Chapter 17: Returning Home

Time passed quickly, I was woken up by Grandpa Ma, opened my hazy sleepy eyes, rubbed my eyes, wiped the saliva from the corner of my mouth, and saw that Grandpa Ma had already packed up his things and stood next to me.

"Little rabbit, it's almost time to stand up, and you're still talking in your dreams? What are you dreaming of? ”

Grandpa Ma said very loudly, which made the people around look over, I was embarrassed to look at it, blushing and lowering his head to clean up his things, and whispered: "Grandpa Ma, can you be quieter, I'm just dreaming, do you want to say that Cheng Chunmeng?" ”

"Alright, little bunny, pack your things, it's coming soon."

I packed my things, put the dagger that Grandpa Ma gave me into my bag, put my luggage on my back, and stood in the aisle, staring out the window. Because I bought a ticket for the second half of the night, it was not yet dark. It's winter, and the temperature inside the cabin is higher than the temperature outside the cabin, so a thick layer of frost has formed on the windows, and you can't see the outside clearly.

I wiped a place with my hand where I could see the outside, and the train slowed down at this time, and began to slowly enter the platform, and because of the lights of the platform, I began to be able to see the outside scene clearly, looking at the familiar platform, and I seemed to be able to smell the smell of home through the window.

Soon, the train stopped on the platform, and the conductor opened the door, lowered the footboard, and politely reminded the passengers to pay attention to the safety of their feet with a sleepy look.

Grandpa Ma and I carried our luggage, walked out of the carriage, just walked out, I felt the cold, a cold wind poured into my neck, so cold that I shivered directly, quickly tightened the collar, and then shrugged his shoulders and shrunk his back and walked side by side with Grandpa Ma towards the exit of the station.

On the contrary, Grandpa Ma didn't seem to care about the cold, and still walked forward with vigorous steps, not affected by the cold of winter at all, it seemed that the cold made him more energetic, Grandpa Ma saw my appearance, and said in a slightly playful tone: "Oh, look at the young people now, I can't stand this cold, I really haven't suffered and grew up in a honey pot." It's like when we practiced three times in winter and three times in summer, hey......."

Listening to Grandpa Ma's ridicule, I didn't care about replying, I could only shrug my shoulders and shrank my back and walk forward, because it was too cold, and it was still windy, I was afraid of a cold breath in my mouth, and I didn't say anything, but I was choked, so I didn't say anything more, and thought: "If you want to say it, just say it, anyway, I can't lose meat." ”

In this way, after we walked for a few minutes, we were about to arrive at the exit, and we saw that the exit was crowded, many people stood at the exit and waited for the arrival of their relatives, and there were also some taxi drivers and black car drivers, who stood at the exit in the cold wind to solicit customers, and also thought that they could earn more money at this time, but also to support their families.

When I was waiting in line for the exit check-in, I saw my father waiting for us at the iron gate at the exit.

I waved my hand to my father, and when my father saw it, he immediately greeted him, and I didn't see my father for more than half a year, and found that my father's sideburns had a little gray hair, and the whole person looked very different from when I sent it, and suddenly found that my father had begun to grow old slowly, maybe I had changed from this moment on, but what happened later caused a lot of trouble to my parents.

After my father saw me and Grandpa Ma, he came to Grandpa Ma's side and greeted him politely: "Hello Uncle Ma, you are in good health, hurry up and get in the car to warm up." With that, my father took the luggage from Grandpa Ma's hand.

When I was on the train, I sent a message to my father, which was about Grandpa Ma, but then my father replied to me, saying that my grandfather had arranged for him to pick him up, but I didn't expect that Grandpa Ma and I were actually in the same train, so I picked us up together.

My father took me and Grandpa Ma to the car, and after loading our luggage into the car, he arranged for Grandpa Ma to sit down and quickly drove in the direction of the house.

"Legui, how is your father's health now?"

"Uncle Ma, my father's body is good and strong, how are you now? Is Ma Qiang okay? ”

"Okay, we're okay now, don't mention that kid Ma Qiang, I don't know what the hell I'm going to do now."

“........”

Father and Grandpa Ma chatted about the past with a word, I didn't listen to it interesting, so I fell asleep slowly, because it was too cold outside the carriage just now, and the temperature in the car was quite warm at this time, so I slowly fell asleep.

I don't seem to feel anything myself, it seems that Grandpa Ma said something about me later, and I heard it dimly, Grandpa Ma said something, do you plan to let him enter our door? As soon as he came out, he could encounter this kind of thing, and it seems that he seems to have a fate with this kind of thing....... Because I was sleeping in a daze, I didn't know what I was talking about.

