At the airport, Zhou Yutong once again glanced back at the blue sky of the imperial capital.

"Tongtong?" Zhou Shi took her hand.

"It's okay, let's go." Zhou Yutong shook his head and still got on the plane.

Watching the plane take off and leave the ground little by little, Zhou Yutong's eyes couldn't help but moisten. I wonder when it will be back? What will it be?

"When you're tired, you take a break." Zhou Shi shook Zhou Yutong's hand.

"Well, it's fine." Zhou Yutong muttered and nodded, as if he was talking to Zhou Shi, but he seemed to be listening to himself.

When Zhou Yutong followed Zhou Shi to Zhou's house, although he was a little surprised, it was expected. It was a small cottage nestled in the middle of the mountains.

The two huge platforms are staggered, the first platform extends to the left and right, and the second platform is protruding from the front, and several towering stone walls are staggered between the platforms. The stream flows out from under the platform, and the buildings are in harmony with the stream, rocks, and trees, as if they grew out of the ground.

"Don't worry too much, Dad is a very good person to get along with, just rest assured." Zhou Shi comforted that he still understood a little bit about Zhou Yutong's apprehension, after all, it was inevitable to say goodbye to the familiar environment where he had lived for so long and go to a completely unfamiliar place.

Zhou Yutong's heart is indeed difficult to calm down, not because of the anxiety of leaving her hometown, but because she wants to see her father for two lifetimes, regretting it for so long, she is finally going to see her, maybe the doubts that have plagued her for so long will be solved in the near future, how can she not turn the river and the sea in her heart.

"Well, does Uncle have any special preferences? I don't know if I prepared a gift, whether my uncle liked it or not. ”

"Daddy must like it, don't worry about it." Zhou Shi was already smiling from ear to ear.

Entered the house. A kind aunt greeted her: "Ah Shi is back!" ”

"Aunt Chen, I told you before, this is Tongtong." Zhou Shi pulled Zhou Yutong again, "Tongtong, this is Aunt Chen, she usually takes care of her father and me, if you need help with anything, just look for her." ”

Zhou Yutong called out politely: "Aunt Chen is good." Trouble later. ”

"Nothing was too much trouble. Good boy, it's been so hard to do the plane for so long. Put down your luggage and go to see Ah Shi's father! I'm waiting for you in the courtyard! Aunt Chen greeted the two very warmly.

Zhou Shi nodded and said to Zhou Yutong: "I'll hand over the luggage to Aunt Chen, and I'll take you to meet my father." ”

As he spoke, he took Zhou Yutong's hand and walked into the yard.

The lush courtyard is full of trees of all kinds. A pool of clear water sparkling. An old man with silver hair sat peacefully in a wheelchair and watched the babbling stream.

Zhou Yutong's eyes couldn't help but be filled with tears. This is her father, her unmasked father. She wanted to throw herself on the old man's lap and call her father, but she couldn't, she could only control her emotions. Secretly wipe away the tears.

"Dad, I'm back." Zhou Shi squatted in front of the old man and held the old man's hands. "How are you doing?"

The old man smiled slightly: "How can you think so weakly, this is the little girl you said on the phone, right?" Father Zhou looked up at Zhou Yutong.

Zhou Yutong was slightly surprised. "Hello Uncle Zhou."

"Good boy, Ah Shi and Ah Tian both treat you as a sister, then you are also my child. I've told me about your affairs, it's okay, you can just rest assured. Father Zhou's face was full of smiles. Ah Shi, how is Ah Tian? Why didn't I come with you? ”

Zhou Shi said to Zhou Yutong that she did not tell Zhou's father that Zhou Tian had passed away, although she was not very surprised, but when she heard Zhou's father's concern for Zhou Tian, she seemed to be suppressed, and tears almost rushed out of her eyes again.

"Ah Tian is busy, she may not be able to come here, and I told you that now Ah Tian's identity is relatively special, and the country will not let her come to the United States." Although Zhou Shi has always been very uneasy in his heart, he still tells such a lie.

Zhou Yutong sighed silently in his heart, Zhou Shi was indeed not easy.

"Tongtong, you sue sù dad, what did Ah Tian tell you?" Zhou Shi turned his gaze to Zhou Yutong again.

Although Zhou Shi had told her before, but when he really faced Zhou's father, Zhou Yutong hesitated, but reason finally triumphed over emotion, although he didn't want to deceive such an old man, but this was indeed the best decision for him!

