The old man's mind Gu Chen can understand very well, the Chinese have an old saying that 'wealth does not return to the hometown, like brocade clothes at night', now that his grandson is so promising, the old man naturally wants to return to his hometown and make some contributions to his hometown. Can he have an opinion on this? Definitely not, and in his memory, Ningbo will be an extremely economically developed city in the future, so it is not bad to take this opportunity to take a look.

So after arranging everything, Gu Chen and the old man took a flight to Zhejiang. JIANG Hang. State flights, at this time there is no airport in Ningbo, can only fly to Hangzhou first, and then take a car from Hangzhou to Ningbo, although it is troublesome and hard, but Gu Chen can only endure it.

When the plane landed in Hangzhou, it was already afternoon, and after asking the airport staff to know that it would take five hours to drive from Hangzhou to Ningbo, Gu Chen decided to stay overnight in Hangzhou and go to Ningbo tomorrow, but what should I do tomorrow in Ningbo? Do you want to crowd the bus? He wanted to rent a car, and it was only a minibus, and there were seven people in their group, including Ouyang Lan and four bodyguards, and a car could not sit down.

But where to rent a car if you are not familiar with the place? At this time, the staff member and a middle-aged man came over together, but the staff member saw that Gu Chen and several people spoke Cantonese, and they all looked extraordinary, and several of them were tall and looked like bodyguards often seen in movies, so they concluded that Gu Chen and his party were not ordinary people, so they hurriedly called their bosses.

The middle-aged man glanced at what Gu Chen and the others were wearing, and a smile immediately appeared on his face: "A few overseas Chinese from Hong Kong or Macau should be a few of them." ”

Obviously, he doesn't know Gu Chen, this is normal, now that the news on the mainland is blocked, even in a larger city like Hangzhou, it is very difficult for ordinary people to get foreign news and anything, but he should have heard Gu Chen's name and music.

Gu Chen stepped forward and shook the other party's hand lightly, and said, "Hello." We are from Hong Kong and would like to ask where to rent a car, we are going to Ningbo tomorrow. ”

"It turned out to be Hong Kong overseas Chinese, and I very much welcome a few people to come to Hangzhou." In this era, overseas Chinese in Hong Kong are very popular in the mainland, and if they have relatives in Hong Kong or Macao, it is definitely something worth showing off. Therefore, after hearing that Gu Chen and others were really overseas Chinese from Hong Kong, the attitude of the middle-aged man suddenly became more enthusiastic: "If you want to rent a car, we have it at the airport, do you want a car or a minibus?" ”

Gu Chen originally wanted to say that he would rent a minibus, but thinking about it, the minibus in this era is estimated to be not much different from a tractor, and when he waits for Grandpa Ningbo's waist to be broken. So he changed his tune and said, "Just rent three cars and wait for us at the airport at eight o'clock tomorrow morning." ”

After solving the most important means of transportation, Gu Chen and the others lived in the airport guest house less than half a kilometer away from the airport under the warm introduction of the middle-aged people.

There was nothing to say all night, and Gu Chen got up at 7 o'clock the next day. It's a rare morning, and I had breakfast. As soon as the group left the guest house, they saw three Santanas parked at the door. Perhaps because he was afraid that Gu Chen and the others would not know what to do, the airport staff who first met yesterday was also there.

Stuffing the luggage into the trunk, a group of seven people set off in three cars, just out of the guest house, the old man looked at the scenery on both sides of the road, and said with emotion: "I didn't expect Hangzhou to change so much." I don't know if there has been any change in Ningbo. ”

The old man spoke Mandarin, so the driver understood and immediately said, "Sir, you shouldn't have been back to the mainland for several years." Since the reform and opening up, Hangzhou can be said to be changing day by day, but Ningbo is about to be, after all, Hangzhou is the provincial capital. ”

"It's been almost ten years...... the driver is a talkative person, and he introduced a lot of situations in Hangzhou and Ningbo along the way, but it added a little vitality to the boring journey.

After driving on the national highway for more than five hours, the car finally entered Ningbo City, and after stopping for lunch, the group continued to hurry.

The driver is quite familiar with Ningbo, after listening to the old man said the specific address, after more than an hour, the car drove into a village along a loess road overgrown with weeds on both sides.

It's a run-down mountain village, with a two-story house in sight, mostly mud tiles, with a few single-story stone houses in between. Seeing all this, the old man's eyes have become blurred, maybe this is the so-called homesickness.

Due to the narrow road in the village, the car stopped at the entrance of the village, and the old man stood by the car and looked at his hometown, which he had not seen for nearly ten years.

As early as when the three cars drove towards the village, some people lived in several families at the entrance of the village to see it, you must know that in the 80s, mainland tourists were not like private cars everywhere in later generations, and if the family was a little better, they could buy a private car to drive, even if they drove cars in the capital Beijing, most of them were government departments, and it was great for ordinary people to have a motorcycle, not to mention this backward small village.

