Sparrow said: "Lu Weilin returned to China to participate in the Anti-Japanese War, and in the year of the victory of the Anti-Japanese War, he died in a head-on encounter with the Japanese army. Arnold also returned to Europe to rejoin the Royal Air Force, because of the heroic combat achievements, and later became a combat hero, after the war, he married Martha, also quit drinking, chose to enter the political arena, served as the mayor of a small British town, in 1997 when Xiangjiang returned, we also met in Xiangjiang, he also died that year. ”

Luo Lie nodded.

Sparrow said: "The blind couple went to Nanyang, after Lu Weilin returned to China to participate in the war, Nanyang's business depended on their husband and wife to take care of, after Lu Weilin died in the war, Baihui committed suicide and martyrdom, their children were raised by the blind, the blind man's business was very big, and finally became Datuk, although he did not directly participate in the war, but also actively campaigned overseas to raise donations, can be regarded as a patriotic businessman who left a name in history, after the founding of New China, their husband and wife also actively donated, and now there are several universities in the country that they donated to build. ”

Luo Lie smiled: "He is so stingy and can become so generous, if it weren't for listening to you, I wouldn't believe it." ”

Sparrow said: "I also saw their couple in the early days of reform and opening up, when I was a visiting scholar to Nanyang, they also hospitably entertained me, they and Lu Weilin and his wife's children are very promising, most of them are in business, business in Southeast Asia is booming, Lu Weilin has a grandson named Lu Jianyang, now working in the National Academy of Sciences, in the late eighties of the last century, the blind couple died successively. ”

Luo Lie said: "Where is Brother Zhang?"

Sparrow said: "The two of them and your sister and brother-in-law have been helping to manage your family's business in China, but the situation has been turbulent, Ye Qinghong left Huangpu with the children after you did not return, she should have foreseen the next war and took the children to avoid the scourge of war, so the domestic business has always relied on Brother Zhang to manage." After decades of ups and downs, he finally survived the founding of the People's Republic of China, but later Hai Mingzhu's life experience was reported by no one else, according to the situation at the time, she should have been sentenced to death, Zhang Changgong got the news, and fled with her, and there has been no news of him since then. ”

Luo Lie's heart was gloomy, and the fate of Zhang Longbow was even more bumpy than that of several others.

Sparrow said: " Your sister and brother-in-law later worked in the government, although they went through some hardships, but in the end it was not bad, your sister later went to be a teacher, your brother-in-law went to the enterprise to be a leader, they have no children, this is the biggest regret of their lives, in the nineties, they passed away one after another, I remember when I went to visit your sister, she grabbed my hand and said, let me live well, she said, as long as one of us is still alive, we have to wait for you to come back, you have walked for so long, you may have forgotten the way home, if no one is waiting for you, you will...... I can't find a home anymore......" The sparrow's eyes turned red again.

Luo Lie's nose was sour, and he had the urge to cry, but he finally managed to control his tears, and said softly: "For so many years, haven't you ever heard from Qinghong?"

Sparrow said: "I know she has come back, but she has not met any of us, maybe she doesn't want to see us and think about sadness, the last news should be that your daughter is married." ”

Luo Lie was stunned and said, "Marriage?"

Sparrow nodded and said: "Your daughter Xiao Cai and Ren Tianjun's son Ren Yuqing got married, and when they were newly married, they specially returned to Huangpu to worship their elders, Ye Qinghong did not come together, Cheng Yufei met them, the news at that time was that Ye Qinghong has been waiting for you, she firmly believes that you will come back, Xiao Rainbow said that she was all right, but because she had instructed her, she did not disclose her mailing address, and soon after the civil war broke out, she completely cut off contact. She shook her head and said: "But with Ye Qinghong's ability, they should live very well, you don't have to worry, the little rainbow is very beautiful, and Ren Yuqing is also handsome and handsome." ”

Luo Lie smiled bitterly: "I, who is a father-in-law, have never seen my son-in-law. ”

Sparrow said: "Why haven't you seen him, didn't you see him when he was a child?" By the way, I forgot to mention Ren Tianjun, Ren Tianjun got a strange disease not long after you left, and suddenly aged into an old man, after he died, Ye Qinghong adopted Ren Yuqing. ”

Luo Lie nodded, that was his promise to Ren Tianjun, thinking that more than a hundred years had passed, Ye Qinghong's life should have been spent in pain and waiting. Luo Lie's eyes fell on the sparrow, in fact, the sparrow is not the same.

Sparrow said: "Cheng Yufei is actually an underground party member, after the founding of the People's Republic of China, she entered the public security system, but unfortunately she died in an anti-special operation, she is my best friend......" Although so many years have passed, Sparrow still feels sad when she mentions this matter.

Luo Lie said: "Tell me about yourself." ”

Sparrow said: "I have something to say, I ......" She wanted to perfunctory the past, but under Luo Lie's sharp gaze, she knew that she couldn't hide it, even Sparrow felt funny, and an old woman in her hundredth year old would feel a little flustered in the face of this young man.

