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Two hours later, Bao Liang was accompanied by the Fushui criminal police and returned to his sister's house.
A deep groove was plowed out by the bullet above the tiger head muscle of his right arm, but fortunately, the bullet did not remain in his body, and the doctor dressed the wound in less than 20 minutes. The more troublesome part was on the left ear, and the skin around the ear was splattered with splinters of wood from the chest of drawers. The doctor used small tweezers to pinch out the wood chips that remained in the flesh little by little, and treated them for a long time before applying the medicine. Before bandaging, the doctor removed the earring from Baoliang's left ear and held it in his hand for a long time.
"This is silver? Is it glass or crystal? ”
This earring made the doctor say so lowly, Bao conscience was a little dissatisfied, he reached out and took the earring, put it in the pocket of a police uniform shirt he had just changed, he said: "This is white gold, and there are diamonds on it!" Not crystal, not glass! ”
The doctor was surprised: "Drill! That's worth the money, right? You're a boy, how do you wear earrings? ”
A nurse next to him interjected and explained that it is not uncommon for boys to wear earrings now, and those who engage in art and rock 'n' roll wear them. Do you seem to have a personality, are you an artist?
The nurse asked Bao Liang, who was silent. The criminal policeman next to him replied for him: "No, he is from the provincial capital." ”
After that, the criminal police brought boiling water to Bao Liang, gave him anti-inflammatory drugs, and gave him injections to prevent tetanus, and let him eat something. But Bao Liang couldn't chew, and when he chewed the bandaged ear, it hurt badly.
Then, when it got dark, the detectives drove him back to his sister's house in a car.
When Bao Liang walked into the living room, he saw that his sister had returned. However, there were police and plainclothes inside and outside the house, and the director of the Fushui Public Security Bureau also personally rushed here to take command. Xia Xuan and the Niu team are doing her sister's work, persuading her to understand the situation and help the police to capture Quan Hu and prevent him from falling deeper and deeper into the quagmire of crime. My sister was crying incessantly, and her eyes were swollen like peaches. She saw several policemen accompanying Bao Liang in, and when she saw Bao Liang's head wrapped in gauze, she cried so much that her head trembled, and the breath in her mouth trembled so much that she couldn't speak.
"They...... They're not what you bring...... Coming? ”
Tears rolled out of Baoliang's eyes, and he was speechless.
My sister looked at Bao Liang with teary eyes: "You...... You're not my brother, you...... The people of your Lu family are still ...... It's still hurting us! ”
Ox Team positive education: "It is the legal obligation of every citizen to assist the public security organs in apprehending criminals, and if your brother had not defended himself reasonably, he would have been killed by criminals long ago." Didn't the criminals also have knives to kill you, and if our female comrade hadn't rescued you in time, I'm afraid you would have been poisoned by them. You should understand this yourself. Your assistance in finding your husband is actually a salvation for him. ”
The purpose of the police bringing Bao Liang here was to explain to him on the way, that is, to ask him to assist the police in the ideological work of his sister, so that she could cooperate with the police to arrest Quan Hu. According to Feng Wu's confession, the purpose of their boat trip to the downstream this time was to pick up Quan Sangun, who was hiding in Yuquan, and help him to flow to the north, and the route, means of transportation, and the cities where they settled in the north had been carefully arranged. Quan Hu also wants to give up Fushui and go north together, and the future shipping business will be handed over to Feng Wu to take care of. The group returned to Fushui by land this afternoon, preparing to pick up Bao Liang's sister and transfer together. But when he walked outside the alley of his house, he suddenly found that it was suspected of plainclothes, so he did not dare to enter the alley rashly. After repeated discussions, Quan Hu resolutely refused to accept the advice of Quan Sangun and Feng Wu, abandoned his wife here, and insisted on taking her with him. So Quan Sangun volunteered to take Feng Wu and one of his close friends to take the risk to pick up people, while Quan Hu drove his child and waited outside Fushui City. Make an appointment to call his wife on his mobile phone after receiving it, and then make an appointment with the specific place of meeting. After the police raided Feng Wu after a surprise interrogation, they had him call Quan Hu's mobile phone. As expected, as soon as Quan Hu answered the phone, he was about to talk to his wife, and Feng Wu told him that his wife was not at home, and that he had heard from his neighbor that he was going to the hospital to see a doctor, and that Quan Sangun had gone to the hospital to pick her up and would be back soon. Quan Hu did not say where he was at this time, only said that he would call when his wife came back. It seems that Quan Hu does not fully trust Feng Wu, and he does not hear the voices of Quan Sangun and his wife, and he seems to have a little suspicion. The police hope that Bao Liang will mobilize his sister, and when Feng Wu calls Quan Hu again, she must remain calm, and only need to ask how the child is doing, saying that she has already followed Feng Wu and Quan Sangun on the road, even if she understands the righteousness.
