After Zhang Xin left, my dad smoked cigarettes one after another, and it could be seen from his expression that he was very nervous.

And I was also worried in my heart, "Dad, do you still love my mother?"

My dad didn't expect me to ask such a question, so he leaned his head into his cigarette and asked, "Why do you ask this all of a sudden?"

"Then do you love Chen Yimei?"

"Fool... A handful of old people, where do you still love or not. My dad stroked my head and rudely snuffed out half of his cigarette: "Is there any food in the fridge? I'll cook." ”

After saying that, he spat a mouthful of phlegm into the trash can.

As Chen Yimei once said, my dad is indeed a rough man, although he has made some achievements in those years, he still can't change a lot of living habits. For example, when I was very loud, I always coughed up old phlegm at every turn, for example, when I was fat, I always liked to roll up my clothes and expose my stomach and put my feet on the stool.

This is his habit for many years, and I didn't criticize him like I used to, but smiled and pointed to the refrigerator: "I just bought a lot of it at noon." ”

"Okay, haha, I'll make your favorite braised pork. "My dad tried to hide his nervousness with a smile as much as he could.

I didn't dismantle him, silently got up and went to the room, and cleaned up the other bedroom so that he could sleep at night. But when I walked to the bedroom, I still couldn't hold back crying, since I was a child for so many years, I have never seen my dad go to the kitchen, and today he actually took the initiative to cook!

After grinding for a long time, the bedroom has not been cleaned up, but the mobile phone outside has ringed. I turned around to get my phone and was surprised to find that it was my mom calling. Some time ago, she said that she was going to go to the Tibetan temple to practice for a period of time, and there was no mobile phone signal there, so there was no contact during this time, and her phone call came at this time, which obviously made me scared, and I was a little unconfident when I picked it up: "Mom, are you back?"

"Not yet, it's just that I came to the city today and there is a mobile phone signal, so I wanted to ask how you are doing?"

"I'm still the same. "I try to pretend to be normal.

"That's good. My mother's voice sounded a little low: "Today, after receiving the signal on my mobile phone, I saw a message from your uncle, and he said... Your grandmother has passed away. ”

"Grandma died?" I raised my voice in shock, "When did it happen?"

"In the early part of the year, I heard your uncle say that before she left, she said that your father was back and she was leaving. ”

I chuckled in my heart, the first half of the year was the day my dad came back, could it be that my grandmother had a sense? And my dad should have heard me talking, and hurriedly came out of the kitchen with a spatula, I looked at him and pointed to the phone, and asked him if he wanted to say a few words to my mom? My dad shook his head and said with his mouth that he would wait for two more days.

Compared to my fuss, my mother was much calmer: "Well, death is just a very painful process, and soon she should be in the world of bliss." ”

I couldn't understand what my mom was saying, and I found that I couldn't understand her more and more after I moved from my mom to another layshilin. It's always like seeing through the red dust. At first, he would care about my father's affairs, but later on, he would ask me how I was doing, telling me to pay attention to demons and the like, so as not to let my mind be tainted by demons. I think my mother has just believed in Buddhism for too long, and her mind has become much calmer, but I echoed her: "Mom, don't worry too much about me, I will take care of myself." When we find my dad one day, we'll pick you up from the mountain, shall we?"

"What do you do when you go down the mountain and return to the world, but I suffer from the suffering of the world, and I leave Pudu myself and everyone behind, which can be regarded as a way of cultivation. Okay, you're busy, I'm going to meditate. ”

Hanging up my mom's phone, my dad didn't say anything more, turned around and went back into the kitchen. When I went to the bedroom to clean up, the doorbell rang outside the door, and my heart lifted, but I didn't dare to open the door when I went into the living room. Or did my dad come out of the kitchen, wiped his hands on his apron and opened the door, looking at Chen Yimei and just saying, "Coming?"

Chen Yimei was as arrogant as ever, nodded with no one in her head, and sat straight on the sofa: "Xin'er, you picked me up to see the two of them, father and daughter?"

"Well, Uncle Ke just came back and wanted to ask you to have dinner. Zhang Xin flatteringly hung Chen Yimei's shoulder: "Mom, you see Uncle Ke cooking himself." ”

Looking at it like this, Zhang Xin should have said nothing to her before bringing Chen Yimei here.

"Didn't he run away in debt, when did he come back?" Chen Yimei still looked down on my father: "Ke An, this meal, I'm afraid it's a Hongmen banquet, right?"

"Mom... How could it be a Hongmen feast, my dad and I just settled down, please come and have a meal. I sat down beside her with the unhappiness in my heart.

"Hmph..."Chen Yimei snorted disdainfully: "It's that simple?"

