vs 4 Thirty years later

Gray rain, on the eve of Qingming, hundreds of vehicles on the slippery wet road slowly moved forward like ants.

Chen Guifeng drove her silver Toyota car, impatiently crowded in the traffic, and Li Hong in the passenger seat kept vomiting with a plastic bag in her hand.

"Guifeng, open the car window, let me breathe, your mother and I are about to vomit." Chen's mother, Li Hong, said softly that she was so dizzy that she didn't have the strength to speak loudly.

Chen Guifeng was about to open the automatic door lock so that Li Hong could open the window, but was intercepted by his younger brother Chen Guicun in the back seat, "Sister, don't listen to my mother, if you open the window, the exhaust of the vehicle outside will blow in, which is even more uncomfortable." ”

"Gui Cun is right, there is an accident in front, and the cars are crowded into piles, how can you open the windows casually. Anyway, if you go back to the countryside once or twice a year, you can bear with it. Chen Chunhui, who was sitting next to Chen Guicun, opened his mouth to comfort his wife and said.

"Mom, if it weren't for your face, I wouldn't have to fight with people here. My brother and my father just take the uncle's car back. Now the motion sickness is better. Chen Guifeng said that she felt uncomfortable, her career was finally a little successful, she just bought a 100,000 Toyota car, her driving skills have not yet been refined, and her mother Li Hong insisted that she drive back to the countryside to show off. You must know that her driving age is the same as the age of the car, only one month, and the road back to the countryside is narrow and windy, and the fog is big, which makes her tremble.

Li Hong took a bottle of carminative oil and opened it and smeared it on her temples, saying, "What is it for the sake of face, I am taking you back to my hometown to worship my ancestors, so that my ancestors can bless you to make your stall business more popular." Drop by to visit your grandmother and grandmother. ”

Twenty years ago, Chen Chunhui and his uncle Chen Xiahui moved their family to the coastal areas of Guangdong to make a living. Chen Xiahui is more good at business, and he lived a well-off life fifteen years ago, and he has a house and a car in a first-tier city. Chen Chunhui worked as a foreman on the construction site, and it took a few hardships to supply a set of 90 square meters of commercial housing. There is still a certain gap compared with the uncle. In the past, every time I went back to the countryside, I took my uncle's car, and I took up any limelight for my uncle's family. This time, her daughter drove back, which allowed Li Hong to earn enough face, how could she miss the opportunity to exhale and raise her eyebrows.

"Mom, who doesn't know what you're thinking. Let me tell you, in the future, if my son and I have a chance, I will build a villa in the countryside, and then let my mother be as majestic as you want. Chen Guicun said with a smile that he thought he would be better at his sister's results in the future.

"I hope you'll be successful in the future. Maybe I'll have to worry about my mother in the future. Of course, Li Hong hopes that her son will be promising, after all, her daughter is going to get married, and she herself is very partial to her son.

Chen Guifeng has not been back to the countryside for 20 years, and it is usually his father and younger brother Chen Guicun who are responsible for going back to Qingming and Qingming. In order to save money, Li Hong will only send his father as a representative to return to his hometown during the Spring Festival. After living in Shenzhen for 20 years, it is the first time she has returned to her homeland, and she does not feel any intimacy, only fresh and interesting emotions.

Finally got out of the congested section, the sand and mud road in front of me was straight and easy to walk, and there were not many vehicles. After a long journey, Chen Guifeng stopped at the entrance of a simple store to rest. When everyone got out of the car, they felt that the weather outside was a little colder, and the car had already driven into the mountainous area. After resting enough, Chen Guifeng handed over the car to his younger brother Chen Guicun to drive, and slept in the back row.

Nineteen-year-old Chen Guicun has a cheerful and lively personality, and he has no resemblance to his sister Chen Guifeng at all. He is active on weekdays, has a sweet mouth, and is even favored by his parents and relatives. At the age of eighteen, he had obtained his driver's license and often drove his uncle's car to go out for fun, so his driving skills were much more stable and skilled than his sister's.

I don't know how long I walked, Chen Guifeng had already arrived at the door of her grandmother's house when she was woken up. If you look around, this place is surrounded by mountains, and there are fields and rice grains inside and outside to surround this underdeveloped Chenjia village. The trees in the distance have been washed green and bright by the rain, and the scenery is very beautiful.

Grandmothers, aunts, and uncles, who are in their eighties, all came out to greet them, and many neighbors ran out to watch the excitement. And the uncle's family arrived earlier than them, and the car stopped in front.

As soon as Chen Guicun got out of the car, he immediately greeted everyone, and his mouth was very sweet. Chen Guifeng brought out the large and small bags of gifts in the trunk of the car. I feel distressed, this village is full of yellow mud roads, and her car has been stained with mud on the roof.

Chen Guicun over there also came over to help carry the luggage at this time, and when he saw his sister frowning and unhappy, he said, "Sister, don't feel distressed, rinse it with water in a while and it will be clean." If you don't need a car, then be stupid. ”

Chen Guifeng glared at him, there was really nothing he could do, this brother always said that his sister's car was his brother's car, and it seemed that he really wanted to get married as soon as possible.

"Grandma." As soon as Chen Guicun entered the yard, he put down his luggage and gave his grandmother a warm hug.

"My little storage has grown taller again, more than a head taller than grandma, grandma can't hold you." Grandma was flattered and hugged Chen Guicun and said.

