"How could Xiao Xiche go to the United States with Uncle Xiao and them? Uncle Wen doesn't have parents? And Aunt Lin and their parents and relatives?"

Tao Jingjing said what she had always doubted.

"Your Uncle Wen is an only child. His parents also died not long after your Uncle Wen got married. and your Aunt Lin's parents also cut off contact with your Uncle Wen after your two aunts died, and followed another daughter to China. When your Uncle Wen died, we didn't get in touch. Originally, we planned to let your father adopt Xiao Xiche, but we didn't expect that your Uncle Wen's funeral was over, and before we had time to do it, he was taken abroad by your Uncle Xiao, along with Xiao Zixin. ”

"Didn't you go back to him after that?"

"Looked. After all, your father is very responsible for the death of your Uncle Wen, he always wants to take good care of your Uncle Wenwen's children, every time he goes abroad, he always leaves some time, looks around by himself, and please, some friends abroad, but the foreign country is so big, and your Uncle Xiao may not want your father to find them, so many years, there has been no news. ”

"Is this the end of everything?"

"At least your Uncle Wen and your Uncle Xiao and your father, the matter between the three of them looks like it's over. ”

"After Xiao Zixin was taken away, your mother was depressed for a long, long time. Your father is also self-blame, after the company's rectification period has passed, the benefits have been bad, all things are pressed on your father's body, for a period of time, your father has insomnia all night long, my grandmother and I are distressed, but there is no way at all. After almost half a year, we saw that your father was young, but his hair was graying a lot, and your mother may have realized at this time that she couldn't be like this all the time, and gradually began to understand your father, and everything slowly improved. Then the company slowly got better. ”

"Uncle Wen's project, has my father's company put it into production?"

"No, your dad never mentioned that project again. I don't know where he put all the information. ”

"And that's the end of it. ”

"That's pretty much the end of it. No one will mention you Uncle Wen anymore, Aunt Lin and Xiao Qingshan, Xiao Zixin, and the child named Yiming, who was later renamed Xiao Xiche. Our family's life has calmed down like this, your father is in charge of production, your mother is in charge of external sales, and your grandmother and I come over from time to time to help, and the company has gradually become like our own family business, and the scope of business is getting narrower and narrower, just the first few rubber research and development and improved production. ”

"Later, when you grew up and were going to school, your parents really couldn't take care of you, and your grandmother's health gradually deteriorated, so we took you back to the town to live. ”

"It seems that nothing has changed in the next decade or two, and our family seems to be very happy, like a peaceful family, right, grandpa?"

"Yes, I thought that our family would live happily like this, here later, your grandmother died, I didn't feel too sad, I always thought that I had experienced so much in the front, and the back was like this, the days passed calmly like flowing water, life and death turned out to be an inevitable thing, and I looked down on everything, so I quietly watched you grow up, watched your parents love and love on the surface, without any quarrels and contradictions, I feel very content. Your grandmother is also content. So later, when your grandmother died, she walked very peacefully, even if your aunt made a fuss like that at that time, your grandmother didn't think it was a big deal, at least she was a good person!"

Tao Jingjing remembered that when her grandmother died, everyone was very sad, because it was too sudden, the person who was fine in the morning made breakfast, bought the dishes to be eaten at noon and packed them up, put them in the kitchen window, smiled and made an appointment with the neighbor Grandma Yu to play cards in the afternoon, watching herself and her grandfather hiding under the shady flower stand greedy for watermelon, blaming grandpa for taking him, and then explaining to grandpa that he was so old, don't be greedy, and blame grandpa for not helping at all......

Tao Jingjing thought that if she had a time machine, she would definitely accompany her grandmother, and then tell her that she loved her very much, and told her that she could be her granddaughter, which was the luckiest thing in her life, and told her that even if she lacked the company of her parents, she was also the luckiest child in the world, and told her that she must remember every word she said Eat well, be a good person, grow up well, be good, don't meet any bad people, tell her not to worry about herself, tell her not to worry about grandpa, and she will always be with grandpa...... But I didn't have a time machine, I didn't know anything, and at that time, I didn't know anything but rebellion, and I didn't do anything......