But Bao Liang faced his sister at this time, but he couldn't move his sister with affection and reason as he promised on the road. He faced his sister's questioning, with tears in his eyes, stunned, completely lacking the composure and courage that he had two hours ago when he shot the stubborn murderer Quan Sangun with his wounds.
So I still replaced the Niu team and Xia Xuan to go up, and continued to talk bitterly to my sister, explaining the reason, the policy, and the law. Bao Liang saw that his sister was no longer crying at this time. The expression on her face froze, not knowing whether she was thinking or making up her mind.
The bull team asked: "We have been talking for so long, and we have explained the situation and the way out thoroughly, have you figured it out?" ”
My sister, apparently quieted down, said, "I figured it out. ”
The Bull team nodded happily: "Okay, I've figured it out." He repeated the content of the phone call between his sister and Quan Hu just now, and then stared at his sister: "Can you say this request, can you say it calmly?" ”
My sister said, "Yes." ”
This time, the director, who had been listening from the sidelines, personally expressed his satisfaction, and he said: "Okay! Time was running out, and the director ordered: "Bring Feng Wu over!" ”
Feng Wu was taken out of the guest room, his hands handcuffed together. The Niu team used the landline phone in the living room to dial Quan Hu's mobile phone number, and after the phone was connected, the Niu team put the earpiece on Feng Wu's ear, and at the same time put his ear close to the earpiece to listen to the content of Feng Wu's call.
Inside and outside the house, many people gestured to be quiet, and the inside and outside were suddenly silent.
What the Ox team heard was: Feng Wu asked, "Little Tiger?" Quan Hu replied: "Ah, have you received my wife?" Feng Wu said: "Received, we will set off immediately, where are you?" Quan Hu replied: "You let my wife listen to the phone." ”
Quan Hu really asked to talk to Baoliang's sister again, and the Niu team handed the earpiece to her sister, and motioned for Xia Xuan to approach and listen. My sister's hands gripped the receiver of the phone, and no matter how much the bull team gestured to soothe her, her breath still became unsettled.
What Xia Xuan heard was: Sister said: "Hey, ......" Quan Huying: "Baozhen, you come with them, you bring me the bottle of sleeping pills in my bedside table, and then bring you the two clothes you want to change, and bring another thick coat to Lei Lei, you don't need to bring anything else, do you hear?" My sister replied: "Oh......" Quan Hu paused: "Don't forget to bring the earrings your mother gave you, you put them in the closet." ”
My sister's dry eyes suddenly burst into tears, not only Xia Xuan, not only the cattle team standing opposite her, but everyone in this house clearly heard her sudden outburst of shouts:
"Quan Hu, run away, the police will arrest you! The police are going to arrest you right away, you run......"
Xia Xuan snatched the phone with his hand, and the Niu team quickly picked it up, and shouted at the phone: "Hey, are you a power tiger, I am Niu Struggle of the Fushui Public Security Bureau, all roads in Fushui have been blocked by us, I hope you will take the initiative to surrender and strive for leniency......"
The phone clicked and was hung up by Quan Hu.
My sister still wanted to snatch the phone, but she was pressed on the sofa by Xia Xuan, and she struggled to rush to the microphone in the hand of the bull team and shouted in vain: "You run!" Run! You're going to run away with the kids......"
Bao Liang also shouted at the same time: "Sister! Are you crazy! Are you crazy! You've hurt him and you......"
Their shouts are also their cries, different in content, but so similar in tone. It is said that there was a genetic study that confirmed that siblings born to one mother had the same sound of crying and laughing.
Quan Hu was arrested by the police at noon the next day on a highway. The highway toll booth where he was captured had already left the provincial border, 800 kilometers away from Fushui.
