1

There was a beeping stir-fry in the kitchen.

Mrs. Zou was very busy.

Shredded mushroom meat is her granddaughter's favorite.

This is also her specialty.

Cut the shiitake mushrooms evenly into pieces, then cut the pork into pieces and wash them separately.

Peel a few cloves of garlic and wash a few shallots.

When the ingredients are ready, turn on the heat, boil the soup in the pot and pour the oil over it.

After the oil is sautéed until fragrant, add some crushed chili peppers.

The peppers were fried and blackened, and quickly poured the shredded meat into the pot.

Stir-fry the shredded meat until medium-rare, then pour the shiitake mushrooms into the pot.

I put the seasonings one by one according to the amount.

It doesn't take long for the dish to become fragrant and almost cooked.

Turn off the heat and put the dish on a plate.

At this time, the rice cooked in the rice cooker should also be ready.

Serve the rice in two smaller bowls.

This is the meal of the old and the young.

Simple, warm, two people can eat the taste of home when they are full.

Perhaps, this is also the reason why Zhou Qian is nostalgic for her grandmother's house.

In her home, there was hardly a trace of fireworks.

Most of the meals are bought from outside.

Or, go out to eat.

In this kind of life, the food is better, but the joy of home is lost.

I even have to buy food, where is this still like a home?

Dad can't cook, Mom doesn't want to cook, and she can't cook.

Although home is her physical and mental home, it is a hotel room like a hotel room for her parents.

Before going to work, there is a place to tidy up, after work, there is a place to sleep, for them, home, that's all.

But it's different at grandma's house.

Here you can eat grandma's fried dishes, and you can also chat with grandma.

It looks simple, but it can breed warmth in the heart.

Even if you are not in this home, you can think that it is a safe and warm home, a place you want to go back to.

Zhou Qian may not understand these truths, but she can really feel what she wants and what she doesn't want but can't get.

Also, she can feel what she wants and can get.

There is nothing complicated in a child's world, what she wants is also very simple, and what she can get is hard-won.

2

The meal was ready and served to the old table.

Zhou Qian ran over and prepared to eat.

Mrs. Zou gave her a bowl of rice.

She picked up the chopsticks on the plate, picked up some shredded mushrooms and meat, and ate them.

Eating aroused her appetite and filled her mouth with incense.

"Eat slowly, no one will rob you."

"Grandma's cooking is delicious......"

"If it's delicious, eat more, the portion of the dish is enough, enough for you to eat."

"Hmm. The rice made by grandma is also fragrant. ”

"The rice is cooked in a rice cooker, and it has little to do with grandma's craftsmanship."

"How can there be none? How much rice to put in the pot of the rice cooker, and how much water to add, are all amounted, which one is less, which one is more, and you can't taste the fragrant taste, only if you grasp it well, can it be so fragrant. ”

"Little girl, your mouth is really sweet."

"Tell me the truth."

"Okay, don't say more, hurry up and eat."

"Look at you, I'm eating slower, and you're urging me again......"

“……”

Mrs. Zou looked at her with kindness and care on her face.

Perhaps, she still knows that she is in a dream.

Being able to dream of her granddaughter is a hard-won thing for her and she must cherish.

Even though she knew she was dreaming, she still wanted to be the best she could be.

The love that can be given to her granddaughter, she will give it away without leaving a penny.

But all she can give her granddaughter is a good meal and a few words of concern.

She wanted to give her something else, but she didn't have anything, she couldn't give it to her.

It's okay, it's ordinary, it's simple, it's plain, it's easy, it's happy, and all the ways of expressing affection won't be so heavy.

It's as if her granddaughter is still by her side.

It seems that nothing has been lost, and he still has that happiness with sadness.

Watching her granddaughter eat, her eyes moistened.

And she still has a smile on her face, and she tries to show happiness.

Such hard-won things can't be made to disappear because of her momentary emotional out-of-control, so that all this suddenly ceases to exist.

3

Su Che and Melinda looked at this pair of grandchildren, and their hearts were not happy.

"Sister, should we avoid it?"

"Why?"

"Their meeting was so hard-won, I don't want to disturb them."

"We won't bother them, we're all in dreams now, and they can't see us."

