"Driver, stop at this intersection ahead."

"Okay."

The taxi stopped at the mouth of the alley, and then a burst of white smoke rose, and when the taxi was gone, Chen Tong patted off the remaining cigarette ash on his body, threw the cigarette butt into the trash, wiped the snow off his head, and walked into the alley with an umbrella.

An old alley, exudes a peaceful atmosphere, although it is a time of severe cold, but every household in the alley has pasted the Spring Festival couplets, a happy appearance, Chen Tong has stood for a long time under an ancient tile house, the tile house is left from the Qing Dynasty, has a history of more than 100 years, the old and ancient tiles have carved the traces of the years, a low wall, an iron gate, and a line of crystal clear ice is hung on the guard.

Chen Tong gently pushed them open, there is a stone basin in the courtyard, full of snow, the most striking thing is the antique red sound made of wooden doors, the left side is carved with a giant dragon driving the clouds, and the half of the door on the right is carved with a round of phoenix dancing with the phoenix for nine days tomorrow, very exquisite. Chen Tong stepped up the stairs, pushed open the door, the heating suddenly burst out, there was no one in the house, Chen Tong walked into the stove that was about to be extinguished, and added some wood.

"Who is it?" An old man, with sunken eyes, a wrinkled face, very thin, a pair of dentures, three cotton clothes inside and outside, the whole person looked extremely bloated, perhaps because the old man was too thin, the old man's skinny hands grabbed the threshold, and slowly poked his head out.

"Mom, it's me." Chen Tong quickly stepped forward to support the old man, and hurriedly handed over the crutches placed next to the stove, this is Chen Tong's mother, 83 years old.

"Chen Tong, why are you here?" The old man knows that Chen Tong is usually very busy at work, the old man is not confused, her mind is still very clear, but Chen Tong will find some time to accompany the old man no matter how busy he is, Chen Tong is the proudest in front of his friends, Chen Tong is also 58 years old, and at this time he can still call "Mom" How happy it is, Chen Tong helped the old man to the rattan chair covered with a quilt, and served the old man a bowl of steaming tea.

"Mom, why are you at home alone, Yao Qing?" Chen Tong looked at the kitchen, and then at the other rooms with open doors, which were empty.

"Chen Tong, Yao Qing quarreled with Dawu again, and went back to his parents' house in a fit of anger." The old man said sadly.

"What's the matter, Mom, why is he so restless? Three days of two quarrels. Chen Tong also shook his head helplessly.

"Hey~ It's all your brother who is not angry, Dawu He was drunk again yesterday, every time he was drunk, he punched and kicked Yao Qing, everyone used his wife to hurt, why do you say this Dawu is so ignorant! It's all this age! Hey~" The old man's brows furrowed even tighter, and he was very angry and annoyed in his heart, but what should he do?

"Mom, don't worry too much, Yao Qing is such a good daughter-in-law, it's really hard to find, since she has returned to her parents' house, let her go back to dissipate her anger, and she will naturally come back when she is angry, Mom, I still have to thank Yao Qing in person, I have been busy in the past few years, and I have not had time to take care of you, and I feel guilty." Chen Tong stood up, standing in front of the old man, still like a child, looking at the old man's aging face, his body was getting worse day by day, Chen Tong's heart tingled, but this is a journey that a person must go through, old is old, don't let the old man be happy.

"Mom, do you know that tomorrow is Xiao Yu's wedding day? What about your son taking you to be the officiant? When Chen Tong said this, there was a burst of joy in his heart, his daughter is 23 years old, and she is going to get married, time flies too fast, just in the blink of an eye.

The old man opened his eyebrows, smiled, quickly got up, and with Chen Tong's support, opened the calendar, and said happily: "Okay, tomorrow is an auspicious day, okay, I didn't expect my granddaughter to get married." The old man smiled, without the trace of anger just now, like a child, everyone is a child when they are old, they want to coax, they have to coax well, Chen Tong's old mother is the same, Chen Tong looked at the old man, and his heart was a lot more comfortable, but looking at the old man walking and staggering, he sighed in his heart: Mom, I am really old.

"Mom, you pack up your clothes, you can live with me these days, let me be filial and filial as a son." Chen Tong said while sorting out the old man's clothes, taking off the scarf around his neck, and tightly surrounding the old man's neck, afraid of the cold, such a snowy day, if you don't pay attention to keeping warm, the old man will definitely catch a cold, after all, when people are old, their resistance is weak, how can they withstand the wind and cold?

"Okay, Chen Tong, you bring your father's photo with you, so that he can also see his granddaughter's wedding." The old man was on crutches, bent over, a little hunchbacked, but it was very difficult to watch her take every step, she stretched out her hand and pointed to a photo album placed at the head of the bed, the front shell of this album has been yellowed, there are several traditional Chinese characters on it "The Remembrance of Time", the black and white photos in the album are shocking, the past is like flowing water into Chen Tong's brain, childhood memories are like beautiful landscapes, only in the memories can be seen clearly, there is a photo on the first page of the album, there is a man in the photo, this man is very handsome, two heads, A white vest, a pair of military pants, a very clean smile, behind him is a wide field, many people are busy, it should be early autumn.

"Chen Tong, you are like your father, after taking off this pair of glasses, it is simply carved out of a mold. Take that first one, and I hope your father's spirit in the sky can give Xiao Yu a little blessing. The old man caressed the first picture with trembling hands, his eyes were full of nostalgia, as if he had returned to the fields of his youth, on the mountains, inside and outside the courtyard, but the old man only had a residual nostalgia in his heart, that is, nostalgia for his husband. Chen Tong's father is indeed a villain, he can play with an abacus on his head, and he is also a county magistrate, he takes care of everything inside and outside the house, until he is tired and lying down, he knows that he has a terminal illness, it is cancer, and then a few years later, his body became more and more uncomfortable, and finally he gave up.

"Mom, I miss my dad again, okay, okay, look at you, tears are flowing on the photo, Dad's spirit in the sky doesn't want to see you so sad, Mom, come, take off this padded jacket and replace it with a thick one, it's cold outside, if your old man catches a cold, that's great." The old man caressed the photo and was still silent in that photo, the old tears were horizontal, Chen Tong looked at this scene, and walked silently, at this time, seeing the old man so devoted, Chen Tong didn't want to break it, because there was an old man's dream in it.

After a long time, the old man put down the photo, put on the cotton clothes that Chen Tong found for her, and after being fully armed, he walked out of the alley, stopped a taxi on the road, honked his horn and drove on the road, and disappeared into several traffic lights

Heavy snowfall, cold wind crying, Spring Festival, but I can't feel the warmth of that winter, big day, there are fireworks in the sky, accompanied by snowflakes and scattered, another kind of beauty. Taxis run all the way at a low speed, lest there be a little traffic accident, at this time the road is the most on the bus, buses, during the Spring Festival, there are fewer people driving taxis, so just now Chen Tong just waited for a long time to stop a taxi

"Ding Dong~" The doorbell rang.

"Dad!"