Lin Zhiming's mother is from Huade County.

More than 30 years ago, Lin Zhiming's mother Meng Ning was admitted to the Strait City Teachers College from the small county town of Huade County, and after graduation, she originally wanted to be a people's teacher, but she entered the Lin Group by mistake, and finally had a relationship with Lin Zhiming's father Lin Zhennan.

Lin Zhennan was already married at that time, but Lin Zhennan finally married Meng Ning into the Lin family.

This matter was strongly obstructed by Meng Ning's parents, that is, Lin Zhiming's grandparents, in their opinion, marrying a married man was a humiliating thing, they tried their best to stop it, but in the end they still failed to stop Meng Ning.

So, the day Meng Ning married into the Lin family was the day Meng Ning broke off relations with her family.

Later, Meng Ning died, and the most regrettable thing for Meng Ning before dying was that he had not seen his parents for many years, so Lin Zhennan finally sent Meng Ning's ashes back to Huade County and handed them over to Meng Ning's parents.

It is said that at that time, Meng Ning's father, who had never blushed with anyone, chased Lin Zhennan with a kitchen knife for a long time.

It is said that the couple cried at home for a whole week, and the neighbors felt sorry for them.

However, this matter is in the past.

"My mother has a spirit tablet in our Lin family's old house, so all along, the memorial to my mother is in our Lin family's old house, but in fact, my mother's tomb is in Huade County, I don't know the specific place in our place, only my grandfather's family knows, I have never seen them. Lin Zhiming sat in the car and told Dong Jian about some things about his mother.

Dong Jian was responsible for driving and listening to Lin Zhiming.

Lin Zhiming did not sit in the back seat, but sat in the co-pilot.

The two of them can't see that there is a master-slave relationship, and they feel like two ordinary friends.

"Get off the highway right away. Dong Jian said.

"Hmm. Lin Zhiming nodded and said, "Just follow the address I gave you." ”

"Okay!"

After getting off the highway and crossing the long road into the city, the two came to this small county town called Huade for the first time.

It is a city with a permanent population of only 300,000, which is smaller than a district of Strait City.

Dong Jian followed the location information given by Lin Zhiming, and finally drove the car to a slightly dilapidated community.

The houses in the community are not high, only eight floors, and there is no elevator, it should be a house from a long time ago.

Lin Zhiming stood in front of the electronically controlled door of one of the stairs and pressed the doorbell of 702.

The doorbell rang for a while, and then a woman's voice came.

"Who?"

"May I ask if it's Meng Qiwen's family?" Lin Zhiming asked.

"Yes, who are you?" the woman asked.

"I'm Lin Zhiming. He is the grandson of Meng Qiwen. Lin Zhiming said.

The sound on the electric door suddenly disappeared, and it seemed that the telephone upstairs had been hung up.

Lin Zhiming and Dong Jian glanced at each other, both a little surprised.

At that moment, there was the sound of hurried footsteps on the stairs behind the electronically controlled door.

The footsteps grew louder and louder, and eventually, an old woman with white hair appeared at the corner of the stairs.

She put on her slippers and grabbed the handrail and ran quickly downstairs.

With a click, the electric door opened.

The white-haired old woman supported the electric control door with one hand and looked at Lin Zhiming fixedly.

At this moment, there is no need to introduce yourself or confirm anything, the slightly similar faces of the two are enough to explain everything.

Lin Zhiming opened his mouth and shouted, "Grandma." ”

"My grandson. The old woman walked up to Lin Zhiming excitedly and hugged Lin Zhiming tightly.

"Grandma finally saw you, know your fate, you have grown so big, you don't know how much Grandma misses you!!" the old woman said excitedly.

"I miss you too. Lin Zhiming gently patted the old woman's back and said, "I always heard my mother say that I look very much like you, I didn't believe it before, but now I believe it." ”

"Your mother looks like me, you look like your mother, and the three of us look alike!" said the old woman with a smile, with tears in her eyes, just like Lin Zhiming.

After a simple greeting, the old woman took Lin Zhiming and Dong Jian upstairs.

Lin Zhiming's grandmother's house is very simple, it is an ordinary family, a house of about 100 square meters, the house is very old, but it is very clean, and everything is very tidy.

There are a lot of honorary certificates hanging on the wall, all of which belong to Lin Zhiming's grandfather Meng Qiwen, who was a teacher in a key high school in the county before, and has taught many promising students, and is one of the top ten teachers in the school almost every year, and even won the top ten teachers in the county several times.

It can be seen that Meng Qiwen is a person who attaches great importance to his reputation, and the honorary certificates are very neatly visited, and each one is framed.

Lin Zhiming also saw a pennant on the wall, on which were written the words "Doctor's Benevolence", which was given to Lin Zhiming's grandmother Gao Xuan.

Lin Zhiming's grandmother's name is Gao Xuan, and she is a doctor in the county hospital, but she is retired like Meng Qiwen.

"Your grandfather went out to teach people how to write. I called him and asked him to come back right away. Have you eaten? I'll make you some dumplings. Gao Xuan said.

