When Lu Jiangyuan went out to answer the phone, the family was teasing, the reason was that the orange he brought from Li's house yesterday had not been put down, and no one had given it, Lin Changning and Zhang Shinian had gone into battle, it was useless at all, Chen Anxiu thought that his face was bigger, "Look at me." He felt that he would succeed if he went into battle in person, "Take the risk of showing the orange in your hand to your father, and your father will take a look at it, and then return it to you." ”

Who knew that Lu Dao still didn't buy it, Zhang Shinian turned over in his arms, and his two little paws grabbed and hugged tightly in front of his chest. For fear that others will snatch it.

Chen An cultivated his anger, and he couldn't get off the stage under the teasing gaze of everyone, he raised his voice and threatened, "Zhang Maomao." ”

Mao Mao turned his head to look at him, his mouth babbled twice, and the hand holding the orange did not let go, probably knowing that there were so many people present, his father couldn't do anything with him, he had no fear to drill into Zhang Shinian's arms again, only exposing his butt to show his father.

Lin Changning was holding tons and tons on the side to watch the excitement, and the smile in Zhang Shinian's eyes had not diminished since just now. Looking at the situation of the father and son, some of them will make trouble in the future.

Chen Anxiu looked at the white wolf with empty gloves, this little thing was not ready to take the bait, he went to the kitchen to pick up a big orange and came over, patted his ass and said, "Mao Mao, look at how old I am, let's change it?"

Mao Mao looked at this in his father's hand, he was overjoyed, the big round eyes were smiling like a crescent moon, the little paw on the left dangled, Chen Anxiu stuffed the orange into his arms, but when he went to get the bubbling orange, Mao Mao didn't do it, and he didn't let go.

The others all laughed when they saw this, only Chen Anxiu was so angry that he poked the four neat little meat nests on the back of his hand, "Fat and maomao, you are so fat, you still want to eat alone, when did you learn this bad habit?"

Zhang Shinian smiled and grabbed this father who was on the verge of collapse, "Okay, you say so much, where can he understand, and teach it slowly in the future." ”

"He didn't understand anything, I saw that he was obviously naughty with his eyes open. ”

At this time, Ton Ton jumped down from Lin Changning's arms, stretched out his hand to Mao Mao and said, "Mao Mao, give me an orange." ”

Chen Anxiu was still beside him and said, "Tons, don't think about it, be stingy, where are you willing to give it to others." ”

As soon as he heard his brother's voice, he immediately turned over his small body with a smile, and the two of them were unstable, and the larger orange bones rolled to the ground, and his eyes were anxious to turn around, "Ahh......h

"Do you want this for me too?" asked Ton Ton.

When he saw his brother coming to pick him up, he immediately let go, and he still clicked at his brother.

Chen An was so angry that he almost didn't faint, "Zhang Maomao, you are good, don't expect to sleep with me in the future, don't expect me to hug you, you like to find whoever you want." ”

When Lu Jiang came over, Ton Ton was saying, "At Grandpa Shi's house, Mao Mao licked a small bite, and he probably remembered that this thing was edible." ”

Chen Anxiu saw that his expression was different when he entered the door, so he asked him, "Uncle Lu, what's wrong?"

Lu Jiangyuan looked at Lin Changning, if he could, he didn't want to choose this time to let Zhuang Zhuang go to the Lu family to meet the eldest brother and them, the relationship between him and Changning had just taken a turn for the better, but this matter had to be faced sooner or later, it was good to have Changning there, so he still said that sentence, "Your uncle, they want to see you." ”

After Lu Jiangyuan said this, Lin Changning's face turned slightly pale, but he didn't say anything, and took tons of oranges to help him cut them.

"My uncle?" Although he understood who Lu Jiangyuan was talking about, Chen Anxiu's mind still immediately appeared Chen Jianming's face, he has been such an uncle since he was a child, the relationship between the two families is not very close, but it is not bad, at least before he became a soldier, every time the Chinese New Year, the uncle will always give a red envelope more or less. As for the Lu family, he really didn't have any idea.

"Do you want to see them?" Lu Jiangyuan asked for his opinion, "If you are not mentally prepared, I can also help you push them away." ”

Chen Anxiu also went to see Lin Changning, in fact, for Uncle Lu's sake, it didn't matter if he went to Lu's house, he was not afraid that the family would eat him, but he still wanted to see his uncle's opinion.

