Chapter 18: The Past

"Mom, Dad, I'm back!" As soon as he got home, Zhong Shi put down his luggage and shouted at the huge house. On weekdays, when he went home, Zhong Jianjun and Liu Lan would always come over to ask for warmth as soon as possible, but this time they didn't see them.

"Uncle Bao, what's going on?" Zhong Shi found that his home was a little deserted, which surprised him. He asked Uncle Bao, the servant who had taken his luggage.

"Young master, something happened to the old lady recently, and the old man and his wife are accompanying him in the hospital!" Uncle Bao took Zhong Shi's luggage casually, patted Zhong Shi's clothes, and then replied carefully.

"What? Is my grandpa sick? Zhong Shi was shocked, and he hurriedly asked, "What happened to the old lady, why didn't you inform me?" ”

"It's the lord and the lady who won't let you know, the old lady has been hospitalized for a while, young master, you better go and have a look." Uncle Bao said softly.

"Okay, get me the car right away!"

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In a private hospital, Zhong Shi saw Zhong Fangzhuo, who was sallow and yellow-faced, the old man was sleeping in the ward, and Zhong Jianguo and the others were talking quietly in the suite outside.

It is a 1,000-foot ward, elegantly decorated, with floor-to-ceiling windows overlooking Victoria Harbour and a slight sea breeze blowing from time to time. Naturally, such a ward costs a lot of money, costing thousands of Hong Kong dollars every day.

This hospital was found with the help of Liao Chengde, and when Zhong Shi was away, basically all the big and small matters of the Zhong family were taken care of by Liao Chengde. Of course, this was Zhong Shi's instructions before leaving Hong Kong, but more importantly, Liao Chengde's familiarity with Hong Kong far exceeded that of everyone in the Zhong family.

It has only been two years since the Zhong family came to Hong Kong. When the family first came to Hong Kong, they basically didn't go out much, and language communication was a very big problem, but after the first few months, the Chung family learned a few words of Cantonese for daily communication, and then slowly began to go out.

The old man began to feel unwell three months ago, and there was nothing at first, but in September, the whole person seemed to be sluggish, Zhong Jianguo and Zhong Jianjun paid attention to it, and quickly sent the old man to the hospital, and later to a private hospital. The doctor just told them that the old man had a knot in his heart, and let them enlighten them well.

The people of the Zhong family immediately took turns to go into battle and repeatedly persuaded the old man, but the old man just didn't say the crux of his heart, which made the family helpless and worried all day long. Fortunately, the old man's life was not in danger for a while, and this big family did not tell Zhong Shi who was far away in Europe.

"Dad, what's wrong with Grandpa?" When Zhong Shi pushed open the ward, he found that not only his parents, but also Zhong Jianguo and his wife were also in the suite outside the ward.

"Zhongshi, are you back?" Zhong Jianjun was stunned when he saw Zhong Shi appear, and then a happy look appeared on his face, he and Zhong Jianguo glanced at each other, and the two brothers nodded in unison.

The two brothers have long had a plan in their hearts, and now the people who can untie the knot in the old man's heart are none other than his grandchildren, especially Zhong Shi as the key. Although they don't fully know what Zhong Shi has done in the past few years, they also know that Zhong Shi's business has done a lot when they see Liao Chengde running around.

Like when they were in the mainland before, life was basically a state of poverty, but since Zhong Yi and Zhong Shi went to Hong Kong several times, the life of the family has improved significantly, first adding a lot of household appliances, and then moving to the city, and then moving to a metropolis like Hong Kong two years ago, living in spacious and bright villas, and even a few servants who are called at will, if in the past, they would not dare to imagine such a life.

Such changes all happened after Zhong Shi, who was in a mess before, had a high fever, and the brothers Zhong Jianguo and Zhong Jianjun also discussed it in private, but they couldn't imagine that Zhong Shi today is no longer the Zhong Shi of the past.

The two adults discussed for a long time, and Zuihou decided to treat Zhongshi as a person who could be their equal. Originally, a person of Zhong Shi's age was only a half-old child, and he was basically growing up under the protection of his parents. But Zhong Shi's current achievements have long been beyond the scope of Zhong Jianguo and Zhong Jianjun's understanding, which is also the reason why they look at Zhong Yi and Zhong Shi differently.

"Your grandfather has a depression in his heart, and the doctor said that there is no big problem in the body, as long as it can be solved." Zhong Jianjun called Zhong Shi aside and explained the reason for the incident in detail.

While he was explaining, Zhong Jianguo also stood beside them, sighing incessantly, it was obvious that they had done some work, but unfortunately it was ineffective.

As for Fu Hongxiang and Liu Lan, they looked at the three men not far away, their eyes full of anxiety.

"Huh? What is Grandpa's heart knot? Zhong Shi was stunned for a moment, he looked at his father Zhong Jianjun, and then at his uncle Zhong Jianguo, both of them shook their heads, obviously they didn't know either.

"We guessed that it might be because of the move, or because of your grandmother, or maybe for other reasons, but Dad just wouldn't say it, and we couldn't help it."

