We were chatting on the side of the road, when Ghosh appeared with three of his guards, carrying simple luggage in their hands, came to Catherine and bowed deeply to their princess, who smiled and bowed slightly.

I wondered, "What are you asking sooner rather than later?" ”

Catherine said softly, "They came to say goodbye to me. ”

I was surprised, "What's wrong?" ”

Ekaterina said: "Remember the phone call that Daddy Ghosh received in the car? ”

"Ah, what's wrong?"

"He has received news from the country that my uncle has declared full regent, and now he has issued a notice to recruit them all."

"And what about your safety?"

Ekaterina smiled slightly, but did not speak.

They already knew her background A Po, Ah Po said with a calm face: "What's the matter, your uncle is in power, and they are in a hurry to go back and support the new king?" ”

I said, "Yes, didn't you say they were your most loyal guards?" ”

Catherine said lightly: "It is because my uncle has gained power that they want to go back to protect my father." ”

Ah Po and I were speechless.

Ekaterina smiled and opened her arms, hugging her three big bear-like guards one by one, although these big men were her cronies, but this was the first time that they had been treated like this, and they all blushed and stood aside.

Catherine came to Ghosh, slowly snuggled into his arms, put her head on his shoulder, and like a well-behaved daughter dependent on her father, Ghosh gently patted her on the back, and comforted her with gentle words.

As soon as we were outsiders, we stood around and watched them part.

Ghosh comforted Catherine a few words, and suddenly turned to me and said: "He, the princess will be handed over to you, you have to take good care of her!" ”

I was surprised: "Hey, you speak Chinese so well?" ”

Ghosh smiled helplessly, this stubborn old man once wanted to teach me English in this section of Wangfu Street, and I stubbornly only used Chinese to communicate with him, and I won in this language duel.

The three big bear guards wanted to come and hug me, but I jumped aside in horror and said, "Excuse me." "If I am squeezed by the three of them, I will definitely not end well.

The four of them stood in a row again, solemnly bid farewell to the princess again, and Catherine waved her hand, and without hesitation, they got into a two-piece taxi to the airport......

I looked at their backs and said, "Why don't you go back with them?" ”

Catherine said: "Now when I go back, my uncle will definitely suspect that I am going to fight him for the throne." ”

I said, "But the throne was supposed to be yours, what are you going to do with it?" ”

Catherine shook her head slowly, and pondered, "To be honest, I don......'t know," she said with a happy expression, "Don't talk about this, in order to celebrate, no one will talk in my ear anymore, let's go do something happy." ”

"For example?"

Catherine took out a large pile of checks from her pocket and said: "For example, spend this money - didn't you say that you grew up in an orphanage?" I want to check it out. ”

My heart fluttered and I said, "Where do you want to donate the money?" ”

"Can't you?"

"That's great, let's go."

Ekaterina smiled: "How can you be happier than you?" ”

When Wushuang and Xiaohui heard that we were going to the orphanage, they both said that they wanted to go together, and Wushuang said, "We haven't been back for several years, right?" ”

Xiaohui said: "Yes, I miss Aunt Ding too." ”

It was still Wushuang who led the way in the front, and Catherine drove the other car with me behind, and she looked at me and said, "You seem to have a deep affection for it." ”

I smiled and didn't speak.

The director of the orphanage we grew up in is called Ding Yi, which is what Xiaohui said about Aunt Ding, the children were called that at that time, Aunt Ding traveled to the United States with her husband in the early years to do business, and the family was rich, Aunt Ding's husband died early due to illness, she took all her belongings back to China to open this orphanage, which was an early orphanage in China, all supported by Aunt Ding, and later received the funding of the political axe, and it became bigger and bigger, and Aunt Ding poured all her efforts here, Aunt Ding was knowledgeable and open-minded, and the children lived a stable life here, and could receive a good education, Putting these aside, if it weren't for Aunt Ding, the four of us would definitely be on different sides of the world now, so we have a very special feeling for this place and for Aunt Ding.

When the car drove halfway past the wholesale candy market, I reminded Ekaterina: "Would you like to buy some candy for the children as a gift?" ”

Ekaterina stopped the car, stretched out her hand to me and said, "Give me some money, I'm full of checks." I took out my wallet and said, "I'll go with you." ”

"No, I'll be quick."

It turned out that she was really quick - she got out of the car and came back with only a few small bags of sandwich chocolates. I laughed and said, "Although it's formalism, you don't have to buy just that, right?" ”

She gave me a blank look and said, "I have never been formalistic. As he spoke, he stuffed a chocolate into his mouth and ate it.

I said angrily, "With so much sugar, one person will get tooth decay." ”

Catherine continued to drive, clucking the chocolate candy and said, "Children with tooth decay grow up to be smart. ”

“…… What is this theory? ”

She looked at me and giggled, "You certainly didn't have tooth decay when you were a kid." ”

I snorted, "I didn't eat much sugar when I was a kid. "It's true, when I was a child, don't talk about orphanages, even the children of ordinary working-class families can't eat sugar every day, in the 80s, everyone was poor, and the code name of the rich people is "10,000 yuan households".