Lin Changning cut the oranges, one by one, the size was very even, until he finished cutting a whole, he took two tissues to wipe the juice on his hands, and said to Chen Anxiu, "You can decide for yourself." ”

Chen Anxiu thought to himself, is this agreeing to him to go, or not agreeing to him going?

Just when Chen Anxiu guessed his true intentions, Lin Changning added calmly, "If you want to go, I will accompany you then." "He wants to see what else the Lu family wants to do.

Lin Changning's statement surprised Lu Jiangyuan, he thought that Changning would never step into the door of the Lu family in his life, and Chen Anxiu was fine, because he didn't know what happened to Lu Dao back then.

"In that case, Uncle Lu, you let them choose a time, they are busy, and my time is easy to arrange. "After doing this, it is time for him to go back to Green Island, and it is nothing to see him once.

"Okay, I'll arrange this. ”

Zhang Shinian never expressed any opinions, only when Chen Anxiu sat beside him, he whispered, "I will accompany you that day." ”

Chen Anxiu pushed away the one who wanted to crawl into his arms, "It's not the Longtan Tiger's Den, why are you all so cautious?"

Zhang Shinian smiled and didn't speak, although it was indeed not Longtan Tiger's Den, but there were a group of relatives who were eyeing each other.

Sister Zhou sat on the windowsill from afar and quietly knitted yarn, in her hand, a small pine green baby woolen shoes had begun to take shape, and she didn't pay attention to the excitement in the living room. She couldn't figure out the relationship between these people, and she didn't want to.

The Lantern Festival at noon was made by her own family, the filling was prepared by Sister Zhou in advance, there were peanuts and black sesame seeds, and one was hawthorn filling, everyone set up a table in the living room, will it be, everyone rolled two, the atmosphere of the family was harmonious, and it seemed that it was not affected by the phone call just now.

When eating, Chen Anxiu was still angry with Mao Mao, and refused to hold him to eat, Mao Mao took a bite in Zhang Shinian's arms and looked at his father, ate another bite, and looked at it again, don't talk about that pitiful thing, even Lin Changning looked down at it after the last time, and said with a smile, "Zhuangzhuang, you hurry up and hug him, he is not tired, I am tired for him." ”

Under the condemning gaze of the whole family, Chen Anxiu took the person over very "reluctantly", and as soon as he returned to his father's arms, he came alive, grabbed his father's hand, and babbled something in his mouth.

Chen Anxiu pinched his face, "So fat, I can't even call my father." "Actually, what is the relationship between this?

Lin Changning looked at the people at this table, there were sons, grandsons, sons' partners, and ...... Lu Jiangyuan, a reunion scene that he never dreamed of before, I really hope that this time will be longer.

However, after lunch, it was really time for him to leave, although some preliminary preparations did not require him to operate specifically, but as one of the team leaders, he disappeared as soon as he arrived in Beijing.

Chen Anxiu originally wanted to send Lin Changning, but seeing that Lu Jiangyuan had already taken the car keys, he thought about the intimacy between the two now, and he didn't say anything.

On the way, Lu Jiangyuan asked Lin Changning, "Do you need me to tell Zhuang Zhuang some things back then?"

The smile on the corner of Lin Changning's mouth was a little cold, "Tell him what? Tell him that when I was pregnant with him, I was imprisoned by your Lu family and beaten by his so-called grandfather?"

"At the end of the day, it was my fault. "It's because he is overconfident, thinking that he can hide it from his family and protect Changning.

"It's also my ghost. Back then, he was able to insist so much, and now thinking about that Lin Changning, even he feels very strange, where did he get the confidence that the two can be together, he leaned back in the chair.

The building outside cast bright and dark shadows on the car window, approaching and leaving, the two didn't talk much all the way, until they turned the corner and saw the hotel sign, Lin Changning said, "It's all over, no need to talk to Zhuangzhuang, I don't want him to have so much resentment in his heart." ”

"Changning, what happened back then?" He knew that Changning had been arrested at home and beaten, but he still didn't know what had happened, his father refused to say until he died, and his two elder brothers knew very little.

