"Grandpa? Grandfather? "School ends early on Friday night, and as soon as Tsai enters the house, he calls people.

"Hey—" The old horse had just taken a nap for less than three minutes.

"Ahh Put the umbrella and wipe the water on the outside of the schoolbag with a rag when he enters the room.

"It's raining so hard!" The old horse was a little startled and sat up.

"Isn't it? I really regret not bringing a raincoat, the back of my schoolbag is all wet, and you are wet when you read! "The boy was churning inside and out.

"Oops...... What is your mother doing? The old horse's eyes widened.

"My mom has a car!"

"Before you get in and after you get out of the car?"

"Before entering the car and after leaving the car, it is in the underground garage!"

"How big is the show garage? Tens of thousands of people in and out every day can fit her car? Your mother came back so late at night, and the community garage reserved a seat for her? The old horse raised his voice and asked repeatedly.

When Tsai Tsai heard this, he couldn't answer.

"It's raining so hard that it's soaking wet in a minute! What should I do if it's really raining? I just had stomach bleeding some time ago, and now the company is holding a big exhibition, what should she do if she catches a cold at this time? You call her quickly, and if your mother doesn't bring an umbrella, you can send her an umbrella! It's autumn rain, cool! And it won't stop for a while! It's not even nine o'clock, it's not too late to send an umbrella, it's too late! Hurry up, hurry up! The old horse sat on the bed and commanded in a commanding tone.

When Tsai Tsai listened to such a long paragraph, his expression instantly froze. Slowly wiping the schoolbag, the demons in my heart are fighting.

"It's been sixteen years of eating and drinking for nothing, and you're so virtuous when you are allowed to work?" Seeing that he didn't react slowly, the old horse was so anxious that he got angry.

"I didn't say I wouldn't fight! It's not ...... Wipe the bag! Beat! Hit now! ”

Hanging up the phone, the teenager was a little lost. Mom didn't bring an umbrella, but she also said that she didn't need an umbrella, and the project of sending an umbrella was not in his plan at all. The reason why He Yiming rode home in the heavy rain at night was because he made an appointment with Gu Shuyu to make a phone call. After chasing Gu Shuyu for so long, the phone porridge was only boiled for a total of two! In order to wait for this call, he was excited for two whole days, and the jokes and jokes to be told on the phone were rehearsed several times.

The young man was tormented in his heart, and suddenly a flash of inspiration flashed.

"Grandpa, I'll call my dad, let my dad send it, and let them repair their relationship! What do you think? ”

"Too lazy for you! Let's fight. Old Marat's face turned white and compromised.

After He Zhiyuan received the call, he immediately set off with great interest, wanting to surprise Gui Ying, so he didn't notify him in advance. He enjoys being like a hero when his family needs him so badly. Out of the subway station, He Zhiyuan walked in the direction of the Convention and Exhibition Center. The exhibition closed early at five o'clock, and no one else could enter except for the staff who could enter and exit with a certificate. Zhiyuan wasn't sure if Gui Ying was in the exhibition hall or in the company, so he took out the phone and dialed it.

I dialed it twice, rang for a long time, and no one answered.

He Zhiyuan thought Gui Ying's phone was out of battery. In the past few years, when the capacity of smartphone batteries was average, Zhiyuan had to prepare two brick-like power banks in Gui Ying's bag every time she was at the exhibition, in case she suddenly lost contact and delayed her work due to the lack of power on her mobile phone when her work was most urgent. He Zhiyuan was not there for the whole exhibition this time, and he worried about these small problems several times in the rental house, but he believed that Gui Ying would take care of all the details, so he never told him. Zhiyuan knows very well that Gui Ying will only become a careless and stupid fool when he relies on him.

He walked through the intersection at the entrance of the convention and exhibition center, expecting to look around the exhibition, and if there was no one around the exhibition, he would take a car to Guiying's company. Stepping on the rushing water on the ground, passing through the small square in front of the exhibition, He Zhiyuan walked cautiously up the steps with an umbrella. After arriving at the entrance of the exhibition, he looked left and right, and there were very few people coming in and out, five or seven people outside who did not bring umbrellas and waited for the rain to be light, three or four people who delivered takeaways, and one or two people who delivered umbrellas...... While hesitating, Zhiyuan seemed to hear Gui Ying's laughter.

