By accident, when I was interviewing at Yunti Network, Mai Tian was driving on a country road in Daping Village.

Now, he's on his way back home. Where parents are, home is there.

His name is not Wheat Field, but Shen Yiwei!

This time, he drove an ordinary Shanghai Volkswagen, and he was looking for his parents, Shen Jiantao and Liu Yun.

Strictly speaking, this is not Shen Yiwei's hometown. It's just that it belongs to the same county as his grandparents' hometown, but it is still nearly 100 miles away from his grandparents' hometown, and it is about the same distance as going to Minjiang City.

The road in Daping Village was newly built, and Shen Yiwei had never been here by car.

Along the way, where the breeze blows, there is a green countryside scenery everywhere. On both sides of the road, the straight trees welcomed him like two columns of sentry posts.

He originally wanted to drive his Cadillac XT5, but he was worried that he would be criticized by his father after meeting his father Shen Jiantao.

In his memory, his father has always been a serious man, a man who pursues frugality in life and excellence in his career.

Shen Yiwei once couldn't understand why the school his father chose for him, from elementary school to high school, was the most ordinary public school. With his parents' resources, with his own academic performance, he could have gone to a better school.

Shen Yiwei didn't know that his father Shen Jiantao, together with his two friends, Xiao Fucheng and Fan Hong, used to "cook wine and talk about heroes", and they had a "20-year elite plan", or an elite education experiment!

In this plan, Shen Jiantao adheres to the concept of education that is ordinary, which is different from Xiao Fucheng's "elite changes fate", but it is a bit similar to Fan Hong's concept. But Fan Hong still stood firmly on Xiao Fucheng's side.

It's just that now, the three children have grown up, and the results of their plans are still in tatters.

On the issue of going to school, my father Shen Jiantao and my mother Liu Yun don't know how many times they have quarreled with each other because of their different educational concepts.

Only for the last time, Liu Yun unilaterally decided to let Shen Yiwei study abroad!

But the world is impermanent, and everything is unimaginable. Shen Yiwei not only did not succeed, but caused him to drop out of high school, and since then he has been a stranger to his parents!

Perhaps, everyone will pay the price of their own youthful growth, and no one can blame it. What's the benefit of thinking about it more, then don't think about it!

Shen Yiwei didn't let himself think too much, and concentrated on navigation all the way.

Fortunately, the country roads were much easier than he expected.

Over the years, the roads in the countryside have been repaired better and better. The road leads directly to the rural farmhouse without any obstacles.

Not far from "home", Shen Yiwei stopped the car and walked all the way.

There were not many people in the village, and no one noticed that there was a young man who passed by with a bag of fresh lychees.

When he was a child, his grandparents brought him here once, and it was raining heavily and the ground was full of mud.

There are many people in the village, and he sees everything fresh, even in the rain, he happily plays around with the children.

Shen Yiwei looked at it as he walked, the tall houses and lively crowds that looked like when he was a child now looked particularly short and silent.

I haven't come for more than 20 years, it's like a world away!

Walking and walking, Shen Yiwei couldn't help but lighten his steps.

The small courtyard is surrounded by green trees, the ground in front of the courtyard is still wet, and the moss in front of the door after the rain is a damp green shade.

It may have been due to a light rain in the afternoon, and he was afraid that he would trample on the flat wetland in front of the house.

The sun and rain in the afternoon made the weather much cooler. The whole sky was a scene of tears of joy about to meet.

This small courtyard was originally an old house idle by Shen Yiwei's grandparents' distant relatives, and later the relatives' families moved to the county seat.

This family is also a single family in the village, and there are no direct brothers living here. Liu Yun contacted them and said that she wanted to rent for a few years and want to be quiet.

Although the relatives have never received any favors from Shen Jiantao's family, the kindness of the people in the village makes the family full of promises. It's just that you don't want rent for anything, and you can't buy or sell rural houses, and it's a waste to be idle.

But Liu Yun said that she couldn't live without rent, so her relatives were embarrassed to accept it.

After a simple renovation, this quiet courtyard invisibly reveals the cultivation of the owner.

The homestead area of the house is very large, and there is a verdant bamboo forest behind the house. In front of the house, the owner of the house set up a pumpkin, loofah and gourd melon stand, and under the blooming flowers, the budding melon and fruit heads were exposed everywhere.

There is a pond not far away, where Shen Jiantao often fishes.

There is a slope path next to the pond, passing through a few willow trees, and walking up, is a vegetable garden opened by Liu Yunxin.

The people in the village were not familiar with Shen Jiantao and Liu Yun, and only thought that two retired old men from the city had come to enjoy the life in the countryside.

Usually they live in seclusion, and relatives in the city rarely come here to disturb them.

The scenery is pleasant, quiet and laid-back, and it seems that my parents live here in peace.

Shen Yiwei stood in front of the door, but the door was hidden in broad daylight.

Are your parents at home? Mai Tian stood outside the door, not excited, but a little nervous.

He wondered what it would be like for his parents to see him in a while. For so many years, he had become accustomed to wandering alone.

Will his mother Liu Yun criticize him for having no conscience again? Will his father Shen Jiantao be relatively speechless with him?

He knocked on the door and called, "Mom, are you there?" I'm back!"

"I'm back!"

How many years have passed! He didn't have the courage to say this! He didn't want to set foot on the road back to "home"!

Especially his father Shen Jiantao, the idol he worshipped when he was a child, his image suddenly collapsed, and he still has a lot of doubts to this day.

The shadow of his father's accident has always weighed on his heart, as heavy as a Mount Tai.

Now he can finally muster up the courage to stand in front of his father's eyes, as if he was the one who made a big mistake back then, but in fact, he just paid the price of adolescence!

