Qiao Cong'an never responded to Mrs. Qiao's mention of recognizing her relatives, and it was the New Year in a blink of an eye, and Qiao Cong'an kept silent about it when she returned to Qiao's house to pay New Year's greetings, and Mrs. Qiao's delirious illness did not mention it again.

Until one afternoon in early February, a visitor from the Chu family arrived.

Chu Yiyao saw this bearded shopkeeper again in the side hall, compared to a hurried glance on the street that day, today's outfit was obviously much more formal, but the thick beard on his face was still hidden there, hiding most of his expression.

Hearing him say that he was looking for his sister-in-law, Chu Yiyao understood that this person was the one who came to look for relatives in the mouth of Old Lady Qiao, but he didn't expect it to be him.

"Shopkeeper, how do you know that your sister-in-law is the person you are looking for?" Chu Yiyao sent Baosheng to bring tea, and seemed to see the smile on his face under his heavy beard.

"Those two words, only she recognizes." A deep voice sounded, Chu Yiyao remembered the painting they had seen in the shop, those two words didn't look like Huaishan no matter how she looked at them, but the sister-in-law recognized them at a glance.

But if they don't go to Guancheng this time, she doesn't have the whim to go to the shop to have a look, I'm afraid that in this life, he won't be able to find his sister-in-law.

"You've been looking for your sister-in-law for the past twenty years?" Half-loud, Chu Yiyao asked, "Can I ask, how did my sister-in-law get separated from you back then?" ”

The bearded man took a sip of tea, and his eyes fell on the courtyard outside the house, "I didn't hold her and let her get separated in the crowd, and when I went back to look for her, the person was gone, so I came down at the foot of the girder, and moved a place every six months to a year to inquire about her news." "Over the past 20 years, he has traveled countless places, and each time there has been hope and disappointment.

Even if it is an outsider, Chu Yiyao's heart for his persistent search has also been touched, and for twenty years, he has been holding guilt and constantly inquiring about a person's news, and this kind of torment is not something that can be felt clearly by listening.

"Are you sister-in-law's brother?"

"Sort of." The bearded man was silent for a while, and then said, Ah Ling used to like to call him that.

Chu Yiyao was a little surprised, could it be that he was just entrusted to come to look for him, not his sister-in-law's family, but he didn't mean that when he said just now.

The atmosphere fell silent again, and Chu Yiyao always felt that the depression in this person was so deep that he couldn't see through his eyes.

Qiao Cong'an finally came, this time Chu Yiyao did not leave, but accompanied Qiao Cong'an, although the sister-in-law didn't say anything these days, she could see clearly the haggard in her expression, and anyone who encountered such a thing could not deal with it so calmly.

Qiao Cong'an never thought that her life experience would be like this, she is not from Daliang, she is from southern Xinjiang, she was seriously ill when she was a child, and she used to speak poorly for a while, and the doctor said that it was the sequelae of fever, but in fact, she couldn't speak Daliang at all.

He said that he was her elder brother, his father died of illness in his early years, only his mother took them alone, after learning that she was lost, his mother was sick and his bones were getting worse day by day, and he tried all kinds of methods, and he couldn't last ten years before leaving, he said that their family was also a wang clan in southern Xinjiang, and the words on the painting were his name, his name was Huaishan, and her name was Huailing.

Qiao Cong'an couldn't think of anything, except that she felt that the word was familiar, she couldn't think of anything else, the southern Xinjiang and the Huai family in his mouth were extremely strange to her.

"That time Oman took us to Daliang, you were only five years old, when you passed through a small city near Jinling, you happened to meet the big day of the market, walking on the street you want to eat a string of sugar gourds, I got off my back I just finished paying, you disappeared, looking for you for three days and three nights, such a big and small city, just didn't find your people, Oman fell ill." Huai Shan's voice was full of vicissitudes, and there was some sadness in his ears, Chu Yiyao could imagine the blow that a mother suffered when she lost her child like this, and in her previous life, Wei'er was very distressed when she bumped into her, not to mention such a loss without warning.

"I don't remember." After a long time, Qiao Cong'an said, her voice was tired, she could feel the sadness but couldn't remember anything, it seemed to be someone else's story, and the feeling of weakness and tiredness made her no longer want to know more, "I don't remember anything before I got sick." ”

"It's okay if you don't remember, I'll tell you anything you want to know."

"That's not the point, I don't remember anything, I have to tell me everything, how do you want me to believe that what you say is true?" Qiao Cong'an stopped him in a loud voice, his eyes flickered with tears, and his hand holding Chu Yiyao trembled constantly, she hadn't slept a peaceful sleep these days, and she couldn't figure out how she had another life experience.

"Look at your left wrist, if there's a black scar on the vein." After a long time, Huai Shan said.

Qiao Cong'an's body shook suddenly, and he heard him then say, "If it hasn't faded, the scar should still be there, but after so many years, it should be much lighter." ”

Qiao slowly pulled up her sleeve, there was indeed a mark on the wrist of her left hand, she thought it was a birthmark, a small black piece there, and it would not be better if she applied any medicine.

