When it was almost o'clock, Yang Qu and I walked out of Lane 24, and the car that Zhao Mu gave me was parked in a nearby open space that was free of charge. Before getting into the car, I finally grabbed Yang Qu and asked, "Have you asked ...... beforehand?" ”

The way I wanted to speak and stopped making Yang Qu even more confused, she asked, "What do you ask?" ”

"Did your dad come along?"

Yang Qu looked at me with a depressed expression, and then asked rhetorically, "What do you think?" ”

"Why do I have to ask you if I can know?"

"Don't worry, he won't come, he's a busier guy than my mother...... And...... Alas! Don't talk about it, you get the idea. ”

"I understand something, you made it clear."

Yang Qu stared at me for a long time this time before replying, "You are a taboo between them...... Not everyone can accept the past. ”

I don't know why, Yang Qu's reply made me feel inexplicably uncomfortable, I felt that many things were not as simple as they appeared on the surface, nor were they in such a peaceful state as they are now. I don't even know what position Yang Jin is in front of that man. And over the years, have you suffered because of this?

As if seeing my doubts, Yang Qu said again: "Actually, my parents' relationship is quite good, but in ordinary life, it is difficult for the two of them to meet, and they are basically busy with each other. ”

"What does your dad do?"

"It's been almost half a year since we've met, and you haven't asked, why are you asking now...... How strange! ”

"I just suddenly wanted to ask."

"Okay, I'll tell you...... He is not in business, he is in politics...... It should be regarded as a disciple brought out by our grandfather...... I don't know if the word disciple is appropriate, but you should understand the general meaning. ”

I nodded, and replied a little disappointed, "I understand...... Anyway, it's much more reliable than Jiang Jiyou. ”

After saying this, I suddenly didn't want to talk anymore, just took out the car keys and motioned for Yang Qu to get in the car. Yang Qu grabbed my arm, and said with a sincere expression: "Brother, don't be sad...... A lot of things are left over from their predecessors, and they don't really have much to do with us...... It's enough for my brother and sister to be together...... At least after I had you, I never felt lonely again, and I was so happy to fight with you! ”

I gave her a blank look and replied, "I really don't know where you got this kind of closeness?!" ”

"Because we're brother and sister...... Even if you really hate me, it won't change that fact. ”

Looking at Yang Qu's righteous appearance, I held back my words, and finally patted her shoulder and said, "I don't hate you, get in the car." ”

……

On the way to the airport, Yang Qu's mouth has never been idle. She said that after accompanying me to Nanjing for the New Year, she would go back to Shenzhen, and then walk around relatives and visit a few friends, and she would definitely receive a lot of valuable things. She asked me to help her sell the stolen goods, and I was four and she six, and then we joined hands to live a well-off life.

I laughed at her ignorance, how could I be a big boss, how could I scarce her money from selling bags and jewelry.

But after saying such a superior word, he still found a gas station on the road, and then tricked Yang Qu into filling up the car. I calculated, this tank of fuel, as long as you don't run long distances, is enough to run during the Chinese New Year.

At about two o'clock, Yang Qu and I arrived at Lukou Airport in Nanjing. After that, we went to the exit of the terminal, and I honestly waited, but she couldn't stay idle, and went back and forth to buy a lot of food.

And this is the nature of a girl, and it also makes me feel that the waiting time is not so boring, because she has always shared what she eats with me generously. Even bitten it yourself!

I'm afraid that only brothers and sisters can do this! …… And I, it's time to let go of the mustard in my heart, as she said, the grievances of the previous generation are theirs, and we just want to fall in love together.

At this time, I really realized how precious it is to have such a loved one by my side. God treats me well, because after my grandmother left, Yang Qu filled the vacancy in my soul...... Sometimes, I even wonder if her sister's identity didn't have that little flaw!

I also feel that I shouldn't be so insatiable, so to this day, when facing Yang Qu, I still have a little contradiction in my heart.

……

After thinking about it for a while, Yang Jin finally walked out of the exit. She didn't carry a lot of luggage, only a small handbag, and she walked in the crowd, she was easily distinguished, she had a temperament that was not angry and arrogant, which would give people a sense of distance...... At least, I haven't seen her smile in one of the few meetings I've had.

