The old days(37)

Lin Yutong woke up to the sound of "swishing". He looked outside through the window and saw that it was the child sweeping the snow.

The fourth master also got up, and Lin Yutong asked: "What should we do?"

If you encounter him, you can't drive him out and watch him freeze to death and starve to death. But if you stay, this child will be eleven this year, and it will be the Chinese New Year soon. After the Chinese New Year, he will be twelve.

A twelve-year-old boy can remember everything.

No matter who he was from, or how old he was when he left his biological mother, it can be said that due to the sudden change in life... with his cleverness, it was really not easy for him to avoid deception and go astray.

If you really want to keep him in your family, in what capacity? As a son, this child obviously has a biological mother. If not as a son, in what capacity can you keep him?

Staying as an outsider for a long time, don't be awkward, isn't this also uncomfortable?

The fourth master said: "You look at the scorching sun, I will handle this matter."

When he got up early in the morning, no one asked the child. He would sweep the floor if he wanted to, and call him to eat when he was eating.

While eating, Chang Qiuyun came, holding goat milk in his hand, "I'm late. Why was it snowing so heavily last night?"

"If my father is not at home, don't go back tonight." Lin Yutong took the goat's milk and heated it up again. He poured half a bowl for the two children and the other child. "Drink them all. Don't leave any leftovers."

Chang Qiuyun then looked at Lin Pojun: "This child is new to me, whose child is it?"

She used to come in and out of the building often, and she had seen all the children in the building, but she really hadn't seen this one.

Danyang said: "I picked it up."

Um?

Chang Qiuyun was puzzled.

Lin Yutong patted Danyang: "How do you speak?"

Lin Pojun shook his head: "It's okay, Auntie, my sister picked it up."

Danyang pouted and lowered his head to drink milk. Then he took the eggs from the small bowl on the side, first gave one to Lin Pojun, then gave one to Chaoyang, and finally took the last one himself.

Lin Pojun pushed the egg to Chaoyang: "I'm old, I don't need to eat this, give it to my brother."

"Brother, eat it!" Chaoyang pushed the cracked egg over, as if he was afraid that Lin Pojun wouldn't eat the egg.

It’s not that the child thinks they are stupid. In fact, there are many children who have never eaten eggs at his age and stuff them into their mouths with eggs in their shells. Therefore, he was very considerate and cracked them open.

Pass the skinned eggs.

Lin Pojun took it, his nose suddenly felt sore, and he became even more frightened.

He is not afraid that this family will treat him badly, but he is afraid that this family will treat him well.

This good thing made him uneasy and frightened.

He knows who he is. He doesn't deserve this good thing.

He was anxious and uneasy, fearing that this would be his last breakfast. After he had eaten all the delicious food, he would have to get out.

This meal was the most delicious meal he had eaten in the past few years, and it was also the most uncomfortable meal he had eaten.

After eating, those who should go to school went to school, and those who should go to work also planned to go to work.

He didn't say a word about his arrangements.

He shouted eagerly: "Uncle...aunt..."

The Fourth Master paused and looked back at him: "You just stay at home, there is nothing for you to do. When I come back, tell me who you are, where you come from, what are your parents' names, and where are you from? What are your parents' names now?"

Is there anyone..."

So Lin Pojun spent the whole day at home thinking that I must be hiding something about the situation at home, and this uncle saw it.

So, I felt anxious all day long, began to covet this warmth, and then eagerly wanted to keep this stability.

When it was evening and after dinner, he moved to the fourth master and said, "Uncle, I..."

"Come to the study with me." He didn't mean to ask Danyang and the others to listen.

Lin Pojun lowered his head and followed him to the study, and immediately said: "My name is Lin Pojun, I was born on the first day of the winter in 1945. My hometown is in B Beijing, my father's name is Lin Yannian, and my mother's name is Zhong Yingying. I can help with family matters.

I don't remember much. I didn't remember much when my father died. I heard from others that my father lived a long life and passed away from Hexi at the age of seventy-two. I don't know how old my mother is... She was my father's eleventh wife.

My aunt is much younger than my father. Anyway, several of my nephews are older than me. My family lives in a five-story house, and there are many people in the family, whether they are masters or servants. There are many shops in the house.

There are also hotels, workshops, factories and trading houses... but I don't even know what they are doing and where they are... Really! The first time I left the big house was when my mother and I were kicked out. Everyone else in the family left.

Now, many soldiers came to my house. They wore black boots and held guns in their hands. Their chief of staff wore a black cape, and then they stayed in my house..."

Lin Yutong frowned as he listened outside. From what the child said, their house must have been occupied by the KMT.

If this is the case, their family either had a traitor during the Anti-Japanese War, and their assets would be investigated after the victory of the Anti-Japanese War. Or they were a big scandal, and the family's property was taken over by others, so they talked to the then G Party officials.

After making a deal, all the property that could not be taken away was left behind, and the family members must have gone abroad. At that time, most of the overseas trips were to Xiangjiang or Nanyang. But no matter what, it was unlikely that they would be able to stay in China.

