I walked to the door of the "real" supermarket, pushed the door open and walked in.

This is a small supermarket, the furnishings inside are messy, there are several rows of small shelves, the goods on it are varied, there is no specific classification, it seems to be the kind of supermarket that meets the daily needs of residents in the community.

There was a young woman standing in front of the cash register looking at the store, she looked to be between forty and fifty years old, and her appearance was very ordinary, just an ordinary ordinary ordinary aunt.

When she saw me come in, she politely asked me, "What does this sister want to buy?"

After a conversation with the old lady just now, my mind was clearer at this time, and I had arranged a set of words in my heart, so I walked up to the aunt and said to her politely: "Auntie, may I ask if your surname is Du?"

My aunt was a little surprised to hear that I knew her last name, she looked at me with a slightly suspicious gaze, and muttered, "yes, what's wrong?"

Hearing her admit that her surname is Du, I was secretly happy in my heart, it seems that I didn't find the wrong person this time, so I hurriedly said to her: "You are the niece of Teacher Du Fanghua, right?"

The aunt's expression became even more stunned, and she replied softly, "Yes, what are you looking for me?"

I hurriedly explained my intentions, and told her the set of words I had just woven on my chest: "Oh, Aunt Du, that's right, my cousin received the enlightenment education of Mr. Du in the piano when he was a child, which was very helpful to his later growth, he has grown up now, and he has not abandoned his piano skills over the years, and he is currently taking the piano as a profession, so I recall the past, and I am especially grateful for Mr. Du's cultivation. ”

Hearing my words, Aunt Du looked very stunned, she looked me up and down with suspicious eyes, and asked, "My aunt's student, how old is your cousin this year, did he go to school at the Linhai Conservatory of Music?"

When I heard this, I was stunned, and then replied truthfully: "My cousin is twenty-two years old this year, he did not go to school at the Linhai Conservatory of Music, he only received the music enlightenment education of Mr. Du when he was a child. ”

This Aunt Du stared at my face, and then said to me: "Then you are looking for the wrong person, right? My aunt has never accepted such a young student, she was a guest teacher at the Linhai Conservatory of Music twenty years ago, but the students she taught back then are now at least in their thirties, usually around forty years old, so it does not match your cousin's age." ”

Hearing this, I stood there in a daze, stunned for a moment, and I hurriedly asked her: "But I just came from the old villa at No. 111 Yanxia Street, according to the owner over there, Mr. Du used to rent the old villa and opened a school there, is it where my cousin received Mr. Du's music enlightenment education?"

Aunt Du looked at me blankly, and after a long time, she suddenly nodded and said slowly: "Oh, the cousin you are talking about should be an orphan adopted by my aunt back then, right?"

Hearing this, I was completely stunned, and the degree of stunned at that time can be described as jaw-dropping!

Ye Xing is an orphan?

Although his parents later divorced, their complete family did exist, so how could he be an orphan?

At that moment, I finally understood that Ye Xing was indeed hiding something very important from me.

Looking at my stunned appearance, this kind Aunt Du explained to me: "Ah, that's right, after my aunt returned to China, she first served as a guest lecturer at the Linhai Conservatory of Music, and then she retired when she was older. Because my aunt and uncle had no children in their lives, but she loved children very much, so after she retired, she used my uncle's inheritance to rent a big house on the other side of Yanxia Street, took in a few homeless orphans, and then taught them some music knowledge, if your cousin did receive my aunt's musical education when he was a child, then he should have been an orphan adopted by my aunt. ”

I stood there dumbfounded, the news was too powerful for me to digest in my mind.

After a long time, I asked Aunt Du softly, "Aunt Du, what is the condition of Teacher Du after she gets sick?"

Hearing me ask, Aunt Du showed regret on her face, and she slowly told me: " About thirteen years ago, my aunt suddenly had a brain stroke, when I lived in the countryside with my husband and children, and the staff of the neighborhood committee where my aunt lived, as well as several government staff, came to me and discussed with me to take care of my seriously ill aunt, because my aunt had no other close relatives in the country at that time, so this responsibility fell on me, so my husband and I moved to Linhai City and began to take care of my seriously ill aunt until she died three years later. ”

I nodded slowly, and then asked, "What happened to the family-style orphanage run by Mr. Du?"

