I haven't been back for two years, and little has changed in the town, except for a few new houses on the side of the street. For dinner, Shang Xiaoshu took Chen Jiayi to eat a favorite old store since childhood, fortunately, the old store is still there, and the owner and his wife are also there, they still know Shang Xiaoshu, and they bring out the store's specialty dishes while greeting each other.

Shang Xiaoshu said to Chen Jiayi that although this is her hometown where she grew up, the closest people are no longer there, even her grandfather's old house and fields have been resold, if it weren't for the fact that the three most important people in her life are buried here, and there are some neighbors and distant relatives who have a good relationship, Shang Xiaoshu really doesn't think she has anything to do with Zhang Jizhen.

Chen Jiayi thinks about her impression of her hometown, and it seems that she has similar feelings. The two of them chatted about their hometown and some scattered memories of working together in the past, and the topics were one after another, from dinner to midnight, which was unprecedented in these years. Until Chen Jiayi said to sleep, he would get up early tomorrow and go up the mountain. The two went to sleep.

Early the next morning, Shang Xiaoshu, accompanied by Chen Jiayi and Ding Yuan, went to the mountain to pay respects to his grandfather and mother. My mother was buried at the feet of my grandfather. This is the town's public cemetery, and because it is guarded, the tombstones and the surrounding area are kept clean.

The three of them worked together to arrange the two large bags of sacrifices they had brought in front of the tomb. Ding Yuan even brought a brazier for burning paper money.

When the incense candles were lit, Shang Xiaoshu clasped his palms together and knelt down in front of the two tombs, one high and one low. Chen Jiayi and Ding Yuan also lit six sticks of incense in the back, and after bowing three times, they first put the burning three sticks of incense in front of the joint burial tomb of Shang Xiaoshu's grandfather, and then put the remaining three sticks in front of Shang Xiaoshu's mother's tomb. Then, he retreated to the side and silently accompanied Shang Xiaoshu.

Chen Jiayi looked at the young face on the tombstone that was somewhat similar to Shang Xiaoshu, and then looked at the date of birth and death as "1963.10.20-1991.12.2", and couldn't help but sigh in his heart, his mother's life will always stay at 28 years and 42 days, and her daughter has exceeded her age and is still growing up. Chen Jiayi knew very little about Shang Xiaoshu's mother's situation, and only heard Ding Yuan say that Shang Xiaoshu's mother committed suicide by drinking pesticides because of trivial matters between husband and wife, leaving a four-year-old child. Therefore, Shang Xiaoshu was brought up by his grandmother who lost her daughter. Of course, about Shang Xiaoshu's mother, Ding Yuan also heard from adults...... If there is no other hidden secret, just a momentary mood, this mother is indeed too stupid! No wonder Shang Xiaoshu always said that he would not be as stupid as his mother, because he was too rational, so he couldn't devote himself emotionally. After Chen Jiayi became a mother, he occasionally thought of Shang Xiaoshu's mother, and he was full of regrets.

In the concerned and pitiful eyes of Ding Yuan and Chen Jiayi, Shang Xiaoshu knelt on the ground and muttered to himself, "Grandpa, my unfilial granddaughter has come to see you, I'm sorry, I didn't take care of Qingming to see you for two consecutive years, my aunt said that you won't blame me, watching us get better and better, I will only be very happy." My aunt's career is also very stable now, her income is good, and she likes to do things. Meng Meng is in love.,The object is a girl who grew up with him since childhood.,Very good people.,I hope you know the ground and be happy for them...... Grandpa, don't worry, Mengmeng and I will love each other, and we will support each other in the future and take care of my aunt together. I will come back to see you often in the future......"

"Mom, today is your death day, and I'm here to see you. I'm sorry, Mom, I used to blame you for being stupid, blaming you for being stupid, because of other people's mistakes, losing your own life, causing me to be a child without a mother when I was a child, let my grandma and aunt pay for your mistakes, and hard work to bring me up...... Now I'm here to admit my mistake to you, I'm sorry, I shouldn't blame you, you must have regretted it too, it's just irreparable. I went to Antarctica this time, and I met a lovelorn girl, which made me understand you at once. She is older than you back then, has a higher education, and is still from a big city like Beijing, but when she encounters relationship problems, she still can't think about it and wants to kill herself. It's just that she was luckier than you and finally wanted to open it...... Mom, thank you for bringing me into this world, thank you for giving me such a good grandma and aunt. I'm fine now and have been enjoying my current life. Forgive my previous paranoia, I shouldn't blame you. Mom, rest in peace! If there is a reincarnation, I hope you will enjoy your life for the rest of your life......"

Shang Xiaoshu just muttered to himself, chattering while completing the entire worship process alone, and all the incense and candles on the ground were burned out, before finally kowtowing three times, intending to stand up.

