Chapter 39 The Old Tree(1/2)
"Jiutian... I understand." Zhang Tianyan nodded.
"Dad, what will we do then?" Zhang Ye asked.
"Just leave this to us, but you... I heard from your mother that you have found a girlfriend?" Zhang Tianyan asked with a smile.
"Not my girlfriend." Zhang Ye shook his head.
"No? But didn't you tell your mother..." Zhang Tianyan was confused, but before he could finish his words, Zhang Ye added.
"It's my wife."
"..."
Looking at the phone in surprise, Zhang Tianyan said: "It's progressing so fast? What's going on with the girl? What's her name?"
"white."
"One name and one Bai?"
"right."
"Interesting, what does she look like? What's her personality like? What do her family say?"
"Oh dad, please stop gossiping. You will know when you come back and see for yourself."
"Besides, we are only sixteen, so it's still too early to get married...at most we can be engaged!"
"Okay, I won't ask any more questions. It seems that the baby is very important..." Zhang Tianyan chuckled, and then listened to Zhang Ye continue.
"By the way, Dad, I plan to take her to Gaoligong with me. She will be the deputy captain of the Witness Team from now on!"
"What?" Zhang Tianyan was stunned for a moment: "Are you sure? Aren't you afraid that she is in danger?"
Zhang Ye: "She can jump five meters high and reach a speed of over 100 per hour."
Zhang Tianyan: "Go, let's go together, he is indeed my son, just look for his teammates to have good taste!"
Zhang Ye: "..."
"Okay, let's not talk about it for now. I'm going to give this little monkey an injection. As always, don't tell anyone about your dream."
"good."
After hanging up the phone, Zhang Tianyan carried a needle that was almost as tall as himself with a smile on his face and walked towards the trembling Vajra Ape.
"You like fighting? The wound is inflamed, right? Come on, stick your butt up!"
On this side, Zhang Ye started to grind the soy milk. The soy milk was grinded and the buns were cooked.
So the two little guys made a dozen super big buns, and Zhang Ye's body stored several thousand more calories.
After eating and drinking, Zhang Ye put on his own coat for Bai: "Let's go find your grandma."
"OK!"
Naturally, he wasn't walking this time. Zhang Ye took the bicycle from the garage, and Bai stood on the rear wheel axle, holding his shoulders.
"Set off!"
"Yezi, go over there."
"okay!"
Next, Zhang Ye rode his bicycle and drove all the way towards the suburbs.
After riding for almost half an hour, we arrived at a mountain village, and then it was a mountain road.
The mountain road was steep. Zhang Ye locked his bicycle at the foot of the mountain and walked up the mountain with Bai. After a few twists and turns, they entered the forest.
An old lady would live in a place like this?
But Zhang Ye didn't ask any questions and just ran around with Bai Xinqi along the way.
"So many dandelions!"
“There are wild tomatoes here too!”
"Huh, such a big grimace spider!"
"Yezi, this grimace spider is edible."
"It's really delicious. Is it delicious?"
"I don't know. I think people in the village can eat it by breaking off the legs and roasting the belly on the fire, but I have never eaten it... Yezi, come on, there is a stream in front of you!
"
"coming!"
When we came to the creek, it was only half a meter wide and the water was very shallow. You could see many small fish, shrimps and mountain crabs.
"After passing this creek, grandma's house is in front of you!" Bai said excitedly.
"Then let's go quickly!"
"Um!"
After walking along the dirt road for another two hundred meters, Zhang Ye finally saw a building in front of him.
It was a courtyard, with a small building in the courtyard, a huge banyan tree in front of the courtyard, and a stone tablet under the banyan tree.
"Yezi, that's right there!" As he said this, Bai pulled Zhang Ye and ran forward excitedly: "Grandma, I'm back!"
However no one responded.
After getting closer, Zhang Ye also saw that the gate of the yard was unlocked and slightly open. The iron gate was rusty and the buildings inside were empty. There were fallen leaves and weeds in the yard that no one had cleaned up. It had obviously been abandoned for a long time.
But Zhang Ye still didn't ask, but followed Bai to the banyan tree.
Looking at the tombstone surrounded by tree roots, Zhang Ye was speechless, but felt slightly sad.
In fact, he had guessed it a long time ago, otherwise, she would not live alone in an abandoned warehouse...
Bai slowly came to the tombstone, carefully swept away the fallen leaves that had fallen on the tombstone, and then smiled slightly.
"Grandma, I'm back."
After sweeping away the fallen leaves that covered most of the tombstone, a photo of a kind old man appeared on the tombstone.
Bai gently stroked the yellowed plastic photo, with a sweet smile always on his face.
"Grandma, I found someone who can see me. His name is Zhang Ye. I gave him a nickname of mine, Yezi!"
"Yezi is very kind to me. He helped me realize my wish, taught me how to cook, and treated me to delicious meals. I am super happy to be with him!"
"And I will go on an adventure to Gaoligong with him tomorrow!"
She was talking to herself while pulling out the weeds around the tombstone with her hands.
Zhang Ye walked forward wordlessly and cleaned up with her.
Bai was stunned for a moment, and then his smile became sweeter: "Grandma, let me tell you, I, too, Yezi, is getting married!"
As soon as he finished speaking, wind and sand started blowing around, causing the leaves of the big banyan tree to rustle, and the branches began to sway from side to side.
The roots hanging from the banyan tree were like whips, whipping Zhang Ye.
Zhang Ye grinned in pain, but did not dodge. Instead, he looked at the tombstone and said seriously: "Yes, married!"
"I will be with her forever."
"You don't have to worry that no one will see her, and you don't have to worry that she will have a bad life."
"Because she and I are together, as long as I have it, she will have it!"
"You don't know me, you think I'm still young, and I've only met her for a day. Maybe in your opinion, my promise is nothing."
"but!"
"You watch!"
"I will prove it with practical actions!"
"If not, I will go down to you to apologize!"
The wind and sand stopped.
The iron whip-like roots also became softer, fell on Zhang Ye's head, and scratched his cheek, as if a rough hand was stroking his hair.
Zhang Ye smiled and looked aside, staring blankly at her Bai.
"Just watch, from now on, she will smile more than she will cry."
The breeze picked up again, but this time, the banyan tree only swayed gently, as if it was stroking the faces of the two children with its soft roots.
The rustling of leaves seemed to be sending distant and gentle instructions and blessings to the two children.
"Yezi..." Bai stretched out his hand and held his little finger, his eyes slightly red.
Zhang Ye smiled and rubbed her short hair: "Don't cry in front of the elderly. I just made a promise."
Hearing this, Bai wiped away the mist in his eyes and showed a bright smile: "Yeah!"
"Let's visit grandma's grave first."
To be continued...