No matter how detailed Sydney's outline is, she definitely didn't expect that she would release this chapter on Chinese New Year's Eve. Maybe this is fate, at the moment of family reunion, tell a story of reunion with twists and turns.

One of the gimmicks of this story is that one of the Qiao family's children is not biological. All the previous clues indicate that this person is my brother Qiao Nan. However, you all guessed wrong, my brother is indeed my father's biological son, and my sister Qiao Lu is an adopted child by my parents, and she is the daughter of my eldest uncle.

Sydney has used the titles "second brother" and "second uncle" more than once, yes, this is indeed my father, the biological father of me and my brother, but has no one ever doubted the whereabouts of "Big Brother Joe"?

Seeing this, some people may be angry - it turns out that Lao Qiao, this guy looks quite serious, and he actually has a son with another woman! Heh, he deserves to be poor for the rest of his life.

Scolding and scolding, but don't abandon the book, look down, you will definitely understand him.

My parents are married for the second time, and my father's first wife is Aunt Tao Xiyun, who appeared before.

Just imagine, my father is a rural baby who went to work and joined the army without graduating from junior high school, and my mother is the first batch of proud sons to be admitted to college after the resumption of the college entrance examination.

Prior to 1986, their relationship was limited to fellow villagers. Aunt Tao was closer to her mother, and when she was working at the junction of the two villages, she always asked her mother to read and write, while her father watched them from a distance. So, they are familiar with each other, but they are far away.

As for Aunt Tao's origins, I know very little. She is probably from a place in the southwest of Lu Province, and her father is a scholar, and he was sent to my father's hometown, Qiaojiatun. That's all I learned.

Grandpa Tao is a scholar, and a scholar always has a proud backbone, but the consequence of pride is depression. Towards the end of that catastrophe, he died in Qiaojiatun. Her daughter, Aunt Tao, has become an orphan and doesn't know how to survive in that wolf-infested countryside.

At that time, the village cadres were arrogant and treacherous, but Aunt Tao was very beautiful, and they proposed all kinds of plans (seemingly) in her favor, but they were all premised on her beauty. Aunt Tao was terrified all day long, and when she met a man, she walked around the road. At that time, my grandmother bravely stood up, took her home, and let out the words, she will be the daughter of the Qiao family in the future!

Of course, the cadres of the brigade didn't do it, they came to Qiao's house again and again to make trouble, but they were all beaten out by my father. Growing up, my dad has always been heroic, or he wouldn't have joined the army in the future.

This situation lasted for a while, and finally the cadres of the brigade threatened my grandmother, "You are sabotaging state policy! You are a reactionary! For the sake of this stinky old girl, are you not even afraid of such a crime?

Grandma used her two hands to prop up on the door frame domineeringly, and slammed back with full anger: "I don't care whose daughter she is, in my place, she is a human life!"

Grandma's fierceness finally made the villains flinch, and Aunt Tao was able to stay at Grandma's house. After the days calmed down, Dad made a decision - he wanted to join his eldest brother and go to the Port City Chemical Factory as an apprentice.

Aunt Tao knew that most of her father's decisions were related to herself. As long as Dad is at home, there will be constant rumors in the village. Only by leaving can she keep her reputation.

Dad went to work in a chemical factory for a year, and made another big decision - to join the army and go to the distant border to defend his family and country. Daddy Wen

The degree of transformation is very low, and almost all the decisions are made by the uncle for him. The eldest brother is like a father, and the uncle is definitely a competent and good brother.

On the eve of Dad's departure to the army, Aunt Tao made him a suit of clothes and two pairs of shoes, and shyly expressed her heart - Second brother, when you come back, I will marry you.

Dad's face is red, and he is a little childish, but more of a tiger who is not afraid of heaven and earth - Xiyun, when I come back, I will marry you.

In today's anti-Japanese war dramas, as long as the protagonist says this, it is generally a textbook FLAG, which is the precursor of GG. But this sentence did not become a FLAG, and in 1983, my father returned to his hometown and married Aunt Tao.

Why did it happen in 1983? Because there were many things going on in the family that year, my sister's father, that is, my uncle, died in the chemical plant explosion; my aunt, who was nine months pregnant, was so grief-stricken that she gave birth to her sister early, but she died on the operating table due to heavy bleeding; my grandfather couldn't stand the stimulus and went with her less than a month after my sister was born.

In the summer of 1983, the Qiao family sent away three lives, and the grandmother, who had always been tough, also collapsed, and wrote a letter to ask her father to come back. Dad has not yet recovered from the killing on the battlefield, and he has to endure great pain to carry up this family.

How bitter was Daddy's heart? I can't think about it. Perhaps, he didn't even have time to cry.

After his father retired, he returned to work at the Port City Chemical Factory. In the winter of 1983, he got a marriage certificate with Aunt Tao and got her a job at the Gangcheng Glass Factory. The two of them are down-to-earth and hardworking, and their small lives are thriving, and the rest of the money is sent back to their hometown for their aunt to study, and they also buy some milk powder and clothes for their young sister. Life at home is getting better at a rate that is visible to the naked eye.