When he arrived at the destination, Lin Changning opened the door and got out of the car, "It's all over, why are you still asking these things, you can go back first, I'll go in." ”

When Lu Jiangyuan went back, no one was at home, and it was deserted, in comparison, the previous excitement was like a dream, he remembered that An Xiu had told him, today is the Lantern Festival, and he has been out for so long, and he wants to go back today to see the second elder of the Ji family, he should have left.

"Sir......" Sister Zhou came over with a cup of tea and put it in front of Lu Jiangyuan.

"Sister Zhou, sit down, I have something I want to ask you. ”

Sister Zhou, that is, Zhou Suqiu, agreed, took off her apron and put it aside.

"Sister Zhou, do you remember the Jade Guanyin pendant that you handed me back then?"

Zhou Suqiu nodded, "Remember." "She was dismissed by the Lu family shortly after handing over the Jade Guanyin pendant.

"Have you really never seen the people who were locked up there before?"

Zhou Suqiu's two hands on his knees clasped each other, "Sir, it was indeed me who concealed it before. She glanced up at Lu Jiangyuan, then lowered her head and said, "I have seen that person, it is the Mr. Lin who just left." At that time, the Zhou family was not only a nanny, but also a senior person than her, the Lu family had a lot, she mainly did some washing, washing, sewing and mending chores, "The person was brought back by Director Lu himself, I was mopping the floor in the room at the time, and I saw it from the window." That Mr. Lin was escorted by two people. The hands are tied, and the mouth is gagged. It didn't take long for him to be locked up in the abandoned underground storage room. ”

The abandoned storeroom was at the back of their house before, because it was a little far away from the house, it was inconvenient to place things, Lu Jiangyuan remembered that he didn't use it many years ago, and only threw some unused things into it piecemeal.

"I remember it was from February to early April, and it was closed for more than a month. Occasionally, she was instructed by another nanny in the house to deliver food to people there. The door was guarded, she had never entered, only looked outside, the man had been wearing his gray padded jacket, he was quite thin, most of the time he sat quietly in the corner, did not speak, did not make noise, there was only a small west-facing window in the storeroom, every time the door was opened, the air inside was cool and shady.

"He has a good appetite and eats every meal that is delivered. "The Lu family is not short of this bit of food, and the amount of food sent every time is very large, but no matter how much is sent, that person can eat it cleanly. She once heard Xiao Liu, who was guarding the door, say worriedly: Do you say that the person inside is dying, every time he eats so much, he vomits after a while, and next time he eats so much, I don't know what Lu Dao thinks. I heard that he was still a college student, and there were many people who pulled out such a person, and he didn't study well in school, and he didn't know what Lu Dao had done. This man is so stubborn.

From February to April, he went home more than once, but he didn't know that Changning was locked up so close to him, he thought that Changning had not come back at home in Green Island, he wanted to see Changning later, but was discovered by the family, he was afraid that Changning would be embarrassed, so he tried his best to clear up the relationship between the two, in order to confuse the family, he even went to see Fang Nan once, Fang Nan was the daughter-in-law candidate of the family.

Zhou Suqiu actually doesn't know much, after all, she is just a nanny, and it is impossible for her to know many things about the Lu family, but just these corners and corners can also make Lu Jiangyuan guess what Lin Changning experienced back then.

There was a sound at the staircase on the second floor, and Lu Jiangyuan said in a bad way, and turned his head to meet Chen Anxiu's cold gaze, "Anxiu." He had never seen such a cold expression on this child, even when they met for the first time, this child was alienated from people, but not so cold.

"I'm sorry, Uncle Lu, I didn't mean to eavesdrop. Zhang Shinian went back first with tons and maomao, I originally wanted to stay and say hello to you before leaving. When he heard Uncle Lu coming back, he wanted to go downstairs, and just when he heard Sister Zhou talking about his brother-in-law, he stood here on the stairs for a while, and then he heard these things. It turned out that his brother-in-law had been treated like that by the Lu family, no wonder his mother said that when his brother-in-law ran home, he was still injured.

"Anxiu ......"

"I'm sorry, Uncle Lu, can the meeting be canceled now?" Thinking about the situation of the uncle back then, he didn't know how to calmly face those people from the Lu family, although he understood that the so-called grandfather had passed away, and now these people may not be involved.

