Three days passed quickly, and Ding Qingsheng got up early this morning, because he still remembered that today was a special day, the 19th day of the seventh month of the lunar calendar, which was Ding Fengjun's birthday.

On this day every year, Ding Qingsheng will always be the first to get up, because he said when he was a child, I must be the first person to say happy birthday to the second uncle, this habit has been maintained for more than ten years, Ding Qingsheng got up when Ding Fengjun was still asleep, Ding Qingsheng couldn't bear to wake him up, only looked up at the watch hanging on the wall at 5:15, the time to leave BJ is still early, the timetable in Yanggu bus station indicates that the bus from Yanggu to BJ will not leave until 11:40 in the morning.

Ding Qingsheng sat quietly on the edge of the bed and thought to himself, for more than ten years, whenever Ding Fengjun's birthday was approaching, Ding Qingsheng always thought about giving Ding Fengjun a birthday gift, but it was a pity that he had no money and nothing special, and he could only look at the things woven by his four sisters every year and lament, sometimes Ding Qingsheng would also think, how good it would be if he could also knit something, so that he could give it to the second uncle and make him happy.

Helpless, the reality is always so cruel, he can only accept it silently, but now it is different, Ding Qingsheng finally has the opportunity to give Ding Fengjun a gift, although I don't know if Ding Fengjun will like this gift, but Ding Qingsheng still decided to give it a try.

Thinking of this, Ding Qingsheng moved to the wooden table, spread out the paper, picked up the pen, and wrote rustlingly.

After the whole paper was full of words, Ding Qingsheng felt satisfied after a few more times, and then folded the paper full of words, he took out a thing from his pocket, it was a pendant-like thing, an iron chain tied to a rusty iron lock, that was Luo Wenyu to Ding Qingsheng, Luo Wenyu said, this is what Luo Xinyi wore when he was a child, he handed this thing to Ding Qingsheng, so that Ding Qingsheng could feel Luo Xinyi's existence from this thing, since that time was snatched by Wu Wei, Ding Qingsheng never wore it again, only silently hidden in his pocket, and occasionally when he remembered it, he would take it out and take a look。

Ding Qingsheng put the pendant into the envelope along with the neatly folded paper, he turned his head and looked at Ding Fengjun, Ding Fengjun was still sleeping quietly, Ding Qingsheng bent the corner of his mouth, and then stuffed the envelope into the drawer, and then moved his eyes out of the window again.

"Birthday, get up so early, why don't you sleep more?"

I don't know when Ding Fengjun actually stood behind Ding Qingsheng, Ding Qingsheng was looking out unexpectedly, and was startled by Ding Fengjun's sudden voice, he turned around, and saw Ding Fengjun's smiling face, Ding Qingsheng smiled and said, "Second uncle, happy birthday." ”

Ding Fengjun was stunned for a moment, and then reacted, he raised his hand and patted his head, and said self-deprecatingly: "Oh, you didn't say that I really forgot, today is my birthday, it's really rare, I didn't expect you to remember." ”

Ding Qingsheng stood up and said with a smile: "Of course, I not only remember the birthday of the second uncle, but I also remember what I once said, I must be the first person in our family to say happy birthday to you." ”

Ding Fengjun smiled with relief and said, "The second uncle really didn't hurt you in vain, but." Speaking of this, Ding Fengjun's face, which was originally full of smiles, suddenly dimmed, and he said with some reluctance: "However, I'm afraid that the second master will not have a chance to hurt you again in the future." ”

Ding Qingsheng heard some low emotions from Ding Fengjun's words, and his heart was not very comfortable, with mixed tastes and tastes, but he knew that no matter how sad he was, he couldn't show it in front of Ding Fengjun, because there was always a voice in his heart reminding him that he couldn't let the second master worry about him anymore.

