Ai Qing drove on the village road for about two hours, passing through three villages, large and small, and the crops on both sides of the road had not yet been planted, and old farmers with farm tools could be seen everywhere walking on the paths in the fields.

"Haven't you arrived yet?"

"It's almost there, and the next village is. ”

Ai Qing's eyes stared at a small red dot in the eagle's eye, that was where Hou Yan's house was located, and it was about ten minutes away, he was not only excited but also a little nervous at this time, he was also a person with parents, and he could also have the care of his family.

The car drove to the intersection at the entrance of the village, Ai Qing stopped the car at the intersection with a foot brake, got out of the car and watched.

A few willow trees are planted on both sides of the village entrance, and there is not even a single figure on the village road, so even if it is noon meal time, there should be no one without it.

Ai Qing walked to a convenience store behind her, where a woman in her sixties was sitting, snorting melon seeds while watching a black-and-white TV with only a dozen inches, playing the old Peking Opera of the last century, and the noisy sound quality was slightly harsh.

"Auntie, is there any smoke?" said Ai Qing, holding her purse.

The lady didn't seem to hear it, she was still watching Peking Opera intently, and even the action of eating melon seeds did not change.

Ai Qing approached, knocked on the dusty glass counter, and shouted again, "Auntie, I want to buy cigarettes!"

The eldest lady glanced at Ai Qing, and suddenly as if she had discovered a new world, she stared at the eyes that had been slightly sunken, and her wrinkled hands dropped melon seeds to grab Ai Qing's hand, shaking it constantly, as if she couldn't say anything and was stuck.

After a long time, the eldest lady said excitedly: "Are you the little monkey of Hou Zhiyuan's family?"

Hou Zhiyuan is Hou Yan's father, and there are dozens of families in such a large village, and it is normal for them to know each other.

"Well, I am, auntie, are you?" Ai Qing asked tentatively.

"I'm your aunt Ma! Don't you know me? You were bullied by my son when you were a child, have you forgotten?" said Aunt Ma.

Ai Qing's face was embarrassed, she couldn't imagine that Hou Yan had such an experience before, and she was bullied by others all over the village, how cowardly.

"Aunt Ma, don't mention what happened when you were a child, where have all the people in this village gone?" Ai Qing didn't want to catch up with her, because he was not Hou Yan in the first place, so how did he know about the past.

"Hey, after the Chinese New Year, the young people in the village have gone to work in the city, and most of the people who stay are children and the elderly.

"Do you have any cigarettes? Aunt Ma, I'll buy a box of cigarettes. ”

"Of course there are cigarettes, cigarettes are very expensive these days!"

This sounds weird, obviously Aunt Ma said it with ulterior motives, glanced at the banknotes that Ai Qing took out of her wallet, and then took out a pack of cigarettes at the counter.

As soon as Aunt Ma took out the cigarette, she looked up and saw Liu Yun'er who had just walked to the door, two fine lights came out of her cloudy eyes, she threw the cigarette in her hand on the counter, bent her waist, walked out of the glass counter in a few small steps, and walked straight to Liu Yun'er's side.

Aunt Ma took Liu Yun'er's little hand with both hands, so frightened that Liu Yun'er hurriedly retracted her hand, and her body also took a step back, looking at the old rural woman in front of her with some horror, not that Liu Yuner disliked it, but that this Aunt Ma looked really abstract.

"What a handsome girl, are you married? Do you have a boyfriend? I introduced my son to you? He is the village director of this village, is that young and promising?" Aunt Ma picked up a treasure and looked at Liu Yun'er in front of her, she smiled and showed a mouth full of black teeth.

"Auntie, how old is your son this year?"

"Next year it'll be thirty-four. ”

"That's really young!" Liu Yun'er said with an embarrassed but polite smile.

Ai Qing is seven years older than Ye Bibi, and Ye Bibi is only in her early twenties this year, which means that Ai Qing is not yet thirty years old, so Liu Yuner has just turned twenty years old.

"Then you agree to say that?" Aunt Ma's smile became brighter and brighter, and even a little perverted.

Ai Qing really couldn't stand it anymore, and coughed lightly, "Ahem, cough!"

Liu Yun'er jumped up next to Ai Qing, picked up one of Ai Qing's shoulders, and said to Aunt Ma with a smile: "Auntie, I already have a boyfriend, I won't bother you." ”

"Hey, you're blind! Girl, how can you be with such a person? Stealing chickens and dogs is not a legitimate profession, but my son is the village chief!" Aunt Ma spoke with a smell as bad as her teeth.

Ai Qing understood it, he felt that this aunt's attitude towards him was wrong from the moment he came in, he had been making fun of himself all the time, it seemed that Hou Yan's matter of being a thief had become well-known in the village.

"I call you Aunt Ma to respect you as an elder, if you talk like this, it's disrespectful to the old, Yun'er, let's go!"

Ai Qing slapped the fifty yuan in her hand on the table, in fact, it was just a few yuan of cigarettes, Ai Qing was too lazy to worry about this kind of person, so she took Liu Yun'er's hand and walked towards the door.

Aunt Ma picked up fifty yuan, and muttered in her mouth: "Spending money so lavishly, who knows how you stole this money, you lost the old face of your ancestors, and you are embarrassed to come back!"