"Yes, Zhongshi, or you should go and persuade him. When you were a child, he loved you the most, maybe you can make the old man say it. ”

"Okay, I'll try." Zhong Shi nodded, gave Liu Lan and Fu Hongxiang in the distance a reassuring look, and tiptoed into the ward.

The ward inside has a space of fifty square meters, and in the middle of the room is a large hospital bed, Zhong Fangzhuo is lying on the bed and falling asleep, with a bag of saline hanging on one side of the bed, and several unnamed instruments on the other side, the screen on it is flashing a few data at all times, and there are several buttons of different colors at the head of the bed, which should be used for emergency calls.

Zhong Shi walked to the hospital bed and looked at Zhong Fangzhuo, who had a sallow face and a thin face, and only felt a burst of guilt in his heart. He was bent on sending his family to Hong Kong, ignoring some of the old man's inherent thoughts. In fact, in the hearts of many people, the idea of being unable to leave the homeland is very deep-rooted, and there is no way to get rid of it. If Zhong Fangzhuo has three strengths and two weaknesses this time, Zhong Shi will be to blame.

Maybe it was because he slept relatively lightly, or maybe he was awakened by the movement outside, Zhong Fangzhuo slowly opened his eyes and found that Zhong Shi appeared in front of his bed, and a trace of sparkle suddenly appeared in his cloudy eyes.

"Coming back?" Zhong Fangzhuo trembled and stretched out his hand to the youngest grandson.

"yes, grandpa." Zhong Shi hurriedly took two quick steps and held Zhong Fangzhuo's hand tightly. Zhong Fangzhuo's hands were very rough and a little cold, Zhong Shi felt the calluses on his palms, his nose was sore, and tears couldn't help but fall.

"What are you crying about, men bleed without tears." Zhong Fangzhuo's face was straight, and he said quite seriously.

"Yes, Grandpa!" Zhong Shi turned his face away, he was afraid that he would cry on the spot. At this time, he couldn't stop blaming himself in his heart, since he was reborn, he had been obsessed with making money, and to some extent neglected the members of the family. In the era when he was not reborn, his parents died early, so that he did not feel the warmth of family at all. As an adult, he has been receiving a foreign education, in which his children basically live away from their parents when they reach adulthood, and only return home to reunite with their parents on a few festivals such as Christmas and Thanksgiving every year.

"Do you want to know what grandpa can't let go?" Zhong Fangzhuo's face barely showed a smile, and one sentence broke Zhong Shi's thoughts.

"Grandpa, what do you say? The doctor said that there is nothing wrong with you, and you can be discharged from the hospital as long as you rest for a few days, so you don't have to think about it. Zhong Shi quickly wiped his eyes, turned his head and said seriously to Zhong Fangzhuo.

"Actually, you also have an aunt, and even your uncle and father know these things. I have often thought of her in the past two years, and I always feel sorry for her, but I don't know what her situation is now. Zhong Fangzhuo turned a deaf ear to Zhong Shi's persuasion, and said to himself, "It was sixty years, your aunt was only a teenager at that time, she was poor at that time, many people were starving to death, and our family couldn't eat enough, so I had to give your aunt away when there was really no way." Now that I think about it, I always feel sorry for your aunt. ”

It turned out that 30 years ago, there was a "natural disaster" that lasted for three years across the country, which was said to be a natural disaster, but in fact it was a year of good weather that had not been encountered for decades, but the people in power at that time ignored the laws of nature and carried out a political campaign, resulting in the starvation of more than 30 million people throughout the country.

At that time, there was even a situation of "cannibalism among the children" in some places, which was a hundred times more tragic than the film made by a director surnamed Feng that reflected a certain famine before the liberation. Unlike in the movie, this disaster was completely man-made, because in those years, the whole wagon of food was shipped to Eastern Europe as part of international aid, and a lot of money was also spilled out, and even some countries wanted to help China out of international humanitarianism and were cold-blooded refused.

It was in this environment that Zhong Fangzhuo and his wife were helpless to give the ten-year-old Zhong Shi's aunt to a relatively wealthy family, when Zhong Shi's aunt didn't know what the situation was, and she was very happy to hear that she could eat enough, but when she was leaving, she knew that she was going to leave this home, and she cried heartbreakingly at that time, saying that she would not leave, and Zuihou was still dragged by the raw pull before taking it away.

"At that time, Jianguo and Jianjun were working in the fields, and when they returned home, your grandmother and I lied to them that my little sister was starving to death, and they both cried for a while, but in fact, where was starvation, we gave her away with our own hands. Your grandmother is also because of this matter.,Zuihou still remembered the girl when she was dying.,Now that I think about it.,It's really a sin! ”

Speaking of this, Zhong Fangzhuo burst into tears, couldn't cry, took Zhong Shi's hand, and cried like a child.

"Grandpa, don't worry, I know what to do!" Zhong Shi said with a firm look in his eyes. (The new exciting part is about to begin, the author is refueling the code word, I hope more book friends can pay attention to this book, everyone's recommendation and collection is the greatest support for the author, xiexie~)