Xunsheng looked at the corner to the east, and the figure, voice, and speed of speech next to the light box were none other than his wife Ma Guiying. Looking at it again, Gui Ying was talking to a tall man about work. He Zhiyuan wanted to move forward, but suddenly saw himself wearing brown cowhide sandals, gray and white plaid pajama pants that he didn't have time to change, a white vest under a red and yellow plaid robe, a wet white plastic bag in his left hand, and a broken umbrella with a corner of rivets falling off in his right hand...... was cold for a while, and He Zhiyuan, who was walking eastward, quickly turned around and stopped.

The two of them were talking about work, and He Zhiyuan was not easy to disturb as a family member, not to mention that he was in a hurry to go out today and dressed too simply, for fear of embarrassing his wife who had to face a strong face in the workplace, so the man moved a few steps to the west, stopped in a dark area with no lights, and put down the umbrella to cover his head and shoulders. He waited quietly until Gui Ying finished talking to the customer before stepping forward. It didn't sound clear from afar, but I felt that the two were chatting very happily, and Ma Guiying, who was laughing, was rarely seen at home.

After handling the work in the hall at seven o'clock, Ma Guiying, who had been walking through the exhibition hall with low heels for a day, couldn't support it and wanted to rest on the idle chair. There is nothing to do at home tonight, and Manager Ma will be free and energetic, thinking about buying some gifts for a few new customers and sending them out together at the end of the exhibition. Yesterday, Lao Zheng sent a message saying that Zheng Xiaoshan would be discharged from the hospital tomorrow and return to his hometown on the weekend, and Gui Ying wanted to give Zheng Xiaoshan a gift as well. When choosing gifts on shopping websites, Ma Guiying suddenly thought of Wang Fuyi. She also wanted to thank Fu Yi, and by the way, she also chose a gift for him. When she added it to her shopping cart and filled in the delivery address, she sent a message to Wang Fuyi.

When Wang Fuyi saw the information, he was happy but silent. It happened that he happened to be in the city tonight, so he called Gui Ying back directly, and the two gathered at the entrance of the convention and exhibition center without chatting a few words. After meeting and greeting, the two chatted about the dynamics of the exhibition, the gossip of a certain company, the jokes of a certain manager, the bodies of the two parents, the children's studies, and the housing prices nearby...... Coming and going, chatting and chatting, it was pouring rain. The two of them were simply not in a hurry, and parked on the big glass of the convention and exhibition center to hide from the rain and chatted happily. Gui Ying's unhappiness accumulated in the past two months at work finally has an outlet that can be released, and the woman did not hide it, and complained mercilessly to Wang Fuyi, a supernumerary who understands the company, is familiar with the industry, and can be trusted.

Zhiyuan watched from afar, the two not only chatted hotly, but also put down their shoulders from time to time, bumped their elbows, whispered in their ears, occasionally criticized loudly together, and pointed at each other and laughed...... Sensitivity prompted Zhiyuan to peek at the man through the umbrella - a masculine posture, a tall and burly figure, a neat hairstyle, a loud and humorous conversation, and a black suit and white shirt - the demeanor of a workplace leader.

Men are naturally a little jealous and have some low self-esteem. He Zhiyuan believed in Gui Ying's personality from beginning to end, but he didn't believe in himself. Comparing the two by two, He Zhiyuan, who was sloppy and sweaty, had unkempt hair, and was dressed in earthy, low, and "uncle" (no derogatory meaning here, just to describe it accurately) He Zhiyuan didn't dare to step forward.

The autumn rain in November in the south of the country is sometimes big and small, and the rain on the top floor of the convention and exhibition building hangs down like a waterline, and the rain on the square is shining with colorful sparkling waves under the illumination of the lights from all directions. Around the quiet and empty square, Gui Ying's hearty smile is particularly ear-catching. He Zhiyuan didn't want to peek obscenely, he sometimes moved west, sometimes leaned east, sometimes shook his head and wanted to leave, and sometimes held his breath.

