Summer vacation is coming.

We had a great time that summer.

After the platform work was over (as soon as the holiday began, the platform work ended, at most some sporadic telephone business), I went back to Hua'an.

I have already repaid double the money I borrowed from my grandfather and mother. This time I went back and bought them a gift, including my father.

Not to mention that my grandfather is old, even my father looks a lot older.

Because I didn't have the position of vice principal, my father once complained about me, but time eroded his resentment little by little, so he was full of joy when he received the gift I gave him.

Perhaps because I was in a good mood, my father took me aside and said that he had gone to the east gate again without telling my mother. There is still no news of Uncle Hao Youde and Hao Junqi. Still no one knows where they fled.

"Why hide it? In fact, your mother is also very concerned about Hao Youde and them, but she is worried about the fare. It costs a lot of money to come and go. You can't go empty-handed, can you? The main thing is that when you grow up, we have to plan your marriage, and we have to consider buying you a house and so on. When he said this, his father drank some wine and looked very excited, "But let me tell you, my father cares about them no less than you do." You say, "Why are they gone?" It's like time. ”

My father's words made me throb. My father's description is really apt. Hao Junqi is really like time is gone. It's been thirteen years, and there is still no news at all.

I am twenty-four years old, and Hao Junqi is twenty-three years old. What is the concept of twenty-three for a girl?

Maybe she's forgotten all about my brother. Say good night to each other before going to bed, maybe she hasn't insisted a long time ago.

No, no, none of that matters. Importantly, I hope she is alive. Just stay alive. As long as it's still in this world. Live well.

Before I knew it, tears moistened my eyes.

No matter how the years eclipse, as long as I think of Hao Junqi, as long as I mention it, my heart will always throb.

What is incomprehensible is that my father said that he cares more about the Hao family than I do?

It can only be said that my father is an extremely affectionate and righteous person.

Didn't I inherit my love and righteousness from him?

I went to visit Xiong Yanfei's parents in the same way. This time, I brought them quite a valuable gift.

Regarding Xiong Yanfei's parents, if nothing else, I will only say one thing, these two poor people are aging at three times the rate of ordinary people.

I wanted to sit at Xiong Yanfei's grave and miss that bitter and too good time, but a phone call changed my plans.

It was Ding Ying who called. Tell me to go to Cork City.

"How's it going, are you happy?" Ding Ying said on the phone, "My aunt and my mother both asked me to invite you to our house to play. ”

"I'm not happy. Fare to go to a big stack, unless ...... "I'm in a good mood."

"Unless what?"

"Unless you reimburse me for my travel expenses."

"you. You miser. Ding Ying let out a silver bell-like laugh on the phone, "I'll reimburse you double." ”

In fact, asking me to go to Huangbai City to play was just an excuse, and the real reason was that Ding Ying's mother and aunt wanted to go to Beikeng Detention Center to visit Ding Ying's father.

Later, I realized that my idea was wrong, and that going to Beikeng Detention Center was certainly one of the purposes, but asking me to play in Huangbai City was the more important thing.

Because, in their eyes, I am simply a legend.

Running around for Ding Ying's father's activities, in their opinion, it is difficult to climb to the sky.

You must know that the phone calls in those days, trying to find a little relationship with the Provincial People's Procuratorate, made their hair gray.

They searched around, not to mention relatives and friends, relatives of relatives, friends of friends, as long as they could get to the top, they all looked for it, but they still found nothing.

This shows how difficult it is in their opinion.

Such a difficult thing, I, a college student, can do it so smoothly in one morning, isn't it a legend?

I've met Ding Ying's aunt twice, and Ding Ying's mother is seeing her for the first time. When I met Ding Ying's mother, I learned that Ding Ying inherited 90% of her mother. The two of them stand together, excluding the difference in visual effects caused by the age difference, no matter how you look at it, they are both a pair of sisters.

Ding Ying's mother and Aunt Ding Ying, after Ding Ying's father's accident, all grievances were put aside (of course, mainly Ding Ying's mother's resentment against Aunt Ding Ying) and formed a front alliance. Through them, I feel that the world is a unity of contradictions, and this sentence is really classic.

So, taking them to Beikeng with me is not as embarrassing as I imagined. If you are unhappy with this, and if you are unhappy with that, if you are unhappy with that, then you will be embarrassed.

Not only is it not embarrassing, but it is even pleasant.

Whether it was the four of us playing cards on the train, or the happy conversation of the four of us at the dinner table, or the smooth meeting of the Beikeng Police Station, it brought us a very pleasant emotional experience.

When I met Ding Ying's father, Ding Ying's mother and aunt praised me endlessly.

It's just that they don't know that meeting this kind of thing really responds to that sentence, and everything is difficult at the beginning. After the beginning, the rest will be smooth. To use an inappropriate analogy, it's like a man pursuing a woman, the difficulty is the first time, with the first, the second, and the third, it's nothing.

