The Sea of ​​Doom 25

"Brother, you really can't bargain." Yu Heng was quite into the role, "I heard from a friend that you ordered a fish from him before, and I just delivered it to him this time. The price has been fixed. Do you still want to buy it?"

Zeng Pingnian's excited swear words stuck in his mouth. He stared at him for a long time before spitting out a sentence: "I'll buy it. It's dark here. I'm going out to see the fish." Turning back, he yelled: "Xiaocheng, tell your aunt that I'm going out to see if the fish is fresh!"

"Oh, I know, uncle."

Yu Heng walked in front, led the way downstairs, stood in front of the corridor and gestured to Zeng Pingnian: "Brother, let's go for a walk."

Zeng Pingnian's eyes turned red all of a sudden.

"What's wrong with you? Do you have an enemy or something else? How, how——" Zeng Pingnian was really surprised and scared. He was not a stupid person. His age made him more stable and introverted. When he saw that his old friend didn't want to be exposed and used buying and selling fish as a cover, he thought of a lot of things at once.

Thinking of the fire nearly ten years ago, and the two urns held by the children at the funeral, which contained only ashes from the burned house, the grief is still very painful to think about today, especially when seeing his son's success, it is even more sad every time he thinks about it...

Yu Heng kept it short, saying only: "At that time, some scales grew on my body. I heard that they wanted to use me for experiments, and I was too scared to run away." In the absence of a single case of adult alienation a few years ago, he was very conspicuous, but today when alienation has become the mainstream, this point is not prominent.

"Later, the scales disappeared on their own, but I didn't dare to show up again. It was not until a few years ago that I heard that there were also adults with scales, and I was not noticeable anymore, so I dared to come to you. But I didn't have any connections, and I searched for several years before I knew that your family lived here."

"Brother, don't blame me, I didn't dare to contact you at that time." If there is one person that Yu Heng feels most sorry for, it is Zeng Pingnian's family. Let them think that he and Zhang's mother are dead, and they are sad for so long in vain.

Zeng Pingnian understood very well, suppressed his excitement and whispered: "I understand very well, you were right not to contact me! At that time, I thought you and aunt were dead, and people from the Academy of Sciences came to talk to us, but I didn't think too much at that time..." Fortunately, he didn't contact me, otherwise it would be bad if he was exposed!

A true good friend is like Zeng Pingnian. He knew that the false death that year was not that simple. Two living people just disappeared like that, and the Academy of Sciences couldn't find any doubts. There were too many unsolved mysteries.

But he didn't want to ask, the fewer people who knew such secrets, the better. He was now full of joy: "It's great that you are all right! How is aunt's health? Where do you live now?" In his heart, he was already thinking about asking his son to work hard to get his friend and aunt into Qionghai Mountain.

Without mentioning his decades-long relationship with Zhang Hengfu, he only mentioned his son's future in these years and the benefits it brought to the family. He remembered the old friend's feelings very much. They were all ordinary people who could not afford to buy a house in Qionghai Mountain in their entire lives, and they could not even afford to buy a house in Hexiang, which was now flooded.

Although they could live in a dormitory-style urban residence on the Sili Plateau at a low price after a few years, the surprise and happiness of being able to live in a house on Qionghai Mountain when they were isolated and hopeless at that time could not be measured in words.

"Okay, my mother is in good health, and we are living in the Sili Plateau now."

Zeng Pingnian was very happy for him: "That's great, there are gene drugs faster than here, and your problem can be treated earlier." He thought that his friend and his son were resettled in the Sili Plateau.

Yu Heng also acquiesced and did not say it, smiling and nodded.

When Yu Heng asked about the Zeng family, Zeng Pingnian said everything was fine, then hesitated and said, "If there is a bad thing, it is my Yue family. Alas, when we moved, my eldest brother's daughter insisted on taking her, cough, boyfriend's family with her, how could she take them? My eldest brother and his wife were not satisfied with that family, and now they are even more dissatisfied. Then my niece eloped, and I don't know where she is now. When we moved here, the communication is only in this area, and even the old number can't be dialed.

A few years ago, my eldest brother's daughter-in-law had a difficult birth and died... Alas. If I had known that strangers would be arranged to live in the house now, I should have told my eldest brother and his family to let that family live together, at least the child is still there..."

