I walked to the door of the "Zhenzhen" supermarket, opened the door and walked in.
This is a small supermarket with relatively messy furnishings. There are several rows of small shelves in the middle. The goods on them are all kinds of and there are no specific categories. It seems to be the kind of lifestyle supermarket that is designed to meet the daily needs of residents in the community.
There was a middle-aged woman standing in front of the checkout counter looking at the store. She looked to be between forty and fifty years old, and her appearance was very ordinary. She was just an ordinary civilian aunt.
Seeing me coming in, she asked me politely: "What does this sister want to buy?"
After the conversation I had just had with the old lady, I was now relatively clear-headed and had prepared a plan of speech in my mind. So I walked up to the aunt and politely said to her slowly: "Auntie
, is your surname Du?"
My aunt was a little surprised when she heard that I knew her last name. She looked at me with a slightly suspicious look and murmured, "Yeah, what's the matter?"
Hearing her admit that her surname was Du, I was secretly happy. It seemed that I had found the wrong person this time, so I quickly said to her: "You are Teacher Du Fanghua's niece, right?"
The aunt's expression became even more astonished, and she replied softly: "Yes, what do you want from me?"
I quickly explained the purpose of my visit and told her the story I had just knitted in my mind: "Oh, Aunt Du, it's like this. When I was a child, my cousin received an enlightenment education in piano art from Teacher Du, and it was very helpful to him later.
It was very helpful for him to grow up, he has grown up now,
I have not neglected my piano skills over the years, and now I take piano as my career. So when I recall the past, I am especially grateful to Teacher Du for his cultivation. When I came to Haishi this time, he asked me to come and visit Teacher Du and her descendants.
So I kept asking around and found this place."
After hearing what I said, Aunt Du looked very surprised. She looked me up and down with doubts and asked: "My aunt's student? How old is your cousin this year? He is studying at Linhai Conservatory of Music.
Have you ever gone to school?"
When I heard this, I was stunned, and then answered truthfully: "My cousin is twenty-two years old this year. He has never studied at Linhai Conservatory of Music. He only received music enlightenment education from Teacher Du when he was a child."
This Aunt Du stared at my face, and then said to me: "Then you have found the wrong person, right? My aunt has never accepted students at such a young age. She was a visiting teacher at Linhai Conservatory of Music twenty years ago, but
The students she taught back then are now at least in their thirties, and usually around forty, so they don't match your cousin's age."
After hearing these words, I stood there blankly for a moment, and then I hurriedly asked her: "But I just came from the old villa at No. 111 Yanxia Street. According to the owner there, Teacher Du originally
We rented that old villa and opened a school there. Is that where my cousin received his musical enlightenment education from Teacher Du?"
Aunt Du looked at me blankly. After a long time, she nodded as if she suddenly understood, and said slowly: "Oh, the cousin you are talking about should be an orphan adopted by my aunt back then, right?"
When I heard this, I was completely stunned. The degree of stunnedness at that time can be described as jaw-dropping!
Ye Xing is an orphan? How is this possible!
He was obviously a child who grew up in a normal family with a father and a mother! Although his parents later divorced, their complete family did exist, so how could he be an orphan?
At that moment, I finally understood that Ye Xing had indeed hidden something very important from me.
Seeing my stunned look, the kind-hearted Aunt Du explained to me: "Ah, that's the case. After my aunt returned to China, she first served as a guest lecturer at Linhai Conservatory of Music. Later, when she got older, she
Retired. Because my aunt and uncle had no children, but she loved her children very much, so after she retired, she used the inheritance left by my uncle to rent a big house on Yanxia Street and took in a few homeless people.
Returnable orphans, and then teach them some music knowledge. If your cousin did receive musical enlightenment education from my aunt when he was a child, then he should have been an orphan adopted by my aunt."
I stood there blankly. The impact of this news was too strong, and I needed to digest it in my mind.
After a long time, I asked Aunt Du softly: "Aunt Du, what happened to Teacher Du after he fell ill?"
Hearing my question, Aunt Du had a look of regret on her face, and she slowly told me: "About thirteen years ago, my aunt suddenly suffered a stroke and no one knew where she was. At that time, my husband and children were living in the countryside.
The staff of the neighborhood committee where my aunt lived, as well as several government staff came to me and discussed with me to let me take care of my aunt who was seriously ill. Because my aunt had no other close relatives in the country at the time, this responsibility fell without any hesitation.
When it came to me, my husband and I moved to Linhai City and began to take care of my seriously ill aunt until she passed away three years later."
I nodded slowly and asked, "What happened to the family-style orphanage run by Teacher Du?"
Aunt Du said to me with regret: "At that time, because we had just moved from the countryside and were not familiar with the situation, and taking care of a severely paralyzed patient was enough for us, we really did not have the energy or money to continue to run the family-style orphanage.
