Chapter 41: The Treasure Chest
Yuan Ye smiled, and suddenly changed his words and said, "Tomorrow morning, I'll go to the unit to see what happened!" ”
"Well, go ahead, today I see that the old man looks preoccupied, and he must already know." Lin Chuan nodded, and his expression became solemn.
"Okay, you go to sleep first, I'm leaving!" Yuan Ye let out a long sigh, waved his hand, and turned to leave.
Looking at his small back, Lin Chuan suddenly found that he seemed to have become a lot more mature all of a sudden.
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The first night home was uneventful.
The next morning, Lin Chuan got up early, walked out of the room, and saw that Yuan Ye and the old man had already packed up and were ready to go out to work.
"Xiaochuan, you got up just in time, breakfast is in the kitchen, you and Yang Yang eat by yourself in a while, I have to go to the unit!" The old man instructed with a smile.
"No way, I have to go to the unit too, you two can arrange it yourself." Yuan Ye shrugged helplessly.
They seem to be calm on the surface, but in fact, they all have their own hearts in their hearts.
Lin Chuan smiled and didn't say anything.
This morning, he was going to go back to the old house with Lin Yiyang, and he hadn't come back for so many years, and he didn't know what had become of it.
But one thing is for sure, the old house is still there.
finally woke Lin Yiyang up, and the two simply ate a bite of breakfast and left in a hurry.
Flagged down a taxi on the side of the road, said where to go, and the driver kicked off with a foot on the accelerator.
Ten minutes later, the taxi entered a red brick building.
These buildings are only three stories high, and they are the kind of old houses of the past. The people who still live here are basically some old people who don't want to leave.
After paying for the car, the father and son got out of the car.
Lin Yiyang looked at the old buildings in front of him, frowned slightly and said, "Dad, what kind of place is this, where are we going?" ”
"Hehe, this is where Dad lived when he was a kid." Lin Chuan looked at the familiar Qiē around him, and couldn't help but sigh in his heart.
Yiqiē is exactly the same as when he left, without any changes.
Buildings are neatly arranged. From afar, you can see some balconies with washed clothes and trousers, as well as dried vegetables.
Occasionally, there were one or two old people with vegetable baskets in their hands, as if they were going to the vegetable market, and when they passed by Lin Chuan, they kept looking up and down without paying attention.
It's not surprising that most of the people who live here are elderly people, and almost all of them know each other.
Now that a strange young man suddenly came out, they would naturally look at it curiously.
After walking and stopping for a while, before he arrived at a familiar place, Lin Chuan would stand there for a long time, as if recalling his childhood.
Not far from this tube building, there is a stinky ditch. In the past, there was a bad smell all day long, and many people who lived here complained all the time.
After so many years, the smell is still there, but it has faded a lot, and if you don't smell it yourself, it's hard to find it at all.
Unconsciously, Lin Chuan led Lin Yiyang and stopped in front of one of the tube buildings.
This is where he once lived.
"It hasn't changed, it's still the same as before, it's just older!" Lin Chuan smiled, and a look of reminiscence flashed in his eyes.
"Dad, did you live here before?" Lin Yiyang looked curiously to the east and west.
"Well, do you want to go up and have a look?" Lin Chuan smiled slightly.
"Hmm." Lin Yiyang nodded decisively.
So, the two of them walked into the building together.
He made his way to the third floor and finally stopped in front of a door wrapped in tin sheets, which was where he used to live.
Lin Chuan took out the key from his pocket and was about to open the door.
I saw a gray-haired lady with an iron plate in her hand coming out from next door. When she saw Lin Chuan, she couldn't help but be stunned.
"Young man, are you looking for someone?" The eldest lady said suspiciously.
"Hehe, Grandma Li, you don't know me anymore?" When Lin Chuan saw the eldest lady, he suddenly said with a smile.
"You...... You are...... Ogawa? Grandma Li's eyes widened in disbelief, and her voice trembled a little.
Speaking of this Grandma Li, she is a good person. Once when Lin Chuan was still in junior high school, Grandma Li's wife passed away, and her children were usually not around, so she lived alone.
Because they are neighbors, Grandma Li has a very good relationship with Lin Chuan's grandmother, and whenever there is something delicious at home, she will always think of each other for the first time.
I haven't seen it like this, Grandma Li's body is already rickety, there are more and more wrinkles on her face, her hair is even grayer, and there is no trace of black hair in sight.
Grandma Li seemed to be very excited, nodded again and again with tears in her eyes, and said slowly after a while: "Okay, it's good, it's good to be back......"
Immediately afterwards, when her eyes fell on Lin Yiyang, she was obviously stunned.