When the daughter-in-law married in, Yu Heng had already faked her death and had never seen her. Zeng Pingnian said that she was married when she was poor. Hearing this, he just sympathized with the Zhao family, who had dealt with them before, and said a few words to Yu Heng and Zeng Pingnian. After that, the two old friends who had not seen each other for many years continued to talk about it, and finally made an appointment to meet next time.

"I'll come fishing in a week and come back to see you then." Yu Heng left half of the fish: "I caught it, you can take it back and eat it." Their suite has a kitchen and can cook by themselves.

"There's one at home! Take it back, take it back."

Yu Heng shook his head: "Are you being polite to me? I'm going to get angry."

After leaving the fish, he went back. This visit to relatives took half a day. It was already past seven o'clock in the evening when he got a taxi home. He kept the fish in a basin and planned to go to the restaurant to pay and borrow the kitchen tomorrow. Recently, Zhang's mother had a little irritation and couldn't eat grilled fish, so she planned to borrow the kitchen to make fish soup.

He told Zhang's mother about this: "I heard his name from someone, so I went to look for him. I didn't expect to find him..."

Zhang's mother heard that Zeng Pingnian and his family were all very good, and that Mr. Zhao and his wife were still alive, so she kept chanting to Buddha: "Good people live long." Then she went to pack her things, planning to ask Yu Heng to bring them over next time: "Is Xiaoyu Xiaowen married? "Would you like to knit some small sweaters for children?"

"No, neither of them are married. However, my sister-in-law's eldest brother Zhao Shu finally has a grandson. I didn't ask about age or gender. How about I get a scarf? I can wear this."

Mother Zhang was surprised: "Oh, what a happy event! Have you written down the phone number?"

Yu Heng slapped his forehead: "Look at my brain, I forgot! Mom, you are so awesome, I even forgot about this." He took the opportunity to praise Zhang's mother again. This colorful dress entertainment was very effective. Zhang's mother Face full of red light.

He took out his mobile phone to make a call. Zeng Pingnian on the other end was very surprised: "What's wrong? Oh, Xiaocheng's child is four years old. He is a little man. I like it. The red hat is good. Let him wear it during the Chinese New Year..."

Zhang's mother also said a few words to Zeng Pingnian: "Are you in good health? You need to eat more and exercise more..." After caring for her for half an hour, Yu Heng sat cross-legged on the edge of the bed and watched and listened with a smile.

"Don't tell me?" He took the phone over and the two of them had already hung up.

"No more." Mother Zhang waved her hands proudly: "I'm going to knit a sweater as soon as possible. The Chinese New Year will be here in half a year, so I have to get ready quickly."

"Hey, go ahead and I'll go find some good yarn."

Another week later, Yu Heng went fishing again and brought a thin sweater that Zhang's mother had made in a hurry, indicating that it was for Zeng Pingnian's wife Zhao Yun to wear.

This time they met at the Zeng family's house. Their house had three bedrooms. Since they were allocated housing, eleven people had been crammed into it, so they had to squeeze into two bedrooms.

Only Zhao Yun knew his identity. Mr. Zhao and the others thought he was Zeng Pingnian’s distant cousin. They warmly invited him to stay for dinner. Bringing two such big fish was too polite~

Zeng Pingnian secretly told his wife Zhao Yun. Zhao Yun seemed relatively reserved and calm. She asked him in a soft voice about his life with Zhang's mother and said: "I pickled pickles and radishes. You can take them back to my aunt to make porridge." "

In this way, the two families slowly and frequently restored contact. To be honest, if people have close friends to walk around with, they will feel much better. The person Yu Heng trusts the most in this mission world is Zeng Pingnian, besides Zhang’s mother. Some trust does not depend on blood, which is even more valuable. .

Mother Zhang's feelings were deeper. As she got older, the elderly were more nostalgic. The Zeng family was the closest family to live in. She also regarded Zeng Pingnian as her son. Knowing that they are doing well these past few years is better than anything else. The world is becoming more and more chaotic, and having relatives and friends to think about is enough to give her peace of mind.