Ai Qing stood still, her eyes narrowed into a slit, her fingers pinched with a "click" sound, and she took out a mouthful of phlegm in her mouth and spit at the door.

He didn't expect Hou Yan to be so unpopular in the village, no wonder he didn't want to go home, although Aunt Ma didn't say it was Ai Qing, but he was still angry and wanted to run away.

"What's wrong?" Liu Yun'er asked softly, she could feel that Ai Qing was in a very wrong mood at this time.

She didn't have headphones, so she didn't hear what Aunt Ma said at the end, she thought it was Ai Qing who was jealous.

"Okay, don't be jealous, I just love you alone, and no one can take it away!" Liu Yun'er snuggled in Ai Qing's arms.

"Get in the car and go home!"

The road surface in the village is slightly better than the village road, but due to the frequent passing by of large trucks, the originally smooth road surface is also covered with sand and gravel, and small dirt bags have formed in many places.

The two sat in the car, staggering all the way, Ai Qing stared at the mark in the eagle's eye all the time, and there was a photo of Hou Yan's parents, they were about to meet, I don't know what to say in the first sentence later, I should say hello first when I see my parents, right?

Ai Qing has no experience with her parents, so she can only logically speculate what will happen later.

The car was parked in front of a farmer's house, half-human brick fence, and the rusty iron gate did not even have a lock on it, and the door was not closed.

"Is this your home?" asked Liu Yun'er.

Ai Qing replied blankly: "It should be, right?"

"Don't you even know your own home?"

"It's been a long time since I've been back, it's strange. ”

Even if Hou Yan really returned here, his strangeness would not be much worse than Ai Qing's, he had been away from home for four or five years, and other houses in the village had been replaced with brick houses and fence walls, only his house was still a dilapidated thatched house and mud wall.

It can be regarded as a difficult household among difficult households.

Ai Qing pushed open the gate and walked into the courtyard with Liu Yun'er.

The yard is very spacious, there is a small farm yard of his own, which grows pure natural vegetables and fruits, and on the other side there are ears of corn more than one person high, which is used to make a fire for heating in winter, and coal is too expensive for ordinary farmers to burn.

A local dog next to the thatched hut roared frantically when it saw the living man, and the chain tied to its neck was pulled with a "whoosh" sound.

Probably due to the fact that the dog barked too loudly, the door of the grass hut opened from the inside, and an old woman came out.

The old woman wore a floral cotton jacket, patched cotton trousers, and a pair of torn cotton slippers on her feet.

Ai Qing's eagle eye instantly checked the photos uploaded by the old woman and Hou Yan, and confirmed that this was Hou Yan's mother, named Liu Fen.

He opened his mouth, his eyes moistened unconsciously, and he shouted softly, "Mom?"

"Monkey, the monkey is back, come and let Mom see it! Old man! My son is back to see us!" Liu Fen shouted happily.

She is highly myopic, in fact, she can only see an outline of Ai Qing, and she can't see her appearance clearly, she is completely identified by her voice.

Ai Qing let go of Liu Yun'er's hand, walked quickly in front of Liu Fen, and knelt in front of her, he clearly saw the smile on Liu Fen's face, the wrinkles on his face were crowded together, and the tears that lingered in his eyes.

Child's mother was worried, when Hou Yan was bombarded away by his father Hou Zhiyuan, Liu Fen cried for a long time, she has been complaining about her husband for so many years, no matter how excessive her son is, it is also her biological flesh and blood, how can it be said that she will be driven away?

Liu Fen hugged Ai Qing tightly, her lips kept trembling, her nose was sore, and she couldn't speak for a long time.

The door of the grass house opened again, and a tall and thin old man came out against the wall, with a messy beard, gray hair, and a gentle warm current in his deep eyes, like the sun in winter, looking at the two women hugging in front of him arrogantly.

Ai Qing left her mother's embrace, walked quickly in front of Hou Zhiyuan, and knelt in front of Hou Yan's father with a "poof", he knelt on behalf of Hou Yan to admit his mistake.

"Dad!"

He knelt on the ground, lowered his head, and waited for Hou Zhiyuan's scolding.

A pair of large, strong hands gently grasped his shoulders and lifted him to his feet.

Hou Zhiyuan looked at the son in front of him, after so many years of separation, he also regretted and missed, but he was stubborn and could not show his true feelings in his heart.

It was only at this time that he saw his son again, and his stubborn character was finally broken, and he said repeatedly: "It's good to come back! It's good to come back!"

There is no criticism and scolding as Hou Yan imagined before, let alone bad words or stick beating, there is only strong family affection and love.

Liu Fen pushed Ai Qing into Hou Zhiyuan's arms, and then hugged the two most important men in her life by the side.

Ai Qing was squeezed in the middle of the two elders, tears like springs, crying like a child, he didn't know why he was sad, he didn't know why he had such a strong feeling, could this be the power of family affection?

Liu Yun'er has been standing at the gate of the courtyard, looking at all this, she is so envious, envious of the feelings of this family, hating why she was born in a family of eunuchs, what if she has money and power, can she exchange this most innocent feeling?