The yard at home has changed a lot. There are quite a lot of chickens, ducks, geese and dogs, not to mention the vegetables still growing in the vegetable garden and the morning glories climbing on the bamboo poles in the corner. The atmosphere of life is simply better than what I have.

Grandpa and grandpa were even more intense when they lived here. No wonder my mother said that grandpa didn’t want to leave. She always said that when the leaves fall, we have to return to our roots. This is indeed a place where we can spend our days together.

If Xu Meijin hadn't gotten some son to interfere, I think I would have been both excited and touched. I haven't seen my grandpa for more than two years. I don't think I was lying. There was a period of time in Luomen Ridge where I was even a little bit crazy.

, when I see an old man who is about the same age as my grandpa, I will be in a trance and think that is my grandpa, although he no longer remembers me.

"Young man, you used to call me grandpa."

I had my long-lost breakfast with my grandpa, still nodding my head as he listened to his words. I remember that before he returned to the countryside, my grandpa mistook me for Little Plum. Now he must have forgotten about Little Plum too, but it’s pretty good.

, at least, I can still hear my grandpa call me Jiaolong.

"In the past, when I was in Anton, I often walked with you. You always said that my name was also Jiaolong. Our fate is deep."

Grandpa nodded and pointed to his head: "To tell you the truth, young man, I think you are very kind, but my brain is not very good and I always forget people, but I came to see me specifically because of you.

I also know that you must have a good relationship with me... Don't worry, Jiaolong, you and my granddaughter have the same name. I have written it down now and can't forget it again. Come on, eat, eat more."

This breakfast was very lively. Regardless of whether my grandpa has forgotten me or not, he is always a hospitable person. As soon as we finished the meal, he drove me in his electric wheelchair to visit the pigs and chickens raised in the yard.

Duck, when Aunt Sun is finished and brings out the chicken food, I want to help feed it. Grandpa waved his hand and said no, "Jiaolong, this is all my job, I don't worry about others doing it!"

Seeing this, my mother pulled me aside and whispered: "Your grandpa has to take care of the chickens, ducks, geese, and dogs raised in the yard. He left after taking care of them all morning, and took a nap at noon.

Let’s go out for a walk in the afternoon, as a rule!”

I nodded and looked at my grandpa who was smiling and feeding the chickens but didn't respond. For the elderly, a regular life is more important than anything else.

Aunt Sun walked out of the house carrying the basket with a happy face: "Xiao Lin, Auntie, go to the market at the entrance of the village to buy some ribs and prawns. What else do you want to eat? It's been a long time since you came back and you have to make ten.

Eight dishes!”

I came back to my senses, looked at Aunt Sun, smiled, and pointed to the vegetable garden: "Aunt Sun, we are all from my own family, so just eat some vegetables grown at home."

"That's not okay!"

My mother objected directly from the side. She glanced at my grandfather's back and then lowered her voice: "You also said that you have to go back to the city in the afternoon because you have something to do. You are just at home for a day. At noon, your uncle Xu wants the U.S. dollars next door.

Come here, you have to do more... Just the chickens at home, etc. Your grandpa has raised feelings and won't let you kill them. Otherwise, he will just catch two in the yard. Sister Sun, you used to take care of Qiao Qiao.

You can buy whatever she likes to eat."

"Hey! That's okay, I'll buy it if I see it!"

Aunt Sun responded and went out. Grandpa heard the voice and turned to look at her: "Little grandson, buy a live fish and steam it for Xiaolong to eat."

"knew!"

My mother smiled directly and looked at me: "Did you see that your grandpa likes the child of the Meijin family, but that child is indeed very popular and is very close to your grandpa."

I nodded, like a child, I will kiss whoever treats him well. They know the difference between true and false. I have experienced this since I was a child. Thinking about it, I slowly came back to the main point:

"Mom, um...has Xu Meijin been living in the village?"

"No, she just came back from abroad two months ago. Didn't she have a stepmother? No, she came back to help with the funeral. She said that she is now going through the procedures for her father to take her

Her father also went abroad, and she has a younger brother, let’s call him Xiaohu, who went to study abroad, and she is now taking care of their whole family.”

I was startled for a moment, then followed my mother into the house: "Aunt Yanhong, she's gone."

"Um."

Mom nodded, sat on the edge of the kang and looked at me with a slightly scared look: "I heard from Mei Jin that she had a sister who was a star or something. She seemed to have jumped off a building due to stress. She was like this when we first moved back.

My stepmother often cried and screamed in the house at night, especially in the second half of the night, and she would wake you up. Oops, at that time I thought it was unlivable and noisy. Later, Uncle Xu had no idea, so he just woke you up at night.

Give her some sleeping pills, and she will calm down little by little, and won't go out at home. Your Uncle Xu will talk to himself when he says nothing is wrong, but no matter how he doesn't come out to do anything, he will be able to eat whatever is given to him, so he can be considered worry-free.

, more than two months ago, one night I suddenly shouted "Linlin is not something, please give me and your Aunt Sun," and I woke up with a fright. After a while, your Uncle Xu knocked on the door and said that Yanhong had died.

My son, I went downstairs to accompany her to kiss the girl. Your aunt and I went to help change clothes in a hurry. We were both frightened. Didn’t Mei Qian come back with the child..."

