It was already night, the sky was completely dark, and under the illumination of the moonlight, only a rough outline could be faintly seen, despite this, Chen Dahe was still a little surprised, just looking at the area of the front yard, I am afraid that this old house will not be small.

On the side of the street is a long row of inverted houses, Chen Dahe just glanced at it, and then followed Mr. Li into the courtyard through the weeping flower gate, and when he walked to the middle of the garden, he stood in place and turned, and there were a lot of verandahs in the east and west wings, at this time Li Zhonghe had already opened the door of the main house, and turned on the electric light casually, and the orange light immediately drove away the darkness in the courtyard, and he could vaguely see the colorful and beautifully carved relief paintings under the eaves.

Chen Dahe gritted his teeth and looked at the main room, but saw that Old Man Li was already sitting on the upper seat belonging to the master, and shouted at him in a deep voice, "Don't come in yet, you will have to see it in the future." ”

After taking three steps and two steps into the door, Chen Dahe casually put the car key on the tea table, sat on the chair and said, "Old man, this is your home?"

At this time, if you can't see it, you are blind, and Old Man Li is not the owner of the house.

"Well," Li Zhonghe nodded, looked up, patted the armrest of the chair again, and said with emotion, "The old mansion left by my ancestors has been more than a hundred years, and I grew up in this yard when I was a child." ”

Chen Dahe pursed his lips and remained silent, no wonder the old man had this expression, but I hadn't heard him say it before.

"It was taken away in the early years," Li Zhonghe suddenly smiled, "It was only returned last year, but there are already more than a dozen families living inside and out, and all the furniture and items have been divided by these people,"

The old man spread his right hands, his face full of self-deprecation, "He gave me a return notice and a door key, and I didn't even have a place to put my feet when I came in." ”

Chen Dahe has the advantage of knowing when to speak and when not to speak, obviously, now is the time not to speak, and there is no need to ask where the dozen or so families have gone, just listen quietly.

But Li Zhonghe suddenly looked at him and asked, "Except for the students who teach, do you know how many disciples I used to have?"

Chen Dahe was stunned, shook his head and said, "You haven't told me again, how do I know." ”

"That's right," Li Zhonghe nodded and smiled, "I don't say it myself, and he doesn't dare to mention it to Lao Luotou,"

Speaking of this, he gestured with his two hands, "Eighteen, a full eighteen, most of them are the children of high-ranking officials and rich families before the founding of the People's Republic of China, of course, there are also six people from poor families with good talents, I treat them equally, and treat them as if their children are painstakingly cultivated, it's a pity,"

With both hands back and pressed the armrests of the chair, he squeezed it vigorously, "When I had an accident that year, there were eighteen people, none of them appeared, none of them,"

After a moment of silence and relief, Li Zhonghe smiled and waved his hand again, "Actually, there is nothing to pity, some are difficult to protect themselves, and some are wise to protect themselves, who can still take care of me, an old man, so in Shangjia Village, when you are a half-old boy who dares to risk disapproval to save me, a bad old man, I have decided to accept you as a closed disciple, and I am also the only disciple of Li Zhonghe in my life!"

The only disciple, that is to say, the eighteen people, were all expelled from the door wall by the old man, it seems that he has a lot of grievances in his heart, no wonder, counting the time, his wife also passed away at that time, if there is someone to help, maybe it can be relieved.

"I said old man," Chen Dahe said suddenly, "You don't ask people if they want to accept disciples, who is willing to carry that thing with you every day." ”

Li Zhonghe was stunned for a moment, and pointed at Chen Dahe and couldn't laugh, "You bastard, the old man told you such a serious thing, you are still so unserious, can you rely on it!"

"I'm very serious," Chen Dahe said seriously, "Originally, I can't make any money all day long, how can I do business happily." ”

"I see that your eyes are falling out of your eyes," Li Zhonghe scolded with a smile, "I should have asked Old Man Wang to take you to Shanghai in the first place, so as to save my old man." ”

"Forget it," Chen Dahe shook his head again and again, "If you work with him, you will get his share, how good it is to work alone, and you can earn and spend your own money." ”

Of course, these are jokes, after Chen Dahe's interruption, Li Zhonghe's mood was inexplicably much more relaxed, pointing around and saying with a smile, "Since you like money so much, this house will be given to you, how about it!"

"Huh?" Chen Dahe's eyes suddenly straightened, "What are you kidding, this is your family's ancestral home, you are not afraid that the ancestor of the Li family will come to you at night and scold you for being a loser!"

A trace of loneliness flashed in Old Man Li's eyes, "Hey, in a few years, the old man and I kicked on both feet, and if they don't come to me, I will also go to them and ask them how they bless the descendants of the Li family!"

"Then you can't give it to me," Chen Dahe leaned forward, looked at him and said, "Isn't it open now, I think you should go out and look for it, it's just that you have lost contact, and it's not really gone, if you can find it." ”

I thought that the old man would say something negative again, but I didn't expect him to smile, "So I'm going to go out and look for it." ”

Chen Dahe was stunned for a moment, looked at him inquiringly and did not speak.

"A few days ago, an old friend who worked in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs came to me and invited me to work as a consultant in a foreign agency," Li Zhonghe said with a melancholy face, "I thought about it for two days, and I couldn't make up my mind, but yesterday another person from the CPPCC came over and said that this old house had been arranged and could be moved back at any time.

"The dozen or so families have been arranged to go to other miscellaneous courtyards, and the houses have been renovated, even the old furniture from before has been renovated and retained, and the lost ones have been replaced with similar ones, which looks the same as when I left six years ago,"

Unconsciously, Li Zhonghe was already in tears, "As soon as I came in, I thought of my wife and the two children I haven't seen for more than 20 years, I'm almost seventy years old this year, if I don't look for it, I will never have a chance again,"

Li Zhonghe wiped his face with his hand, "So after I went back, I promised that old friend to go over and give him a hand, and look for the children by the way." ”

Chen Dahe nodded, "In this case, then you should keep this house for them, as well as the watch, when you get them back, I will give them a meeting gift." ”

"Don't stay," Li Zhonghe smiled and waved his hand, "When I returned to China more than twenty years ago, I still had some family funds in the safe deposit box of the Bank of New York, if I can find them, those are enough for them, and all of the country will be kept for you, don't say no,"

While speaking, Li Zhonghe took out a document bag from the drawer next to him and handed it over, "This is the deed of this house, in the afternoon, I have already found someone to go through the formalities and change it to your and Sissi's names, even if it is a wedding gift for you." ”