"Mom, are you there? I'm back!"

Shen Yiwei still calls his mother, and he is not used to calling his father.

He returned, but there was no response from home.

Shen Yiwei knocked on the door again, but no one answered. He tried to push the door open.

With a "squeak", the two old wooden doors were easily pushed open.

There was no one indoors. Parents are indeed not there!

Shen Yiwei hesitated, stepped through the door, and put the lychee on the dining table in the hall.

There are still two plates of leftovers covered with gauze on the dining table, and the frugal habits of the parents are really the same for decades.

The home is very simple and tidy, with very little furniture. There are two bedrooms in the house, one with a family portrait on the table.

The children in the family portrait should still be their own in kindergarten.

He stood in the middle, holding his two little hands up, proudly holding the faces of his parents on either side. Those two faces are still Shen Jiantao and Liu Yun when they were young.

"Mom and Dad, face to me. Yes, that's all!"

In front of the camera, Shen Yiwei when he was a child used his little hands to put his parents' faces against his face.

The memory of this fragment when I was a child is still very clear, Shen Yiwei touched the photo, and the corners of his eyes were moist unconsciously.

He entered another bedroom, and on the desk, there were still words written by Shen Jiantao, and the ink had dried.

Shen Yiwei, who doesn't like to take pictures, couldn't help but use his mobile phone to take a family photo and the words that his father had just written.

Parents should not be far away, he walked out the door to look for .

I saw an aunt from a distance, saw where he was standing, and greeted him: "You are a guest of his house, I will help you call them, you wait." ”

Shen Yiwei smiled at her and nodded in thanks. I suddenly remembered that there were still some unpicked fruits in the car, so I went back to the car to get them.

As soon as he entered the car, Shen Yiwei suddenly turned around and saw another car driving directly into front of his yard.

A person stepped out of the car, and he recognized it at a glance.

Not far away, in the vegetable garden behind the willow tree, Liu Yun was picking vegetables in the field.

Shen Jiantao has been waiting on the side to help.

"Liu Yun, let's go home, it should be enough. ”

"Well, that's enough, I don't want to pick more. There are a few new cucumbers, there are a lot of insect eyes in the beans, and the small greens can be fried on a plate. ”

"I still have a few more fish from my morning ......"

The two were chatting while picking vegetables, when they suddenly heard someone shouting by the pond: "Sister Liu, pick vegetables." There's a guest in your house, don't be busy, go back quickly. ”

"Ah, guest?" both were surprised.

This "home", very few guests come!

"yes, it's a man. I've got a lot of eggplants in my yard, why don't I send you some in the evening?"

"No thanks. There are also a lot of knots in my home, enough for the two of us to eat. ”

"If you need help, say yes, there is nothing else in our township, and there are small vegetables growing in the garden. ”

"Thank you, you're welcome if we need it!"

Could it be that her son has gone home? Liu Yun was a little excited, the last time she went to look for her son, she never found it.

She walked almost all the way home. Shen Jiantao followed closely behind her.

"Mayor Shen!" "Teacher Liu!"

The person who came stepped forward and shook hands with Shen Jiantao tightly.

It turned out that the person who came was Ma Zhichao, the general director of the former Litian Real Estate Company, Director Ma!

"Old leader, your body looks very healthy, but Mr. Liu's hair is half white!"

"Yes, now I work every day, and my spirit is much better. ”

"The current economic situation, all walks of life ......"

"Ma Zhichao, why are you two still talking about these national affairs together, you haven't talked enough about driving for Lao Shen before!" Liu Yun joked.

"In the past, how could Leader Shen have time to listen to me, but now I am here to quench his thirst. ”

It turned out that Ma Zhichao was Shen Jiantao's driver! After Mayor Shen's accident, he resigned immediately and was recruited by Wang Tianze into Litian Company.

"I haven't seen you for a few more years, and I'm coming to see you, so I've brought some fruit and the latest newspapers and magazines. ”

"Come in, come in! It just so happened that we picked some fresh side dishes, as well as the fish that Lao Shen caught himself, and ate together in the evening. You can't drink while driving, so we'll talk for a while. Liu Yun greeted.

"I'll show you the calligraphy I've been practicing lately. Shen Jiantao walked into his bedroom first.

Liu Yun pulled Ma Zhichao aside and asked him quietly.

"Ma Zhichao, what did you say about that Xiao Yeqing? Her child, how did you hear about it? And that one named Gu Caiyun, how is she now?"

"I was just going to tell you about this!"

Shen Jiantao and Ma Zhichao entered the study to chat.

When the two came out, they found that Liu Yun was in a daze, holding the newspaper that Ma Zhichao brought just now in her hand.

"Is there any bad news? This season, there won't be another flood!" Shen Jiantao asked.

"No, look at him, he still cares so much about social and people's livelihood affairs!"

Liu Yun suddenly came back to her senses, and on the newspaper she was holding in her hand, there was a revelation of finding relatives, and she quickly put it aside.

She found a bag of lychees on the dining table. The fright just now made her forget whether the lychee was sent by Director Ma, and she was embarrassed to ask him.

She also forgot whether they forgot to close the door when they went out. Anyway, when I got home, the door was open.

When a woman reaches this age, her memory is getting worse and worse. And the things at home, Shen Jiantao is even more like he doesn't have a long memory!

She didn't know that when they shook hands with Ma Zhichao, their son Shen Yiwei was in the car not far away, looking at them with tears in his eyes.

Shen Yiwei saw his parents and even heard their voices.

It's just a pity that the tooth marks of the clogs should be pitied, and the small buckle firewood has not been opened for a long time. Shen Yiwei obviously left his footprints, but chose to leave quietly again.