"Okay, I'll take care of that. ”

"Then I'll go first, Uncle Lu, don't send it. He was about to walk to the door, thought about it and said to Lu Jiangyuan, "I don't mean to complain about you." "Now that the brother-in-law has chosen to forgive, they are back together.

*

The next day was the day when Lin Changning and Lu Lao agreed to meet, Lin Changning took Chen Anxiu with him, Lu Lao and his youngest daughter Lu Yingmiao live together, she is also a professor of the Chinese Department of this university, on the way Lin Changning and Chen Anxiu generally introduced the situation of that family.

The one who opened the door was this Lu Yingmiao, who was about forty years old, with short ear-length hair and a slightly chubby figure, "Senior Brother Lin is here, please come in, is this Senior Brother Lin's son?

It was rare for Lin Changning not to deny it, "An Xiu, call Aunt Lu." ”

"Aunt Lu, hello. ”

"Come in, come in, the old man has been talking to you since he got up in the morning, and he will be waiting for you in the study, you go in first, and I will serve you tea." ”

Chen Anxiu and Lin Changning went in together, Lu Lao was watering a pot of vermilion red on the windowsill, the flowers had already bloomed, in the books full of books, these red flowers were particularly conspicuous, and there were also some other green plants, which were also growing well, and it could be seen that they were well taken care of.

"Teacher. The first time Lin Changning shouted, Lu Lao didn't hear it, Lin Changning got closer, and shouted again, before he turned around, "Changning, you're here." ”

The old man is over eighty years old, and most of his hair is gray, but he is in good spirits, and he has a kind of gentle bearing unique to an old scholar, "Who is this young man in the back?" ”

"Teacher, it's the child back then, it's my son, it's called An Xiu. I'll show you today, he's fine, I've found him. ”

"Go and get me the glasses on the table. He beckoned to Chen Anxiu, "Come, come, Anxiu come to me and let me see." ”

An Xiu was confused by this old man's excited attitude, he is not a rare breed, seeing him, as for being so excited? Even so, he still came over respectfully, this is his uncle's teacher, he doesn't dare to disrespect.

Lu Lao put on his reading glasses, pulled Chen Anxiu to look at it again, "It's really like, it's really like it, it's really like when your father was young." When he heard that Chen Anxiu only went to high school and did not continue, he encouraged him and said, "At such a young age, don't patronize work, have time to study more, learn more things without loss, and if you have the opportunity, come to the university for further study." Both of your fathers are the smartest, and you won't be bad. ”

For the old man's inexplicable confidence, Chen Anxiu could only smile and agree, and Lu Yingmiao came in and delivered the refreshments, leaving them a space to talk alone. Lu Lao and Lin Changning talked about the topic and turned to work. From Lin Changning's current research, to some cutting-edge information, techniques and the latest research results in international biology. Lu Lao is old, and his knowledge is not lagging behind, every time he talks about the key point, the teacher and student have to argue a few words, and they are flipping books, and they are checking information on the Internet, Chen Anxiu saw this, and couldn't help but think, what is the purpose of these two people meeting? But this way of getting along is really enviable, they are both people who do learning, this is their pursuit.

But what is his pursuit? Go back and open a farmhouse, and then raise them with Zhang Shinian and their two children? In the past two years, he has come into contact with more people and seen more knowledge, and he feels that he can no longer make money to support his family like before, and he should think more about his future plans.

“…… I've read all the papers you've published over the years, and they're very insightful...... There are still research laboratories in the United States, don't you feel sorry to give up after so many years of hard work?" Chen Anxiu was absorbed for a while, and when he came back, the topic was a little unable to keep up.

Lin Changning didn't know what to say in a low voice, and Lu Lao sighed and said, "It's good for you to think it out yourself, don't be emotional." I know that you haven't had a good time all these years, if it weren't for Lu Jiangyuan's kid, where would there be such things? Okay, okay, don't talk about this, the weather is good today, accompany me to the campus, last time you said goodbye, you haven't been back for several years, right?"

Lu Lao's body is quite tough, he walked around with crutches and went out, no one had to help, there were known faculty and students came to greet him, Lin Changning followed behind, and Chen Anxiu talked about going to school back then, "Before dawn, there were a lot of ...... who read there" Although thirty years have passed, some scenery is still there.