I yelled, Aunt Yanhong’s condition was already very severe. The magnetic field of people with mental abnormalities is very weak. The medical explanation is that they will have hallucinations, but in our words, they are weak and prone to seeing ghosts. Xu Linlin left again

, I came back to see Aunt Yanhong if I couldn’t save everything. Is that okay? I looked around and saw that I was taken away. Uncle Xu was right about this, but they were half-way through the marriage. He could still be there when Aunt Yanhong was not normal.

It's not easy to serve all the time.

"Mom, then, Xu Meijin said that the child was born abroad by her? Where is the child's father?"

"I didn't ask about that."

Mom waved her hand: "Mei Qian just said that the child's father is dead, and she didn't want to say anything else. Your Uncle Xu came to talk about it and said he thought it was strange. He had never heard of her being pregnant, so how could she have a grandson?

Yes, but the child is really rare and has a very sweet mouth. At first, your uncle Xu didn’t want to go abroad with U.S. dollars, but he was influenced by this little grandson and couldn’t leave even one step. I agreed, and I will do it now.

It’s so sad, when this little guy leaves, your grandpa will definitely miss him!”

I was still counting the time in my mind. I remember very clearly that the last time I met Xu Meijin was the day when my identity was about to be completely exposed, because my grandpa kept nagging about watching TV that night, but the power supply was not available.

I pulled it out, but Xu Meijin’s arrival diverted my grandfather’s attention——

If everything is as I thought, what Xu Meijin did to me, even if she was pregnant and gave birth to a child, it would definitely not be three years old, and it would only be more than one year old if she died, but she gave the child a name that really disgusted me, Xu Linlong

!?Should it be so obvious?

I can't figure it out, if the child is mine, does it grow so big because of the powerful feed... Oh, it's so dirty!

"Qiao Qiao, what are you thinking about? Tell your mother, where have you been to look after others in the past two years, and why haven't you come back during the Chinese New Year?"

I came back to my senses and said, "I'm going to a far away place, so I have to keep it a secret."

"Confidential?"

Mom opened her eyes wide: "It's really for the high officials to see..."

"Yeah." I agreed confusedly.

Mom nodded with a look of understanding: "No wonder you don't drive the old Jetta anymore. This car looks like a good car at first glance. Okay, Jiaolong, we have one in our family. You must have burned it with high incense. The above

There are people there!”

I didn't know whether to laugh or cry. Who was up there? This was so scary to hear.

"Well, Mom, let's not talk about this for now. When Aunt Sun has finished cooking the meat and vegetables, you can serve me a few separate bowls. I want to go see grandma..."

"Hey, okay, I knew you would definitely have to visit your grandma when you come back. It would be nice if you just said hello in advance so that I can prepare everything for you."

"I prepared everything myself and put it in the car. It's hard to bring paper, incense and candles into the door. I'll just wait for some meat and vegetables from home. I haven't been back for two years and I want to have a good chat with my grandma.

chatter."

Mom hugged my shoulders: "Qiao Qiao, I feel relieved when you come back. You have a great future. Mom will never ask for anything in this life. Really, Mom never expected to live so comfortably here.

It’s all thanks to you…”

I smiled reassuringly and patted the back of her hand: "Don't say that. Only when you and grandpa have a good life are you really good. In this way, I can feel relieved."

In the morning, Aunt Sun was cooking, and the child named Xiaolong was holding a little local dog that I raised at home and running in the yard giggling. My grandpa looked at him with loving eyes and kept telling him to slow down and be sunny.

Just in time, I looked at the old and the young in the yard, feeling a little dazed.

When Xiaolong was tired from running, he naturally came to me, surrounded me like a little chatterbox and kept asking, "Uncle, my mother said that you have known each other since you were my age, but why am I the first one?"

See you once?

I knelt down and looked at him: "Because, uncle is busy."

He looked at me with a hint of understanding: "Aren't all the adults busy?"

I laughed: "Well, adults are busy..."

"Uncle, can you take me to ride in your car? I haven't been in a car for a long time."

"OK."

Although I still have doubts, I don't deny that I like any child now. No matter what the adults are, the child's eyes are clean.

Xiaolong jumped up and held my hand towards my parked car. When he passed by their house, he turned back and shouted: "Mom! Uncle, take me to the car!!"

Standing at the door of her own home, Xu Meijin looked at me with a worried expression, then looked away, looking at Xiaolong and opening her mouth softly: "Don't be naughty, you know."

"Well, I'm not naughty! Uncle is so kind!"

I didn't rush to ask Xu Meijin anything. According to Xu Meijin's character, she would definitely find an opportunity to explain it to me clearly. Moreover, there were some things I couldn't ask in front of the child.

I drove Xiaolong around the village for a few times. He was particularly interested in the open sunroof of my car and always wanted to stick his head out to take a look. Of course, I couldn't agree to a move that was dangerous for his age, so I only let him hold the hand.

Stretch out and feel it, "Uncle, your car is so cool! The wind can come in!!"

It wasn't until after driving four or five times that my mother put the meat and vegetables I asked for in a bowl that Xiaolong reluctantly got out of the car, still inviting me, "Uncle, you want to take me on a ride in the car this afternoon."

"

…

Naturally, my grandma’s grave has not changed. My mother knelt down next to me, burning the paper and chanting: “Mom, Qiao Qiao is home. Don’t worry down there. This child has a big future, and it’s all your fault.”

It’s a credit to…”

I stretched out my hand and gently touched my grandma's tombstone. I had a thousand words to say, but I only said one sentence: "Grandma, Jiaolong is back..."

The fireworks on the Mingzhi are very bright, and I think grandma is also happy.
To be continued...