Tao Ying didn't answer, she reached out and touched the dust on the TV cabinet, and felt a lot for a while, and then she raised her feet and walked upstairs, the first room near the stairs was her parents' room, the door was not closed, she walked in, looked at it for a while, and opened the second room, this is the study, the books on the shelves are also covered with dust, she remembered that when she used to study here, she always liked to sit by the window, basking in the warm sun, and then her mother would come in and put a glass of milk on the table for her.

Finally, she opened her room, and looked around, the room was not big, and against the wall of the corridor was a mahogany wardrobe made by an old carpenter, she remembered that she always liked to wear skirts when she was a teenager, and every summer, as soon as she opened the cabinet door, she would see all kinds of skirts in the cabinet, which made her pick and choose, and on the small bedside table was a picture of her, when she was seventeen years old, sitting on the school lawn, the grass, the sun, and the laughter seemed to be still yesterday;

Her bed is still made by an old carpenter, the single bed is not big, now it is covered with a white cloth to keep out the dust, she remembers that the bed sheets in the past are sewn by her mother in a floral style, and her mother's hands are as clever as the old tailor...... She smiled slightly, and walked over to open the old-fashioned windows that opened to the outside, and the warm winter sun shone in obliquely, and the backyard was barren for many years.

She walked downstairs and walked to the courtyard, only to see Su Hanchen taking an iron basin from the corner to fill water, looking around for cleaning tools. She smiled, walked over and said, "Forget it, you go outside and see where there is a housekeeping aunt, please ask two people to come in and clean, you are a young master who doesn't touch the spring water with ten fingers, where do you know how to do these cleaning jobs!"

Su Hanchen smiled a little embarrassedly, looked at the yard, and then looked at his mother, he really didn't know where to start, so he had to say: "Then I'll go out and look for it, buy some water and come back, and my mother will sit on the rattan chair over there to rest." ”

"Got it, you go. Tao Ying walked over as he said.

This old-fashioned rattan chair is also full of memories, my mother always sits on the rattan chair with reading glasses to knit a sweater for her, as if it is still vivid, the dust on the rattan chair has been swept away, she patted it gently, sighed, and then sat down slowly, raised her head slightly, looked at the clouds in the sky, lowered it again, and then looked at everything in the courtyard, and gradually became sad.

Su Hanchen walked out, looked for two intersections, only to find a housekeeping company and invited two aunts to clean, he bought mineral water, bread, paper towels and some cleaning utensils in the store, and returned to the former residence, Su Hanchen put the cleaning utensils aside first, and then asked his mother to eat some bread to fill her stomach.

Tao Ying sat there, took the bread he handed over, and said with a smile: "You also sit down and bask in the sun with your mother." ”

It was more than three o'clock in the afternoon, and the sun was warmest at this time of winter, Su Hanchen looked at the nostalgic look on his mother's face, and sat down with a smile.

"I remember the last time you accompanied your mother when you were in high school, how many years have passed, and this house hasn't changed at all except for being a little old. ”

"I haven't been back for many years, but now I still feel very kind when I come back with my mother. Su Hanchen looked out from the courtyard gate, the people of this county are simple, most of the residents are local, and there is no sense of prosperity and trend in the metropolis when walking on the road, but it is so reassuring, as if living here, time seems to slow down.

When he came before, he and Han Si Xiaoying also ran to the foot of the mountain that is said to be the temple built in the Tang Dynasty to pray for blessings, although the temple is at the foot of the mountain, but the mountain is high, built high, standing on the high place of the temple, the whole county can almost overlook the bottom of the eye, and the back of the green mountain, after praying for blessings, you can climb the mountain along the mountain road, at that time they were still lively and active age, in the mountain all the way to the mountains and rivers, it is really a little happy to forget to return, now I think about it, it is a long way ago.

Su Hanchen sat and talked with his mother, until the two housekeeping aunts came to clean, Tao Ying asked Su Hanchen to go out for a walk by himself, there is no clean place to sit in this house now, and he can't help if he stays, Su Hanchen just wants to go to the foot of the mountain for a walk, and it is not far from here.

