Contrary to the warm situation of the Huang family, Li Min and Yu Qiu had a terrible year.

Li Min's hometown is the same city as the famous scenic spot in Cangwu Province, but there is still some distance from this scenic spot, called Kuma Village.

The ancient village was built in the Tang and Song dynasties and flourished in the Ming and Qing dynasties. It used to be "the old wharf lined with thousands of sails, the ancient bazaar where merchants gathered, the Xiaoyao Cave where the soul of the Gonggong swayed, and the kaleidoscope of the Ming and Qing dynasties".

And now, in the case of the whole resource and network inclined to the scenic spot, the whole bitter village is dilapidated, only the ancient wind and fire wall, the low stilted building shows the wisdom of the ancestors to the visitors, a piece of bluestone slabs, a sound of knock knock, telling the history of the past.

Li Min's home is in the most corner of the town, and when you look at it from the outside, it is freezing outside, rain and snow, and it is also very wet and cold inside.

There is no kang, no floor heating, but fortunately, this summer, she went home and bought a heating and cooling air conditioner, which was installed in her mother's room, so that the mother and daughter did not have to be frozen at night.

"Mom, you should go with me after the New Year, it's too wet and cold here. Looking at her mother Zou Hongping, her hands were frostbite and calluses, and Li Min didn't know how many times she had mentioned this topic.

It was still silent silence, Li Min felt powerless, she didn't know what her mother was insisting on.

Xiaomin, your mother will figure it out. The fat aunt next door saw that Li Min's whole body was tightly wrapped and didn't say a word, and she comforted her for a long time.

The fat aunt actually couldn't understand what Zou Hongping was insisting on.

It's a good life, but it's a hard life.

Could it be that he was waiting for that scumbag.

For the first time, Li Min didn't pay attention to the fat aunt, Xu was too sour in his heart, and he was afraid that he couldn't help crying when he spoke.

The fat aunt was not angry, she gently held her hand, she glanced at Li Min, who was busy working, "Could it have something to do with your father, is your father coming back for the New Year?" I heard that someone met him in the county town a few years ago, and he seemed to have gone to find your mother. ”

Li Minru was struck by lightning, she looked at the fat aunt, full of hope, and asked the fat aunt in a trembling voice, "He hasn't come back for many years, could he be mistaken?"

The fat aunt was about to refute, she didn't think it was fake news, she didn't see that Zou Hongping was very happy this year, and there were a lot of dishes, which was obviously not the amount of the mother and daughter for the New Year.

But seeing Li Min like this, she couldn't bear it, and responded softly with a "um", and continued: "It's possible that I'm wrong, after all, your father has been away for so many years, and he must have changed a little, and the people who see it are just a flash, how can they see it so clearly." ”

As if to increase Li Min's confidence, the fat aunt smiled embarrassedly, "There are so many people in the country, and there are many similarities, it is definitely possible to be wrong." ”

It's a pity that Li Min didn't sleep well all night, Zou Hongping watched Li Min keep turning over, and could only sigh silently.

She actually heard the fat aunt's words.

She didn't know what was going on in her heart.

After so many years, it seems that I have long since died, but it seems that there is always a breath, not up and down.

I can't swallow it, and I can't spit it out.

At dawn, the family had just sat down at the table, ready to have breakfast, suddenly, a man appeared at the gate of the courtyard, Li Min was the first to see, she stood up suddenly, looked at the greasy man in front of her in a daze, her hand was loosened, and the chopsticks fell to the ground, in this deathly silence, it seemed extremely clear.

Compared with more than ten years ago, this greasy middle-aged man is old and bald, his face is very haggard, his eyes are sunken, and he has stubble on his chin, giving people a miserable feeling. But the silhouette is still there.

"Daddy"

The words that hadn't been shouted for more than ten years rushed out of his mouth all at once, and Li Min couldn't believe his eyes.

Li Tuan Neng looked at his daughter and wife indifferently, as if they had not been separated for more than ten years, as if he had just gone out last night and had just come back in the morning, he looked at the table in the hall, bacon fried garlic, sausage, salted duck eggs, millet porridge, and old steamed buns.

The mother and daughter seemed to be doing better than he had imagined.

"Why are you still stunned, why don't you go and serve me food. Li Tuoneng looked at Zou Hongping scoldingly, and automatically sat down on the table, holding a piece of bacon in one hand and putting it in his mouth, and already grabbing a steamed bun in the other.

Zou Hongping trembled, bowed his head obediently, and trotted into the kitchen.

After a while, Li Min came back to his senses and walked towards him, as if looking at a stranger.

I didn't expect her to go to him yet, but he came to the door first, "What are you doing here?" asked Li Min unceremoniously.

Li Tuaneng's eyes were horizontal, "What are these words, Lao Tzu is going back to his home." ”

"Home?" Li Min showed a very surprised expression, "I don't seem to have you in my family, besides, you are not welcome here, if you have anything to say, or we can talk outside." ”

Zou Hongping came out of the kitchen, hurriedly put the millet porridge on the table, blocked it in front of Li Tuaneng, looked at Li Min pleadingly, and said, "Nannan, your father is back, maybe he has figured it out, don't drive him away." ”

Li Min frowned, and looked at Zou Hongping with an unkind gaze for the first time, "Mom, after so many years, when did I have a father?"

Zou Hongping's eyes were already red and swollen, "Nannan, my mother begs you, don't drive your father away, it's rare for your father to turn around and be willing to come back, let's have a family reunion and have a good New Year." ”

Li Min closed his eyes and shook his head, and when he opened his eyes again, he was clear, "I don't have a father, I Li Min didn't have a father when I was twelve years old." ”

"You stinky girl, you're cursing Lao Tzu to death. Li Tuanneng, who had already sat down to drink porridge, heard Li Min's words, slapped the bowl hard, and the millet porridge splashed half of the table, "Let's talk nonsense and beat you to death." ”

"I didn't have a father, and my father died when I was twelve. Li Min replied stubbornly.

Li Tuoneng was furious, looked around, and copied out a bamboo broom from behind the door, "You said that you don't have a father, Lao Tzu doesn't have your daughter, Lao Tzu will kill you today." ”

Zou Hongping hurriedly stopped, tears kept falling, "Li Min and his father, if you want to beat me, I'll die, let me go." ”

The fat aunt who was following Li Tuanneng stumbled in, panted at Li Min, and said with difficulty: "Child, you can be wronged, do you want to see your mother die for this man again?"

The fat aunt was one head and two big, and while the three of them were talking, Li Tuoneng didn't want to make a fuss as soon as he went home, so he sat down by himself, picked up the dishes and chopsticks and began to pick up the rice, and his mouth was not clean and disgusted with too few vegetables.

Seeing this, the fat aunt smiled, "Big brother, it's rare for you to come back, Hong Ping, you go to fry two more dishes, Li Min, you go to the aunt's house, the aunt's house has something to ask you to help with." ”

After speaking, he couldn't help but say, and pulled Li Min away.

Sitting at the fat aunt's house, watching their family lively and lively, and preparing things for the New Year in a friendly manner, Li Min's tears couldn't help but fall.

The fat aunt sent a bowl of steaming tea, "Good boy, don't be angry, don't cry, fill your stomach first, maybe your father has changed, maybe things are not as bad as you think." ”