Aunt Du and I walked towards her residence. They lived in a plank building. The building looked quite old. There were some mottled marks on the walls and steps in the corridor, and the handrails on the stairs were also rusty.
Aunt Du explained to me: "This building was purchased by my aunt shortly after she returned to China. It is almost thirty years old now. It may be demolished here after a while."
I nodded slowly and followed Aunt Du up the stairs. Finally, Aunt Du stopped in front of a door on the third floor. As she opened the door, she turned back and explained to me: "My aunt had a hand when she returned to China."
She had some savings there. In addition to buying this building for living, she later rented an old villa on Yanxia Street. She could have bought the villa at that time, but my aunt was
I wanted to leave some money for these children’s education and living expenses, so I signed a long-term rental contract with the owner of the villa on Yanxia Street.”
I said "Oh" softly, and at this time Aunt Du had already opened the door and let me in.
This is an ordinary residential house. It looks like the area does not exceed 90 square meters. The layout is the ordinary layout that was popular in the 1980s. The furniture is also old-fashioned. Even the armrests of the leather sofa are peeling off because they are old.
relationship, so the light in the room seems a bit dark.
After entering the house, Aunt Du said to me: "At that time, in the villa on Yanxia Street, in addition to the children, there were also some handymen, such as nannies, who were mainly responsible for the children's daily life and food, and there were also two teachers
One teacher teaches children to sing and dance, the other teaches children basic cultural knowledge, and my aunt mainly teaches children to play various musical instruments."
I nodded slowly and sighed: "Teacher Du really did his best for those children back then!"
After hearing what I said, Aunt Du let out a long sigh and said to me with emotion: "Yes, my aunt loves those children as her own children, and she has put a lot of effort into them.
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At this time, Aunt Du asked me: "Little sister, sit down quickly and I'll make you a cup of tea."
I quickly said to Aunt Du: "Auntie, you don't have to be polite to me."
Aunt Du smiled and held my shoulders and asked me to sit down on the sofa. Then she went to make me a cup of tea and handed it to me. I stood up slightly and thanked: "Thank you, Aunt Du."
Aunt Du smiled and said to me: "I'll get you that old photo album." Then she turned around and went to another room. After a while, she took out a large old photo album from it, and then walked slowly to
Sit down next to me.
We sat side by side on the old sofa, and Aunt Du unfolded the old photo album and began to give me pointers one by one.
There are some photos in it that I have seen in Ye Xing’s photo album, so when I read these photos again, I immediately discovered Ye Xing’s figure!
As a young man, he stared at the camera with his big, clear and bright eyes. There seemed to be something inexplicable hidden in his eyes. Even at this moment, I felt as if his bright eyes were going to penetrate directly into mine.
In my heart, I saw through all my thoughts at this time.
While looking through these old photos, Aunt Du explained to me: "You see, the background in these photos is the villa on Yanxia Street. My aunt re-decorated it according to the children's favorite pattern, so you
Look at the bright colors of the walls, doors and windows, and there are some cartoon patterns on the walls that children like."
I looked carefully at the background in those photos. Indeed, as Aunt Du said, the wall color of that house is fresh light blue, the curtains are also fresh blue with small florals, and the window frames and door frames are
With a snow-white color, some seascape patterns painted on the walls, and some cute sea creatures, it looks like a dreamy underwater world specially created for children.
"Teacher Du gave these children everything they wanted." Looking at those photos, I sighed sincerely.
Aunt Du looked at me, nodded in agreement, and murmured: "That's true. These children are very pitiful, so my aunt tries her best to fulfill all their wishes within her own ability."
I nodded slowly, and then asked Aunt Du: "Aunt Du, how old were these children when they were adopted by Teacher Du? How many children were there in Teacher Du's orphanage at that time?"
Aunt Du said to me thoughtfully: "I had been in the countryside at that time and only came here occasionally to visit. As far as I know, these children were not very old when they came, about three or four years old. This small orphanage was run by my aunt.
, there were about a dozen children at most, some were pure orphans, and some stayed with my aunt because of family difficulties. Later, when the family situation improved, they left one after another, and the orphanage closed when my aunt became seriously ill.
At that time, there were about ** children, and they were all accepted by the National Welfare Institute."
I nodded, and my eyes fell on those old photos from many years ago. Looking at the innocent and cute smiling faces of those children, I couldn't help but admire: "These children are all beautiful and full of energy!"
Aunt Du smiled and nodded at me, and then said: "My aunt adopted these orphans. One of her wishes is to have successors to her musical talents, so she carefully selected and trained several students.