The next time Bao Liang saw his sister was in the provincial detention center a month later. Except for the main culprit Quan Sangun, who is dead, all the remaining suspects have been released to the provincial capital for preliminary trial and are waiting for the procuratorate to initiate a public prosecution.
Relatives of unconvicted prisoners are generally not allowed to meet with them during their trial, but the police have made exceptions for Baoliang. The sister that Bao Liang saw through the glass partition of the meeting room had a dull expression, her eyes were dull, her speech was wooden, her breath was as weak as a broken thread, and her face was indescribably yellow.
Bao Liang was brought to the detention center by Xia Xuan, a police officer from the sub-bureau, and the sub-bureau wanted Bao Liang to tell his sister that her son was now being raised by Bao Liang. The sub-bureau also helped Bao Liang find a job, and now Lei Lei lives with him, and his life has gradually become normal. Baoliang hopes that his sister will feel at ease, concentrate on cooperating with ** to find out the facts of the case, strive for leniency, and strive to come out as soon as possible to reunite with Lei Lei's mother and son.
This exceptional meeting lasted for about ten minutes, almost all of which were told by Bao Liang, and my sister remained silent, half-hanging her face, sitting blankly, as if she had not listened.
At the time of the capture of Quan Hu, six-year-old Lei Lei was sleeping soundly in the car.
At that time, Bao Liang, Inspector Jin and Xia Xuan and others were still in the water. Regarding the arrangement of the child, a leader of the Fushui City Bureau, together with Inspector Jin and Xia Xuan, solicited Bao Liang's opinion, and Bao Liang said: Lei Lei is my sister's biological son, and I will raise this child before my sister's business is over.
Yes, this six-year-old child, apart from his parents who are in prison, his uncle is his only blood relative.
Of course, there is also the child's grandfather, Baoliang's father.
When he walked into the reception room of the sub-bureau with Xia Xuan and one of her colleagues, he saw Lei Lei sitting on a bench with fearful eyes and suppressed silence.
He walked over and crouched down in front of Lei Lei, and he asked, "Lei Lei, do you know me?" ”
Lei Lei stared at Bao Liang and didn't dare to shake his head.
Bao Liang raised his hand to touch Lei Lei's hair, just like his sister touched him when he was a child, who expected him to be frightened as soon as he lifted ** Lei, and Bao Liang couldn't help but retract his hand.
"Lei Lei, your mother's name is Lu Baozhen, right? My name is Lu Baoliang, and I am your mother's younger brother and your uncle. Your mother and your father have gone away to let you live with me. Lei Lei is an obedient child, and this uncle has known it for a long time. Did Mom tell Lei Lei about her uncle in the past? ”
Lei Lei finally shook his head, and the tears that he had always held in his eyes finally dripped down.
"I want my father, I want my mother, do they don't want me anymore? I will be obedient in the future, I will never be naughty again, I will be obedient in the future. ”
Bao Liang's tears swirled in his eye sockets, and Xia Xuan's tears fell first. The police officers present were still talking and laughing, but at this time, the whole room was silent!
After returning from Fushui, Bao Liang followed a veteran cadre of the Provincial Public Security Department and a head of the Municipal Public Security Bureau to visit his father at the armed police training base.
The reason for visiting my father was to inform him of the good news that the whole case of Kwon's three-shot murder case had been solved. When he heard the news, his father had tears in his eyes, and his hands on the back of his chair trembled. For his father, this good news means that he has a debtor and a master, and his revenge for killing his wife has finally been avenged. And the one who got rid of the murderous demon with his own hands was his son, Lu Baoliang, who had a certain responsibility for the occurrence of this bloody case before.
Inspector Jin, who went to the training base to report the situation to his father, vividly described the details of the process of Bao Liang's killing of Quan Sangun, and everyone praised Bao Liang's bravery and fearlessness, which can be described as a hero of Lao Tzu, Bao Liang is worthy of being a descendant of a public security family, and he is also worthy of going to the Public Security Academy for a few days! The Municipal Public Security Bureau has decided to make meritorious service to Baoliang, and the Provincial Public Security Department and the Provincial Righteousness and Courage Foundation will also award Baoliang the glorious title of "Righteousness and Courage as a Good Citizen". Although Bao Liang failed to inherit his father's business, the hero's courage has been passed down in one line, which is worthy of pride and congratulations.