Catherine realized that she had lost her words, and she stuffed a candy into my mouth and coaxed me: "Ah, now please eat." ”

As I ate, I said, "Can you still be smart now that you have tooth decay?" ”

Catherine laughed and said, "A child will be smart if he has tooth decay, but if you have tooth decay at such an age, it is a lack of heart." ”

Me: "......"

Aunt Ding's orphanage was called Ding Tai Private Orphanage in the early years, and then it was not called that, and now it is officially renamed Ding's School Park, which is set up in a place in the suburbs by the mountains and rivers, and there was only a small courtyard at the earliest, and now it is like a noble school, and there is a monitor at the gate, Wushuang pressed the horn, and an uncle shouted out of the gatehouse: "What are you doing?" ”

Wushuang said: "We are students here before, come back and have a look." ”

The uncle said in disbelief: "What's there to see?" ”

Xiaohui also said: "Uncle, we are really all students here. ”

Seeing that so many of us were driving two cars, and not believing that we were here to visit, he glanced at Catherine in the car and said loudly: "She used to be a student here?" Don't lie to me, we've never confiscated foreigners. ”

Ah Po couldn't hold back any longer, poked his head out and said, "Uncle Wang, don't you know me?" ”

The old man looked at him and said suspiciously, "Eh, this is familiar." ”

Ah Po said loudly: "You forgot about me? I jumped off the courtyard wall every day to play, and once I climbed the fence and hung the wire, but you poked it down for me with a bamboo pole. ”

The old man patted his head: "It's you kid!" ”

Ah Po smiled: "Remembered? ”

Uncle Wang said with a smile: "Okay, if you have learned this well in the past few years, you know how to go to the door." ”

Not only Uncle Wang remembered, but we also remembered Uncle Wang, this old man has been a porter for so many years, but now he looks much older.

Uncle Wang asked in a completely different tone, "What are you doing here?" "He's always been nice to the kids in the hospital.

Ah Po said: "Come and see Aunt Ding." ”

Lao Wang opened the door without saying a word, and Xiaohui said to Ah Po with a smile: "It seems that you still have face." ”

Ah Po sighed and said: "The dumb child is painful, who made me the most incompetent, then I will hang on the iron fence at two ends in three days." ”

Ekaterina was curious: "Then you ran out to play together, didn't you?" ”

I said, "yes." "Then we will often run out to see Liu Lao Liu, or we will go up to the sky and go down to the sea to stir up the waves.

"Then why is Ah Po the only one who hangs on the door so often, how did you get out?"

I said, "That will be unequaled and thin, and can get out of the door directly, Xiaohui will imitate the teacher's handwriting to make fake notes, and only Ah Po, that stupid person, will jump over the wall." ”

"What about you?"

I smiled and didn't speak, of course I walked out in a big way and no one could find out.

The car drove in, we were in front of a bright spot, fountains, lawns, teaching buildings are readily available, dormitories are built into European-style small western-style buildings, it looks full of romantic and tranquil atmosphere, there are a lot of children playing games on the grass, people who don't know are coming, they will definitely regard this as a boarding aristocratic school.

These are Aunt Ding's masterpieces, in fact, discerning people can still see that the hardware facilities are not high-end, and the children's clothing is also simple and economical, but there is a light and elegant taste, she herself is a person full of romance, even when she was the poorest, she never let her works be ruined, and every penny has the elegance of a penny.

We got out of the car, and Wushuang sighed with emotion: "It's much better than ours." ”

Xiaohui said: "Yes, we will all be bungalows." ”

Ah Po said: "...... The wall looks much better and jumps a lot. ”

I smiled and said, "Let's find Aunt Ding's residence first, I forgot to ask Uncle Wang just now." ”

Xiaohui stretched out her hand and pointed, "Look, the second floor of the earth where Aunt Ding used to live is still there." ”

We looked, sure enough, since we were children, the second floor of the earth is still in the same place, at that time there were not many children in the yard, any child has been called in countless times, sometimes criticized, sometimes praised, and sometimes just chatting, we ourselves often run in to play when we have nothing to do. Looking at it now, I can't help but evoke countless memories.

"Let's go inside!" Ah Po ran over first.

We all ran along, and when we came back here, it was as if we were children again.

As soon as he entered the door, Ah Po shouted, "Aunt Ding, are you still there?" ”

Xiaohui frowned and said, "Can you look for it first and then shout?" ”

Ah Po pulled open the broken gong and shouted, "Aunt Ding, Aunt Ding-"

As soon as the door of a certain room in the corridor opened, an old lady with meticulous silver hair poked her head out when she heard the sound, pulled her reading glasses on the tip of her nose, looked at Ah Po and said, "You kid, why are you still frizzy?" ”

(To be continued)