Suddenly, the tall man lit a cigarette, he took two puffs, and after confirming that it was lit, he handed it to the woman. The chubby woman unceremoniously shoved the cigarette holder into her mouth, lifted her chin and took two puffs, then spit out twice. In this way, the two of them take turns to smoke one bite at a time.

Seeing this scene, He Zhiyuan's whole body tensed, and his eyes hurt, but he still didn't know what he saw. The two feet together, the free laughter, the shared cigarette...... The two of them leaned against each other, with only a steel baffle more than ten centimeters wide between their shoulders.

dignity slapped He Zhiyuan awake fiercely. The man couldn't stand it anymore and walked west. Afraid of being discovered by Gui Ying, he changed his walking posture affectionately, and at the farthest place from the two, he slowly descended the steps, walked out of the square, and entered the subway station.

After returning, he symbolically called Gui Ying to ask if she needed an umbrella, and the fifth call was not answered; Then he symbolically replied to his son that his mother did not need an umbrella and at the same time reassured the old man. The man with his shoulders and arms soaked lay on the bed, recalling the picture of the two of them smoking a cigarette together, thinking about it over and over again, and his eyes and brain hurt from the thought. The shadows of the two people under the light don't look as simple as colleagues, He Zhiyuan believes his wife Gui Ying 100%, but what about that man?

He Zhiyuan thought over and over again, why was Gui Ying so willing to talk to that person? Why are they so close to each other in a reclining position? Why did Gui Ying take the cigarette so naturally? Does that person also know that Gui Ying occasionally has an addiction to smoking? Why didn't Gui Ying choose to smoke one separately and have to share it?

Don't think about it! Gui Ying must have been addicted to smoking at that time, and she didn't have anything on her body if she wanted to smoke. They must be ordinary customer relationships, but they often work together, just friends who smoke and drink at the wine table, but they just happen to talk...... Besides, his wife is not the color of the city or the graceful posture, she can't be a bird, and she doesn't know how to be virtuous and elegant, she must be too closed and a little cautious!

Laughter of mutual understanding, natural head-to-head shoulder-to-shoulder, and intimate temptation that seems far from far away...... Zhiyuan recalled the shadows of the two people over and over again, as if he had been struck by lightning, the man's thinking fell into a high-intensity stalemate, and several fixed pictures were compulsively looped in front of his eyes - everything was magnified, everything was out of control.

Sleepless tonight.

Bao Xiaoxing was lying next to her sister-in-law, it was almost twelve o'clock, and she was still thinking nonsense. It's really a busy day, after chatting with my sister-in-law in the afternoon, according to the plan, Bao Xiaoxing is going to visit a wave of relatives - two families entrusted by his father-in-law, a few families of his mother's family, and a few families of Zhong Li's own family...... Thanks to the fact that Wheat rode a motorcycle to run with her from village to village, she ran through five villages and six relatives in one go—talking more about intimacy, and leaving after the old and distant greetings. At five o'clock in the afternoon, the two rushed to the county seat, which was the last and most important relative. In the evening, I wanted to have dinner with my dearest second uncle's house and have a more chat, but I didn't expect the result to surprise Hyosung.

The second uncle was very surprised by Bao Xiaoxing's unexpected arrival, and he couldn't come back to his senses for a long time when he opened the door. The elderly aunt enthusiastically put food and drink on the table, pulling Hyosung to ask questions, but the second uncle sat silently in the corner of the sofa and smoked. The old man's face was covered with deep disappointment and puzzlement, Ren is how Hyosung is doing homely things, one uncle is rushing to call, his aunt and cousin are hotly interjecting in the middle, and the second uncle is like an ice cube and always ignores it.

It's a long story.