Ding Qingsheng exhaled and pretended to be relaxed and said: "Second uncle, don't worry, I'm just going to BJ to work hard, don't I have to come back for the New Year's holiday, when I come back, I will definitely bring you some good things back, I guarantee that the second uncle has not eaten." ”

Ding Fengjun smiled and said: "It's still good for my birthday, but the second uncle doesn't want those material things, the second uncle only hopes that my birthday can be good and safe." ”

Ding Qingsheng smiled, scratched his head, and said with a little embarrassment: "However, second uncle, I'm afraid I don't have anything to give you today." ”

Ding Fengjun smiled heartily and said, "It's okay, it's enough for you to have this heart." ”

Ding Qingsheng smiled and didn't say anything more, Ding Fengjun said again: "Okay, go wash your face and get ready to eat, after eating, it's time to go to the station." ”

Ding Qingsheng nodded, then walked out of the bedroom and came to the yard, he was quietly washing his face, unexpectedly, Ding Xiaoqi came to Ding Qingsheng with her hair scattered, she raised her foot and gently kicked Ding Qingsheng twice, and said: "Hey, Ding Qingsheng, today is our father's birthday, what gift are you going to give our father." ”

Ding Qingsheng raised his head, wiped his face with a towel, and replied angrily: "Please pay attention to your wording, that's your father and my second uncle, my father is asleep in the grave, besides, I don't have your skills, so I have nothing to give him." ”

Ding Qingsheng's tone made Ding Xiaoqi sound very unhappy, she said with a displeased face: "I said Ding Qingsheng, you kid is really a white-eyed wolf, how can I say that my dad has also raised you for more than ten years, for you to eat, for you to wear, and for you to go to school, there should be some hard work without credit, you kid is good, you don't even know how to repay your kindness, even if you forget it, you can still say such a thing." ”

Ding Qingsheng said angrily: "It's rare that Young Master Ben is in a good mood today, I don't care about you in general." Ding Xiaoqi, I can tell you, you'd better not mess with me. ”

"What's wrong with me, I'll mess with you, I still don't believe what else can you do to me in my house!" Ding Xiaoqi said angrily.

Ding Qingsheng didn't have the time to take care of her, so he glanced at Ding Xiaoqi, said that a good man would not fight with a woman, and walked towards the house.

Ding Xiaoqi looked at Ding Qingsheng's back and couldn't help muttering: "Originally, I was thinking about giving you the admission letter, hmph, with your attitude, you don't want to see the admission letter again in this life!"

Zhang Fengrong boiled a lot of eggs today, and when she brought the eggs to the table, Ding Fengjun couldn't help frowning and asked, "Why did you boil so many eggs today?"

Zhang Fengrong smiled and said, "Today is your birthday, I specially prepared it for you." ”

Ding Fengjun said incredulously: "I can't finish boiling so many eggs." ”

Zhang Fengrong smiled again and said: "Look at your beauty, you think these eggs are boiled for you, and it won't be worth the money of these eggs if you sell them." As he spoke, Zhang Fengrong took out two eggs, pushed them in front of Ding Fengjun, and said, "Well, these two eggs are for you, and I will wrap the rest for Qingsheng and let him eat them on the road." ”

Now Ding Fengjun understood, he pretended to be unhappy and said, "What, I'm worth two eggs." ”

Zhang Fengrong said while putting the eggs into the convenience bag: "It's really cheap and good, if it weren't for the birthday, I wouldn't be willing to give you these two eggs, so I will send you a bowl of noodles directly." ”

Ding Fengjun was completely speechless at this time, he had to choose to accept it when he saw it, picked up the egg and ate it.

Zhang Fengrong packed the eggs, she handed them to Ding Qingsheng and said: "Qingsheng, there are twenty eggs in here, you stay on the road to eat, I estimate that it is a long way from us to BJ, and there is no food on the car, if you are hungry, eat some in the car." ”

As he spoke, Zhang Fengrong took out some money from his pocket and said, "Celebrate your birthday, you take these and keep them for use on the road, don't you say it, the poor family is rich, if there is really something on the road, maybe the money can still be used." ”

Ding Qingsheng prevaricated: "Second aunt, I have this egg with me, as for the money, I won't take it, our family doesn't have much money, I think the money should be kept for my sister's tuition." ”

In fact, what Ding Qingsheng said was angry, and he deliberately accentuated the two words of tuition, just to stimulate Zhang Fengrong, but Zhang Fengrong didn't seem to care about what Ding Qingsheng said, she took Ding Qingsheng's hand, directly stuffed the money into Ding Qingsheng's hand, and said: "Give it to you, you will take it, don't do this and that, besides, your sisters' tuition fees and your second uncle have already been prepared, and the money is not bad." ”

Originally, Zhang Fengrong could feel Ding Qingsheng's words, but because of some misunderstanding, Ding Qingsheng thought of another meaning from these words.

