I turned around and headed for the South Gate New District. My father's sudden arrival in Yangjiang was really unexpected. You know, because of heart disease, it's hard for my father to go out, especially when it's far away like this.

To my surprise, my father came alone.

"Where's Mom? Why didn't Mom come over? I asked after my father got in the car.

"Mom can't come because of something."

"But don't you know how dangerous it is for you to come alone?" I'm a little loud.

"What's at stake? Don't you think I'm very good? Besides, I take the medicine with me. "My father took the medicine out of his trouser pocket and shook the bottle at me.

"Remember, the next time you go out, you must take your mother with you."

"Hey, I said how you're more verbose than your dad now. Is this the way to Hao Junqi's house? Father changed the subject.

"It's not that I'm verbose. This is what the resident doctor has repeatedly explained. I said.

"Don't I know any of this? Tell Dad, how is Junqi doing? Married? Was it a boy or a girl? And Hao Youde, he should be old too, right? Father threw out a barrage of questions.

"Grandpa asks so many questions at once, how should uncle answer?" Xu Xiaorou on the side was anxious for me.

"Oh, you don't know, grandpa and I are this kind of acute child." The father turned back to talk to Xu Xiaorou, who was sitting in the back row.

I told my father about the situation.

The father fell silent for a moment.

"Are you alright?" I asked after a while.

"Dead? Hao Youde is also dead? Na Junqi...... If I had known this, I should have come a few days earlier. Father said.

"Can you have changed the situation a few days earlier?"

"Ah, what did you say?" My father looked at me in amazement.

Then I realized that my father was muttering to himself.

"Uncle said you couldn't solve anything by coming a few days earlier." Xu Xiaorou said.

"That's that, that's." Father nodded to himself.

After that, until Hexi, my father didn't ask anything more, and he seemed to be immersed in memories.

When I got out of the car, my father suddenly remembered something and said to me, "Set sail, I have to buy something, I can't go in empty-handed, right?" ”

"Forget it," I said, "we're all at the doorstep." ”

"How's that going to work? Be sure to buy something. How old is Junqi's daughter? ”

"Six years old."

"Don't buy anything else, you have to buy something for the kids. You wait for me. ”

My father walked to a small supermarket nearby. He cautiously crossed the street and walked into the supermarket.

Suddenly, I noticed that my father's back was bowed.

When I turned around, my father was carrying something in one hand, and it was very heavy. I hurried over.

"There's nothing to buy, do you look decent, set sail?" My father asked me as he raised his hand a little.

"Decent. Jiajia especially likes to drink Mengniu milk. I pointed to the carton of milk in my father's right hand.

"Is Junqi's daughter's name Jiajia? She likes to drink Mengniu milk, and I bought it right. The father smiled with satisfaction, and the crow's feet became deeper and denser.

"Yes." I took the carton of milk from my father's hand.

"Then let's go."

We turned from the street into the laneway, and then turned into the courtyard where Hao Junqi's commercial building was located.

"Is this it?" Father's voice trembled a little.

"What's wrong with you?" I asked.

"Grandpa seems to be quite nervous." Xu Xiaorou.

"I don't know what Junqi looks like, and I don't know if she recognizes me." Father said.

"When did you become so delicate?" I say.

I had already arrived at Hao Junqi's door while talking, and I rang the doorbell.

Because she didn't call Hao Junqi to tell her that my father came to see her, when Hao Junqi opened the door and saw her father, she couldn't tell how surprised she was.

"Teacher Zheng! Is it Mr. Zheng? Hao Junqi shouted.

"Junqi," the father couldn't hide his excitement, "it's me, it's Teacher Zheng." Are you really Junqi? ”

The father hurried forward, as if trying to make some movement, but he stopped abruptly, and his face was flushed.

I didn't expect my father to be so excited.

"Is it really Mr. Zheng? Brother, why don't you talk to me? Come in, come in. Hao Junqi was busy looking for shoes from the shoe cabinet.

We walked into the living room.

Hao Junqi looked for a teacup and poured tea. The father stood in front of the wooden sofa, his eyes moving with Hao Junqi's figure.

"Grandpa, why don't you sit?" Xu Xiaorou tugged at the corner of her father's clothes.

The father was still standing. When he felt Xu Xiaorou tugging at the corner of his clothes, he sat down.

When my father sat down, his eyes were still looking in Hao Junqi's direction.

"I really didn't expect that Jun Qi is already so big." Father sighed.

"You can guess how big Junqi is when I'm so old." I say.

"You've always grown up with your father, and Junqi ...... When we left the East Gate, Junqi seemed to be the size of Jiajia. ”

"It's a lot better than Jiajia. I was thirteen years old, and Junqi was twelve. ”

"Eighteen years." The father seemed to be talking to himself.

Hao Junqi brought the brewed tea over. She specially poured a glass of boiled water for Xu Xiaorou.

"You're discharged from the hospital today, right?" Hao Junqi said to Xu Xiaorou.

Xu Xiaorou nodded. "It's been hard for Aunt Hao these days."

"Why are we talking these things from our own family?"

"Junqi, sit next to me." Father beckoned to Hao Junqi.

Xu Xiaorou and I hurriedly sat down on the single-seater sofa.

Hao Junqi walked over and sat beside her father.

"I really didn't expect Junqi to be so big all of a sudden." Father looked straight at Hao Junqi.

