There is a park in the center of the city, and not far from the main entrance of the park stands a tall stone archway, on which are prominently written the four big characters of defending peace, and in front of the archway is a well-arranged flower bed. A well-proportioned middle-aged woman in a cheongsam stood on the edge of the flower bed with a child, the woman was Chunxiu, she looked around anxiously at her watch from time to time. Her child was chasing butterflies up and down beside the flower beds.

The date time was approaching, and Chunxiu saw a tall man striding in the direction of the flower bed, this person's figure was very familiar to her, and her heart was pounding with nervousness and excitement.

Cui Fengming stood in front of Chunxiu, he looked at Chunxiu affectionately and said, "Sister Chunxiu, I'm here." ”

Chunxiu was excited when she saw Cui Fengming coming from a distance, but she tried her best to hide her emotions and nodded politely to Cui Fengming.

Cui Fengming and Chunxiu used to love each other deeply, but after all, they hadn't seen each other for many years, and they tried their best to suppress their inner emotions when they met this time, and they were very reserved. But when Chunxiu found that Cui Fengming's sleeve was empty, she was very surprised, she grabbed Cui Fengming's empty sleeve with her hand and asked, "Fengming, you were good when you left, why is there a missing arm when you come back?" ”

Cui Fengming said calmly: "My arm is on the battlefield." ”

Chunxiu's eyes moistened, and she said sadly: "Brother Fengming, if I knew that you would go to war, I wouldn't let you leave me!" ”

Cui Fengming said emotionally: "Sister Chunxiu, my lack of an arm is nothing, if I throw my life on the battlefield, I won't have a chance to see you again!" Sister Chunxiu. You've made me so hard in the past few years! I think about you every day! ”

"Alas! Why shouldn't I! Chunxiu sighed, called the child who was playing to the side and said, "Yonghe, an uncle sees that we are coming." ”

Yonghe politely called Cui Fengming uncle. Cui Fengming saw that this little boy looked very cute. picked him up with one arm and kissed him hard, Yonghe reluctantly avoided his face and said, "Ouch! My uncle's beard is prickly, and my face hurts so much! ”

Cui Fengming smiled and put Yonghe on the ground. He touched Yonghe's little tender face and said, "What are you afraid of? It's a man who has a beard. You're still young, and you'll grow a beard when you grow up. ”

Yonghe still didn't believe it and said, "You liar! Who says a man has to have a beard? My dad didn't have a beard. ”

"Am I lying? Why am I going to lie to you? Where are there men who don't grow beards? The child's words made Cui Fengming not know how to explain.

Chunxiu said sternly to Yonghe: "Who said that your father didn't have a beard?" Don't talk nonsense, little ones! Yonghe didn't dare to respond.

Cui Fengming pulled Yonghe with one hand and said to Chunxiu: "Not far in front is the tea house in the park, let's go there and sit down, I invite you to tea." We haven't seen each other in years, so how about chatting over tea? ”

"Okay." Chunxiu agreed.

The three of them found a shaded café and sat down. The waiter came over and asked what kind of tea to drink, Cui Fengming asked for a pot of flower tea and some snacks and sweets for Yonghe. After a while, the waiter put the things Cui Fengming ordered on the table.

Cui Fengming sat on the chair with a smile on his face, and he carefully looked at the Chunxiu in front of him. Chunxiu wore a black tight-fitting cheongsam. Perhaps because she has become a mother, Chunxiu is a little blessed, and her body outlined by the cheongsam is much plumper than before; Her face is plump, and her eyebrows are carefully painted. a curly black hair draped over his shoulders; She wears a delicate kun watch on one wrist. on the other wrist with a gold bracelet; The whole person sat down and exuded a sense of wealth and nobility, Cui Fengming felt that Chunxiu had changed a lot, the only thing that hadn't changed was Chunxiu's eyes, her eyes were still as clear as before, which made people feel that they could be trusted and relied on.

"Sister Chunxiu, I couldn't have imagined the way you look now, I couldn't have imagined it a few years ago, it's changed too much!"

Chunxiu smiled faintly: "Actually, my heart hasn't changed at all, I'm still the village girl from Shandong." ”

Cui Fengming looked at Chunxiu with appreciation. "Sister Chunxiu, I think you look better than before!"

"Where! We women age fast. I'm not like I was back then, but you're still like a young man. ”

"Sister Chunxiu, I don't think you're old, I like the way you look now!"

"Really?"

"Well, I'm telling the truth!" Cui Fengming nodded affirmatively.

An imperceptible smile appeared on Chunxiu's face.

"Sister Chunxiu, how have you come over the past few years? Can you tell us about your family and the man you are now? ”

"I'm not your woman anymore, is it still necessary to say this?"

"Sister Chunxiu, I want to know this, you must tell me!" Cui Fengming said stubbornly.

Chunxiu looked at Cui Fengming's straight face and smiled happily: "You are still the same as before, you will play a child's temper in front of me!" ”

"Who made you my sister! I'm unreasonable when I see my sister! Cui Fengming also smiled.