Zhou Yutong squatted down and held Zhou's father's hand, "Uncle, Sister Ah Tian really has no choice, she also wants to see her uncle, but there is really no way." ”

Father Zhou's eyes suddenly lost their luster and dimmed: "Ah Tian can't help it, I'll go back by myself, I want to take care of my body and go to see Ah Tian." Father Zhou muttered to himself.

Zhou Yutong glanced at Zhou Shi, he didn't show anything unusual, and said with a smile: "That's it, Dad, you take good care of your body before you go back to see your sister." ”

"Go get something to eat, I'll sit down by myself for a while." Father Zhou smiled reluctantly.

Zhou Shi nodded, and pulled Zhou Yutong into the house.

"I still don't dare to mention the matter of Ah Tian to my father, for fear that he will not be able to support it without even the last thought." Zhou Shi sighed softly.

"How's my uncle doing now?" Zhou Yutong couldn't help but say with concern.

"It's just that you can't be too excited, it's been a lot better in the past two years. When I just returned to China, my father's situation was very unstable, and I just wanted to find my sister and see my father for the last time. I didn't expect my sister to be gone, and I didn't dare to tell my father, so I just lied until now, but I didn't expect my father to support it day by day. Now I don't know what to say. Zhou Shi's brows furrowed, his eyes full of worry.

"There's always a way, uncle will get better." Zhou Yutong didn't know how to comfort Zhou Shi, so he had to say so.

The two ate something, and Aunt Chen took Zhou Yutong to her room.

The room had been cleaned up long ago, with a large double bed, a desk and chair under the windowsill, and the sun was just enough to fill the entire book. There is also a piano in the corner of the room, and Zhou Yutong is very satisfied.

Packed your luggage. Settled down, fell on the soft big bed, gently stroked the still flat abdomen, and dreamless all night.

A night's sleep did not make Zhou Yutong's body recover, he got up and fell under the bed, and the cycle was repeated several times before he got up successfully.

"Why don't you sleep more?" Aunt Chen was busy in the kitchen, bringing out plates of hearty food.

Zhou Yutong entered the kitchen and helped Aunt Chen bring the quilt to the dining room: "I've slept enough." Aunt Chen, I'll help you move things together! ”

Aunt Chen didn't stop it. only said: "I don't know what you like to eat, if you don't like it, just tell me, don't be polite." ”

"I'm not a picky eater. Basically eat everything. ”

As he spoke, Zhou Shi yawned and walked out.

"Aunt Chen, I have something to go out at noon, so I don't need to prepare dinner at night. Tongtong is pregnant. You take care of it. ”

"Got it, do you still need to say that? How long will it take to be back this time? When are you leaving? Aunt Chen poured milk for Zhou Shi.

Zhou Shi took a sip of milk: "This time I sent Tongtong over." I can't stay for a few days, and the ticket is booked for next week, but I have a lot of things to deal with when I come back this time, and I have to help Tongtong go through a lot of procedures. Probably not much at home. ”

"Got it, just talk to me when you're not at home. You eat first, and I'll bring breakfast to your father." Aunt Chen brought another plate full of food to Zhou's father's room.

"Tongtong. Aunt Chen and Dad get along very well, so don't be polite. If there is anything, just talk to Aunt Chen. ”

"It's okay, brother, don't worry, I'm fine, you don't have to worry about me." Zhou Yutong smiled. Aunt Chen and Father Zhou are very good, and the next days should not be sad!

Zhou Shi had breakfast and said goodbye to Zhou's father and left.

Suddenly came to a strange environment, although Aunt Chen and Zhou's father were very kind, Zhou Yutong was still a little apprehensive in his heart, after all, he was under the fence, although this was his former father. Of course, these words cannot be said with Zhou Shi.

Zhou Yutong can only know in her own heart, and try her best to help Aunt Chen do what she can.

At noon, I helped Aunt Chen make lunch together, although Zhou Yutong didn't know how to cook, but the work in the kitchen was still passable. She also cooperated closely with Aunt Chen, and Aunt Chen also taught her a lot of things.

"Tongtong, it's nothing for me to do it alone here, you go and accompany Ah Shi's father more!" Aunt Chen said with a smile.

As soon as Zhou Yutong woke up, he was a little worried, it was okay to give Aunt Chen a hand, after all, he didn't feel embarrassed when he sat down to do things, but chatting with Zhou's father, they were not very familiar with each other, and they always felt that it would be embarrassing.

After thinking about it, there is nothing wrong with knowing more about his father, Zhou Tian has always been very curious about the relationship between his mother and father. However, Zhou Tian's mother never wanted to mention it, and Zhou Shi only told her that there was a misunderstanding between her parents, what kind of misunderstanding it was, maybe even Zhou Shi was not particularly clear!