Suddenly a cold wind rushed in my face, I was also instantly woken up, looked up, it turned out to be downstairs, because our home is a long distance from the train station, it takes at least more than an hour to drive, so this sleep is quite comfortable, but I didn't expect my father to suddenly open the door, so I was really a little stimulated.

I began to complain to my father, who said solemnly, "Hurry up and get something home, your mother is waiting for something to eat." ”

I don't know why my father suddenly became so serious, I turned my head to look at Grandpa Ma, because Grandpa Ma had been chatting with my father, Grandpa Ma glanced at me and shook his head, meaning that I should not say more.

Seeing this, I took my luggage and headed home.

My family belongs to the community built in the nineties of the twentieth century, there are no high-rises, most of them are low-rise buildings, and our family lives on the top floor, because the time is long, so there are a lot of waste items in the corridor that other residents put away, looking at the familiar environment, thinking about the place where I grew up, although I only left for half a year, but I still miss it very much, but I didn't expect that since I went to college, the trajectory of my life has changed significantly, so that I didn't come back to see it in the next few years, until the house was demolished, That's a story for later.

I carried my luggage myself, and my father helped Grandpa Ma carry the luggage upstairs, and before I got to the house, I smelled my mother's cooking and heard the sound of my mother's kitchen busy.

"Mom, I'm back."

When my mother heard my voice, she stopped what she was doing and immediately opened the door to greet us.

When my mother opened the door and showed her head, I almost cried, I didn't see my mother for half a year, my mother's sideburns were already crawling with gray hair, and the wrinkles on her forehead were obviously more, how did my parents spend half a year, why did they suddenly look so old. Because my family conditions are average, my parents rely on making money and paper figures to support the family, and the conditions are not so superior, and since I went to college, my parents often call me to tell me that I am short of money and tell my family, don't suffer yourself outside, looking at my father and mother's aging face, white hair crawling up the ends of the hair, I can't help but feel a little hurt in my heart.

But when my mother saw me, she hurriedly ran out of the door, took my hand and said, "It's cold outside, come in and warm up." ”

I answered my mother's hand and walked back, when I heard my father's voice from behind, "Don't patronize that kid, there are people behind me." ”

Hearing her father's voice, her mother turned around, and when she saw Grandpa Ma, her mother immediately greeted her and greeted politely: "Uncle Ma, come into the house, the hot tea has been brewed for you, hurry up and warm up." ”

Grandpa Ma said with a smile: "Not busy, not busy, then the old man is still asleep?" ”

"No, I heard that Uncle Ma is coming, Dad, he has already gotten up and waited for you." Mother said, waving her hand.

"Hahahaha....... Well, if this old boy dares to be still in the bed, I will have to pick him up. ”

With that, my mother took us into the house.

Seeing that the house is still cleaned up by my mother, it feels so good to go home.

Grandpa came out of his bedroom, and when he saw Grandpa Ma, he immediately made a gesture between their masters, standing with his hands in fists on his chest, and then said their command, 'Respect the heavens and worship the gods'.

And Grandpa Ma also made the same move, just standing up the fingers of his right hand, and then said: "Modesty and teachings are endless." ”

After saying that, the two hugged each other, patted each other's backs hard, and then laughed like children, I saw the appearance of the two people, and I couldn't help but remember that the two of them were almost 160 years old combined, and they were still like this.

I guess grandpa saw my eyes, let go of the hand holding Grandpa Ma, glared at me, and said, "Ziyang, I'm back, hurry up and help your mother clean up, I'll talk to your grandpa Ma well." ”

After speaking, he took Grandpa Ma to his bedroom.

When I came to the kitchen, I saw that my mother had prepared breakfast, and it was my favorite tofu brain and cold skin, as well as the oil cakes made by my mother herself.

After coming out of my grandfather's bedroom, my mother brought breakfast and pulled me to my bedroom, and my mother pushed it in front of me at this time, and said with concern: "Eat quickly, don't be cold." ”

I looked at the breakfast and asked my parents if they were eating, and my father said, "You eat first, don't run around after eating, I'll go to the store, and I'll come back later, and I'll tell you something at that time." ”

"Oh, got it!" I chewed on the oil cake in my mouth and replied vaguely.

"Okay, you go, you just came back with this attitude, I owe you ......" The mother glared at the father, and then complained.

When my father saw this, he sighed, put on his cotton coat and went out.

When my father went out, I saw that my mother's eyes were full of deep worry.

At this time, my mother suddenly asked me a question, and I was stunned and forgot to answer.