"Okay, it turns out that you have planned it a long time ago, and you have prepared their tuition fees in advance, but you have not prepared mine, did you expect that I would go to BJ to work, so you prepared all the expenses for my journey to BJ? ”

Ding Qingsheng thought so in his heart, and he silently took the money.

"Mom, why are you still so good to Ding Qingsheng, he is going to abandon you, what's the use of you being good to him, you might as well give me this money, and when I graduate and become a flight attendant in the future, I can pay you back as much." Ding Xiaoqi walked in from outside the door, and just happened to run into Zhang Fengrong stuffing the money into Ding Qingsheng's hand, Ding Xiaoqi was naturally very displeased, and couldn't help complaining.

Zhang Fengrong glared at Ding Xiaoqi and said: "Don't talk nonsense, if you want me to see that you really might as well celebrate your birthday, you look at the words you said, and pay me back twice, what's the matter, we raised you so big that you want you to pay us back? You have no conscience." ”

was said by Zhang Fengrong, Ding Xiaoqi lost her original arrogance, she was so angry that she could only blow her beard and stare at her, and finally snorted coldly and left.

Time passed quickly, and in a blink of an eye, it was time for Ding Qingsheng to go to the station, Ding Fengjun borrowed a rickshaw from a neighbor, he put Ding Qingsheng's luggage on the car, and asked Ding Qingsheng to check if he had forgotten to bring something, and after Ding Qingsheng confirmed that it was correct, Ding Fengjun was going to ride on the car and pull Ding Qingsheng to the bus station.

Zhang Fengrong and several sisters sent Ding Qingsheng out of the door, Zhang Fengrong's eyes were full of tears, and she kept telling Ding Qingsheng to pay more attention to safety.

Ding Xiaoqin was also reluctant, and she told her that Ding Qingsheng must remember to call back after arriving at BJ.

In the eyes of everyone's reluctance, Ding Qingsheng embarked on a trip to the bus station.

On the road, Ding Fengjun rode hard, his fat body looked so hard in this scorching sun, sweat had wet his back, and the sweat of beans rolled down from his cheeks one by one, Ding Qingsheng asked to change positions with Ding Fengjun several times, he wanted Ding Fengjun to sit in the car and ride with him by himself, but Ding Fengjun disagreed, helpless, Ding Qingsheng had to sit quietly in the car and look at Ding Fengjun's rickety body, pedaling the car step by step.

"Second uncle, in fact, I prepared a birthday gift for you today, but I didn't give it to you in person, I was afraid that you wouldn't accept it, so I put it in the table hole in the bedroom, and remember to take it out when you get home. Ding Qingsheng really couldn't bear it, he could only use some words to appease Ding Fengjun, and at the same time divert his attention.

Ding Fengjun sighed and said: "Celebrating my birthday, in fact, the second uncle doesn't have anything he wants, I only have one wish......"

Speaking of this, Ding Fengjun suddenly stopped talking, Ding Qingsheng was very puzzled, he had been with Ding Fengjun for more than ten years, he really didn't know what Ding Fengjun's so-called wish was, he asked Ding Fengjun: "Second uncle, what is your wish?"

Ding Fengjun smiled and said, "Oh, I don't think it's better to say it." ”

The more Ding Fengjun said this, the more Ding Qingsheng wanted to know, he patted Ding Fengjun on the back and said, "Second uncle, you better say it, maybe I can really help you achieve it." ”

Ding Fengjun smiled again and said, "I really don't have anyone who can help me realize this wish except you." ”

Ding Fengjun's words completely aroused Ding Qingsheng's interest, and he said with a sigh: "Since this is the case, second master, you might as well say it and see how I can help you achieve it." ”

Ding Fengjun suddenly stopped talking, but he seemed to be pushing harder, maybe it would take a lot of courage for him to say this wish.

Ding Qingsheng frowned, he was speculating about this wish in Ding Fengjun's mouth, what kind of wish would it be that made the second master so unspeakable? Ding Qingsheng thought about many possibilities, but he denied them one by one, and in the end, he still couldn't think of a suitable answer.