But I vaguely remember that many years ago, when she put my schoolbag on my back, she would always smile and tell me not to be naughty. But what lies behind this change is hard to figure out.

Yang Jin came to me and Yang Qu, and I habitually kept some distance from her, but she opened her mouth and asked me, "Aren't you busy today?" …… I was surprised that you could pick me up! ”

Yang Qu seemed to want to improve my relationship with Yang Jin, and when she opened her eyes, she said nonsense: "Busy! Brother he is so busy, he hasn't been idle since he returned to Nanjing, but knowing that you are coming today, he put everything off. ”

I took Yang Qu's words and said, "I'm very busy, busy drinking with Qiao Ye, busy playing cards with friends, oh, by the way, I also took the time to be scolded by Lao Jin......"

"Can you not pick on these unscrupulous people? …… You...... Didn't you talk to Sister Jin Qiu about work a few days ago? ”

After Yang Qu said this, he kept squeezing his eyes at me, but I just replied: "That's not as busy as you said, can you have a realistic spirit?" ”

Yang Qu was dismantled by me like this, so he counted me down because he was very faceless. But I didn't take it to heart, and instead asked Yang Jin, "Am I going to send you to the hotel now?" ”

Yang Jin waved her hand and motioned for me to wait, and then she took out her mobile phone from her handbag, found a number and dialed it. The phone was quickly connected, and she finally said to the person on the other end of the phone with a smile: "Lao Jin, I'm Yang Jin...... You can take Su Mei and Jin Qiu to Jiangqiao for dinner tonight...... I have already arrived in Nanjing, and I will personally cook a table of good dishes for you today. ”

Only then did I know that Yang Jin's call was to Lao Jin, but I didn't know what Lao Jin on the other end of the phone said. I only heard Yang Jin say again: "Don't be busy refusing first...... I still have a bottle of 81-year-old Moutai in the Jinling Hotel, I'll ask Jiang Qiao to take it out later, you two have a good drink, and let him accompany you......"

After chatting a few words, Yang Jin ended the call with Lao Jin, and then said to me: "Let's go, go to Jinling Hotel, and then go to the vegetable market on Tulip Road to buy some vegetables...... I just don't know if the old vegetable market is still there? ”

Because of Yang Jin's decision, I suddenly had a feeling in my heart that I couldn't express in words...... I can't talk about being happy or sad...... I just feel that all this in front of me is so familiar.

Don't forget, I also lived with Yang Jin for eight years, and she bought vegetables in that old vegetable market for eight years. And the Chinese New Year is the happiest, because she will take me to buy a lot of dishes that I can't usually eat.

I finally said to her, "The old vegetable market is still there, but it was expanded once when I was in high school, but Aunt Wang and her husband are still selling pork ...... there."

Yang Jin showed a look of remembrance, and then said to me: "I remember that Aunt Wang's family has a boy who is about the same age as you...... How's it going? ”

"It's good, after three years as a soldier, I took the civil service exam by myself, and now I work in the Statistics Bureau."

Yang Jin seemed to be very interested in these parents, and while she led me and Yang Qu outside, she asked me, "Is that child's name Luo Yang?" ”

"Hmm."

"Married?"

"It's over, the child is more than two years old."

Yang Jin looked at me and said to me in a joking tone: "Then you should really come on!" ”

……

After driving for more than an hour, I drove Yang Jin and Yang Qu back to Tulip Road, and I parked the car on the vacant lot that still remained after the old alley was demolished.

This is the first time Yang Jin has appeared here in a public capacity, so it is inevitable that he will be interrogated by his former neighbors. Among them, there are some particularly ugly words for me and my grandmother, but Yang Jin accepted their criticism very sincerely. And I expressed my gratitude to them for taking care of me more or less over the years.

And human nature is still so realistic, some old neighbors immediately asked Yang Jin to arrange a job for their children in the "Tulip Hotel" that is about to be put into operation, and Yang Jin agreed...... But I don't know if she's doing all this out of guilt for me.