Chunxiu saw a few children playing with leather next to the tea house, so she said to Yonghe: "Yonghe, mom and uncle have something to say, you can play with those children for a while." ”

Yonghe agreed, and ran to play with the children.

"Sister Chunxiu, the child is gone, you can talk to me now!"

After Yonghe left, Chunxiu, who was still kind and pleasant just now, sank her face, and she looked at Cui Fengming with questioning eyes, "Fengming, I have been blaming you in my heart for the past few years!" When you went to Tohoku, you said that you would come back and pick me up after settling in Tohoku. After you left, I still looked forward to the stars and the moon looking forward to your return, and I also asked acquaintances who came back from the Northeast to inquire about your news, but no one knew where you were. At that time, I was very sad in my heart, and I always thought, if you have my sister in your heart, why don't you ask someone to give me a letter? Are you tired of me? Have you changed your mind? Did you go to the Northeast just to avoid me? I regret letting you go then! ”

Chunxiu said Cui Fengming with a big red face, and he hurriedly poured tea for Chunxiu to hide his embarrassment. Chunxiu sighed and continued, "Since you asked me how I got over the past few years. It's all sad to talk about. If you want to hear it, then I'll start when you leave me. ”

Chunxiu slowly recalled the events of the year with red eyes, and Cui Fengming listened silently. When Chunxiu talked about being evicted by the landlord because he couldn't pay the rent, he was already in tears and couldn't speak. Cui Fengming was also very sad. He looked at Chunxiu's appearance and suddenly remembered the scene when he and Chunxiu were drinking in the tavern that year, Chunxiu was also crying at that time, he felt that Chunxiu's crying was very pitiful, he felt a sour feeling in his heart, and he wanted to sit next to Chunxiu and hug her and comfort her, just like in the tavern that time; But at this time, Chunxiu was already a wife, and Cui Fengming didn't dare to make a mistake. He just lifted his ass and sat down again.

Chunxiu stopped talking, she pointed to Yonghe, who was playing on the side, and said softly: "When I was homeless, I was pregnant with this child again, and I have to look for a job every day with a big belly." No boss was willing to use me, so I had to ask for food, and I was so hard to die during that time! If it weren't for this child, I would have the heart to die! ”

Cui Fengming asked in surprise, "Sister Chunxiu?" Did you have this child before you got married? ”

"Yes."

"So your current husband isn't the child's real father?"

"That's right! That Boss Su is Yonghe's stepfather, but Yonghe's kid doesn't know what to do. ”

"Who's the child's father?" Cui Fengming asked with a vinegar taste.

Chunxiu didn't answer the question right away. She picked up her cup and sipped her tea.

"Sister Chunxiu. Whose child is Yonghe? Please tell me! Cui Fengming asked to the bottom of the matter.

"Feng Ming, don't be surprised if I say it!"

"Hmm."

Chunxiu tried her best to control her emotions, she looked at Cui Fengming and said softly, "Fengming, you have been a father for five years!" Yonghe is what you left the night before you left. ”

"Huh? Yonghe is my son! Cui Fengming was surprised and delighted when he heard this, and he almost bounced up on his seat.

Chunxiu hurriedly dissuaded: "Be quiet, don't let Yonghe hear!" ”

Cui Fengming looked at Chunxiu excitedly and turned his head to look at Yonghe, who was playing in the distance, and a very wonderful feeling arose in his heart. Am I a dad? It's not a dream, is it? He slapped his face hard, and only when he felt the pain did he realize that he was not dreaming. A man is a dad. And he has been a father for five years in a daze, this son is like falling from the sky to Cui Fengming!

Cui Fengming impulsively sat down beside Chunxiu, took her hand and said, "Chunxiu." Since this child belongs to both of us, then you can marry me! The three of us are truly a family. ”

Chunxiu said shyly: "Take your hands away!" It's not good for children to see. ”

Cui Fengming had to sit back to the old place.

"Actually, when I was pregnant, I always wanted you to come back and marry me, but I am a few years older than you and have had a man before, but I haven't heard from you for a long time, I guess you may have changed your mind. I wasn't sure what to do, so I had to marry this Boss Su as a last resort. Speaking of which, this is also fate, if it weren't for my Boss Su and his wife who saved me, you wouldn't be able to see our mother and son now. ”

Cui Fengming pleaded: "Sister Chunxiu, I have never let go of you in my heart, didn't I come back?" Come back to me! ”

"I still have to blame you, why did you love me in the first place, why did you want to avoid me? I'm someone else's daughter-in-law now, and it's too late! Chunxiu looked at Cui Fengming with complaining eyes.