So I went out and slowly paced along the path I remembered. Decided to come back here temporarily, my mother was always restless, said that she wanted to go back to her hometown to see, he couldn't rest assured, Hansi couldn't leave, Xiaoying had just joined the work, just came back for three or four days, and the work at hand was still able to spare these few days, so he accompanied his mother to take a plane to the neighboring city, and took a two-hour bus, he was a little tired, but when he thought of the quaint temple, he had a little bit of the mind to take a look.

There are hundreds of steps in front of the temple, although it is at the foot of the mountain, in fact, the position of the temple is also quite high, on the stairs, there is a platform, some local residents put some special products here, many are mountain goods, he walked slowly and looked at it at random, and then there are more than 20 steps of stairs, and it is the entrance of the temple to go up.

There are two thousand-year-old laurel trees in front of the temple gate, the laurel trees don't look very tall, and the diameter is not so thick, Su Hanchen is a little skeptical that these two laurel trees are really a thousand years old, he looked at the sign hanging on the laurel tree, and suddenly remembered a joke Jiang Ying said: "If these two laurel trees are really a thousand years, then I am also a hundred years old." He remembered that he and Xiaoqing went out to travel in high school, and there was a scenic spot where there was a thousand-year-old laurel tree that could only be hugged by three people, and the laurel tree had lush branches and leaves, which were sixteen or seventeen meters high, and the crown was like a giant umbrella. Compared with the two trees in front of this temple, there is really a huge difference.

He turned his head to look at the appearance of the temple, which was a little different from what he had seen before, thinking that it had been revised later and made it more neat, and then looked at the heights, but it was several more halls, more magnificent, but a little less of the original quaint atmosphere. He was about to walk in with his feet raised, only to see a woman walking out of the temple, he couldn't help but look twice, because her expression was in obvious contrast with the people who came to the temple to pray for blessings, and there was no trace of praise for life on her face, which was a little gloomy.

Shu Yun also glanced at Su Hanchen when she walked down the stairs, he didn't look like a local, whether it was Bai Chen's thin appearance or his temperament and dress, she only nodded slightly, and then walked down the stairs carefully, and did not glance at the local residents who were placing mountain goods on both sides of the road.

The mobile phone rang in the bag, Shu Yun took out the mobile phone, and when she saw that it was her son calling, a little smile appeared on her face: "Guoping, are you out of school?"

Du Guoping was very noisy, thinking that he had just left the school gate, he shouted with great opinions: "Mom, are you coming back now, you haven't come back, what will I eat tomorrow!"

Shu Yun's voice was soft: "Doesn't your father cook for you? Why can't you eat?"

"Don't, my dad's cooking is as delicious as you'rear!

Shu Yun smiled: "Mom hasn't been back for many years, and naturally there are a lot of relatives to visit when I come back this time, you are so anxious, are you not happy that I didn't bring you back?"

Du Guoping said: "Your hometown is just a small county town, what do I want to go to? I want to see my sister, but you won't let me go!"

Shu Yun's expression faded, and said, "Okay, Mom will be back in two days, you go home first, pay attention to safety." ”

"Okay, okay, okay. Du Guoping hung up the phone impatiently.

The classmates on one side waved goodbye to him, and Du Guoping waved his hand perfunctorily, and then walked towards the subway station. While walking, Du Guoping was still a little puzzled, my mother went there on Monday, and it has been four days now, but it seems that she can't come back in the past two days, and there is no one in this hometown, what is my mother busy with?

As he walked, he realized something meaningful, could it be an old lover in private? Sister's biological father? For so many years, he still kept such a photo, which was cherished and locked in a drawer, and it was obviously unforgettable! He stopped and hurriedly called his sister.

When the phone rang, Shu Wei was cooking dinner, Fu Qing called today and said that she was going to come over for dinner, she guessed that she was probably talking about Aunt Su, so she went to the supermarket to buy ingredients in the morning, she wiped her hands clean, and walked out of the kitchen while answering the phone: "Guoping, are you out of school?"

"Sister, did you have any eyebrows about the photo you asked me to send you last time?"

