Early in the morning, Li Feng received a call from her father asking her to come to his office. Although she has been working in her own pharmaceutical group company for many years, her father rarely calls her to his chairman's office, and she can basically talk about everything at home, and she is called by phone early in the morning, so Li Feng feels a little inexplicable.

Li Feng walked into his father's office, only to see that his father was not sitting on his grand chairman's desk and chair, but sitting on the side of the coffee table seat, having already made a large pot of tea, and tasting it with tea in his hand.

"Sit here, come and drink tea with me. I'll put down the work this morning, and we haven't had tea and talk together for a long time. ”

Li Feng put down the small leather bag she was carrying, sat down on the chair opposite her father, and looked at her father seriously for a while. Only then did she notice that her father seemed to be preoccupied, and that he seemed to be much older overnight.

Li Zhengguo poured a small cup of tea and put it in front of Li Feng, poured tea into his own teacup, looked at her with peaceful eyes, and then said: "Li Feng, you are the eldest daughter in our family, and you will be twenty-nine years old this year. I still remember you very clearly when you were born...... Alas, twenty-nine years have passed in the blink of an eye, and you have grown up and I have grown old. ”

When Li Feng heard this, he felt that it was another topic of urging marriage, and he began to feel a little unhappy in his heart.

"Look at you, every time I say this, you look unhappy, don't you think I'm verbose and impatient?"

"No, Dad, please continue, you can just say whatever you want to say to me, I'm listening carefully and patiently. Li Feng hurriedly replied with a smile on his face.

"That's good. ”

Li Zhengguo continued to say earnestly: "Our family has experienced a lot of ups and downs. Your grandfather was a man who had been on the battlefield and experienced a rain of bullets, and as a soldier, his style of work has always been very cautious and strict. And I also followed him step by step under his very strict requirements, so that our family's career achievements today. And your children have always been personally managed by your grandfather from birth to growth, so grandpa's contribution to our family is the greatest. Of course, Grandpa's expectations for you are also the greatest. ”

Li Zhengguo took a sip of tea and continued: "You know, grandpa is getting older and older year by year, and his health is getting worse day by day. His greatest wish now is that he hopes that your children can get married and start a family as soon as possible, so that he can see his great-grandchildren grow up healthily in his lifetime...... Look at you now, you're twenty-nine years old, and you're seriously old, don't you feel stressed?"

"Dad, I am in charge of my own marriage, you and grandpa don't worry about me. ”

"What do you mean by worrying, can you stop us from worrying?"

"Haven't I been busy with work, how can I have any energy, time, and mood to fall in love......"

"Are you talking perfunctory to me? I don't think you know the importance of your work at all, and you don't know the sense of responsibility! If it's because you don't have the energy and time for work, then you don't have to take care of all the work affairs of the company from now on, and you can go and complete your life's work first. ”

"Dad, don't worry, I promise you now that within this year, I will definitely complete my marriage and give you and grandpa the most satisfactory explanation, okay. ”

"Don't answer casually and perfunctory, what I need is your real action and results!"

"This time I promise you from the bottom of my heart, and I promise you now!"

Li Zhengguo picked up the tea and drank it slowly, put down the teacup, sighed lightly, frowned and said:

"Yesterday in the hospital, your grandfather's words kept me awake all night last night and made me think about it all night. After I came out of the hospital room last night, Grandpa talked to you a lot in private, right?"

"Yes, he told me something after you left. Li Feng nodded and replied.

"The incident that happened back then was the biggest and most tragic disaster in our family, and it was a great blow to everyone in our family...... I'm talking to you today, and I want to talk to you about it. ”

Hearing her father say this, Li Feng's heart suddenly became nervous, it turned out that this was what her father wanted to talk to her about, and it was also the biggest knot in Li Feng's heart. She had always wanted to find out, but she never dared to ask her father and grandfather again.