"But my heart ...... It's a little uncomfortable. ”

"Oh?"

"Actually, I also want someone to be hurt, someone to love, and to be cared for and cared for by my relatives."

"Didn't I take good care of you all the time?"

"That's different. I treat you as a sister, and what I want is a father, or a mother, or like Zhou Qian, a grandmother. ”

“……”

Melinda didn't know what to say.

Su Che and Su Muzhe are brothers who grew up together.

They have no parents at an early age, and the brothers have lived for their lives, and they have lived until now.

And they don't seem to be alive......

In a predicamented dream, there is no way to get out, and a physical body maintains basic life functions, but the ideology cannot go back.

The lives of both people have led to the tragedy of uncertain future and death.

What a pair of hard-working brothers.

They learned to be independent at a very young age and to be strong in difficult days.

When no one cares for them, they rely on each other and keep each other warm.

They also need the care of their elders.

They also hope that like other children, they can be coquettish willfully, become spoiled children, become vulnerable, just to be protected by others.

But they couldn't.

Therefore, their hearts are stubborn and painful.

"Sister should have grown up in a good environment, right?"

"Well, I was born in a ...... Nice family. ”

"With parents, you were a very pampered baby when you were a child, right?"

"Well, I'm so smart, they all hold me in their hands, afraid that I will make any mistakes."

"Sister, your life is so good."

“……”

"If you can give me half of your happiness, I'll be thankful."

"Archer, don't think about it. There are some things that we can't change, and some things that we have, in fact, are accompanied by some kind of loss......"

"Okay, let's continue to see what this pair of grandparents and grandchildren do in a happy atmosphere."

"Next, I want you to see it, maybe you don't want to see it."

"Oh?"

"We're here looking for answers to certain questions, aren't we?"

"yes."

"So, Zhou Qian in the dream, I want to ask some things we want to know."

"Now?"

"Hmm."

Su Che looked at the grandfather and grandson who were eating, waiting for the next string of conversations he wanted to hear.

4

Sure enough......

Zhou Qian, who ate about the same time, slowed down the speed of eating.

"Grandma, you eat too, don't just watch me eat, you eat too......"

Zhou Qian took a few chopsticks and put them in the bowl where Mrs. Zou hadn't eaten much rice.

"Grandma is eating, you don't care about grandma."

Mrs. Zou did not stop her move, and was moved by her granddaughter's filial piety.

"Grandma, there's something I want to ask you."

"What do you want to ask me?"

"Other children, their parents love them, but why do my parents treat me so badly?"

“……”

Such a question surprised Mrs. Zou.

She coughed dryly a few times, and then said: "Every family has a difficult scripture, and you don't know it now, but when you grow up, you will naturally know it." ”

"Can't you tell me now?"

"I don't want to...... I don't want you to know, so I don't want to tell you right now. ”

"I vaguely remember that when I was very young, they loved me very much...... Why did they change again and stop loving me? ”

"Well, that's because they can't get by."

"Why?"

"You're not theirs...... It's not that you're not, it's that they're wrong, and living life like that doesn't feel like a home at all. ”

"I don't understand ......"

"Your father began to be depressed for some reason, and he was very disappointed in this family, and your mother was submissive at first, but then she couldn't bear it anymore, so she followed your father, didn't ask anything, got a job, went to work, and her feelings for this family gradually faded."

"I'm their child, they should be concerned about my feelings, right?"

"In their eyes, it's because of you that they ...... Hey, don't talk about it, eat and eat, Qianqian, the rice is almost cold. ”

"Grandma, I always felt that I was superfluous in that family, they didn't love me like other parents, and not only that, but they snubbed me."

"Qianqian, don't think about it, there...... It's always your home. ”

"Grandma, I don't want to be with them anymore, I want to live with you."

"Silly boy, don't talk this kind of nonsense, I'm an old woman, I can't take care of you."

"But you've taken good care of me, and I feel more like a home than in that home."

Mrs. Zou couldn't hold back any longer, and tears flowed down her cheeks.

A child's sincere words are told to her unabashedly, and even if she can't accept it, she can feel the child's troubles and pain.

That home...... It's really not what it looks like anymore.