Lin Yiyang smiled very sensibly and said, "Hello grandma!" ”
"Xiaochuan, this doll is ...... Your child? Grandma Li was obviously a little incredulous.
In her eyes, Lin Chuan himself is still a child, and after so many years, he has become a father. Time has passed, the years have changed, and before you know it, there have been such big changes.
Grandma Li excitedly pulled Lin Chuan and Lin Yiyang and was about to go to her house. Lin Chuan said so badly, he didn't go in.
Anyway, he had to go back to his old house and have a look.
When I opened the door, I was greeted by a damp musty smell that had been unoccupied for a long time.
There is a small kitchen at the door, the area is not large, and there are still those pots and pans on the stove, which are not missing.
Inside, there is a corridor several meters long, which is narrow enough to accommodate only one person to walk through, and on the side is a bathroom.
At the end of the corridor is the bedroom, and there is a small bedroom in the bedroom, which is the room where Lin Chuan used to sleep.
Nothing had changed in the room, it was exactly the same as when he left, not even the position had been moved.
Although there was a layer of dust in the house, it was a thin layer, and it was clear that someone came here to clean it regularly. And that person is naturally Lin Chuan's hair small, Yuan Ye.
Seeing this familiar qiē at home, Lin Chuan's eyes gradually turned red, and his grandmother's figure seemed to reappear in the house at this time.
Not long after Lin Chuan was born, his parents died in an accident, and his grandmother raised him alone. The old lady has no education, and she doesn't know a few big characters.
When I was young, in order to earn more living expenses, I specialized in some men's work in the factory, which made those old men give a thumbs up.
Later, when the old lady was too old to do hard work, she often sewed and mended at home, helped her neighbors do some needlework, and earned some money to buy vegetables.
When Lin Chuan was in high school, the old lady didn't know what stimulated her and began to learn to read and write.
At that time, I often saw her, wearing a pair of reading glasses, sitting under the window, holding a book in both hands, looking at the words on it with a very serious expression, and reading it jerkyly.
The scene of this scene, like a movie screen, quickly crossed Lin Chuan's mind.
A lot of the past is also vividly recalled, and tears flow down his cheeks.
"Daddy!" Lin Yiyang didn't know why, but his father actually cried.
It seemed to be the first time he had seen his father cry since he could remember. couldn't help but make his eyes red.
Lin Chuan hurriedly wiped the tears on his face, squeezed out a smile, and said, "Let's go, go to Dad's room and have a look!" ”
Lin Yiyang nodded inexplicably, and then held back the tears that were about to flow out just now.
Pushing open the door, Lin Chuan's former room was very small, and there was nothing except a single bed. Posters of animated characters and celebrities are plastered all over the wall.
Lin Chuan looked around, squatted down and pulled out a square wooden box from under the bed.
But this is the 'treasure chest' that he once regarded as a treasure.
Lin Yiyang stared at the treasure chest curiously, standing motionless next to him.
Lin Chuan smiled mysteriously, blew off the dust on the lid, and opened it to take a look. It was full of things he had played with as a child, as well as some loot that had been won from other people.
For example, a plastic pistol, which looks very rough now, but at that time, it was Lin Chuan's most precious thing. There were also a lot of glass balls, which he had worked so hard to earn.
Lin Chuan put these things, no matter where they came out, none of them had a history that made him proud......
As a little boy, Lin Yiyang also can't put down these 'babies', and keeps playing with them in his hands.
"Dad, can you give me these things?"
"Of course you can, this is my father's treasure chest when he was a child, and I will inherit it from today to you, you have to pass it on from generation to generation, so that your sons, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren are all kept, remember?" Lin Chuan said with a smile.
"Dad, don't worry, I will definitely keep them well......" Lin Yiyang became very happy, hugged this 'treasure chest' with the great responsibility of inheritance, and nodded very strictly.
Then, Lin Chuan was in the house and looked around again, and just as he was about to leave, his mobile phone suddenly rang, and when he took it out, it turned out to be Yuan Ye calling.
"Hey, Ogawa, where are you? Forget it, no matter where you are, come to the TV station right now, I need your help! Before Lin Chuan could speak, Yuan Ye anxiously preemptively said.
"What's going on? You speak slowly, don't worry! Lin Chuan frowned.
"Oh, I don't have time to explain to you slowly now, by the way, the old man is home, you send Yang Yang back first, and then come over by yourself, right away, hurry up." After Yuan Ye said this, the phone was hung up.
Listening to the busy sound of 'beep' coming from inside, Lin Chuan shook his head with a wry smile and was speechless.