"Your brother was born only a few minutes before you were born, and all the people in the family didn't know how excited they were! I remember that at noon on the day you were born, I went to the street and asked someone to order a pair of 'dragon and phoenix jade pendants' and brought them to you both. ”

Hearing this, Li Feng raised her hand and gently pressed the jade pendant engraved with the phoenix pattern that she had been wearing on her chest. For many years, she has always worn it on her body and never abandoned it, and this jade pendant has already become her most precious personal belonging. Wearing it always brings her infinite spiritual strength and memories and hopes......

"Alas, this world is changeable and calamity. Over the years, I have always regretted that I shouldn't have taken you two to the countryside to buy Chinese herbal herbs for business...... Otherwise, there would not have been the loss of your brother in that storm, and it would not have caused the subsequent drowning......"

When Li Zhengguo said this, he took a tissue from the table and wiped his slightly moist eyes, and then continued, "After your brother was lost, many relatives and friends went to look for it, and your mother also cried and fainted many times...... It wasn't until the drowned body was found that everyone was desperate and grief-stricken...... People cannot be resurrected after death, and the most tragic things still have to be faced and dealt with...... In the end, find someone to help you go to the funeral home in the local county town for cremation. Then the ashes were buried in the cemetery cemetery near the funeral home...... No one has been to that place since, and no one is allowed to rehash this tragic event, hoping that time will slowly fade and forget the pain...... But I, can I forget, that is my own son, my own flesh and blood, the greatest hope in my life...... Therefore, on the traditional incense burning day every year, I can only burn a few pillars of incense in that direction, silently mourn him in my heart, may he not be lost in heaven again, and may he live happily and happily in heaven......"

"Last night in the hospital, your grandfather said that he saw your brother, which sounded really ridiculous and outrageous. Despite this, your grandfather's words still touched me deeply, and made me re-examine myself and reflect on my ...... Back then, when your mother was alive, she often blamed herself for this incident, and she never accepted the fact that your brother drowned. Until she died, she held my hand and told me repeatedly, saying that your brother is not dead and still alive, and that I should do everything possible to find him and bring him back to our house no matter what......"

For this reason, this incident has always been a problem in my heart. Over the years, I have made anonymous donations to some Hope Project Primary Schools and some poor students to study in that place. I just did this to get some comfort and peace in my heart. I'm thinking, if that brother is still alive in the world and living in that place, I hope that my dedication will directly or indirectly help or benefit him. At the same time, it also allows your mother to be comforted in the spirit of heaven. ”

Li Feng listened to her father quietly without a sound, but she had already knocked over the five-flavor bottle in her heart, and her mood was very complicated.

"Li Feng, what I told you is mainly because you have grown up and have the ability to accept it. Let me tell you now, in two days it will be the death day of your brother, and I want you to help me fulfill a wish, that is, you will personally go to that county seat, go to that cemetery and cemetery, find his grave through the person who manages the cemetery and cemetery, bring some good wine and food, and worship him in person. His grave was left alone, and he had not been visited by his relatives for more than twenty years......"

Speaking of yes, Li Zhengguo couldn't help but feel uncomfortable, and his eyes were moist.

Li Feng hurriedly pulled out two tissues for him and handed them over, comforting him: "Dad, don't be sad, I listen to you, I'll go and prepare for it in the next two days." I will find his grave and pay homage to him, and I will go to him every year from now on, and I will not let him be alone anymore. ”

Li Zhengguo wiped his moist eyes with a tissue, and then said with a little comfort: "Yes, if you can do this, I will be relieved." And I want to remind you that you must not tell your brother Li Hu and your sister Xiaoling about this matter. They hadn't known about it all these years, otherwise it would have caused them an earthquake-like repercussion if they did...... If it is really necessary to say, then when they grow up or when the time comes, I will tell them personally. ”

"Okay Dad, I know, I'll listen to you and keep your tight about them, and I won't let them know!"

As soon as Li Feng said this, the closed office door was knocked on a few times and then pushed open, and Li Hu broke in uninvited......