The next day, the three of them drove the yellow polo car to the historic Xinya Welfare Institute in Shuangqing City. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

"It's been more than ten years since I came out, and I haven't been back once, Ah Ling, am I very cold-blooded?" Ning Hao looked at Zuo Ling and questioned himself.

Without waiting for the other party to answer, he continued in an outpouring tone: "Aunt Yang is so good to us, it's a pity that I haven't gone back to visit her!" I must be an emotionless animal! ”

"Ning Hao, if you don't go back, you will naturally have your own troubles, we all understand. In the past few years, you have donated a lot of money to the orphanage through Bai Gao, which is a sign of gratitude! Isn't it, Takako? Zuo Ling said with relief.

Bai Gao, who was sitting in the back row, took out a handful of fried pumpkin seeds from his pocket, peeled them carefully, and when he heard Zuo Ling calling him, he raised his head and responded: "Yes!" Better than I am! ”

After a moment of silence, Zuo Ling looked at the two men beside him and said, "You said that the two of you are really fateful, when you go to the orphanage on the same day, the birthday recorded in the orphanage is only one month apart, and you have completely forgotten the memories before entering the orphanage!" Is it really such a coincidence? ”

Ning Hao and Bai Gao looked at each other and shrugged their shoulders at the same time, speechless.

Seeing that he was about to arrive at his destination, Bai Gao changed his usual passive speaking style and took the initiative to say: "Ning Hao, there is something I have violated your arrangement, I have to tell you about it, so that you can be mentally prepared!" You asked me not to mention your name when I made a donation, but, I'm sorry, I did it all directly in your name! It's just that I said hello to them and didn't allow them to publicize it! ”

Ning Hao turned around and glanced at Bai Gao, who was already a little uneasy, and he didn't know whether to thank or blame this close friend who was close to him, so he didn't say anything.

Xinya Welfare Institute is located in another suburb of Shuangqing City, and Lanhaomeng Community is located at opposite ends of the city's diagonal.

Over the past decade, the city has changed with each passing day, and the welfare institute is no exception, with new dormitory buildings and new small plastic sports fields, which are very different from the layout of the past.

When the car came to the door, a middle-aged security guard poked his head out: "Yo! It turned out that Mr. Bai was back! ”

As he spoke, he retracted his head back into the duty room, pressed the button, and the electric telescopic door automatically folded, and when the car drove by, he stretched out his head again and smiled at Bai Gao.

Before coming, Bai Gao called the director of the welfare institute in advance and told them that Ning Hao was coming over, but he was just visiting the deceased, and the time was in a hurry, and he had to leave in a hurry after the meeting, so he asked them not to make a statement.

Therefore, the dean came to greet him alone, a thin middle-aged man, who took office after Ning Hao left, and this was the first time he met the legendary scholar and the pride of the Xinya Welfare Institute.

"Professor Ning, I'm glad to see you! Mr. Bai said that your schedule is tight, so we didn't arrange any activities, which is really not good! Thank you for your understanding! The dean warmly came over and shook hands with them.

"It's us who bother! You're older than me, just call me Xiao Ning! ”

"Mr. Bai said that you were going to come to visit the deceased, but time has passed, and the four staff members at that time have changed a lot now! The old dean died eight years ago, and the old cook retired six years ago, and just after retiring, he suffered a myocardial infarction and died! Childcare worker Auntie Yang suffered from Alzheimer's disease five years ago and has no children and received special approval from the government, and she has been living here ever since, taking care of her staff. ”

As he spoke, the dean pushed the glasses on the bridge of his nose, his tone paused slightly, and then continued in a disdainful tone describing the disgraceful incident: "Of course, there is also the custodian Fu Qiang, as you all know, he was arrested and put in a mental hospital back then, and he is still locked up in ......"

"It used to be small and there weren't many staff." Ning Hao turned around and explained to Zuo Ling, who had stepped into this land for the first time.

Then, he let out a long sigh and said to himself, "Aunt Yang, she is a good person!" I should have come to see her......"

He did not express an opinion on the others mentioned by the dean, and was full of guilt for this once gentle and hardworking old aunt.

The first floor of the dormitory building is the staff housing, and the last room is Aunt Yang's residence.