In the praise of everyone, a smile finally appeared on my father's face. He called Bao Liang to the front and gently stroked the gauze bandaged wound on his head with his hand, he said: "Okay, Bao Liang, you finally fought for your father, and finally won some light for our Lu family, I raised your son, and finally didn't embarrass the public security organs, okay, good, Dad is very happy!" ”
My father was old and reticent for a long time, so that he still stumbled a little when he said this not long sentence. Bao Liang is also a character who is quick to act and reluctant to speak, and in this scene, he can't keep up with his words. He just smiled to express his gratitude to his father, thanking him for finally looking at him in the eye.
Later, the Provincial Public Security Department and the Municipal Public Security Bureau did award Bao Liang the honorary title and gave him a meritorious award, not only giving him a bonus of 10,000 yuan, but also sending people to the Dongfu Hotel to explain to the store that Bao Liang was absent from work to assist the public security organs in solving the case, hoping that the store would take back the name of the person who was removed and resume Bao Liang's work.
Although Dongfu Hotel is a foreign-funded enterprise, there are also party organizations, trade unions, and Communist Youth Leagues. What's more, Bao Liang's direct leaders in the hotel all reflect that this kid is good, his image and work attitude are first-class, but his foreign language level is slightly lower, and he has no opinion on coming back to work. The general manager of the hotel, a Frenchman, was more supportive of such a thing than his Chinese colleagues, not only agreeing to Bao Liang to return to work, but also saying that the hotel would hold a special welcome party for him and award him a golden medal for diligence. The Diligence Medal is the highest reward for employees at Dongfu Hotel.
So, Bao Liang returned to "Dongfu" like a home, in addition to the welcome party, there is also a diligence medal; In addition to the medal, there is a prize of three thousand dollars. Coupled with the 10,000 yuan given by the Public Security Bureau first, the thirteen,000 yuan bonus Bao Liang was spent finely when he changed hands, because he was going to start raising Lei Lei.
First of all, even if he is recalled by the Dongfu Hotel, he can no longer live in the hotel's staff dormitory, and he must rent a house outside in order to accommodate Lei Lei's life. Because of the allusion of "Meng's mother chooses to live next to her", the environment around this house cannot be too bad. At least he can't live in the kind of alley where he and Li Chen, Liu Cunliang, and Feifei lived together, where the population is mixed, and there are many people who make "chickens" and "ducks" and resell yellow saucers and fake certificates, which will definitely have a bad impact on Lei Lei's growth.
Therefore, the residential community that Baoliang chose in the end was a dormitory of a provincial agency, very close to the Dongfu Hotel, and not too far from the primary school that Lei Lei was going to attend. Although the house is old, most of the residents are government officials or their relatives, and their behavior and speech are relatively serious. The house is very small, with only one bedroom and a living room, and it is on the top floor. The extra floor is cold in winter and hot in summer, and there is no elevator in the old building, so you have to walk up and down from the eighth floor every day to enter and exit, so the monthly rent is only 600, which is really not expensive. But the landlord insisted on renting once a year, and the rent was paid at once. So Bao Liang paid 7,200 yuan at once, and most of the two bonuses were used up at once. In addition, he bought clothes and bedding for Lei Lei, bought pots and pans, and bought various daily necessities, and the 13,000 yuan was soon left, and he had to send some clothes and bedding to his sister in the detention center, and he also had to make up for Lei Lei's school tuition. Lei Lei will be almost seven years old soon, and by September he will be able to go to school. The school in Baoliang's connection is a primary school for the children of ordinary low-income people, but it also has to pay 1,500 yuan a semester, not including books and stationery.
The day of school is not imminent, and the question of money is not to be thought about later. After he and Lei Lei settled down in their new home, Bao Liang tidied up the house neatly, pasted the walls with pictures that Lei Lei liked, laid colorful plastic carpet on the floor, wiped all the old furniture clean, and placed the newly bought teapots and cups. Bao Liang suddenly felt a sense of belonging here, and the taste of happiness kept him awake at night.