"Okay!" Lin Zhiming said unceremoniously, "My mother's dumplings are very delicious, she said that she was taught by you, and I haven't eaten them for several years." ”

"No, I taught your mother to cook for the first time! Wait, grandma will go and make dumplings for you now." Gao Xuan said, turned around and walked into the kitchen.

"Is the old man just your mother's child?" Dong Jian asked in a low voice.

"I also have an uncle, my mother's younger brother, who owns a garment factory in the county. Lin Zhiming said.

"Oh!" Dong Jian nodded.

Lin Zhiming picked up the remote control on the table, turned on the TV, and then took the bucket of Bailian melon seeds next to him, and knocked the melon seeds while watching TV, which didn't look like the first time he came.

Just then, there was a rush of footsteps at the door.

The footsteps rang from far and near, and there was no movement after stopping at the door.

About thirty seconds later, the sound of the door opening was heard.

After that, an old gentleman, also with white hair, walked in through the door.

This person gave birth to a Chinese face, although his hair was gray, but he was meticulously combed, and he was wearing a gray-white Mao suit without a little wrinkle.

This person is Lin Zhiming's grandfather Meng Qiwen.

Seeing this person, Lin Zhiming hurriedly stood up.

Meng Qiwen looked at Lin Zhiming for the first time.

Lin Zhiming also looked at each other.

After a pause of about a second, Lin Zhiming said with a smile, "Grandpa." ”

"Well, here we are. Meng Qiwen nodded calmly, two reactions that were completely opposite to Gao Xuan before.

"Hmm. Lin Zhiming smiled and nodded, not unhappy because of the other party's calmness, because his mother told him more than once that his grandfather was a cold person on the outside and hot on the inside, even if he was happy and happy, he would pretend to be light and light on the surface.

"Have you eaten it?" Meng Qiwen asked.

"Grandma is cooking dumplings for me. Lin Zhiming said.

"Oh, I'll take a look. Meng Qiwen said, turned around and walked into the kitchen.

The old man was still very excited, and his forehead was sweating. Dong Jian said in a low voice.

"My grandfather was not good at expressing his emotions, whether it was teaching or facing my mother, my mother always told me that my grandfather was a very boring person, and he hid everything in his heart. Lin Zhiming said.

"I saw it, and I specially suppressed my emotions at the door just now. Dong Jian said with a smile.

Lin Zhiming smiled and nodded.

While the two were talking, Meng Qiwen walked out of the kitchen and came to the living room.

It can be seen that Meng Qiwen is a little at a loss, he first paced beside Lin Zhiming for a while, and then sat on the sofa opposite Lin Zhiming.

"When did you come?" Meng Qiwen asked.

"Just arrived. Lin Zhiming said.

"Is this your friend?" Meng Qiwen asked as he looked at Dong Jian.

"Well, his name is Dong Jian, my good friend!" Lin Zhiming said.

"Hello, old sir. Dong Jian smiled and nodded to Meng Qiwen.

"Hello. Meng Qiwen nodded, looked at Lin Zhiming and said, "Don't you have to go to work today?"

"I'm working in the Lin Group now, and I don't have a lot of things. Lin Zhiming explained.

Because of the relationship with Meng Qiwen's side, Meng Qiwen's side did not know about the major events that had happened in Strait City in recent months.

"Although it is good to do things in your own company, but it is too stable, it will inevitably make people lose their enterprising spirit, young people should still go out more, see the world, increase knowledge, experience, determine the vision, vision determines the mind, broad-minded, do things naturally invincible!" Meng Qiwen said seriously.

"That's what I thought too, so I'm doing some side hustles. Lin Zhiming nodded.

"Hmm... Very good. Meng Qiwen nodded.

"Here come the dumplings!" Gao Xuan walked out of the kitchen with the dumplings to the living room and put the dumplings on the coffee table in front of Lin Zhiming.

"Go to the dining room to eat, don't eat in the living room!" Meng Qiwen said.

"What are you doing in the restaurant, how good is it to eat here, chat while eating, Lao Meng, my grandson is coming back for the first time, don't be like you usual!" Gao Xuan glared at Meng Qiwen and said.

"Eating in the dining room, talking in the living room, and sleeping in the bedroom, this is the rule, although it is the first time to come back, but we should also talk about the rules..."Meng Qiwen said seriously.

"Grandma, my grandfather is right, people have no rules, it's better to eat in a restaurant!" Lin Zhiming said with a smile.

"You don't pay attention to him, he doesn't necessarily feel happy in his heart now, he has to put on a serious face, just eat here, I see who dares not to agree!" Gao Xuan stared at Meng Qiwen and said.

"Then let's eat here. Meng Qiwen compromised, waved his hand, and then stood up and walked away.

"Your grandfather is like this, cold on the outside and hot on the inside, he has been talking to me more than once, always telling me when you can come back to see us, don't look at him not smiling, in fact, he is happy in his heart. Gao Xuan said.

"Well, I know. Lin Zhiming nodded.

At this time, Meng Qiwen came over with a plate and put the plate next to Lin Zhiming.

"To eat dumplings, you have to go with vinegar. Meng Qiwen said.

Lin Zhiming smiled, picked up the chopsticks and ate unceremoniously.