My grandfather has two sons and a daughter, the eldest uncle is cowardly and fearful, and the second uncle has a hard personality. When my mother was fifteen or sixteen, there were often relatives in the family, and Hyosung's grandmother fell in love with her mother and was willing to marry a higher one, and my greedy grandfather sent my mother out like this. The second uncle, who was a soldier at that time, heard that his father married his own sister in such a daze, and he was furious, but the army did not let him go at that time, and he could not do anything about his sister's marriage. After the second uncle returned from the army, her sister-in-law had already become someone else's mother. I heard the rumors that my brother-in-law Bao had been idle and violent for many years, and the second uncle was particularly worried about his sister and often went to Baojiayuan to visit. In his early years, Hyosung's grandparents passed away one after another, and the belongings left behind were quickly squandered, and his lazy father had a big face, no ability, and was irritable, and he did some foolish things at home outside. Later, because the mother could not give birth to a son, the father beat and scolded and abused him at every turn. When the second uncle heard this, he did it with his father many times, and he took his mother back to her parents' house for a year. Later, because the mother was worried about the child and the rumors of the people around her, the second uncle had no choice but to let the mother go. After the mother returned home, her situation was even worse, and the second uncle was dissatisfied and came to the door many times.

Because of his mother, the two families broke up completely within a few years; And the cowardly mother also offended people in both her mother's family and her husband's family. After his sister Xiaotang was born, Hyosung vaguely remembered that his mother was already a little abnormal at that time, and he almost ignored the newborn Tang'er. Fate, less than forty, under all kinds of abuse from my father, my mother left early. The second uncle was unwilling and crippled his father's left leg and knee, but his father often sprinkled these anger on Hyosung.

Thanks to his second uncle, Bao Xiaoxing was fortunate enough to finish junior high school. Hearing that the villagers were going to Shenzhen to work, and that Shenzhen was far away from home, 17-year-old Bao Xiaoxing left without hesitation. This has been gone for more than 20 years, and it is rarely returned. At the age of twenty-two, his father died, and Bao Xiaoxing breathed a sigh of relief and decisively took his 14-year-old sister, who was eating 100 family meals, to Shenzhen. From then on, Bao Xiaoxing happily thought that he would be out of the sea of suffering. Unexpectedly, in the past few years, she has vaguely seen similar demons from Zhong Li's body.

As fate would have it.

The woman moved, and the pillow was already wet with tears.

Today, Hyosung is particularly worried about the old and lost appearance of her second uncle, her aunt is as warm as ever, her cousin is as kind as her childhood, and her uncle, who once regarded her as his own, seems to have disappeared. After retiring from the army, his second uncle has been working as a worker on the railway, relying on a salary for his cousin to raise his cousin, and the second uncle in his later years lived in a big house in the county, with good health, full of children and grandchildren, and happiness. If there was no tragedy of the mother, the second uncle's life should be smooth, successful, and flawless. However, the brother-sister relationship between the second uncle and his mother is stronger than that of ordinary brothers and sisters, and the most reckless, cruel, painful, and most unlike him in his life is all because of his sister.

At this moment, Bao Xiaoxing tried to stand on the forty-year-old annual ring and re-speculate on the eyes of his second uncle today. Perhaps, the second uncle was angry that she had never given him a trace of news outside all these years, so he didn't ask a word about everything about his sister Xiaotang and her husband Zhong Li, daughter Xuemei, son Xuecheng, and Shenzhen. Perhaps, the second uncle had already let go of the hatred of the past, and Bao Xiaoxing's unexpected arrival once again uncovered his festering scars, the old man couldn't bear to look at the past, and the sadness and sadness in his eyes condensed into an irresolvable cold amber.

Bao Xiaoxing silently pinched his snot, even if he greeted him every New Year's holiday in the south, what could he do?

The young Bao Xiaoxing has only one decisive rule to avoid pain. And then? She believes that letting go of what should be put down, keeping silent about what should not be mentioned, releasing and forgetting - is the finale of the story and the elimination of grievances. It is better to never disturb than greet from afar, because she will always have the shadow of her mother, because Bao Xiaoxing in the eyes of her second uncle will always, always, first and foremost his sister's daughter. Similarly, there is also the shadow of his father flowing between his gestures. The second uncle and himself are forever separated by a sad red wall. Bao Xiaoxing regretted going to visit her second uncle today, but she had to go.

"Uncle Zhong, you're here!"

At eight o'clock in the morning, under the phoenix tree, the resting old man heard someone calling him, and quickly stood up.

