Chapter 32: Old Photographs
At the entrance of the high-speed rail station, Shen He dragged his suitcase with one hand and half hung on his chest with the other, looking at the flow of people coming in and out of the station a little hesitantly.
"Brother-in-law, why don't you take a two-day break before you go on a business trip." Vivi rolled down the window and poked her head out.
"No, I'll go early and come back early."
"Oh" A message flashed through WeChat, and Fei Fei finally replied to the message.
"Do you have to travel that long? When we go back, who will pick us up at the airport? ”
The corners of Shen He's mouth twitched, he put away his phone, and looked back at Weiwei again.
"Go back, remember to help me send the car for repair, and drive back when it's repaired." If you want to use the car, you can use it, and if you don't need it, you can park in the parking lot downstairs of my house. ”
Shen He didn't wait for Wei Wei to speak, straightened his back, turned around and didn't enter the flow of people entering the station. Wei Wei looked at Shen He's back, and couldn't help but be a little worried about him. picked up the mobile phone and wanted to call the eldest sister Feifei, but remembered that Shen He had repeatedly instructed him not to tell anyone about today's incident, so he had to put the mobile phone down again.
The rear car honked its horn a few times, and the station security guard also walked towards Weiwei, who hurriedly started the car.
Ke Nansheng! If you have money, you can run rampant and not obey the traffic order? hit someone else's car and beat someone, I don't understand why Shen He wants to reconcile with Ke Nansheng, this kind of person should let him be punished by the law.
Coming out of the shop, the sun was at its strongest, and the canvas sneakers stepped on the concrete road, as if you could hear the snorting sound of scorching. There is no bus stop nearby, and there is no sign of a taxi.
Weiwei clicked on the ride-hailing software, and at this time, Fei Fei called.
"Shen He is on a business trip, you will pick us up at the airport when we go back. I will send you the flight information one day in advance, and our mother said that the car needs to be maintained, and you should send it to the 4S shop for a comprehensive maintenance as soon as possible. Remember, you can only go to the 4S shop for maintenance, and our mother is not at ease when you go to a private shop. When the time comes, you have to give Yingying driving practice, and you can't go wrong. Yingying is now a quasi-wealthy daughter-in-law......"
Fei Fei laughed half-jokingly, and Yingying, who was sitting next to her, heard it, and immediately became ashamed of a mimosa, and knocked on Fei Fei's body with a small pink fist.
"The next attraction, Tianchi. Please fasten your seatbelts......" The tour guide's voice was sweet and clear.
"Okay, I won't tell you, we're going to Tianchi to watch the sunset, and you can see the photos of me and Yingying in the circle of friends in a while." Fei Fei hung up the phone excitedly.
Wei Wei held her mobile phone, and a sadness suddenly rose in her heart, this sadness was not for the eldest sister Feifei, or for the eldest brother-in-law Shen He, or Shen He's parents.
It was still early before the crockpot dinner market, and Weiwei bought two portions of rice noodles and ginkgo porridge at a time-honored porridge shop, and when they were delivered to Shen He's parents, they were still warm.
"Vivi, you're so nice!"
Mother Shen couldn't stop praising Weiwei, she liked someone from the bottom of her heart, and even her eyebrows and eyes were smiling.
"I still need you to say, of course Feifei's sister is good."
"Fei Fei is fine."
Mother Shen put away her smile and wanted to praise her daughter-in-law, but she really didn't know what to praise her daughter-in-law who had only been together for a day and could not speak more than ten sentences. In addition to being beautiful and in good shape, I really don't see any excellent qualities in my daughter-in-law.
"It's all good! Guangzhou's porridge is so particular, this is ginkgo fruit, what is this? ”
Shen's father put on reading glasses and studied the ingredients in the porridge while drinking it. After listening to Weiwei's explanation, Dad Shen nodded again and again.
"Guangzhou is so good! I said a long time ago that I want to settle in Guangzhou, but you have to wait until Hehe gets married. If you had come earlier, maybe your emphysema wouldn't have been so bad......"
Shen's mother sighed regretfully, and Shen's father waved her hand to ask her not to say this in front of outsiders. Shen's mother opened the chatterbox, where can she take it. I'm bored at home all day, I have no other pastime except watching TV, and I can't say a few words with Shen's father, but now someone is willing to listen to her talk about family life, and she is as excited as a child.
"You wait, I'll show you a picture of my family when I was a child."
Shen's mother said that she turned around and wanted to go into the house to find the photo album.
"Oh you, what are you doing to show Vivi those old photos!"
"Why can't I see it, I want to see it too."
Shen's father couldn't stop it, but Shen's mother pulled out the suitcase from under the bed in the guest room, took out a large canvas bag, and stood up with some difficulty. Dad Shen had to step forward to help her carry it, and when it was delivered to the coffee table in front of Weiwei, Dad Shen coughed a few times in a row. Shen's mother stepped forward to support Shen's father in distress, blaming him for being too hard, and gently patting his back.
There are more than 20 copies in a big bag of photo albums! There are more than 2,000 of the 80 photographs in each volume.
Shen's mother put on reading glasses, first took out a neatly folded flower handkerchief from the canvas bag, then took out a photo album, wiped the old traces on the plastic album with a flower handkerchief, and then opened it carefully.
"You see, this is our magnificent full moon. At that time, he was white and fat, and everyone liked it when they saw it. My mother-in-law hugged him every day, and she was reluctant to let go when she fell asleep. Look at his eyes, they are round, big and bright, and his eyelashes are long and curled, and they are more beautiful than any girl......"
"I said, what are you showing Weiwei with that picture! Hehe will definitely be unhappy when he finds out. ”
Shen He's full moon shines on his body, with only his wrists and ankles covered with silver bracelets, and he is lying naked on a wool cushion with tiger skin patterns.
"What are children afraid of? Vivi is not an outsider. ”
The two old men quarreled like two naughty children, and Vivi couldn't help laughing, but she didn't dare to look at it more. Shen's mother continued to look through the photo album, Shen He's 100 days of photos, birthday photos, and various photos of the holiday playground, she was like a treasure, and she explained the ins and outs. Wei Wei couldn't help but admire the old man's memory.
Shen's father also followed Shen's mother's description, recalling the bits and pieces of the past, and could interject from time to time to add sentences. Vivi listened quietly and watched silently.
After finishing a photo album, Shen's mother took out another one. The album is a bit old, and the orange plastic cover has faded. Shen's mother opened the photo album and suddenly froze, her eyes flashing with tears behind her reading glasses. His fingers trembled as he caressed the photo, and then took it out of the plastic bag and put it on his heart.
"What's wrong with you?"
Shen's father sensed that something was wrong, and stepped forward to lift Shen's mother's hand. Seeing the photo in Shen's mother's hand, she was stunned for a moment, then her expression turned to sadness, and she said in a trembling voice:
"Don't look at it, let's put it back quickly. When did you plug it incorrectly? I've glued it all up......"
Dad Shen blamed himself and sighed, his whole body was moving, like a fallen leaf in the wind, and his expression was extremely desolate.
"Auntie, are you okay?"
Wei Wei stepped forward and gently patted Shen Ma's thin shoulder.
"No, nothing ......"
Shen's mother quickly clipped the photo back into the album, but she couldn't help but look at it a few more times.
The young man in the photograph is at most eighteen or nineteen years old, standing on a huge reef with his arms outstretched, as if embracing the sea, and more like hugging the person taking the picture in front of him.