Thinking of this, Zhou Yutong also had a little more expectation in his heart, hoping to find clues about the past between his parents.

"Aunt Chen, what does uncle like to drink? Do you have any favorite snacks? Zhou Yutong turned his brain.

Aunt Chen smiled knowingly and nodded happily, "The apple juice has just been squeezed, you can take it to Ah Shi's father!" ”

"Uh-huh, thank you, Aunt Chen." Zhou Yutong took the cup to the apple juice and went to the study.

The study was not closed, Zhou Yutong knocked and walked in, the study was not big, but the surrounding walls were covered with bookcases, stuffed with all kinds of books. There are many newspapers on the newsstand under the windowsill.

But I saw that Zhou's father was holding a newspaper in his hand, but his eyes were focused on the window and he didn't know where, and there were still some tears flashing in his eyes.

"Tongtong is here, my eyes are a little uncomfortable just now."

Zhou Yutong was a little embarrassed, why did he walk in so recklessly, Zhou's father must be thinking about things, afraid that he would be disturbed by himself. Seeing the tears in the corners of Zhou's father's eyes again, I couldn't help but guess, is Zhou's father thinking about Zhou Tian and his mother?

"Uncle, I just squeezed the apple juice and brought it to you."

"Well, thank you, let it go!" Father Zhou nodded.

Zhou Yutong put down the quilt, hesitated for a while, and still spoke: "Is my uncle reading the newspaper?" If your eyes are uncomfortable, why don't I read it to you? ”

Father Zhou smiled and nodded: "Well, okay." ”

took the newspaper, and Zhou Yutong read it slowly. Father Zhou leaned on the back of the chair and listened to Zhou Yutong read the newspaper, but his eyes still fell on the distance.

After a while, Father Zhou couldn't help but praise: "Tongtong's English is very good!" ”

Zhou Yutong was a little embarrassed, and said modestly: "I haven't said it for a long time, and I don't know many words." ”

"It's good, I'm relieved, and I'm worried about how you'll communicate with others in the future. When I first came here with Ah Shi, I couldn't speak English so badly that I couldn't speak to the people of the United States. I had to memorize the dictionary for a whole month before I dared to talk to foreigners, but one mouth made other people's big teeth laugh off. Father Zhou recalled the funny things of his youth, and couldn't help but laugh to himself.

"I'm also worried, I'm afraid that I won't be able to touch my head as a foreigner." Zhou Tian also lived abroad back then, and there was absolutely no problem with English, but Zhou Yutong still wanted to make Zhou's father happy.

"You speak English very well, don't be afraid. The tone of voice is still authentic, if it weren't for the fact that you were coming to the United States for the first time, I would almost think that you had been here for a long time. Father Zhou couldn't help but sigh: "The current situation of education quality in China is getting better and better, I haven't been back for many years, and I don't know what has become of China." ”

Zhou Yutong thought for a while, and an idea flashed in his mind, "Uncle, wait, I'll show you the country." ”

After speaking, Zhou Yutong ran back to the room, found his notebook and moved it to Zhou's father.

"Is the computer going to show me pictures?" Father Zhou couldn't help but be a little curious.

Zhou Yutong sold a pass: "Yes and no." ”

turned on the phone, connected to the Internet, opened Du Niang's map, searched the imperial capital, and turned on the street view mode.

"A lot of maps now have this feature, you can see Street View, so you can see Street View from all over the world without leaving your home." Zhou Yutong explained.

"So amazing?" Father Zhou was also interested, sat up, and stared at the screen intently. While admiring, he commanded Zhou Yutong's operation, "The domestic changes are too great, quickly check this place for me." ”

Zhou's father told Zhou Yutong a place name, and her heart moved, wasn't that Zhou Tian's original home?

Zhou Tian and his mother have been living in a small house on the outskirts of the imperial capital, but later Zhou Tian felt that it was too far away from his place of work, so he saved some money to buy another house, which has been vacant.

Zhou's father took the mouse from Zhou Yutong's hand, moved it little by little, and watched the street scene change little by little, Zhou Yutong was surprised again, although there has been a great change from when she was a child, but the familiar routes and streets appeared little by little, wasn't that the way she went to elementary school when she was a child? It's just that her elementary school has long been demolished.

Sure enough, Father Zhou sighed and stretched out his hand to rub the screen: "It was originally a primary school, and the primary school where Ah Tian should have studied has been demolished now." (To be continued)

ps: I feel like every chapter is like a year now========== R580