Outside the window, the northwest wind was blowing hard, and the light wind was blowing loudly.
Inside the house, there was silence, the two of them were silent to each other, only a boiling kettle was simmering on the coal stove.
The contrast of this atmosphere only makes people feel a kind of heaviness, feeling the chill of winter and the hardship of life.
And because of the shocking news, Kang Shude has been in a state of trance.
His tear-filled eyes stared straight at the edge of the window, as if there was something he must see on the window.
Several minutes passed, and seeing that he remained in this state, Miss Jiang Si couldn't help but worry about him.
She walked over quietly, placed the tea cup in front of Kang Shude, and greeted him, "Lao Kang, Lao Kang..."
However, there was no reaction at all. It was not until Miss Jiang Si couldn't help but call for someone that Kang Shude suddenly came back to his senses, "Ah? What are you talking about?"
Seeing him like this, Miss Jiang Si naturally understood that he was extremely heartbroken and regretted that he should not have mentioned this matter rashly today.
However, although she felt sad looking at Kang Shude, many of her feelings could not be expressed in words.
She didn't know how to persuade him, so she could only comfort him in the direction she thought of.
"I mean, in this life, people gather and disperse in a hurry, and the vicissitudes of life are easy to describe. It is easy to describe it with tears, but it is difficult to express sorrow in the heart. Some things should not be too entangled. We are all old people who have passed the age of sixty, and we should see through some things.
You are living a good life now, which is your blessing. Should you cherish your life now, or should you look forward..."
However, under extreme grief, Kang Shude could not recover at once.
His eyes were still looking at the window, as if muttering to himself.
"I had known that this day would happen... It's like fate. Mr. Song is too patriotic and attaches too much importance to the inheritance of Chinese culture. He is a man who is dedicated to the country and the nation, who can help others and benefit materials, and who sacrifices himself. So this
In his whole life, he has shouldered too many things in vain. He did not hesitate to abandon his family and career and run for a lifetime. His good intentions are really amazing. But who would have thought that when he is old, he should retire and live in retirement.
However, he has to suffer such ups and downs and bullying, and his family is affected... So what if he has ten thousand taels of gold? What if he should leave his name in history? In the end, it is difficult to change to a good ending of peace and prosperity... He, he, he is too
It’s an injustice…it’s such an injustice…”
This statement sounds unorganized at first, but it turns out to contain a huge amount of information.
Miss Jiang Si couldn't help but feel a chill in her heart, and suddenly noticed something unusual.
She felt that it was very possible that Mr. Song did not die well and that Kang Shude knew the reason why the whole family was in trouble.
But just when she opened her mouth to ask, she hesitated.
Because there is no doubt that if there is any secret in this matter, it must involve huge risks and contain great dangers.
Mr. Song's family has suffered misfortune because of this incident, and now only one bloodline is left.
She didn't want to stir up trouble so many years after this incident, and put the son she had finally raised for Song Chunzi back into danger and fall into an unfortunate fate.
Yes, since times have changed, why should we be so serious?
It is better to forget than to recall the past.
The dead are dead, and the living must continue to live, and live well.
So Miss Jiang Si made up her mind and resolutely prevented Kang Shude from immersing himself in sorrow any longer.
We must try our best to change the topic and distract Kang Shude.
"Hey, hey... Lao Kang... The matter has come to this. It's unintentional to overthink it. I know you are grateful to Mr. Song. After all, it was him who made you successful, but he is gone, and it has been so long. You just feel pain.
You have to cut out your heart and swallow it in one mouthful, so what? If you really don’t forget your teacher and want to be worthy of Mr. Song, then you should do something meaningful for Mr. Song while taking care of yourself.
…”
"For Mr. Song... something meaningful?"
Kang Shude asked confusedly, still looking like he was not awake.
However, these words did touch him, and he finally seemed to be a little energetic.
"Yes, my son, Shen Cun, didn't I tell you? He is the only bloodline of the Song family. For Mr. Song and Sister Chunzi, shouldn't you take care of him?"
"I...I'm here to take care of him? This...this...you are all in the United States, I...I just think it's beyond our reach. Besides, I think you are living a good life now. Your son is now
He is also a talented person, he needs a degree, he has a degree, and he is not short of money, so why should I take care of him?"
Kang Shude is really not playing tricks.
