Chapter Ninety-Nine: Hometown
In the following days, I began to teach myself English, and when I went to school, English class was the last class I wanted to take, and it felt like the teacher was talking about the whole class.
I don't know where to learn English, at that time, it was not as developed as the Internet is now, you can download videos on the Internet to learn English, at that time I could only go to the bookstore to buy a few books such as English primer, and buy a dozen English tapes to listen to it repeatedly at home.
But strange to say, when I was in school, I thought English was a very difficult language to learn, why is it that I don't have any difficulty learning it now? I can memorize a lot of words and grammar just by listening to them once or twice, could it be that my head is open? When did I have such a good memory?
In the end, I attributed all this to the Asura Shahma, and it seems that only the Shahwa can have such a miraculous effect, which made me go from a language idiot to a super genius all at once, and it took me less than a month to learn and memorize all the basic entry-level English courses and a dozen tapes.
I'm very happy about this, and I'm thinking about whether I should study hard for a year or two to go to an American university, but I still think about it, what's the use of studying for me? Can knowledge catch ghosts? It's better to be honest as my Mr. Yin and Yang.
After learning elementary English, I went to the bookstore and bought a set of intermediate English and advanced grammar books, since I have such a strong learning ability, then I might as well learn a little more.
The days passed, and in a blink of an eye, autumn and winter were approaching, and this year could be described in four words to me, that is, it was like a dream.
In this year, my grandmother died, I met Chen Lao, and followed him to the north and south to experience a series of unbelievable things, although Chen Lao's death made me sad, but fortunately, I found him an errand in the underworld, and he mixed well over there.
The only regret is that Jasmine Chen hasn't forgiven me until now, I don't even dare to go to the company to see her, I don't know what happened to her, her fate is similar to mine, she lost her father when she was a child, and now Chen Lao is gone, I'm afraid there are no relatives in this world, right? It's the Chinese New Year now, should I go to see her?
Think about it or forget it, it's not that I don't want to go to her, but I don't dare to go to her, I'm afraid that she is still angry with me, so let's talk about it later.
At this time, my phone rang, I frowned and looked at the unfamiliar number on the phone, it was a landline number, looking at the area code, I knew that this was a call from my hometown, and there seemed to be a relative in my hometown, right?
"Hey." I connected my phone and said.
"Is it Meng Yin?" An old voice on the other end of the line asked.
"It's me, you're it?" I asked.
"Can't I hear my voice? I am your second grandfather, Meng De. The old man on the other end of the phone reprimanded.
I remembered that Meng De was my grandfather's own brother, one of the few relatives in this world, and of course the mother who eloped with the little boss.
"Ah, it's the second grandfather, where did you find my phone number?" I asked curiously.
"My nephew works at the police station in the county, isn't it easy to find your phone?" The second grandfather smiled.
It dawned on me that because the police station was investigating the household registration door-to-door a while ago, I left my mobile phone number at that time, but I didn't expect it to be found in this way.
"Second grandpa, what are you always looking for me?" Since my grandfather's death, our family has had less contact with the second grandfather and his family, and if this relative doesn't move around often, the relationship will gradually become estranged, and I don't know what the second grandfather can do with me.
"You stinky boy, your grandmother talked to me on the phone every year when she was there, why did you kid seem to have disappeared, where did you run this year?" The second grandfather asked.
"Well, it's such a second grandfather, I didn't find a job in Changchun." I said with a smile.
"So that's the case, what's inside, let's go back to the mountains for the New Year this year." The second grandfather said suddenly.
Back in the mountains for the New Year? I really haven't thought about this, and when I didn't answer the second grandfather for a long time, he said, "What? Don't want to come back? Let me tell you a letter, your mother has returned to the mountains this year, why don't you come back to see her? ”
"What does it matter to me if she doesn't come back?" I didn't have any waves in my heart when I heard the news of my mother's return, I basically didn't have any impression of my mother, I don't hate him, for a woman, she has the right to pursue her own happiness, but for a mother, she is very excessive, after all, she abandoned me.
"Stinky boy, just come back to see me, I'm old, I don't have a few years to live, and my eldest brother's family is now your only seedling." The second grandfather said in a sad tone.
"Okay." I don't know why I agreed to the second grandfather, maybe in my heart I still really want to see my mother, and I want to ask her face to face, why she was so ruthless to leave me alone.
"That's right, it's still half a month to Chinese New Year's Eve, come back early." The second grandfather urged.
"Got it." After hanging up, I lay on the bed and carefully recalled the memories of my mother in my mind, but I couldn't remember anything, as if I only knew this one person in my memory, and nothing else.
Forget it, I'm also the meat that fell from her body, and it's nothing to see each other.
So I bought a ticket back to my hometown in the mountains, and I haven't been back since I moved away as a child, and I'm a stranger to my hometown.
There is no train in the mountains, and there is only one bus a day into the mountains, so I took the New Year's goods and sat on the dilapidated bus.
It was already snowing in the mountains during this season, but fortunately the mountain road was built in the village, and the bus drove very slowly along the way, and I entered the village at almost noon.
This semi-enclosed mountain village is not at all what I imagined, the village has long been paved with oil and white roads, and every family lives in large brick houses, and it seems that the quality of life is good.
There are a total of more than 100 families living in the mountain village, and I don't know where the second grandfather's house lives, so I bought a pack of cigarettes in the small store at the entrance of the village, and by the way, I inquired about the address of the second grandfather's house, and I carried a lot of things around the village for a long time before I found the second grandfather's house.
The second grandfather's house has three large brick houses, the yard is very large, and there is a pile of dry firewood in the corner of the yard, which is used for heating in winter.
I didn't knock on the door and went directly into the house, what I didn't expect was that the second grandfather's house was having lunch, but I didn't know anyone else in this room except the second grandfather, and they were stunned when they saw me suddenly walk into the house, after all, they hadn't seen me for more than ten years, but the second grandfather knew me, because he also came when my grandmother died.
"It's the silver back, why don't you call in advance, come into the house." The second grandfather came over and patted me on the shoulder and laughed.