"Have you seen her?"

"I know it sounds weird, but I actually met her that day. ”

"It's... Did you tell your parents?"

Chu Xiaoxiao shook his head, lowered his head and was silent for a while, and said, "My parents have been discussing the division of family property with other relatives in the family recently. My grandmother's will dealt with only one thing about the distribution of property, which was to leave the house to me. Only... The building you went to at noon. ”

"Do you know where the honor community is?" Li Qin inquired about his own residence with the mentality of trying it out.

"Well, I heard my grandmother say that twenty years ago, because of the subway to be built, the subway happened to pass under it. So it was demolished a long time ago. ”

"Demolished? The inhabitants there?"

"At that time, the demolition fee given by ZF was quite high, and they all went their separate ways. Your family... Maybe also a piece left. ”

The two were talking. The waiter came over with two cups of milk tea and gently put the two cups of milk tea on the table. Then two burgers were served, a plate of chicken nuggets, a plate of fries, and a plate of roast wings.

Li Qin looked at the food on the table, and his stomach was already rumbling. Li Qin glanced at Chu Xiaoxiao with some embarrassment, and Chu Xiaoxiao smiled: "Eat." I don't think you have eaten anything. And the money you have in your pocket now can't be paid either. ”

Li Qin nodded, picked up a hamburger and took a bite. The warm bread entered his throat, making Li Qin, who was already hungry, feel a glimmer of hope to live.

Ten minutes later, Li Qin wiped his mouth, and he had eaten all the food in front of him.

Li Qin leaned back on the seat and let out a long breath, Chu Xiaoxiao supported his chin with both hands, looked at Li Qin with a serious face and asked, "Li Qin, what are you going to do next?"

Li Qin shook his head and said, "I want to find Lao Qin and find his car." Perhaps, he can take me back. ”

"If you can really go back, you will marry your grandmother. Then you will be my grandfather. It would be nice if you could be my grandfather. My grandmother doesn't have to be angry, and I won't be hated by my family. Chu Xiaoxiao sighed, and then leaned back on the chair like Li Qin and continued, "Is the old Qin you are talking about also crossing over like you?"

Li Qin shook his head and said, "No, when I turned around and yawned, his car had already disappeared." ”

"Can you tell me how you got here?" Chu Xiaoxiao realized that she hadn't heard how this "grandfather" had traveled to the present.

Li Qin told the whole story of meeting her in the car last night to today, and Chu Xiaoxiao nodded thoughtfully.

Chu Xiaoxiao picked up the mobile phone on the table, gestured with both hands on the mobile phone for a while, and said, "You work in Qingyang, right? Although it is a neighboring province, it is very close to there." It takes less than two hours by train. If you don't know, let's go to the bus station where you took the bus last night and ask? Hopefully the bus station is still there. ”

"What is that?" the new word broke into Li Qin's brain.

"It's just a train that runs fast and fast. Chu Xiaoxiao said and got up and put on his small backpack and said, "Let's go, you don't have a place to live, let's go to my house first." ”

Li Qin frowned, pointed to the front desk and said, "However, you haven't settled the bill yet." ”

Li Qin shook his phone and said, "It's over, let's go." ”

Walked in front of the iron gate again, but this time, Li Qin was able to step into the iron gate without being arrested by the police. Walking into the iron gate, Li Qin stopped. The furniture and appliances in the house have been replaced, but the furniture in the room near the living room has not been changed. Even on that wall was a poster of the hottest singer of the time.

Li Qin walked to the room and paused, he walked into the room, sat on the edge of the bed and stared blankly at the large wardrobe opposite him. The wardrobe is very old, and the red paint on it is almost gone. A combination lock is attached to the two handles of the cabinet.

Li Qin slowly walked to the cabinet and looked at the combination lock.

Chu Xiaoxiao found that Li Qin did not follow him, so he turned around and walked into the guest room. "Grandma has not allowed this house to be moved. Although the old house has been renovated twice, the furniture has also been changed two or three times. But the furniture in this room was not changed by my grandmother. The same refusal to change is the wardrobe in her room that is similar to this one. Chu Xiaoxiao leaned against the door and patted the old wardrobe.

Li Qin gently turned the combination lock a few times, and the combination lock opened. Chu Xiaoxiao, who was standing on the side, asked with some surprise, "How did you know the password?"

"We were going to get married on October 1st, and this cabinet and the cabinet in her house are actually one. It's just that we've split it into two. Because the two of them often move around and often spend the night here, Uncle Lin cleaned up this room and used it as my room. This room... Exactly the same as half a year ago. Li Qin found that there was no thick dust in the house, and then asked, "Are you cleaning this room?"

Chu Xiaoxiao nodded and said, "Grandma and grandfather didn't buy a house when they first got married, and they also live here. It's just that this room has not been inhabited. But my grandmother would clean the house every day. Later, they went out to live, and my grandmother told my grandmother from time to time to remember to clean the house. Later, my grandmother was gone, and my grandfather passed away due to illness a few years later. My grandmother sold her and her grandfather's house and moved back here. At that time, I remember that I was only three years old, and my parents left me at my grandmother's house every day when they were out talking about business and making money. That's it... Lost me for more than ten years. But my grandmother always cleaned the house every morning. In three or four days, I will wash all the sheets and replace them with new ones. Even after all these years no one has lived in this room. ”

Li Qin's hand trembled slightly, it turned out that she had disappeared in a daze for forty years, even though she had become a grandmother, she was still worried about herself. Li Qin opened the wardrobe, and the wardrobe was full of old clothes that looked very clean, as well as new clothes. And each one looks quite like its own. It's just that the styles of these clothes are actually from youth to old age.

Li Qin glanced at Chu Xiaoxiao with some surprise, Chu Xiaoxiao waved his hand and said, "Grandma always thought that you would come back." So, she prepares a set of clothes inside every year. At first I didn't know what she meant, but now that I think about it, she probably always thought you would come back. I don't know what you'll be like when you come back again, but your clothes are supposed to be in tatters. Ah, by the way, there's a wooden box down there, and my grandmother always writes letters and puts them inside. Well... It should be written for you. See for yourself. ”

Li Qin took out the wooden box and sat on the edge of the bed. Chu Xiaoxiao knocked on the door and said, "You have been sleeping in this room these days." After all, it was left to you by your grandmother. I'll go to the company to ask for a leave of absence, and you stay at home. Come back to you in the evening. ”

After Chu Xiaoxiao finished speaking, he quietly closed the door.

Li Qin slowly opened the wooden box. Stacks of envelopes wrapped in yellow brown paper were stacked in wooden boxes. Each one is dated on it. Li Qin's hands trembled and he took out the letter dated October 1, 1980. When he opened the letter, when the familiar handwriting appeared in front of his eyes, his eyes were already filled with tears.