Sparrow said: "You have seen it, I am even so old as my great-granddaughter." ”

Luo Lie said: "When will you get married?"

Sparrow laughed, "No, really not, do you remember Sean?"

Luo Lie nodded, Sparrow used to have the identity of a marquise back then, but it turned out that she and Sean were not really married.

Sparrow said: "I have a fear of marriage, so I have always been single, but then I was lonely and adopted a child by chance, that is, Yan'er's grandfather." Now he has passed away for many years, my grandson's name is Ma Guoming, and he is very powerful. She glanced at Luo Lie and said, "Go and take care of your appearance, it's sloppy, it's really not like you." ”

Luo Lie said: "It's good to see you again!" He patted the sparrow's hand, the delicate and round hand in the past has now become dry and old, and the sparrow smiled: "Do you want me to help you get a haircut, in the past, my son's and grandson's heads were all shaved by me." ”

Luo Lie smiled: "Okay!"

When Luo Lie went to take a bath, Sparrow picked up the phone, pressed the redial button, and soon the other party connected the phone: "Grandma, should you have made a mistake again this time?"

The sparrow chirped, "In your eyes, is my old woman already old and confused?"

"You are not confused, cunning is not enough to describe your old wisdom. ”

Sparrow couldn't help laughing: "Good grandson, I want to go back to Huangpu." ”

"What?"

"Let your private jet come and pick me up, and you inform Lu Jianyang to let him see me at home tomorrow night. ”

"Grandma, Jian Yang is busy with work. ”

"No matter how busy you are, you have to come!" Sparrow hung up.

Ma Yan'er drove back after purchasing, and saw the old lady sitting outside alone, she thought Luo Hunt was gone, but seeing that the snow mastiff was still lying on the grass lazily basking in the sun, it was estimated that Luo Hunt was still at home, and asked curiously: "What about him?"

Sparrow said, "Let's take a bath." ”

Ma Yan'er's eyes widened: "Take a bath, he actually takes a bath here with you? Grandma, don't you have a habit of cleanliness? Who is he? You are so good to him?"

"My grandson!"

"You have such a young grandson, do you?"

Sparrow said, "Do you think I'm old?"

Luo Lie, who had shaved off his beard and cut his hair short, changed into a shirt and suit, and his whole person looked new inside and out, and he boarded a private plane to Huangpu that night, accompanied by Sparrow. Luo Lie's memory had an impression of an airplane, but it was the first time he had taken such a modern means of transportation. Now that you can go around the world in one day, listen to the introduction of Sparrow, the fastest plane can fly from Huangpu to San Francisco in three hours.

Sparrow didn't let Ma Yan'er go with her, she didn't want too many people to know Luo Lie's secret.

After the plane took off, Sparrow called for two glasses of red wine, and she said to Luo Lie: "In an hour and a half, we will be able to reach Huangpu." ”

Luo Lie nodded: "Huangpu should have changed a lot, right?"

Sparrow said: "You shouldn't recognize it, but some buildings are still there and have become national key protected cultural relics." ”

Luo Lie took a sip of red wine.

Sparrow said, "Is there anything I can help you with?"

Luo Lie put down the wine glass, took a deep breath and said, "I promised Qinghong that I would go back." ”

Sparrow didn't feel any surprise at his words, being content with the status quo has never been Luo Lie's style, she said softly: "Do you know that if you want to go back to the past, you have to travel through time, which only exists in theory. ”

Luo Lie shook his head and said, "It's not just a theory, as far as I know, there are already people who are working on the equipment of time travel, and it will be made in two years." ”

The sparrow looked at Luo Lie in surprise: "You seem to have a lot of things to hide from me." ”

Luo Lie said: "There is no way to do it. ”

Sparrow sighed and said, "You, you never really believed me. ”

Luo Lie laughed: "You have a prejudice against me. ”

Sparrow said, "No!"

Luo Lie said: "You told Ma Yan'er that I was your grandson?"

Sparrow couldn't help but laugh: "Then what do I say? Do I want to tell her that you are my friend and my eldest brother?"

Luo Lie smiled and said, "Originally." ”

Sparrow said: "Who would believe that you would have such an old sister." ”

Luo Lie said: "In my heart, you are always the way you used to be. ”

"If I had been a hundred years younger, I might have believed it," said Sparrow, "but now ......," she shook her head, and said, "Lie to the little girl with your sweet words." She suddenly remembered something, pointed to Luo Lie's nose and said, "I warn you not to beat my great-granddaughter's idea." ”

Luo Lie really couldn't cry or laugh: "Don't worry, I have a wife and children." ”

Sparrow said: "Yes, you have a wife and children, unlike me who is lonely, Luo Lie, I don't understand something, why don't you always like me?"

Without waiting for Luo Lie to answer, she waved her hand and said, "Don't say it, don't say it, don't let my old woman's last illusion be shattered." ”