Chapter 22: The Thunder That Stops the Clouds and Destroys the Wind (3)
Although Tao Eran was anxious, he was helpless. Behind her father's back, she criticized the matter with her grandmother and others, and was very dissatisfied with their connivance with her father's temperament. Tao Si was outside, and when he learned that his father had undergone surgery, he and Yamei rushed back to visit him, and the family of three had only been gone for a few days. Tao Jun and Tao Xiang naturally became the targets of Er An's blame.
Although it was inconvenient for Jingyi to refute Er An in person, she always knew how much Tao Xiang had worried about her father's illness for a while. At the moment, he has a lot of things to do outside, and he can't always stay by his father's side. But when I got home, I would go to my father's place to ask for warmth. Even Tao Jun's eyes are inconvenient, and he also takes Qilin'er to accompany his father every day.
Tao Inze looked at her, pouted, and nodded. She understood, poured tea for her aunt and grandmother, and didn't say anything.
Mrs. Tao listened to Er'an's complaints, and before she could speak, Mrs. Tao taught Er'an a lesson first. Naturally, because he was worried about his father, he was counted down by his mother and cried aggrievedly.
Mrs. Tao said, "The old man is in good health for the time being. If you are in a good mood, you will recover faster. You all have something to do, no one is an idler, do your own thing, take care of your own family, that is, filial piety. ”
Er'an just cried, but it made everyone sad.
Old Madam Tao frowned, and everyone dispersed. Jingyi saw that Er An accompanied her mother-in-law and the old aunts and grandmothers also left, leaving only Aunt Su and Grandma with her, so she didn't leave immediately.
Although everyone's hearts are hanging for a while, I'm afraid no one is more uncomfortable than the old lady.
Old Madam Tao looked at her, understood her thoughts, and asked her to linger here for a while, and find an excuse to send her away. When she left, Aunt Su smiled and said, "Grandma Qishao is really self-contained. ”
Old Madam Tao said with a smile: "It's thanks to her inside and outside these days, otherwise how could Defen be busy alone?" Da"
"Just haven't heard any news yet? It's really urgent. Aunt Su said in a low voice.
Old Madam Tao thought about it for a while and said with a smile: "If you are in a hurry, let's be in a hurry together." ”
Aunt Su also smiled......
Jingyi went upstairs when she returned to Langyuan, and stayed in her small study for most of the day.
Tao Xiang came back from the headquarters to shake the phone, and Qiu Wei came up to ask her to answer the phone, and she dialed the latch.
He spoke quickly on the phone, but he asked her if her eldest sister's family had arrived. When he heard that he had arrived, he said that he would come back early in the evening.
Jingyi said that she would wait for him to have dinner, but before he could answer, he was interrupted. The earpiece rustled, and she waited for him to come back and say something to her, but the phone hung up. She waited for a while, and then called again, but it was Ma Xingjian who conveyed to her what Qishao had just said that she didn't have to wait for him for dinner at night......
Jingyi sat in the study for a while before coming downstairs. Qiu Wei followed her, silently. Jingyi saw that the door of Tao Xiang's study was closed, turned around, and motioned for Qiu Wei to wait outside. Qiu Wei nodded, hesitated slightly, but didn't ask anything.
Jing Yi suddenly felt a little sorry for this girl, but it was inconvenient to explain anything at this time, so she opened the door and went in.
Tao Xiang's desk is neatly arranged.
She went over and sat down at the desk. Suddenly feeling strange, she looked closely at the desk in front of her. I've used this desk before, and it's nothing special. At this time, under the glass plate in front of her, there were photos -- they were all group photos of family members, and there was one at the bottom of the center, but it was a photo taken by reporters in the field hospital in Xinjiang at that time...... She was dressed in white and dressed, with short hair tied up, and her appearance was very refreshing. It's like a lively schoolgirl, the wind blows and the hair flies.
She couldn't help but touch herself on the photo through the glass plate, it was cool.
Her heart trembled, remembering what she had come down for, and she hurriedly removed her hand and looked for what she wanted on the table.
There was a stack of his usual letterhead in front of her, but she ignored it, but took out a folded piece of cardboard from her bosom, opened it and placed it on the table. She took the brush and added two lines of small print to the card. There is a seal commonly used by Tao Xiang on the table. She picked it up and looked at it, and put it back. This is too common, and the seal used on the special pass is not this. The desk drawer was locked, and she found the key. Suddenly it occurred to me that there might be another way, so I reached out and touched under the table for a while, and sure enough, there was a mechanism. She fumbled for a key and opened the drawer.
The drawer was empty. Open the next few drawers, also empty.
She froze for a moment, then opened the door to a small cabinet under her desk, where there was a small safe. She crouched down and looked at the shiny combination lock. She closed her eyes slightly. His hand pressed on the combination lock, and his mind raced, hoping to immediately think of what the password was. But she turned left and right, tried two sets of passwords and didn't get them right, and her heart became confused.