"Ah...... What's wrong? ”

After the young man in his thirties stood still, he held up a few pieces of paper and flipped through them, then pointed to the old man with the paper and said, "Uncle Zhong is like this, the record of his whereabouts in the background shows that ...... You didn't show up here between four and seven for the previous three days......"

"Oooh! That one...... That one...... I have something at home, I have to send my children to school in the morning, I can't come that early, but I'm done with the work, you can check it! Zhong Neng was a little excited.

"I understand. However, if you have any family affairs in the future, you will have to follow the process - you have to ask for leave, for how long, about a few days, and I don't have to come to you specifically after that. ”

"Yes, yes, yes! Yeah! Na - I'll take a leave of absence now, today, tomorrow, the day after tomorrow, the day after tomorrow, a total of four days, I can't get there before eight o'clock! Zhong Neng counted with his fingers pointed to the sky.

"Okay, then I'll make a note." Young people write and draw seriously on paper.

"Oh, and I have to tell you that our cleaners work ten hours a day, and those who take more than three hours and less than five hours of leave will be deducted from half a day's salary. Do you understand this? This is clearly stipulated in our contract. The young man patiently explained.

"Good, good! Ok, good, good! Zhong Laohan was a little unhappy and a little helpless.

"Ah, well, I'll go first if there are no other problems."

Beckoning the young man to get into the car and go to another place to do the same thing.

After the man left, Zhong Neng sat down under the big tree and rested on his broom in disappointment. I've been busy since four o'clock in the morning, and my knees are really a little disobedient. The old man pinched his fingers and folded his hands to count several times, and this time it was hundreds less, and he was unhappy in his heart. I counted Hyosung's itinerary again, and I don't know if she is in Baojiayuan or Zhongjiawan today.

At nine o'clock in the morning, Lao Ma received a strange phone call. The other party chatted for a long time, but Lao Ma didn't understand a word, he just thought it was a mistake and hung up decisively. After a minute, the same number called again, and Old Madge was strange. This time, the other party was replaced, and he understood what he said. It turned out to be Fang Qitao's father, saying that Fang Qitao was pestering adults to go to Yangyang's house to play with Yangyang. Yangyang had memorized his grandfather's phone number to him earlier, so the other party asked Lao Ma if he could send Taotao to Yangyang's house on Saturday to play for a while.

"Oops, there's a phone call like this!" Lao Ma was talking to himself in Shaanxi dialect, and was heard by the other party's Taotao dad and laughed.

"Where do you live? Far from it? The old horse asked in broken Mandarin.

"Not far away, we also live near the kindergarten. Twenty minutes came. ”

"My baby...... Yang'er hasn't gotten up yet! Belch...... It's okay, it's okay, I'll tell her to get up! Lao Ma said.

"That's Tao Tao can pass, right?"

"It's drip, it's drip." The old horse nodded in agreement.

"Okay, I know your Jinhua blessed community, can I call you later when I get downstairs in the community?"

"It's done." The old horse hung up after seeing that he was done talking.

woke up Yangyang, changed clothes, and Lao Ma took the child to pick up people at the door of the community downstairs. The car stopped, Fang Qitao came out first, and before the adults started talking, the two children grabbed hands first. Taotao's father said a lot of how Fang Qitao liked Yangyang, praised Yangyang, and said three words that were inseparable from He Yiyang, and the old horse was so proud that he couldn't help but pick it up. Fang Qitao always held Yangyang's hand and stared at Yangyang, quietly showing off the new toy he brought to Yangyang.

"That Uncle Ma, because I am usually busy with work, if Taotao comes back in the future, I will ask my father to come and deliver it. We are locals in Guangdong, my dad has a strong accent, please be patient when listening to the phone, don't be in a hurry! Tao Tao's father laughed after speaking.

"Good, good!" The old horse nodded embarrassedly.

After the adults said goodbye, the old horse pulled the rippling and rippling pulling Fang Qitao, and the three of them went upstairs together. Lao Ma didn't let them play in the house, only in the living room. The two of them spread a moisture-proof blanket on the ground, and then poured the toys at home on the blanket, and the two children played with each other.

"Does your head still hurt?" After playing for a while, Lao Ma suddenly heard Fang Qitao say this.