"All of a sudden. It's been eighteen years, Mr. Zheng. Junqi is thirty years old. ”

"Yes, Mr. Zheng is about to retire. Old. ”

At this time, Hao Jia walked out of the room.

Hao Junqi hurriedly called Hao Jia to her side and asked Hao Jia to call her "grandfather".

Father was very happy, he wanted to hug Hao Jia, but Hao Jia went straight back and gave up. Hao Jia reluctantly stood in front of us for a while, and then went back to the room to play.

"What about Jiajia's father, why don't you see Jiajia's father?" Father asked.

"Jiajia Dad? Didn't my brother tell you? Hao Junqi lowered her voice, "Jiajia, she doesn't have a father." ”

"How can there be no dad? His father ......" his father's face changed, "Is it a divorce or an accident?" ”

"Keep your voice quiet," I said to my father, "Jiajia is hanging at the door, and Junqi is raising her." ”

"Surrogacy?" Father's face turned pale instantly, "You haven't been married for so many years, Junqi, right?" ”

Hao Junqi nodded.

"How come, how come you are thirty years old and not married?" The father didn't seem to trust his ears.

Xu Xiaorou was also surprised, but she didn't say much. And I once again felt that my father cared too much about Hao Junqi not getting married.

"Are you too high-minded, or are you not going to get married at all?" Father asked tentatively, nervously.

"There is a man named Qi Zhengzhe, who has been waiting for me for more than ten years, and when we were about to get married, he had a car accident and became a vegetative person." Hao Junqi said.

"Ahh Xu Xiaorou couldn't help but sigh.

"How so?" Father's expression was solemn.

"Someone happened to hang Jiajia at the door, so I took Jiajia to live together."

"Oh." My father calmed down a little, and his face gradually returned to normal.

"I didn't expect Aunt Hao to have such a miserable situation, I always thought I was the most tragic person in the world, and I don't know how much better it is than Aunt Hao." Xu Xiaorou said.

"Being able to sigh like this shows that Xiaorou has grown up a little bit again." I say.

"Didn't Tolstoy say it? Happy families are similar, and unhappy families have their own misfortunes. But this society is generally warm," Hao Junqi said with great feeling, "In every difficult life journey, there are kind people who help us and encourage us." ”

"Well, Auntie is so right," Xu Xiaorou looked at me affectionately, "I became a happy person because I met my uncle." ”

"I have been in Qijiatun for ten years, and because of the care of Qi Zhengzhe's family, I almost don't feel that I am an unfortunate person." Hao Junqi continued.

"Qijiatun? Where is Qijiatun? Is the place where you fled called Qijiatun? The father asked like a little child.

"It's a small county in Anhui Province, and my dad and I lived there for 10 years. Later, when I returned to Yangjiang, I met Wu Shifu again, and now I met my brother again. ”

"Who is Wu Shifu?" The father continued to ask questions.

"Oh, Dad, why do you keep asking, you don't want Junqi to know all the past, right?" I rudely interrupted my father's question. Father seemed too curious.

"yes, I just want to know all about Junqi's past."

"When I have the opportunity, I will talk to Mr. Zheng about my past. Wu Shifu is a friend that Qi Zhengzhe and I met in Yangjiang. Hao Junqi said.

"The friends you and Qi Zhengzhe made in Yangjiang? Could it be that Qi Zhengzhe accompanied you to Yangjiang? Father asked again.

I was speechless.

Hao Junqi nodded, "Qi Zhengzhe has been with me in Yangjiang for three years. We have always lived together. ”

"Oh. I see. Father let out a long sigh of relief, "I'm relieved." ”

"Mr. Zheng, what are you relieved about?"

"Ah, well," I mean," my father was embarrassed, "I mean relieved to see that you are so safe now. ”

"Thank you, Mr. Zheng, for your concern."

"Hey, it's a snap of your fingers." The father became very relaxed and his mood improved, "Junqi, do you remember the days when we lived in your house?" Your Hao family and my Zheng family have formed a deep friendship, and the most precious ten years of my life from the age of twenty-two to thirty-five were spent in your family. You say, can you not make me nostalgic? Can I not worry about such a big thing happening to your Hao family? ”

"Dad and Grandpa would have missed those days if they were there." Hao Junqi said.

"There are many things that you can't predict in your life. Do you know? Your brother hated me for not being able to go to see you during the summer vacation the next year, in fact, Junqi, the teacher also regretted it. Do you think, if we knew we would miss this opportunity and never see you again, would you say that we would not go to the east gate because of the renovation of the house? You know how many things my wife and I bought when we went to see you, and your wife brought you beautiful fabrics. Because you are not there, all of them have been given to Uncle Zhu's house. My father took the initiative to bring up the past.

"Mom, how relieved it would be. And the father...... Who would have thought that the old village chief's son would not die at all? ”

"yes, I'd love to see your mother, oh, and your father, too. At my age, I realized that people can't do it without resigning themselves to their fate. It was also the third year that I went to the East Gate to learn about your family. You must have suffered a lot when you escaped, right? ”

"Hmm." Hao Junqi's eyes turned red.

"My wife and I were very sad when we heard about it. After I went back, my wife often mentioned you. Every time we mention you, we don't speak, and our hearts are always heavy. ”

"It's all gone." Hao Junqi said.