Actually, I really want to tell her that there are a lot of bad people in the crowd...... At that time, when the old alley was demolished, many neighbors hated to crush my bones and ashes, and who would remember that I once lived like an orphan.

The reason why I don't say it is because I still believe in the spirit of Tulip Road in my bones, and in addition to the realistic side of human nature, there is also a kind existence, because I have indeed received their favors, more or less!

……

That night, Luo Sumei and Yang Jin cooked a sumptuous dinner for us, and Lao Jin and I were also on the table to release our previous suspicions...... He didn't mention my marriage to Jin Qiu again. I know that this is all Yang Jin's ability, and she is probably the only person in this world who can stabilize Lao Jin.

However, the 81-year-old Moutai Lao Jin was not willing to drink it, after all, it was a valuable collector's item, and Yang Jin also generously gave this bottle of wine to Lao Jin as a New Year's gift.

In return, Luo Sumei also gave me and Yang Qu a big red envelope, enough for me to drive next year.

The atmosphere has never been so harmonious, and I even mistakenly think that I have married Jin Qiu, and the two families have become a family. In short, it's fun......

After dinner, Jin Qiu and I took a walk in Ersi Lane, and the most wonderful part of this night was that there were constantly fireworks to render the otherwise drab sky.

After walking out of the alley and having a wide line of sight, I found that the entire city of Nanjing had become a sea of colors, and the atmosphere of the festival was unprecedentedly strong. I couldn't help but stop and take out the cigarette case from my pocket, take one out and put it in my mouth, and then hand another one to Jin Qiu.

She waved at me and replied, "I really quit smoking this time." ”

"Why did you quit all of a sudden?"

Jin Qiu showed a smile that would only come after relief, and said to me, "I don't want to live in the shadow of the past, I feel like I've come out." ”

I replied heartily, "That's really good for you." ”

At this time, a gust of wind blew our hair up, Jin Qiu pinned the messy hair behind her ears, and asked me in the wind carrying the smell of the New Year, "What about you?" …… Is it also completely out of it? ”

"Well, but I still have to smoke...... I think it doesn't matter whether life is good or bad, men need cigarettes more than women. ”

Jin Qiu looked at me disdainfully and smiled. Suddenly, her expression became extremely serious again, and she whispered to me, "Jiang Qiao, let go of the past and forgive your mother...... No matter how bad she was before, but now she is a qualified mother...... And people should look forward, shouldn't they? …… That's what you've always liked to say. ”

I was silent because I hadn't found enough motivation in my heart to forgive her for these twenty years of abandonment...... Besides, what I really care about is not the abandonment itself, but the consequences of abandonment...... For example, grandma's life, such as Zhao Mu and Zhao Chu!

After a while, Jin Qiu said to me again, "There is something I feel I need to tell you...... Actually, the old house in Ersi Lane was not found by me, but by your mother...... Don't underestimate the difficulty of buying this house. These days, it was your mother who used a lot of connections to give the original owner of the house the opportunity to open a highest-level art exhibition abroad, and also bought a small villa for the painter abroad, and subsidized 500,000 yuan in cash, which was exchanged for the property rights of this old house...... Just because, I'm afraid this is the most old-fashioned house in the whole of Nanjing, and in this way, you won't be too disappointed! …… She loves you and has been trying her best to make amends...... If she really ignores your son so much, why does she go to such great lengths to do this? She can stay out of the way and leave you away like she used to. ”

This time, I stood in the wind for a long time before replying, "I can forgive her...... But I must know the bitterness of her departure, otherwise everything that has happened in the past twenty years is like a thorn in my heart, and I feel unbearable pain! ”

Jin Qiu shook his head and replied: "Everyone has secrets in their hearts, and the reason why these secrets are unwilling to be told is because they are scars in the heart that cannot be healed, why do you force her to tear those old things bloody again, and then present them in front of you?" ”

"Even if it's bloody, I want to know...... Unless, there is no such old thing! ”

My resoluteness made Jin Qiu not persuade any more, she just nodded and replied, "Then you just wait...... Perhaps, one day she will say...... Just like me, I know best how uncomfortable it is to hold back those unbearable past events in my heart! The reason why I don't say it now is because we haven't waited for the most opportune time. ”

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