In the tea garden, the pace of life has slowed down. The sun rises and the sun sets, and the days are simple and fulfilling. Not to mention Rong Congmu and Chu Xinyue, even Rong Chuqin and Song Tang don't want to leave.
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After dinner, I took a walk by the lake. In the front was Xiao En, holding a little teddy, walking slowly and leisurely. Behind me was the young couple holding hands and following slowly and leisurely.
"Xiao En, when is your performance?"
"Tomorrow, at the Grand Theater, do you want to watch?"
"May I?"
"Okay, every child who performs on stage has two parent tickets. Mine is at my mother's place."
"Then I'll requisition it and we'll go tomorrow."
The next day, Rong Chuqin and Song Tang got up early and drove Xiao En to the Grand Theater.
The performance started at ten o'clock. They sent Xiao En to the entrance of the theater and handed her over to the teacher. As the audience, they were not allowed to go backstage.
It was the first time for the young female teacher to see Rong Chuqin and Song Tang. She looked at them intently, with a sigh in her tone, "Xiao En, are these your parents?"
Because there are so many students in the classroom, the teacher cannot remember the parents of every student, and not all parents come to pick them up. Many of them are picked up by grandparents.
Xiao En said proudly: "Teacher Xu, they are my brother and sister-in-law. They are biological children, born to the same parents."
Teacher Xu was extremely surprised. He felt presumptuous because of his own question, and also lamented that the family's appearance was so good, they all looked like celebrities.
Teacher Xu praised enviously: "Xiao En, you are so happy."
Rong Chuqin smiled gently and said, "Teacher Xu, I'll leave it to you for my little kindness."
"No problem, no problem. The whole party will last about an hour and a half. After the show, we will still pick up the children at this point." Teacher Xu handed them two parent tickets.
"OK, thanks."
Another parent dropped off their children next to them. Teacher Xu patiently and carefully explained them one by one, and then asked other teachers to bring several children in together.
As Song Tang walked, he looked at the tickets. It turned out to be a National Day commendation meeting.
They found their seats according to the seat numbers on the tickets.
There are also parents around, and at first glance, most of them are grandparents.
As soon as they found their seats, an old gentleman next to them recognized them, "Hey, aren't you... that young couple?!"
It turned out to be the old gentleman I met on Guilan Mountain last time.
Rong Chuqin immediately walked up to the seats and asked, "What a coincidence, old sir, are you feeling well?"
"It's totally fine. Do you think I'm fine?"
Song Tang remained silent. She was a little nervous across Rong Chuqin.
The old gentleman asked again: "Is your wife okay?"
"Thank you, old sir, I'm fine." Song Tang responded generously.
The old gentleman came with his wife, and it turned out that their granddaughter and Xiao En were in the same choir.
They can be regarded as having experienced life and death together, and they are friends in adversity.
The old gentleman said humorously: "I ran around Guilan Mountain very early this morning before sending my granddaughter here."
Rong Chuqin gave him a thumbs up, "You are still the best."
It's still a long time before the show starts, and there aren't many people in the audience. They're watching videos, listening to music, and basically doing their own thing.
These days, Song Tang has been doing some mental construction for herself. This is something she needs to take on her own, and no one else can help her.
She had learned from Fang Zijun before that there seemed to be another hidden story behind her parents' car accident twenty years ago, but at that time she only thought that Fang Zijun was deliberately poking at her weakness just to get money from her. She didn't want Fang Zijun to succeed, so she acted rationally.
He concluded that this matter was made up by Fang Zijun.
She didn't take it to heart about the investigation report that Fang Zijun mentioned, let alone see it.
But that day, the old man mentioned a car accident that had happened twenty years ago on the abandoned winding mountain road. He said that a couple from out of town had to drive down the mountain in a hurry at night because of an unexpected incident, and that's when they got into a car accident and killed one person.
She has been thinking about this matter over and over in the past few days. At that time, she was young, could not remember much, and was ill. She only knew that her parents died in a car accident. Now, she is older, and although her illness has recurred, her overall condition has improved.
It's getting better, it's time to understand the real situation back then.
Moreover, if she didn't investigate, the cause of her parents' car accident would be buried forever in the long river of time.
After thinking clearly, Song Tang summoned up the courage to say to the old man: "Mr., are you busy this afternoon? I would like to invite you to have a meal together at noon, and by the way, I can ask you about the car accident twenty years ago."
The old gentleman was stunned, "Car accident?"
Song Tang: "Yes, it was a car accident that rushed down the abandoned winding road in Guilan Mountain."
Rong Chuqin looked at Song Tang. Her eyes were firm and brave at the moment, so he didn't stop her.
The old gentleman was puzzled and asked: "Why are you asking about this?"
Song Tang pursed her lips, with mixed feelings in her heart. After a long time, she found her voice, "To be honest, I am the little girl you saved in the bushes."
The old gentleman was so surprised that he stared at Song Tang with his mouth wide open and his eyes widened, thinking about that girl over and over again in his mind.
It had been so long that his memory was already blurry. He only remembered that the couple was miserable and the little girl suddenly became an orphan. It was so pitiful.
Song Tang added: "Old sir, it doesn't matter whether you can recall it or not. Please give me a chance to thank you."
The old gentleman nodded readily in shock, "Okay, we don't have anything to do in the afternoon."
Soon after, the commendation meeting began, one after another smoothly, with song and dance performances interspersed during the period. The children's chorus won the warmest applause from the audience.
Rong Chuqin found a family restaurant near the Grand Theater, where the adults could chat and the children could play without any delay.
The old man's surname was Shen. He was originally a ranger and his family lived in Guilan Mountain. He had been running in the mountains since he was a child and was very familiar with every plant and tree in the mountains.
Mr. Shen's home used to be halfway up the mountainside of Guilan Mountain, and you could see the winding mountain road when you go out. Later, the entire Guilan Mountain area was developed and all the people who lived on the mountain were resettled at the foot of the mountain.
Mr. Shen is 76 years old this year. He was 56 years old twenty years ago. At that time, his family had not yet moved out of the mountains.
"You asked me about that, and you asked the right person. I was the first one to rush to the scene."
Mr. Shen was silent for a moment, thought carefully, and then said: "It happened to rain that afternoon. Your parents went down the mountain around ten o'clock in the evening. At that time, I was already lying on the bed asleep, and suddenly I heard a harsh brake sound.
, and then there were several crashes in succession. I jumped up at that time, worried that something had happened, and took a flashlight to look. But the mountain road was difficult to travel at night, and the road surface was wet and slippery. I searched for two hours and found nothing."