Mr. Song treated him like his own son, and every drop of kindness should be repaid with a spring of water.
He and Song Chunzi also love each other as siblings and grew up together.
Not to mention that he and Miss Jiang Si have a far-reaching relationship. No matter what the argument is, there is no reason why he should not respond.
But he really didn't understand what else he could do to help.
"In life, status, money, and a comfortable life are not enough. For so many years, we have lived in a foreign country, and the feeling of being away from home is indescribable. Take my son as an example. He is a good person with both good character and academic performance.
If my child were in China, I believe his career would be smooth sailing and his family would be harmonious. But he grew up in the United States. His classmates are Americans, his colleagues are Americans, and his neighbors are Americans.
The person I married is also an American. In addition, I am a northerner and I am incompatible with the southerners in Chinatown. Shen Cun has lived in a community environment that is almost entirely white since he was a child. He has never really understood each other and can rely on him at critical moments.
friends. In addition, his education was almost entirely Western-style, and his understanding of Chinese culture was very limited. This made it even more difficult for him to find his own identity in the United States, and he became an alternative, obviously knowledgeable and capable.
, but could not be reused. He was always ostracized by mainstream society. I am afraid that because of this, his marriage did not end well. His ex-wife was a white man and took away his pair of mixed-race children. Now he cannot even see his own children.
We both have to be restricted, and we have to pay alimony for that woman. After thinking about it, we, my mother-in-law, still have to come back to our hometown where we can truly be treated as our own. We do something here. Our hometown is poor.
But there are human feelings. Perhaps only having a place in the capital can make us two feel at ease and have a sense of security. So I would like to help you and try to help him adapt to the environment here as soon as possible. He is really unfamiliar with the domestic sophistication.
…”
In order to completely attract Kang Shude's thoughts, Miss Jiang Si lost no time in opening the skylight and spoke frankly.
"Your son, you want to start a business in the capital?" Kang Shude already understood at this time.
"It's to open an architectural office."
"Well, that's a thing. There are a lot of construction projects going on everywhere in the capital. There's no need to talk about this. In short, don't worry. Whether it's for your face or Mr. Song's affection, as long as I can
Those who can help must do their best. Besides, even if I can't help, I still have an apprentice. That kid has many ways, so if it's a big deal, let him worry about it..."
After hearing what Kang Shude said so boldly, he didn't hesitate to bring Ning Weimin along with him.
Miss Jiang Si couldn't help but feel happy.
"You are a real person. Although you have good intentions, you can't completely do everything for your apprentice. With you as a master, I think there will definitely be complaints and complaints behind your apprentice."
"He dares!" Kang Shude said confidently when he mentioned his apprentice.
"That guy took away most of the things in my stomach, and I don't know how much money he made with this knowledge! How dare I be reluctant to arrange for him to do something? There is no such reason. Otherwise, how can I call him
As for my direct disciple, he has to do whatever I say."
Miss Jiangsi shook her head helplessly and sighed, "Don't blame me for talking about you. You are good at everything, and you are very considerate most of the time. But the biggest problem is that when it comes to the people closest to you, you don't do enough.
Zhou Quan is always wishful thinking and makes decisions for others. If nothing else, just take your apprentice's marriage as an example. You only thought about it from your own perspective, but you didn't think about other girls. You objected
, the girl’s parents must be happy? Don’t think that China is a huge country. In the eyes of many developed countries, China is still a poor and backward country. Is it easy for your girl to persist until now if she can see your face?
?I only know that once the flame of love is ignited in a girl's family, she will be brave enough to move forward without caring about her own safety. She will not care about the moth flying into the flame. In fact, there are people in the world who are more wonderful than your apprentice, but other girls just want to have a way.
Go to the dark side and regard your apprentice as the best in the world. Don't forget, I was also young, so I can best understand the depth of her affection!"
These words made Kang Shude extremely embarrassed and speechless.
Especially the last sentence seems to be complaining about something meaningfully.
It reminded Kang Shude of the branches and vines back then, and of the unfulfilled love between the two of them even though they were affectionate and righteous to each other.
In an instant, Kang Shude's old face turned red, and he felt so ashamed that he did not even dare to look at Miss Jiang Si again.
