Chapter 2 Grandpa's Box
My name is Zhu Aming, born in Yangzhou, my father opened a small supermarket convenience store, there is no problem in life, and my hometown is in a fishing village in Lianyungang, my father rarely takes me back to my hometown, even if I go back, he does not let me enter my grandfather's house, and my grandfather in my memory seems to have no intersection with me, and he has not even said a word. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 infoEvery time I go back, my grandfather is always angry at my dad and asks me to go, the farther I go, the better, I always think that there is a deep hatred between my dad and grandpa.
But father and son did not have an overnight feud, whenever my father was scolded, there was no complaint, I didn't understand, but when my grandfather looked at me, I could see kindness in his eyes, at least I was not angry, as for the rest, I can't remember.
In '88, when I was five years old, my grandfather had not passed away, and the first time I saw my grandfather, my grandfather only looked at me and let me out, and within ten minutes, my father was kicked out of the house.
My grandfather was the only one living in the house, I stood outside the door, very close to the sea, let the sea breeze blow my face, extremely comfortable, always wanted to go to the sea to try, but was stopped by my father.
In ninety-six years, the hometown called, grandpa was seriously ill, eleven-year-old I followed my dad back to my hometown again, this time, my dad stayed in my grandfather's house for about two hours, seemed to say a lot, when he came out, I can clearly remember that he cried, the rest may not be able to remember all, but I clearly remember that grandpa said a word loudly in the house, never come back, let me remember.
In ninety-seven years, Hong Kong returned to the motherland, and at the same time, the sad news of my grandfather's death came, and my father took me back to my hometown fishing village again, this time, while my father was packing up my grandfather's belongings, I curiously slipped into the room that I had never entered, my grandfather's house.
There is nothing special in Grandpa's house, the furniture may not know how many years it has been used, it is very old, but the items are very neatly arranged, except that the room is very cold, a gust of wind blows, I shivered, and exited his room.
The funeral was very simple, there were few relatives in my hometown, and there were no friends to mourn, but there was a man with a shawl that impressed me, this man was tall, his hair was messy, his clothes were also tattered, and there was a fishy smell on his body, his bangs covered his eyes, making it impossible to judge what kind of expression he was, inadvertently, a green light flashed in his pupils, which made goosebumps tremble all over my body, and when I wanted to see his eyes clearly, I saw a slight smile at the corner of his mouth, and I lowered my head in a panic, and he, taciturn, came to burn a handful of paper money and left.
My dad sold his dilapidated house and returned to Yangzhou with me the only relic of my grandfather, which was an old box that looked so rotten that my dad locked it in the pantry and told me not to open it.
Later, because of curiosity, I always wanted to secretly see what was in the box, but I never had the opportunity, once I successfully entered the storeroom, but was caught real, and then beaten half to death by my father, since then, the box, in my heart formed a magic barrier, no longer dare to approach it.
Later, I also grew up, because I didn't study well, I loved to fight, and I didn't do my job, so I was sent to the army after graduating from high school, and coincidentally, I actually entered the navy, the navy of the South China Sea.
I'm a landlubber, and I haven't learned to swim, and my dad doesn't either, and my dad used to say that my grandfather wouldn't let him teach me to swim, and he wouldn't give me swimming, and I was puzzled, but after all, it was an adult, and I had to listen.
When I was training in swimming on land, there was no one to teach me, but I came and went freely in the water, and when I met the water, it was like returning to my mother's arms, and I, as if I was born to be a swimmer, won the first place in the later assessment competition.
God opened the door for you, and he will close a window for you, my marksmanship is surprisingly bad, when I shoot at the target, four out of five shots miss, I can't learn anything, there is no way, when the recruits leave the company, I was assigned to a cruiser as a sailor, responsible for sea patrol and search and rescue.
The comrades-in-arms on the ship are very good to me, life on the ship is not so tiring, I am still very proud of the fixed sea patrol every day, in the southernmost part of the motherland, responsible for defending the country.
Although the wind and sun are infinitely good, but the good days are not long, during a patrol, my comrades are taking a nap, I smoked, looking at the sea on the deck, there is no wind and no waves, but for no reason suddenly rolled a big wave, because I did not stand firm, I was thrown directly into the sea, even if I can swim again, but for the sudden launch, I was also blind, when I relaxed and swam out of the sea, the wind was very strong, but the sky changed its appearance, thousands of miles of dark clouds from the south quickly drifted, this is the rhythm of the storm.