That feeling is really indescribable, he finally has a home of his own, he is a parent, an elder. He is not here to receive love, but to give love, and it is his responsibility to let the child who is attached to him receive the warmth and full protection of the family.
He and Lei Lei had no contact before, but for some reason, his feelings for Lei Lei seemed to last for a long time. Is it just because he's his uncle? It doesn't seem to be.
Bao Liang often wondered what he needed most in his life. Is it money, is it career, is it brotherly righteousness, or is it loyal love? He lives in this city, what exactly does he get? What is it that makes his heart yearn for it, and what he wants to do so diligently?
Maybe everyone in this world loves money. But the pain of loving money is that money is not everything. And money is not something you can get if you want it, and it's not something you can get just by fighting for it. Therefore, the result of loving money is mostly anxiety and final loss.
What about careers? In Baoliang's eyes, career seems to be less and less of an end, but a kind of process of happiness. Every minute of his time at Dongfu Hotel, he hopes to be handy and appreciated by his superiors, peers and customers; He wants everything he does, every action, every word and even every expression to show the charm of his profession, and the joy of that process is almost a bit narcissistic. Because Bao Liang found that if the process of life is happy, it may be equivalent to the realization of the value of life and the goal of life.
Speaking of brotherly righteousness, this is the word that makes Bao Liang sigh the most. Like his father, he married at the age of ten, and the alliance of Jinlan lasted for ten years, and now he has grown up, but he is alienated from each other, more evil than friendship, more trade than loyalty. Righteousness disintegrates so easily in the face of money, it looks a little vulnerable!
If it is said that the father and the brother of power are against each other for the interests of the country, then Li Chen and Liu Cunliang are all because of their own selfish interests.
As for love, Bao Liang didn't want to mention it again.
Bao Liang analyzed himself, and he confirmed that he was a person who put love first, a person who pursued romance, and a person who was dedicated to love. But he also affirms that he is a man who has failed in love. Whether it is because of his own weakness and carelessness, or the unpredictable weather of love itself, he will always be defeated and collapsed. Until now, when he thinks of Zhang Nan and every moment he has been with her, he will still be reluctant in his heart, and he will cry out loud in his heart. He also knew that although this page of life was beautiful, it was completely turned over by the old man of history with a big hand with a blank face.
The only thing he can still desire, the only thing that can make him feel reliable, is his relatives, the tolerance and mutual comfort of family affection.
Perhaps it was because of his mother's premature death that Baoliang's psychology was created. When his mother was there, she cooked and did his laundry every day, helped him make his bed, and whispered to him in the kitchen. However, Baoliang's impression of the mother is not just these. Maybe because the father and son turned against each other and the sister and brother separated, the mother in his mind always had a tolerant smile. Bao Liang thought, this is a relative! Brothers, friends, co-workers, and lovers may abandon you because of one of your mistakes, but your mother will not. No matter what heavenly rules you have committed, no matter how much disaster you have caused, no matter whether you are ruined or betrayed, no matter how your mother follows the crowd to denounce and scold you, but you just have to believe that she is your mother, she is quietly crying for you, deep in her heart, there will always be you, deep in her soul, and she will always love you.
This is loved one!
Just like her mother quietly asked Bao Liang to bring the earring to her rebellious and runaway sister, in that family crisis, her mother obeyed her father's will on the surface, but she always sympathized and blessed her sister in her heart.
This is loved one! Bao Liang always guessed that maybe there was a place in his father's heart that had never been glimpsed by others. My father would sometimes sneak in in the dead of night, where there might be only a lonely lamp, and my father would miss his sister who abandoned him and Bao Liang, who was kicked out of the house. After all, they were born of Him, and they were His sons and daughters, whom he raised with a grain of porridge and a grain of corn.
The failure of love and the breakdown of friendship can make Bao Liang know how to give up, but to his relatives, Bao Liang's attitude of choice is not to give up. Blood relationship will not change from matter to matter, and it will change from relationship to situation, which is the essence and foundation of family affection.
Bao Liang loves Lei Lei because Lei Lei is his blood relative. Of all his relatives, only Lei Lei can, and must, live with him now. Therefore, Lei Lei is a symbol of home for Baoliang and the only carrier for him to realize his family feelings.