After everyone put away their luggage and gift boxes. followed his father Chen Chunhui into the room to see his grandfather, who had been paralyzed for many years. The uncle, the aunt and the cousin Chen Guiyuan were already inside, and after everyone greeted each other, they sat down separately, and the room was simple but clean.

"Dad, how are you doing lately?" Chen Chunhui asked.

"It's okay, maybe I can survive for another two months." Grandfather Chen Liyan, who was lying on the wooden bed, had silver hair and beard, his face was a little pale, but his eyes were still majestic. He slowly glanced at everyone, and finally stopped on Chen Guifeng's expression of displeasure, so he had to give Li Hong a little face, otherwise he would open his mouth to blame Chen Chunhui. "Xia Hui, Chunhui stays, I have private matters to talk to your two brothers."

Chen Guiyuan, Chen Guifeng, and Chen Guicun walked out of the room knowingly, but the remaining Li Hong and the eldest aunt were reluctant to leave.

"You two go out, I'm not talking about dividing the family property." Chen Liyan said impatiently that these two daughters-in-law are always afraid that their husbands will lose money.

The two women each looked at their husbands, and their eyes were warning them not to give in and suffer. Li Hong got a nod from her husband before walking out of the room.

After the two women left. Chen Liyan's eyes dimmed, as if he remembered the sad past, and his face was mournful.

"Son, your father and I were too competitive when we were young, and we were deceived by others and did a very wrong evil thing." Chen Liyan blamed himself.

"Dad, it's been sixty-two years, so don't mention it again. Whether right or wrong is a thing of the past, why bother with it. Chen Xiahui comforted his elderly father and said.

Chen Xiahui was only a six-year-old child at the time, but he vaguely remembered that it was raining lightly that day, and many villagers in white mourning clothes came to the next village to make trouble in front of his house. He remembered most clearly that his father was standing in the crowd at that time, and categorically denied that he had killed the man. At that time, Chen Chunhui was not yet born. But since they were children, the two brothers heard public opinion from all over the world about whether their father had killed people, and later the two were unwilling to be disturbed by gossip, so they resolutely left their hometown and went to a developed coastal city to make a living and develop. Now things have been gone for more than half a century, and things and people have long been forgotten in the wind.

Chen Liyan lowered his head and was silent for a long time, and finally sighed slowly and said, "Actually, I killed the person." I 、、、、、、 lost my mind at the time, and on the way back to the countryside with him, I shot my unsuspecting comrade with a shotgun. At that time, science was not developed, and as long as I refused to admit it, no one could help me with my position in the army. ”

"No, Dad, didn't someone come out and confess later?" Chen Chunhui said he did not want to believe that his father would kill his comrades-in-arms.

Chen Xiahui pondered and was silent, if he hadn't known the fact that his father had killed him, he would not have persuaded Chen Chunhui to go away together.

"Later, it was your Uncle Xu who used me to find a scapegoat for me to seal other people's mouths." Chen Liyan said with mixed feelings. A look of pain spread across his wrinkled face.

Chen Chunhui couldn't react for a long time, he seemed to understand that his eldest brother took him away from home back then, not just to live a better life.

This is a brick house from the 60s, and because the maintenance work is in place, it is still very new and clean, and it is not the slightest bit old. There are five separate rooms in front of you, three on the left and right, and a courtyard in the middle and behind, surrounded by a low mud brick wall at the main entrance, and piles of dry firewood under the apricot trees in the courtyard. Standing in the middle of the garden, there is a retro visual view.

There are only more than 100 households in this village, and the old houses occupy 98% of the view, and there are only three or two modern buildings. Flocks of chickens and ducks can be seen everywhere foraging for food, cattle tied with ropes can be easily seen on the tree stumps, and there are many dogs.

The rain stopped, and it got dark. Chen Guifeng obviously felt that the temperature in the mountains was much colder at night, perhaps because the mountains were foggy and the trees were shady. She put on the coat she had prepared, and the environment here made her uncomfortable.

At this time, the courtyard began to be lively, two old forty-watt yellow light cannons were lit, and people began to set up tables to prepare for dinner. Tonight, grandma specially called all her relatives over to have dinner together, and washed the dust for Chen Guifeng, who had returned from Shenzhen.

During the banquet, everyone praised Chen Guifeng for his greatness and praised Li Honghui for teaching his daughter. So, Chen Chunhui and Li Hong earned face because of their daughter's talent. You must know that the concept of preference for sons over women was deeply rooted in that period, and it was a shocking thing for a backward village to suddenly hear that a daughter could still have a career.

And grandfather Chen Liyan did not come out to rejoice with everyone, he was depressed and hid in the room.

"Guifeng is also twenty-three years old this year, have you talked about your boyfriend?" Aunt Chen Manhao asked Chen Chunhui who was sitting next to her curiously.

Without waiting for Chen Chunhui to speak, Li Hong immediately put on an unhappy face, and said in an unfriendly tone, "Eldest sister, my Guifeng is now focusing on making money in her career, how can I have time to talk about my boyfriend." Besides, Gui Cun is only a sophomore, and if you are an older sister, you should help your younger brother study. Guifeng looks so standard, are you still worried that you won't be able to get married? ”

"Mom, what you said is not right, my sister can marry whenever she likes. If I get married, I am still my sister, and I will take care of my younger brother and love me. Chen Guicun was dissatisfied with Li Hong saying such patriarchal words in front of everyone, which was too embarrassing.

Li Hong didn't care, she glared at Chen Guicun, and said as a matter of course, "I worked so hard to raise her as an adult, and she married a few years late to help make up for what's wrong with the family." ”