The cruiser was ten meters away from me, and I couldn't swim the ship, so I swam to the side of the ship and shouted vigorously: "Eighteen! Eighteen! ”
You 18 is a sentry on duty, a native of Zhoushan, and also my comrades in arms, the relationship between the two of us is the best on weekdays, this point is the turn of the two of us to stand sentry, he is responsible for keeping an eye on the sea, I am responsible for patrolling the ship, because the weather is hot, maybe I fell asleep, shouted for a long time, I don't know if I didn't hear it, or I slept too dead, and there was no response, but the waves were still too strong, and I woke You 18 directly, and when he came back to his senses, he immediately jumped up and ran to the deck to blow the whistle.
Even though I was in the sea, what happened next made me tremble and sweat all over.
The sea water slapped on my face, but I clearly remembered that a ten-meter-high wave swept from the surface of the sea at a high speed, directly swallowing the cruiser, I took a deep breath out of self-preference, and dived into the sea, but when I surfaced, the wind and the sun were beautiful, and everything seemed so calm, I looked behind me, the dark clouds had gone away, and the ship had disappeared.
I hurriedly swam to the surface of the sunken ship, shouting to the captain and squad leader, but no one answered, and then I dived into the sea again, but I could not see where the ship was, and my heart sank at once, could it be that they were all sacrificed? I can't accept this fact, after all, it's my comrades-in-arms who have been together for more than half a year.
"Plop!"
Not far away, the ship's flagpole floated up, and on it lay another survivor of the entire ship, clutching the flagpole and the national flag.
I swam to You Eighteen, and the two of us were on the flagpole, comforting each other, and it took two full days to float before the rescue fleet arrived.
A ship was gone, only a flagpole and two sailors remained, and the rescue team searched and rescued for half a month, and finally stopped the search and rescue with a message of sacrifice.
You 18 and I returned to the land base with the flagpole and the national flag, and then at that time, we both became logistics soldiers and did not go to sea until we were discharged.
Saying goodbye to You Eighteen, I returned to Yangzhou, but found that the convenience store was not open, and the neighbor told me that my father had gone far away, leaving only a letter.
Child:
There are some things to do for the father, to find the truth about your grandfather, don't worry.
My dad only left this paragraph, which made me very puzzled, I called the police, and the police said that they couldn't find it, and I always believed that my dad would come back soon.
The house was empty, my father was not around, I still had to live, there was no way, in order to make a living, I opened a convenience store that had been closed for many days, made a little money, ate and drank with friends, and no one cared about it at night, so three years passed.
Suddenly, one day, the police came to my door and told me that my missing father had returned, but not alive, but a found body, and the only thing left was a picture of me.
According to the police, my father went to the South China Sea and drowned fifty nautical miles from the coast, and there was a sunken ship nearby, and there were several people on board who were with my father, which reminded me of the events when I was a soldier in the South China Sea, and I still remember that scene vividly.
After my father's funeral, I was left alone in this world, still running my convenience store, and what I never understood was the content of the letter my father left me: the truth about my grandfather.
I don't know what my dad knows, after all, I don't have any contact with my grandfather.
Suddenly, I remembered something, the box that was once beaten half to death by my father for trying to peek, my grandfather's old box.
I hurriedly closed the door and ran all the way home, found a hammer, and smashed open the door of the storeroom.
It was pitch black, the storage room had not been visited for I don't know how many years, it was cold and damp, the dust inside was very thick, there were cobwebs everywhere, I felt the wall to find the switch, the light bulb in the storage room flashed and flickered, although it had not been used for a long time, but it still did not affect its use, it was there, the very top of the shelf.
I coughed incessantly from the dust, and I stepped on a stool to hold the box down, only to find a letter on the top of the box.
It was my dad's note, and the letter was about my grandfather.
Grandpa is a seafarer, often go to sea, dad rarely saw grandpa when he was a child, each time it takes more than half a year, I remember once, grandpa came home and told dad, saying that he was going to go out to sea, if he successfully arrived, after coming back, they will no longer live a hard life. However, that time my grandfather was gone for five years, and when he came back, he only brought back this box. Grandpa told his father that he was cursed and told him never to go near him, so he had to go to his aunt in Yangzhou and put down roots here.
The letter told me that my father had a demon because of my grandfather's affairs and had always wanted to know the truth.
In fact, my father doesn't know, but now I also have demons in my heart, and I also want to know what happened to my grandfather and father.
Grandpa's old box was locked, and when I hit it with a hammer, the lock fell off, and it seemed that my father had already opened it.
Slowly opening the box, I thought there was something terrible that could make Grandpa and Dad treat it so carefully, but found that there was only a yellowed notebook and something like a pocket watch, I opened the first page of the notebook, and it said this:
The treasure of the world really exists, and it is in my hands - Zhu Erpi, July 21, 1972.