Chapter I

North, Silent D City. The word "Fu" is pasted on the door of every house, and red lanterns are hung to represent prosperity. It was already the twenty-ninth day of the lunar month, and it was the thirtieth day of the Chinese New Year's Eve at dawn. Every household is busy, preparing for the most traditional and important festival of the Chinese, the Spring Festival.

In the orphanage of D City, the director sitting in the main hall looked at the snowflakes falling outside the window. Thinking about the donations from all walks of life over the years, the lives of the orphans in the orphanage have been somewhat guaranteed, and I am more or less relieved. It's just that once you scatter people and leave the world. Can these children live the same life as they do now? Thinking of this, the wrinkles on the old man's forehead seemed to deepen faintly. Suddenly, the old man looked at the gate of the orphanage.

Just when the old man was worried about the future of the children in the orphanage, he seemed to see a figure flashing outside the fence of the orphanage. The old man stood up, ignored the heavy snow outside the window, and hurriedly walked to the door. Now several orphans in the orphanage are placed at the door like this, perhaps because they are afraid of being known, or because they feel that abandoning their biological children makes these people unwilling to show their faces in front of others. So these people put down their children at the door and hurried away.

Although he walked to the door, the old man did not expect this scene to happen again. After all, children can only enjoy family affection if they follow their parents. The children in the orphanage are missing too much. Walked to the door, opened the small door on the big fence, and the old man stepped out.

Disappointed expectations, looking at the child in front of him who was still asleep in swaddling clothes. The old man slowly hugged him in his arms and gently dusted off some snowflakes on the outside of the swaddling clothes. Looking at the empty street, he turned around and walked back to the orphanage. It's just that the sigh when he turns around is so harsh.

In a child's eyes, time always flies so fast. Looking at the children playing in the courtyard, the older dean said to a middle-aged man beside him: "These poor children, although they are living happily now. But no matter how old you are a year or two, alas, you will always want to have a home of your own, a father and a mother. ”

"Elder Wang, I came this time to claim two children. You also know my situation, I can't have children of my own. But I also want to have fun with my family, so I came this time to adopt two children to complete my family. Rest assured, I will treat it as my own. The man, who was about forty years old, said seriously to the old man beside him.

The dean, known as Elder Wang, turned his head and looked at the man beside him. "There was a child who was sent here five years ago the day before the Chinese New Year's Eve. Although he doesn't know who his parents are, this child is sensible earlier than other children. The old man turned and led the man to a big tree in the yard, a little boy under the tree. He looks a little thin, but there is some light in his eyes that is beyond his age. Seeing the old man come over, the boy stood up.

"Nan Nan, this is your Uncle Xiao. A lot of our things were donated by your Uncle Xiao. The old man touched the boy's head, looked at the boy and asked, "Nan Nan, are you willing to go home with your Uncle Xiao?" You should also go to school, your Uncle Xiao wants to take you home." ”

The child, named Nan Nan, raised his head and looked at the man beside the old man. He looked at the old man again, lowered his head and said, "I don't want to go, I want to be with my grandfather." I only have grandpa in my family. ”

"Alas, Nan Nan, but grandpa can't accompany you for a lifetime. Grandpa hopes that you can have better conditions to live and study. That's what Grandpa wanted to see. Although the old man was disappointed, he also had some relief. After all, no one is reluctant to send away the children who have been brought up since childhood.

"Your name is Nan Nan, my name is Xiao He. You just call me Uncle Xiao, I want to take you and another child home. There is also an aunt of yours at home, who is my wife. We'll be sure to treat you well. Will you treat you like your own child, would you like to go home with me?" Although he was rejected, Xiao He, who was unwilling, squatted down, put his hands on the boy's shoulders, and tried again to say: "Auntie and I will give you the best conditions for you to grow up, and I promise that as long as you are free, you can come back to see grandpa at any time, okay?"

The boy broke away from Xiao He's hands, and instead grabbed the dean's hand. looked at Xiao He and said, "Uncle Xiao, I just want to be with my grandfather." It was my grandfather who brought me up, and I didn't want to go anywhere and wouldn't go. Take the other children with you. After saying this, as if he was afraid that the dean would be angry, he looked up at the dean again.

"Hehe, Xiao He, since Nan Nan is unwilling, we don't have to be reluctant. Although I appreciate so much you have done for the orphanage over the years. But my greatest wish is for the children to be happy. I didn't expect Nan Nan, this child, to be so reluctant to me. The yard took the boy by the hand and walked back to the house.

Xiao He stood up and looked at the back of the old and the young. A wry smile appeared at the corner of his mouth, but he didn't expect that he couldn't even handle a child.

In the end, Xiao He still took two children, a boy and a girl. Just like Xiao He said. I made up for my family and went to enjoy the joy of family.