As a result, he didn't stand up at once, his legs knelt for too long, with sore numbness, and he was helped up by Ding Yuan and Chen Jiayi on the side, one left and one right, and helped with a massage, Shang Xiaoshu's legs could be considered to have regained consciousness.

The three of them sat on the ground in front of the tomb, silently sharing some sacrificial fruits, the deceased is gone, and the living are like this!

In the afternoon, Shang Xiaoshu, accompanied by Chen Jiayi and Ding Yuan, went to Linzhen to visit her father, who had not been in touch for a long time. Originally, Shang Xiaoshu planned to go alone, but he didn't want to drive Chen Jiayi's car, and wanted to borrow a car from Ding Yuan. He also heard that Shang Xiaoshu's stepmother is a well-known tough woman, and before marrying Shang Xiaoshu's father, she had already lost once and divorced twice, and the two ex-husbands who divorced were all beaten away by her. A total of three half-children were born. It is said that Shang Xiaoshu's father no longer cares about Shang Xiaoshu's life and death after marriage, which is also the meaning of this stepmother.

With Ding Yuan, there is no reason to leave Chen Jiayi alone in Zhangji Town. Shang Xiaoshu told the two that when she came back this time, she suddenly felt a little worried about her father, and since she had something in mind, it was better to go over and have a look, so as not to regret it in the future.

So the three of them drove Ding Yuan's old car to Linzhen.

Although I don't know the address of Shang Xiaoshu's stepmother's house, the town is so big, and when I asked about Shang Xiaoshu's father's name, an enthusiastic person riding an electric car immediately led them directly to Shang Xiaoshu's stepmother's house.

The stepmother's house is a few bungalows that are some years old, with a large yard, the machines in the yard roared, and the enthusiastic people stood at the door and shouted, "Lao Wu, Lao Shang, your family is a guest", and even shouted several times, but no one answered. It wasn't until the enthusiastic person parked the battery car and went directly into the yard that a few minutes later, there was a tall and strong aunt with a body of wool, followed the enthusiastic person out, and asked in a loud voice, "Who?" Who will come to this point? ”

Shang Xiaoshu thanked the enthusiastic person repeatedly, and watched the enthusiastic person with a curious face slowly push the battery car away, before saying to the fat aunt who had been looking at her, "My name is Shang Xiaoshu, is my dad here?" ”

The fat aunt was stunned, staring straight at Shang Xiaoshu, stunned for a minute or two, and suddenly began to slap the fluff on her body from head to toe, but the more she patted, the more messy it became, and a lot of fluff ran to Shang Xiaoshu and Chen Jiayi. As soon as the car was parked, Ding Yuan, who was holding a few bags of fruit, came over, pointed at Chen Jiayi and himself, and said to the fat aunt, "You are Aunt Wu, right?" We are friends of Shang Xiaoshu, and we came to accompany her to see Uncle Shang. ”

The fat aunt reacted completely, and hurriedly let the three of them go to the yard, and said a little crampedly, "There are guests who come to play the quilt today, and Lao Shang is busy inside." Wait, I'm going to get the bullet off ......," and walked quickly.

Shang Xiaoshu slowly walked into the yard and saw her father who was engrossed in playing cotton. Although I haven't seen him for sixteen or seventeen years, the other party has a wrinkled face and half a head of white hair, but the outline of his facial features is still like that, but he has no legs at the knees, and he is kneeling on a stool at this time, and his hands are busy flying.

Until the roar of the machine stopped abruptly, Lao Shang looked up inexplicably and saw three strangers in the yard, his eyes swept over at first, he didn't know, and it didn't seem that he was a customer who came to play cotton. The old wife had already rushed over and patted him on the shoulder, "Lao Shang, your daughter has come to see you......"

He hurriedly looked again, his eyes stayed on Shang Xiaoshu's body, and he didn't look away. Waiting for Shang Xiaoshu to walk to his side, he called out "Dad" softly, and only after a while did he say "hey".

That afternoon, Shang Xiaoshu had a good chat with her father and stepmother for a while, knowing that they had not had a good time over the years, first the stepmother's eldest daughter was sick, and after many years of treatment, she was finally optimistic, and finally the eldest became a family, the second child was admitted to college, Shang Xiaoshu's father had a car accident again, and the whole family lived on the cotton machine at home. The third is Shang Xiaoshu's half-brother, who is in the third year of junior high school.

No matter how bad her stepmother's reputation is, but her stepmother loves her children and cultivates them with heart, and she did not abandon her father after her father was disabled, Shang Xiaoshu feels that her stepmother is also a female man.

Only talked about the current situation, and everyone did not talk about the past. Before leaving, Shang Xiaoshu still stuffed her father with a thick wad of cash, not for anything else, but for peace of mind.

Until a long time later, Shang Xiaoshu was still glad that she followed her heart, put down the mustard, and went to meet the person she always wanted to see.