Zhang Xiaogang did not go home, and he had no home to go back to. In Beijing, he was like a lonely ghost. For more than 30 years, he was a lonely ghost.

After leaving the General Staff, he drove to Wangfujing and bought a lot of clothes and toys.

It's just that he left the bus allocated to him by Yuan Dezhi in the underground garage of the mall, and then stopped a taxi. More than an hour later, the taxi came to the outside of an orphanage in the suburbs.

"Dude, wait here for a while, I'll call someone to get something." When giving money, Zhang Xiaogang gave an extra 100 yuan.

After taking an extra hundred yuan, the taxi driver was of course happy to wait a while.

Not long after, Zhang Xiaogang returned with a group of happy children, asked them to take the clothes and toys from the car, and then Zhang Xiaogang gave the driver another 50 yuan.

In the orphanage, the principal's mother is busy preparing dinner. There were pork, cabbage, carrots and lettuce, and a few silver carp that looked to have been dead for a while.

Zhang Xiaogang rolled up his sleeves, walked over to pick up a kitchen knife, and started cutting the fish.

"Xiaohou, you ...... When did you come? Put down the knife and don't get your hands dirty. Seeing Zhang Xiaogang, the principal's mother was very surprised.

"Mother Zhao, you rest, I'll do it." Zhang Xiaogang's movements were very quick, and he cleaned up the internal organs of a silver carp in two clicks. "I just came back too, and there is nothing else to do in the evening, so I came to see you guys. What about Uncle Fang, are you still lying down? The weather is nice today, you should come out and soak up the sun. ”

"Your Uncle Fang has already ...... It's gone. ”

Zhang Xiaogang's right hand holding the knife trembled, and he almost cut the left hand that held the fish.

At this time, the principal's mother saw the child with new clothes and new toys, and she was so happy that she jumped and screamed. She quickly wiped her eyes and said, "Your Uncle Fang's illness has dragged on for more than ten years, if it weren't for the fact that you often send money back, you wouldn't be able to delay it now, I'm afraid you would have left long ago." ”

"When?" Zhang Xiaogang buried his head and continued to cut the fish. Tears were already welling up in his eyes, and he didn't want others to see his vulnerable side.

"Just a few days ago, comrades from your unit came and not only arranged the cemetery, but also gave a burial fee. It's just that according to your Uncle Fang's last wishes, this money will be used for the child. The funeral was simple, I heard that you were out of town on a business trip, so I didn't call you. ”

"Uncle Fang has worked hard all his life and pulled us into adults, and there must be a lot of people coming back."

"Almost all of them have come back, and some have even made a special trip back from abroad."

Zhang Xiaogang wanted to cry, but he couldn't.

"When your Uncle Fang was leaving, he was still talking about you, saying that he wanted to see you at the end of the day, and that he had something to say to you." The principal's mother sighed and said, "He said, your child is very wild, but you have a very kind heart, otherwise you would not have always helped us for so many years." He asked me to tell you, don't tie-dye bad habits outside, be a kind person. In this world, good people are rewarded with good deeds. ”

Zhang Xiaogang nodded vigorously, and the choking sensation in his throat made him unable to speak.

Zhang Xiaogang, formerly known as Hou Qinchuan, was abandoned by his biological parents before he was a full moon because he suffered from a very rare tumor that required hundreds of thousands of yuan to cure. When he was taken back to the orphanage by Fang Changshan, he had already survived in the cold wind for a day and a night. Wrapped in his swaddling clothes was an envelope containing a thousand dollars in cash, with his name, date of birth, and a meaningless message of thanks.

It's just that Zhang Xiaogang is not the only adopted son of Fang Changshan and Zhao Xianmin.

He was the fourteenth child in this big family, and after that, Fang Changshan and Zhao Xianmin adopted dozens of orphans one after another.

Most of these orphans, like Zhang Xiaogang, were abandoned by their biological couple because of a natural illness.

Compared with those orphans who died young, Zhang Xiaogang is undoubtedly lucky. Before the age of three, Fang Changshan and Zhao Xianmin took Zhang Xiaogang to several hospitals for examination, and the diagnosis prescribed by the doctor was not much different, that is, if he did not have surgery, Zhang Xiaogang would definitely not live to be seven years old, and the operation would cost at least 200,000 yuan. Because they spent the money on orphans, Fang Changshan and Zhao Xianmin couldn't even take out 20,000 yuan, let alone 200,000 yuan.

After that, Fang Changshan and Zhao Xianmin could only let Zhang Xiaogang undergo conservative treatment.

Three years later, when Zhang Xiaogang's life was hanging by a thread, an incident changed his fate.

Zhang Xiaogang remembers very well that it was a night at the end of June, and it was raining thunderstorms. Fang Changshan came back very late, and brought a girl who was about the same age as him. It didn't take long for the girl's family to come to the door and take the girl away after thanking Fang Changshan in every way.

Later, Zhang Xiaogang learned that the girl was lost with her parents at the train station, but fortunately met Fang Changshan, who went to the train station to send his wife back to his hometown to visit relatives, otherwise he would have been abducted by human traffickers. In order to thank Fang Changshan, the girl's parents left 2,000 yuan and two bags of fruit.

It didn't take long for Fang Changshan to take Zhang Xiaogang to visit the girl's family.

Of course, it's not about thanking the other person, it's about asking for it.

The girl's maternal grandfather was an old Chinese medicine doctor who relied on family recipes to cure many patients with malignant tumors, and Fang Changshan decided to take Zhang Xiaogang to try his luck after hearing about it. The girl's maternal grandfather was a good person, and Fang Changshan helped them and promised to treat Zhang Xiaogang for free.

