The mother still had a miserable expression, as if in such a short period of time, the whole person was aging rapidly: "I just don't understand, Qizhi has done something wrong, and he will be sent to a country thousands of miles away!" ”

The father was hoarse, and his eyes no longer had the usual wisdom and light: "He can do anything, even if he is secretly abducted, it is better than now." But what he is doing now is what the government fears the most, and if it really falls into the hands of the Central Union, I am afraid that he will not be able to wash away the suspicion of the Communist Party no matter what. He paused and looked quietly into his mother's eyes: "Do you know what happens to the young people who are arrested for being the Communist Party?" ”

The mother closed her eyes in despair, and her tone was filled with sadness: "I know, I know that you are doing all this for enlightenment, but I still don't know how to comfort myself. ”

The father immediately supported the crumbling mother, and imprinted a deep kiss on her full and smooth forehead: "Qizhi is only leaving temporarily, just like we discussed before, several children always have to send them out to experience the experience, but now the time is just a little early, and the action is a little hasty." ”

I breathed a long sigh of relief, and when I saw that my parents had reconciled, the boulder hanging over my heart fell to the ground. It's just that when I looked back, I saw my eldest brother's sad expression. It dawned on me that winning my mother's forgiveness was only the first step in my father's long and arduous journey.

For the next seventy-two hours, the father had to complete many tasks that were almost impossible. For example, getting visas and ferry tickets for the second brother in such a quick time; For example, to raise the tuition and living expenses of the second brother; Another example is to convince his grandfather that he is in such a hurry to send his second brother abroad because of the full scholarship quota. Just imagining all of this makes it feel like a thousand pounds.

The breakfast table on the second day really became a battlefield for the father, and the grandfather saw his tired son, but he did not soften his heart as he imagined, but asked directly about the situation of the second brother. There is nothing surprising about my father's answer, it is still a word that was set up last night, and the second brother met Liukou Yunyun on the way home. The two of you went back and forth, and everyone lost their appetite.

Grandfather looked at his father with blazing eyes for a long time, and suddenly slammed the porridge bowl in his hand on the table: "Third child, do you really think I'm old and confused?" Whatever happens, as long as you move your mouth, you can act as if nothing has happened? ”

All this must have been expected by his father, and there was no panicked expression on his face: "Father, I don't understand why you think like this, but you know that I will never deceive you. ”

A smile of ambiguity tugged at his grandfather's lips: "Oh? Do you dare to repeat what you just said? Qizhi met a rogue on the road, and the security in Shanghai has reached such a point? So why didn't you call the police, and you haven't seen a police detective to investigate the case, did you, as a father, let Qizhi suffer so much in vain? What else is there for a full scholarship, there is such an opportunity, why have I never heard of you? Could it be that the scholarship does not need to be applied for or evaluated, and it is just smashed on Qizhi's head? ”

The eldest brother was busy helping: "Grandpa......"

Grandfather completely ignored his presence: "I'm asking your father." He turned his head to his father: "Zaixun, when are you going to be honest with me?" ”

The father lowered his head, his whole face completely hidden in the shadows, and after a long time, he said, "This is the truth I know, as for the rest, you must wait for Qizhi to ask him yourself." ”

I have never seen a father like this, with a raging fire in his eyes, and his whole person is as hard as an iron plate, as if no kind of pressure will make him compromise, even if he is facing his father: "If there is nothing to do, I have to go to work, and there is an important meeting in the bureau today." ”

Grandfather was obviously so angry with him that he couldn't get out of his anger, and his whole chest rose and fell violently: "Okay, okay, no one in this family takes me seriously now." Good, good, just great. ”

The second uncle had a gloating expression on his face, and he wanted to fall into the well and fan the flames at this juncture, but he was choked back by a look from his mother, so he had to give up stupidly.

The mother was sandwiched between three generations of grandparents and grandchildren with different minds but also stubbornness, and suddenly became a veritable sandwich biscuit. She tried to ease the relationship between everyone, and ran to help her grandfather up, but she never wanted to be pushed away by him: "I don't need you to pretend to come over and pretend to be a good person, the husband and wife are singing red face and white face, God knows what your idea is." ”

My eldest brother and I didn't want to stay in such a low-pressure environment for a moment, so we were ready to find an excuse to sneak out of the door after we hastily settled our breakfast. Unexpectedly, the city gate caught fire, and the most difficult thing to blame was always the pond fish. The second brother committed an accident, and now he is lying in bed without knowing anyone, so my eldest brother and I have become ready-made victims.

The two of us' "escape" plan finally became a spring dream, and the second uncle warned us in a very pretentious manner: "It's best not to go out and run around before school starts, the situation outside is not peaceful, and if something happens, we will have to suffer a dumb loss." Especially girls, how can they find their in-laws when the time comes. His words sounded like warnings, but with that high-spirited look, it was more like schadenfreude.

I couldn't hold back for a moment, glared at him viciously, and fled the living room as fast as I could before he could have a seizure. I locked myself in my room and spent the morning with Eileen Chang's latest novel. It wasn't until the sound of a bang outside the door saved me from my boredom and drove me to push the door open to see what was going on. Seeing the scene in front of me, I couldn't help but be stunned with my eldest brother, who also followed the sound.

Even the doctor said that the second brother should not wake up within 24 hours, God knows how strong his body is, and he has recovered seventy or eighty percent in half a day. Now my grandfather was lying upright in his arms, and he had completely turned things down as they were. And the most beautifully carved rosewood cane fell to the ground, and this was the culprit of the loud noise I had just heard.

The eldest aunt and the second aunt cried like mourning, and the Wang family's mother, Shui Qing and housekeeper Lao Xu, who heard the news, were nailed to the spot like a dumbfounded chicken. They carefully watched everyone's faces, not daring to make any rash moves.