Chapter 115: Return Home

When I was a teenager, I went away and flew back to my hometown when I was young, and I walked through familiar and unfamiliar places all the way at night in addition to my excitement, until I stood on the street where I used to grow up as a child, and I felt really speechless.

I couldn't find the home I had lived in, this familiar place had changed dramatically, and the streets of the bungalows were all gone. Instead, there are high-rise buildings and shopping malls. I took a look at the watch Xie Qihua gave me, and it was half past three in the morning. I didn't withdraw any cash at all because of the reason that Huo Wu sent me, and at this moment I only have a bank card and recovery procedures on me.

At this time, the bank was not open, and as soon as I was excited, I drove them away. I can't live by myself, and now I can only eat the wind and sand, standing in the middle of the city, waiting for the dawn.

As a human who has just recovered from my body, I still feel a little tired from standing like this all the time. The sky is getting brighter, there are sanitation aunts on the street, the sky is a little brighter, and pedestrians on the morning shift are beginning to appear, and people start to come and go on the road when the sky is bright.

Just when I was thinking that this was not the way to go, maybe I should ask the police uncle to ask where my family had moved. I finally saw a man who used to live on our street. I excitedly grabbed this uncle, who had long forgotten his name, and this sudden situation made him almost have a heart attack.

After some reassurance, the uncle slowly calmed down, and he told me that he had no money, and if he begged for food, it was better to go to the train station, where people came and went, and it was easy to get money.

I hurriedly explained that I was the eldest of the Ma family who used to live on this street, and I even stole your pickles to eat when I was a child.

The uncle had a good memory and immediately remembered who I was, and he asked me how much I would pay back his pickle pimples. I said uncle, this is not the point, let's talk about pickle gnocchi later. Can you tell me where the Ma family is moving now?

Uncle only knew that our family had moved to a few residential buildings not far across the street, and he didn't know the exact house number. However, those buildings are occupied by old neighbors, so I used to inquire about it.

I thanked the uncle and promised to return him a box of pickles when I had the chance, and I quickly walked to the place that the uncle said. After a street and an alley, I came to the three residential buildings that the uncle said. A bunch of old men and ladies downstairs were chatting together after buying vegetables, and they were just about to go over and ask which building the Ma family lived in. I turned my head and saw my parents chatting with two couples of the same age as me at the door of a nearby unit.

I can't describe my mood at the moment, let alone call out the honorific title of my long-lost parents, I can only rush to my parents and kneel on the ground and kowtow three times. I looked up at my parents again, and I was already in tears.

My parents were startled by my sudden move, and when the second elder saw it clearly, my mother was carrying something in her hand and fell to the ground, and my father's excited lips kept trembling. Our family didn't cry loudly, but silently vented each other's affection.

My parents patted my head emotionally and proudly told the neighbors around me who were a little dumbfounded.

It was my son who came back from the army to visit us, and then my mother took me by the hand and led me back to her own home like when I was a child. This is a small penthouse with two rooms, and the entrance is a small strip of corridor. At the end of the hallway is a small toilet. There is a small kitchen opposite the two bedrooms, and this house should only be thirty or forty square meters in size, and I don't think it is as big as the bungalow I used to live in. After all, the bungalow used to come with a small yard.

A house doubles as a living room, a bedroom, and a meal. This room looks like my sister Ma Li's room. There are a lot of ragdoll dolls in the room, so I look at this room, and I think of Ma Li, who is six years younger than me, and there is a trace of warmth in my heart.

She was less than ten years old when I left, and in the blink of an eye she became a big girl in her twenties. Ma Li was very close to me when she was young, but I, as an older brother, always disliked her for being a little kid and a fart, so I often left her alone to play by myself.

Now that I think about it, I have been very sensible since I was a child, and my sister feels a little regretful. My parents haven't seen me for more than ten years, and this family reunion naturally has a lot to say. I sat between them and listened to the chatter of the two elders, and occasionally picked up what I could say to answer the two elders. This kind of scene makes me happy and comfortable, and it seems that the sadness of the water child's departure has finally been alleviated, and the family is the best spiritual harbor.

In the blink of an eye, it was noon, and my mother Zhang Luo cooked for me. She also deliberately went out to buy a lot of vegetables. We had a phone at home, and my mother used her home phone to paged Ma Li, who worked in the studio, and told her to go home at noon. But her mother didn't say what it was, she wanted to surprise Ma Li.

As soon as my mother had prepared lunch, Mary led a boy back to the house, and they startled me as soon as they entered. Ma Li dyed her hair yellow, dressed very masculinely, and had several large holes in her pants. It's like I can do it.

The boy next to her was no better than her, with long hair and pigtails, and no place to look down on his body. Luckily, the two children still have relatively clean faces, at least I can see what they look like. This makes me feel a little more comfortable.