So when they saw three cars heading towards the village, these villagers, who had never seen anything in the world, immediately went home and called their families out to watch the excitement.

When the car stopped at the entrance of the village, there were already more than a dozen people around, and a few children were circling around the car, but the adults did not come forward, in their eyes, the people who could afford to sit in the car were all big people, and the appearance and dress of Gu Chen and others who got off the car also confirmed their thoughts.

Suddenly, a middle-aged man with gray temples walked out in a row, looked at Old Man Gu, and asked hesitantly, "You...... Are you the third uncle? ”

The old man turned his head to look at it, and immediately recognized the other party, and said happily: "You are Zhennan?" ”

Hearing this, the middle-aged man knew that he had not admitted his mistake, and stepped forward excitedly and said: "It's really the third uncle, the third uncle, you're back, you sit inside, by the way, ......" As if remembering something, the middle-aged man said to a young man behind him: "Xiaofeng, go and inform your uncle, just say that the third uncle is back." ”

The young man ran to the village like the wind, followed by several people who left, and it didn't take long for the news of the return of Gu Xiahua, an overseas Chinese in the village, to spread in the village.

Shabby! This is Gu Chen's first feeling after walking into the house, there is a wooden table on the concrete floor and on the left side of the hall, and next to the wooden table is an electric fan, which should be the only electrical appliance in this family, at least he saw it. There are also some miscellaneous items in the corner.

He had no experience of living in the countryside in either his previous life or this life, and he was somewhat uncomfortable when he saw such a simple living environment, but he didn't have the slightest idea of looking down on him. Twenty years from now, this dilapidated village could be reduced to a high-rise building.

"Xiaochen, this is your uncle Gu Zhennan, this is your aunt, Zhennan is the son of grandpa's eldest brother, when grandpa went to Taiwan, Zhennan was only a few years old, and it was 40 years in a blink of an eye." After sitting down, the old man introduced the middle-aged man and the woman sitting next to the middle-aged man.

"Hello aunt and uncle." Gu Chen greeted politely.

"Xiaochen is the son of Zhenguo, he grew up in Hong Kong, take him back to his hometown this time, otherwise when I die in the future, the connection with my hometown will be broken."

Gu Zhennan said with compliments: "Xiao Chen looks like a talent, and he will definitely have a lot of success in the future." ”

Speaking of his grandson's achievements, Old Man Gu was full of pride, but he didn't deliberately show off, just smiled. At this time, the young man named Xiaofeng walked in with an old man with gray hair and wrinkles on his face, Gu Chen estimated that this old man should be the so-called uncle, followed by two middle-aged men and two young men and women, most of whom were his relatives.

"Ah Hua, you're back." As soon as the old man came in, he took Old Man Gu's hand, and there was excitement in his cloudy eyes: "It's been almost ten years since you came back last time." ”

On the plane to Hangzhou, Gu Chen heard the old man talk about some things when he was a child, because his father died when Gu Xiahua was very young, leaving Gu Xiahua's family with four orphans and widows, although Gu Xiahua's mother is very able to endure hardships, but in that turbulent era, how difficult it is for a woman to support three children, thanks to Gu Xiahua's second uncle who often helps, Gu Xiahua's three brothers can grow up smoothly, and Gu Xiahua is the youngest in the family, and the second uncle hurts the most. Therefore, Gu Xiahua had the best relationship with his second uncle when he was a child.

The old man was also very excited: "Second Uncle hasn't seen you for so many years, your old man hasn't changed at all, but is getting older and stronger." "This uncle is ninety-two years old this year, but he is still deaf and clear-sighted, can eat and sleep, and really deserves the praise of being old and strong.

"Hehe, old man, I can't walk on my feet." Uncle Tai said with a smile, revealing the gums that were missing several teeth.

"Xiaochen, come and see your uncle."

"Hello Uncle Tai." Gu Chen still looked respectful.

"Okay, this should be the son of Zhenguo, what a talent." Uncle Tai looked at Gu Chen with a smile on his face, with a serious look of appreciation.

Then Gu Chen met the middle-aged couple, Gu Zhenjun, the son of the old man's second brother, and his daughter-in-law, who were his second uncle and second aunt, and the two young men and women were the children of the couple. As for Uncle Tai's family, they may have felt that the relationship was a bit far away, so they didn't come.

The family sat and chatted for a while, Gu Chen went out to greet Ouyang Lan and the bodyguards, and not long after, Ouyang Lan and the four bodyguards carried a few large suitcases into the house, these boxes were some things that the old man specially brought over, including medicines, clothes, food, etc., all of which were to be given to everyone. (To be continued......)

PS: It's not easy for the younger brother to keep at least 6,000 words updated every day, and he kneels down to beg for all kinds of support.