Chapter 67: The Past Is Like Smoke
"Your aunt's name is Li Zhuzhu, and her mother later changed it to her, following her mother's surname."
"Wasn't my aunt born to my grandmother? Isn't it grandpa before you. ”
"Yes, Grandpa is really a great sin. That year, when I was twenty years old, I was arranged to go to the countryside to teach, so I went to a village in Xiling, where I met my mother who picked up pearls, her name was Leng Xiuying, a native of Xiling, who had no culture, and had a strong personality. At that time, it was a carefree life, and I could have lived happily through the hard life of volunteer teaching, until a year later, when her mother was pregnant, I was terrified. ”
"In that case, what worries about being born?"
Li Wenji's grandfather moved the corners of his mouth slightly and continued: "I was forced to have no way at that time, so I had to secretly give birth to a child, the day the child was born, I went to the river to fish and picked up a pearl, so I named her Zhuzhu, her appearance is really cute, sometimes I feel that I have an inexplicable sense of happiness as a father, but as I slowly grow up with the pearl, I am more and more panicked, more and more afraid, every day to avoid Xiuying, living like a year." ”
Why do you have to do this, isn't it a good thing to love and know one another? If you have the opportunity, you will know that it is beautiful to marry your relatives and get married! Li Wenji fantasized.
"Hey, it's just that grandpa was too obsessed at that time, and while he was delusional about the company of beautiful women, he was thinking about how to return to the city smoothly after the end of the teaching. At that time, there was less than a year before I could return to the city after teaching, and if I found out that I was my child, then I would have to stay here for the rest of my life. ”
"But you can get her back to the city and take her there, so why be so anxious."
"But...... At that time, the organization was not allowed to go back to the city to bring my spouse and children, so I had evil thoughts, and when I was one year old, I asked my old classmate Xin Xiaowan for help, that is, your grandmother. With her help, I was able to go back to the city early, and before leaving, I was afraid that Xiuying would miss our affairs in a hurry, so I left her a poem 'The heart is not old, the love is difficult to knot, the heart is like a double wire net, there are thousands of knots', telling her that love will not grow old, love will not end, and our hearts are like two silk nets entangled together, never separated. I also lied to her that I went back to the city to go through the procedures for giving up my return to the city, and the process was troublesome and took a long time, so I had to wait patiently. ”
"So you didn't go back after you left, leaving them orphans and widows." Li Wenji said with some sadness.
Li Wenji's grandfather was a little heartbroken, regretting that he was not at the beginning, and then said: "Yes, after I left for a year, the pearl was finally discovered by the villagers, and the mother of the pearl did not wait for me, although she was a little scared, but she was still willing to believe that I would go back to her, and in the face of the ridicule and abuse of the villagers, she treated it as if she hadn't heard it." ”
"Then what happened to them, did my aunt come to you?"
After Grandpa Li Wenji folded his hands and silently recited a Buddhist saying, he continued: "Another year has passed, and I am two years old when I pick up beads, and there are more and more problems that follow. Her mother heard that I had married someone else in the city, and she didn't want to believe that I would fail her, so when she was three years old, she took Zhuzhu to beg along the road, and walked from Xiling to Dragon City on two legs. ”
"Did they find you? Or was it blown away by my grandmother after I found it? ”
"They walked for a year, and finally found me who had married another wife and had children, and after seeing your grandmother Xin Xiaowan, she was very calm, and then left with the pearls. Two days later, I found a crying and bruised Zhuzhu outside the door, and I found a cloth with the poem written in small letters in the arms of the Zhuzhu. ”
"Did she leave her aunt with you?"