This was followed by a lengthy treatment that lasted up to four years.

Every ten days, Zhang Xiaogang would go to the girl's house to ask the girl's grandfather to diagnose the condition and re-prescribe the medicine. At the beginning, Zhang Xiaogang was taken by Fang Changshan or Zhao Xianmin, and later with the increase in the number of orphans adopted, Fang Changshan and his wife were too busy, so Zhang Xiaogang went alone.

went back and forth, and the girl's family also fell in love with Zhang Xiaogang.

At that time, Zhang Xiaogang was very polite, a little shy, and he was thin and didn't like to talk, so anyone would pity him when they saw him.

It wasn't until half a year later that Zhang Xiaogang learned that the girl was called Xia Hongyu. The rainbow after the summer rain is a very nice name.

With Xia Hongyu, Zhang Xiaogang gradually became cheerful, liked to talk, liked to laugh, and showed a smart side.

Four years later, Zhang's tumor was cured.

Although he no longer has to go to the doctor, in order to see Xia Hongyu, Zhang Xiaogang still often goes to her in the name of visiting and thanking her.

Until he was fifteen years old, Fang Changshan suffered a car accident and was paralyzed in a high position, and Zhang Xiaogang didn't go to Xia Hongyu's house often anymore.

It's just that the teenager's feelings are very subtle and very pure.

Since then, Xia Hongyu often comes to the orphanage to help do some things and take care of Fang Changshan, in fact, the main reason is to meet Zhang Xiaogang.

At this age when love is beginning to bloom, the relationship between Zhang Xiaogang and Xia Hongyu is no longer just a friend.

It's just that both of them are a bit introverted, and they don't want each other to confess.

A year later, an irresistible force separated the two.

It was also the end of June, and it was still a thunderstorm night. Xia Hongyu was drenched in the rain outside the orphanage and told Zhang Xiaogang that she was leaving Beijing. Her parents connected her with a middle school in the United States, and in a few days they were going to send her to the United States to raise her at the home of her aunt, who had already settled in the United States.

Zhang Xiaogang didn't want Xia Hongyu to go to the United States, but he still smiled and said that he would go to the United States to find her.

Seeing Xia Hongyu away, Zhang Xiaogang cried out loud. This is the first time he has cried out loud since he became sensible. He is an orphan with nothing, why did he go to the United States to find Xia Hongyu? He knows that saying goodbye is goodbye. Even if he arrives in the United States after a lot of hardships, what can he do?

It's just that Zhang Xiaogang didn't give up.

He believes that Xia Hongyu will not forget him and will wait for him in the United States.

Two years later, Zhang Xiaogang seized the first opportunity in his life, the opportunity that would allow him to go to the United States: after graduating from high school, he accepted an invitation from the Military Intelligence Agency.

Many years later, Zhang Xiaogang learned that the first person to find him was not Fang Changshan, but Yuan Dezhi.

Eighteen years later, Yuan Dezhi appeared in front of him again and formally invited him to join the Military Intelligence Bureau and become a spy of the Military Intelligence Bureau.

Ready to eat, Zhang Xiaogang helped Zhao Xianmin make dinner for the child.

Over the past 20 years, Fang Changshan and Zhao Xianmin have adopted hundreds of orphans, and the orphans like Zhang Xiaogang, who were originally adopted, have all grown up, and some have even gone abroad and settled in foreign countries. More than ten years ago, Zhang Xiaogang asked Fang Changshan why he wanted to adopt so many orphans. Fang Changshan's answer was very simple: he couldn't bear to watch those children who were abandoned by their biological parents because they were seriously ill being starved to death or frozen to death.

As an adult, Zhang Xiaogang once tried to find his biological parents. Using the resources of the Military Intelligence Directorate, it is possible to find the biological parents as long as they are still alive. It's just that when he was about to find his biological parents, Zhang Xiaogang gave up. Fang Changshan and Zhao Xianmin are his biological parents!

After being officially hired by the Military Intelligence Bureau, Zhang Xiaogang remitted money to Fang Changshan and Zhao Xianmin on time every month, and never stopped.

Like him, most of the orphans who have grown up send money to their adoptive parents who raised them regularly, and those who remain in Beijing visit them regularly.

Every year during the Spring Festival, many orphans come back for reunion, and some even bring their wives and children.

In the first few years of his work in the Military Intelligence Bureau, Zhang Xiaogang also came back often, and he would come back for reunions every Spring Festival, but later he came back less and less.

If Zhang Xiaogang has a home in Beijing, this is his home.

Here, there are his relatives, as well as childhood memories, and a youthful time full of beautiful expectations.

After taking care of more than ten children and having dinner, Zhang Xiaogang helped Zhao Xianmin make the children's beds, and then told the children a story before going to bed.

"Xiaohou, you are also tired for most of the day, rest for a while."

"Mama Zhao, I'm not tired." Zhang Xiaogang went to Shenglai to wash his feet. "Taking care of more than 10 children all year round, you are the hardest worker. I'll rub your feet for you. ”

"No need to ......"

"Mama Zhao, I haven't rubbed your feet for several years. Tomorrow, I'm going on a business trip, and I don't know when I'll be back. Zhang Xiaogang put Zhao Xianmin's feet into the basin of water. Remember, when we were little, you took care of us in the bath, and I was the naughtiest one. ”

"Of course, you love to play in the water. Once, you broke the bathtub and ate a board. ”

"Uncle Fang's hands are very heavy, and now that I think about it, I feel that my buttocks hurt terribly."