D city at night, exceptionally peaceful. The moonlight shone through the glass on the boy's face, and the boy turned away. Facing the wall, he closed his eyes. He whispered, "This is the only place where I live." ”

The children of the orphanage sat around a large table in the hall, looking at the smiling faces of the old people. Dean Wang looked at the boy beside him and said, "Nan Nan, you are going to Kyoto to go to university soon." You'll have to work hard when you get there. As he spoke, he took out an ink-colored crystal from the pocket on the side of his clothes and handed it to the boy: "This is what was left in your swaddling clothes back then." Maybe it's your family that left you a token. Take it, if you want to find your family in the future, you may only have to rely on this crystal. ”

Su Nan took this crystal, perhaps because of the feeling of taking it from the dean's grandfather. There is still residual warmth on it, and it feels a little warm to the touch. Take a breath. Su Nan said: "Grandpa, from the day I was placed at the gate of the orphanage, I only had one relative. If my parents wanted to find me, they would have found it a long time ago. Turning his head to look at the people at the table, Su Nan said again: "This is my home, and my relatives are here." ”

At this time, three or four girls with dishes came out of the small door on the side of the hall, and one of them, a girl who looked about the same size as Su Nan, said: "Yes, yes, you know that you can't bear grandpa." After all these years, children who are older than you and about your age have been adopted. It's just that you don't want to leave here. Grandpa knows it, eat it. With that, he sat down and handed out chopsticks to everyone at the table.

Looking at the girl opposite, Su Nan rarely showed a smile: "I'm going to Kyoto soon, and I'm not worried about my grandfather's body." Sister Qi, you must tell me something, otherwise I will be unhappy. ”

"You can rest assured, I will definitely take care of grandpa, you can go to school with peace of mind. In the future, when you succeed in school, your grandfather will be happy. Eat it, little Nanzi. The girl took Su Nan's words and said, "It's really worrying about you, you must take care of yourself after you go to Kyoto." The mind must be focused on studying, you know?"

The old man looked at the young man and girl on the table who were telling each other, as if he had thought of something. took a sip of wine and said to Su Nan: "Nan Nan, grandpa doesn't want you to get ahead in the future." It's just that you hope you don't be tempted by the flowers and plants of society. Speaking of this, he looked at the girl opposite Su Nan again. Then he said solemnly to the children on the table, "You must remember that we are human beings, decent people. Be sure to stand up your spine. Don't be poked in your back by others! You must stand up and be an upright person in the future, my Wang family has been a grass people for generations, but there has never been anything morally corrupt, I hope you will not let me down in the future. ”

Su Nan, who grew up listening to the old man's words since she was a child, seemed to have something touching in her heart. He looked up at the girl across from him who was also looking at him. He hurriedly lowered his head and began to eat, and the girl's face turned red inexplicably.

The old man laughed when he saw this, which made the girl's face redder and the boy's head lower.

The next morning, Su Nan had just opened the door of the orphanage. I saw Xiao He get out of the car with his wife and two children and come over. "Hello uncle and aunt, Ziqiang Tingting, are you also on vacation? . Su Nan took the initiative to talk to Xiao He's family in the past.

Xiao He's wife pulled Su Nan and put a bank card in Su Nan's hand. "Nan Nan, I heard that you have been admitted to the university in Kyoto, and I congratulate you with your Uncle Xiao. This is my reward to you with your Uncle Xiao. Don't refuse, this is also so that your grandfather can lighten some of the burden. Do you want grandpa to worry about your tuition at such an old age?" Su Nan, who originally wanted to refuse, heard this and clenched the bank card in his hand. said to Xiao He's wife: "Auntie, I will definitely work hard to earn money to pay you back in the future." ”

Xiao He, who was walking in front, heard this and turned around. knocked on Su Nan's head, and said to Su Nan with a smile: "Boy, you didn't go with me back then." Now tell me this, am I subsidizing your tuition so that you can pay it back? That's the best reward for the old man and me, you know?"

And the girl Xiao He took away back then is now Xiao Tingting. also said to Su Nan: "Brother Nan, you just take it." My dad wasn't short of money. When you go to Kyoto, you must not owe yourself anything, eat when you should eat, and drink when you should drink. I can give you some of my private money when I don't have any money, hehe. ”

Xiao Ziqiang, who was next to him, put his arm around Su Nan's shoulders and squeezed his eyes: "Alas, when I was short of money, my good sister never said that she would subsidize me for a penny." It's really different. Su Nan, I envy you so much. ”

Hearing these words, Su Nan could only rub his nose and give a helpless smile. And Xiao Tingting stretched out her hand to Xiao Ziqiang's waist: "Brother, what kind of funding do you want, you tell me." ”

Xiao Ziqiang was just about to shout when he heard Xiao He's shout in the hall: "Why don't you two come in quickly, say hello to the old man!"

Hearing Xiao He's shout, Xiao Tingting stuck out her tongue. hurriedly pulled Xiao Ziqiang's next door into the house.