"She killed herself! Under my hard persuasion, your grandmother agreed to stay and pick up the beads, and when she was registered, she didn't want to call the beads anymore, so she had to shout that she was called Leng Qianjie, saying that it was not called Leng Qianjie, and that her mother's affection was going to beat her again, and I suddenly realized. ”
"What about my aunt and her? Why is Dad alone? ”
"Although your aunt said that she stayed, but your grandmother Xiaowan regarded her as an outsider, so when she was studying, she took the initiative to board at the school, and later after graduating from college, she was assigned to the Environmental Protection Bureau, but she rarely came back, and she should never come back, I secretly went to look for her, but she avoided me until later I heard that she was lost."
"What does it mean to be lost, to avoid you?"
"She disappeared, after calling the police, the police searched for a year and didn't find it, and the case has not been closed until now, grandpa, I am really a heinous crime, and the crime is unforgivable."
After speaking, Li Wenji's grandfather chanted and chanted Buddha and knelt down to worship, and Li Wenji on the side also felt a little sorry for what happened to his aunt and her mother. Thinking of his confusing background, he couldn't help but hate the old man a little, but he quickly held back, because this might be the last time they met.
"If you have someone you like in the future, I hope you don't want to be like your grandfather, either choose to start with you to the end, or realize earlier to provoke others, otherwise it is not good to talk about misfortune like grandpa did today, and repent to the Buddha, regretting your life. Even if you want to abandon your grandfather and be with your lover, I will not stop you, there is a spirit in front of the Buddha, and I will bear the suffering, so you will be blessed and healthy. ”
Li Wenji was a little secretly happy after hearing this, thinking that Sister Leng had already informed them in advance, so he asked, "You know?" ”
"What?"
"Hmm...... I do have someone I like, these days when I was lost in Ningzhou, when I was in a coma, she sacrificed her life to save me, but she overdrew her body and fell into bed, and may never wake up, what do you say Xiao Ji should be? ”
"Do you love her?"
"Hmm...... Love! Love it so much! ”
"Love is with her, why care so much, do you have to regret it like grandpa."
"Well, it's just that I want to accompany her to heal, but ......"
"Don't be, money is not a problem, grandpa is willing to support you."
"It's not about the money, it's about ...... Be...... It's that her illness is a little strange, and I'm afraid it will take a long, long time to come back again, and it will really take a long, long time......"
The old man comprehended the sound of his words, waved his hand to stop, and after being silent for a while, he said: "It doesn't matter, grandpa has spent this life in remorse, and now although the Buddha has not forgiven my evil, he will not harm his children and grandchildren, but he will give the future blessings, even if the conditions are harsh, I am willing to accept it, and I hope that Xiaoji will serve the country in the future." ”
Although Li Wenji did not have a good impression of the old man, but this heartfelt words were still touched, so he knelt down in front of the Buddha and said: "Thank you for your understanding, Xiao Ji has not been able to live a good life in this life and be filial piety, this life, I hope that grandpa will take care of his body, today in front of the Buddha to petition, the lush yellow flowers are nothing more than the Buddha, the verdant green bamboo is the Dharma body, may the Buddha bless my family safe and healthy." ”
After listening to Li Wenji's pious vow, the old man couldn't help but leave tears, and after Li Wenji finished worshipping, he stepped forward to help him up and said, "You also have to take good care of yourself, grandpa has your Aunt Wang to take care of you?" Rest assured! Feel free to do your own thing. Then, the old tears were rampant, hugging and crying with Li Wenji.
On this day, after Li Wenji announced his intention to his grandfather in the Shifo Temple, he did not wish to return to Haizhou to stay for a while, even if it was a second, Li Wenji's heart was tormented, and it was the reluctant torment.
So, after taking his luggage and saying goodbye to Aunt Wang and Grandpa that night, Li Wenji took the car back to Yicheng.
When he arrived in Yicheng, Li Wenji naturally wanted to go to the bar in late winter and summer, and asked his old friend An Zixian to come out and talk about it. After only dialing several times, no one answered, and Li Wenji had to drink sullen wine in the bar alone, admiring the mesmerizing theme of ink rain clouds and smoke at night.