"Lao Kang, we have a saying in China that "the old man is tied with a red rope" and "a thousand-mile marriage is tied by a thin thread". Who is in the same family has already been arranged by fate. Some things are just fate. No matter who you are,
You can't make a living. Do you still remember the story told by Mr. Lan who lived in the same room with you while enjoying the cool air in the summer? He said that in ancient times, a man saw an old man leaning on a cloth bag and reading a book in the moonlight at night. He asked the old man
What book was he reading? The old man said "The Marriage Book of the World". It said who would marry whom. Whenever it was written in the book, he would tie the ankles of a man and a woman together with the red rope in his cloth pocket.
Even if individuals are thousands of miles apart, they will be brought together by this rope. The man asked who his future wife was, and the old man said that there will be a woman picking up rotten vegetables at the market tomorrow, and the girl she will marry will be his future wife.
Wife. The next day, the man went to the market and saw a dirty and rotten woman, dragging a little girl with yellow hair. The man was very dissatisfied. In order not to conclude the marriage, he chopped it with a knife.
He took the girl and ran away. A few years later, he became an official and married the boss's daughter. The daughter was beautiful, noble and virtuous, but there was a scar between her eyebrows. When asked, it was because of a disaster at home when she was young. She went to the streets with her wet nurse to beg for food and was killed.
Someone chopped it down. This person believed what Yue Lao said was true... When I was a child, I listened to it as a story, but when I got older, I started to believe it. I have been single for so many years, and the most irreparable regret in my life is
, Yue Lao didn’t tie us two to the same rope. Don’t you regret it? If that were not the case, then now your apprentice and a very good girl are obviously tied to the same rope. You
Why do you have to cut them off? Have you forgotten when you were young? Ah, by the way, maybe you really don’t care, and you forget everything as soon as you turn your head, it’s unknown..."
"Okay, okay, stop talking." Kang Shude's expression was lost, and he called out in a very low voice, "Nianyun, please stop gouging out my heart. It was true back then... I couldn't help you. I
I have failed you. What you said about the marriage of two young people may have some truth to it. I agree with this, but if you want to say that I am heartless and that I have forgotten you, you are wronging me."
Following him, he stood up holding on to the table and walked outside the house, "You come with me, you come with me, I will take you to see the yard where you lived..."
"Didn't you say that it hasn't been tidied up yet?" Miss Jiang Si, whose name is Jiang Nianyun, said curiously. In fact, when she came today, she asked to visit her former residence.
But Kang Shude refused on the excuse that the house had not been tidied up and was in a mess, and said that he would invite her over after a few days when it was tidied up.
Unexpectedly, Kang Shude actually mentioned the matter again at this time, and he was quite embarrassed and said, "At that time, I did lie. At that time, I was a little afraid that you would see what was going on. But now
Well……"
"Aren't you afraid now?" Miss Jiang Si looked at the small courtyard next door suspiciously, but there was nothing visible about the courtyard from the outside. The walls and roof ridges were all new, and there was no big abnormality.
"What the hell are you doing?"
"Hey, I can't explain a sentence clearly. Come with me and see with your own eyes that you'll understand everything."
With that said, Kang Shude went to get the key to the courtyard door, then strode to the moon gate that connected the two courtyards. After unlocking the lock, he pushed open the courtyard door without hesitation.
After entering, he went straight to the apartment where Jiang Nianyun lived. After opening the door, he saw that the walls of the room were snow-white, the doors and windows were inlaid with rolled glass and copper handles, and the curtains hanging on the windows were
It is snow-white. However, the small carpet on the floor and the soft cushions on the sofa are dark red.
A decorative fireplace was built next to the wall, and a pot of blooming daphne was placed on the fireplace.
There is also a frame hanging on the wall, inlaid with it is the "invitation" that Jiang Nianyun organized to invite Kang Shude to the banquet. The handwriting is beautiful and correct.
If it's not written by Miss Jiang Si, who wrote it?
Jiang Nianyun was stunned by this scene.
It's obvious that everything here is trying to imitate the way she lived there.
And you can tell at a glance that someone must be taking care of it regularly.
At this point, there is no need to say anything more. It is obvious that the facts have proved everything.
Even though so many years have passed, Kang Shude has not forgotten anything that should not be forgotten.
Jiang Nianyun, Miss Jiang Si, looked at everything in front of her and was very moved...
