When Ye Chen stepped onto the third-floor terrace of the villa alone, the motorcade of Liu Jiahui and Chen Zhaozhong's family had already entered the villa courtyard one after another.
Reporters followed the motorcade and swarmed in. The best lion dance team in Hong Kong Island danced two lifelike lions to perfection, making the scene extremely lively.
Although Ye Chen has never liked lively scenes, seeing this scene now, he felt particularly happy.
The thick smoke produced when the firecrackers exploded rose up with the strong smell of gunpowder. This familiar but unfamiliar smell suddenly gave Ye Chen a refreshing feeling.
He has liked the smell of gunpowder smoke when firecrackers burn out since he was a child, but with the ban on setting off fireworks and firecrackers everywhere in recent years, he has not smelled this familiar smell for a long time.
It may also be related to the fact that Chinese people like fireworks and firecrackers for happy events and festivals, so every time they smell this smell, it is also a good time for family reunion and happy events, especially when Ye Chen was young and during the holidays.
, his parents would take time out to set off fireworks with him.
At that time, Ye Chen wished he could have fired off cannons from the New Year's Eve to the fifteenth day of the first lunar month.
Therefore, this kind of smell will also make Ye Chen involuntarily regain the unique sense of happiness in his childhood.
Ye Chen stood at the edge of the terrace and took a few greedy sips. He couldn't help but think of his parents again in his mind.
Most of the time, Ye Chen is a strong person. He rarely sheds tears and is never afraid. No matter how hard life gives him, he can still smile.
But only when he misses his parents, the fragile sensitivity in his heart will be exposed involuntarily.
His character is like a hedgehog with powerful armor, and his parents are his soft and fragile belly.
He saw Chen Zhaozhong walking out of the car wearing a suit. Chen Zhaozhong was still wearing the same suit he had taken with him when he fled to the United States. After so many years, the suit still fit well. Although his hair had changed,
He is gray, but he looks particularly energetic.
In Ye Chen's mind, he suddenly remembered something his father once told him when he was a child.
Those words were also the reason why he rejected his grandfather and insisted on taking his mother back to China.
He said: "Chen'er, you have to remember that any person who is in the right heart and has flesh and blood must have three souls and seven souls. If such a person stays away from his homeland for a long time, one of his three souls and seven souls will be missing. When will he set foot again?
When you go to your homeland, the lost soul will be found naturally. If you don't return to your homeland, or if your homeland is lost, then this soul will never be found again."
Now seeing Chen Zhaozhong looking ten years younger overnight, Ye Chen suddenly realized the true meaning of his father's words.
My father also said: "Among the three souls and seven souls of human beings, the three souls are the heaven soul, the earth soul and the destiny soul. The sky soul means the hometown, the earth soul means the parents, and the destiny soul means oneself."
After saying that, his father asked him again: "Chen'er, do you know why in the five thousand years of history, whenever the country is in crisis or the country is in decline, countless ancestors have sacrificed their lives for the country one after another?"
The young Ye Chen shook his head in confusion and asked: "Why, Dad?"
The father smiled slightly and explained: "That's because people can lose the other two souls and seven souls, but they can't live without the heavenly soul! Because among the three souls and seven souls, the heavenly soul is the most important, because it represents a person
The highest belief is a person's belief in his homeland, his motherland, and his nation. This is the reason why my father chose to return to China. It is also why the Jews have experienced so many hardships, but they still persist in spite of everything.
The reason for returning to Palestine and establishing Israel is because they, like their father, want to find their heavenly soul. The only difference is that their father left his homeland and they lost their homeland."
Young Ye Chen didn't understand the feelings of family and country, so he didn't understand why his father was filled with tears when he said these words.
Now when he saw Chen Zhaozhong's radiant face, as if he was reborn, he truly understood his father's hot and sincere heart.
Ye Chen couldn't help but think that he had never left his hometown to develop overseas, nor had he forgotten his original intention, nor was he blinded by material desires. However, his three souls and seven souls were no longer complete, because from the day his parents died,
, his earthly soul, which represented his parents, also went away with them.
Just when Ye Chen was sighing and sighing in his heart, he suddenly heard a familiar voice beside him asking: "Mr. Ye, what are you thinking about?"
Ye Chen was slightly startled and turned around to see that Liu Manqiong had arrived behind him at some point.
He was surprised and a little scared at the same time.
He didn't expect that he would be so careless and not even aware of the approach of an ordinary person like Liu Manqiong. If an enemy really approached at this time, he might not be able to resist at all.
Immediately, he came back to his senses, smiled slightly, and said to Liu Manqiong: "I was thinking about some old things."
As he spoke, Ye Chen asked her: "When did Miss Manqiong come?"
"I just arrived." Liu Manqiong also smiled lightly, then walked to Ye Chen, looked at the lively scene below, and asked Ye Chen: "Were you thinking about your parents just now?"
"Well..." Ye Chen didn't deny it, nodded slightly, smiled to himself, and said softly: "Although twenty years have passed, I still miss them..."
Regarding this topic, Liu Manqiong and Ye Chen are almost completely on the same frequency.
She almost completely understood Ye Chen's feelings, so she couldn't help but sigh softly, then walked forward, mustered up the courage, took the initiative to hold Ye Chen's hand, and squeezed his palm hard, as if
Use this method to convey your concern and comfort to him.
Liu Manqiong was afraid that Ye Chen would think too much, so she changed the subject and said, "Mr. Chen's condition seems to be much better than yesterday."
"Yes." Ye Chen nodded and said seriously: "He has found his heavenly soul."
As he said that, he saw Chen Zhaozhong helping his old mother out of the car with his own hands, and quickly said: "No, it's not just the soul of heaven, but also the soul of earth."
Liu Manqiong asked in surprise: "Mr. Ye also knows about the Three Souls and Seven Souls?!"
Ye Chen was stunned and couldn't help but ask: "You also know?"
"Of course..." Liu Manqiong smiled slightly and said seriously: "Mr. Ye, don't forget, I am studying Chinese, and I have studied it for many, many years. In fact, in the end, what I study in Chinese is philosophy and history."
Ye Chen nodded slightly and said, "It's better to study. The essence of five thousand years of civilization is all in books."
Liu Manqiong smiled and said: "Although Mr. Ye has not finished college, he must have wanted to study a lot, right? He knows the unpopular Taoist ideas of three souls and seven souls."
Ye Chen laughed at himself: "I haven't read many books. I have been struggling at the bottom for twenty years. How can I have so much time and energy to study more? This is what my father told me when I was young."
Liu Manqiong said seriously: "Actually, it's never too late to read. If Mr. Ye can spare time, he can make a plan for himself first. Try reading one book a month, then try to read two books a month, and read one book a week.
Book."
After saying that, Liu Manqiong added: "If Mr. Ye doesn't mind it, I can help you make a study plan."
Ye Chen couldn't help but ask her: "Will we still have to randomly check the progress and assign homework then?"
Liu Manqiong smiled shyly and said, "I can do it, if Mr. Ye needs it."
This chapter has been completed!