On the first day of November, Li Xin and I embarked on a journey to Hanzhong.

After exiting the highway and driving another 20 kilometers to the west, you will see the sign of Cheliu Town, and from this moment on, the road will become a muddy country road.

Even so, along the way, the scenery is picturesque, in the golden autumn and October, the mountains are all over the forest, and nature is swaying its brilliant colors at this moment.

When I arrived at my aunt's two small earthen houses, it was past three o'clock in the afternoon.

Li Xin and I took the items we bought for my aunt from the car, and stood outside the fence of the courtyard wall, a little hesitant, I haven't come to see her for seven years.

As if sensing something, my aunt leaned out of the small kitchen in the front yard and asked us, "Who are you looking for?"

I shouted, "Auntie, I'm Xixi, I'm back to see you!"

My aunt came out of the kitchen, looked at me, threw away what she was holding, and strode towards me: "My precious girl is back!"

I hurriedly ran forward, threw myself into her old man's arms, and choked up, "Auntie, I'm sorry, I didn't come back to see you until now!"

"Silly girl, it's good to come back, it's good to come back, how can my aunt blame you!" My aunt wiped away my tears with her hands full of traces of time, and welcomed me and Li Xin into the house.

Everything in the house seemed to be the same, with mottled walls and old furniture, but it was cleaned up by my aunt.

My aunt had no children, and my aunt and my aunt had just married not long ago, and one year there was a flood in the mountains, and my aunt was swept away by the flood in order to save my aunt, and there was no news of her, and my aunt has been lonely and widowed until now.

Her mother and uncle tried their best to take her to live in the city, but they didn't get their wish.

I think she must have loved her uncle miserably, so she will always stay where her aunt was alive. Day after day, year after year.

"Xixi, you sit with Xiao Xin for a while, and your aunt will cook for you. So saying, she went to the kitchenette.

"I'll help you!" I motioned for Li Xin to take care of herself and followed my aunt into the kitchen.

The fire under the stove has been lit, and the firewood is crackling in it.

My aunt skillfully swiped the noodles on the board.

"Xixi! I haven't heard from you for so many years, and my aunt misses it! The communication in the village is backward, and my aunt doesn't know where to look for you. Some time ago, I heard that Min Yatou saw you, so I asked someone to go into the city and let Min Yatou bring something to you. ”

I sat on the small bench on the stove and listened to my aunt's talk, and my nose began to sour again.

"After you left that year, my aunt has been thinking about you, I don't know what happened to you? ”

My aunt's words made me feel even more guilty. When she learned of the changes in her family, she sold only a few acres of land to raise 3,000 yuan, so she had to let me take the emergency, she was in a hurry, and she had to take care of me, and now she is old and can't stand any twists and turns.

"A few years ago," said the aunt, as if remembering something again, "a young man came to my house to inquire of you, and when I asked him he wouldn't say anything. I was afraid that he was here to collect debts, so I didn't tell anything, and he seemed quite sad when he left!"

Lad?

My heart trembled. Who could it be? Who could it be?

What happened to my father's business?

Years ago, everything that should have been done was over.

After all these years, who will remember me?