Shu Wei was stunned, she only received a message from Guan Xiaoqun today, as Guan Xiaoqun said, she is not Qin Xuyang's daughter, although she has been prepared in her heart, but when she saw the paternity test form sent, her heart still sank slightly, and she was a little uncomfortable, no one would hope that she would be an orphan, so she said a little late: "He is not, he is not my father." ”

Du Guoping was obviously surprised, and said after a while: "No, you have looked for him?"

"Well, the paternity tests are all out, and I have nothing to do with him. Shu Wei pretended to smile lightly, although she didn't feel good, she didn't want the people around her to worry.

Du Guoping was a little confused, and said in confusion: "That, let me tell you something, my mother has returned to her hometown, you said that she wants to go back for no reason, what's going on, I went on Monday and now it's Friday, it looks like I have to stay for a few more days, I think it's very strange, there is no one in my hometown, why did my mother stay for so many days? Did you mistake your biological father, in fact, your mother's old lover is in your mother's hometown." ”

These words made Shu Wei stunned, this possibility ...... It doesn't seem to be impossible, if she says this, she may not necessarily be adopted by her mother, Qin Xuyang is not her father, it doesn't mean that her mother is not her mother, that child may really be saved.

"Sister, what are you thinking? Do you think there is such a possibility, what can my mother do when she goes back to her hometown, unless there is something else to worry about in her hometown. ”

Shu Wei knew what his younger brother Du Guoping thought of and said, "Don't talk nonsense, let Dad hear it, what is it like." ”

Du Guoping smiled disapprovingly: "The two of them just make do with each other, they quarrel every day, and they don't quarrel any feelings, how can Dad be jealous." Said and smiled: "Hey, sister, I looked at the calendar on my phone, this year's New Year is early, in January, now it's the fifth, I'm about to see you, you remember to buy me sneakers." ”

Shu Wei thought about it, it was almost the New Year, she missed them too, and said with a smile: "I know, I'll buy it for you in advance, you go to school well, I'll go back to see how many points you score." ”

"No problem, it's not much better anyway, it's not the bottom one, you can't ask me to take the first test. ”

Shu smiled and hung up the phone, and when she turned around and walked back to the kitchen slowly, she held the phone, thought twice, and made a call to her mother.

Shu Yun just got out of the taxi, returned to the county center, and saw that it was Shu Wei's phone, she already knew it in her heart, and she picked it up.

"Mom, it's me. ”

"Well, is there something wrong?" Shu Yun walked into the store and bought a bottle of water, "How much?"

Shu Wei was silent for a moment, "Mom, are you going back to your hometown now?"

"Yes, didn't Guoping tell you? Your brother cares about you. Shu Yun sat down on a chair outside the store, basking in the last bit of sunset, and said: "You called me for something else, Guoping took my key and opened my drawer to take a picture of you, do you think I don't know, I just don't say it." ”

Shu Wei was very surprised, remembering that Guoping said that his mother didn't find out at all, "Mom, why do you want me to attend that banquet? Why did you deliberately lead me to Qin Xuyang?"

Shu Yun chuckled, "That banquet was proposed by Zuo Ge himself, where did I want you to attend?" It's just that I know that he will attend this banquet, so let it be." ”

Go with the flow, Shu Wei couldn't be as light as her mother: "Why do you want me to think that he is my father?

"That's all you want to know who your father is?"

Having said this, but her mother's tone was still lukewarm, she had always talked to her like this, Shu Wei felt a little uncomfortable: "Yes, I just want to know who my father is, and whose child am I?"

Shu Yun looked at the many students who came out of the middle school opposite, and said with a smile: "Qin Xuyang is indeed not your father, but you are indeed my child, don't think about it." ”

"Am I really your child?"

"Do you wish you were an orphan? Or do you want me to tell you all the things about me one by one? I tell you yes, you are. Shu Yun was annoyed, and then hung up the phone.

Shu Wei's questioning made her heart a little more uneasy, although she didn't care that Shu Wei knew that Qin Xuyang was not her father, but she repeatedly questioned her life experience, but it made her feel a trace of fear, she had to tell herself that she wouldn't know, and no one would know.