Volume 2 The first floor. Doomsday Chapter 41. Birthday
In the long and narrow tunnel, the warm orange lights flashed past the passing vehicles again and again, with a sound of speed crashing through the space.
The girl sitting in the back seat leaned her head against the window glass, closed her eyes tightly, and her chest was rising and falling slightly in a regular manner, as if she was asleep.
"Baby, baby, Lingling, wake up! Don't sleep!"
A gentle female voice sounded next to her ears. Tang Ling frowned and struggled to open her eyes. In her blurry vision, she could only see her small body. The leather seat under her butt was a little uncomfortable. Her dizzy consciousness had not yet recovered.
where you are.
"Baby, are you awake?"
The gentle female voice came again. Tang Ling followed the sound and saw that an elegantly dressed woman in the passenger seat was leaning sideways and looking at her lovingly.
Tang Ling blinked a few times and looked at the woman in front of her blankly.
"Are you still feeling motion sick? If you keep on keeping on, you're about to get off the ramp. I'll ask dad to open the window for some fresh air later, and keep on keeping on, okay?"
Seeing her daughter looking at her so strangely, Qiu Yanling sighed helplessly, thinking that her child's car sickness was indeed too severe, and her eyes towards Tang Ling became more pity, and she became even more
He softened his voice to comfort Tang Ling.
"Mother?"
Tang Ling's head was still very confused, and her stomach couldn't stop churning. She suppressed the feeling of vomiting, looked at Qiu Yanling, and shouted unconsciously.
"Hey, are you still feeling uncomfortable? It'll be there soon. Please hold on, baby, okay? Baby is the best, right?"
Qiu Yanling looked at Tang Ling's increasingly pale face and couldn't help but feel distressed. She said to Tang Jie who was driving in the driver's seat: "Husband, please lower the back seat window."
Tang Ling, who was still in a dazed state, suddenly felt a breeze blowing on her face. The dull air in the car was also purified. Tang Ling unconsciously lay on the car door, greedily sucking in the fresh air outside the window, her stomach
The rolling inside seemed to have been somewhat alleviated.
"If I had known earlier, I wouldn't have gone back to the old house. Look at what Lingling has been through now."
Qiu Yanling looked at Tang Ling's slightly improved expression, sat back in her seat with peace of mind, and complained to Tang Jie beside her.
"Okay, okay, we are almost here when we exit the tunnel. Just bear with it a little longer." Tang Jie comforted Qiu Yanling beside him, "The old house that I have lived in for more than ten years is about to be demolished, so I am going back here for the last time. In the future, I guess
You can no longer see it.”
"Have you called mom? Have you gone to pick up the cake?"
"They have arrived. I asked Zhou Shu to pick up the cake."
"Mom is really serious. She insists on letting us go back to the old house to celebrate Lingling's birthday. I have obviously booked a hotel before." Qiu Yanling pursed her lips and said with a slightly complaining tone.
Tang Jie smiled helplessly, comforted Qiu Yanling for a few words, and then continued to concentrate on driving.
He couldn't resolve the grievances between his wife and his mother with just a few words.
The car returned to calm and quiet again. The only thing that could be heard was the tires rapidly rubbing against the concrete road, making a squeaking sound. A small car on the road on one side accelerated past, and the speed of a hundred yards cut through the narrow tunnel, and the clear whistle came from
Near and far, go to the bright white light that is getting closer and closer.
Keep getting closer, closer, and finally, break through the layer of white light and be inside it.
The wind at high speed is still whistling everywhere, the green green mountains are constantly flashing by, the clear river stretches into the distance, the farmhouse is placed among the green mountains and green water, the white clouds and the blue sky are shining, and the nose is filled with brilliance.
What you smell is the air smelling of vegetation wrapped in dew.
Tang Ling couldn't describe the feeling at this moment, but she could feel that her whole body felt a long-lost sense of comfort.
Even though her head was still dizzy, she obviously felt better.
"Lingling, are you feeling better?"
Qiu Yanling turned her head again and asked Tang Ling, who was lying in front of the window and looking out the window.
Tang Ling turned to look at Qiu Yanling, who was full of love and affection in front of her. She nodded and smiled at her: "Well, I feel very good, Mom."
"We are almost there, be happy, today is your birthday, your grandparents will come to celebrate you."
"good."
Beipei District, City B, 9 a.m.
After driving for more than an hour, Tang Jie's family finally returned to their old house in the old city neighborhood.
This is a row of shops on the first floor, all of which are occupied by residents. It is a residential building next to the street. There is no dedicated parking lot. Tang Jie walked around the neighborhood several times before he found a temporary parking space 800 meters away from the old house.
After working for a long time, I finally finished the preparations before going home.
"Baby, do you still remember this place?"
Tang Jie went to the supermarket to buy ingredients, while Qiu Yanling held Tang Ling's hand and led her into the corridor of a residential building.
There is something special about the old house of Tang Ling's family. The second-floor entrances to the residential buildings in this row are all connected. The small open-air passages built in front of these buildings extend to the second floors of each building.
At the entrance of the building, there is a small terrace next to the building on the far left. The two-story spiral staircase next to the terrace is the only way to connect the first and second floors. Residents in the entire row of buildings can only rely on this if they want to return home.
an entrance.
The old house of Tang Ling's family is located in the building on the far left, room 201.
Along the way, Qiu Yanling was telling Tang Ling about her family's experience of living here before. Tang Ling looked around and felt a little strange.
After all, this place dates back to when she was four or five years old.
And now, she is nine years old.
It has been four years since I left this place.
It has been four years since I left this city.
Every age will have vague memories of every age.
At least this place is too unfamiliar to Tang Ling.
"Oh, isn't this Yan Ling?"
There are only two households on each floor of each building, and their doors face each other. Hu Chenghui is the resident in Room 202 opposite Qiu Yanling's house, and lives here with her wife and granddaughter Hu Huiying.
Hu Chenghui was surprised that her neighbor, whom she had not seen for a long time, would meet again today.
"Isn't this Aunt Hu? I haven't seen you for a long time. Lingling, come on, say hello and call me grandma." Qiu Yanling pulled Tang Ling beside her and called her to say hello to Hu Chenghui.
"Hello, grandma." Tang Ling timidly shouted to Hu Chenghui.
"Hey, ok, ok, Lingling has grown so big. How old is she this year?"
"I'm 8 years old, but after my birthday today I'll be 9 years old. It's been a while since I've been back. I plan to come back this year to celebrate my daughter's birthday here in my hometown."
Qiu Yanling explained to Hu Chenghui, exchanged a few more pleasantries with Hu Chenghui, said goodbye, and took Tang Ling back home.
Before she even entered, Tang Ling could hear bursts of laughter coming from inside the rusty iron door.
Standing outside the door of Room 201, Qiu Yanling stood outside the iron door and knocked.
"Click."
The iron door opened, and two old men stood inside.
"Dad, Mom, we are back."
Qiu Yanling smiled at the two old people and pulled Tang Ling into the house.
