Chapter 20: O relatives in a distant land
The capital of the Southern Peninsula.
Far away from the filming site of PD 48, someone is quietly missing Jiang Xiaoliang.
"Xiao Xian's father, please stop laughing! Sick of it! I just haven't been back to the capital for a long time, and I'm just not used to the traffic lights for a while~~ I warn you, don't laugh at me anymore, ah, Haji~"
In the alley of Liyuan, an older neighborhood, there is an inconspicuous small supermarket with no signboard and no special decoration.
The entrance is a very atmospheric road, the sun shines through the leaves on the street, and the plane trees are shaded, and there are many small shops with a retro sense on both sides of the road.
"Jingle Bell~"
Push open the iron glass door, accompanied by the ringing of the bell on the glass door.
It's like going back to the eighties and nineties, the last century, when neighbors lived in harmony across the South Peninsula.
But it's this simple and retro feeling that makes sensual people pass by once and come often.
It's more like a mini collection than a small supermarket.
In the small area, there is also a small corner specially designed to store vintage small objects and books.
The couple who moved to the capital from Daegu for vacation are chatting about their mutual dislike while tacitly cooperating with the cleaning.
"Then I didn't expect that my wife, you could even rush a few red lights, just like a bullfight, you can't pull it back, Pabhu~ haha."
Wearing a cute newspaper hat and holding tools to brush the wall, Dad Pei couldn't be happier.
Pei's mother was expressionless.
But a woman wants to stab a man's eyes, and there is no concealment at all.
"You're laughing again?! Ah, when the countrymen of Wuli Daegu come to the big city, how do they know that there will be seven or eight signal poles at the intersection, which one do I want to look at with a pair of eyes? I'm not Prabhu, I just don't understand it. ”
"Hey, hahaha~"
"You?! Ha, it seems that some people don't remember when they went to the countryside, they couldn't even tell the difference between wheat and rice, and they were ridiculed by my father? Who is it? Oh ~ It turned out to be Wuli Prabhu civil servant Mr. Bae xi~"
“…… I'm not a Prabhu, eh~ I want to clarify a point, my husband and I really couldn't tell the difference at that time, but it was understandable, because I have been studying in the city, where can I tell the difference between wheat and rice? ”
"Then you don't have a sense of intellectual superiority and laugh at me~"
"Mo, how can I have~"
"Ha, there you have it!"
"Alaso, Miyane, wife, I was wrong."
"What's wrong?"
"Anything is wrong."
"Perfunctory~~"
“……”
After easily suppressing Desser's father Pei, Pei's mother walked to the small warehouse on the first floor of the small supermarket with cute smiling eyes, wanting to move the family's suitcase line out.
And just when she was about to pack her luggage, Pei's mother suddenly found that a small suitcase was very familiar, and then after thinking about it, her expression was suddenly shocked, and she hurriedly shouted:
"Hey! Xiao Xian's father, come on! Oh a lot, wuli Xiaoliang's suitcase forgot to take it away~"
Pei's mother's family recently came to a distant cousin who was very young and came to join them despite thousands of miles.
The relationship between the two families is generally a bit complicated:
Xiaoliang's father happens to be Pei's father's senior, and coincidentally, by chance, when the two seniors were eating and chatting, they accidentally found out that the other party was a distant cousin.
I didn't drink any wine immediately, and went directly to the nightclub to recognize my relatives...
What's more coincidental is that Xiaoliang's mother is not only Pei's mother's college sister, but also the best girlfriend in her life.
Although the two families are not related by blood, they are like relatives.
Later, the Jiang family went abroad, and when the child was very young, because of an accident, the world was separated.
Pei's father and Pei's mother only learned about this later.
Pei's mother was heartbroken, and even cried until she fainted and was admitted to the hospital.
And the only child, who grew up strong and alone.
Anyway, the relationship is very messy, but according to the customs of the Jiang family's hometown, my daughter wants to call the child: Auntie.
It's a pity that Xiaoliang only met Pei's father and Pei's mother in Daegu, and when he came to the capital, he also met in a hurry, and before he could talk properly, the child hurriedly ran to participate in some ghost talent show.
"Mo? I remember that the kid wasn't going to live in a dormitory today? ”
"Oh Mo, Oh Duo~"
When Pei's mother heard this, she hurriedly got up to look for her mobile phone, she remembered that she had saved the contact information of the program team.