Ding Qingsheng had to say again: "Second uncle, you better tell me, what kind of wish is it, I have to help you realize it." ”

Ding Fengjun was really asked by Xiang Qingsheng, he eased his breath a little, parked the car on the side of the road, turned his head, his face was covered with sweat, he didn't have time to wipe it and said: "Qingsheng, the second uncle has such a wish in his life, I just hope that you can call me Dad, and this wish can only be realized by you, Qingsheng, are you willing to call me Dad?"

Time seems to stand still at this moment, Ding Qingsheng didn't expect Ding Fengjun to have such a wish, from childhood to adulthood, Ding Fengjun will always find an opportunity to let Ding Qingsheng call him Dad, but every time Ding Qingsheng will resign for various reasons, it's not that he can't call him Dad, it's just that he is not used to calling him Dad, there is only one father in Ding Qingsheng's heart, that is Zhang Jilai, and Ding Fengjun can only be his second uncle forever!

Dad, that position may never be replaced by Ding Fengjun, just so suddenly, Ding Qingsheng's memory goes back to when he was a child, as if he had a high fever that year, was admitted to the hospital, and was in a daze, Ding Qingsheng seemed to feel lying on his father's solid and powerful shoulders, it was a kind of warmth that had never been there, it was an experience that had never been had since Zhang Jilai's death, that time it seemed that he called his father, yes, Ding Qingsheng was not mistaken, that time, he called his father, that father was always deeply imprinted in Ding Fengjun's mind, knowing that Ding Qingsheng was not calling him, knowing that Ding Qingsheng was sick at the time, knowing that he was deceiving himself, but, Ding Fengjun is still willing to keep that moment in his heart.

In Ding Qingsheng's memory, it seems that he has never called Ding Fengjun a father, every time Ding Fengjun teases him, he always likes to say that a father is a father, and the second uncle will always be the second uncle, and the father will never become the second uncle, and the second uncle will never become a father.

Ding Qingsheng thought that his answer was perfect, but he didn't know that his seemingly perfect words deeply pierced Ding Fengjun's heart.

At this moment, the sun was thick, hitting Ding Fengjun's slightly vicissitudes of life, sweat wet his hair, wet his clothes, and next, wet his heart.

It's just that Ding Qingsheng said: "Second uncle, I'll give you the gift I prepared, and when you return home, don't forget to take out the things I gave you, which I carefully prepared." ”

When Ding Qingsheng's title passed through Ding Fengjun's ears, he knew that he had no chance to hear Ding Qingsheng say that sentence again, Ding Fengjun's heart was sour, he held back his tears, sighed softly, and counted it as a promise.

A heavy turn, once again making the silent world noisy.

Ding Fengjun still pedaled hard to carry Ding Qingsheng into the distance.

When Ding Qingsheng stood outside the station with his luggage, he felt a little sorry for Ding Fengjun, who was covered in sweat.

"Second uncle, you haven't rested all the way, or I'll buy you a bottle of water to drink. Ding Qingsheng said with concern.

Ding Fengjun waved his hand happily and said, "I'm not thirsty, I'll go back when you get in the car, don't you have water at home?"

Ding Qingsheng knew that Ding Fengjun was reluctant to spend money, but seeing Ding Fengjun's hard work, Ding Qingsheng was finally reluctant, he took out the money from his pocket, handed it to Ding Fengjun and said: "Second uncle, I suddenly remembered, I forgot to bring water, or you can help me go to the store over there to buy a bottle." ”

Ding Fengjun looked in the direction pointed by Ding Qingsheng, and there was a water seller on the opposite side of the road who was shouting for business.

Ding Fengjun took the money handed over by Ding Qingsheng and said, "Qingsheng, you wait here, I'll be back soon." ”

Ding Qingsheng nodded noncommittally.

When Ding Fengjun took the money to buy water, Ding Qingsheng waved his hand at Ding Fengjun's distant back, and muttered to himself: "Second uncle, dear second uncle, I'm sorry, I lied to you, I'm leaving, please forgive me." ”

After speaking, Ding Qingsheng turned around and walked towards the station with his suitcase.