People say that blood is thicker than water, and Ma Li, a little punk, threw herself into my arms without being introduced by my parents. It turns out that this girl recognized me as her brother. The ensuing scene is warm and harmonious. The way Mary and her boyfriend dressed made my heart tremble slightly, but who was in a position to judge a family member I hadn't seen for so many years.

Anyway, being healthy and happy is more important than anything else, and punk is punk. My mother told me that my father has not been in good health over the years, thanks to Ma Li's boyfriend Ma Mada who has helped the family do many things. The manual work at home is basically contracted by the motor alone.

I thought to myself, Ma Li, the two of them are quite fateful, and the most important thing is that the motor is equivalent to indirectly doing so much filial piety for me by my parents' side for so many years. I am very grateful to my sister and this boyfriend of hers.

I was happy and raised my glass to call the motor brother, and instantly recognized this brother-in-law in my heart. Ma Li, Ma Ma took a leave of absence from the company and stayed with me until the evening. The motor helped my mother clean up the housework before saying a polite goodbye to us, this motor made me understand that people should not be deceitful, and my heart swept away the last bit of style prejudice about his dressing.

Everyone has a different way of living, and I should learn to respect their way of living, as long as it is good, everything is sunny. I was embarrassed about how to rest at night when my parents and sister led me to the top floor of a unit next to the building. They opened the door and went in, and the size of the house was the same as their own house just now, but the furniture was a little simpler.

My mother told me that I bought this house a few years ago in order to give me a place to come back and live in. My mother and my father are both laid-off workers, and my father is not in good health and can only do odd jobs to earn some money. If it weren't for my salary of more than 1,000 a month, it would have been really difficult for my family.

My parents wanted to buy me a bigger house, but they didn't have enough money, so they had to buy this adjacent house, which was considered a nest for me anyway. Listening to my mother's words, my heart was extremely sore, and I hurriedly took out the bank card that Mr. Li gave me and handed it to my mother.

At first, my mother resolutely didn't want to, and said that I would keep my own flowers. But when she learned that there were 500,000 yuan in this card, she was startled, and she was very nervous to ask where the money came from. I told my mom that it was a special class allowance and a bonus for missions, and she easily believed what I said.

My mother happily put away this card and said that it would be used by my daughter-in-law in the future, and explained that the money was not safe in my hands, and she kept it on my behalf. I looked at my mother's satisfied expression and felt a little grateful to Mr. Li for this panacea.

My parents accompanied me until late, and Ma Li was tired of me continuing to talk, so she took out a box from under the bed and opened it, which was full of things I had left behind after I left. I looked at the watch, the rope necklace inside the box, and felt in a trance. Ruibao, the figure of Peach slowly came to my mind.

Ma Li said that the old house was demolished five years ago, and the old man, that is, my master, disappeared after the old house was demolished. Since then, no one here has seen Old Yutou again, and no one knows where he has gone.

When her parents and Ma Li moved here for the third year, Li Tao came to find her. She told her parents that she and Yang Rui had been studying abroad all these years, and this time Yang Rui returned to China to study at a famous university in the south, and she ran back.

Li Tao came to the door to make sure if I was really dead, and she also said that she and Yang Rui had never forgotten me for so many years. They both wanted me to be alive. My parents remembered the confidentiality agreement signed back then, so they didn't dare to say anything to Li Tao, but just blindly perfunctory and avoided the important. Li Tao could only get up and say goodbye when she saw her parents' attitude, and when she left, she told her parents that she didn't want to go to school, and she wanted to be a businessman like her aunt. And she loves the city, which is full of childhood memories, so she is ready to start her entrepreneurial journey here.

A few months ago, Ma Li really met Li Tao on the street again, and Ma Li wanted to avoid trouble, but was recognized by Li Tao, who was dressed fashionably and brightly. She warmly pulled Ma Li to chat, and said that when she went to the house a few years ago, it happened that she was not at home, and she must be invited to dinner this time.

Ma Li found an excuse to refuse Li Tao's invitation, and when Li Tao asked me about it again, Ma Li didn't dare to tell her the truth. However, Li Tao seemed to know something, she told Ma Li that she now opened a shopping mall by herself, and she also got in touch with the Gao brothers. She left her mobile phone number so that Ma Li would go and play with her if she was fine.

The Gao brothers are also mixing very well now, and Ma Li once met Zhan Kui driving a luxury car on the street, but she didn't go over to say hello. My sister and I chatted for a while, and Ma Li couldn't open her sleepy eyes before going back to sleep. I am very happy to know some news of Li Tao, Yang Rui, and the Gao brothers, it turns out that Taozi and Ruibao have now returned to China.