However, Lin Yutong guessed that the latter was more likely. If a traitor really turned out, it would be impossible to let their family members leave. At least not all of them.

Therefore, the most likely possibility is that they both went abroad when they saw that the situation was not right. As for mother and son, they were the most unwelcome and had the least say. Therefore, they were abandoned.

A woman is left with a child. How should she live before liberation?

The child had said before that her mother gave her to the wet nurse to be raised, and then she completely gave him to the wet nurse.

A woman who wants to hide her past when marrying naturally cannot have such a son.

And to be able to attract the attention of such a man who was an aunt to a wealthy family, and to save his marriage even at the risk of giving up his son, I am afraid that this man has some abilities, let alone a good family background.

Just as I was thinking about it, I heard the voice from inside continue to come: "...I peeked at the letter my mother wrote to the wet nurse. There was no specific address on it, but the postmark was Yongping City... In the past two years, I have sent letters from the city to

I went around the streets but couldn't find anyone... I didn't think about anything... I just wanted to ask her... why did she lose it and I don't want it... If she is in trouble, she can give me the money, and I will

I can live without having to send money to the wet nurse... But I have been looking for her for two years, but I can't find her... I followed Danyang back because she is well-dressed and can take out breasts... I know,

There are many kind-hearted people. If there were not so many kind-hearted people, I would not be alive now. But after two years of asking for food, I know... there are not many kind-hearted people who can squeeze out a bite of food..."

The Fourth Master glanced at the child twice and simply said: "Go and get some sleep."

Then it came out without another word.

The child was left stunned for a long time, and then he went to sleep. He slept soundly that night, and he felt good that he had no secrets in his heart and didn't have to hide them.

The next day was the same as usual, sweeping the yard and then eating. I drank hot goat's milk, ate an egg, a soft corn-date cake, and drank more than half a bowl of thick millet porridge.

He thought that he should have some arrangements for himself today.

Whether you want to leave or stay, you have to tell me something.

But the fourth master still said: "Think about it again: what is your name, where are you from, what do your parents do, who else is in the family, and where are these people now!"

ah?!

I'm telling the truth!

He had been uneasy all day. He was really telling the truth. Why didn't his uncle believe him?

Chang Qiuyun couldn't understand what he was doing, but he never asked too much. If he kept this child, he would have a bowl of food for him. He never asked or cared about anything else. He only focused on serving Jiaoyang.

Little Ancestor, Jiaoyang knows how to recognize people, and he will hum a few times when his parents leave.

Lin Pojun was helping to clean the yard at home, washing pots and dishes, and just finished the work. While doing the work, he was thinking in his heart, why was everything he told the truth, but his uncle didn't believe it?

That night, he eagerly defended: "Uncle, I really didn't lie to you, everything I said is true."

The Fourth Master still nodded and said the same thing: "Go and get some sleep!" When he went out, he warned again, "Keep the doors and windows closed, it's going to be windy tonight."

Lin Pojun really didn't understand now.

When the words left on the third day were still the same as the previous two days, he suddenly understood a little bit.

After dinner in the evening, when he got to the study, he said: "...I told my uncle and aunt the truth. What I told my uncle the night before yesterday was the last time in my life. I will never tell anyone else in the future."

I will mention half a word again. You asked me again this morning...I will answer you again now." His face raised, with a look of determination in his eyes: "My name is Lin Goudan, and my hometown is in Yuzhou.

, my parents fled to Beijing from Yuzhou. They both made a living by scavenging and had no fixed place to live. They just found a city gate or a bridge. Before liberation, my dad was kicked by someone wearing big leather boots.

I kicked my butt, coughed up blood and died after returning home. My mother took me to many places, begging for food. Later, I met a salesman and took us in. I followed him and traveled to many places. What I remember is what happened later.

Then I transferred to B Beijing, and then took the train from B Beijing for two days. My mother went to the toilet and asked me to wait at the station. Then I waited for three days, but my mother didn't come. People at the station said that my mother didn't want it.

I don’t believe it. I have been looking for my mother everywhere in the past few years. I believe that my mother must have been deceived by the salesman. The salesman didn’t want me anymore..."

In this argument, the parents are poor people who escaped and made a living by scavenging. They were so poor that they lost their family. The father was even kicked to death by a "big leather boot". They were poor people who suffered in the old society. Then they scavenged.

A woman took her young child to beg for a living. In the end, the poor woman was deceived by a poor man who wanted a wife but did not want to raise a stepson, causing the mother and son to be separated.

The fourth master asked: "What is your father's name?"

"Some of the uncles who scavenged together called him Dunzi, but I don't even know what his nickname was!"

"What's your mother's name?"

"People call her sister-in-law or Dunzi's family, but I don't know what my mother's name is!"

"You said you were scavenging in the capital and begging for food and living in a bridge... Do you know where the bridge is?"

"I don't know the place, but I know there are twenty-eight stone lions on the bridge."
To be continued...