Later, Zeng Pingnian and Zhao Yun came to see them at Sili Plateau, "It's a pity that Xiaoyu and Xiaowen are busy, otherwise they would be happy to know the good news." It was hard to call them to inform them, it was confidential~

Zhao Yun looked at the surroundings: "So this is the dormitory area of ​​Sili Plateau. There are so many and densely packed houses."

Yu Heng invited the two of them to a restaurant for dinner and kept them overnight. Zeng Pingnian squeezed in with him, and Zhao Yun and Zhang's mother squeezed in, before calling a car to take them back the next day. Originally, the couple thought that if they contacted their son, they would let him come out with his daughter, who was taking care of him, to meet him.

The children are really busy. They have not been out since entering the Academy of Sciences in the first month of the year, and they only make one phone call every half month. I can't get in touch with him, I can't even meet him even though he's here. To this Yu Heng just said: "There is no rush."

Time passed quickly. One day in autumn, Zeng Yu and Zeng Wen came together. Zeng Yu, in particular, started to cry as soon as he saw him.

"Okay, okay, don't cry." Yu Heng patted him on the shoulder dumbfounded. This kid was already in his thirties, and he kept crying like an octopus. Everyone else in the dormitory looked at him with wide eyes.

"Hey, grandma, why are Xiaoyu crying?" Mother Zhang quickly comforted him and said to Zeng Wen, "Hey, Xiaowen looks even more beautiful!"

Zeng Wen pursed her lips and smiled.

After dinner, Zhang's mother took Zeng Wen to knit sweaters at home. Yu Heng and Zeng Yu went out to talk about things. There were many people in the dormitory, so it was really not a good place for chatting.

After the conversation, Yu Heng had a general understanding of Zeng Yu's experience in the past few years. Coupled with Zeng Yu's extreme trust in him, he also talked about the recent research progress. He believed that his uncle, a man who left his research direction to him before escaping, would definitely not be a bad person.

The more he researched over the years, the more he realized how amazing what he had on hand was.

"They said they don't want to continue researching." Zeng Yu threw a big thunder, with a look of helplessness on his face: "There is still progress." After all, he had it in his hand. "But I received news a while ago that all efforts will be concentrated on the construction of very large cruise ships. Cruise ships have been manufactured over the years. I heard that they are all over one million tons, and twelve ships have been built. It consumes too much manpower, material and financial resources. The empty city is too far away, and further research will be a waste of things and money..."

Isn't it too far away? If he hadn't carefully revealed some information over the years, the research plan for the empty city would have been shelved long ago! However, he didn't dare to be too anxious. He could only understand it by himself first, and then learn to make turns and calculations. He could generate inspiration by provoking other colleagues and use their mouths to speak out.

My hair is almost turning white!

"The forces in the Academy are too chaotic, and everyone has their own thoughts." Until now, Zeng Yu dared not show up for his own safety. The research on the empty city obviously exceeds the current level of science and technology. Even he can't understand it. He has to spend time on research every day. The more he studies, the deeper his admiration for Uncle Zhang.

"I think it will take at least ten years!" It will take ten years to make a preliminary model, and then debugging and data collection, etc., which will take another ten years in total.

Zeng Yu asked Yu Heng curiously: "Uncle, you are so amazing that you can come up with such a concept. If you are here, you can reduce the research progress by half!"

Yu Heng shook his head: "I can't do it either." Each mission world is different. The technological progress of this mission world is obviously backward. Even if he knows the process clearly, he can't use it without the corresponding supporting technology and materials. The empty city is not something that can be copied. A good cook can't cook without rice.

He just hopes that this point can become a goal for generations of people in this human world to strive for. As long as there is a goal, there will be hope.

However, it is obvious that in the promotion of genetic drugs and the process of floods, the living areas of human beings, whether objective factors or their own physical needs, are all pointing to water. If humans completely enter the water to live with the advancement of evolution, this goal will only become a dream of the past.

It is too difficult and it seems unnecessary.

"Just try your best. You can't give up completely without trying. Xiaoyu, you did a good job. Thank you for your hard work." Yu Heng patted his shoulder. The 34-year-old young man was taller than a few years ago. He was thin, but after years of hard work, the simple and honest face on his face has faded a lot, and his eyes are thoughtful and rational.

Zeng Yu has grown up.

But at this time, Zeng Yu felt sour in his heart, and his eyes were red again: "I'm not tired."