Zhang Xin stood behind her and motioned for me to stop talking, and I immediately shut up and went to the refrigerator to take out a bottle of mountain spring water and handed it to her: "Mom, you drink this." ”

"Older people can't drink cold water. ”

I poured the water into the cup, took it to the kitchen and microwaved it, put it back in front of her, and stopped talking. After taking a closer look at Chen Yimei just now, the ruddy luster on her face was gone, and even the flesh on her face had sagged a lot in a short period of time, and there were a lot of age spots on her cheeks. Presumably, she has suffered a lot at home during this time, or she would not have suddenly aged so quickly.

"Let's eat at the table. ”

My dad almost didn't say anything when he first saw Chen Yimei, but this time, he was very attentive. Chen Yimei put the shelf on the table, and when she saw the dishes on the table, her face immediately changed, revealing a trace of tenderness, but it was only for a moment, and she returned to her previous state.

Chen Yimei's first sentence when she picked up the chopsticks was: "What kind of score is placed at the Hongmen banquet, let's talk about it." ”

My dad pointed to the middle with his chopsticks: "Eat something first, and we'll talk about it later." ”

"Yes, Mom, I won't eat after eating. ”

Chen Yimei was dissuaded by Zhang Xin, so she didn't continue to ask anything, and ate silently. I glanced at her from time to time, and my hands were always shaking a little as I was holding the plate of braised pork. I was thinking, from time to time I touched what happened to her? It turns out that no matter how strong a woman is, there is always such a weakness in her heart.

Then everyone didn't talk anymore at this meal, but it tasted very bad, and it is estimated that everyone is brewing their own thoughts in their hearts, right?

When Chen Yimei put down the chopsticks and said that she had finished eating, my father finally opened his mouth: "Ke An, pour your mother a drink." ”

It sounded awkward to me. But he still poured a small cup for Chen Yimei and handed it to her without speaking.

My dad raised his wine glass and hissed, "Yimei, the children are here, I have something to say tonight, I'd better talk to you first." ”

Chen Yimei's hand that was about to hold the wine glass suddenly stopped, "What are you talking about?" ”

"I'm not talking nonsense, I'm just telling the truth. My dad drained the whole glass of wine in one gulp, and put the glass in front of me to signal the wine: "You just drink less." ”

Chen Yimei picked up the wine glass and took a sip: "Don't sell it, from the moment I saw you two at the door today, I knew that there must be no good thing." ”

"Hehe," my dad drained the wine I had just mixed again, "and I have a lot to tell you tonight, but you have to promise me not to be angry no matter what you hear, and that the children and I will be on your side to help you no matter what." ”

"Ke Zhongliang, what kind of medicine are you selling in your gourd?" Chen Yimei was obviously a little timid, and turned to me again: "Ke An, what are you two doing here?

"Mom... Don't get excited. Zhang Xin hurriedly patted Chen Yimei on the back: "Uncle Ke and Ke An have no bad intentions, you believe me." ”

"No bad intentions?" Chen Yimei probably realized something when she heard Zhang Xin defend my father like this. "Ke Zhongliang, don't think that I don't know, don't think that now in front of the child, then the two years of being a knowledgeable youth can threaten me. I'm telling you it's been so many years, and you're not bored to mention it now. ”

"After all these years, you haven't changed at all. My dad smiled and said, "Don't think of people as so dark, the really dark people are hiding behind you, and you can't see them." ”

"Yes, I can't see it. Chen Yimei echoed and said, "Xin'er, you helped them so much today, do you know everything?"

"Mom..."Zhang Xin responded timidly: "I went to find Teacher Wen, and I also know that I am not my father..."

Chen Yimei really deserves to be a strong woman, and her face did not change at all when she heard this, "If you know, you will know, and you will know about this sooner or later." But Xin'er, you're not a big man, you should know how your dad has treated you all these years, right? Although he is your biological father, he once abandoned us two times..."

"I didn't abandon you, and I didn't know you were pregnant with Xin'er at the time. My dad interrupted Chen Yimei, his eyes were red and said, "Yimei, there is no point in pursuing the past." This is a regret caused by the change of times and coincidence, and you are not to blame. It's just that now CC Group is on the verge of crisis, and the Beijing branch has been listed, don't you realize why?"

My dad concisely put the topic to the point, but in exchange for Chen Yimei's stubborn thinking: "I realized, how can I not realize it? It's just that I'm old... Your Ke An is still young, and he is really terrifying! I think you Ke Zhongliang and I have already let Ke An and her mother know about it, right? Ke Zhongliang, have you not been able to forget me all these years, and you are not good enough for their mother, so that your daughter will fight so much against our Zhang family?"