Returning to Cork, I stayed in Cork for nearly half a month. Ding Ying took me to meet all the relatives of her family, just like some rural customs, two young men and women, when they are about to get engaged, the man always goes to meet all the relatives of the woman. That's a decent thing to do.

Of course, it's not that Ding Ying and I are going to get engaged. But looking at this posture, I have to think about it in this way.

What left a deep impression on me was going to visit Ding Ying's grandparents in the countryside.

We had to change buses several times to get there. The county roads are all gravel roads like Yangjiang County, with potholes, and sitting on the shuttle bus is like sitting on a boat.

But the scenery outside the car is very beautiful. All the way through, there are some small hills high and low, and in the middle of summer, the mountains are full of greenery. Farmers are working in the fields. The air is exceptionally fresh.

Like going to the East Gate, after taking the shuttle, you have to walk a little way.

Ding Ying couldn't tell how happy she was, she held my hand for a while, shook her arm exaggeratedly, ran to the front for a while, and then turned around and walked backwards. The smile on his face was brighter than the wildflowers on the side of the road.

I suddenly thought, if these wildflowers were collected to make a garland, what would be the visual effect on Ding Ying's head?

"Eh, Zheng Qihang, why are you picking so many wildflowers?" Ding Ying noticed that I didn't keep up in time and shouted at me.

I collect wildflowers on my own.

Beside the mountain road, in the bushes, in the bushes, everywhere.

White, small trumpet-shaped, just right to be strung on the grass path, like azaleas, but different colors. The leaf petals are thicker than azaleas, and they are pink and tender to the touch.

Ding Ying ran to me, "What are you doing?" ”

"Make a garland."

"Do you want to wear it for me?"

"I want to see how you look with a garland."

"Hmm-" Ding Ying tilted her head and motioned for me to put the garland on.

I put a wreath on Ding Ying's head.

Ding Ying took two steps back, raised her hands, opened her index and middle fingers, and then tilted her head, occasionally sticking out her tongue.

Tears flowed from my eyes.

What a familiar scene.

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"Kiki, do you want it?" I say.

"Yes."

"Give."

"Brother, where do you say to wear it? Where do you like me to wear it? "Hao Junqi's eyes seem to be transparent, so beautiful.

"Put it on your head."

"You put it on me."

"Okay." I put a wreath on Hao Junqi's head, "Haha, Kiki looks like a bride." ”

"I don't want to be a bride." Hao Junqi pursed her lips and shook her hands, but the smile was still on her face.

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I kept rubbing my eyes, I wanted to see clearly, was it Ding Ying or Hao Junqi who was jumping in front of me?

Ding Ying noticed my strange expression, stopped making movements, and walked to my side, "Do you think of Hao Junqi?" ”

I nodded.

"Did you wear a garland for Hao Junqi?"

I nodded.

Ding Ying grabbed my hand on hers and didn't ask any more questions. Silence is best at this time.

We were so silent, holding hands and going to Ding Ying's grandparents' house.

It was a small village ten times larger than the East Gate. The strange thing is that all the way is a hill tens of meters high, and when you get here, you are surrounded by mountains with an altitude of 100 meters. Moreover, the mountains here are hardly grassy, bare, and the milky white stone walls are exposed to the air.

To the northwest, less than a mile from the village, is a small hill with lush trees and foliage, and an ancient tower stands on top of the mountain.

"Eh, Zheng Qihang, do you see this tower majestic*?" Ding Ying fingers in the direction of the tower.

"It seems like there are seven floors."

"Can you believe it? It is a half-side tower. ”

"Half the Tower? Isn't it clear that it is completely flawless? ”

"That's from our direction. If you look at it from the opposite side, you will see that from the third floor, it has collapsed in half. ”

"Oh, and such a strange tower." I say.

"When you get to grandpa's house and eat snacks, I'll take you to see it."

Speaking of eating dim sum, in the past few days at Ding Ying's relatives' house, I have eaten all kinds of dim sum. Handmade dumplings, clear soup, boiled eggs in rice wine, and if the conditions are a little worse, a bowl of noodles will also be burned for you to eat. Some of the relatives and neighbors knew that the relatives had guests, and they also served snacks on plates, and the hospitality made you very unhappy.

It is said that the one who is willing to boil eggs in rice wine for you to eat is the one who respects you the most.

No, Ding Ying's grandparents boiled four eggs for each of us, and you couldn't eat them, so they persuaded and persuaded them until you finished eating the four eggs.

Really welcoming.

Ding Ying's grandparents are both in their seventies, and their bodies are still strong, living on green tiles and yellow mud walls, and the partition walls made of wooden planks are scrubbed spotlessly. We sat in front of the hall, shaking our fans, and watched the chickens at the door leisurely looking for insects to eat.

A dog lies under the eaves of the porch, sticking out its tongue and wagging its tail from time to time, to drive away the flies that fly around it.

After about half an hour's rest, we went to see the Half Tower.