"It's not too late! I was young and ignorant at the time, and I didn't know how to be responsible. Later I understood, and I regretted for several years that I couldn't take you with me to the Northeast. Sister Chunxiu, the woman I want is you! I swore that I would find you, and if you didn't marry, I waited for you for years, and now that I see you, I will never let go, and I must pull you back to me! I will pay you all I owe! ”

"Feng Ming, don't get too excited! Nowadays, it is irretrievable to make raw rice into mature rice. I brought Yonghe this child here today to let you see my own son, and if I hide the child's affairs from you, I will be sorry for you! I don't think we should have any contact from now on, if any more contact will have a bad impact on you and my children, and I don't want the originally peaceful life to be disrupted by your sudden appearance. ”

Cui Fengming was anxious: "Sister Chunxiu, the relationship and thoughts between the two of us for so many years are gone?" You married an incompetent tuberculosis in your first marriage, and now you are married to an old man as a second room, have you ever been truly happy? Only I can truly love you, and only I can give you happiness! Sister Chunxiu, you once said that you have given me your heart and body, you said that we will get along for a lifetime, have you forgotten? Anyway, I've always kept it in mind! ”

Cui Fengming's words talked about Chunxiu's sore spots, is my marriage happy? Chunxiu knew this very well, she lowered her head and rubbed her hands and stopped talking. Cui Fengming felt that Chunxiu was a little shaken, so he sat beside her and begged: "Sister Chunxiu, divorce that old man!" After liberation, our country's marriage policy is monogamy, you are in the second room and your husband is more than 30 years old, as long as you file for divorce, the government will definitely support it! ”

Chunxiu looked at Cui Fengming helplessly and sighed and said, "People are kind to me, how can I open my mouth to mention divorce?" Don't let others point at my backbone and scold! Brother Feng Ming, there are women who are more beautiful than me in my heart, I am a few years older than you and I am a person with broken flowers and willows, I am not worthy of you! ”

"Sister Chunxiu, I only love you alone, if you don't divorce, I'll wait for you, and I'll wait for you until you get divorced."

"So what if I don't get a divorce for the rest of my life?"

Cui Fengming replied categorically: "Then I won't get married for the rest of my life!" ”

Chunxiu smiled bitterly and said, "Why bother? Sister really can't help you! ”

Chunxiu saw Yonghe running over at this time, so he asked Cui Fengming to quickly sit back in his original seat.

Yonghe had a lot of fun just now, his face was sweating, Cui Fengming took out a handkerchief to wipe his face, Yonghe hurriedly dodged, he said let his mother wipe his face.

"Drink! You kid has a lot of personality! Cui Fengming said with a smile.

Chunxiu wiped Yonghe's face, Cui Fengming looked at Yonghe carefully, and he tried his best to find his traces on the child's face. In the observation, he really saw that Yonghe had a lot of similarities with himself, and Cui Fengming felt a sense of happiness in his heart. He said to Chunxiu very proudly: "This child is indeed like his father!" ”

Chunxiu smiled and said, "Can't be wrong! Wrong replacement! ”

Yonghe heard the two adults say that they looked like their father, so they said, "I am my father's son, of course I look like my father!" ”

"Yes! Yonghe is right! Yonghe is so smart! After Wang Hongju finished speaking, he laughed happily, his heart was full of pride as a father, he hugged Yonghe to his lap at once, and kissed the child's white and tender face fiercely.

Yonghe kicked his calves and shouted, "Oh, uncle is stabbing people with his beard again!" ”

Cui Fengming deliberately stabbed Yonghe's face a few more times with his beard, and when he saw Yonghe hiding his head in his arms, he put the child on the ground beautifully.

"My uncle always me with his beard, it's so bad!" Yonghe said and ran back into his mother's arms, and Cui Fengming's smug Ha Lu Ha Da Lu laughed.

After drinking a few more cups of tea, Chunxiu said that he still had some things to do and couldn't sit for a long time, Cui Fengming felt that he hadn't told Chunxiu why he had come, and he had to reluctantly stand up when he saw that Chunxiu was leaving. The two were about to break up after walking out of the park, Cui Fengming avoided Yonghe and asked Chunxiu softly when they would meet again, although Chunxiu said that she didn't want to see Cui Fengming again, but her feelings for Cui Fengming were still broken, she hesitated, then took out a business card from her handbag and handed it to Cui Fengming's hand and said: "Take this well, there is contact information on it, I will pay at the pharmacy every evening." You can come to me at the pharmacy and pretend to buy medicine. Today I saw you secretly, I am afraid that the child's mouth is not closed, and I will not take him to see you in the future, please understand. ”

Cui Fengming said helplessly: "Of course I understand, but I regret not being able to see my biological son!" ”

The pharmacy that Chunxiu was going to was in Dongcheng, and Cui Fengming insisted on sending Chunxiu a little way. Cui Fengming, Chunxiu and their children went out from the east gate of the park, along the way are the ancient city wall, the octagonal tower, the tube river, the weeping willows, the scenery is very beautiful, the afternoon sun dyes the surrounding scenery golden yellow. Cui Fengming was holding Yonghe and Chunxiu in one hand and walking side by side, they were talking and laughing, like a very happy family. (To be continued......)