There is a sycamore in the garden, which my wife planted with her own hands when she died, and now it is like a pavilion.

In eighteen years, a sapling grows into a towering tree.

In eighteen years, the little girl has become a big girl.

Eighteen years, the child will not shout "Daddy hug me, I want to be high".

Ren Hongchen still remembers that when he was born Qiao An that year, he was drinking with a client because he had business, and suddenly received a call that his wife's amniotic water had broken, and when he rushed to the hospital, his wife was already asleep, and there was Qiao An, who was born at full term, next to him.

Ren Hongchen was so happy that he didn't have time to ask if it was a boy or a girl, took off his coat, and carefully picked up the child, only to hear his mother-in-law say: "Be careful, you smell of alcohol, the child is still young, and he will cry when he chokes." ”

How wonderful you say, as soon as the mother-in-law finished speaking, the child opened his eyes at that time, and did not even cry after seeing him, but smiled at him.

Joann.

When she was not yet born, he drank his wife and said yes, whether it was a boy or a girl, she was called Joan.

Ren Hongchen and Qiao Xuetong are safe and happy.

Now that I think about it, this daughter was very sensible from the beginning and never made trouble for him.

Ren Hongchen sat on the edge of the bed in Ren Qiao'an's bedroom, the single bed was covered with pink hello Kitty sheets, flat sheets, and the color was too outdated for Ren Qiao'an's age.

The sheets were old, but they were washed a little white.

After his wife left, Ren Hongchen was in a slump for a long time, and when his daughter was sent back by Zhao Wangsheng's mother and son, he found that the flour in the kitchen had fallen to the ground, except for the flour, there was not a grain of rice, and it had long been clean and there were no rotten vegetable leaves.

The only thing left to eat was the flour, which was obviously unraveled, and there was a large pool of water on it, thinking that it was raw flour and drinking water, but I choked on myself, and the raw flour couldn't swallow it, and I spit it out again.

He realized that he had almost starved his daughter to death.

When she was sent back, she laughed worse than crying and apologized to him: "I'm sorry, Dad, the flour is too dry for me to eat......"

She was still young and couldn't cook for herself, and she didn't respond to calling her father, so she would run out to find food by herself.

Ren Hongchen will always remember that Qiao An was standing behind Yin Ruwei at that time, holding a bowl of hot instant noodles in her hand, putting it in front of Ren Hongchen, and said, "Dad, you eat quickly, the noodles cooked by Auntie are delicious." ”

Her eyes were shining, and she was afraid that he would starve herself.

"Mr. Ren, your wife left unexpectedly, and everyone doesn't want to see it, but this child is her bloodline, and you shouldn't abuse the child like this." Yin Ruwei frowned, looked at Ren Qiao'an, and felt pity in her heart: "When Wangsheng found her next to the trash can, she had been picking up food there for several days. ”

Ren Hongchen remembered that there were always steamed buns and some cold dishes outside the door of his room in the past few days, and they were also leftovers picked up from the trash can, and Qiao An also knew to put them in clean dishes and serve them to him.

He was ashamed of his wife and did not take good care of his daughter.

Since then, he has walked out of the pain of losing his wife and concentrated on his career, in those years he had inconvenient legs and feet, and he was so busy that he couldn't go home, and he always asked Zhao Wangsheng's mother and son to help him take care of his daughter.

It's not that she hasn't hired a nanny, but Joan always sits alone in a daze, and over time, the nanny feels that there is an opportunity, and being snub is not good for the child.

Qiao An didn't know how to sue, and he wouldn't tell his father that the nanny didn't cook for her, and when he found out, it was also because Qiao An was hungry and couldn't stand it, so he went to Yin Ruwei's house to eat.

Ren Hongchen only reacted now, and his daughter at that time had not complained to him about her grievances.

It's a pity that people were obsessed with the bureau at that time, he thought that he must give his daughter a better life in the future, but after the business became bigger and bigger, he had no time to take care of his daughter.

Fortunately, her daughter and Zhao Wangsheng got along very well, which contributed to this pair of childhood sweethearts.

He thought that Qiao An had his father, and the family was better, and Zhao Wangsheng's family background was ordinary, as long as his daughter was loved by someone in the future, so there was less and less thought about his daughter.

Later, she took the initiative to go to live in school, always saying that she was busy with studies and couldn't go home, and the two fathers and daughters could only see each other a few times during the Chinese New Year.

The family is getting richer and richer, he has never thought about changing to a big house, and his daughter has not mentioned it, so they have been living in this old yard planted with sycamores.

Ren Hongchen suddenly remembered that when he planted the sycamore that year, his daughter, who had always been sensible, stood far away, and later walked around the sycamore tree when she went home, and she didn't even play in the yard at home.