Tao Xiang would use the password for the safe, she had no clue...... It's just that between the lightning and the fire, a thought suddenly flashed. She reached out, wanting to try one last time. The fingers rotated, one number after another, and with each turn, the card lock sounded thrillingly...... The cabinet door opened.
Jing Yi's heartbeat is almost at its limit.
She quickly opened the cabinet door to check.
There are not many things in the safe, and the layers are clearly arranged. On the top layer is a row of dark green jade seal boxes of the same size. The lower two floors are the documents. There are a few that appear to be diaries. She opened the first jade seal box, and when she took it out to look at it, it was the seal she was looking for. She took a closer look, quickly dipped it in cinnabar ink, and applied the stamp underneath the piece of cardboard. She wiped the seal clean with a handkerchief and put it back in its original form. She caught a glimpse of the delicate leather-covered books. For some reason, her heart suddenly raced again. When my fingers touched the book, it was as if it had been burned by the heat. She pulled out one anyway, and sure enough, it was a diary.
Tao Xiang's diary writing is very sloppy. He also likes his own habitual substitution of symbols. Jing Yi didn't look closely, just hurriedly flipped through it. This is Tao Xiang's very personal belonging, and she shouldn't touch it.
She put the journal back.
A few letters were pressed down in the journal. The top one, with very beautiful handwriting on the envelope, looks like a woman's. She couldn't help but pull out the envelope. The envelope was unsealed, and when it was opened, there was a stack of pink letterheads, and as soon as it was opened, a photograph slipped out of it and landed on the ground. She suddenly heard Qiu Wei cough outside. She hurriedly picked up the photo. In a hurry, he glanced at the photo, was slightly stunned, and then stuffed it back into the envelope. She quickly closed the safe door, and heard the lock Clara click for a moment, and then clicked it tightly. By this time, she had locked all the drawers and hidden the keys back in their place.
Qiu Wei had already opened the door of the study, and the white lion jumped in first, shaking the snow-white long hair on his body.
Jingyi turned around and walked around to the bookshelf inside, took a book on the shelf, and just opened it, she heard Qiu Wei say outside, "Brother Ma." ”
Ma Xingjian responded and asked, "Young grandma is in the study?" Seven Shao asked me to come back and sample things. He knocked on the study door anyway.
"Please come in." Jing Yi walked out from behind the bookshelf, "I'll go down and find the Bender dictionary." It's a pity that I didn't find it, but I saw other books. She smiled and lifted the novel in her hand.
"Do you want me to help you find it? The German dictionaries of the seven young are all on the innermost shelf. No wonder you can't find it. Ma Xingjian said.
"I'll do it myself...... Whatever you want, just look for it. Jing Yi put down the book in her hand and walked to the bookshelf inside. Tao Xiang's bookshelves were neatly packed, sorted alphabetically, and she easily found the German dictionary by following the labels - he was really a meticulous person, and he even had his requirements for how to put the books in different categories.
Jingyi didn't pay attention to what Ma Xingjian was doing, but flipped through the dictionary.
The dictionary is still very new.
"Young grandma, I have to go back to Qishao to get my life back and retire first." Ma Xingjian said outside.
Jing Yi came out, saw him take a stack of documents, nodded and said, "Go slowly." ”
"Yes." Ma Xingjian saluted and left.
Jingyi watched him walk out, and then packed up all the books and dictionaries and hugged them in his arms. I was just about to walk away when I saw a few picture frames on the shelves. She picked it up and looked at it. It's all a photo of Tao Xiang earlier, wearing a military uniform. The style of military uniform was so famous that she had never seen him wear it...... She took it in her hand and looked at it, and found that the picture frame was double-sided, and when she looked at it in turn, it was a certificate.
She put down the dictionary and book, looked at the certificate carefully, and recognized it as Tao Xiang's graduation certificate. It was at the end of the Virginia Military School, and the top half of the certificate was a picture of him in a championship-free outfit. Sheung-Tao, his name, with the principal's signature underneath...... This is a very important certificate, and it can also be said to be a very important honor. He hid it here, as if only he could see it.
Jingyi flipped over and looked at the previous photo, which was obviously from the same period, he was wearing a summer military uniform, and his light-colored shirt was not as dark as his skin tone. His face was slightly thin and very energetic...... The background is empty, so it seems that his eyes are deep and sharp, even if it is a flat photo, it still seems to be able to penetrate people's hearts.
Jing Yi hurriedly put the picture frame back on the shelf.
Through the gap in the shelf, she peered at the desk.
In the photo that just fell out of the envelope, the fat doll was smiling at someone.
She intuitively thought it was a baby boy...... The baby's appearance was fat, like some fluffy fruit, and it swelled as if it was about to be stretched out, but she still felt familiar.
"Miss?" Qiu Wei called her.