Lei Lei is very obedient, and he will do whatever Baoliang tells him to do. Let him finish the rice in the bowl, he will finish it if he doesn't want to eat it anymore, let him lie down and sleep, he will lie down if he is not sleepy. It's the same when you get up in the morning, Bao Liang only needs to call "Lei Lei get up", and Lei Lei will immediately sit up crookedly, maybe he was still in a dream at that time.
Actually, Lei Lei is obedient, not because he is sensible, but because he is afraid.
Bao Liang didn't pay attention to this at first, he just thought that Lei Lei was very sensible. Lei Lei's appearance is white and fat, very likable, and he is so obedient, Bao Liang's thoughts for a while are all about taking care of Lei Lei's food, clothing and safety, and nothing else.
He didn't think too much about what Lei Lei would think about the sudden disappearance of his parents, and he didn't know what the scene was like when the police arrested Quan Hu, and whether Lei Lei saw it. The police once told Bao Liang that Lei Lei was sleeping in the car at the time, and when he woke up, his father was no longer around. He was taken by the police to the local public security bureau for a few days before being sent to the provincial capital to meet with Baoliang. Lei Lei has never been separated from his parents since he was a child, and he can't actually bear this huge change. He didn't know Bao Liang, and he had never heard his parents talk about this uncle. Every day when Baoliang goes out to work, he locks him in the house and lets him read small picture books or play with some toys, he reads small picture books and plays with toys, but more often, he calls his parents in a suppressed voice, and cries quietly.
Much later, Bao Liang asked Lei Lei, who said that he was very frightened at that time: either his parents had thrown him away, or they were dead.
What Bao Liang couldn't have imagined was that a six-year-old child had such a strong survival instinct that he could suppress the fear and sadness that even adults could not bear in his heart!
The center of Baoliang's life for a while was Lei Lei.
Every morning, he has to get up early, make breakfast for Lei Lei, and then call Lei Lei. When Lei Lei was dressing and pants, washing his face and brushing his teeth for breakfast, he also had to make lunch for Lei Lei. He added a lock to the kitchen door when he made lunch, mainly to prevent Lei Lei from firing and poisoning by fiddling with the gas switch. He put the snacks that Lei Lei wanted to eat, the water he drank, and the things he wanted to play with on the bedside. It was a standard double bed, placed against the wall, and Baoliang let Lei Lei sleep in it while he slept outside. By noon, Bao Liang had an hour to eat, and he would run home and run upstairs. Open the door of the house and give Lei Lei a hot meal. After a hot meal for Lei Lei to eat, he locked the kitchen and the door, and then ran down from the eighth floor, ran back to the hotel cafeteria, sat down and panted and quickly picked up a box of lunch into his mouth. When it's too late, it's inevitable to go hungry.
In Bao Liang's opinion, such hard work is nothing, the important thing is that Lei Lei is a sensible child, he eats whatever he gives him, and he is never picky. Never make any requests to Baoliang. The snacks that Bao Liang bought, he rarely eats. Bao Liang only thought that he was for frugality, and he couldn't help but be moved.
In the evening, after dinner, Bao Liang and Lei Lei read and read in bed. At this time, he fully understood his father's psychology of wanting his son to become a Chan at the beginning. He is the same for Lei Lei now, I hope he is excellent, and I hope that when my sister comes out in the future, I can see Lei Lei is studious and progressive, and his grades are proud.
He taught Lei Lei to read and write, what he taught Lei Lei to learn, and his expression was passive. A few days later, he found out that Lei Lei had already recognized many of the words he taught, but Lei Lei didn't say anything. Lei Lei took the initiative to ask him only three words, one is the Fu character of Fushui, one is the word with the lead, and the other is the uncle character of the uncle.
Bao Liang wrote an uncle character on the book he bought for Lei Lei. After writing, he asked, "Do you want to know how to write your uncle's words?" ”
Lei Lei looked at him and didn't say anything.
Bao Liang wrote on the top of the book and said: "There is a mortar on the top, mortar, which is the meaning of cooking rice, and there is a man on the bottom, which is the uncle." Uncle, the man who earns money for Lei Lei to cook, understand? ”
Lei Lei nodded, but his eyes were looking at the uncle.
