When An Lan and I returned to the residence, we saw a man in his twenties standing at the gate of the courtyard, and Sister Cai was communicating with her.

Neither I nor An Lan knew this person, so An Lan and I thought it was someone who was selling some kind of insurance.

I stopped the car and walked to the gate of the yard.

glanced at the young man, and then asked Sister Cai, "Sister Cai, what is this person doing?" ”

Sister Cai was about to speak, when the young man suddenly shouted to An Lan: "Sister, you are Sister An Lan, right?" ”

I was stunned for a moment, and looked back at An Lan, who also looked confused.

She walked over, looked at the young man in front of her, and asked, "Who are you?" I don't know you. ”

"Yes, we haven't met, but I'm your cousin! My name is An Yifeng. ”

I looked at An Lan again, and she looked dazed.

It seemed that she really didn't know this person who claimed to be An Lan's cousin, so I immediately said to him: "Don't mess around with relatives here, we don't know you, get out of here quickly." ”

He hurriedly said to An Lan again: "Sister An Lan, it doesn't matter if you don't know me, but you should know An Shibin, right?" ”

I raised my hand and pointed to his face, and said angrily, "Boy, I warn you again, get out of here, otherwise I'll call the security guards immediately, and don't swagger here." ”

"I didn't, what I said was true! Sister An Lan, your father An Jiahua is my uncle! ”

An Lan still looked dazed, I stopped talking nonsense with him, and said to Sister Cai instead: "Sister Cai, call the property in the community immediately and ask them to send a few security guards over." ”

"Wait!" An Lan suddenly stopped me, her brows furrowed.

I looked at her and wondered, "What's the situation?" ”

"She's right."

"What's right?" I looked at An Lan with confusion.

An Lan pulled me aside and whispered, "I heard my dad say that he has a brother who is several years younger than him, and his name is An Shibin, but I have never seen him. ”

I was stunned and said, "Then how do you know that what he said is true?" ”

An Lan was silent for a moment and said, "I'll go ask him." ”

We returned to the gate of the courtyard, and An Lan asked him, "You said that you are An Shibin's son, is there anything you can prove?" ”

"Yes." He nodded hurriedly, then took out a household registration book from a bag he carried with him and handed it over.

An Lanhu suspiciously took the household registration book and immediately opened it to look at it.

I also stepped forward to take a look, and the head of the household was indeed a person named An Shibin, and this person named An Yifeng was indeed An Shibin's son.

We were looking at his household registration book, and he suddenly took out a few envelopes from the bag and handed them forward, saying, "And these, Sister Anlan, this is what my uncle sent to my father, you can take a look." ”

An Lan then took the envelopes, and the stamps on the envelopes showed that they had been some years.

An Lan looked at the date on the envelope, then quickly opened the oldest letter, and then looked at it.

It reads:

"Shibin, how is your home? I'm in my second year of school in Beijing and I miss you guys so much. The weather is getting cooler and colder, and it is snowing heavily here in Beijing, which is invisible in our hometown, I wonder if my mother's back injury is better? Don't let your mother go up the mountain to chop wood anymore...... I heard in Beijing that our country has fully entered the era of reform and opening up, so if you have the opportunity, you can go to the county to see if there is any business to do, and self-employed will definitely be popular in the future. Finally, take care of your health and wish you a happy Chinese New Year in advance! ——An Jiahua; January 25, 1983. ”

This is the first letter, followed by the second:

"Shibin, I have received your letter, first of all, congratulations to you and your younger siblings on becoming parents. I've just graduated, and I have too many trivial things at work, so I haven't had time to go back to see you, and I'll definitely go back to see you and my siblings when I'm done. Everything is fine on my side, and you and your siblings should be well. Shibin's family will ask you, my mother's illness can't be delayed, you can collect the money remitted, don't say no every time, Shibin I'm the eldest brother, I should contribute to this family. ——An Jiahua; July 10, 1986. ”

And then the third:

"Shibin, there are three things to tell you in this letter, the first thing is that the work arrangement is going to let me go to London, I don't actually want to go, but the leader above said that this is for the future development and construction of our country, I think as a party member, this is what I should do;

The second thing is that my child has been born, it is a daughter, and her mother and I named her Anlan, and I will definitely bring her back to see you next time;

The third thing is that I recently remitted a sum of money to my family, and I need you to bring your ID card to the post office to collect the money, and I will ask you for your mother's funeral. Since ancient times, loyalty and filial piety have been in a dilemma, and I am very self-blaming and guilty. Shibin, fortunately there are you in this family, I have worked hard for you all these years, and I have also worked hard for my brothers and sisters. Everything is fine at home! ——An Jiahua; 5 October 1990. ”

……

For three whole letters, An Lan read them extremely seriously, and her tears had already flowed down the corners of her eyes, soaking the letter paper.

I reached out and hugged her shoulder, trying to give her some comfort.

After she finished reading, I took out a tissue to wipe her tears, and she choked up and said, "This is my father's handwriting, I recognize it." ”

An Yifeng immediately said: "Sister An Lan, I didn't lie to you, your father is really my uncle." ”

After An Lan took a long breath, he asked An Yifeng: "But in the letter that my father sent to his family in 1986, he said that his younger siblings are going to be parents, and you should be older than me when you calculate the time!" ”

An Yifeng smiled and said: "Sister An Lan, I am the second eldest in the family, and I also have an eldest sister, and the uncle said in the letter that it is my eldest sister." ”

An Lan thought for a while and said, "Let's go into the house, Sister Cai will cook two more dishes tonight." ”

After Sister Cai answered, she went back to the house.

An Lan and I took An Yifeng into the house, as if he had never seen such a luxurious family, as soon as he entered the house, he looked everywhere and saw that everything was fresh.

An Lan took him to the living room and sat down, poured him another glass of water, and then asked him, "How did you find me here?" ”

An Yifeng replied with a smile: "This is a long story, let me make a long story short, in fact, a few years ago, my uncle and my father had a phone call, and the uncle told my father that he might not come back in the future, and said that if there is that day, if we need anything, we can go to you." ”

An Lan frowned and said, "But I live here, and my dad doesn't know!" ”

"Auntie told me."

"My mother?" An Lan asked curiously.

An Yifeng nodded and said, "Yes, Sister An Lan, I have no choice, originally my father didn't let me ask you for help, but ...... Now I was really desperate, so I called my aunt without authorization, and the contact information was told to my dad by my uncle at that time. ”

An Lan frowned again, and said to himself a little, "Why didn't my mother tell me." ”

After she muttered to herself, she asked An Yifeng again, "What are you asking me for help?" What is cornered? ”