It was at that time that the elder brother came to them, and it can be said that the birth of the elder brother brought infinite hope to this unfortunate family. He was born in May again, and the port city at that time was simply unbelievably beautiful. My father, who never believed in ghosts and gods, went to a fortune teller to give his brother a name, which was enough to show his love for this little life.

However, the tricks of fate are always endless, one day in August, my brother is going to celebrate 100 days, and my father made an appointment with my mother to go to the photo studio to take a family photo after work that day. Aunt Tao specially put on a new set of clothes for her brother and went out happily.

In the mid-80s, public transportation was not developed at all, and there were not a few buses in the whole city, so Aunt Tao walked with her brother. When walking to a small alley, my brother's hat was blown away by the wind, and Aunt Tao hurriedly picked it up. It didn't matter, a big truck came at a fast speed and knocked her straight away. The scene of the car accident was extremely tragic, but fortunately, my brother was unharmed under the protection of Aunt Tao.

Fate is really ironic, obviously they went to take a family photo, but their family was stunned and didn't even leave a photo.

Dad was still chatting with the boss in the photo studio, and he waited for a long time, but he didn't wait for his wife and children. When I got home, there were already police officers in front of my house. What kind of mood did Dad have to face Aunt Tao's death?

So when I grew up, I often thought that fate was really cruel to my father.

After losing Aunt Tao, my father drank heavily all day long, and he didn't even want to pay attention to his brother's crying. The inability to track down the driver who caused the accident made my father even more sinking. My aunt had to take a leave of absence from school and come to Hong Kong City to take care of their father and son. But she is clumsy and full of romantic thoughts, how can she take care of her? Her father has a scruffy beard, her brother has a yellow face and thin muscles, and the father and son may die at any time.

In that cold winter, Daddy, Auntie

Take my brother back to his hometown for the New Year. According to the customs of the hometown, as long as there is a funeral at home, the Spring Festival couplets will not be pasted for three years, but white paper. From 1983 to 1986, a thick stack of white paper was pasted on the door of my grandmother's house, and people in the village took a detour when they saw it.

The continuous mourning made my grandmother's eyes almost blind from crying. In order to chase her sister, she also sprained her foot. A family is not a family, people are not like people, this is the Spring Festival of Lao Qiao's family in 1986. After seeing the tragic situation at home, Dad finally cheered up a little. He plans to take his sister to the port city and use his meager salary to support the two children and provide for his aunt's education.

On the day of returning to Hong Kong City on the fourth day of the Lunar New Year, my father was waiting for the bus at the entrance of Dalijia Village. That's when he was reunited with his mother.

Dad was very embarrassed, his hair and beard were messy, and his collar was black. Holding a small baby in her arms, the baby cried loudly, and the aunt next to her looked impatient and pulled her sister to prevent her from running away. And my sister's flower padded jacket can no longer see the color, the pigtails are high and low, and bubbles are spitting in the nose.

Mom is no better, although she is neatly dressed, she is haggard, her eyes are blank, and she is waiting for the bus to go to Port City.

Mom greeted Dad first: "Second Brother Qiao, Happy New Year!"

“…… You also have a good New Year. ”

Mom squeezed out a smile: "I haven't seen Xiyun in all these years, is she okay?

She ...... Passed away. ”

Mom obviously didn't expect it, and was so surprised that she couldn't close her mouth. The car that happened to be driving to the port city came, and they sat together and chatted all the way.

My mother had just returned from the south and went to Gangcheng to join her good sister Chen Yun. She couldn't stay in the south anymore, the specific reason was not said, but four words were enough to sum everything up - the relationship was not going well.

Dad had been knocked unconscious by suffering, and he told Mom very calmly about what had happened over the years. My brother was crying so shamelessly that his mother took him over and made a few grimaces with him, and he actually giggled.

The mother exclaimed, "This child is so beautiful, just like Xiyun." ”

After my father opened his heart, he also relaxed a lot, and he said to his mother unconvinced: "But he has thick eyebrows and big eyes, and his co-workers say that he looks like me." ”

Mom was sneering and wanted to give her brother back to Dad. But what is amazing is that her brother actually grabbed her by the collar, opened his small mouth, blinked two big black eyes, and looked at her curiously.

Many years later, my mother still can't forget that feeling—what a clear look in her eyes that really summoned all her tenderness.

After separating from my father, my mother often came to visit my brother and sister, and my father was very grateful to her. One day in early April, my mother brought food to my brother and sister again. Before leaving, she suddenly said something like this to her father: "Second Brother Qiao, otherwise, let's live together!"

Dad was so shocked that he forgot everything.

Mom nodded on her toes and said, "Anyway...... I can't have any more children in my life, and you have two ready-made children. I promise you that I will love them as my own children and raise them as adults. Let's just live together like this, okay?"

Dad was stunned for a long time, he must have thought of a lot of reasons for refusal. But the weather was unusually bright that day, with cherry blossoms falling and a blue-pink sky in the distance. Dad nodded and said, "Okay."

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