From this moment on, Bao Liang suddenly realized that although Lei Lei was sensible, he never seemed to have laughed happily; Although he is obedient, and even always looks at Baoliang's face, he doesn't seem to be happy in his heart.
Lei Lei was not happy.
Bao Liang had such an awareness, so he asked Lei Lei tactfully: "Lei Lei, do you think that you are bored with literacy, so what do you want to play?" Seeing that Lei Lei didn't know how to answer, Bao Liang took the initiative to propose: "Is it boring to stay at home all day?" Wait for your uncle to have a holiday on the weekend, can I take you to the suburbs to play? Let's go to the mountains in the suburbs, okay? ”
Lei Lei nodded.
On Saturday, Bao Liang rested, and he took Lei Lei to the suburban mountains, the training base of the armed police.
He didn't tell Lei Lei that in the mountain they were going to, there lived his own grandfather, and he didn't even explain to Lei Lei what his grandfather's relationship was with him, and he didn't explain that his grandfather was his mother's father, or rather, his mother's father, and his father's father-in-law. He thought that his sister and Quan Hu didn't even want Lei Lei to know about his uncle, let alone talk about this grandfather they regarded as enemies.
They take a suburban coach and slowly circle among the cascading terraces. Maybe it was because he had been in that small room for a long time, Lei Lei's mood that day was obviously better than usual, and his eyes looked out of the window with fascination, the green mountains and rivers outside the window, and the farmers farming along the way.
Bao Liang did not tell Lei Lei the purpose of their trip because he did not know if his father would recognize this grandson. He can't estimate the blood bond and the years of resentment between father and daughter, which one can dominate today's father more. What's more, this child still has the blood of the Quan family in his body.
The base has been to the base many times, and the guards at the gate are already familiar, and after symbolically registering, they are allowed to enter on their own. They walked along the woods towards the vegetable garden where his father lived, and it was so hot that Lei Lei could not walk after walking for a while. He was a little fat, and his round face was red with sweat.
Bao Liang stood down and waited for him and asked if he wanted to carry him. Lei Lei shook his head and said no, and walked again. They saw their father's cottage on the edge of the vegetable garden. My father's cottage is still the same as before, and on the small table at the head of the bed, the smiles of Aunt Yang and Dudu in the group photo are still touching. Bao Liang and Lei Lei did not see their father in the house, but only saw an armed police soldier next door, repairing a toilet in the bathroom.
The soldier also knew Bao Liang, and pointed to the back of the house and said, "The old man is watering the flowers in the greenhouse." ”
Bao Liang led Lei Lei to the conservatory behind the house, the conservatory was very large, it seemed that there was an air conditioner, and as soon as he walked in the door, he could feel the cool air. There are all kinds of vegetables and flowers in the conservatory, and a row of pigeon cages has been built at the door. As soon as Lei Lei entered the conservatory, he was attracted by the pigeons, so Bao Liang asked him to stand here and look at the pigeons first, while he walked to his father, who was watering the flowers. His father also saw him, put down the watering can and wiped his hands, and took the initiative to ask Baoliang, "Are you resting today?" Bao Liang answered, not knowing how to say today's intention, so he asked first: "Where are you watering the flowers?" Fortunately, my father had already seen Lei Lei, looked at the door and asked, "Whose child is this, coming with you?" ”
Paula looked back at Lei Lei, who was so attached to the beautiful pigeons that he seemed to be particularly eager to get close to them. Bao Liang looked back at his father, who had already picked up the watering can again, and was devoted to the flowers again.
Bao Liang said: "Dad, his name is Lei Lei, and he is my sister's son. ”
The father's watering came to an abrupt halt, and his limbs froze almost in place. The way he turned around and looked up was very old because of his unusual slowness.
"Your sister's son?"
"Yes, he should, should call you grandpa."
The word grandfather made the warmth in his father's eyes flash, although it was only a flash, but it did not escape Baoliang's sensitivity. The father put down the watering can in his hand and staggered towards Lei Lei. Bao Liang didn't say anything more, followed his father's back, and walked to the door of the conservatory. My father's back was no longer broad, and he had lost his original majesty because he was thin and slightly hunched.
Lei Lei saw someone walking towards him, and his gaze had to take a moment away from the lovely creatures and turn to the lame old man who was approaching him.
