When the uncle got out of the car, he specially told the driver to send Jolene home well. Before parting with him, Qiao Lin corrected very seriously: "Although you know Sun Ruiyang quite well, I still have to tell you that if he was born in ancient times, he would want to be a majestic general, not a sinister and cunning military advisor. ”

The uncle's secretary covered his mouth and smiled, and cleared his throat unnaturally, as if to say-what's the importance of this? The uncle also pondered for a moment, and then smiled: "Yes, I also think the general is better." ”

They didn't know that she liked to be honest about these trivial things. But they don't need to know. On the way home from the airport, Jolene was in a good mood for the first time in a long time, and even finally felt the high-end of the car.

When she went to see her husband, she happily recounted this little episode: "Wei Chenglin's car is comfortable enough, your uncle's car is even more spacious than his, and the car is quiet! When I got out of the car, the driver opened the door for me very gentlemanly, making me feel like a wealthy lady." I kind of understand why many people's ultimate dream is to drive a luxury car and live in a luxury house, because it is really comfortable!"

Even if she was forty or fifty years old, she would be innocent to talk about these things! Sun Ruiyang liked to hear her say this, and although he had tubes all over his body, he smiled very hard.

"But, how much does my uncle's car cost? Forget it, I can't afford it anyway. Oh, he also gave me a big red envelope, I just counted, a whole ten thousand. I'll save your hospitalization fee first, you don't have to worry about spending money, you must be discharged after you are well raised!"

"By the way, that guy Qiao Nan transferred me another 2,000 yuan. The two of them have been turning the house upside down lately, and they are a little tight on money. He said he gave me a meal fee. But I know that he is worried that I will have no financial resources after returning to China, and that I will be wronged in your family. Jolene said triumphantly: "Don't look at him stupid, but he is still my brother, my best brother!"

Sun Ruiyang smiled and nodded, as if to say - I know, so I don't dare to bully you. Jolene shook his hand and said, "So you have to be well, the baby still needs a brother like you!"

Every time she came to visit, Sun Ruiyang would definitely make a victory gesture to let her see her fighting spirit to live. Jolene would also beat him to the other, believing that he would be able to overcome the disease. And she doesn't cry anymore, and a smile is much more powerful than tears.

After that visit, Jolene went back to her house because her father was going to have surgery. Alas, why is she so busy this winter, her relatives are hospitalized like a market, but it really keeps her busy.

Qiao Jianjun didn't want to see his daughter's sad face, he patted his uneven legs, and said heartily: "Compared with your husband, your father's operation is not worth mentioning at all, not worth mentioning!"

This "not worth mentioning" minor operation broke the hearts of the three children, and even Jolene's aunt rushed over. Of course, Qiao Mu did not fly back from Germany on purpose, she was invited by a domestic provincial writers' association to go to the northwest to collect style. After the event, she heard that her second brother was going to have surgery, so she changed her ticket and flew to Hong Kong City to visit her brother, whom she hadn't seen for several years.

Qiao Jianjun told her many times that her condition was not so serious, and she didn't have to travel thousands of miles like this. But Mr. Qiao Mu was also stubborn, and rushed to the hospital before he had surgery.

Lao Qiao slapped his right leg again, and said with emotion: "For my leg, you are really moving, even you, a great writer, have been alarmed, I don't know what to say." ”

"Second brother, don't keep saying 'it's okay', it's so serious that you can't walk, can you still say it's okay?"

Since her aunt took her to Germany to recuperate, Jolene's fate with her aunt has been exactly ten years, and her aunt has reached the age of knowing her destiny, but she hasn't changed at all, her clothes are still so bright and decent, and there are almost no wrinkles on her smooth face. Jolene was so suspicious that she had taken preservatives, and her father was really an old man compared to her.

After greeting his brother, Qiao Mu looked at the ward and said in a loud voice: "Before I came, I wanted to change the best ward for you, but I didn't expect your conditions here to be quite good!"

Old Joe couldn't hide his pride and praised the children again. Qiao Mu was also happy from the bottom of his heart: "Your three children are indeed promising, which is enviable!"

During that time, in addition to saying that children were filial to others, Lao Qiao talked about a trivial matter of Qiao Nan again: "After the wedding, on the plane home, he started to read, because he had already started school at that time...... are in their thirties, and they still live every day like a senior in high school. Listening to Wen Jing, he reads books at home. Two children, one on his lap and one on his back, he wrote his essay like that. Every time I go to class, I write my homework on the plane and high-speed train. I slept a few hours a day, and I didn't listen to him when I told him to rest. ”

Others only know that he is a high-IQ scholar, and he was also a soldier with a high military value, he seems to be effortless, able to write and martial arts, but in fact, he is exchanged for overdrawing physical strength. Qiao Mu said that he really wanted to write down Qiao Nan's growth experience to stimulate his little cousin who was soaking in games all day.