The conflict between the husband and wife has killed the child who sits next to him and eats with him.

If it weren't for the dream, she would never see her granddaughter again.

She has lost this granddaughter whom she loves so much......

5

Zhou Qian sat next to Mrs. Zou and helped her wipe away her tears with her sleeve.

Mrs. Zou held her in her arms, and her heart was even more uncomfortable.

"Grandma, when did my mom and dad relationship start to deteriorate?"

"Why are you asking this?"

"I want to know how long they hurt me after I was born."

"When you were two years old, you crashed into a car and lost a lot of blood...... After that, your dad is cold to you. ”

"What about my mother?"

"Your mother must have been when you were a little over three years old, I think you have some memory."

"At that time, I didn't have much of an impression, it felt like it was too long ago."

"Once, your father suddenly disappeared from the house and didn't come back for more than half a month, and after coming back, it was like telling your mother something, and your mother was depressed for a month or two, and after that, there was a big change."

"Oh? What did Dad do? ”

"I don't know. However, during that period of time, their changes were also particularly obvious, a person who didn't like to talk began to make noise, and a person who was submissive began to collide, so they quarreled and became commonplace. ”

"I heard that you lived with us at the time, and you moved out later, did you move out at that time?"

"No, a little earlier. It's after your dad's attitude towards you starts to turn cold. ”

"They don't want you to see their unhappiness, do they?"

"Maybe, I wanted to take you with me, but they wouldn't let me."

"Is it my dad who won't let me, or is it my mom?"

"It's your dad."

"Oh, by the way, after my mother was depressed, did her attitude towards me also change?"

"yes. She doesn't have much maternal love for you, and when she sees you every day, she always blames you for being a drag bottle. ”

"It seems that in that family, I am a superfluous existence."

Mrs. Zou suddenly realized something, and immediately changed her tone and said with relief: "Qianqian, don't think about it. ”

"Maybe, I shouldn't have come into this world,—— they think so too, right?"

"Whatever they think, I never thought that way. You are my good granddaughter, and without you, my life would not be boring. ”

"Yes, only grandma loves me the most."

"You've always been a good granddaughter of your grandmother."

"Grandma, I love you, when I grow up, I will be filial to you, buy you a lot of delicious food, accompany you every day, and make you happy......"

Mrs. Zou was heartbroken when she heard this.

4

"Archer, let's go."

"Don't we need to stay any longer?"

"There's no need for it."

"Do you know the answers to those questions in your mind?"

"I don't know yet."

"Then why go?"

"It's impossible for Mrs. Zou to know the answers to those questions."

"Oh? Why? ”

"When Zhou Qian was more than three years old, Song Xiaowen was depressed for a month or two, and then her attitude towards that family changed."

"Well, that's right."

"Before that, Zhou Tianzhen disappeared for more than half a month."

"That's what Mrs. Zou said."

"In other words, Song Xiaowen's depression is likely to be related to Zhou Tianzhen's disappearance during that period of time."

"You're going to look down this line?"

"Yes, it's a very solid lead."

"How are you going to check?"

"Find Guo Chengyi first."

"Why are you looking for him?"

"Because I always felt like I had a lot to do with him."

"Didn't Song Xiaowen leave him after she eloped with him and came back? In Mrs. Zou's memories, he also seems to have never appeared again. ”

"It's just a one-sided speculation."

"Why are you so suspicious?"

"Mrs. Zou moved out of that home shortly after Zhou Tianzhen knew that Zhou Qian was not her biological daughter, that is to say, what happened in that home after she left, she could only hear about it, not experience it herself."

"Could it be that Guo Chengyi appeared in their lives again, pestering Song Xiaowen?"

"I don't know, I have to let Luo Feng investigate this matter."

Su Che was thoughtful.

Melinda took his hand and prepared to take him away.

"Sister, when will this dream disappear?"

"Maybe soon, but I also hope that it can be extended, so that Mrs. Zou can get some comfort in her psyche."

"You're not going to ruin this dream, are you?"

"No, it won't. I'm not going to do that kind of stuff. ”

"Okay, let's leave, give their grandchildren a space to be alone, and let Mrs. Zou feel this hard-won beautiful moment."

"Well, let's ...... go"

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