Later, she did not worship her biological mother, and the conflict between them completely broke out.

Ren Hongchen realized for the first time that his daughter was so affectionate, and he also found that his daughter was no longer the child who was afraid that he would starve to death and looked for food in the trash can for him.

He always knew that his daughter was very good at studying, but he felt that girls had the family business he earned, and Zhao Wangsheng loved her, so there was no need to work so hard.

He wants her to be happier, just like when his wife was still there, without worrying about food and clothing, and someone to love.

Zhao Wangsheng is very good, Ren Hongchen has always been sure of his character, the reason is very simple, Zhao Wangsheng's mother Yin Ruwei's character is very good, she really likes Qiao An, and if Qiao An marries in the future, she will not be bullied by her family.

If she wants to be self-reliant, let her go, he didn't expose the situation at home, except for Wang Peng, no one knew that he was the rich Ren Hongchen.

But when the differences between them became bigger and bigger, so big that Zhao Wusheng did such a thing, she didn't want to say a word to him and let him give her anger, Ren Hongchen saw this crack sadly.

No, my daughter came back that day.

Ren Hongchen remembered the day Qiao An came back, he was seen to have some personal feelings for Yin Ruwei, and beat her in anger, and her mouth was full of blood when she left.

"Qiao An......" The more Ren Hongchen thought about it, the more sad he became, why was he so confused, she didn't come back once a year, he took the initiative to call his daughter home, this time he was so obedient, and when he came back suddenly, he must have something to tell him.

The black wooden cane he held in his hand chopped on the concrete floor, and he felt unspeakable remorse in his heart.

What to mourn his deceased wife, he didn't even care about their children, there was not even a picture of her growing up on the wall in this room, it was empty, just like the child went with her mother when she was five years old.

The furniture is still the same as when he and his wife bought it, and the most fashionable of the year were these Simmons beds, and his wife said that whether it is a boy or a girl, the child must use the best things.

The bed sheet was the one that Joan's wife bought when she was five years old, and it didn't matter whether the fabric was old or not, it was washed and continued to be used, and there were even traces of stitching with needles and threads.

For eighteen years, his daughter did not even ask for a single sheet to be changed.

Ren Hongchen propped up his crutches and walked to Ren Qiaoan's closet.

opened it, and there were still clothes that her daughter wore when she was a child, and there were no clothes when she grew up, and there was a bookshelf next to the bookcase, which was still a bookshelf made by Zhao Wangsheng in the yard for Ren Qiaoan.

There are books from her school days, textbooks are here, from elementary school to high school, and then to college, she never came back, and the books are not here.

The sycamore trees in the courtyard seemed to have consciously grown wildly towards Joan's room, obscuring the window of her room.

She doesn't live in this room very often, and she probably doesn't know that it's not hot at all in the summer, because the shade of the trees covers the window, and her desk is by the window.

But now, Ren Hongchen realized that he had ignored too much.

There was a little dust on the bookshelf, Ren Hongchen reached out to fight the ashes, but the crutches were tripped by the cracks in the cement floor under his feet, he couldn't stand on one leg, one hand propped up on the books on the bookshelf, and the other hand accidentally hit the top layer, which was not full, to the ground.

Ren Hongchen was in a hurry to pick up the book, but he couldn't stand well, and fell onto the book in a row.

With those books cushioned, Ren Hongchen did not fall painfully, but was attracted by the old newspaper in front of him.

It was folded squarely, sandwiched in a "College Entrance Examination Full Score Essay", and the book was dropped like this, and it happened to be open on the page where the newspaper was sandwiched.

The newspaper wrote an essay with a perfect score in the middle school entrance examination in a certain year, and both essays were written by the same author, Ren Qiaoan.

Ren Hongchen had never seen these things, and when he saw his daughter's name, he didn't care about getting up first, so he just lay down and read the full-score essay in the newspaper.

The words and sentences in the article have surpassed the level of a junior high school child, but Ren Hongchen can only see one of the sentences in the article: "If I had a time machine, I would go back to the day my mother died, put on my new clothes and shoes in the morning, don't go to the amusement park with my parents, and go to Uncle Yao's house next door."

In this way, Mom won't die, and I also have new Mom and Dad to love. ”

In her article, it is better to stay with her father and live, it is better to go to the new father and mother, maybe life will be better.

Coincidentally, in the year of the college entrance examination, it was this type of proposition essay, which probably means to talk about the material richness and convenience brought to people by the development of the times, and talk about the changes in international development over the years.

In it, Ren Qiao'an's full-score essay also brought a sentence: "Ten years later, when the economy develops, I have 3,000 yuan, and I want to buy me from my parents when I was five years old." ”

Three thousand dollars, buy me.

(End of chapter)