Old Joe still remembered the young nephew, and Qiao Mu smiled: "I am nine years old this year, which is the age when dogs dislike it." Chinese will be translated over and over again, and it seems that the year in Beijing was in vain. I plan to bring him back again in the past two years, he has half Chinese blood in his veins, and I can't let him forget his roots. ”

"That is, every time Qiao Nan comes back, I take him home to worship his ancestors, no matter how far he goes, he can't forget where his roots are. ”

In the past few years, Qiao Mu has lived a quiet life abroad, but the changes in Qiao's family have been earth-shaking. Lao Qiao took out his mobile phone very proudly and showed her Qiao Nan's lovely children and the three children of Qiao Lu's family.

He focused on the little bell: "Don't look at her not biological, but she is more sticky to Qiao Lu than her biological daughter." That mouth follows her [new] father, who can speak well, is likable. ”

Qiao Mu praised the little bell for her beauty, and also praised Qiao Lu: "Qiao Lu is smart and kind, she has suffered so much, and now she is finally happy." The eldest brother and sister-in-law will definitely feel relieved if they have a spirit in the sky - of course, the person they are most grateful to must be you. ”

Jolene was in and out of the hospital room, vaguely overhearing their conversation. Perhaps talking about the most difficult past of Lao Qiao's family, my aunt also wiped away tears. Qiao Lin heard her say: "It is said that the eldest brother is like a father, after the death of my father and eldest brother, to me, you are both an elder brother and a father. ”

Old Joe hurriedly wiped her tears, and Jolene was worried about her aunt's embarrassment, so she hurriedly withdrew. As she sat outside the ward, she remembered a study her aunt had done back then, probably about the process of changing the image of fathers in modern China.

For example, in the twenties and thirties of the last century, fathers were mostly symbols of decadence and stubbornness, and the struggle between fathers and sons was often the kind that Freud defined, while in the fifties and sixties, when wars had just been experienced, fathers were often symbols of suffering. According to the research done by my aunt, Lao Qiao should belong to the kind of father written by the writer in the eighties - uneducated, rustic, but hardworking and simple, willing to give everything for his family.

Jolene listened to her aunt's words, and remembered the paper she had written, and many images suddenly appeared in front of her eyes. Maybe my aunt should write a paper, that is, the change of my brother's image!

When she was young, her second brother went south and went to a place she had only seen on a map, and joined the army with honor. When she heard that he was going to the front, she was worried about him all day long. She eagerly awaited his letter, and she proudly showed off to her classmates, and her second brother was a big hero in her mind at that time.

In the bumpy years, the second brother became her only pillar again. has to pay tuition and has no living expenses, her first reaction must be to find her second brother. Can her second brother come up with so much money? Whether the second brother is so worried that he can't sleep at night, or borrows money from others in a low manner, this is not something she considers. Anyway, in her eyes, the second brother is omnipotent, and he will definitely be able to raise money for her.

A few years later, she graduated from college and saw the wider world, and she gradually discovered the shortcomings of her second brother - he had lived the most ordinary life as a citizen almost all his life, and his vision could only see through this alley. He could not give any constructive advice on her future. He was dressed simply, even a little rustic. He became slimy, couldn't speak well, and would only reason with her as a passerby, which annoyed her.

So, she talked about a desperate love, regardless of the second brother's obstruction, insisted on going abroad, and broke off contact with the "uninformed" second brother in a fit of anger. After many years abroad, she was scarred, and in the end, she found that the only person she could rely on for a lifetime was her second brother.

Jolene also thinks of her brother, who spent a lot of money for her when she was in college and solved a lot of troubles for her. She knew that her brother rose quickly, but there must be very bad people around him, and he must have suffered a lot of setbacks.

But her brother never told her this, she took the money given by her brother, lived a carefree school life, and was familiar with various fashions. But she also laughed at her brother during the New Year, laughing at him for not being able to distinguish the types of coffee, not knowing how to enjoy life, he only wears the clothes issued to him by the state all the year round, he will only be a rough savage, and he will only make jokes to make his sister-in-law angry.

Alas, if she had read her aunt's essay earlier and learned about her brother's silent efforts, she would certainly not have laughed at him. Qiao Lin looked at the transfer records in WeChat and thought to herself, she would be better to her brother in the future.