The production team not only keeps the phone number of the company to which it belongs, but also the contact information of each child's parents.
After all, there is also this part of the emergency or the weight of the shot to shoot the "phone call".
"Oh Mo Mo Mo Mo ?!"
"What's the matter? Surprised! ”
Pei's mother ignored him, but looked solemn and flustered.
She remembered that the number was not stored in her mobile phone, but on her daughter's mobile phone.
Hurriedly dialed a phone call to my daughter.
Pei's mother held her mobile phone and walked back and forth in the room uneasily, but after waiting for a while, she didn't answer.
"Why don't you answer the phone? Ah, Pei Xiaoxian! Come back and see if I don't beat you! ”
It frustrated her.
Father Pei smiled bitterly, and while feeling sorry for his daughter, he could only comfort softly:
"Isn't Joo-hyun in the active period, I guess I'm busy, otherwise I won't miss the phone."
"Oh a lot now, Wuli Xiaoliang came to us from so far away, but I can't even take good care of her! Hey Yigu, only 14 years old, didn't bring anything, what should I do if I am bullied? I said don't let her be an Idol! You said you want to support the dream! I'm already angry with one of the family, and now there's another one who doesn't care-"
“……”
"Ann: Yes (no)! I'm going to pick her up! ”
"Calm down first, calm down first!"
"Yixi, how do you tell me to calm down!"
Father Pei smiled bitterly, he understood his wife's character, so he could only know it with affection, and comforted:
"It's still early, it's only morning, and if you stay, it's night, and you called Joo-hyun..."
"She won't take it! Come back and see if I don't clean her up! ”
“… After listening to me, it's not the return period, my daughter is probably too busy to have time, you called, with Xiaoxian's character, you will definitely call back no matter how late, and it's still early, don't worry about it for the time being. ”
"That wuli Xiaoliang..."
Seeing that Pei's mother was still worried, but a little calmer, Pei's father continued to whisper softly:
"So, while we wait, we help Xiao Liang see if there are any things to pack and forget, you see-" He was halfway through when he suddenly pointed to the small suitcase and said:
"Such a small suitcase, the first time I came to a foreign country to participate in the show, the child probably didn't bring many things, Wuli checked it, help her add something, anyway, Wuli is now running a small supermarket, what do you want, right?"
"Well..."
It seemed that Xiao Xian's father had temporarily calmed her, and Pei's mother left the crowded small warehouse with a small suitcase that was not heavy.
Lay the box flat, and as soon as the box was opened...
In the luggage, there were only a few simple thin clothes.
A pair of jeans, a shirt, and a photo of Xiao Liang's relatives before his death, as well as a suicide note hidden under his clothes.
For the rest, nothing else...
Pei's mother was stunned for a moment, picked up the photo hidden in the mezzanine with trembling hands, slowly covered her mouth, and her eyes gradually rose with a layer of mist.
Fragments of the past come to mind, and sadness wells up in my heart.
"Oh a lot, oh a lot..."
Crying and muttering over and over again.
The crying mother Pei, who was originally very cute and lively, became sad and weak.
"What's wrong? What's wrong?! ”
Pei's father didn't know why, so he hurriedly put down his tools and ran to his wife's side.
"Woo woo, this poor little villain, I'm so distressed, oh a lot~"
I saw that Pei's mother picked up the photo and handed it to herself, and then covered her face and cried silently.
Father Pei frowned and was silent.
He gently wiped the tears from his wife's face.
also thought of this little girl who endured pain, went to his home country in a foreign land, and worked hard to chase his dreams, and his heart was also painful.
At this moment, the phone rang.
He woke up and quickly came back to his senses, looking at his wife, who was choking and crying, looking sad, immersed in his own memories, and did not react at all.
Pei's father tried to adjust his breathing and emotions before he got up and picked up the phone.
"Yo don't stuff it, oh, Zhu Hyun, if you have time, can you come back?"
"Abba?"
"Help Abba and Mom get the suitcase for your little aunt, this stupid kid forgot, there is filming Wuli can't get in, you can see if you can get in, remember to call the people in the program team first, be polite."
"Inside?"
At this time, Pei's mother's voice came:
"Pei Xiaoxian, and glasses! I found that Xiao Liang was a little short-sighted, and the glasses in the box were crushed, I guess I didn't want us to spend money, I didn't say it, you gave her one according to the degree, did you hear it~"
"Inner~"