"Old man, wait a minute, remind me to cook at noon! I can watch TV."

"Got it!"

"Don't mess around with flowers, how good the girl's family is quiet, look at what you have brought in, that's ......"

Tao Jingjing didn't know, Tao Zhongming didn't know, the conversation that day became the last conversation between the three of them, and Tao Jingjing didn't say anything in this conversation, looking at the sky alone, there was nothing in the blue sky, Tao Jingjing just wanted to go away and fly high.

At noon that day, grandma didn't cook, and no one ate, and for many days afterward, Tao Jingjing's memory was very vague, she didn't know if it was because of the death of her relatives, many things about the funeral, Tao Jingjing didn't have an impression, it was her father's, and now when I think about it, Tao Jingjing didn't remember any details. The only thing I remember is that the adults are busy going in and out, and then the grandfather always sits alone under the flower stand that day, lying on the rocking chair, as if it is someone else's business from beginning to end, he has always stayed out of the matter, even when the grandmother is going to be buried, the grandfather did not move, and then for a long time, Tao Jingjing has the impression that the grandfather does not seem to be sad, and when everyone is gone, the yard is quiet again, and the grandfather takes himself as if everything has not happened, but the grandfather who cooks is always alone, and the grandfather who buys vegetables is also alone, and when eating, there is always a pair of dishes and chopsticks missing。

Time is a carving knife, carving out the preciousness of time and the ruthlessness of the years, carving the preciousness of relatives and carving out the reality of the departure of relatives that we do not accept. Many times, Tao Jingjing always accepts all the unfairness of the world calmly but can't calmly accept the changes for no reason, so now Tao Zhongming mentions the past, and wants to tell Tao Jingjing to accept all the changes, and then try to look forward, but she doesn't know that Tao Jingjing has been accepting it from beginning to end, never avoiding but not accepting everything, her acceptance is limited and measured.

"Grandpa, you said that we all have to look forward, but can we accept all the problems if we look forward? You see we are moving forward, you look forward, Dad looks forward, did Mom also drive forward at that time, and what is the result? Others will not look forward, and those who look forward can also turn their heads back, and what you think has passed is something that others have not forgotten, otherwise the things that have happened to Daddy's company and all the things that have happened to us, is this the price for us to look forward? Or is it the reward for us to look forward? ”

Tao Jingjing's voice was very soft, but it also knocked on Tao Zhongming's heart one by one, and there was no reaction at first, but as Tao Jingjing said every word, it gradually thundered in Tao Zhongming's chest.

"Just look ahead, we can't solve all the problems!"

"Flowey ......"

"Grandpa, you know what I mean, no matter what happened in the past, as you said to me at the beginning, we weren't in the situation at the time, we didn't know what the actual situation was at the beginning, so now we look at those things No matter who did it, even if it's my own father, I can't judge his right or wrong, but there are some things that we can't ignore at all. For Xiao Xiche, for me, for Xiao Zixin, and for all of us, we owe an apology, what our fathers did at the beginning, the impact on us, from the time they started to do it, we can't ignore it. ”

"Flowey ......"

"Grandpa, you let me finish. I'm not going to find out who did it wrong or who did it right in the first place, I'm just talking about the problems we are facing now. ”

"Look at my aunt's current situation, Xiao Xiche wants to investigate the ultimate cause of his father's death. Also, my dad and Uncle Wen haven't announced the final results of their project yet, do you think those who know about it will just give up?"

"I don't think so, they're not going to give up like that. Whether Xiao Xiche lied to me or not, as far as I know now, there are many people who are thinking about Dad and Uncle Wen, the end result of their project. ”

"You see, so many years have passed, we are looking forward, some people are not looking forward, and the results here may seem a little outdated now, but some people are still thinking about the results in their hearts. So you can't just ask us all to look forward. ”

"I don't know what the purpose of the sudden return of the raincoat is, and Zhuo Yan, but I know that they must have something to do with something in between. ”