Chen Anxiu and Lin Meizi Jiang Xuan came to this university once in their sophomore year, after all, this university, most children in China have been whispered by their parents a few times since they were young, and they must come to Beijing to come to see when they go to school, "At that time, we were a group of seven or eight people, and when I left, I swore and waved my fist at the school sign at the door, and only one of the last ones was admitted, but the others had good grades." ”

"Have you ever thought about going back to school?" Lin Changning asked him.

Zhang Shinian also asked this question, and he always thought that it was because of him that I didn't go to college. Not right now, I still have a lot of things to do. ”

It's also a coincidence, Lu Jiangyuan also came over to participate in a scholarship activity today, accompanied by a group of leaders, well-dressed, with a calm gait, among these peers, he really looks young, and his appearance is good enough, it is easy for people to notice, Chen Anxiu shouted Uncle Lu, and when the people approached, they saw clearly that this person was still a little tired in his eyes, and he felt like he didn't sleep well yesterday.

Lu Jiangyuan nodded to Chen Anxiu and Lin Changning, walked up to Lu Lao, and shouted respectfully, "Teacher." ”

"You're here too. "is also his own student, Lu Lao is very enthusiastic about Lin Changning, and he doesn't have such a good attitude towards Lu Jiangyuan.

"yes, it's been a long time since I've come to see you. ”

"No, no, you're busy with work, you go and get busy, you don't have to waste time with my old man. ”

Chen Anxiu smiled secretly, whether scholars are so straight, or people are like children when they are old, this old man doesn't want to pay more attention to Uncle Lu's attitude is so obvious, this Uncle Lu doesn't know how much mistake Lu Dao made when he was in school, and he doesn't like the teacher like this.

Lu Jiangyuan asked the others to go first, and took the initiative to hug Lu Lao and said, "Teacher, don't make fun of me, I'll walk with you." ”

Lu Lao knocked him on the leg twice with a cane, but he didn't hide, and Lu Lao didn't push him away again.

Concerned about the old man's body, they didn't go far, and stopped when they found a place with a good sun, Chen Anxiu took the initiative to take on the task of buying drinks nearby, and the things for the old man to drink were not casual, so he only asked for a cup of hot water, and when he got closer, he heard Lu Lao talking, "...... Now that Changning is also back, I am not afraid to talk to you, I don't want to see you all these years, not for anything else, I just don't like your Lu family to oppress people with power, so majestic......" Seeing Chen Anxiu coming, he didn't continue.

After staying here for most of the day, Lu Lao had to rest at a fixed time after lunch, so Lin Changning took Chen Anxiu to say goodbye, and agreed to come over to see his old man when he had time.

Coming out of Lu's house, Chen Anxiu asked Lin Changning, "Dad, does Lu Lao know that I was born to you?"

"Yes, my wife used to work at another school's medical school. He came out of Lu's house, although he had a faint premonition, but after all, he didn't dare to be sure, and he didn't dare to go to the hospital for examination, so he found a teacher who had always taken care of him, "But the teacher didn't understand what was going on at the time, he suggested that I find a place to hide first, and I ran home." ”

After so many things, Chen Anxiu really felt that his uncle was really much more difficult than him at that time, when he had tons of tons, although he was beaten by his mother, but the family did not feel sorry for him, and his parents also raised tons for him, so he didn't have to experience the pain of father and son not being able to recognize each other.

After the Lantern Festival passed, the year was almost over. The second elder of the Ji family is rare and has grandchildren, but he also cares about the grandparents on the Chen family's side, and after twenty, he urged them to leave. The car was full when I came, and it was full when I left.

Zhang Shinian listened to Chen Anxiu humming a song that he didn't know all the way, and finally when he turned the main road in the city area, he couldn't help but ask him, "What are you singing?"

"The sky in the liberated areas is a blue sky. Chen Anxiu rolled down the car window a little, and from the gap in the building, he could see the sparkling sea not far away, the sun was very good today, and even the sea breeze was just warm and cool.

"How come I haven't changed my tune from listening to you?"

Chen Anxiu tugged at his ears and said, "Because I can only say this sentence." ”

Mao Mao slept just right, he didn't cry when he woke up halfway, Chen Anxiu patted the ton who was asleep next to him, and looked out again, "It's home, it's home." ”