Gently pushing the door open, the dean said in a tone of conversation with the child: "Aunt Yang, take a look, who is playing with you?" ”

Aunt Yang, who was sitting in front of the desk, ignored it, she sat with her legs together, her left hand spread flat on her left leg, her right hand kept patting and flipping on her right leg, the back of her hand and the palm of her hand were inserted into her thighs, and there were words in her mouth, and she listened carefully, it turned out that she was counting.

1013、1014……

Ning Hao's heart was sour.

When he came, Aunt Yang was almost fifty years old, and now, this old woman, who is nearly eighty years old, no longer has the spirit of the past.

The wrinkled face lines are engraved with the traces of time, the frost-white messy hair, a few old-fashioned black clips, the eyes are surrounded by red and swollen edges, and the mouth is deflated by the scattered teeth......

Bai Gao took a step forward and shouted loudly, "Aunt Yang! Gaozi is back from vacation! ”

The old man suddenly smiled on his face, turned around and saw Bai Gao, she hunched her waist, struggled to stand up, and shouted in a voice that was no longer clear: "Gao Zi is back!" What about your other siblings? ”

As she spoke, she took Bai Gao's hand and sat on the edge of the bed.

The dean whispered in Ning Hao's ear: "Mr. Bai often comes to see her, they have developed a habit of speaking in the tone of the year!" ”

At this time, I only heard Bai Gao say: "The others are still in school, and Ning Hao and I will come back first!" ”

"Ning Hao, is he willing to come back? Where? Aunt Yang looked around with a happy gaze.

Ning Hao's eyes were already moist, and he felt two powerful fingers pinching his heart tightly, so painful that he couldn't speak.

stepped forward, squatted on the ground, held the old man's wrinkled hand, and shouted, "Aunt Yang! Ning Hao is back from vacation! ”

"It's great to be back! Just the two of you, Aunt Yang is the most relieved, and she usually doesn't talk much! Wait a minute, Aunt Yang will bring you some delicious food! ”

She stood up, and her movements were much lighter than just now, perhaps because people were in good spirits on happy occasions.

The dean came over and stopped her and persuaded, "Aunt Yang, don't worry, I have already arranged for the cook, and he will bring it over when he is ready!" Talk to the kids! ”

"Oh! Okay, okay, just so that I am looking at you, lest that Fu Qiang dead ghost come to trouble you again! She sat back next to Bai Gao and pulled Ning Hao to sit down on her other side.

The dean took his leave when he had something to do.

Ning Hao introduced Zuo Ling to Aunt Yang, saying that he was a classmate in the class.

"Female classmates? Ning Hao, how many times has Aunt Yang said that early love is not allowed! If Aunt Yang knew that you were bullying other girls, I would beat your ass! ”

"It's definitely not that kind of relationship, Aunt Yang, she, oh, she's here to help me with my homework!" Ning Hao hurriedly explained.

Only then did Aunt Yang calm down.

After chatting for a while, Zuo Ling asked her curiously, "What was Ning Hao like when he came?" ”

The old man smiled: "He! He, together with Gao Zi, cried his nose, right at the door of our welfare home, standing and crying, in the middle of the night, it was still raining heavily, I took them in! ”

Suddenly, Aunt Yang's face sank, she lowered her voice, and said mysteriously to Ning Haoshen: "By the way, the iron box you brought, before Aunt Yang could help you put it away, it was snatched away by Fu Qiang, who was hit with a thousand knives!" Aunt Yang didn't say it before, because she was afraid that you would be sad, but now that you have grown up, go to Fu Qiang to get it back! ”

The three of them were stunned, looking at Aunt Yang's face, it didn't look like a lie.

However, after saying this, Aunt Yang re-showed an innocent smile, and said for a while that she would go out to buy vegetables for them to eat, and then told them to listen to the teacher at school.

Ning Hao's face changed the most, and he was stunned for a moment, as if he had been hit by an icebreaker in the depths of his heart, and the iceberg of memory cracked.

He remembered that rainy night, he did hold an iron box in his hand, it was a small candy box produced in the eighties that had been eaten, and the corners that had been rubbed were rusty, but at that time, his heart was full of sorrow and infinite fear, and he didn't care too much about the iron box in his hand, he didn't know if there was a secret in it, and he forgot the process of it being changed hands to Fu Qiang.

After a while, he glanced at Bai Gao, and saw that Bai Gao's expression was calm, and he didn't seem to have an impression of this box.

Before leaving, Ning Hao promised the dean that he would pay 30,000 yuan a year to the welfare institute as Aunt Yang's living expenses.