The father met Lei Lei's gaze and asked with a smile: "Do you like it, do you want to let them go, do you want to see how they fly?" ”
Lei Lei nodded and said, "Yes." ”
My father, who was the owner of the conservatory, was familiar with everything here, and he opened the mechanism of the door of the pigeon cage, and the cage door on the outer wall of the greenhouse was opened in an instant, and more than 100 pigeons flew out together, and the pigeon cage was empty in an instant. Lei Lei looked excitedly at the flock of pigeons flying freely through the glass of the conservatory, and couldn't help but take the initiative to ask:
"Where did they fly and will they fly back?"
"Of course it will fly back." His father, like Lei Lei, looked far away, and he exclaimed, "Pigeons are the most recognizable birds, and no matter how far one takes them, no matter how much difficulty they encounter, they will surely fly back." No matter how far they fly, they know where their nest is. ”
Bao Liang listened to the conversation between his grandfather and grandson, and was extremely relieved. He even thought that Lei Lei would definitely be loved by his father, and liking children is the unique nature of the elderly, not to mention that Lei Lei is the grandson of his father's blood. Maybe Lei Lei will also become an emotional bridge between Bao Liang and his father, maybe his father will further strengthen his relationship with Bao Liang because of Lei Lei, and even be willing to leave this isolated mountain, return to the city with them, and build a happy family of three generations together, which is the life ideal that Bao Liang has always dreamed of.
Taking advantage of this belated excitement, Bao Liang stood behind his father and said happily: "Lei Lei, do you know who your grandfather is, and do you know what grandfather is?" ”
Lei Lei's face suddenly stiffened, maybe the word grandfather was too unfamiliar to him. He looked up at the tall old man in front of him, his whole body tensed and motionless.
His father's face was gentle, and in Bao Liang's view, this gentleness had been lost for a long time, and this gentleness was almost equal to love and kindness to his father.
The father squatted down, looked at Lei Lei at eye level, and asked, "Do you know what grandpa is?" ”
Lei Lei's body was still stiff, and his eyes were still terrified. But to Baoliang's surprise, Lei Lei's bulging lips actually spit out two clear words:
"Yes."
Bao Liang also squatted down curiously, and asked with a smile: "Lei Lei, do you know grandpa?" Did your mother tell you about your grandfather, what did your mother say? ”
Lei Lei's gaze moved to Bao Liang, and his dull answer was also aimed at Bao Liang: "Mom said that grandpa is not good." Grandpa hurt us, hurt grandpa, grandpa is a big villain! ”
Bao Liang's smile froze on his face, he almost didn't dare to look sideways at his father's reaction, he could only judge from his father's voice, the tip of his father's heart was shaking, and the seriousness in his father's tone hardly looked like he was talking to a child:
"Except for your mother, your father...... How is it said? ”
"Dad made me grow up to be a big **, let me hide next to my grandfather, and let my grandfather explode when he touches me!"
Childlike words!
Lei Lei's voice is immature, but it sounds thrilling! Bao Liang's nerves were almost deranged, and he should have said something to correct Lei Lei or explain to his father. Even if it is in a teasing tone, it should alleviate the embarrassment at the moment. But Bao Liang himself was in a mess, and his heart was in a state of aphasia.
The father didn't seem to be in a mess, he slowly withdrew the big hand on the child's shoulder, and stood up tremblingly. Bao Liang saw the big feet in cloth shoes, slowly moving away from Lei Lei, and limping back to the depths of the conservatory, and then he remembered that he should catch up with his father and round the field for Lei Lei. But he didn't know what kind of language could calm his father's anger, and make his father's stern face kind again.
There was no expression on his father's face, and he picked up the watering can from the ground and continued to water those beautiful flowers. Bao Liang stood behind him and said inarticulately: "Dad, Lei Lei is still too young to understand anything, aren't you really angry?" You didn't ......"
The father put away the mist in his hand and turned around slowly, he looked at Baoliang expressionlessly, and his voice did not show any resentment, but showed a calmness and calmness that he had never felt before:
"Baoliang, I am old now, I just want to live in peace, if you are still my son, go and give him back to his parents. You tell him that by the time he grows up, I'll be dead! If he still wants to hide by my side, it is not here, but to another world! None of them who want to fight with me is here, but in another world! ”