"It was when you were five years old when you were naughty, playing with other people's insects, the insects crawled on your wrists, and bit the veins, but after detoxification, the traces had to be coated with the powder made by the insects to dissipate, and you only used the medicine a few times after you got lost, and it has only faded a little over the years." Qiao Cong'an didn't know the origin of this trace, but no one knew about such a private matter except for those close to him.

"If you still don't believe me, take this and it will dissipate in two months." Huai Shan took out a bottle from his arms and put it on the table, Qiao Cong'an glanced up, "Where is the grave." ”

"In southern Xinjiang." The expression under the beard was a little relaxed, and she asked if she had accepted the matter.

"I see, you can go." Qiao Cong'an got up, didn't look at him again, and went out of the side hall directly, Chu Yiyao stopped him who was about to chase him out, "Uncle Huai, give sister-in-law a little time, we were all surprised when Mrs. Qiao came to talk about this matter a few years ago, not to mention sister-in-law, now that you should have been informed, I think it will take more time." ”

"It's me who is too anxious." Huai Shan sat down again, he was just too happy, for him, city by city turnaround, found her when he was about to despair.

"Uncle Huai, where do you live now, or do you open a shop like that in Jinling?" Huai Shan shook his head, "Opening a shop like that is also so that one day Ah Ling knows that he can go over and have a look, and he has already found a place to live." ”

"Then you tell me where it is, and it's easy to find something if you have something." Chu Yiyao wrote down where he lived, sent him to the door, and said with a smile, "Uncle Huai, you go slowly." ”

It was only after going out of Huaishan that he reacted, just like this, the little girl said uncle on the left and uncle on the right, she was so unhappy, she reached out and touched her heavy beard, he smiled bitterly, it seems that she is really old.

Chu Yiyao stood at the door until Huaishan's figure could no longer be seen, and the smile on his face gradually faded, this person knew a lot of things about his sister-in-law, but he also had a lot of things to hide and didn't say, if it was really his brother, why would he say it when she asked.

But the sister-in-law couldn't think of anything, how many of the words this person said were true.

In this way, half a month passed, and the Chu family would receive things from Huaishan every five or six days, all of which were small plays, either for her or for Yingzhu, and the things were very popular with him, and sure enough, Chu Yingzhu was talking about the bearded uncle in the past two days, Qiao Cong'an didn't let him play, and he also took it and ran to Chu Yiyao to hide.

The child's heart is very easy to buy, as long as he likes it and is good to him, it is all good, and he has only seen Huaishan once, which is remembered.

Chu Yiyao couldn't help but send him to his sister-in-law, Qiao Cong'an was even more helpless, after coming back from Guancheng, he would mention it from time to time, and now that he knew that Huaishan was in Jinling, he pestered her to find him, and Qiao Cong'an was annoyed that he was about to accept his things, but as soon as he turned his back, Chu Yingzhu ran to his sister-in-law to ask for help.

Chu Yiyao saw that Qiao Cong'an looked away from this matter, hugged Chu Yingzhu and whispered, "When you grow up, you can meet Uncle Bearded." ”

Chu Yingzhu learned from her and leaned into Chu Yiyao's ear and asked, "How much do you want to grow up?" ”

Chu Yiyao was a height, a head taller than Chu Yingzhu, "It's about that high." ”

Chu Yingzhu's body jumped, and he looked back at Qiao Cong'an, "Mother, is what my aunt said true?" ”

Chu Yiyao also looked at Qiao Cong'an, who touched Chu Yingzhu's head, "It's true, when you grow taller and grow up, you can see Uncle Beard." ”

Seeing his son clapping his little hands happily, Qiao Cong'an's face was more soft, just like what her grandmother said, even if there has been no news in the past twenty years, he has not given up looking for herself, she should also try to accept it, to let go...

The weather is warming up in March, and the merchant ships should come back in a few days, Chu Yiyao has time to find the shops that Shen Shixuan said they have agreed to, the shops in the Nantang Market are basically full, and the rest are either too small or too partial, Chu Yiyao went to the Crescent River bank again, there are two good ones there, but Lichun Manlou is too close, and some ladies and ladies are not willing to stay in this area.

After looking for a few days, Chu Yiyao finally found out that there was a shop in Nantang Bazaar that was in a hurry to get rid of it, and the shop was much larger than Chu Yiyao originally expected, but because the shopkeeper was going to move his family away, the price was relatively low, Chu Yiyao took the second master of the crime to a trip, and the equipment of the shop was six or seven percent new, and it was originally also a trade in jewelry and cloth, three floors upstairs to downstairs, and a small courtyard was brought behind.

Chu Yiyao discussed it with the second master of the crime, and it was two hundred taels cheaper than the one of the same size next door, but the shop was much bigger, and if it was only used to sell those carvings, it would waste a lot of space, Chu Yiyao walked up to the third floor and took a look, and found that the vision was quite broad, and it was also a good place to rest and chat.

walked to the door of the shop, found Qing'er standing there, and greeted her as soon as she came out, with a touch of anxiety in her eyes, "Miss, the young grandmother asked me to come to you to go back, saying that there was an accident in the firm." ”

The author has something to say: I'm going to hand in the paper later-, bless Ryoko to pass, huh