So the orphanage was later disbanded, the teachers and nannies hired left, and the house was taken back by the landlord."
Hearing this, my heart was in my throat, and I blurted out: "What about those orphans?"
Aunt Du replied to me: "They were all temporarily accepted by public welfare homes, and some may have been adopted by some families later. Is your cousin one of them?" As she said this, Aunt Du expressed doubts.
He looked me up and down.
When she looked at me like this, I became very embarrassed, and my face felt a little hot, as if she had seen through the lies I had spun. Yes, I came under the guise of thanking my teacher on behalf of my cousin, but I didn’t
Knowing the true origin of this cousin, when I think about it carefully, this is really an incredible joke!
Fortunately, this Aunt Du is not someone who likes to inquire deeply. She just lightly described some of the situation back then to me, and she didn't care about other issues.
Only then did I understand many issues that I had not understood at first. For example, in the photo album I saw about Ye Xing, the first photo of him and his parents was taken together. He was already very old at that time and looked
He seems to be close to ten years old, and in some photos of him when he was younger, his parents are not seen. This fully shows that Ye Xing may have been adopted by the Ye family when he was about ten years old, so before that
, there is no Ye family couple in his life.
Looking back now, some of the photos taken of Ye Xing when he was younger, the scene he was in should be the villa on Yanxia Street. It should be a family-style orphanage and a small music school at that time, because I was in the photo at the time.
I also saw some musical instruments, and the children taking photos with Ye Xing were probably orphans adopted by Teacher Du. The old lady wearing glasses, with a kind face and an extraordinary appearance, should be Du Fanghua herself.
I now understand more why Ye Xing’s mother left her hometown and never came back to see him after divorcing his father. This was because the relationship between mother and son did not last long and the bond that maintained them was very weak.
Ye Xing should have been close to ten years old when he was adopted by the Ye family. Before Ye Xing's adoptive parents divorced, his adoptive mother may have loved him very much, because I heard Ye Xing say before that before his mother left, he
He has been receiving piano training, and his family also bought a good piano for him. From these details, it can be inferred that their family's life was relatively superior and harmonious at that time.
However, this harmonious relationship became fragmented after Ye Xing's adoptive parents divorced. After all, Ye Xing was an adopted child, and he was already very old when he came to the Ye family. When the family was still intact,
His adoptive mother will try hard to maintain a good mother-son relationship with him, but once the family breaks up, his mother may go looking for another happiness of her own, so she will abandon this adopted son who has not been with her for many years.
, that’s why she never came back to visit Ye Xing after the divorce.
Now that everything is clear, I still have a question in my mind: why did Ye Xing hide his adoption experience from me?
Although being adopted is not a glorious past, it is not shameful, right? Based on our subsequent love and affection, I believe he has regarded me as a very important person in his mind, but why did our relationship reach this level?
, he still refuses to reveal his true life background to me?
This puzzles me.
With this feeling, I decided that since I came this time, I couldn't just go back hastily. I had to see some real physical evidence before I could go back willingly. Thinking about this, I sincerely said to Aunt Du.
Said: "Aunt Du, you see, since I came this time, I also know some past events that my cousin rarely mentioned to us before, so can you show me some photos of them? Because these photos mean a lot to me.
It is very important to my cousin, and it is also a precious piece of the past. Can you satisfy my wish?"
Aunt Du looked at me and said awkwardly: "It's okay to look at old photos. The photos of my aunt and the orphans she adopted are in an old photo album at my house. I just go back with you to look at it. What can I do in this supermarket?"
What should I do? I am the only one looking after the store here." As she said that, Aunt Du glanced at her small supermarket, hinting to me that if she went back with me to look at the photos, her business would be delayed.
In fact, from the moment I walked in, I found that the business of this supermarket was not very prosperous. I stayed here for about an hour, and only one or two people came in to buy some cheap daily necessities. But despite this, since they are closed,
It was for accompanying me on errands, and I should make compensation.
So I thought about it, took out my wallet from my bag, took out five RMB and handed it to Aunt Du, and said softly to her: "Please accept this as a token of my and my cousin's appreciation for you."
Aunt Du pretended to refuse and said: "Hey, why is this so embarrassing?"
I grabbed her hand, forced the money into her hand, and said to her with a smile: "Originally, I came here to express my gratitude to you because of my cousin's request. This small thing is not disrespectful.
, you must accept it."
Hearing what I said, Aunt Du blushed, smiled sheepishly, put the money away, and said, "Hey, it's enough for you to come all the way to visit me, why are you so polite?" and then waved her hand.
, said to me proudly, "Close the door! Auntie will accompany you to go back and look for those old photos!"