The children are not only beautiful, but also smart and very malleable. My aunt has placed high hopes on them." At this point, Aunt Du's tone was a little sad. She murmured, "If my aunt wasn't so
If she died early, if she could live another ten years, then these children would definitely be trained by her to become musical talents according to her wishes."
I also sighed softly. At this time, a photo caught my attention, because the photo was of a seven or eight-year-old boy sitting in front of the piano. He was wearing a snow-white shirt and a cute little boy.
He was wearing a bow tie and was concentrating on playing the piano. Although it was only from the side, I could still recognize him as Ye Xing.
I saw a beautiful little girl with two pigtails standing next to the piano where he was playing. She was wearing a snow-white gauze skirt, standing there with her head held high, her mouth slightly open, and she looked like she was singing.
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I stared at the photo. For a moment, I raised my head, pointed at Ye Xing, and asked Aunt Du eagerly: "Auntie, do you know this little boy?"
Aunt Du lowered her head, observed the photo carefully, then nodded vigorously, and replied to me: "I know this little boy, and I also know his name is Xingxing. When my aunt was still healthy, I came from the countryside
I visited her, because she lived on Yanxia Street at that time, so I went directly there. That day, my aunt specially asked this little boy to play a piano piece for me, and she also boasted to me, "Shu Ping, you
Isn’t it great to see this little star trained by my aunt? He will definitely become an accomplished grand pianist in the future!"
As she said that, Aunt Du patted her thigh gently and said with emotion: "That child was only seven or eight years old at the time. He could easily play a complete piano piece and play it so fluently. I feel that adults may not be as good as him."
At that level, he is really a prodigy. I don’t know how he will develop later..."
Hearing Aunt Du praise Ye Xing, I felt very uncomfortable. Looking at the photo of young Ye Xing sitting in the bright living room playing piano music, he was dressed in such a fashionable way at that time, his face was full of
He was filled with a happy and sweet smile, but what exactly had he experienced in the years that followed? What took away the happiness and sweetness in his eyes? Would he have dreamed of all this back then?
Seeing me sitting there in deep thought, Aunt Du called me softly. I suddenly raised my head and smiled at her sheepishly. My eyes fell back on the photo. This time, my eyes were fixed.
Focusing on the little girl singing next to Ye Xing, I pointed at her and asked Aunt Du softly: "Aunt Du, do you still have an impression of this little girl?"
In fact, I very much suspected that this little girl was the later Yang Kexin, because people can grow up and their appearance can change, but the temperament between the eyebrows cannot be changed. The charm between the eyebrows of the little girl in the photo, I think it is very
Like Yang Kexin.
Aunt Du frowned and stared at the little girl in the photo carefully. For a long time, she shook her head gently and explained to me: "I'm sorry, because I didn't live in Linhai City at the time, I just came here to visit my aunt by chance, so I'm not interested in this."
These children didn't have a deep impression. The reason why I remember this little boy is because he played a piano piece for me, so I have a deep impression on him."
I nodded slightly, thoughtfully, and then asked Aunt Du: "Auntie, are the names of these children registered?"
Aunt Du looked at me, thought for a while, then she picked up the photo album and flipped through it, finally turning to a page of a group photo, then she pulled out the group photo, pointed to some words on the back of the photo and said to me:
"Well, look, there are the names of these children at the back. You can know the names of each child by comparing them in the previous order. Look, this one is called Feng Shu, this one is called Yu Chen, and this one is called Xing Yu..."
Maybe because she thought these names were a bit too literary, Aunt Du raised her head, smiled at me a little sheepishly, and then explained: "These children have no father or mother, so they don't have names. My aunt is a cultural person."
, so the names given to the children all come from some classical poems. From the perspective of us people, they are a bit difficult to pronounce."
I smiled and nodded slowly, while Aunt Du continued to read the name behind the photo: "This is called Ye Xing..."
When I heard this name, my whole body trembled. I quickly turned the photo over and compared the child on the front of the photo. Sure enough, it was Ye Xing.
Now I understand why when Ye Xing and I were together and I guessed that his name came from Xin Qiji's "The Sapphire Case", Ye Xing's expression was so surprised, "Thousands of flowers bloom on an east wind night,
"Falling Stars Like Rain," "Ye Xinghe's name should have been given by Du Fanghua, but her original name was "Ye Xing". After Ye Xing was adopted by the Ye family, because the first character of his name has the same pronunciation as "Ye"
, so I adopted this name. No wonder Ye Xing vaguely told me at that time that his name was given by a respected elder, and this elder should be referring to Du Fanghua.