Yangyang froze, touched the big bag on his forehead that was knocked out by the door a few days ago, and replied: "It doesn't hurt!" It didn't hurt last night. ”

"But it's still red!" Fang Qitao reached out to touch it, and after touching his forehead, he poked Yangyang's face and nose.

"Don't touch your face!" The old horse shouted domineeringly to stop on the side, which is why he didn't let the two children play in the house.

The two children lowered their heads, played like a silent movie for a while, and then chirped and shouted. If it was on Zhou Zhou, Lao Ma had never worried about it, why did he have such a layer of thought about Fang Qitao? The old man himself couldn't figure it out. Who thought about this thought for a lifetime, and never went down again, because these two children were better for many, many years.

Xiaotang hadn't gotten up early on Saturday morning, and he also received a strange phone call. It turned out that Xiaomi's mother called, and Xiaotang was so frightened that she instantly shook her spirits. Under the narration of Xiaomi's mother, Bao Xiaotang only learned at this time that Xiaomi was not in Guangzhou at all in the past few days, and the two in love were glued together like paint, in order to enjoy love, Xiaomi avoided his family and turned off his mobile phone, and was basically in a state of disconnection. Under Xiaomi's mother's repeated pleas, Xiaotang revealed what she knew.

After the two finished chatting, Bao Xiaotang immediately contacted Mo Xiaomi, and the phone showed that the other party was turned off. Fortunately, she still had Zhang Ke's contact information, and after the phone call, Zhang Ke, who was busy working in the news center, was so frightened that his face turned green. He called the phone in the hotel room, and righteously persuaded Xiaomi to reply to his home quickly. Mo Xiaomi, who hadn't woken up yet, didn't listen at all, and Zhang Ke had no choice but to call Xiaomi's mother directly. On the phone, the young man was extremely polite and thoughtful, answering questions and making sincere assurances. At noon, Xiaomi's mother drove from Guangzhou to find a hotel in Shenzhen, and Zhang Ke secretly ran out and swiped 80,000 yuan to buy a set of gifts for Xiaomi's mother.

When the mother and daughter quarreled in the hotel, Zhang Ke arrived politely, and while softly entertaining his girlfriend's mother, he persuaded Mo Xiaomi to return to Guangzhou. Xiaomi's mother, who looked at Zhang Ke from beginning to end, thought that Zhang Ke had deceived Xiaomi, and it can be seen that Zhang Ke's gifts, clothes, car keys, rented hotels, gentle words, and rational things were not only reliable, but also a little good. The bloody plot and deadly dialogue that was originally conceived on the road did not come in handy at all.

Under Zhang Ke's persuasion one by one, Xiaomi had nothing to say and went home by default, and Zhang Ke took advantage of the situation to immediately pack up for Xiaomi. When a few people walked to the hotel lobby, Zhang Ke landed neatly to check out, and said reverently when he left the hotel: "Auntie, I'll send you back to Guangzhou!" ”

After the mother and daughter sat in the car back to Guangzhou, Xiaomi's mother was very curious about Zhang Ke, and kept inquiring along the way, and learned that Zhang Ke was the only son of the CEO of a certain company.

On Saturday, when lunch was in between meals, Ma Guiying took time out of the convention and exhibition center to visit Zheng Xiaoshan in the hospital. Last night, when I was in a dilemma when I picked a gift for Xiaoshan, Wang Fuyi proposed to send an idle shopping card, Gui Ying clapped her hands when she heard it, it was easy to carry and not troublesome, and you can choose affordable things such as rice, flour and oil at will after logging in to the website.

When I saw Xiaoshan this time, the injuries on his body were much better, his right eye was still bandaged, the corners of his mouth were smiling as always, and his mental state was much better. Zheng Xiaoshan was open-minded and optimistic from beginning to end, he took the shopping card in the envelope and said thank you shyly. That shyness is his greatest spiritual feedback to a fellow countryman. Gui Ying instructed some words to return to her hometown, and when she left, Xiaoshan insisted on coming to Sister Ma's contact information. After saying goodbye three times, Ma Guiying left the hospital.

Say goodbye to the rivers and lakes.

(End of chapter)