Aunt Du said to me with regret: "At that time, because we had just moved from the countryside and were not familiar with the situation, and it was enough for us to take care of a seriously ill patient who was paralyzed, we really didn't have the energy or money to continue to open that family-style orphanage, so the orphanage was later disbanded, the hired teachers and nannies were gone, and the house was taken back by the landlord." ”

Hearing this, my heart hung in my throat, and I rushed to ask, "What about the orphans?"

Aunt Du replied to me: "They were all temporarily accepted by the public welfare institutions, and some of them may have been adopted by some families later, and your cousin is one of them, right?"

Let her look at it like this, I became very embarrassed, my face was a little feverish, as if she had seen through the lie I had weaved, yes, I was under the banner of thanking my cousin for my kindness, but I didn't know the true origin of this cousin, thinking about it, this is really an unbelievable joke!

Fortunately, this Aunt Du is not so fond of getting to the bottom of things, she just lightly described some of the situation to me, and she didn't care about other issues.

It wasn't until this time that I understood a lot of questions that I didn't understand at the beginning, for example, the album I saw about Ye Xing, the first photo of him and his parents, he was very old at that time, and he looked like he was close to ten years old, and in some group photos when he was younger, there was no figure of his parents, which fully shows that Ye Xing may have been adopted by the Ye family at the age of ten, so before that, there was no Ye family couple in his life.

Now that I recall it, some of the group photos of Ye Xing when he was younger, the scene he was in should have been the villa on Yanxia Street, which should have been a family-style orphanage and a small music school at that time, because I also saw some musical instruments in the photos at that time, and the children who took photos with Ye Xing should have been orphans adopted by Teacher Du, and the old lady with glasses and kind eyes should be Du Fanghua herself.

I understand even more why Ye Xing's mother went away from home and never came back to see him after divorcing his father, because the relationship between their mother and son did not last long, and the bond between them was very weak.

When Ye Xing was adopted by the Ye family, he should have been close to the age of ten years old, before Ye Xing's adoptive parents divorced, maybe his adoptive mother still loved him very much, because I heard Ye Xing say before his mother left, he had been receiving piano training, and the family had specially purchased a good piano for him, and from these details, it can be inferred that their family's life was still relatively superior and harmonious at that time.

However, this harmonious relationship became fragmented after Ye Xing's adoptive parents divorced, after all, Ye Xing was an adopted child, and he was already very old when he came to the Ye family, when the family was still complete, his adoptive mother would try to maintain a good mother-son relationship with him, but once the family broke down, then his mother might go to find another happiness for herself, so she gave up this adopted son who had not been with her for many years, so she never came back to visit Ye Xing after the divorce.

All this is clear, and I still have a question in my heart, that is, why did Ye Xing hide from me this experience of his adoption?

Although being adopted is not a glorious past, it is not unpleasant, is it? With the degree of affection and affection we have since come, I believe that he has regarded me as a very important person in his mind, but why is it that we have reached such an extent that he still refuses to confide in me his true background?

I couldn't figure it out.

With this feeling, I decided that since I came this time, I couldn't just go back hastily, how could I also see some real physical evidence, so I would go back willingly, thinking like this, I said to Aunt Du earnestly: "Aunt Du, you see that since I came this time, I also know some of the past things that my cousin rarely mentioned to us before, so can you show me some photos of them back then?" Because these pictures are very important to my cousin, and they are a precious piece of the past, can you fulfill my wish?"

Aunt Du looked at me and said embarrassedly: "It's nothing to look at the old photos, the photos of my aunt and the orphans she adopted are in an old album of my house, but I will go back with you to see it, what can I do in this supermarket? As she spoke, Aunt Du glanced at her small supermarket, implying that if she went back with me to look at the photos, it would delay her business.

In fact, from the moment I came in, I found that her supermarket business was not very hot, I stayed here for about an hour, and only one or two people came in to buy some cheap daily necessities, but despite this, since they closed their doors to accompany me to run errands, I should make compensation.

So I thought about it, took out my wallet from my bag, took out five renminbi and handed it to Aunt Du, and said to her softly: "You accept this, and my cousin and I have a little heart for you." ”

Aunt Du pretended to excuse herself and said, "Hey, what's so embarrassing?"

I grabbed her hand, shoved the money into her hand, and said to her with a smile: "Originally, I came here, entrusted by my cousin, and I was also going to express my gratitude to you. ”

Hearing me say this, Aunt Du blushed, smiled embarrassedly and put the money away, and said, "Hey, it's enough for you to come all the way to visit me, why be so polite," and then waved her hand and said to me arrogantly, "Close the door! Auntie will accompany you back to find those old photos!"